The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, February 14, 2011- 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, February 14, 2011 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS LANSING, Mich. Man accused of killing 7 year old taken into custody Lansing police say they've arrested one of three men sus- pected of breaking into a house and killing a 7-year-old girl. Police tell the Lansing State Journal that 31-year-old Deontai Jordan of Lansing was arraigned Saturday on charges of murder, home invasion, attempted armed robbery and having a firearm during a felony. Capt. Ray Hall says police con- tinue searching for two men ages 23 and 24 in the case. The three are suspects in the death of Amaia Edmond. She died in July 2010 after being shot in the head at her mother and stepfather's home. Authorities say the robbers targeted the home and were acquainted with at least one per- son there. YOU NGSTOWNOhio Student killed in fraternity shooting honored in service Mourners remembered a stu- dent killed during a shooting near an Ohio college campus as a peacemaker and a role model. The Vindicator in Youngstown reports an estimated 1,800 peo- ple attended a memorial ser- vice Saturday for 25-year-old Youngstown State University senior Jamail Johnson. He was killed last weekend in a shooting at a fraternity house party that left 11 injured. Johnson studied business administration, tutored stu- dents, worked at a Foot Locker store and was an usher at his church and a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. YSU President Cynthia Ander- son said Johnson's bachelor's degree will be conferred posthu- mously during spring commence- ment. TOLUCA, Mexico Seven killed, one injured in Mexican drug gang shootout A state security official says a street shootout possibly between * local drug gangs has killed seven people and injured one in subur- ban Mexico City. Mexico state security agen- cy spokesman Edgar Sanchez says the shooting occurred just after midnight Saturday in the northern part of Mexico state that borders Mexico City. He said yesterday that the dead, six men and one woman, all suffered gunshot wounds, and none have yet to be claimed by family. State Attorney General spokesman Alfredo Albiter said an investigation it under way on the cause of the killings, but he wouldn't discount a dispute between local street dealers. * BOGOTA, Colombia Colombian hostage released, two more remain in captivity The International Red Cross says Colombian rebels have released a fourth captive, a 30-year-old police officer held since December. A Red Cross spokeswoman said a humanitarian mission led by former Sen. Piedad Cordoba was unable to receive two others that the Revolutionary Armed Forc- es of Colombia was to have also freed. She didn't explain why. Bad weather had delayed the departure morning of the Brazil- ian helicopters involved. President Juan Manuel Santos on Saturday criticized what he termed the "media show" sur- rounding the FARC rebels' piece- * meal liberations, which began last Wednesday. He called them a "farse" because the FARC continues to kidnap people and won't cease hostilities. -Compiled from Daily wire reports Obama to send 2012 budget to Congress Budget includes $1.1 trillion in deficit reduction WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama will send Congress today a $3 tril- lion-plus budget for 2012 that promises $1.1 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade by freezing many domestic pro- grams for five years, trimming military spending and limiting tax deductions for the wealthy. Jacob Lew, the president's budget director, said yester- day that the new spending plan for the 2012 would disprove the notion that "we can do this painlessly ... we are going to make tough choices." Republicans rejected that appraisal, castigating Obama for proposals that will boost spend- ing in such areas as education, public works and research, and charging that Obama's cuts are not deep enough. They vowed to push ahead with their own plans to trim $61 billion in spending from the seven months left in the current budget year and then squeeze Obama's 2012 budget plan for billions of dollars in additional savings in response to voters alarmed at an unprecedented flood of red ink. "He's going to present a bud- get tomorrow that will continue to destroy jobs by spending too much, borrowing too much and taxingtoo much," House Speak- er John Boehner said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Boehner released a statement from 150 economists calling on Obama to take immediate action to reduce government spending. Lew, appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," rejected criticism that the $1.1 trillion deficit-cutting goal fell far short of the $4 trillion in deficit cuts outlined by the president's own deficit commission in a plan unveiled last December. That proposal would attack the biggest causes of the deficits - spending on the benefit pro- grams Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security - and defense spending. Obama's budget avoided the painful choices put forward by the commission on benefit pro- grams. Lew said it would be a mistake to say the report did not have an impact on the presi- dent's proposals. He cited a proposal to pay for keeping doctors' payments under Medicare from being cut sharply. Instead of borrowing the money to prevent those cuts, the administration was putting forward $62 billion in savings in other areas to prevent those cuts over the next two years, Lew said. Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and President Barack Obama arriving in Gwinn, Mich. on Thursday Feb.10, 2011. er election losses, Michigan Democrats call for change in 2012 Brewer re-elected as chair of state party at convention DETROIT (AP) - After big losses in the November elections, Michigan Democratic leaders pledged to charge - not retreat - ahead of the 2012 elections as they rallied activists Saturday during the party's convention in Detroit. The state party's longtime chairman, Mark Brewer, was re-elected to his post, but not before some party activists made their dissatisfaction clear. Some blamed Brewer for failing to stop the Republican takeover of Mich- igan's top statewide offices, the state House and the Michigan Supreme. The GOP also picked up two more congressional seats last November. Detroit television producer and Democratic activist Ron Scott said earlier this week he'd run for the chairmanship, but decided against paying the $1,000 fee to be put on the bal- lot. Still, chants of "Run, Ron, run?" broke out after Brewer was nominated for his ninth two-year term. Brewer acknowledged the anger, saying he planned to make changes. "I have heard your concerns, and we are going to change, I am going to change, in order to address them," he told the rough- ly 1,500 people who attended the convention at the-Cobo Center. "I can't change the Michigan Dem- ocratic party by myself. I need your help." Brewer, 55, from Clinton Township, thanked those who entrusted him with revitalizing the party before the 2012 elec- tion, when Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow will be up for re-elec- tion. "Our comeback in 2012 starts now," he said. Stabenow said the election will be a tough year but Demo- crats won't "allow those who use hate and fear to win." "It doesn't work if only the wealthy and well-connected do well in America," the sena- tor said. "I'm not giving up until everyone who wants and needs a job has one." U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee told the crowd that the huge tax cuts being called for by congressio- nal Republicans and tea party activists amounted. to "political immorality," noting they'll slash Head Start and programs for the poor. The congressman from Flint said the "political Neanderthals" needed to be sent "back to their caves." Stabenow's counterpart, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, listed a litany of what he said were Democrat- ic successes over the past two years, including passing health care legislation and helping save the American auto industry. United Auto Workers Presi- dent Bob King said Republicans want to undermine unions' right to collect dues from all members and wipe out prevailing wage laws. In order to win next year, "we have to demonstrate to the voters again that the party of the middle class...is the Democratic Party," King said. "The Repub- licans are trying to give more to the wealthy and take away from the working'people." First Lady: Laughter key to healthy relationships Ub taki WAS Here's advice entine' partne She Preside and it Theirr ed thr politic, Illinois and lat on19 y "I t the fir a Whit reporte Obama house, too set the ber in ama "So' fun toy ama: 'we don't private and personal. But we keep each other smiling and e ourselves0too that's good," she added. It also helps that Obama is seriously' "very romantic." "He remembers dates, birth- SHINGTON (AP) - days," Mrs. Obama said last Michelle Obama's week on "Live! With Regis for couples this Val- and Kelly. "He doesn't forget s Day: laugh with your a thing, even when I think he r. is.. I'll have a little attitude. I says it's what she and give him a little attitude, but he ent Barack Obama do, always comes through." seems to be working. "Got to keep the romance marriage, although test- alive, even in the White oughout the years by his House," she said. al ambitions - for the As for Valentine's Day today, s Senate, the U.S. Senate the first lady said her husband ter president - is going would do right by giving her ears. jewelry. hink a lot of laughing," "You can't go wrong," she st lady said Tuesday at said. e House luncheon with But Mrs. Obama also said ers who asked about the they don't fuss too much over s' union. "I think in our the day that's about celebrat- we don't take ourselves ing love and affection between riously, and laughter is couples. st form of unity, I think, Last year, the Obamas spent rriage. Valentine's Day at the Camp we still find ways to have David presidential retreat in gether, and a lot of it is Maryland. U-M Computer Showcase0 Michigan Union.- Pierpont Commons http://showcase.itcs.umich.edu .-www.apple.com/education U--,O U Thle Board for Student Publications seeks New Members The University of Michigan Board for Student Publications is recruiting new members for three year terms beginning in April. The Board is responsible for three publications: The Michigan Daily, the Michiganensian yearbook, and the Gargoyle. Because the Board is committed to realizing diversity's benefits for itself and for the publications it oversees, the Board is particularly interested in recruiting members of the University community (faculty, staff and students) or the general public who are members of underrepresented groups and who have experience and expertise in journalism, law, finance or fund raising. All interested persons are encouraged to apply. 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