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Analysis of Tuesday night’sState of the Union addressreveals trademark optimismbut long road ahead {page 08}

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With so many people on the streets of State College yesterday, one would have thought it was gameday for Penn State football. But instead ofrowdy crowds, the mood was somber and eyes were tear-filled as Happy Valley held a funeral for the greatest Nittany Lion of all. {page 02}

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Funeral. Paterno

Thousands of onlookers packed the path of Joe Paterno’s last trip by Beaver Stadium following his funeral yesterday afternoon.

Future of city schoolscalled into question

Constant fiscal instability since last summer raises red flags, city controller saysDebt, payroll obligations still being paid, for now Massive deficits remain {page 02}

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1Wall of dark blue honors fallen LionThousands gathered yesterdaymorning at Penn State to saytheir last goodbyes to fallencoach Joe Paterno, with fami-ly, friends and former playersattending a private funeralservice afterwards.

Plenty of tears dropped inhis honor by fans who camefrom across the state and coun-

try on day two of his public me-morial. The last day will be to-day. The service is free to thepublic — but, characteristic ofsports events, all the free tick-ets are gone, swooped up in afew minutes Tuesday.

Paterno’s wife Sue wasamong the first to arrive forhis funeral at 2 p.m., accord-

ing to reports.“He realized an athlete

could be a student, and a stu-dent could be an athlete,” JimMcClure, a Penn State footballseason ticketholder for 39years, told Reuters yesterdayafter paying his tributes to thedead coach.

The memorial today will

begin in the Bryce Jordan Cen-ter, the campus basketball are-na Many current players, for-mer players and season ticketholders will come to pay theirrespects. Classes have alreadybeen cancelled by the schooland some of the professors sothe students can attend thememorial. MALIK CHARLTON

EqualityForum datesset for MayCENTER CITY. The 20th an-nual Equality Forum, oneof the country’s largestsummits on lesbian, gay,bisexual and transsexualrights, will be held May 3-6 and feature officialsfrom Israel, organizersannounced yesterday.

“Equality Forum 2012... celebrates the transfor-mation from agroundbreaking confer-ence that focused on anemerging civil rightsmovement into the annu-al Equality Forum recog-nized as the premier an-nual national and inter-national LGBT summit,”executive directorMalcolm Lazin said.

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AC beaches:Must avoidNEW JERSEY. Cliffs of sandup to 17 feet high line At-lantic City’s wide beach-es, according to city offi-cials, who said they havetemporarily blocked ac-cess to parts of the shore-line to protect unsuspect-ing visitors.

The unusually steepwalls are part of an ongo-ing fight to prevent ero-sion, officials said. Feder-al engineers will soon be-gin work to get thebeaches ready bysummer. METRO

Schools out forever?Fiscal future in doubtCity Controller Alan Butkovitzraised questions yesterdayabout the district’s future fi-nancial viability in a letter tothe Philadelphia School Dis-trict’s new chief recovery offi-cer, Tom Knudsen.

The letter is part of an au-dit by Butkovitz of the dis-trict’s financial statements. Init, he asked whether the dis-trict had the authority tomake cuts necessary to closeits $61 million deficit andasked how it planned to ad-dress a $269 million “structur-al deficit” for next year thatcould grow larger.

“Because the conditionsraise serious concerns aboutthe district’s continued viabili-ty, it is imperative that theschool district explain to us, asquickly as possible, how theyplan to deal with the adverseeffects of the conditions weoutlined,” Butkovitz says inthe letter.

The district responded bysaying it will address all of thecontroller’s concerns and that

it does have the authority toimplement the gap-closingmeasures.

“It is important to notethat there has been no findingthat the district cannot contin-ue as a ‘going concern.’ Thedistrict continues to meetboth its debt service obliga-tions and payroll,” the dis-

trict’s statement reads.Knudsen was appointed

last week to help pare downthe district’s expenses. He willwork through June for$150,000.

The district has made morethan $460 million in reduc-tions since September, but hasbeen stymied by lower rev-

enue and less-than-expectedsavings from union contracts.The remaining options are allbleak, such as drastic cuts toschool police and the elimina-tion of spring sports and gift-ed programs.

City Controller says he’ll need proof to contrary from school districtbefore he thinks they will make it out of debt Huge deficit again looms

School Reform Commission chair has his hands full with another massive financial deficit predicted for next year.

Procession was packed.

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Mentalhealthtraining forresidentsPHILADELPHIA. City officials to-day will announce a free, city-wide program to train munici-pal employees and residentsin mental health first aid.

“Mental Health First Aid”

originated in Australia andcame to the United States in2008. Philadelphia and Wash-ington, D.C., are the first ma-jor metropolitan cities in theU.S. to implement the pro-gram on a large scale, accord-ing to city health officials.

“Most people understandphysical first aid. If you getcut, almost everyone knowsyou put pressure on the cut tostop the bleeding,” said ArthurEvans, director of the city’sDepartment of Behavioral

Health and Intellectual Dis-ability Services. “Those kindsof things are widely under-stood in the community. Whatwe’re trying to do is a similarthing for mental health.”

Training starts with publicsafety employees on Friday. Forthose interested in being certi-fied as instructors, training willstart in February, and trainingfor the general public will startin June, Evans said. The train-ing will be free, paid for by agrant. METRO/SDL

300KPhiladelphians whohave dealt with or aredealing with a mentalhealth crisis, based onnational statistics. Thehope is to teach peoplehow to recognize andrespond to anindividual experiencinga mental health crisis.

In the news

New crimeplan fromMayor NutterMayor Michael Nutterand Police Commission-er Charles Ramsey to-day will discuss theirplan to addressviolence this year at apress conference atStrawberry MansionHigh School. The plan isexpected to includeplacing more officerson patrol in certainneighborhoods. Therehave been 30 murdersthis year, slightly aheadof the 2007 pace whenmore than 400 weremurdered. METRO

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College mergerThe Camden branch ofNew Jersey’s RutgersUniversity wouldmerge with anotherstate institution,Rowan University, un-der a plan announcedby Gov. Chris Christieyesterday. The planwould also eliminatethe University of Med-icine and Dentistry ofNew Jersey by merg-ing part of it withRowan and anotherschool in Newark.

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City Council newbies set to beginToday’s first City Council ses-sion of 2012 will be marked byan infusion of new blood, withsix new members joining thefray and Councilman DarrellClarke taking the helm aspresident.

“This is the largest class offreshman councilmembers inanybody’s memory, so I thinkthey’ll bring energy and newideas to City Council,” said Za-ck Stalberg of political watch-dog Committee of Seventy.

But don’t expect the fresh-man members to have a bondlike 2008's class of Coun-cilmembers Maria QuinonesSanchez, Bill Green and CurtisJones Jr., who became so tightduring training sessions —which discuss ethics and leg-islative process — that they of-ten voted together to effectchange.

The three were all mem-bers of the same political par-

ty and were largely expectedto win, incoming CouncilmanDavid Oh pointed out. Thisyear's election was hotly con-tested and extremely close, so,in some cases, several hope-fuls for each seat were invitedto participate in the trainingclasses. “I think that tookaway from the opportunity fora group to coalesce,” Oh said.

But Councilmen KenyattaJohnson and Bobby Henon areoptimistic about working to-gether.

“Without question, there’s abond between the six of us whoare coming in,” Henon said.“But we have not forged anycommitments to vote as a bloc— we all have different districtswith different interests.”

“We will have to see,” John-son said. “We all have a work-ing relationship. A lot of uswent through the same cours-es that the former three mem-bers went through and I'mpretty sure when issues aregermane to the city, all of thedistricts will work together.”

FreshmanambitionsThough Henon is the onlycouncilmember who plansto introduce legislation to-day, all of the newcomershave agendas.

Henon said he will intro-duce some district-relatedzoning resolutions and aresolution to review thecity's information technolo-gy systems, which he saysare out of date.

Johnson plans to estab-lish two task forces: a‘Peace Not Guns’ task forceto reduce gun violencethrough a partnership be-tween family court, theschool district and the De-partment of Human Servic-es and a ‘Jobs and Career’task force.

Oh plans to prioritizejob creation, crime reduc-tion and sustainable educa-tional opportunities in hisfirst year, basing legislationon research and objectivedata. METRO

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Pennsylvania ranks thirdamong U.S. states in the rate ofblack homicide victims, accord-ing to an analysis released todayby the Violence Policy Center.

The report analyzes FBI datafrom 2009, the most recent da-ta available. In Pennsylvania,there were 28.3 black homicidevictims per 100,000 people. Theonly states with higher rateswere Missouri at 34.72 andMichigan with a rate of 30.21.

In 2008, Pennsylvaniaranked second on the list witha rate of 31.05.

“Every year, nearly 1,200Pennsylvanians lose their livesto gun violence. Almost half ofthose deaths are murders,” MaxNacheman, executive directorof CeaseFirePA, said in a newsrelease. “We know that manyof those murders are commit-ted by someone using an illegalgun. This study by the VPC onlygives greater depth to those ter-rible statistics, uncovering evi-dence to show that entire com-munities are being devastatedby gun violence.”

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Pa. ranks high again for itsblack homicide victim rate

Guns oftenare involvedAs in previous years,most of the homicidesfrom the 2009 data werea result of guns. In Penn-sylvania, of thehomicides where theweapon could bedetermined, 85 percentof black victims werekilled with guns.

“It’s no mystery wherethese guns are comingfrom — theft, straw pur-chases, trafficking,”Nacheman said. “It takesproactive measures totackle these sources. Ifwe can reduce the sup-ply of illegal guns, wecan reduce the numberof lives lost each year togun violence.”

17.9Homicide rate for blackvictims in the UnitedStates per 100,000. The overall nationalhomicide rate was 4.76, and the nationalhomicide rate for whiteswas 2.92.

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Giffords quitsfor recoveryWASHINGTON. Rep. GabrielleGiffords, gravely woundeda year ago in a deadly Tuc-son, Ariz., shooting spree,submitted her resignationfrom Congress yesterdayto focus on her recovery.

Her resignation wentinto effect at the end ofthe day yesterday.REUTERS

Man had gunat home of W.A man detained outsidethe home of former Presi-dent George W. Bush hada weapon in his car, butwas released after ques-tioning on Tuesday, a U.S.Secret Service spokesmansaid yesterday.

Spokesman Ed Dono-van said the man, whowas not identified, toldagents and Dallas policethat he was spirituallytold to pick up a packageat the Bush home. He hada permit to carry a gun,which was found in hisvehicle, Donovan said.REUTERS

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The rich and powerful weredivided at their annual huddleyesterday regarding BarackObama’s threat to raise theirtaxes, with some saying itcould hurt growth, but othersarguing he was right to ad-dress capitalism’s imbalances.

The State of the Union wasdelivered on the eve of WorldEconomic Forum in the Swissski resort of Davos, whichfound many of the world’s ti-tans of industry and politics inreflective mood, focusing onwhether capitalism needs to bemore fair to survive.

“I happen to be one of thebillionaires who believe thatthe rich do need to pay moretaxes and I do support theObama program in that re-spect," investor George Sorossaid in Davos.

But other Davos regulars

don’t like being in the presi-dent’s crosshairs.

“I don't think any presiden-tial election in the history ofAmerica has been won on thepolitics of envy and I think ifanything it divides the coun-try more than unites it,” saidJohn Studzinski, senior man-aging director of investmentand advisory firm BlackstoneGroup. REUTERS

“I happen to be oneof the billionaireswho believe thatthe rich do need topay more taxes andI do support theObama program inthat respect.”GEORGE SOROS, INVESTOR

U.S. special forces swooped in-to Somalia yesterday and res-cued an American and a Daneafter a killing their nine kid-nappers, in a rare raid into theHorn of Africa nation to freeforeign captives.

American Jessica Buchanan,32, and Poul Hagen Thisted, 60,

of Denmark, humanitarian aidworkers for a demining group,had been kidnapped from thetown of Galkayo in the semi-autonomous Galmudug regionin October.

"This is yet another mes-sage to the world that theUnited States of America willstand strongly against anythreats to our people," U.S.President Barack Obama saidin a statement.

The rescue team includedforces hailing from the sameelite Navy SEAL unit thatkilled al Qaeda leader Osamabin Laden last year in a raid onhis compound in Pakistan, aU.S. official told Reuters,speaking on condition ofanonymity.REUTERS

US special forces rescuetwo Somalia hostages

“This is yet anothermessage to theworld that theUnited States ofAmerica will standstrongly againstany threats to ourpeople.”PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

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President Barack Obama’s State ofthe Union speech on Tuesdaywas, as many have pointed out,full of bombastic campaign rheto-ric — which makes total sense, asthat’s pretty much the point. Oba-ma did say a lot of stuff worthy ofsupport: Talk of tax reform andeducation investment is a step inthe right direction. Of course, anyinitiative more ambitious than aroutine debt limit authorizationmay have significant trouble get-ting through Congress, but it’snice to pretend. Speaking of pre-tend, we fact check the president:

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Military analogy. Obamabookends his policy propos-als and congressionalcritiques with a glorificationof American military efficien-cy. Praising advancement inthe U.S. war on terror, Obamalauds the “courage, selfless-ness, and teamwork of Ameri-ca’s armed forces,” sayingcivilians could benefit “if wefollowed their example.”Reality: U.S. citizens are notmembers of an elite fightingunit. Cooperation is nice, but it’sinsane to project our rigid, hierarchical military structureonto a democracy where every-one has a right to individuality.Obama also overstates gains inAfghanistan and Iraq, where his-toric sectarian divisions threat-en to put the lie to trillions inwasteful military expenditures.

Financial industry. The pres-ident claims to have put “inplace new rules to hold WallStreet accountable, so a crisislike that never happens

again.” And later says he “willnot go back to the days whenWall Street was allowed toplay by its own set of rules.”Reality: Legislators have notgone nearly far enough to en-sure that we don’t suffer anoth-er financial crisis down the line.This shouldn’t be terriblysurprising due to a deadly pairof conditions: the disinclinationamong most politicians to up-set the apple cart and legislateagainst the interests of theirWall Street donors; and,perhaps more inflammatory, theirrational trust bestowed uponfinancial industry veterans —who, under Obama as under pre-vious presi dents, hold high advi-sory roles allowing them to ma-nipulate reform law. (The much-

bally hooed Dodd-Frank legisla-tion naturally ignores the struc-tural causes of 2008’s collapse.)

Deficit reduction. “When itcomes to the deficit, we’ve al-ready agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings.But we need to do more.”Reality: Contrary to the Tea Party push to “cut, cut, cut”,most influential economistsagree that spending is the surepath toward growth. The presi-dent weakens his ability to fixthe economy when he repeatsthe unfactual rhetoric of theright. Think of governmentspending as a student loan forthe betterment of America’s future: Students must take ondebt to increase their earningpotential; later, after puttingloan monies to good use, theywill be in a position to paydown that debt. Governmentneeds to provide more stimulusto create jobs and prosperity.Once that is achieved, we cansafely deal with the debt issue.

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State of the Union: Optimistic pablum

President Barack Obama spoke for the rights of the 99 percent,but is his rhetoric an assortment of impossibly empty promises?

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Britney is afree woman?Britney Spears and fianceJason Trawick are reported-ly planning to get marriedon Valentine’s Day in Maui,according to Hollyscoop.And just in time for her totie the knot, Spears’ dad isreportedly ready to end hisconservatorship, which hashim in control of decisionsaffecting her personal andprofessional life. “Jamiewants to go to court in earlyFebruary so Britney will be afree woman in every sensewhen she marries,” a sourcesays, though some predictthat the conservatorship willremain in effect for her busi-ness affairs.

Let’s hope things continue on a steadyupward climb for Spears.That conservatorship wasthe best thing to ever happen to her — mentallyand professionally.

THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro [email protected]

Demi Moore has en-tered rehab after be-ing rushed to the hos-pital Monday night

for an alleged prescription pilloverdose, according to TMZ.Despite a frantic 911 call andan ambulance dispatched toMoore’s home, the actress’reps insist Moore’s trip to re-hab is for “exhaustion” andnothing more. “Because ofthe stresses in her life rightnow, Demi has chosen to seekprofessional assistance totreat her exhaustion and im-prove her overall health,” herreps say in a statement. “Shelooks forward to getting welland is grateful for the supportof her family and friends.”

Radar Online reports thatactually, Moore had a seizure

before she was rushed to thehospital and is now being treat-ed “for anorexia, as well as oth-er issues,” a source told the site.

Meanwhile, on the samenight she had her breakdown,her estranged husband, AshtonKutcher, was seen partyingwith a bevy of beauties at aBruno Mars concert in Brazil.

It’s interesting, isn’t it? Wespend a lot of time (and editori-al space) idolizing these celebri-ties. We’re green-eyed abouttheir wealth, beauty and suc-cess. But whoa — when theycrash, they really crash. Wemight not be as thin or as rich,but things also don’t seem toimplode as spectacularly. Andreally, Demi. Don’t let this Ash-ton mess bring you down. Youcan — and will — do better.

Behind Klum’sdivorce decisionHeidi Klum’s decision toseparate from husband Seal wasapparently motivated by wantingto escape his “diva” behavior, ac-cording to Hollywood Life. “Hei-di’s first priority has always beenher marriage, but she felt likeSeal wasn’t meeting herhalfway,” a source says. “She hadto take drastic measures to showSeal she wouldn’t put up with hisbehavior anymore. Raising happyand healthy kids is now her No. 1priority.” The source adds that di-

vorce might not actually beinevitable at this point. “I couldsee Heidi threatening Seal with adivorce because he thought shewould never do such a thing,” thesource says. “This may push Sealto finally get the help he needs to

deal with his temper in a moreconstructive manner.”

Chastain’s fashionfaux pas?Jessica Chastain made a bit of a

fashion faux pas when sheanswered her mobile phone dur-ing the Armani Prive show atParis Fashion Week, but she hada very good reason: The 30-year-old actress was receiving word ofher Oscar nomination for herrole in “The Help.” When wordspread, her fellow attendees —including Cameron Diaz, ColinFirth’s wife Livia and Vogue ItaliaEditor-in-Chief Franca Sozzani —gave Chastain a standingovation.

Paradis addressesbreak-up rumorsDuring an interview with FrenchTV show “Le Grand Journal,”Vanessa Paradis addressed — ina way — the rumors about her

relationship with Johnny Deppbeing on the rocks. “They are allfalse,” she says of rumors abouther relationship in general.“Here, this is one [that] couldhurt my family. After that … theysay that we have 52 houses inFrance, we separate in winter, weget married every summer. Me,I’m in my 12th pregnancy.”

Dunst’s new manKirsten Dunst didn’t shy awayfrom the public displays of affec-tion with new boyfriend GarrettHedlund while hanging out atthe Sundance Film Festival thisweek, according to People maga-zine. “Kirsten and Garrett havebeen spending time togethersince the holidays,” a source says.

Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve been upto — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.

Ricky Gervais iscelebrating his fans,Victoria Beckham issnacking, Joan Rivers isnot a great audiencemember and DenisLeary is not optimisticabout relationships.

@rickygervais: For my2000th tweet, I giveyou my favourite everquote from a “fan” “Iused to love Ricky Ger-vais, but he ruined Ex-tras for me” Amazing.

@victoriabeckham:I’m addicted to kale!!wash, break into smallpieces, sprinkle a littlesalt and roast, it’s sogood and amazing foru!!!

@Joan_Rivers: Coop-er’s 10 year-old friendRussell tries to dostand-up comedy so Ido what any loving,supportive Grandmawould do: I heckle thekid.

@denisleary: Manmarries dead girlfriend.I give it 3 weeks beforeshe says “you seem sodistant.”

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Gingrich: Ghost of Congress pastNewt Gingrich is hauntinglike Jacob Marley’s ghost — aspecter raised from the deadshackled to and draggingaround the chain he forged inlife: an ignominious $300,000fine by a Republican Congress

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Green signed with theHawks as a free agent on Dec.22. He played his first sevenseasons with the Sixers beforebeing traded (Sept. 23, 2010)to New Orleans, along with Ja-son Smith, for Craig Brackinsand Darius Songaila.

“It’s been a couple yearsnow since I left, and I still en-joy coming back to see all thefriendly faces here,” said

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The Hawks are a team onthe rise. Entering last night’saction, Atlanta (13-5) held theNo. 2 seed in the Eastern Con-ference. But so are the Sixers,

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PUBLISHERS NOTEAll real estate advertising herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968 and state and local fair housing laws. The Fair Ho-using Act makes its i l l egal to advertise any preference, limitations or discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination. State or local laws may make unlawful advertising that discriminates on the basis of age, marital status, or sexual orientation. Metro US will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which violates the law. The law requires that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis. If you have any questions regarding housing discrimination, call the Long Island Housing Services at 1(800) 660-6920 in Long Island or the Anti-Discrimination Center at (212) 346-7600 in New

call HUD toll-free at (800) 669-9777 or the New York City Commission on Human Rights at (212) 306-7500

ESTATE AUCTIONw/ Real EstateOpen House:

Sat, Jan 28, 10a-12pAuction:

Sat, Feb 4th10am w/ Real Estate @ 1240 Winterberry Lane

Willingboro, NJDetails @

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We Buy Anything. Estates,lawn & garden tools,

contractor tools, go carts &mini bikes & small

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ENGLISH BULLDOG PupsPapers, shots, home raised,vet cert, grand & parents onpremises. Call 215-696-5832.

BENSALEM COMMONS

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WILLOW GROVE 1 BR, 2ndfloor, new carpets/paint, onstreet park, no pets, neartransportation, avail now.$675/mo+, refs. 215-343-3075

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