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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2009
Anchor retrieved from pirate ship
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BEAUFORT, N.C. — An anchor from a shipwreck thought to be Blackhawk fox
southern's flags the Queen Anne's Revenge, was so unstable that divers in North Carolina retrieved it Wednesday rather than waiting until next year.
Divers raised the 4.5-foot,160-
Wilde-Ramsing, the director of the shipwreck project. When the grapnel reached the surface, a crane brought it on the boat.
Queen Anne's Revenge was a French slave ship before Blackbeard captured it in 1717.
Two divers put straps on the anchor, then small lift bags that they filled with air, said Mark
pound grapnel, or anchor, from the wreck in the Atlantic Ocean near Beaufort on Wednesday and will display it Thursday at the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort. The anchor originally had four prongs, but now has $1\frac{1}{2}$.
The grapel probably was an anchor for a smaller boat that would have been used to transport items between ships or from land to ship. Wilde-Ramsing said.
The rest of the shipw.eck looks very stable. Wilde-Ramsing said.
Queen Anne's Revenge was a French slave ship that measured about 100 feet long with three masts and a crew of 150 to 200. Blackbeard captured the ship, then known as La Concorde, in 1717 and renamed it before it ran aground off Atlantic Beach a year later. The shipwreck was discovered in 1996.
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Economy improving in many regions
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STIMULUS
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A sign advertises townhouse availability at a development in Beaverton, Ore. Improvements in housing and manufacturing are driving the early stages of the economic recovery, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — The Midwest is starting to see a comeback in manufacturing and technology. Home sales are rising in parts of the Northeast. But states like Florida, Nevada and California, still suffering from the housing bust, remain depressed.
The economy's tentative recovery is occurring in pockets around the country, with some states and cities starting to rebound while neighboring areas still struggle, two government reports showed Wednesday.
They showed improving job markets in some Midwestern states, such as Indiana and Ohio. But other states, such as Rhode Island, posted new record-high joblessness.
In the Fed's latest survey of businesses nationwide, all but two of 12 regions showed at least some signs of improvement. Only the Atlanta and St. Louis regions reported weaker economic activity.
The survey found many parts of the country either stabilized or
estly over the past six weeks. The Boston, Cleveland and Richmond, Va., regions reported growing home sales, though the gains came from depressed levels.
But the pic-
country — 15.3 percent.
* Pickups in housing and manu-
"This is not a consumer-led recovery. This is very much a stimulus-led recovery."
Michigan, home of the battered American auto industry, claimed the highest jobless rate in the
ture is still far bleaker in places hit hardest by the collapse of the housing market. Florida reported a record-high jobless rate of 11 percent, according to the Labor Department. Nevadas climbed to 13.3 percent, also a record.
ROBERT DYE Economist
facturing activity are leading the budding recovery in most of the country, according to Fed's survey.
Economists warn that the improvements could fizzle, though, after government help is removed. For example, gains in the housing market could be threatened if a tax credit for first-time homebuyers is allowed to expire Nov. 30.
"The main story here is the economy is starting to turn around," said Robert Dye, senior economist at PNC Financial Services Group. "This is not a consumer-led recovery. This is very much a stimulus-led recovery. And it begs
Factories have been increasing production as businesses restock depleted inventories. Part of that restocking was due to the Cash for Clunkers program this summer, which caused a brief burst in car sales.
the question: What happens when the government supports are withdrawn?"
By contrast, the Fed said the weakest link in the recovery is commercial real estate, with vacancies high across the country and businesses unable to get credit to buy or build commercial space.
The nation's unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of
9. 8 percent in September, and is expected to top 10 percent this year. Economists predict it will rise as high as 10.5 percent by the middle of next year before slowly driving down.
The Labor Department report said unemployment rose in 23 states last month. While layoffs have slowed, companies remain
"It begs the question What happens when the government supports are withdrawn?"
ROBERT DYE Economist
reluctant to hire. Forty-three states reported job losses in September, while only seven gained jobs.
to keep interest rates at record lows into next year to help foster the recovery.
CRIME
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MAYS LANDING, N.J. Jurors weighing the fate of three men accused of setting up a videotaped sex sting of an Atlantic City councilman determined that the camera doesn't lie, convicting each on nearly all charges Wednesday.
Floyd Tally and brothers Ronald and David Callaway were found guilty of conspiracy, criminal coercion and invasion of privacy. David Callaway was acquitted on
"My religion says I can't rejoice in anybody's suffering, even though they had been my enemies."
one of two invasion of privacy counts.
EUGENE ROBINSON
Councilman
The tape was leaked to the media in an attempt to get Robinson, who also is a Baptist minister, to resign. He refused and contacted authorities instead.
The charges involved the clandestine videotaping in November 2006 of Councilman Eugene Robinson, who was lured to a motel and received oral sex from a prostitute hired by the defendants and the mastermind of the scheme, former Council President Craig Callaway.
"My religion says I can't rejoice in anybody's suffering, even though they had been my enemies," Robinson said when informed of the verdicts by The Associated Press. His health took a precipitous decline after the videotape was made public, and he lives in a nursing home.
"Things should be done in decency," Robinson said. "I think
Ronald Callaway's lawyer, Bonnie Putterman, said her defense was based largely on the premise that the prostitute had misidentified Ronald Callaway.
about people who might want to go into public service who may be dissuaded from it because of what happened to me. But justice is being done, and I applaud that."
who is one of 13 siblings.
"They (the jury) grouped them all together," she said. "I don't think they could escape the fact that they were all Callaways."
Harry Leszchyn Jr., David Callaway's attorney said his client "was the most peripheral" player in the case.
"The jury obviously felt he was more involved than I believed," he said, adding Callaway would appeal the conviction.
All three defendants were handcuffed and led away by sheriff's officers immediately after the verdict. A judge revoked bail for Ronald Callaway, 53, and Tally, 39. The judge set bail for 46-year-old David Callaway at $50,000, which he was not immediately able to post.
David Callaway and Tally also are awaiting trial on an unrelated voter fraud case in which they are accused of absentee ballot fraud on behalf of one of the losing candidates in June's Democratic mayoral primary in Atlantic City.
They are accused of falsifying ballot applications on behalf of Councilman Marty Small, who was the principal opponent of the incumbant mayor.
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