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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ◆ MONDAY, APRIL 11, 20117ANEW YORKNYSE rejects bid to sellThe parent company of the NewYork Stock Exchange said Sunday thatit rejected an $11.3 billion bid fromNasdaq and IntercontinentalExchangeto buy the company.NYSE Euronext said that its boarddecided to turn down the offer, whichwas submitted earlier this month,because it was “highly conditional” andwould have caused unnecessary risk forshareholders.The company said it is sticking withits plan to combine with Germanexchange operator Deutsche BoerseAG. NYSE agreed to that $10 billiondeal in FebruaryNATIONCAMARILLO, CALIF.Gas prices jump 19 cents a gallonThe average U.S. price of a gallon of gasolinehas jumped 19 cents over the past threeweeks.The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices nowputs the average price for a gallon of regularat $3.76.Analyst Trilby Lundberg said Sunday thatprice is 91 cents higher than it was this timelast year.The national average for a gallon of midgradeis $3.90. For premium it’s $4.01 a gallon.Lundberg said diesel prices rose 11 cents agallon over the past three weeks, to $4.09.Tucson, Ariz., had the nation’s lowest averageprice for gas at $3.41. San Francisco hadthe highest at $4.13.MAPLETON, IOWANATI HARNIK/The Associated PressA resident carries a basket with belongings away from a destroyedhouse in Mapleton, Iowa, on Sunday, after a large tornado flatteneda grain elevator and destroyed homes and buildings onits weekend rampage through this small western Iowa town.Authorities reported no serious injuries.PEOPLE IN THE NEWSNEW YORKAP photographer locatedAn award-winning Associated Pressphotographer covering the conflict inLibya was located Sunday after beingmissing for more than a day, the newsagency said.Altaf Qadri was safe and unhurt,and was on his way back to the APoffices in Benghazi, according to JohnDaniszewski, the agency’s senior managingeditor for international news andphotos.Qadri became separated from his colleaguesnear the eastern Libyan city ofAjdabiya while on assignment Saturday,according to the AP. “We’re very pleasedthat he has emerged unharmed whilecovering the violence in the area,”Daniszewski said.ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Andto think they did it without anyhelp from Reuben Kincaid!A mini-Partridge Familyreunion was held Saturdayin Atlantic City when DavidCassidy and Danny Bonaduceplayed on a song onstagetogether. Theysay it was onlythe secondtime in 40years they’vedone so.Bonaduce,a Philadelphiadisc jockey, Cassidywas Cassidy’syounger brother on the ’70sTV hit, but lip synched andonly pretended to play thebass guitar on the show. OnSaturday, after he did a standupcomedy routine to openthe show at Resorts CasinoHotel, Cassidy got him to play“Doesn’t Somebody Want ToBe Wanted.” Bonaduce learnedthat song for real when theyplayed it together last Octoberin suburban Philadelphia.“The Partridge Family” ranon ABC from 1970 through1974.✬ ✬ ✬ ✬ ✬HO CHI MINH CITY,Vietnam — After nearly fivedecades of singing about awar that continues to haunt ageneration of Americans, legendaryperformer Bob Dylanis finally getting his chance tosee Vietnam at peace.The iconic American folksinger and songwriter was setto play a special concert in theformer Saigon on Sunday evening,where he’s expected tobelt out someof his classicanti-wartunes, nearly36 years afterthe VietnamWar ended.Dylan’smusic during Dylanthat tumultuousera helped define a generation,touching thousandsof young people who took tothe streets demanding thatWashington stop the war inVietnam.The concert’s promoter hassaid that about half of the8,000 seats at Ho Chi MinhCity’s RMIT University weresold to a mix of young and oldfans, both Vietnamese andWestern.✬ ✬ ✬ ✬ ✬LOS ANGELES — GilRobbins, a folk singer, guitaristand member of the early 1960sgroup the Highwaymen, hasdied.Tracey Jacobs, publicistfor Robbins’ son, the actorand director Tim Robbins,said in an email Saturdaythat Robbins died Tuesday inEsteban Cantu, Mexico. Hewas 80.Shortly before Gil Robbinsjoined the Highwaymen,the group had a major hitwith “Michael,” their versionof “Michael, Row the BoatAshore.” When Robbins joinedin 1962, he took the group in amore political direction, playingand singing on five albumsuntil their 1964 breakup.Tim Robbins, star of “TheShawshank Redemption”and director of “Dead ManWalking,” issued a statementcalling him “a fantastic fatherand a great musician” with a“commitment to social justice.”✬ ✬ ✬ ✬ ✬NEW YORK — Tenor JuanDiego Florez has really delivered:a host of high C’s to aworldwide audience of millions— and minutes earlier,his own baby boy in New YorkCity.Florez helped two midwivesin the birth of Leandro Florezat 12:25 p.m.on Saturday.The tenor hadstayed up allnight withhis wife inlabor at theirManhattanFlorezapartment.While theyawaited the birth of their firstchild, the world waited for thePeruvian to sing the tenor leadin Rossini’s comic opera “LeCompte Ory” at the nearbyMetropolitan Opera — startingat 1 p.m.The baby got the cue: Hebawled first.His daddy then rushed tothe Met and the show went on— heard in movie theaters andon radio around the globe.White House: Obama to lay out spending planBY LAURIE KELLMANThe Associated PressWASHINGTON — One budget dealdown, President Barack Obama andCongress began to pivot Sunday fromthe painful standoff over this year’sspending to a pair of defining debatesover the nation’s borrowing limit andthe election-year budget.Much will be revealed at midweek,when the House and Senateare expected to vote on a budget forthe remainder of this fiscal year andObama reveals his plan to reducethe deficit, in part by scaling backprograms for seniors and the poor.Across the dial on Sunday, messengersfrom both parties framed theseries of spending fights as debatesover cuts — a thematic victory forHouse Republicans swept to power bya populist mandate for smaller, moreaustere government.“We’ve had to bring this presidentkicking and screaming to the table tocut spending,” said House MajorityLeader Eric Cantor, R-Va., on “FoxNews Sunday.”Presidential adviser David Plouffesaid Obama has long been committedto finding ways for the nation tospend within its means. He confirmedthat the president would unveil morespecifics for deficit reduction with aspeech Wednesday that would revealplans to reduce the government’schief health programs for seniors andthe poor.“You’re going to have to look atMedicare and Medicaid and see whatkind of savings you can get,” Obamaadviser David Plouffe said Sunday onNBC’s “Meet the Press.”The presidential speech onWednesday is part of officialWashington’s shift from the standoffover spending through September tonext year’s budget and beyond. Aloneand together, the prospects of raisingthe debt ceiling and passing a 2012spending plan are politically perilous,a knot that lawmakers will spendthe coming months trying to unravel.That means competing plans to shoreup the nation’s long-term fiscal healthin a debate many predict will makeFriday’s nail-biter look minor.For all the forward focus Sunday,congressional officials still were analyzingFriday’s 348-70 vote to fundthe government through the week.Operating under it, aides were puttingto paper the longer-term bipartisanaccord to fund the governmentthrough September. It wasn’t clearWILLIAM B. PLOWMAN/The Associated PressWhite House Senior Adviser David Plouffeis interviewed on NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’in Washington on Sunday.that the vote would remain the sameon the spending bill for the next sixmonths.The late hour of Friday’s handshakeleft lawmakers little time to react.House members of both parties whovoted for the funding through theweek could not say on Sunday thatthey’d vote for the plan to fund thegovernment through September.Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., whovoted “yes” Friday to extend fundingthis week while the final compromisewas written, said he was nonethelessundecided on whether he’d vote forthe final deal. On ABC’s “This Week,”he said he didn’t think the six-monthcompromise would pass.On the other side of the aisle, Rep.Mike Pence, R-Ind., also a “yes” voteon Friday, would not commit to votingfor the six-month deal either.Pence praised House Speaker JohnBoehner for fighting “the good fight.”“It sounds like John Boehner got agood deal, probably not good enoughfor me to support it, but a good dealnonetheless,” Pence said on ABC.Friday’s tally also offered a look atRepublicans likely to be the staunchestopponents of any compromiseson spending and policy.Twenty-eight of the “no” votes werecast by Republicans. Sixteen of thoseare members of the 87-member freshmanclass. Also voting no: Tea Partystar and possible presidential candidateMichele Bachmann, R-Minn.“This short-term was just ‘sameol’, same ol’ ’ for Washington,” onenewcomer who voted “no,” Rep. TimHuelskamp of Kansas, wrote on hisFacebook page.The $38.5 billion in cuts, Huelskampwrote, “barely make a dent” in years oftrillion-dollar deficits and the nation’s$14 trillion debt. Additionally, themeasure lacked the policy riders hesought, such as one to strip PlannedParenthood of federal funding, thoughby law no federal money goes to itsabortion services.All told, Huelskamp wrote, the measure“ignores the fundamental reasonsI and my fellow freshmen members ofCongress were sent to Washington inNovember of last year.”Plouffe said the president understandsthe mandate to dramaticallycut spending. On talk show aftertalk show, he pointed to December’sbipartisan deal on tax cuts with Fridaynight’s agreement on this year’s budgetas evidence that both parties cangovern together when they want to.“Compromise is not a dirty word,”Plouffe said on ABC.The president, Plouffe said, wouldaddress ways to reduce the deficitand the long-term, $14 trillion debt.He gave few specifics, but he saidthe president believes taxes should goup on higher-income Americans andcuts to Medicare and Medicaid will benecessary.A month later, fervor of Wis. debate shifts to recall electionsBY JASON SMATHERSThe Associated PressMADISON, Wis. — Nearlya month after the Wisconsinstandoff over union rightsended, some of the fervor fromthat debate has shifted to recallefforts targeting lawmakers inboth parties — Republicanswho voted to cut back collectivebargaining and Democratswho fled the state to try to stopthem.Now that the law has passed,organizers are focusing on signature-gatheringefforts. Butof the 16 state senators whowere originally targeted, onlysix appear likely to face an electionthreatening removal. Andbefore recall elections can beheld, supporters need to findcandidates to run against theincumbents.Still, voter outrage remainshigh in many places, helping tostir interest in the recalls.“A lot of legislators are goingto be looking over their shouldersa little more in the future,”said Michael Kraft, a professorof political science at theUniversity of Wisconsin atGreen Bay. “And if they are inthe middle of a recall effort,they might be nervous aboutthat. They might moderatewhat they say and how theyapproach the budget.”Last week, Democrats filedtheir first petition to try to recalla GOP senator who supportedGov. Scott Walker’s law, whicheliminated collective bargainingfor most public employees.Sen. Dan Kapanke ofLa Crosse represents aDemocratic-leaning district inwestern Wisconsin. Two otherRepublican senators and threeDemocrats also face probablerecall elections.At first, the recall effortswere a sideshow to the largerpolitical battle unfolding inMadison. But depending onhow many recall elections takeplace and how many incumbents,if any, are kicked out,the process could profoundlyaffect Walker’s agenda.If Republicans lose just threeseats, they would give up their19-14 majority and with it thepower that allowed them toaggressively push the legislationthrough despite ear-splittingprotests that drew tens ofthousands of protesters to theCapitol.Walker signed the measureMarch 11. It is being challengedin court.If a judge rules that the billwas improperly passed, theSenate could be forced to voteon the law again. And if twosenators were to switch sides,their votes (combined withthat of the sole dissentingRepublican), could defeat themeasure.In another sign that Walker’sunion law is still on manyminds, a state Supreme Courtrace exploded last week intoa hotly debated contest thatsome people viewed as a referendumon Walker’s policies. Alittle-known liberal challengertapped into voter anger in herattempt to unseat a conservativeincumbent.On Friday, Justice DavidProsser had a lead of 7,500votes out of 1.5 million ballotscast, an unusually close votefor a judicial race that he wasexpected to win easily. JoAnneKloppenburg was consideringa recount.Tate said the race energizedefforts to recall Republicansenators. Two liberal politicalaction groups — ProgressiveChange Campaign Committeeand Democracy for America— quickly announced that theywould pour another $125,000into recall ads in Green Bay,Milwaukee and Minneapolis.In addition to the six mostendangered lawmakers,re call efforts are proceedingagainst five other senators— two Democrats and threeRepublicans. But those prospectsget dimmer each day as thefiling deadline looms. And campaignstargeting two other GOPsenators and three Democratsare long shots at best.TROPIC CINEMA • 416 Eaton St.THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU (2:15), 4:30, 6:45, 9:00CERTIFIED COPY (1:30), 3:45, 6:00, 8:15THE LAST LIONS (1:45)330365PEEP WORLD (4:00), 9:00THE LINCOLN LAWYER (2:00), 4:15, 6:30, 8:45MONDAY CLASSIC SERIES 7:00BUY TIX WWW.TROPICCINEMA.COM • 877-761-3456Visit The Citizenonline atwww.keysnews.com340268