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WHO: Program in Inter- national and Comparative Studies WHEN: Today from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building, Room 1644 Xi Jinping discussion WHAT: Discuss the strate- gies of the new president of the People's Republic of China. The discussion will be lead by University Pro- fessor Kenneth Liberthal. WHO: U-M Center for Chi- nese Studies WHEN: Today at 2 p.m. WHERE: School of Social Work Building, Room 1636 On Tuesday, Vice President Joe Biden announced $100 million, in mental-health funding during an event in Newtown, Connecticut, The Hill report- ed. $50 million of the pledge will be funded through the Affordable Care Act. President Barack Obama was criticized Tuesday for taking a "selfie" at a celebration of Nelson Mandela's life in South Africa, the Washing- ton Post reported. The photo also included two prominent European prime ministers. 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Shannon Guess Richardson entered her plea in federal court in Texarkana, Texas, to a federal charge of possessing and produc- ing a biological toxin. Richardson was arrested in June after authorities said she, tried to implicate her estranged husband, Nathan Richardson, after he had filed for divorce. Prosecutors say Shannon Rich- ardson mailed three letters from UH- New Boston, outside Texarkana, On the morning of May 20, she then went to police and claimed said, she waited for Nathan Rich- that her husband had done it. ardson to go to work. Richardson, 35, has had minor "After he left the house, I roles in the television series "The printed the mailing labels for Walking Dead" and the movie President Barack Obama, New "The Blind Side." She also is the York City Mayor Michael Bloom- mother of six children - includ- berg, and Mark Glaze with The ing one child born prematurely Raben Group," Richardson said whileshewas incustodythisyear. inthe document. Glaze is director Prosecutors say investigators of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, noted inconsistencies in Richard- Bloomberg's group advocating for son's statements and later learned tougher gun control. that she had purchased materials The letter to Obama, according online to produce ricin, a toxin to the document, read: "What's in that can cause respiratory failure this letter is nothing compared to if inhaled. what ive got in store for you mr She acknowledged in a signed president." plea agreement document filed "You will have to kill me and Tuesday that she ordered castor my family before you get my beans online and learned how guns," the letter read. "Anyone to process them into a substance wants to come to my house will used to make ricin. She obtained get shot in the face." an email address, a PayPal shop- After mailing the letters, she ping account and a post office box admitted to trying to blame her in her husband's name without husband and lying to authorities. his knowledge, according to the Her attorney, Tonda Curry, document. said last month that she and prosecutors agreed to a deal cap- ping Richardson's sentence at 18 years. Prosecutors say Rich- ardson faces life in prison for the charge to which she pleaded guilty. Curry has said that Richard- son wanted to "tell the govern- 7 ment who else was involved in those offenses," but declined to 6 name anyone. In the document filed Tuesday, known as a factual resume, Richardson does not 5 name anyone else but says that the supplies she ordered "were 5 used to make ricin" - not that she made the ricin herself. 3 2 Nathan Richardson has not been charged in the case, even - -though Shannon Richardson has repeatedly tried to blame him, said John Delk, Nathan Rich- 7 9 ' ardson's attorney. "He was interviewed the very first day, and he's been coopera- 7 tive since Day One," Delk said. Nathan Richardson has tem- 8 2 porary custody of the couple's newborn son, who is healthy and steadily growing, Delk said. The couple's divorce likely will not be finalized until next year. Looters roam streets as authorities continue strike over higher pay BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Many Argentines armed and barricaded themselves in their homes and stores in fear of looting mobs Tuesday as the nation's celebration of 30 years of uninterrupted democracy were marred by police strikes for higher pay. Politicians struggled to assert their authority over secu- rity forces even as they agreed to salary increases so steep that many provinces won't be able to pay their debts at month's end, adding stress to an economy already suffering from 25 per- cent inflation. President Cristina Fernan- dez sought to contain the cri- sis Tuesday night, charging that anti-democratic elements were trying to undo Argentina's hard-won gains. "We must con- demn the extortion of those who carry arms to defend soci- ety," she declared. The speech was her first response to a weeklong series of provincial police strikes. As officers abandoned their posts, and in some cases alleg- edly encouraged, violence to pressure authorities, many of Argentina's 23 provinces have endured long nights of chaos as roving groups smashed through storefronts and fought over the merchandise inside. Hospital and political authorities said at least seven people had been killed, includ- ing a police offiPer in northern Chaco province who was struck by a bullet below his protective vest Tuesday and a store owner whose burned body was found last week in his looted and torched market in Buenos Aires province. The others allegedly died while looting. One young man was electrocuted while steal- ing from an appliance store in a rainstorm. Another fell off a motorcycle while carting off a television. A third died in a fist- fight over stolen goods inside a ruined store. Hundreds have been injured and thousands of businesses damaged in the scattered vio- lence. While most officers were back at work after securing new deals, police uprisings contin- ued Tuesday in several cities. Commerce has beei shut down in many places, and even some public hospitals have turned away non-emergency patients for fear of being looted. With consumer prices soar- ing, Argentines are accustomed to annual labor protests in which workers threaten chaos if they don't get their way. But strikes by armed police are more ominous in a coun- try where social chaos, police crackdowns and spiraling vio- lence ushered in the 1976 mili- tary coup and a world-record debt default in 2001. "This was executed and planned with surgical preci- sion," Fernandez said in her speech marking the end of the last military junta. She claimed many people became unwit- ting instruments of extortion by police who "liberated" areas where looting could happen. "We have promoted the inte- gration of the armed forces into democratic processes, and the same must be done with pro- vincial police, once and for all," she said. To free up cash for the rais- es, her Cabinet chief, Jorge Capitanich, announced a three- month delay in payments most Argentine provinces owe this month to the federal govern- ment on debts refinanced two years ago. Human rightsgroupswarned against giving in too easily to the security forces' demands. The deal Buenos Aires Gov. Daniel Scioli reached with rebellious officers Monday night includes an amnesty for rule-breaking officers, making them eligible for 14,000 prom- ised promotions this month that will raise salaries far above the base pay he prom- ised. The deal also lets officers who retired on 90 percent pay to return to work at twice their old salaries. "The weapons given to secu- rity forces to 'protect citizens' life and property cannot be used to force decisions by con- stitutional powers," warned the Center for Legal and Social Studies, a human rights group that has closely tracked police abuse. "We think it's urgent that the security forces stop intensifying the violence and feeding incidents that pose very high risks to our society and its institutions." Tuesday marked three decades since President Raul Alfonsin's inauguration ended the 1976-1983 dictatorship. Fer- nandez invited all political par- ties to assemble on-a huge stage in front of the presidential pal- ace for a long night of speeches and music to celebrate democ- racy's consolidation. The late president's son, leg- islator Ricardo Alfonsin, and Buenos 'Aires Mayor Mauri- cio Macri both said the party should be called off, given the potential for another night of violence. Alfonsin called for "all political sectors to commit together to defend the democ- racy and its institutions." The event went on as sched- uled, however, and shortly after the president spoke, word spread that deals had been * struck with police in Tucuman and Santa Fe, two of the last provinces where officers were holding out for higher pay. Still, even governors who restored calm by agreeing to steep police pay raises days earlier seemed wary of declar- ing victory. Strikes by public health workers are spreading, and other public employees are clamoring for raises, too. &