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Page 8A East Oregonian BRIEFLY Dangerous arsenic levels found in California wine worshippers and killed 137 people in the deadliest assault yet targeting Shiite rebels who have taken over large parts of the rapidly LOS ANGELES (AP) fragmenting nation. At least ²'R]HQVRIERWWOHVRIORZ 13 children were among the priced California wines sold dead. XQGHUVXFKODEHOVDV)UDQ]LD $SXUSRUWHGDI¿OLDWH Mogen David and Almaden of the Islamic State group contain dangerously high claimed responsibility levels of arsenic, according for the bombings, which WRDODZVXLW¿OHGE\IRXU also wounded 357 people California residents. — raising the alarming The industry group Wine possibility the extremist Institute dismissed the group has expanded its lawsuit as “irresponsible,” presence to Yemen after adding it has not called already setting up a branch for any vintner to pull any in Libya. Earlier this of the wines named in week, the group claimed the complaint from store responsibility for a bloody shelves. attack on Western tourists in The complaint, which Tunisia that authorities said seeks class-action status, was carried out by militants ZDV¿OHG7KXUVGD\LQ/RV trained in Libya. Angeles Superior Court. If the claim is true — ,WOLVWVDVGHIHQGDQWV and the U.S. expressed California wineries. It also skepticism — Friday’s DVNVIRUXQVSHFL¿HGGDPDJHV DWWDFNVZRXOGEHWKH¿UVWE\ and a halt to production of the Islamic State group in arsenic-tainted wine. Yemen, adding a frightening “We believe this new layer to the country’s allegation is false and turmoil. misleading and that all Images from the scene wines being sold in the showed a number of children U.S. marketplace are among the dead. In footage safe,” the institute, which from the al-Hashoosh represents more than 1,000 mosque, screaming California vintners and volunteers were seen using related businesses, said in a bloodied blankets to carry statement. away victims as a small Institute spokeswoman child lay among the dead on Gladys Horiuchi said Friday WKHPRVTXHÀRRU that although the United The mosques were 6WDWHVGRHVQ¶WKDYHVSHFL¿F targeted by two suicide arsenic levels for wine, bombers each during midday many other countries do. prayers, when large crowds She added that California turn out to attend weekly vintages have never come sermons. The state news close to those levels. agency SABA put the toll at According to the lawsuit, 137 dead and 357 wounded. tests by three independent laboratories found that in Obama to announce some cases arsenic levels were 500 percent higher slower Afghanistan than what’s considered withdrawal safe. Horiuchi said those comparisons were based on WASHINGTON (AP) levels considered safe for — President Barack Obama drinking water, not wine. is meeting next week with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive )%,DVNVIRU Abdullah Abdullah and is SDWLHQFHLQEODFN expected to announce plans to slow down the pace of man’s hanging in troop withdrawals between Mississippi now and the end of 2016 PORT GIBSON, Miss. to maintain security in (AP) — An FBI agent Afghanistan. appealed for patience Current plans call for a Friday after a black man U.S. drawdown to 5,500 was found hanging from a troops by year’s end. But the tree in Mississippi, saying Obama administration has 30 federal, state and local said previously it might keep agents were working more troops in Afghanistan intensively to determine next year. whether he was killed or Jeff Eggers of the White committed suicide. House’s National Security The county coroner Council said Friday the FRQ¿UPHGWKDWWKHPDQ U.S. still intends to pursue found hanging from a white its longer-term withdrawal sheet Thursday was Otis strategy, which calls for a Byrd, an ex-convict reported U.S. security cooperation missing by his family more RI¿FHLQ.DEXOEH\RQG than two weeks ago. Byrd of about 1,000 U.S. troops, lived just 200 yards from but no major troop presence. the spot where his body was Eggers appeared to found, in a wooded area off leave open the possibility a dirt road that ran behind that the U.S. role after his house. 2016 could also be Alway said investigators UHFRQVLGHUHG%XWRI¿FLDOV are interviewing Byrd’s later said that Eggers was family and friends and alluding to discussions searching his rental home about the breadth of the and a storage unit for clues, U.S. relationship with and will not reveal any Afghanistan after 2016, evidence along the way. DQGWKDWWKHVL]HRIWKH86 Claiborne County Sheriff footprint and the troop levels Marvin Lucas Sr. told The in Afghanistan that Obama Associated Press earlier called for would not change. Friday that Byrd did not appear to have stepped off of North Korean envoy anything in the area where says country has he was found hanging from a tree limb about 12 feet nuclear missiles high. His feet were dangling LONDON (AP) — A about two feet off the 1RUWK.RUHDQHQYR\VD\V ground, and his hands were his country has developed not bound. nuclear missiles and is prepared to use them at any Bombings in time. 1RUWK.RUHDQ Yemeni mosques Ambassador to Britain NLOOPRUHWKDQ Hyun Hak Bong said in a ADEN, Yemen (AP) — recent interview with British Suicide bombers attacked broadcaster Sky News that a pair of mosques Friday his government would use in the Yemeni capital, the missiles in response to a unleashing monstrous nuclear attack by the United blasts that ripped through States. NATION/WORLD 3ROO6SHQGPRUHWD[OHVVOHJDOL]HSRW By EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON — Americans want lower taxes and more government spending both at once, although their support for spending more tax dollars on health care has dropped dramatical- ly. They’re likelier than ever to not feel connected to any particular religion, but no less likely to believe in God. And for WKH¿UVWWLPHPRVWZDQWWROHJDOL]HPDU- ijuana. 7KRVHDUHDPRQJ¿QGLQJVIURPWKH 2014 General Social Survey, which has been measuring trends in American opinion and behavior since 1972. The survey, which is conducted by WKH LQGHSHQGHQW UHVHDUFK RUJDQL]DWLRQ NORC at the University of Chicago, puts wide-ranging and long-running questions about a large array of issues to the public. Data from the 2014 survey was released earlier this month, and an DQDO\VLV RI LWV ¿QGLQJV ZDV FRQGXFWHG by the Associated Press-NORC Cen- ter for Public Affairs Research and the General Social Survey. Five things to know about the sur- YH\¶V¿QGLQJV Lower taxes, more spending It’s no wonder Washington is tied in knots trying to please the people. The people want more spent on many gov- ernment programs, yet lower taxes for themselves.. Out of 22 spending items asked about in the survey, Americans are more likely to want cuts than increased spend- ing on only four of them — welfare, for- eign aid, assistance to big cities and the space program. Education rates as Americans’ high- est priority for spending more mon- ey, with 70 percent saying the country spends too little. Foreign aid is what most Americans would like to see cut, with 69 percent saying the country spends too much on that. Majorities of Americans want more spending on Social Security, assistance to the poor, alternative energy sourc- es, crime and drug addiction. But that doesn’t mean they want to pay for that themselves. More than half of them — 57 percent — say their own taxes are too high. Still believers, not joiners The portion of Americans saying AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File In this 2014 file photo, Cannabis City clerk John Golby, left, helps cus- tomers looking over a display case of marijuana products at the shop in Seattle. they have no religious preference has increased dramatically since 1972, when only 5 percent of Americans said they didn’t identify with any particular religion. In 2014, 21 percent of Amer- icans said they had no religion — a record high. Younger Americans are especially likely to fall into that group, with 30 percent of those under age 35 saying they have no religion. But that doesn’t mean Americans are more likely to be atheists than they used to be. Just 3 percent say they don’t believe in God, while 5 percent say they’re agnostic. Fifty-eight percent say God does ex- ist, and 70 percent believe in life after death. Medical scholarship applications are now being accepted from local qualified applicants through March 31st. The Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation is again pleased to partner with Tualatin Imaging to offer a $1,500 scholarship for students who have expressed an interest in pursuing a diagnostic imaging career. For application requirements and application form, call 541-667-3405 7KHVXUYH\¿QGVVXSSRUWIRUOHJDOL]- ing the drug rose among all age groups in 2014, though the youngest adults — those under age 35 — are most likely to say it should be legal. Erosion on health care The percentage of Americans who think the country spends too little on improving and protecting health has dropped dramatically since 75 percent VDLGVRLQSUREDEO\DVDUHVXOWRI the 2010 enactment of President Barack Obama’s health care law. But more than half of Americans — 57 percent — still think the country should be spend- ing more. 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In 2010, only 11 percent said they had a Majorities of blacks and whites sup- ORWRIFRQ¿GHQFH SRUW OHJDOL]LQJ PDULMXDQD WKH VXUYH\ 7KH VXUYH\ ¿QGV FRQ¿GHQFH LQ DOO ¿QGVEXWRQO\SHUFHQWRI+LVSDQLFV three branches of government, and in say the same. the media, to be at record lows. *RZG\DVNV&OLQWRQWRWXUQRYHUHPDLOVHUYHU WASHINGTON (AP) — The chair- man of a House committee investigat- ing the deadly 2012 attacks in Beng- KD]L IRUPDOO\ UHTXHVWHG )ULGD\ WKDW Hillary Rodham Clinton turn over her email server for an independent review. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., sent a letter requesting that Clinton, a like- ly Democratic presidential candidate, turn over to the State Department in- spector general or other third party the VHUYHU VKH XVHG IRU RI¿FLDO EXVLQHVV while serving as secretary of state. The aim would be to have a third party de- termine what records should be made public. “Though Secretary Clinton alone is responsible for causing this issue, she alone does not get to determine its out- come,” Gowdy said in a statement. His request to turn over the server is “in the interest of transparency for the Ameri- can people,” Gowdy said. Clinton has pledged that all her work-related email will be made public but has acknowledged deleting thou- sands of messages related to personal matters. Clinton has said the server “will remain private.” A Clinton spokesman said Friday that when all her work emails are re- leased, “it will offer an unprecedented opportunity for the American people to see for themselves that they are all there and then some.” Gowdy set an April 3 deadline for Clinton and her lawyers to respond. If she declines to make the server avail- able, “I will inform the speaker of the House of Representatives so that he can use the full powers of the House to take the necessary steps to protect the best interests of the American people,” Gowdy wrote in a letter to Clinton’s at- WRUQH\'DYLG.HQGDOO House Speaker John Boehner has not ruled out a vote in the full House to force Clinton to turn over the server if she declines to make it available. Clinton is considered the Democrat- ic front-runner if she decides to seek WKH SUHVLGHQF\ DQG WKH KLJKSUR¿OH Republican investigations are likely to dog her in the run to the 2016 election. Rep. Elijah Cummings of Mary- land, the top Democrat on the Beng- KD]LSDQHOVDLG*RZG\¶VOHWWHUVHHPHG ³GHVLJQHGWRVSDUND¿JKWZLWKDSRWHQ- tial presidential candidate rather than follow the standard practice in con- gressional investigations.” When congressional Democrats in- vestigated emails sent by White House staffers under President George W. Bush from accounts at the Republican National Committee, they did not de- Place a Yard Sale Ad 25 words, 3 days, private party only $20.00 East Oregonian & Hermiston Herald Interested in a Medical career? Need funds to complete your training? Saturday, March 21, 2015 our Y d n i F f P o t s o ! G old Call Paula 541-278-2678 Yard Sale Kits - $5.00 Includes 2 signs & stakes, price stickers & coupons mand access to RNC servers or backup tapes, Cummings said. “We should follow this responsi- ble approach to resolve any remaining questions” about the Clinton emails, he said. Meantime, the Justice Department said this week that it shouldn’t be re- quired under the Freedom of Informa- tion Act to provide emails from Clinton that were sent from or received by her private account. Government lawyers VDLG LQ D ¿OLQJ WR D IHGHUDO DSSHDOV court late Thursday that the FOIA law “creates no obligation for an agency to search for and produce records that it does not possess and control.” The Justice Department acted on the State Department’s behalf in a law- suit by Freedom Watch, a conservative JURXSOHGE\/DUU\.OD\PDQZKRKDV ¿OHG GR]HQV RI ODZVXLWV DJDLQVW WKH &OLQWRQV LQ WKH SDVW .OD\PDQ VD\V the court also should issue a subpoena IRU WKH VHL]XUH DQG SURGXFWLRQ RI WKH FRPSXWHU ¿OH VHUYHU WKDW ZDV XVHG WR store and process Clinton’s emails. The Justice Department said the requests should be denied. Gowdy has set a March 27 deadline for Clinton to respond to a subpoena for emails and documents related to Libya.
