2A - Friday, October 4, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com 2A - Friday, October 4, 2013 The Michigan Daily - michigandaitycom LEFT Rackham student Lilly Fink Shapiro participated in a doughnut eating contest at the University of Michigan Sustainable Food Program's har- vest festival at the Matthei Botanical Gardens Wednesday. This is the second annual UMSFB Harvest Festival celebrating its first growing sea- son at the gardens. -~ (Allison Farrand/Daily) RIGHT LSA junior Vinny Sheu practice for GROOVE, a percus- sion perfromance student orga- nization on Thursday. Their next performance is at G-Fest on October 18at the Power Center. _ (Tracy Ko/Daily) NEED MORE PHOTOS? See more Photos oftthe Week on our website, michigandaily.com. 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WHO: Nam Center for Korean Stuies WHEN: Today at 12 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building Presidential discussion WHAT: Viktor Yushchenko and Kateryna Yushchenko will discussing modern Ukrainian society, its people, and their values. WHO: University Library WHEN: Today at 2 p.m. WHERE: Hatcher Gradu- ate Library, Seminar Room WIS YOU 1ABC Hews reported that West Point Military Academy had to combine some classes and cancel others due to the government shutdown. 1,422 civilian instructors ywere furloughed as well as 132 faculty members. Michigan football will play Minnesota for the 100th time this weekend. In the first-ever matchup, Minnesota won 14-6 in 1892. Since then, Michigan leads the all-time series 72-24-3. According to NBC News, the National Transportation Safety Board is not investigating a bus crash in Tennessee leav- ing eight dead and 14 injured because of the government shutdown furloughed all highway investigators. 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WHO: Center for Campus Involvement WHEN: Today from S p.m. to 7 p.m. WHERE: Pierpont Com- mons WHAT: UM music alumni will pay tribute totheir teach- ers and will share their expe- riences with current students. WHO: School of Music, Theatre & Dance WHEN: Today at 8 p.m. WHERE: Hill Auditorium CORRECTIONS " Please report any error in the Daily to corrections@michi- gandaily.com. MORE ONUINE LoveCrimeNotes? Get more online at michigandaily.com/blogs/The Wire Stock market continues to fall amidst government shutdown Palestinian farmers take back previously owned land Investors fear neither party closer to reaching compromise NEW YORK (AP) - Inves- tors sold stocks across the board Thursday as a U.S. government shutdown dragged into its third day and the nation inched closer to a critical deadline to raise its borrowing limit. Stocks opened lower and fell steadily throughout the morn- ing.The Dow Jones industrial average slumped nearly 200 points, but later pulled back from its slide. Investors fretted that Repub- licans and Democrats were no closer to ending the budget impasse. In a speech, President Barack Obama said there was only one way out of the shut- down: "Congress has to pass a budget that funds our govern- ment with no partisan strings attached." Investors also got some disap- pointing economic news. The Institute of Supply Man- agement said that sales fell sharply, new orders dipped and hiring weakened at U.S. service companies. The report covers industries including retail, con- struction, health care and finan- cial services. The stock market losses on Thursday marked an accelera- tion of gradual declines from the last few weeks. Stocks have fallen nine of the last 11 days as investors grow nervous about the political crisis in Washing- ton and the hit to the economy if it continues. Republicans in the House of Representatives, pushed by a core of tea party conservatives, are insisting that Obama accept changes to the health care law he pushed through three years ago as part of a budget bill. Obama refuses to consider any deal linking the health care law to routine legislation needed to US , extend government funding. The U.S. Treasury Depart- ment said Thursday that the economy could plunge into a downturn even worse than the Great Recession if Congress failed to raise the debt ceiling and the country defaulted on its debt obligations. The U.S. missing a debt pay- ment could cause credit markets to freeze, the value of the dol- lar to plummet and U.S. interest rates to skyrocket, according to the Treasury report. The head of the International Monetary Fund called it "mis- sion-critical" that the fight over ,the debt ceiling be resolved as soon as possible. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, the consequences could be severe not just for the U.S. but for the global economy as well. A default "would be so cata- strophic and such a self-inflicted wound that you can't imagine we would let it happen," said Maury Fertig, chief investment officer of Relative Value Part- ners. "But the fact is that every day we get closer to it the possi- bility increases, even though it's remote." The Dow fell 136.66 points, or 0.9 percent, to close 14,996.48, its biggest decline since Sept. 20. It was down as much as 186 earlier. The Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 15.21 points, or 0.9 percent, to 1,678.66. The Nas- daq composite fell 40.68 points, or 1.1 percent, to 3,774.34. Stocks pulled back from their some of their losses in after- noon trading after the New York Times reported that House Speaker John Boehner told his party that he wouldn't let the nation default. The newspa- per attributed the news to an unnamed House Republican. Lawmakers must periodically raise the nation's borrowing limit to keep U.S. funds flow- ing, but the once-routine matter has become a bargaining chip in battles over the federal budget deficit. Lawyer says proof of Palestinian ability to reclaim land BURKA, West Bank (AP) - Palestinian farmers on Thursday reclaimed lands they had lost decades earlier to an Israeli set- tlement, celebrating a rare legal victory their lawyer said illus- trates that Israel's settlement enterprise is reversible. In the 1970s, Israel had seized several hundred acres from resi- dents of the West Bank village of Burka to build the Israeli settle- ment of Homesh. The settlement, along with three others in the West Bank, was razed in 2005, in connection with Israel's with- drawal from the Gaza Strip at the time. However, Palestinians were not allowed to return to their lands after the 2005 demolition of Homesh because the military did not rescind the land seizure order and prevented access to the area, said attorney Michael Sfard. After more than two years of court petitions, the military agreed several months ago to rescind the seizure order and last week lifted access restrictions, said Sfard of the Israeli rights group Yesh Din. The military confirmed it had acted in line with the petitions. On Thursday, farmers returned to their land for the first time. "I feel as if I was dead and now I am alive again," said Fathallah Hajjeh, 64. "I never felt such joy. We are rooted to this land." About 500 acres of land were reclaimed, said Emad Saif of the Burka local council. The return of the land shows that "the settlement project is reversible," said Sfard. Since capturing the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in1967, Israelbuiltand expanded dozens of settlements that are now home to more than-half a million Israelis. Palestinians hope to establish a state in those territories, but say settlement expansion makes it increasingly difficult to draw borders between Israel and a future Palestine. Israeli-Palestinian negotia- tions on the terms of a Palestin- ian state resumed in late July, but gaps remain wide and expecta- tions are low on both sides that a deal can be reached.Experts notethatNewYork'shigh annual price tag is deceiving because it reflects considerable pensions and salary responsibilities, debt service and the expensive fixed costs. The DOC says 86 percent of its operatingcosts go for staff wages. New York's system differs from other cities in some other costly ways - it employs 9,000 relatively well-paid, union- ized correction officers, for example, and is required by law to provide certain services to inmates, including high quality medical care within 24 hours of incarceration. 0 Ex-city manager pleads no contest Former LA official widespread city government Spertus said Rizzo expects to scandal after it was revealed in pleadguiltytofederaltaxcharges pleads not guilty to 2010 that he was giving himself and resolve a lawsuit filed by the an annual salary and benefits state attorney's general. 69 counts of fraud package of $1.5 million. His The lawyer said Rizzo entered $800,000 in wages alone was the plea in state court to have a LOS ANGELES (AP) - A double that of the president of the fair sentence and return to his disgraced former city manager United States. family with his legal problems accused of masterminding a When he was arrested, he behind him. brazen municipal corruption was living in an expensive Rizzo could reasonably expect scandal pleaded no contest home in the upscale oceanfront to be released on parole in five to Thursday to 69 counts of fraud, community of Huntington Beach six years, he said. misappropriation of public funds and owned a thoroughbred horse Spertus said Rizzo also plans and other charges. ranch in Washington state. He to cooperate with authorities Robert Rizzo was charged posted $2 million bail to get out still prosecuting other figures with stealing more than $5 ofjail. in the Bell corruption scandal, million from the modest, blue- Authorities said he paid most including his former top collar city of Bell, where one in members of the City Council assistant, Angela Spaccia. four people live below the federal some $100,000 a year, even But BP concluded it wasn't a poverty line. though the panel meets only viable option because it could "Mr. Rizzo is trying to send about twice a month to handle have made the situation worse a clear message that he accepts matters for the city of about and hampered other strategies responsibility for wrongdoing," 35,000 people. if it failed. BP said the capping said his attorney, James Spertus. Rizzo, 59, is scheduled to stack that later sealed the well "He made mistakes and he's be sentenced on March 12 and was specifically designed to land trying to make amends for that." expected to be sent to prison for on the well system above the Rizzo became the face of a 10 to 12 years. blowout preventer. 6 0