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KL shares rebound sharply to open higher Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:52 PM PDT The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rebounded sharply to open higher after the US Federal Reserve, in a surprise move, decided to maintain the value of its monthly bonds purchase programme, a dealer said. At 9.06am, the benchmark index was 20.5 points higher at 1,791.9 after opening 19.01 points better at 1,790.41 points. HwangDBS Vickers Research said Asian equities were poised to get a lift from the US Federal Open Market Committee's surprise decision to continue its monthly bonds purchase at a similar pace of US$85 billion. In reaction to the policymakers' move to await more evidence that the economic progress would be sustained before adjusting the pace of its purchases, major US bellwethers jumped to new highs after rising between 0.9 per cent and 1.2 per cent at the closing bell last night. "The positive vibes may spill over to our local bourse too. On the chart, the benchmark FBM KLCI could climb to challenge the immediate resistance threshold of 1,785 ahead," it added. On the scoreboard, the Finance Index surged 165.959 points to 16,830.26, the Industrial Index gained 33.15 points to 3,042.44 and the Plantation Index added 55.229 points to 8,386.09. The FBM Emas Index jumped 133.72 points to 12,424.29, the FBM100 Index chalked-up 133.271 points to 12,174.44 and the FBM 70 perked 129.63 points to 14,088.87 while the FBM Ace advanced 50.1 points to 5,202.47. Gainers thrashed losers 331 to 28, with 71 counters unchanged, 1,158 untraded and 35 others were suspended. Volume stood at 102.82 million shares worth RM106.2 million. Among actives, MAS and Instacom added one sen to 33 sen and 27 sen respectively, Integrated Rubber and Green Ocean gained 1.5 sen each to 52 sen and 17 sen, respectively, and Focal Aims perked 11 sen to RM1.74. Heavyweights, Maybank added 10 sen to RM10.30, Axiata gained five sen to RM6.93, CIMB perked 14 sen to RM7.74, Sime Darby chalked-up seven sen to RM9.56 and Petronas Chemicals rose two sen to RM6.81.-- Bernama

Ringgit opens higher against US dollar Posted: 18 Sep 2013 06:55 PM PDT The ringgit remained higher for the third consecutive day against the US dollar this morning, spurred by persistent buying momentum for the local unit, dealers said. The local note was quoted at 3.1745/1775 per US dollar versus yesterday's close of 3.2325/2355. A dealer said the ringgit received a boost following the US Federal Open Market Committee's surprise decision to continue its monthly bonds purchase at a similar pace of US$85 billion. "This will stimulate confidence among investors over the economic progress in US, the world largest economy, thus help boost risk appetite for emerging currencies like the ringgit," the dealer told Bernama. Meanwhile, against other major currencies, the ringgit was also traded firmer. The local unit appreciated against the Singapore dollar to 2.5508/5536 from 2.5667/5701 yesterday and soared against the yen to 3.2340/2374 from 3.2691/2735 Wednesday. It also rose against the British pound to 5.1227/1278 from 5.1594/1652 on Wednesday and strengthened against the euro to 4.2932/2976 from 4.3151/3197 yesterday.-- Bernama

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Mother of alleged Navy Yard gunman: 'My heart is broken' - USA TODAY Posted: 18 Sep 2013 09:18 AM PDT The mother of Navy Yard shooting suspect Aaron Alexis says she doesn't know why her son did what he did and now she'll never be able to ask him. Yamiche Alcindor, USA TODAY 12:15 p.m. EDT September 18, 2013 Police officers guard the home of Cathleen Alexis, the mother of suspected Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis, on Sept. 17 in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City.(Photo: Andrew Burton, Getty Images) Story Highlights Cathleen Alexis is the mother of alleged shooter Aaron Alexis Her son is suspected of killing 12 people before being killed by police Cathleen Alexis: 'I am so, so very sorry' NEW YORK — The mother of the man who police say fatally shot 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard expressed sorrow Wednesday for what her son had done, adding that her "heart is broken." Cathleen Alexis released a statement that was read to a CNN reporter who spoke with her briefly in her Brooklyn apartment. A pastor, Bishop Gerald Seabrooks, later read the statement to media gathered outside the home. "Our son Aaron Alexis has murdered 12 people and wounded several others," Cathleen Alexis says in the statement. "His actions have had a profound and everlasting effect on the families of the victims. I don't know why he did what what he did, and I'll never be able to ask him, why. Aaron is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone, and for that I am glad. To the families of the victims, I am so, so very sorry that this has happened. My heart is broken." Authorities say Aaron Alexis, 34, walked into work Monday at the Navy Yard's Building 197 with a shotgun he assembled in a men's room and killed 12 people before being fatally shot by police. Cathleen Alexis has been holed up in her apartment with journalists camped outside her home since the tragedy in Washington. On Wednesday, she broke her silence, agreeing to provide the brief statement. Deborah Feyerick, a national correspondent for CNN, said Alexis choked up at times as she read her statement. Alexis declined to say when she last spoke to her son, why he may have unleashed such violence and whether she had thought her son was troubled. Alexis told Feyerick she came home Monday after hearing about the shooting and hasn't been able to leave since. Some co-workers have reached out to the mother, but on Wednesday she remained alone in her apartment. Seabrooks, who came to Alexis' home as a member of the Brooklyn Clergy/ NYPD Task Force, spoke to reporters outside Alexis' home after the statement was released. He said Alexis was deeply pained by her son's actions and was focusing on the loss of the victims rather than her son's death. Seabrooks said that in his NYPD role he often visits families affected by violence. He and several others have been buying her water and food as well as comforting her. "She's very, very sad — under a lot of stress, a lot of duress," Seabrooks said of Cathleen Alexis. "She's grieving for this tragedy, for her son as well as the victims. She's a tremendous woman who is very concerned about the other victims. She's not even mentioning her son." Seabrooks added that Alexis didn't discuss any personal information about her son and revealed little about their relationship. He also asked reporters outside the home to give Alexis — and her neighbors — some space. The street has been filled with news trucks and journalists since Monday.

Passenger train, bus collide in Canada's capital, six dead - Reuters Posted: 18 Sep 2013 09:15 AM PDT By Randall Palmer OTTAWA | Wed Sep 18, 2013 12:11pm EDT (Reuters) - A passenger train and a double-decker city bus collided on the outskirts of Ottawa on Wednesday, killing six people on the bus and critically injuring 11 more, emergency officials said. The front of the red double-decker bus was sheared off and the engine of the VIA Rail train had derailed, but the train cars remained upright with little noticeable damage. Ambulances and fire trucks swarmed the scene, and rail officials were helping train passengers off the train. Ottawa emergency officials said there were six confirmed fatalities in the collision, which occurred at 8:48 a.m. EDT (1248 GMT), and that at least 10 more were critically injured. VIA Rail, which operates national rail passenger service in Canada, said there were no major injuries reported on the train. Passengers on the train, which was heading to Toronto, said they felt a small impact. "All I felt was a bump, and I saw a bit of smoke. I thought we were going off the track ... I was afraid we were going to flip over," passenger Robert Gencarelli told reporters on the scene. He said he was startled when he got off the train and saw how badly the bus was damaged. "That hit home." Another train passenger, who did not give his name, said he saw the bus rolling toward the train tracks and knew the collision was about to happen. "I saw it before it happened. I was expecting something. There was a big bang. ... The bus was rolling. It didn't stop." The crash occurred in the rural west end of Ottawa, Canada's capital city, at a level crossing surrounded by corn fields. A reunification center was set up for families and friends looking for passengers on the bus and train, the City of Ottawa said. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he was "deeply saddened" to hear about the collision, which came just months after a runaway freight train crash and explosion killed 50 people in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. "Our thoughts and prayers are (with) the families of those involved," Harper said on Twitter. Canada's two big railroads - Canadian National Railway Co and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd - are reviewing safety standards after the July 6 Lac-Megantic crash that destroyed the center of the small Quebec town. (Writing by Andrea Hopkins; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson, Doina Chiacu and Peter Galloway)

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Ringgit opens higher against US dollar Posted: 17 Sep 2013 06:58 PM PDT The ringgit continues to trade higher against the US dollar for the second day today on renewed buying demand. In the early session, the local currency was quoted at 3.2345/2375 per US dollar versus yesterday's closing at 3.2485/2515. A dealer said the ringgit opened higher against the greenback despite investors remaining on the sidelines, taking the cue from the US Federal Open Market Committee meeting outcome, which is to be known later tonight. "As the policymakers could announce the beginning of an unwinding of its monetary stimulus programme, the consensus is an initial reduction of about US$10 billion in monthly bonds purchase from an existing amount of US$85 billion," he said. Meanwhile, the ringgit was traded higher against the Singapore dollar at 2.5679/5711 from 2.5743/5769 yesterday and soared against the yen to 3.2589/2623 from 3.2737/2774 Tuesday. The ringgit also rose against the British pound to 5.1419/1479 from 5.1687/1748 yesterday and strengthened against the euro to 4.3171/3217 from 4.3384/3434 at yesterday's close.-- Bernama

Westports to launch bookbuilding for IPO Posted: 17 Sep 2013 07:06 PM PDT Westports Holdings Bhd, operator of Malaysia's busiest port, is expected to launch on Thursday the bookbuilding for its RM2.03 billion initial public offering in Malaysia, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. The offer to institutional investors is expected to range at an indicative price of RM2.30 to RM2.50 per share, the sources added. The listing would be Malaysia's second largest this year after the planned RM2.4 billion initial share sale by UMW Oil & Gas Bhd expected some time in the fourth quarter. Westports, which counts state investor Khazanah Nasional and Hong Kong's Hutchison Port Holdings as shareholders, could not be reached immediately for comment.-- Reuters

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Navy Yard suspect recently treated for mental illness - USA TODAY Posted: 17 Sep 2013 09:05 AM PDT Kevin Johnson and Doug Stanglin, USA TODAY 12:04 p.m. EDT September 17, 2013 This undated photo provided by Kristi Kinard Suthamtewakul shows Aaron Alexis in Fort Worth, Texas. The FBI identified Alexis, 34, as the lone gunman in the Sept. 16 shooting rampage at at the Washington Navy Yard.(Photo: Kristi Kinard Suthamtewakul via AP) Story Highlights Alexis fired upon employees inside Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters; 12 died He died in a shootout with law enforcement officers Defense secretary and other officials laid wreath in honor of the victims WASHINGTON -- The civilian contractor suspected of killing 12 people in Monday's assault at the Navy Yard sought assistance for mental illness as recently as a month ago, a federal law enforcement official said Tuesday. Aaron Alexis, who was killed by police responding to the massacre, reported symptoms of paranoia including hearing voices, said the official who is not authorized to comment publicly. It was not believed that he was ever declared mentally ill by a court. Such a finding would have prohibited him from purchasing a weapon. The official said the 34-year-old suspected shooter paid about $540 to buy a 12-gauge shotgun and ammunition in recent days at a gun store in Virginia and took them to the Navy Yard Monday shortly before authorities believe he carried out the assault. The official said that investigators are just beginning to analyze Alexis' possessions to determine if it might reveal any motive for the slayings. In a newly revised sequence of events, federal investigators believe Alexis cleared a security checkpoint with his contractor ID and carried the unassembled weapon into Building 197 at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters.. The official said that investigators now believe that he stopped in a men's room where he assembled the weapon and proceeded to a site on the third or fourth floor of the building that overlooked an interior atrium. It is believed, the official said, that Alexis began firing indiscriminately on the people below with the law enforcement-style shotgun. After firing several rounds, the official said, Alexis ran down a flight of stairs where he confronted and shot a security officer. It is believed that Alexis took the officer's handgun and returned to the overlook where he continued to shoot. At some point, the official said, Alexis again left the overlook and confronted a victim described as a maintenance person or building staffer. Alexis allegedly shot that person and returned one last time to the overlook where he was ultimately killed in a confrontation with police. "It didn't appear that he had any plan for escape,'' the official said. Contrary to earlier reports provided by law enforcement officials, Alexis was not believed to be in possession of an AR-15 rifle. "No one believes he was looking for anybody in particular,'' the official said. A witness, Rick Mason, a program management analyst, said the gunman was aiming down at people in the building's cafeteria on the first floor. Patricia Ward, a logistics management specialist, said she was in the cafeteria. "I heard three shots — pow, pow, pow. Thirty seconds later I heard four more shots." Then panic, as people tried to get out of the cafeteria. "A lot of people were just panicking. There were no screams or anything because we were in shock." The federal law enforcement official said it was believed earlier that Alexis may have shot his way into the building because of the location of two victims just outside the building. But it is now believed the victims may have moved there from another location, supporting the theory that Alexis walked into the building without incident and assembled the shotgun inside. The Metropolitan Police Department identified five additional victims Tuesday morning. They are Arthur Daniels, 51; Mary Francis Knight, 51; Gerald L. Read, 58; Martin Bodrog, 54 and Richard Michael Ridgell, 52. The seven victims identified Monday night are Michael Arnold, 59; Sylvia Frasier, 53; Kathy Gaarde, 62; John Roger Johnson, 73; Frank Kohler, 50; Kenneth Bernard Proctor, 46; and Vishnu Pandit, 61. None of the victims have been identified as active-duty military personnel, officials said. At least three people, including a city police officer, suffered non-fatal gunshot wounds inside Building 197. Hospital officials said all three were expected to recover. Authorities said five other people suffered minor non-gun injuries. The shock of the rampage, which took place less than three miles from the White House, hung over the city Tuesday Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and other officials did not offer any comments as they laid a wreath Tuesday in honor of the victims, but the setting and the somber mood said it all. As a service member played "Taps," Hagel, along with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Martin Dempsey and Washington Mayor Vincent Gray, placed the wreath next to "The Lone Sailor" statue that represents "all people who have ever served, are serving now, or are yet to serve in the United States Navy." U.S. flags were lowered to half-staff at the Congress and White House. Kevin Johnson reported from Washington. Contributing: Associated Press

Costa Concordia: Tragedy's full horror exposed - BBC News Posted: 17 Sep 2013 09:01 AM PDT 17 September 2013 Last updated at 11:58 ET By Matthew Price BBC News, Giglio Pale red curtains hang in shreds over the previously submerged side of the Costa Concordia Never forget, this is a story about death; a story about human incompetence, and tragedy; about the actions of several men, employed to sail 4,000 passengers and crew along the Italian coast. It is a story about how they failed spectacularly, and killed 32 people in the process. I say this because even here, on the island of Giglio, it has been hard to remember that. Until now, the Costa Concordia did not display the sort of twisted, shattered remains that we saw after a high-speed train slammed into that wall in northern Spain. On the waterline in the middle window lies what appears to be a bright red suitcase What we saw here was not the multiple pile-up on the motorway that so obviously tells its own horror story. The Costa Concordia was - again, until now - an awesome sight. On its side the first time I saw it, it seemed a work of art, lying there on the pristine blue waters. You could not help but look at it, and be drawn to it. Sodden curtains Now the full horror of what happened was exposed. There were the concertinaed floors of luxury cabins. There were the ripped and soaked curtains, hanging limply from the compressed window frames. A bright red suitcase appeared to float in the waters. There were doors on the starboard walkway that slowly opened and closed as the water flowed through them. Somewhere on those buckled decks, in the dark of night, on 13 January 2012, stood Dayana Arlotti. She was a five-year-old girl on the cruise ship with her father, and his partner. He had just put a lifejacket on his daughter, when she slipped. She fell down the side of the ship, into the water. He jumped in after her. Both of them died. Satellite photographs show the stricken vessel upright surrounded by salvage boats I first met the survivors in a hotel at Rome airport. It was hours after they had been rescued. Their adrenalin was still flowing. They spoke of their relief, and of how ordinary crew members had been fantastic, and how Giglio's islanders had given them warm clothes. Already, though, at that stage they were questioning the actions of senior staff employed by the shipping company, Costa Cruises. Why, they wondered, had the alarm not been sounded earlier? Why did the order to evacuate the ship come so late? Since then, of course, much has happened. Five crew members have been found guilty of manslaughter and negligence. The captain is still on trial. And now, the Costa Concordia is closer to being moved away from the island of Giglio. Economic boom Before that move happens, two more bodies need to be found. It is thought that Maria Grazia Trecarichi, a passenger on board for her 50th birthday, and Russel Rebello, a waiter, are still inside. A thorough search will now take place, once the ship is made safe. Imagine waiting 20 months to reclaim the body of a loved one. The wreck has given some islanders an economic boost, but others want Giglio to be rid of an unwelcome sight Then, and not before time, the ship will be refloated and towed away. After the success of the rotation, the salvage teams are now sure that will be possible. When it happens, Giglio will be allowed to return to the "quiet and simplicity" that one shopkeeper here, Elena Costa, says used to characterise her island. "It's enough," she says. "I want it to leave the island." A group of school children looked over the wall of the harbour here, across at the newly upright ship against the skyline. A teacher on Giglio, Rosa Mattera, said the children too would be happy to see it go. "They can't wait for the ship to leave. They're worried about their sea." So far, we are told, there has been no pollution from the wreck since the operation to rotate her. Another local, Samantha Brizzi, who runs a holiday rental company, said the hundreds of engineers and salvage workers who had been on the island had provided an economic boom for Giglio. "They've been so professional, and nice to have around." They will be here a while longer. But by next summer the teams hope - in the words of the salvage manager - to be off the island, and "on the golf course". Giglio would like that too.

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KL shares rebound Posted: 16 Sep 2013 06:57 PM PDT Share prices on Bursa Malaysia rebounded this morning, tracking the bullish sentiment on regional markets yesterday, dealers said. At 9.05am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) stood 9.97 points higher at 1,780.77 points after opening at 1,777.41 points. HwangDBS Vickers Research said regional peers posted gains yesterday when the local stock exchange was closed for a local holiday with Indonesia (up 3.4 per cent), Thailand (gained 3.1 per cent) and the Philippines (added 2.8 per cent) leading the way. "A catch-up rebound is in store for Malaysian equities today. "On the chart, the benchmark FBM KLCI is set to jump ahead, possibly challenging to overcome the immediate resistance threshold of 1,785 points and climb towards the psychological mark of 1,800 points," it said. On the scoreboard, the Finance Index soared 118.91 points to 16,706.31, the Industrial Index rose 20.03 points to 3,025.78 but the Plantation Index shed 23.38 points to 8,307.37. The FBM Emas Index chalked-up 57.21 points to 12,331.8, the FBM100 Index was 56.76 points higher at 12,084.96, the FBM 70 increased 20.391 points to 13,928.11 and the FBM Ace gained 22.53 points to 5,116.92. Gainers outpaced losers 194 to 38, with 100 counters unchanged, 1,256 untraded and 21 others were suspended. Volume stood at 75.91 million shares worth RM56.01 million. Among actives, Salcon eased one sen to 68 sen, both Hovid and ES Ceramic gained 1.5 sen each to 29 sen and 11 sen, respectively, and Karambunai Corp earned half-a-sen to 12 sen. Heavyweights, Maybank and CIMB added ten sen each to RM10.22 and RM7.67, respectively, and Sime Darby added eight sen to RM9.60. Axiata lost one sen to RM6.88 while Petronas Chemicals was unchanged at RM6.75.-- Bernama

KLC I futures mostly higher in early session Posted: 16 Sep 2013 06:59 PM PDT The FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives was mostly higher in early session today, tracking the firmer cash market. At 9.19am, spot month September 2013 and December 2013 were nine points better each at 1,774 and 1,769, respectively, and October 2013 gained 8.5 points to 1,773.5 while March 2014 was untraded at 1,750. Turnover stood at 1,032 lots while open interest totalled 44,819 contracts. The underlying FBM KLCI was 8.79 points better at 1,779.59 at 9.19am. -- Bernama

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Police say 2 shooters have killed 4, injured 8 on grounds of Washington Navy Yard - Washington Post Posted: 16 Sep 2013 07:49 AM PDT What police believe to be two shooters, including one in fatigues, killed at least four people and wounded eight others at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday, throwing the region into fear and chaos as authorities tried to contain the incident. At least one of the shooters is "down," police said mid-morning, but it was unclear whether that means the suspect has been arrested or shot. They said the another suspect may remain at large, and police believe they have pinned him down in a building on the installation in Southeast Washington. Gunfire was heard shortly before 11 a.m., and police were sweeping the building where the shooter was apparently holed up. Witnesses said the gunman was heavily armed. At least two police officers were shot, but it was unclear whether either was among the fatalities. Police on the scene said one is a D.C. Metro Police officer who was shot twice in the leg and was evacuated on a helicopter that took off from a rooftop. The other was a base officer. Annamarie DeCarlo, a spokeswoman for MedStar Washington Hospital Center, said the hospital has two patients from the shooting being treated in its trauma unit. She said she did not know their conditions or if they worked in law enforcement. At least one other patient was taken to the trauma unit at George Washington University Hospital, a spokesman there said. Ten public and charter schools and a public school administration building in the District were placed on lockdown as a precaution, and flights out of Reagan National Airport were briefly halted, causing delays even after they began departing again. The U.S. Navy said that three shots were fired around 8:20 a.m. at the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building, where about 3,000 people work. Rick Mason, a program management analyst who is a civilian with the U.S. Navy, told the Associated Press that a gunman was shooting from a fourth floor overlook in the hallway outside his office. He said the gunman was aiming at people in the building's first floor cafeteria. David Stevens, a Navy contractor, was on the phone talking in building 197 when he heard an initial volley of shots fired. He heard people shouting that a shooter was on the building's fourth floor. He said he ran to the edge of a glass atrium that overlooks all the floors and glanced up, only to hear a "second deluge" of shots. The fire alarm sounded, and people began exiting the building. Stevens described the building as very secure. He said employees must present an ID at the entrances. Visitors must have security clearance to get in. "It's unbelievable that someone could get a rifle in there -- if that's what the shooter had," he said. Two Navy yard employees interviewed on CNN said they were fired on in a hallway by a gunman they described as a tall black man. A woman who gave her name as Terry Durham said that as she and co-workers were evacuating, she saw a man down the hall raise a rifle and fire toward them, hitting a wall. "He was tall. He appeared to be dark-skinned," she said. "He was a tall black guy," said her co-worker, Todd Brundage, who is black. "He didn't say a word." One man who said he was at his desk on the second floor when the shooting began recalled hearing a loud noise "like someone dropping an old metal desk." The man, who declined to give his name, said there was a pause, then several noises close together and he realized the danger: "There's a shooter in the building. I started walking toward the door and I heard people running down the hall." Employees described the chaos, as a fire alarm sounded and people shouted, "Where is he? Where is he?" Police closed the 11th St Bridge as well as M St SE between 2nd and 4th streets SE due to the shooting. Entrances to the Navy Yard Metro station remain open. U.S. Capitol Police confirmed enhanced security at the Capitol, but no immediate threat. Tyler Elementary School at 10th and G streets in Southeast was on lockdown. As helicopters circled overhead and emergency vehicles continued to rush to the scene, crowds of onlookers gathered on sidewalks and at a construction site near the Navy Yard, but police pushed them back, yelling at them to keep a distance from the grounds. President Obama has been briefed on the situation at the Washington Navy Yard, according to a White House official who asked not to be identified because the situation was still fluid. "The President has been briefed several times about the unfolding situation at the Washington Navy Yard by Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Lisa Monaco and Deputy Chief of Staff Alyssa Mastromanaco," the official said. "The President directed his team to stay in touch with our federal partners, including the Navy and FBI, as well as the local officials. We urge citizens to listen to the authorities and follow directions from the first responders on site."

After Rain Delay, Colorado Flood Rescues To Resume - Aspen Public Radio Posted: 16 Sep 2013 06:46 AM PDT Colorado remains under the spell of water. Steady rains Sunday hampered evacuation and rescue efforts and brought renewed warnings to a flood weary Front Range. When Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate arrives Monday to personally coordinate Federal aid, he'll find flood conditions spread over 15 counties and 11,750 evacuated people statewide. Many more are awaiting evacuations in the more mountainous areas since helicopters were grounded by weather. Those helicopters are expected to be back in the air in a major way Monday. "The pilots are going to go anywhere and everywhere they can," Boulder County spokeswoman Gabrielle Boerkircher tells the Daily Camera. "People need to be prepared to be evacuated. They need to try to flag down the choppers in any way they can." The number reported missing has fluctuated. As of Sunday afternoon the estimate was 1,253 – with most of those being in Larimer County. Many areas, like Estes Park, were without phone or cell service but have slowly been regaining contact, leading to rapid changes in the unaccounted for. Officials are slowly accounting for residents, as they cross reference names with Red Cross and shelter listings. "So we have a master list that will get shorter — hopefully far, far shorter, and time goes by and we cross reference where each of those parties are," said Nick Christenson with the Larimer County Sheriff's office. The death toll rose over the weekend. In addition to four previously announced fatalities in Colorado Springs, Jamestown, and Boulder, two women - one 60 and the other 80 - are both missing and presumed dead in the Cedar Grove area of the Big Thompson Canyon. Boulder County In a statement Sunday, Sheriff Joe Pelle said locating missing people is one of the highest priorities, with 5 teams dedicated to the task. The other focus is opening roads to all communities. An estimated 35 bridges are damaged with officials expressing concern about the one bridge used to access Lyons. "The bridge is unstable because of the flood. It loses a little earth each time a vehicle crosses it for a rescue. Scary for everyone," said Boulder Police Public Information Officer Kim Kobel on Twitter. In Lyons, 108 homes are destroyed and another 49 are damaged. The town still has no water, sewer, electric, or gas services and all efforts are aimed at rescue and infrastructure. In the city of Boulder some infrastructure issues are creeping up as well. "What we're seeing most is it's floodwaters overwhelming the sanitary sewer system," Boulder Public Works spokesman Mike Banuelos said to The Denver Post. "It's coming through the grates. That's a lot of what people are seeing. In some cases, it might be sewage backing up into homes. In those cases, we're asking people to evacuate because it's a health issue." Larimer County 1,120 square miles of the county has been impacted by the water. Many of the winding mountain roads that provide access to towns have been wiped out by overflowing rivers. That makes helicopters the only way to reach some of the stranded residents and time isn't an ally. "It's the middle of September, and it's not going to be long in this county before you start getting frost and you're going to start having some snow," said Incident Commander Shane Del Grosso. "It's going to take months and years to rebuild some of these roads." Weld County As flood waters crested in the foothills, the water has to go somewhere. Waters from Longmont, Loveland and Fort Collins all drained into the South Platte River causing it to flood as it flowed east. Those waters will eventually reach Nebraska. The east side of Greeley and Evans were hardest hit. Greeley Evans School District 6 Superintendent Dr. Ranelle says classes are canceled across the district Monday. The University of Northern Colorado has also closed their Greeley campus. While procedures are in place to deal with crises, the flooding in Evans is unprecedented. "I think that what is new for us is the protracted nature of this and the unpredictability because no one has ever dealt with this and the major systems that are beginning to fail," Dr. Ranelle. A no flush order is in effect in Evans as the town's water treatment plant remains unusable. It is creating a unique health situation. "Go get baby wipes as crazy as that sounds. But… you can do hygiene with baby wipes and dispose of them," said Fred Starr, public works director of Evans. "All we're asking is people that use water don't put it down the sewer system. That means bathroom water, shower water, laundry water, sink water. That's what's going in and impacting my system now."

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Obama says Iran shouldn't misinterpret US response to Syria - Washington Post Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:49 AM PDT President Obama declared that the United States is still prepared to act militarily to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons despite the decision to pursue a diplomatic deal and not strike Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons. He also acknowledged that his approach to the Syria crisis has been uneven, but defended it as producing the right results. Obama spoke in an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC's "This Week With George Stephanopoulos," taped Friday before the United States and Russia agreed on a plan to bring Syrian chemical weapons under international control in order to avoid military strikes. But Obama said Iran should not interpret the diplomatic response — coming after he threatened to use strikes — as suggesting that the United States wouldn't attack Iran to stop the development of nuclear weapons. "I think what the Iranians understand is that the nuclear issue is a far larger issue for us than the chemical weapons issue, that the threat . . . against Israel that a nuclear Iran poses is much closer to our core interests," Obama said. "My suspicion is that the Iranians recognize they shouldn't draw a lesson that we haven't struck [Syria] to think we won't strike Iran." Obama said, however, that what the Iranians should draw from this episode is that it is possible to resolve this type of disagreement diplomatically. "My view is that if you have both a credible threat of force, combined with a rigorous diplomatic effort, that, in fact you can . . . strike a deal," he said, confirming that he had communicated with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani by letter. Obama also defended his approach to the Syrian crisis, acknowledging that it has been turbulent, but insisting that it has achieved the right results. The comments come after a number of lawmakers and foreign policy experts on both sides of the aisle have criticized Obama for first making the case to go to war in Syria, then deciding to ask Congress for approval, and then making the case for strikes to a prime-time audience while also announcing that he would first give a Russian diplomatic proposal a chance to work. In response to those criticisms, Obama said he is less interested in style than results. "I think that folks here in Washington like to grade on style. And so had we rolled out something that was very smooth and disciplined and linear, they would have graded it well, even if it was a disastrous policy. We know that, because that's exactly how they graded the Iraq war," Obama said. He added, "I'm much more concerned about getting the policy right. . . . As a consequence of the steps that we've taken over the last two weeks to three weeks, we now have a situation in which Syria has acknowledged it has chemical weapons, has said it's willing to join the convention on chemical weapons, and Russia, its primary sponsor, has said that it will pressure Syria to reach that agreement. That's my goal. And if that goal is achieved, then it sounds to me like we did something right." Obama also played down differences with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin as Russia and the United States work together to resolve the Syria standoff. "Mr. Putin and I have strong disagreements on a whole range of issues," Obama said. "But I can talk to him. We have worked together on important issues. . . . This is not the Cold War. This is not a contest between the United States and Russia." Obama plans to pivot back to a focus on the economy this week ahead of major fiscal battles in Congress, and he said he could change the direction of the economy — including the upward path of inequality — if Congress would let him. Asked if a president just couldn't stop inequality, he responded, "I think the president can stop it. The problem is that there continues to be a major debate here in Washington." While he acknowledged that government can't overcome every trend in the market, policy that invests in the economy "pushes against these trends. And the problem that we've got right now is you've got a portion of Congress whose policies don't just want to you know, leave things alone; they actually want to accelerate these trends."

Weary but unbowed, neighbors pull together in flooded Colorado - Los Angeles Times Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:08 AM PDT BOULDER, Colo. — When the rains began to fall last week, Coloradans exhaled. It had been a long, terrible summer of drought and deadly wildfires, and the afternoon downpours soaking parched soil felt a lot like salvation. But then, in this land known for dryness, the rain would not stop. The flooding that has ravaged — and continues to ravage — a 150-mile-long stretch of Colorado's Front Range has left at least four dead. More than 500 people are unaccounted for. Are they dead? Trapped? Or simply without power or phone service? PHOTOS: Colorado flooding No one is sure, reflecting the uncertainty that has descended on the state. On Saturday, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle talked of his sinking feeling upon learning of people trapped in remote areas and knowing that authorities could not reach them. Among those unaccounted for are 200 people from his county. Three hundred others are unaccounted for in Larimer County. A 60-year-old missing woman is expected to become the disaster's fifth fatality, although her death has not been confirmed, the Larimer County Sheriff's Department said Saturday. The National Guard reported evacuating more than 500 people from mountain communities by Saturday morning, and the work was continuing. Even Gov. John Hickenlooper got into the act. His helicopter crew stopped to rescue four stranded people, a dog and a cat while he was on his way to a news conference to brief reporters on the disaster. In the picturesque college town of Boulder, the impact of the floods could be felt everywhere. In other times, a mid-September Saturday in Boulder would be a day of children's soccer games, clogged hiking trails, shoppers along the Pearl Street Mall and noisy festivities that surround a University of Colorado football game. But on this Saturday, mud-covered streets were devoid of the usual traffic. Playgrounds were empty and Folsom Field silent as university officials postponed the game against Fresno State. Classes for 32,000 students at the university were canceled Thursday and Friday. It is not clear whether they will resume Monday. With authorities still in search-and-rescue mode, residents began helping one another. Along middle-class streets, windows and doors gaped open to air out flooded homes as the sun made a brief reappearance Saturday morning. Piles of soaked carpets, overflowing trash bags and ruined drywall that resembled Play-Doh lined street curbs. Megan Elphingstone, wearing rubber gloves and rain boots, was in her front yard, using bleach to scrub what was salvaged from her basement. Glancing at the pyramid of rotted carpet she and her husband pulled up when the water began to pour into their basement, she laughed a little. What else can you do? On Wednesday as they returned from Back to School Night, they noticed water was starting to come through basement windows. Then, like something out of a horror movie, it began to seep through the walls. Her sons, Luke, 10, and Jack, 5, armed with their plastic Halloween buckets, tried to help by bailing water and dumping it into a basement shower. "We tried to keep up with it as much as we could, but then we gave up," Elphingstone said, her voice a mixture of exhaustion and resolve to make the best of things. Their basement is now a musty shell with no carpet and large gaps in the walls where her husband cut out chunks of drywall to try to stave off mold. Three fans hummed in the background. They have no flood insurance. They are trying not to think too far ahead. "Could you use some help?" The question came from a man at their door, a member of a nearby church. "We're not as bad off as some," said Elphingstone's husband, David. Then he remembered the hefty, soaked couch still in the basement. "You got a saw?" he joked. In an instant, four other men appeared and hauled the couch up the stairs and deposited it on the curb. Then they were gone but soon replaced by Beth Gallovick, a neighbor, bearing muffins. By 10 a.m., Gallovick had given out three dozen muffins and one vat of chili to people working to clear their wrecked houses along South 45th Street. "Now, don't you worry about dinner tonight," she called out as she made her way down the street. But even as recovery was just starting in some parts of Boulder, new problems were starting elsewhere. "Jake! Get your hands out of that poopy water," Renee Williams scolded her 3-year-old son. The boy and his 1-year-old sister were splashing in the stream of water flowing in the front yard of their house — the house they moved into two weeks ago. But it wasn't floodwater. Backed-up sewage was coming out of the toilet. Still, people were trying to make the best of it, as they had all week. On Friday night, a group of about 20 neighbors gathered in the driveway of the house next door to the Elphingstones. They called it their PTSD Flood Party and grilled salmon outdoors and raised a glass to how lucky they were. They thought of those not far away in Lyons or Jamestown who were still trapped. In another Boulder neighborhood, the roads were closed Friday, but that did not stop about a dozen neighbors and strangers from arriving at Graham and Nili Feingold's door — on bicycles — with an offer of help. Before the couple could object, the crew took over, armed with towels and wet-dry vacuum cleaners. A 6-year-old knelt on the floor, picking up sticky carpet pad remnants. The kindness overwhelmed Nili Feingold. "I had held it together until they came to the door. Then I just lost it. I cried and cried," she said. Her husband was so grateful that he joined the band of helpers and moved on to their neighbor's house, paying it forward. By Saturday afternoon, the couple, like countless others across the city, kept an eye on the gathering clouds. More rain is forecast for Sunday. nation@latimes.com

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