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By Bertrand Guay, AFP/Getty Images who could lose his By Mario Perez, AP No. 1 ranking, 1, 7C Roger Federer: Was 12-0 vs. Soderling. NO. 1INTHE USA Alex O’Loughlin: Plays Steve McGarrett in CBS’ Hawaii Five-0. Wednesday, June 2, 2010 c Newsline Justice n News n Money n Sports n Life Israel won’t Dept. to lift embargo against Gaza launch mTurkey keeps up pressure vs. Israelis at U.N.; at left, a protest by AFP/Getty Images Palestinians, 5A oil probe Court votes AG Holder declines to scale back ‘Miranda’ to specify targets mJustice Anthony By Brian Winter and Kevin Johnson Kennedy writes USA TODAY for majority in File photo by Mark Wilson, Getty Images The Justice Department said Tuesday that it 5-4 decision in “Stunning” news: High school sweethearts Al and Tipper Gore, seen strolling the White House grounds would open a criminal and civil investigation into USA TODAY Michigan case, 7A in November 2007, announce their separation two weeks after their 40th anniversary. the Gulf oil disaster as government projections showed the massive slick moving closer to shore. After a tour of the afflicted areas, Attorney Gener- AT&T to al Eric Holder said that the wide-ranging inquiry is “our obligation under the law.” price by Capital shocker: Gores Holder declined to specify whether the probe Web usage would target energy company BP, which operated the oil rig that caused the leak. However, BP shares mUnlimited lost 15% of their value as officials said the spill — and access replaced by to split after 40 years BP’s liability for economic and environmental dam- ages — might not be resolved for months following data limits; heavy “It’s absolutely stunning,” said several failed attempts to cap the gusher. users will be most Friends are told of David Jackson, a pop culture pro- Justice Department spokesman Andrew Ames iPhone by Bloomberg News affected, 1B ‘mutual’ breakup fessor at Bowling Green State Uni- said the inquiry would involve “all possible vio- versity in Ohio. “They appeared to lations of the law,” including breaches of the Clean Agencies predict significant wildfires via group e-mail be a totally functional modern, Water, Oil Pollution and Endangered Species acts. working couple.” Holder’s trip to the Gulf Coast included meetings Hotter, drier summer could mean heightened By Mimi Hall For decades, the Gores cultivated with federal prosecutors and state attorneys gener- risk in West, Alaska, Great Lakes, Gulf Coast. 3A. USA TODAY their image as a couple who met al from Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Presi- and fell in love in high school and dent Obama also told members of an independent mMoney: Some shares in bear territory WASHINGTON — Word from Al kept the spark alive while raising investigating commission Seventy-six of S&P 500 stocks are down 20% or and Tipper Gore that they are sep- four kids and living a public life. that laws would be changed Underwater more, putting them in a troubled bear market. 1B. arating after 40 years of marriage An accomplished drummer and if necessary to prevent such uBP, Lebanon woes pull stocks down. 4B. rocked the nation’s capital Tuesday, photographer, Tipper loved the spills. pipelines’ risk more than a decade after their sto- counterculture Grateful Dead band The Coast Guard said it mVulnerability mSports: Etiquette trips Flyers’ Pronger rybook romance stood in contrast and was seen as the more impetu- was “aggressively increas- to hurricanes, 2A Hockey player ignores tradition after first two to the turbulent relationship be- ous of the pair who helped human- ing” surveillance and clean- games of Stanley Cup Final, raises eyebrows. 8C. tween Bill and Hillary Clinton. ize her handsome but stiff leading up after the latest forecasts indicated winds pushing “This is very much a mutual and man. In 2004, Al Gore called her the oil closer to the Louisiana, Alabama and Mis- mLife: Memorial Day box office a bore mutually supportive decision that “my beloved partner.” sissippi coasts. Two Navy skimmers are on their Summer’s most anticipated movies slogged we have made together following a Their marriage survived stress- way to join three already in place off of Mississippi’s through the gate, leaving studios scrambling. 1D. process of long and careful consid- File photo by Tim Dillon, USA TODAY es: the near-death experience of Petit Bois Island, where oil was spotted Tuesday, the eration,” the couple said in an e- Take 2: The Gores re-enact their young son who was hit by a Coast Guard’s P.J. Capelottisaid. mail to family and friends just two their famous kiss in 2004. car in 1989, her battle with depres- Asked whether this week could see some of the Nation’s gas gauge weeks after their 40th anniversary. sion, the 1998 scandal when Presi- heaviest onshore oil contamination since the leak RegularMid Premium “We ask for respect for our privacy and that of our dent Clinton admitted to sexual relations with an began six weeks ago, Capelotti said, “That’s what Current average $2.7272 $2.8962 $3.0002 family, and we do not intend to comment further.” intern, the 2000 election recount and subsequent we’re gearing up for.” KaleeKreider, a spokeswoman for the former Supreme Court ruling for George W. Bush. The government widened thefishing ban, put- Previous day $2.732 $2.901 $3.005 vice president, confirmed the contents of the e- Tipper Gore, 61, has since set up a photowebsite ting nearly a third of federal Gulf waters off-limits. Year ago $2.512 $2.668 $2.762 mail but would not provide other details. Other and spent time with their children and threegrand- BP is attempting to slow the leak, which has sur- Source: AAA.com; arrows show direction of prices from previous day friends declined to speak on the record, citing the children. Al Gore, 62, who won the Nobel Peace passed the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill as the worst oil Gores’ request for privacy. Prize in 2007 for his work on climate change, has disaster in U.S. history, by positioning a cap over the Try a free 30-day It was the talker of the day in Washington. Politico traveled extensively to promote environmental opening. Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allensaid the “ul- subscription to our issued a breaking-news alert shortly after noon. causes and launched Current TV, a media company. timate solution” is not likely until August, when a replica e-Edition and you could win a Ford Fusion Within a couple of hours, The Huffington Post had The Gores’ separation shows “it’s impossible to relief well can be put in place. Hybrid. Details at readandridegiveaway.com. posted a photo and video gallery of the couple’s tell what goes on in a marriage,” says Stephanie “They seem to be throwing up their hands,” said best-known PDAs (public displays of affection), in- Coontz, author of Marriage, A History. At the same Carl Safina, an ecologist and founder of the Blue cluding the ardent kiss that then-Democratic presi- time, she says, if they keep the personal details pri- Ocean Institute, an environmental group. “It seems ® USA TODAY Snapshots dential nominee Gore planted on his wife at the vate and remain friends, their breakup could be a like we’re ruining the Gulf of Mexico, and there’s 2000 Democratic National Convention. “model” for how to separate “with dignity.” nothing effective that can be done to stop it.” Economic downturn affects 10.1 billion coin demand The U.S. Mint produced 65% fewer For Christians in Iraq, the threats persist coins in 2009 vs. 2008, the fewest made since 1962. Coins made: the motherhouse. One time, they set fire to a pro- U.S. seeking ways to help pane can and left it in front of our gate.” The attacks in Mosul reflect how daily life re- 3.5 billion protect ‘at risk’ followers mains tenuous for many Christians in Iraq, where By Aamer Madhani complex and long-lasting religious conflicts and USA TODAY sectarian violence among Muslim militants persist despite improving security. HAMDANIYAH, Iraq — The small bomb exploded Before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003, there were inside the courtyard of the motherhouse just mo- about 1.4 million Christians in Iraq, a Muslim- Source: 2008 2009 U.S. Mint ments after Sister Maria Hannareceived an anony- dominated nation of nearly 30 million. Since then,

By Anne R. CareyCareyR.AnneBy and Paul Trap, USA TODAY mous phone call warning her to get her nuns out of about 50% of Iraq’s Christians have fled the country, the area. taking refuge in Jordan, Syria, Europe and Crossword, Sudoku6D The recent attack on the Immaculate Vir- the USA, according to the United Nations Editorial/Forum 8-9A gin convent was nothing new. By Hanna’s Cover Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Marketplace Today6D Market scoreboard 4B count, it was the 20th time the convent in story Here in northern Nineveh province, life QIJFAF-03005x(M)c State-by-state 9A the nearby northern city of Mosul had come for Iraq’s diminishing Christian community TV Listings 8D under attack since the start of the war. is particularly bleak. At least 5,000 Chris- ©COPYRIGHT 2010 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co., Inc. “One time it was an RPG (rocket-propelled gre- tians from the provincial capital of Mosul fled the By Khalid Mohammed, AP Subscriptions, customer service nade),” said Hanna, ticking off the litany of attacks city after targeted attacks in late 2009 and early this “Not everyone can leave”: Iraqi Christians pray at 1-800-USA-0001 www.usatodayservice.com against the convent that has been her home for 52 Virgin Mary Church in Baghdad on April 4. Their years. “One time a car bomb exploded just outside Please see COVER STORY next page u community has been a target of violence.

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