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Man lost in Atlantic for 60 days found, taken to hospital, Coast Guard says

Written By kolimtiga on Jumat, 03 April 2015 | 16.38

A man reportedly missing at sea for about two months was rescued from his crippled boat approximately 200 miles off North Carolina, according to authorities.

Louis Jordan, 37, sailing a vessel named Angel, was reported missing by family Jan. 29, according to a news release from the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth, Va.

The Coast Guard received a notification around 1:30 p.m. Thursday from another boat, the Houston Express, that Jordan and his disabled ship had been seen about 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C.

The Houston Express took Jordan aboard, according to the release.

A Jayhawk helicopter picked up Jordan and flew him to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., arriving around 7:30 p.m., according to the release.

According to the Associated Press, Coast Guard spokeswoman Lt. Krystyn Pecora said Jordan had a shoulder injury. His father, Frank Jordan, said his son also was dehydrated.

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1:17 a.m.: This article was updated with details on Jordan's condition.

This article was first posted at 9:17 p.m.

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Man lost in Atlantic for 60 days found, taken to hospital, Coast Guard says

A man reportedly missing at sea for about two months was rescued from his crippled boat approximately 200 miles off North Carolina, according to authorities.

Louis Jordan, 37, sailing a vessel named Angel, was reported missing by family Jan. 29, according to a news release from the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth, Va.

The Coast Guard received a notification around 1:30 p.m. Thursday from another boat, the Houston Express, that Jordan and his disabled ship had been seen about 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C.

The Houston Express took Jordan aboard, according to the release.

A Jayhawk helicopter picked up Jordan and flew him to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., arriving around 7:30 p.m., according to the release.

1:17 a.m.: This article was updated with details on Jordan's condition.

This article was first posted at 9:17 p.m.

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Man lost in Atlantic for 60 days found, taken to hospital, Coast Guard says

A man reportedly missing at sea for about two months was rescued from his crippled boat approximately 200 miles off North Carolina, according to authorities.

Louis Jordan, 37, sailing a vessel named Angel, was reported missing by family Jan. 29, according to a news release from the Coast Guard 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth, Va.

The Coast Guard received a notification around 1:30 p.m. Thursday from another boat, the Houston Express, that Jordan and his disabled ship had been seen about 200 miles east of Cape Hatteras, N.C.

The Houston Express took Jordan aboard, according to the release.

A Jayhawk helicopter picked up Jordan and flew him to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital in Norfolk, Va., arriving around 7:30 p.m., according to the release.

1:17 a.m.: This article was updated with details on Jordan's condition.

This article was first posted at 9:17 p.m.

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Gunmen attack Kenya university, kill 2, wound 29

Written By kolimtiga on Kamis, 02 April 2015 | 16.38

Gunmen attacked a college campus in northeast Kenya early Thursday, opening fire in dormitories and killing at least 15 people and wounding 29 others, witnesses said. The attack bore the hallmarks of a Somali Islamic extremist group.

Augustine Alanga, a 21-year-old student who survived the attack at Garissa University College, described a panicked scene as gunshots rang out outside their dormitory in the pre-dawn hours when most people were still fast asleep.

The shooting became more intense almost immediately, he told The Associated Press by phone. The heavy gunfire forced some students to stay indoors as others fled with gunmen firing at them.

He said he saw at least five heavily armed, masked gunmen.

"I am just now recovering from the pain as I injured myself while trying to escape. I was running barefoot," said Alanga, who was one of scores of students who managed to escape through barbed-wire fencing.

At the time the attack started — 5:30 a.m. — morning prayers were underway at the university mosque, where students were not attacked, he said.

A mortuary attendant in the town of Garissa says at least 15 people have been killed and at some 60 were injured. The attendant saw the casualties arrive by ambulance. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Some of the more seriously wounded were being flown to Nairobi, the capital, authorities said.

The National Disaster Operations Center said on Twitter that three of four dorms have been evacuated, with the gunmen cornered in one dorm. No further details were immediately available and Kenya Defense Forces have surrounded the area, journalists said, impeding their access.

Terrified students streamed out of buildings, some young men shirtless, as arriving police officers hunkered down, taking cover. The gunmen had opened fire at guards, triggering a "fierce shootout" with police guarding student dorms, Kenya's National Police Service said in a written statement.

The attackers managed to get into the dorms of Garissa University College, raising the possibility of hostage-taking.

Kenya's National Disaster Operations Center said 29 people wounded during the attack have been admitted to a hospital, four of them in critical condition. Most have gunshot wounds, the center said.

Police and military surrounded the buildings and were trying to secure the area, police officer Musa Yego told AP.

Abass Gulett, head of the Red Cross in Kenya, said fighting was ongoing as the security forces try to retake some university blocks from the gunmen. "

Kenya's northern and eastern regions, which are near the Somali border, have suffered many attacks blamed on the Al Qaeda-linked Somali group, Shabab, which has vowed retribution on Kenya for sending troops into Somalia to fight the militants. Kenya sent its troops there in 2011 to fight al-Shabab militants following cross-border attacks.

Shabab attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi in 2013, killing dozens.

Last month, Shabab claimed responsibility for attacks in the county of Mandera on the Somali border in which 12 people died. Four of them died in an attack on the convoy of Mandera County Governor Ali Roba.

Police statistics show that 312 people have been killed in Shabab attacks in Kenya from 2012 to 2014. Thirty-eight people were killed and 149 wounded in Garissa in the same period.

2:30 a.m.: This article was updated with a new death toll.

1:12 a.m.: This article was updated with a new number of wounded and other details.

11:48 p.m.: This article was updated with new details throughout.

This article was first posted at 11:06 p.m.

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Literacy gap between Latino and white toddlers starts early, study shows

Latino toddlers whose language comprehension is roughly similar to white peers at 9 months old fall significantly behind by the time they are 2, according to a study released Thursday.

The UC Berkeley study found that four-fifths of the nation's Mexican American toddlers lagged three to five months behind whites in preliteracy skills, oral language and familiarity with print materials.

Although earlier studies have shown that Latino children are raised with emotional warmth and develop social skills on par with others when they enter kindergarten, the new research found they are not receiving sufficient language and literacy skills at home, said Bruce Fuller, a UC Berkeley professor of education and public policy and co-author of the study.

"For many Latinos, the home is a nurturing and supportive environment, but it's not necessarily infused with rich language and cognitive challenges," Fuller said. "Being warm and fuzzy may lead to well-behaved youngsters but it doesn't necessarily advance a young child's cognitive agility."

Mothers of toddlers who fell behind were more likely to be foreign-born, low-income and less educated. They were also less likely to read to their children daily or give them as much praise and encouragement as those whose children kept pace with white peers.

The study found, for instance, that only 18% of Mexican American mothers who spoke Spanish at home read to their children daily, compared with 59% of white mothers. Among Mexican American mothers who spoke English at home, 28% read daily.

In addition, other research has found that parents with more education limit television, ask their children more questions, give them more opportunities to articulate their feelings and have them show off their skills -- counting to 10 for grandma, for instance.

Latino mothers also have been found to issue more commands -- set the table, turn off the TV -- which may stem from the need to maintain order in larger families, Fuller said. And Latino mothers tend to believe that children should wait for kindergarten to learn to read, compared with white mothers who see age 2 as the appropriate age for such learning, according to a UCLA study. Fuller said that difference may stem from the traditional Mexican respect for teachers.

Less than half of all Latino 4-year-olds attend preschool, compared with 70% of whites.

Among Mexican-Americans, greater growth was recorded among toddlers whose mothers worked outside the home than those who didn't, even controlling for parent education levels. Fuller said the reason is still "a bit mysterious" but may be connected to greater acculturation and exposure to different parenting practices among working mothers.

The study tracked a nationally representative sample of 4,550 children from birth to 30 months.

The findings underscore the need for widespread parent education and renewal of federal funding for such programs as home visits to train families on effective parenting practices, Fuller said. Most funding is focused on preschool but "we've got to start earlier because "the disparities open up far sooner," he said.

"The good news is that we know what works," he said. "The question is how do we get mom and dad to understand the need to nurture stronger language skills by age 1 and 2 and that parents play a large role in that development?"

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Despite 'significant progress,' Iran talks fall short

International negotiators made "significant progress" in overnight meetings but have not yet completed the preliminary deal they have been seeking to curb Iran's nuclear program, Iran's foreign minister said Thursday morning.

As talks between Iran and six world powers entered their eighth straight day, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the diplomats had narrowed their differences in overnight wrangling between Secretary of State John F. Kerry, the Iranian team and European officials.

He said he and European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini have begun preparing a press statement for an announcement that was likely to be made later Thursday. It was unclear whether the announcement would outline an agreement or simply end this round of talks.

In another potentially positive sign, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius returned to this lakeside city late Wednesday, and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier canceled a trip to the Baltic region that had been delayed to remain at the negotiations. If there is an announcement of a deal Thursday, at least some of the foreign ministers would want to be present.

The diplomats are seeking a preliminary outline of a deal that would ease sanctions on Iran if it accepts restrictions aimed at preventing if from obtaining a nuclear weapon. If they complete the first-stage agreement here, they hope to fill in all details of a comprehensive deal by June 30.

"We are moving," Zarif declared earlier Thursday morning, as he emerged from long hours of talks just before 6 a.m.

Marie Harf, Kerry's spokeswoman, said on Twitter that the session was "truly an all nighter." After more than eight hours of talks, the diplomats broke for about three hours of sleep, then resumed their meetings.

Diplomats cautioned that the talks, which have veered between optimisim and gloom all week, could again stall. The negotiations have been slowed by differences between the six powers and Iran, and differences among the world powers.

Fabius, returning from Paris Wednesday night, said negotiators remained "a few yards" from the finish line.

The Obama administration is under enormous pressure to demonstrate progress in the 18-month-old talks before Congress returns from break on April 14. Skeptical lawmakers say that unless they see proof of progress they will seek votes on two measures the administration believes could sink the talks.

Kerry still has two weeks to nail down the preliminary deal. But it may be easier to try to solve differences now than to try to bring diplomats back to Switzerland next week.

The White House, in an acknowledgement that the talks were skirting the edge of collapse, said Wednesday that President Obama was prepared to take a new approach if progress was not possible.

Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, said that while U.S. officials still see signs of progress, "if we are in a situation where we sense that the talks have stalled, then … the U.S. and the international community is prepared to walk away."

But for the administration, the challenge is not just to get an agreement, but to reach one that demonstrates that the two sides are resolving the big issues that stand between them.

Administration officials have promised that they would explain to the public the decisions they have made. Earnest has said U.S. officials would describe how they intend to deal with dangers presented by the major Iranian nuclear sites.

But it appears likely that key issues, such as the handling of Iran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium, will remain unresolved as the negotiations enter their final months.

Some analysts – including former members of Obama's team – have said they are concerned that the deal could be less than advertised. That would further complicate the administration's struggle to sell the deal to Congress and allies, when it is already under fire from critics.

Kerry is fabled for his dogged approach to diplomacy. During his last attempt to work out a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, Israeli officials joked ruefully about Kerry's habit of showing up and simply waiting in hopes of wearing down the other side.

This may not be an auspicious week for a deal. A deal signed Wednesday might have been derided as the April Fool's agreement. And Thursday is the 13^th day of the Iranian new year, Zeizdah Bedar, considered an unlucky day for Iranians.

Special correspondent Ramin Mostaghim in Tehran contributed to this article.

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Clippers lose edge against Golden State Warriors

Written By kolimtiga on Rabu, 01 April 2015 | 16.38

The Clippers long ago proved they are a playoff team. The question now is are they a team that can contend for a title?

"We believe we are," Clippers Coach Doc Rivers said before Tuesday's game with the Golden State Warriors.

There may be few others that share that belief though after the Clippers let a 17-point first-half lead get away in a physical, often chippy 110-106 loss that had the intensity, if not the quality, of a playoff matchup.

The Clippers played brilliantly at times, horribly at others in losing for the first time in eight games. Lost, too, was an opportunity to move within a half-game of the third seed in the Western Conference and into position to play host to a first-round playoff series later this month.

The fact it came against the Warriors, a team that is rapidly becoming the Clippers' most bitter rival, made it even more difficult to take.

Which is why Rivers could be heard screaming at his team behind closed doors when it ended.

"We had the right mindset, we had the right energy," Rivers said. "We just couldn't sustain it."

With Blake Griffin scoring 18 of his game-high 40 points and DeAndre Jordan grabbing 10 rebounds in the first half, the Clippers led by 17 midway through the second quarter, threatening to embarrass a team that has lost just once in its last 16 games.

There's a reason the Warriors have the league's best record, though, and they showed that over the next 13 minutes, running the Clippers down and taking their first lead of the game, 72-71, on Stephen Curry's three-point shot with 4:02 left in the third.

"Once we let the Warriors get loose, they started making shots," Rivers said. "It was hard to turn them off. When you play a team like that and you are holding them down, you have to think at some point they will start making shots.

"Everything in the game flipped. They were playing downhill and we were playing at a slow pace."

After a dismal first half in which Golden State made slightly more than a third of its field-goal attempts, the Warriors 52.4% from the floor and made four of seven attempts from behind the third-point line in the second half. And the Warrior bench outscored the Clipper reserves, 34-12.

"Our second unit didn't play well tonight," Rivers conceded.

Still, the Clippers fought back to retake the lead four times — the final time at 92-91 on Chris Paul's two free throws with eight minutes left. The teams were tied four times down the stretch before a David Lee free throw with less than three minutes to play put the Warriors ahead for good.

Golden State then sealed the win when Andre Iguodala sank two foul shots following a controversial call against the Clippers' Matt Barnes with 70 seconds left.

Curry finished with a team-high 27 points while Klay Thompson had 25. Paul followed Griffin for the Clippers with 27 points while Jordan had 15 rebounds, three more than Griffin.

"We played tough tonight," said Jordan, who scored just five points on 1 of 5 shooting from the floor. "We gave up some leads and stopped playing defense. When you play a great team like that you can't have any lapses.

"We are getting ready for the playoffs. They are a playoff team. We're going to see them later on down the line so we have to just be able to take the punches."

The Clippers will have to heal quickly though because they play another game with huge playoff implications Wednesday night in Portland.

"There's a point in time where you need to be peaking," guard Dahntay Jones said. "And that's where we're at right now."

Follow Kevin Baxter on Twitter @kbaxter11

Staff writer Chris Erskine contributed to this report