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Monday, July 2, 2012

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Iran vows to confront "malicious" embargo

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Mexico could return old ruling party to power

Election worker Ninel Ramirez Torillo shows a box that will be used to hold ballots for the upcoming presidential election in Mexico City, Saturday, June 30, 2012. Mexico will hold general elections, including the presidential election, on July 1. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Presidential candidate Enrique Pena Nieto, left, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), greets supporters during his closing campaign rally in Toluca, Mexico, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Mexico will hold its presidential election on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Democratic Revolution Party(PRD) waves at supporters during the closing rally of his campaign at the main Zocalo plaza in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Next July 1, Mexico will hold presidential elections. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Josefina Vazquez Mota, presidential candidate for the National Action Party (PAN), gestures to supporters during the final rally of her campaign in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday June 27, 2012. Next July 1, Mexico will hold presidential elections. (AP Photo/Bruno Gonzalez)

Soldiers stand guard outside an office of the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) ahead of elections in Mexico City, Saturday, June 30, 2012. Mexico will hold general elections, including the presidential election, on July 1. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

MEXICO CITY (AP) ? A single party dominated Mexico for most of the past century, and its loss 12 years ago proved to many that the country was finally a democracy. The nation's voters seemed ready to bring it back to power as polls opened in Sunday's presidential election.

The Institutional Revolutionary Party, led by telegenic former Mexico State Gov. Enrique Pena Nieto, has held a strong lead throughout the campaign, and also seems poised to retake at least a plurality in the two houses of Congress.

The party has been bolstered by voter fatigue with a sluggish economy and the sharp escalation of a drug war that has killed roughly 50,000 Mexicans over the past six years. The desire for change suddenly works to benefit the party, known as the PRI, that ran Mexico from 1929 to 2000.

Hoping for a shocking upset are leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whose narrow loss in Mexico's last election led to charges of voter fraud and weeks of massive protests, and the candidate of the ruling National Action Party, Josefina Vazquez Mota, the first woman ever nominated for the presidency by a major party in Mexico.

It would be a once-unthinkable comeback for the PRI, which many believed was doomed after its 2000 loss and which was still reeling in the last presidential election, when it finished a weak third.

Pena Nieto has cast himself as a pragmatic economic moderate in the tradition of the last three PRI presidents of the 20th century. He has called for greater private investment in Mexico's state-controlled oil industry, and has said he will try to reduce violence by attacking crimes that hurt ordinary citizens while deemphasizing the pursuit of drug kingpins.

All of the parties are accusing rivals of emulating the traditional PRI tactic of offering voters money, food or benefits in return for votes. Lopez Obrador's Democratic Revolution Party says Pena Nieto's campaign has handed supporters prepaid money cards worth nearly $5.2 million (71 million pesos).

"Where do they get so many resources to conduct the PRI campaign, so many billboards?" asked voter Marilu Carrasco, a 57-year-old actress who was lined up to cast her vote for Lopez Obrador in Mexico City's Copilco neighborhood. The PRI's return to the presidency "could be the worst thing that could happen to us," Carrasco said.

PRI activists have published photographs of truckloads of handouts they say were given out by Democratic Revolution backers.

But electoral officials have repeatedly insisted that outright fraud is almost impossible under the country's elaborate, costly electoral machinery.

The government also promises efforts to avoid outbursts of violence linked to the country's endemic drug gang violence.

Military and civilian officials announced that the army would step up election day patrols in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, where a bomb in a pickup truck exploded outside city hall on Friday.

The 45-year-old Pena Nieto, who is married to a soap opera star, also has been dogged by allegations that he overspent his $330 million campaign funding limit and has received favorable coverage from Mexico's television giant, Televisa.

University students launched a series of anti-Pena Nieto marches in the final weeks of the campaign, arguing that his party hasn't changed since its days in power.

Pena Nieto says his party has abandoned the heavy-handed ways of the past and will govern in an open and pluralistic manner, and many say the PRI would not be able to reimpose its once near-total control even if it wanted to because of changes in society, the judiciary and Congress.

"The context has changed dramatically," said Rodrigo Salazar, a professor at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences in Mexico City. "Society isn't the same. It's a very critical society, a very demanding society, with a strong division of powers."

The final pre-election polls on Wednesday, the last day they could legally be published, showed Pena Nieto with a lead ranging from 8 to 17 percentage points.

Lopez Obrador, 58, was a center-leftist as Mexico City mayor and pioneered some programs that Pena Nieto emulated in the neighboring state of Mexico, such as local pensions for the elderly. But he alienated many voters with his refusal to recognize the narrow victory of National Action's Felipe Calderon in 2006, declaring himself "legitimate president" and mounting protests that gridlocked much of the capital for weeks.

Lopez Obrador says he wants to keep state control over the national oil company, make Mexico self-sufficient in energy and food production, and fund new social spending and jobs programs by cutting waste and corruption, not by raising taxes.

Vazquez Mota, 51, is a former secretary of education and social development in the conservative administrations of President Vicente Fox and his successor, Calderon. She campaigned on the slogan, "different," but has struggled to distinguish herself from Calderon while maintaining the support of the party's power structure.

She has pledged to continue Calderon's war on drug cartels, increase penalties for public corruption and ease rules on hiring and firing employees in order to spur economic growth. On the last day of campaigning, she even promised to make Calderon her attorney-general if elected.

The latest polls showed Pena Nieto favored by 32.2 percent to 41.2 percent of voters, in polls with margins of error ranging from 2.5 to 3 percent.

Lopez Obrador had support ranging from 23.8 to 25.4 percent. Josefina Vazquez Mota had 18.8 to 20.8 percent.

Also running is Gabriel Quadri de la Torre, 57, the candidate of the New Alliance Party, which has links to the powerful teacher's union. His poll support remains in the low single digits.

Mexicans are also electing 500 members of the lower house of Congress and 128 senators. Voters will also select Mexico City's mayor and governors in the states of Chiapas, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Morelos, Tabasco and Yucatan. The president is elected for a single six-year term and cannot stand for re-election.

Associated Press

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Fort Bragg Shooting: Shooter Killed Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale, Army Officials Say

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) ? Military officials at Fort Bragg have confirmed that a soldier shot and killed his superior officer before shooting and wounding himself.

Fort Bragg officials have not released the identities of the officer or the shooter, or a motive for Thursday's shooting at the North Carolina military installation. The shooter is in custody.

UPDATE From HuffPost: The AP has since released the identity of the officer as Lt. Col. Roy Tisdale.

The incident remains under investigation.

Public Affairs Officer Col. Kevin Arata said the soldiers are from the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.

A third soldier who was wounded during the shooting is out of the hospital. Officials say 22-year-old Spc. Michael E. Latham of Vacaville, Calif., has been released from Womack Army Medical Center. Latham suffered what's called a minor, non-life-threatening wound.

Fort Bragg is home to the 82nd Airborne Division, the 18th Airborne Corps and Special Operations Forces.

The incident remains under investigation.

Public Affairs Officer Col. Kevin Arata said the soldiers are from the 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade.

Fort Bragg is home to the 82nd Airborne Division, the 18th Airborne Corps and Special Operations Forces.

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Sunday, July 1, 2012

Cancellara keeps yellow but pipped by sneaky Sagan

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Healthy Summer Recipe: Carrot and Date Quinoa Salad | Food ...

Check out this delicious recipe from our friends at EcoSalon:

Scrounge up some greens at the farmers? market and make a sweet but hearty summer salad.

The arrival of summer means the arrival of bags of mixed salad greens at farmers market, or of course, your own from your garden. Instead of basing salad recipes off of them though, I like to throw them in as an extra addition to whatever I am making, a complement to the rest of the dish. That?s exactly what they are in this quinoa salad recipe.

Quinoa Salad

Using both red and white quinoa, you get a colorful salad that is full of omega-3s and hearty enough that you can eat it as the main dish. The dates and currants give it a sweeter flavor, which is perfect for warmer weather and a meal outside.

Ingredients:

Summer Carrot and Date Quinoa Salad

1/2 cup white quinoa
1/2 cup red quinoa
3 large carrots, chopped
1/2 cup dates, chopped
1/2 cup currants
mixed salad greens

Basil and Mustard Citrus Vinaigrette

2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
juice of 1/2 an orange
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2-3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil (depending on how much basil flavor you want)

Quinoa Salad

Directions:

Prepare the quinoa. Place in saucepan with 2 cups of water and a pinch of sea salt and bring to a boil. Cover and let simmer until water has cooked off, about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.

In a large salad bowl combine chopped carrots, dates and currants.

To make the dressing, combine olive oil, apple cider vinegar and orange juice in a small jar or bowl. Add in mustard and whisk until well-blended. Stir in basil.

Mix in quinoa with rest of salad ingredients, and top with dressing. Toss together.

Before serving, add in a couple of handfuls of mixed salad greens.

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Source: http://www.learnvest.com/2012/06/healthy-summer-recipe-carrot-and-date-quinoa-salad/

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110-plus degrees in Kansas as heat spreads East

The heat wave smothering the central U.S. ? and especially Kansas, which saw at least 18 areas at or above 110 degrees on Thursday ? was spreading east on Friday.

Triple-digit temperatures and some all-time heat records were expected in the Mid-Atlantic as far north as Washington, D.C., the National Weather Service reported.

The nation's capital, and nearby areas, could feel like 115 degrees this afternoon, the service added in its advisory for excessive heat warnings.

Record-breaking heat will continue into the weekend and possibly through the July 4th holiday, it added, "and overnight lows will struggle to drop below 70."

Much of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast on Friday joined areas in the Plains and Midwest with excessive heat warnings and heat advisories.

On Thursday, Norton, Kan., was the hottest spot in the nation, topping out at 118 degrees, according to the National Climatic Data Center. Over the previous five days, another Kansas town, Hill City, held that spot, reaching 115 degrees on Wednesday.

The Weather Channel estimated that on Thursday nearly 93 million Americans were in areas under heat advisories and 21 million in areas with excessive heat warnings.

Story: Heat hub for US is Kansas farm town -- not Death Valley

Indianapolis on Thursday saw its warmest June day on record when the thermometer reached 103 degrees.

Chicago reached 100 degrees at 3 p.m. local time, but the heat index made it feel like 111.

In Kansas City, Mo., the heat was suspected of contributing to the deaths of a man and an infant, KSHB-TV reported.

Meteorologists expect little relief over the next couple of weeks.

"This overall pattern looks like it is going to stick around well into July," Alex Sosnowski, a meteorologist with AccuWeather.com, told Reuters.

Story: One dead, 347 homes destroyed in Colo. wildfire

"It looks pretty much rock solid centered on the Central Plains and Central Rockies over into the Tennessee Valley interior south," Sosnowski said. "It's anchored in there and it's really not going to change much."

Sosnowski said temperatures would spike toward 100 degrees from Chicago to Washington, D.C., and possibly New York every now and then, and areas from Colorado to the interior of the Carolinas would have little hope for temporary relief.

More than 1,000 temperature records broken in a week

Temperatures will push 90 degrees most days in New York, Washington and Philadelphia the next two weeks, while Denver, Kansas City and the middle of the nation will tend to see high temperatures pushing 100 degrees, he said.

The dry conditions and high temperatures have exacerbated wildfires in western states, and have threatened corn crops and stressed livestock in the Central Plains.

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Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/48012442/ns/weather/

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