The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Wednesday, October 1, 2008 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS WASHINGTON Mich. Democrat gets backing from key Republican Former Republican Rep. Joe Schwarz, who railed against an anti-tat group's role in his unsuc- cessful 2006 primary, endorsed Democrat Mark Schauer on Tues- day because the organization tar- geted the congressional challenger. Schwarz told The Associated Press in aninterview thathe decided to endorse Schauer over Republican Rep. Tim Walberg in the south- central Michigan congressional dis- trict because the anti-tax Club for Growth began running ads critical of Schauer's positions on taxes. The Club for Growth injected more than $1 million into the 2006 primary, helping Walberg, R-Tip- ton, defeat Schwarz, a first-term congressman, with 53 percent of the vote. The anti-tax group criti- cized Schwarz's record on taxes and painted him as too moderate for the district. Schwarz is a supporter of John McCains presidential campaign. JODHPUR, India At least 168 killed in Indian stampede Thousands of pilgrims panicked by false rumors of a bomb stam- peded at a Hindu temple in western India yesterday, killing at least 168 people in the crush to escape. Television footage showed doz- ens of bodies lying on the sidewalk, while nearby frantic people tried to revive unconscious devotees, slap- ping their faces and pressing on their chests. One child sat on the ground next to the bodyof awoman,rubbingher fore- head and crying"Mother, Mother." The disaster occurred just as the doors of the temple were being opened forworship at dawnformore than 12,000 people celebratingakey Hindu festival in the historic city of Jodhpur in Rajasthan state. NEW YORK Home prices see sharpest annual decline ever A closely watched index released Tuesday showed home prices tum- bling by the sharpest annual rate ever in July, and though the month- ly rate of decline is slowing, there is no turnaround in sight. The Standard &Poor's/Case-Shill- er 20-city housing index fell a record 16.3 percent in July from the year- ago month, the largest drop since its inception in 2000. The 10-city index plunged 17.5 percent, its biggest decline in its 21-year history. Prices in the 20-city index have plummeted nearly 20 percent since peaking in July 2006. The 10-city index has fallen more than 21 per- cent since its peak in June 2006. NEW YORK Bloomberg seeking third term as NYC mayor Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to try to reverse the term- limits law he had long supported so he can seek a third term next year and help the city emerge from financial turmoil, a person close to the mayor who has been briefed on the matter told The Associated Press yesterday. Bloomberg made the deci- sion over the weekend and will announce it Thursday, according to the person, who spoke on con- dition of anonymity because the announcement hasn't been made. The person said the mayor has been wrestling with the decision for the past couple of months. The billionaire former CEO will cite the nation's precarious eco- nomic situation as the reason that New York needs a tested financial manager to stay and guide the city, the person said. - Compiled from. Daily wire reports a 176 Number of American service members who have died in the war in Iraq, according to The Associated Press. There were no deaths identified yesterday. Senate to vote tonight on revised bailout bill With added tax cuts, senate leaders hope bill will clear House WASHINGTON (AP) - In asbold bid to revive President Bush's multi- billion-dollar financial rescue plan, Senate leaders scheduled a vote for tonight on a version of the bill that adds substantial tax cuts meant to appeal to Republicans when it reach- es the House. The goal is to net at least 12 more House votes than the rescue propos- al received Monday, when lawmak- ers rocked the political and financial worlds by rejecting it. The gambit is certain to anger some conservative House Demo- crats, who object to tax cuts that are not offset with spending cuts. But Senate strategists assume it will gain more House votes than it will lose. If so, Congress would be poised to pass landmark legislation giving the government billions of dollars to buy deeply discounted mortgage-backed securities that are choking off credit and roiling the markets. The strategy is riskybecause some House members might see it as a high-handed move by senators. Sen- U.S. official travels to N. Korea for nuclear talks SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The chief U.S. nuclear negotia- tor arrived in North Korea today carrying a compromise aimed at salvaging a derailed nuclear dis- armament pact, officials said. Assistance Secretary of State Christopher Hill crossed into the North through the heav- ily fortified Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas, said U.S. Embassy spokesman Aaron Tarver. His trip comes with Pyong- yang growing increasingly defi- ant toward international efforts to convince the communist state to eliminate its nuclear program. Since mid-August, the North has begun to restore its nuclear facilities and ordered U.N. nuclear monitors to leave the country in violation of an international accord. Hill said last night that his goal was to persuade North Korea's Vice Foreign Minis- ter Kim Kye Gwan to agree to Washington's demand for a ver- ification system to account for the North's nuclear arsenal. But he acknowledged it would be a difficult task. The North has rejected U.S. requests on verification and accused Washington of not liv- ing up to its end of the deal and removing North Korea from a list of state sponsors of terror- ism. It recently reversed the process of dismantling its nucle- ar facilities. "We are in a very difficult, very tough phase of negotia- tions," Hill told reporters last night after meeting with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Sook, to discuss ways to per- suade the North to return to the disarmament process. In Washington, a senior U.S. official said Hill is bringing a new face-saving proposal that would have North Korea agree 6 to a verification program and submit it first to. its Chinese allies. The official spoke on con- dition of anonymity because Hill has not presented the pro- posal. IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO BEGIN WRITING FOR THE DAILY. THE NEWS STAFF ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS ALL YEAR. E-MAIL NEWS@ MICHIGANDAILY.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION. ate passage of a bailout measure has seemed assured all along. The show- down is in the House, but now the Senate is trying to force the House's hand. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) called it "a brilliant move" that will "help pick up votes on both sides of the aisle." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's reaction was much cooler. "The Sen- ate has made a decision about how to proceed and what can pass that body," the California Democrat said. "The Senate will vote tomorrow night, and the Congress will work its will." The new approach, announced last night by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minor- ity Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) would tack large and contentious tax measures to the bailout bill. Senate leaders figure the House will have to approve it because the tax cuts are too appealingto Republicans and the financial rescue plan will still seem essential tomost Democrats. The Senate approach uses big, game-changing amendments. House leaders earlier were considering the smallest possible tweaks to the bill in hopes of picking up 12 more votes. The Senate bill would raise federal deposit insurance limits to $250,000 from $100,000, as called for presi- dential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain only hours earlier. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) praised the move, but many Democrats had signaled approval as well. McCain, Obama and Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, signaled plans to return to Washington for the vote tonight. If Obama and Biden vote for the measure, it would make it more difficult for Pelosi and other Democrats to reject or change the Senate measure. The Senate measure will graft the bailout language to a tax bill it approved last week, on a 93-2 vote. It includes: a provision to prevent more than 20 million middle-class taxpayers from feeling the bite of the alternative minimum tax, $8 billion in tax relief for those hit by natu- ral disasters in the Midwest, Texas and Louisiana and some $78 billion in renewable energy incentives and extensions of expiring tax breaks. In a compromise worked out with Republicans, the bill does not pay for the AMT and disaster provisions but does have revenue offsets for part of the energy and extension measures. A person walks along Wall Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York yesterday. 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