basic_data/test_datasets/wned-datasets/msnbc/msnbc.conll

-DOCSTART- (16444229
5
charged
in
Texas	B	Texas	Texas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas	000	000
airport
luggage
thefts

Workers
at
baggage-handling
firm
accused
after
bags
found
in
pet
store
bin

HOUSTON	B	HOUSTON	Houston	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston	000	000
-
Five
employees
of
a
baggage-handling
contractor
have
been
charged
in
the
thefts
of
158
pieces
of
luggage
from
George	B	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	000	000
Bush	I	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	000	000
Intercontinental	I	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	George Bush Intercontinental Airport	George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Bush_Intercontinental_Airport	000	000
,
police
said
Tuesday
.

Sixty-eight
pieces
of
luggage
were
discovered
in
a
Houston	B	Houston	Houston	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston	000	000
pet
store
's
trash
bin
on
Dec.
26
.

Police	B	Police	Police	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police	000	000
said
the
luggage
appeared
to
have
been
picked
over
,
with
any
valuables
stolen
.

Ninety
more
pieces
of
stolen
luggage
were
found
at
two
undisclosed
locations
over
the
weekend
,
Houston
Police
Capt.
Rick
Bownds
said
.

Charged
with
engaging
in
organized
criminal
activity
were
twin
brothers
Manuel
and
Ricardo
Aguilar
,
23
;
Carlos
Osorio
,
24
;
Erick
Perez
,
29
;
and
Daniel
Venegas
,
who
turns
26
this
week
.

The
Aguilar
brothers
,
Osorio
and
Perez
were
being
held
at
the
Harris
County
Jail
on
$
20,000
bond
.

Information
was
not
available
for
Venegas
.

It
was
not
clear
Tuesday
whether
the
five
men
had
hired
attorneys
.

Bownds
said
the
men
worked
for
Menzies
Aviation
Group
,
a
company
that
handles
baggage
for
connecting
flights
across
the
United	B	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
States	I	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
.

The
company
was
cooperating
with
the
investigation
,
police
said
.

A
telephone
message
left
with
the
company
's
London	B	London	London	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London	000	000
office
was
not
immediately
returned
Tuesday
night
.

Investigators
and
the
airlines
were
trying
to
determine
the
owners
of
the
bags
and
figure
out
what
might
have
been
stolen
,
Bownds
said
.

-DOCSTART- (16444287
Muslim	B	Muslim	Muslim	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim	000	000
with
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
family
is
held
,
turned
away

Authorities
detain
businessman
of
Syrian	B	Syrian	Syrian_people	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_people	000	000
descent
for
four
days
in
Las	B	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
Vegas	I	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000

FRESNO	B	FRESNO	Fresno,_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,_California	000	000
,
Calif.	B	Calif.	California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California	000	000
-
A
German
businessman
of
Syrian	B	Syrian	Syrian_people	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_people	000	000
descent
who
wanted
to
surprise
his
daughter
with
a
holiday
visit
was
detained
for
four
days
in
a
Las	B	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
Vegas	I	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
holding
cell
before
being
sent
back
home
without
explanation
.

A
civil
rights
group
called
the
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
authorities
'
treatment
of
Majed
Shehadeh
a
case
of
anti-Muslim
discrimination
.

Shehadeh
,
62
,
flew
from
Frankfurt	B	Frankfurt	Frankfurt	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt	000	000
to
Las	B	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
Vegas	I	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
last
Thursday
,
hoping
to
meet
with
his
wife
and
drive
to
Bakersfield	B	Bakersfield	Bakersfield,_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield,_California	000	000
,
California	B	California	California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California	000	000
,
where
his
American-born
daughter
had
just
gotten
news
she
had
passed
the
California	B	California	California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California	000	000
bar
exam
.

Instead
,
he
wound
up
shivering
in
a
holding
cell
without
ever
being
told
why
he
could
n't
enter
the
country
,
he
said
.

Roxanne
Hercules
,
a
spokeswoman
for
U.S.	B	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	000	000
Customs	I	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	000	000
and	I	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	000	000
Border	I	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	000	000
Protection	I	U.S. Customs and Border Protection	U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Customs_and_Border_Protection	000	000
,
confirmed
Tuesday
that
Shehadeh
was
denied
entry
,
but
would
not
discuss
specifics
of
his
case
.

She
said
Shehadeh
's
visa
waiver
could
have
been
denied
because
"
he
could
have
a
criminal
record
,
or
it
could
be
a
terrorism
issue
.
"

The
detention
follows
a
series
of
similar
incidents
involving
Muslim
passengers
,
according
to
the
Council	B	Council on American-Islamic Relations	Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	000	000
on	I	Council on American-Islamic Relations	Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	000	000
American-Islamic	I	Council on American-Islamic Relations	Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	000	000
Relations	I	Council on American-Islamic Relations	Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	000	000
.

In
October
,
an
Islamic	B	Islamic scholar	Ulama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulama	000	000
scholar	I	Islamic scholar	Ulama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulama	000	000
from
South	B	South Africa	South_Africa	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa	000	000
Africa	I	South Africa	South_Africa	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa	000	000
was
denied
entry
at
San	B	San Francisco International Airport	San_Francisco_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport	000	000
Francisco	I	San Francisco International Airport	San_Francisco_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport	000	000
International	I	San Francisco International Airport	San_Francisco_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	San Francisco International Airport	San_Francisco_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_International_Airport	000	000
.

A
month
later
,
six
imams
were
taken
off
a
US	B	US Airways	US_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways	000	000
Airways	I	US Airways	US_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways	000	000
flight
from
Minneapolis	B	Minneapolis	Minneapolis	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis	000	000
to
Phoenix	B	Phoenix	Phoenix,_Arizona	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona	000	000
after
a
passenger
reported
overhearing
them
criticize
the
U.S.	B	U.S. war	United_States_military_casualties_of_war	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war	000	000
war	I	U.S. war	United_States_military_casualties_of_war	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war	000	000
in
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
.
"

Overall
these
cases
send
a
message
that
Muslims
are
second-class
citizens
who
can
be
detained
and
kept
from
their
families
,
"
said
Affad
Shaikh
,
a
civil
rights
coordinator
for
CAIR	B	CAIR	Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Relations	000	000
.
'

Nobody
ever
informed
me
why
'

Shehadeh
touched
down
Thursday
afternoon
on
a
direct
Condor	B	Condor Airlines	Condor_Flugdienst	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Flugdienst	000	000
Airlines	I	Condor Airlines	Condor_Flugdienst	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condor_Flugdienst	000	000
flight
to
McCarran	B	McCarran International Airport	McCarran_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarran_International_Airport	000	000
International	I	McCarran International Airport	McCarran_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarran_International_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	McCarran International Airport	McCarran_International_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarran_International_Airport	000	000
,
where
his
American
wife
was
waiting
to
pick
him
up
.

The
couple
had
planned
to
visit
family
in
the
Las	B	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
Vegas	I	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
area
,
before
surprising
their
daughter
for
the
New	B	New Year	New_Year	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year	000	000
Year	I	New Year	New_Year	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year	000	000
and
celebrating
her
wedding
anniversary
in
Central	B	Central California	Central_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_California	000	000
California	I	Central California	Central_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_California	000	000
.
"

I
gave
them
my
German
passport
,
and
he
looked
to
see
which
countries
I
visited
.

He
found
I
had
stamps
that
looked
like
Arabic
and
asked
if
they
were
fake
,
"
Shehadeh
said
Tuesday
in
a
phone
interview
from
his
home
in
Alzenau	B	Alzenau	Alzenau	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzenau	000	000
,
a
small
Bavarian
village
.
"

Nobody
ever
informed
me
why
I
was
being
questioned
,
"
he
said
.
"

All
that
was
ever
told
to
me
was
this
had
to
do
with
Washington	B	Washington	Federal_government_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States	000	000
.
"

After
being
interrogated
by
Border
Protection
and
FBI	B	FBI	Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation	000	000
agents
for
more
than
12
hours
at
the
airport
,
Shehadeh
said
he
was
handcuffed
and
transported
in
the
back
of
police
car
to
a
North	B	North Las Vegas	North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada	000	000
Las	I	North Las Vegas	North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada	000	000
Vegas	I	North Las Vegas	North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Las_Vegas,_Nevada	000	000
jail
.

Officials
told
family
members
they
had
denied
Shehadeh
's
visa
waiver
,
which
grants
German
citizens
the
right
to
enter
the
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
with
no
additional
paperwork
,
said
his
wife
Joanne
Mulligan
.

Officials
with
U.S.	B	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	000	000
Immigration	I	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	000	000
and	I	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	000	000
Customs	I	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	000	000
Enforcement	I	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement	U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Immigration_and_Customs_Enforcement	000	000
said
they
could
not
comment
on
why
he
was
denied
entry
.

FBI	B	FBI	Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation	000	000
and
airport
officials
in
Las	B	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
Vegas	I	Las Vegas	Las_Vegas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas	000	000
also
declined
comment
.
'

Never
even
had
a
speeding
ticket
'

An
aide
to
Sen.
Dianne
Feinstein
later
told
the
family
that
Shehadeh
was
on
a
"
look-out
list
,
"
Mulligan
said
.

Feinstein
's
office
confirmed
Tuesday
that
the
family
contacted
her
,
but
would
n't
comment
further
.
"

I
said
you
've
got
to
be
joking
me
,
he
's
never
even
had
a
speeding
ticket
,
"
said
Mulligan
,
a
retired
math
teacher
for
the
U.S.
military
.
"

I
mean
,
we
're
Muslims
,
and
we
travel
a
lot
.

Maybe
the
countries
we
travel
to
are
not
the
countries
they
want
you
to
visit
.
"

Once
in
the
holding
facility
,
Shehadeh
said
he
was
stripped
of
his
shoes
,
jacket
and
prescribed
heart
medicine
and
locked
in
a
cell
with
about
25
other
detainees
.

There
was
one
toilet
in
the
middle
of
the
room
,
and
access
to
a
telephone
was
extremely
limited
,
he
said
.

On
Sunday
,
he
was
released
and
sent
back
to
Frankfurt
on
the
same
charter
airline
.

Shehadeh
's
daughter
Majida
Shehadeh
said
she
was
glad
her
father
made
it
home
,
but
feared
he
would
n't
be
able
to
return
to
visit
.
"

I
used
to
be
happy
I
moved
here
,
"
she
said
.
"

But
now
I
ca
n't
wait
for
when
I
leave
here
.

The
mentality
is
not
what
it
was
like
beforehand
.
"

-DOCSTART- (16453733
Barbara	B	Barbara Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
Walters	I	Barbara Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
stands
by
Rosie	B	Rosie O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
O'Donnell	I	Rosie O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
'

View
'
host
denies
Trump	B	Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
's
claim
she
wanted
comedian
off
morning
show

NEW	B	NEW YORK	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
YORK	I	NEW YORK	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
-
Barbara	B	Barbara Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
Walters	I	Barbara Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
is
back
from
vacation
--
and
she
's
standing
by
Rosie	B	Rosie O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
O'Donnell	I	Rosie O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
in
her
bitter
battle
of
words
with
Donald	B	Donald Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
Trump	I	Donald Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
.

Walters	B	Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
,
creator
of
ABC	B	ABC	American_Broadcasting_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company	000	000
's
"
The	B	The View	The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
View	I	The View	The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
,
"
said
Wednesday
on
the
daytime
chat
show
that
she
never
told
Trump	B	Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
she
did
n't
want
O'Donnell	B	O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
on
the
show
,
as
he
has
claimed
.
"

Nothing
could
be
further
from
the
truth
,
"
she
said
.
"

She
has
brought
a
new
vitality
to
this
show
and
the
ratings
prove
it
,
"
Walters	B	Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
said
of
O'Donnell	B	O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
,
who
is
on
vacation
this
week
.

When
she
returns
,
Walters	B	Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
said
,
"
We
will
all
welcome
her
back
with
open
arms
.
"

Walters	B	Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
also
took
a
moment
to
smooth
things
over
with
The	B	The Donald	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
Donald	I	The Donald	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
,
who
got
all
riled
up
when
O'Donnell	B	O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
said
on
"
The	B	The View	The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
View	I	The View	The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
"
that
he
had
been
"
bankrupt
so
many
times
.
"
"

ABC	B	ABC	American_Broadcasting_Company	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company	000	000
has
asked
me
to
say
this
just
to
clarify
things
,
and
I
will
quote
:
'
Donald	B	Donald Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
Trump	I	Donald Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
has
never
filed
for
personal
bankruptcy
.

Several
of
his
casino
companies
have
filed
for
business
bankruptcies
.

They
are
out
of
bankruptcy
now
,
"
'
Walters	B	Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
said
.

In
a
phone
interview
with
The	B	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Associated	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Press	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
,
Trump	B	Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
said
he
appreciated
that
Walters	B	Walters	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
"
did
a
retraction
"
and
claimed
the
show
's
"
ratings
are
up
because
of
people
like
me
.
"
"

Barbara	B	Barbara	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
fully
understands
what
Barbara	B	Barbara	Barbara_Walters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Walters	000	000
told
me
,
"
he
said
.
"

At
the
same
time
,
she
ca
n't
say
that
because
she
has
to
work
with
the
woman
.

But
she
wo
n't
be
working
with
her
long
.

I
mean
,
that
thing
will
explode
because
Rosie	B	Rosie	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
's
wacko
.
"

O'Donnell	B	O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
and
Trump	B	Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
have
been
feuding
since
he
announced
last
month
that
Miss	B	Miss USA	Miss_USA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA	000	000
USA	I	Miss USA	Miss_USA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA	000	000
Tara	B	Tara Conner	Tara_Conner	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Conner	000	000
Conner	I	Tara Conner	Tara_Conner	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Conner	000	000
,
whose
title
had
been
in
jeopardy
because
of
underage
drinking
,
would
keep
her
crown
.

Trump	B	Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
is
the
owner
of
the
Miss	B	Miss Universe Organization	Miss_Universe_Organization	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_Organization	000	000
Universe	I	Miss Universe Organization	Miss_Universe_Organization	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_Organization	000	000
Organization	I	Miss Universe Organization	Miss_Universe_Organization	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Universe_Organization	000	000
,
which
includes
Miss	B	Miss USA	Miss_USA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA	000	000
USA	I	Miss USA	Miss_USA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_USA	000	000
and
Miss	B	Miss Teen USA	Miss_Teen_USA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA	000	000
Teen	I	Miss Teen USA	Miss_Teen_USA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA	000	000
USA	I	Miss Teen USA	Miss_Teen_USA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Teen_USA	000	000
.

The
44-year-old
outspoken
moderator
of
"
The	B	The View	The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
View	I	The View	The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_View_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
,
"
who
joined
the
show
in
September
,
said
Trump	B	Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
's
news
conference
with
Conner	B	Conner	Tara_Conner	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Conner	000	000
had
annoyed
her
"
on
a
multitude
of
levels
"
and
that
the
twice-divorced
real
estate
mogul
had
no
right
to
be
"
the
moral
compass
for
20-year-olds
in
America	B	America	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
.
"

Trump	B	Trump	Donald_Trump	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump	000	000
fired
back
,
calling
O'Donnell	B	O'Donnell	Rosie_O'Donnell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie_O'Donnell	000	000
a
"
loser
"
and
a
"
bully
,
"
among
other
insults
,
in
various
media
interviews
.

He
is
the
host
of
NBC	B	NBC	NBC	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC	000	000
's
"
The	B	The Apprentice	The_Apprentice_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
Apprentice	I	The Apprentice	The_Apprentice_(U.S._TV_series)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apprentice_(U.S._TV_series)	000	000
,
"
which
begins
its
new
season
Sunday
.

-DOCSTART- (3683270
Stocks
end
back-and-forth
day
slightly
higher

NEW	B	NEW YORK	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
YORK	I	NEW YORK	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
--
Stocks
finished
an
erratic
session
mixed
Tuesday
as
higher
commodity
prices
lifted
energy
and
materials
shares
.

Major
stock
indexes
had
their
third
straight
advance
,
reaching
new
13-month
highs
,
but
there
were
more
declining
shares
than
advancers
on
the
New	B	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
York	I	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
Stock	I	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
Exchange	I	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
and
the
Nasdaq	B	Nasdaq Stock Market	NASDAQ	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ	000	000
Stock	I	Nasdaq Stock Market	NASDAQ	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ	000	000
Market	I	Nasdaq Stock Market	NASDAQ	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ	000	000
.

Stocks
had
zigzagged
for
much
of
the
day
on
mixed
news
from
retailers
and
industrial
production
.

A
rebound
in
the
dollar
after
three
down
days
kept
investors
'
appetite
for
stocks
in
check
.

An
eight-month
weakening
of
the
dollar
has
been
lifting
commodities
prices
and
shares
of
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
exporters
,
which
benefit
from
stronger
foreign
demand
for
their
goods
when
the
dollar
falls
.

Record-low
U.S.
interest
rates
have
also
driven
investors
to
seek
higher
returns
in
stocks
and
commodities
,
lifting
share
prices
.

Trading
volume
remained
light
,
signaling
a
lack
of
strong
conviction
behind
the
market
's
moves
.

Investors
focused
on
retailers
'
earnings
reports
for
insight
into
one
of
the
market
's
biggest
worries
:
how
much
consumers
are
spending
.

Home	B	Home Depot Inc.	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot Inc.	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Inc.	I	Home Depot Inc.	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
,
Saks	B	Saks Inc.	Saks_Incorporated	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Incorporated	000	000
Inc.	I	Saks Inc.	Saks_Incorporated	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Incorporated	000	000
and
Target	B	Target Corp.	Target_Corporation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation	000	000
Corp.	I	Target Corp.	Target_Corporation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation	000	000
all
reported
better-than-expected
third-quarter
results
but
also
said
they
remain
cautious
ahead
of
the
holiday
shopping
season
.
"

Despite
the
dramatic
rally
in
the
stock
market
,
we
still
see
the
consumer
operating
at
recessionary
levels
,
"
said
Uri
Landesman
,
chief
equity
strategist
and
senior
portfolio
manager
at
ING	B	ING Investment Management	ING_Group	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ING_Group	000	000
Investment	I	ING Investment Management	ING_Group	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ING_Group	000	000
Management	I	ING Investment Management	ING_Group	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ING_Group	000	000
in
New	B	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
York	I	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
.

Stocks
have
surged
in
the
past
eight
months
as
investors
anticipate
a
recovery
in
the
economy
.

Stocks
jumped
Monday
on
a
government
report
that
retail
sales
rebounded
in
October
.

Investors
are
looking
for
signs
that
consumer
spending
,
one
of
the
biggest
drivers
of
the
U.S.
economy
,
will
recover
during
the
holidays
.

A
report
on
industrial
production
weighed
on
the
market
.

The	B	The Fed	Federal_Reserve_System	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System	000	000
Fed	I	The Fed	Federal_Reserve_System	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_System	000	000
said
output
at
the
nation
's
factories
,
mines
and
utilities
rose
0.1
percent
in
October
,
less
than
the
0.4
percent
predicted
by
economists
polled
by
Thomson	B	Thomson Reuters	Thomson_Reuters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_Reuters	000	000
Reuters	I	Thomson Reuters	Thomson_Reuters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson_Reuters	000	000
.

Meanwhile
,
signs
of
inflation
remained
muted
,
a
welcome
sign
for
the
economy
.

The
Labor	B	Labor Department	United_States_Department_of_Labor	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor	000	000
Department	I	Labor Department	United_States_Department_of_Labor	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Labor	000	000
's
Producer	B	Producer Price Index	Producer_price_index	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer_price_index	000	000
Price	I	Producer Price Index	Producer_price_index	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer_price_index	000	000
Index	I	Producer Price Index	Producer_price_index	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Producer_price_index	000	000
,
which
measures
inflation
at
the
wholesale
level
,
rose
less
than
expected
in
October
.

The
0.3
percent
rise
was
smaller
than
economists
had
forecast
.
"

The
market
is
saying
inflation
is
not
an
issue
,
"
said
Tim
Courtney
,
chief
investment
officer
at
Oklahoma	B	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City	000	000
City	I	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma_City	000	000
-
based
Burns
Advisory
Group
.

He
said
that
's
a
signal
interest
rates
will
remain
low
.

The
Dow	B	Dow Jones industrial average	Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	000	000
Jones	I	Dow Jones industrial average	Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	000	000
industrial	I	Dow Jones industrial average	Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	000	000
average	I	Dow Jones industrial average	Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	000	000
rose
30.46
,
or
0.3
percent
,
to
10,437.42
.

It
was
the
ninth
gain
in
10
days
for
the
Dow	B	Dow	Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	000	000
and
its
highest
close
since
Oct.
2
,
2008
,
when
it
ended
at
10,482.85
.

The
Dow
jumped
136
points
Monday
after
the
retail
sales
report
.

The
broader
Standard	B	Standard & Poor 's 500	S&P_500	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500	000	000
&	I	Standard & Poor 's 500	S&P_500	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500	000	000
Poor	I	Standard & Poor 's 500	S&P_500	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500	000	000
's	I	Standard & Poor 's 500	S&P_500	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500	000	000
500	I	Standard & Poor 's 500	S&P_500	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S&P_500	000	000
index
rose
1.02
,
or
0.1
percent
,
to
1,110.32
,
while
the
Nasdaq	B	Nasdaq	NASDAQ	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASDAQ	000	000
composite
index
rose
5.93
,
or
0.3
percent
,
to
2,203.78
.

Falling
stocks
outpaced
those
that
rose
8-to-7
on
the
NYSE	B	NYSE	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
,
where
volume
came
to
972
million
shares
compared
with
1.1
billion
Monday
.

The
Dow	B	Dow	Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average	000	000
is
up
725
points
,
or
7.5
percent
,
this
month
.

That
has
some
analysts
saying
the
market
has
been
rising
too
fast
given
problems
like
unemployment
still
facing
the
economy
.

For
the
year
,
the
Dow
is
up
18.9
percent
after
rebounding
from
a
12-year
low
in
March
.

A
bounce
in
crude
oil
helped
energy
stocks
.

Oil
rose
24
cents
to
settle
at
$
79.14
per
barrel
on
the
New	B	New York Mercantile Exchange	New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	000	000
York	I	New York Mercantile Exchange	New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	000	000
Mercantile	I	New York Mercantile Exchange	New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	000	000
Exchange	I	New York Mercantile Exchange	New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Mercantile_Exchange	000	000
.

Gold
climbed
20
cents
to
$
1,139.40
.

Gains
in
other
metals
spurred
gains
of
materials
companies
.

Platinum
jumped
$
17.90
to
$
1,459
an
ounce
.

Bond
prices
edged
higher
to
push
yields
lower
.

The
yield
on
the
benchmark
10-year
Treasury
note
slipped
to
3.33
percent
from
3.34
percent
late
Monday
.

Among
energy
and
materials
stocks
,
Exxon	B	Exxon Mobil Corp.	ExxonMobil	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil	000	000
Mobil	I	Exxon Mobil Corp.	ExxonMobil	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil	000	000
Corp.	I	Exxon Mobil Corp.	ExxonMobil	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil	000	000
rose
60
cents
to
$
75.03
,
while
United	B	United States Steel Corp.	U.S._Steel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel	000	000
States	I	United States Steel Corp.	U.S._Steel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel	000	000
Steel	I	United States Steel Corp.	U.S._Steel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel	000	000
Corp.	I	United States Steel Corp.	U.S._Steel	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel	000	000
rose
93
cents
,
or
2.3
percent
,
to
$
42.30
.

Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
fell
66
cents
,
or
2.4
percent
,
to
$
26.99
,
while
Saks	B	Saks	Saks_Incorporated	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saks_Incorporated	000	000
rose
26
cents
,
or
4.1
percent
,
to
$
5.67
.

Target	B	Target	Target_Corporation	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation	000	000
fell
$
1.52
,
or
3
percent
,
to
$
48.77
.

Pacific	B	Pacific Sunwear of California Inc.	PacSun	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PacSun	000	000
Sunwear	I	Pacific Sunwear of California Inc.	PacSun	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PacSun	000	000
of	I	Pacific Sunwear of California Inc.	PacSun	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PacSun	000	000
California	I	Pacific Sunwear of California Inc.	PacSun	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PacSun	000	000
Inc.	I	Pacific Sunwear of California Inc.	PacSun	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PacSun	000	000
tumbled
$
1.13
,
or
22.6
percent
,
to
$
3.88
after
its
sales
forecast
fell
short
of
expectations
.

The
Russell	B	Russell 2000 index	Russell_2000	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_2000	000	000
2000	I	Russell 2000 index	Russell_2000	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_2000	000	000
index	I	Russell 2000 index	Russell_2000	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_2000	000	000
of
smaller
companies
slipped
0.53
,
or
0.1
percent
,
to
602.34
.

Overseas
,
Japan	B	Japan	Japan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan	000	000
's
Nikkei	B	Nikkei stock average	Nikkei_225	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225	000	000
stock	I	Nikkei stock average	Nikkei_225	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225	000	000
average	I	Nikkei stock average	Nikkei_225	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikkei_225	000	000
fell
0.6
percent
.

Britain	B	Britain	Great_Britain	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain	000	000
's
FTSE	B	FTSE 100	FTSE_100_Index	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_100_Index	000	000
100	I	FTSE 100	FTSE_100_Index	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTSE_100_Index	000	000
fell
0.7
percent
,
Germany	B	Germany	Germany	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany	000	000
's
DAX	B	DAX	DAX	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAX	000	000
index
fell
0.5
percent
,
and
France	B	France	France	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France	000	000
's
CAC-40	B	CAC-40	CAC_40	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_40	000	000
lost
0.9
percent
.

-DOCSTART- (16447720
Gerald	B	Gerald Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
Ford	I	Gerald Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
laid
to
rest
in
Michigan	B	Michigan	Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan	000	000

Burial
of
ex-president
,
'
hometown
hero
'
caps
eight
days
of
mourning

GRAND	B	GRAND RAPIDS	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
RAPIDS	I	GRAND RAPIDS	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
,
Mich.	B	Mich.	Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan	000	000
-
Gerald	B	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
R.	I	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
Ford	I	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
was
laid
to
rest
on
the
grounds
of
his
presidential
museum
Wednesday
after
eight
days
of
mourning
and
remembrance
that
spanned
the
country
,
from
the
California	B	California desert	Deserts_of_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserts_of_California	000	000
desert	I	California desert	Deserts_of_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserts_of_California	000	000
to
the
nation
's
capital
and
back
to
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
boyhood
home
.

The
sunset
burial
capped
the
official
mourning
for
the
38th
president
after
a
17-hour
viewing
Tuesday
night
and
Wednesday
at
the
museum
in
his
hometown
.

At
a
graveside
service
that
included
a
21-gun
salute
and
a
21-aircraft
flyover
,
Vice	B	Vice President	Vice_President_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States	000	000
President	I	Vice President	Vice_President_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States	000	000
Dick	B	Dick Cheney	Dick_Cheney	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney	000	000
Cheney	I	Dick Cheney	Dick_Cheney	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney	000	000
presented
former
first
lady
Betty	B	Betty Ford	Betty_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ford	000	000
Ford	I	Betty Ford	Betty_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Ford	000	000
with
the
American	B	American flag	Flag_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States	000	000
flag	I	American flag	Flag_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_United_States	000	000
that
was
draped
over
her
husband
's
casket
.

Earlier
,
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
was
remembered
as
a
man
not
afraid
to
laugh
,
make
tough
decisions
or
listen
to
the
advice
of
his
independent
wife
in
eulogies
delivered
during
a
funeral
at
the
church
the
couple
attended
for
six
decades
.

An
honor
guard
carried
the
casket
inside
Grace
Episcopal
Church
,
where
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
defense
secretary
,
Donald	B	Donald Rumsfeld	Donald_Rumsfeld	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld	000	000
Rumsfeld	I	Donald Rumsfeld	Donald_Rumsfeld	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld	000	000
,
and
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
successor
,
Jimmy	B	Jimmy Carter	Jimmy_Carter	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter	000	000
Carter	I	Jimmy Carter	Jimmy_Carter	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter	000	000
,
recalled
his
public
service
.

Rumsfeld	B	Rumsfeld	Donald_Rumsfeld	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld	000	000
:
'
He
was
one
of
us
'
His
widow
wiped
away
tears
as
she
sat
with
the
couple
's
four
children
and
more
than
300
dignitaries
and
family
friends
,
including
golfing
legend
Jack	B	Jack Nicklaus	Jack_Nicklaus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus	000	000
Nicklaus	I	Jack Nicklaus	Jack_Nicklaus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus	000	000
.
"

He
was
one
of
us
,
"
Rumsfeld	B	Rumsfeld	Donald_Rumsfeld	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld	000	000
said
,
"
And
that
made
him
special
and
needed
in
a
dark
and
dangerous
hour
for
our
nation
.
"

Rumsfeld	B	Rumsfeld	Donald_Rumsfeld	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld	000	000
,
who
recently
left
his
post
as
President	B	President Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
Bush	I	President Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
's
defense
secretary
,
remembered
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
as
a
courageous
and
steady
leader
who
healed
the
nation
after
Watergate	B	Watergate	Watergate_scandal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal	000	000
.

Rumsfeld	B	Rumsfeld	Donald_Rumsfeld	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Rumsfeld	000	000
said
the
Navy	B	Navy	United_States_Navy	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy	000	000
is
considering
naming
a
new
aircraft
carrier
after
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
,
a
Navy
veteran
.

A
decision
is
expected
later
this
month
.
"

How
fitting
it
would
be
that
the
name
Gerald	B	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
R.	I	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
Ford	I	Gerald R. Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
will
patrol
the
high
seas
for
decades
to
come
in
defense
of
the
nation
he
loved
so
much
,
"
he
said
.

Carter
described
the
close
personal
friendship
he
and
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
developed
over
the
years
.
"

I
relished
his
sound
advice
,
"
Carter	B	Carter	Jimmy_Carter	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter	000	000
said
as
his
wife
,
Rosalynn	B	Rosalynn	Rosalynn_Carter	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalynn_Carter	000	000
,
cried
.
"

I
want
to
thank
my
predecessor
for
all
he
did
to
heal
our
land
.
"

Thousands
of
flag-waving
mourners
lined
the
roads
under
sunny
skies
as
the
motorcade
bearing
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
casket
traveled
between
his
presidential
museum
in
downtown
Grand	B	Grand Rapids	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
Rapids	I	Grand Rapids	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
to
the
church
,
before
returning
to
the
museum
.

Viewing
period
extended

The
viewing
had
to
be
extended
Wednesday
until
nearly
noon
so
everyone
in
line
could
pay
their
respects
.

Some
57,000
mourners
waited
hours
to
file
past
the
flag-draped
casket
during
the
night
.

Some
stopped
and
made
silent
prayers
.
"

We
're
here
to
honor
him
,
"
said
Philip
Bareham
of
Lansing	B	Lansing	Lansing,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lansing,_Michigan	000	000
,
who
was
the
last
person
to
view
the
casket
and
whose
parents
were
among
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
earliest
supporters
and
political
allies
.
"

We
just
love
this
family
.

They
are
so
down
to
earth
.
"

Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
represented
Grand	B	Grand Rapids	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
Rapids	I	Grand Rapids	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
in
Congress	B	Congress	United_States_Congress	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress	000	000
for
25
years
.

His
family
had
belonged
to
Grace
Episcopal
Church
since
the
early
1940s
.

Richard	B	Richard Norton Smith	Richard_Norton_Smith	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Norton_Smith	000	000
Norton	I	Richard Norton Smith	Richard_Norton_Smith	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Norton_Smith	000	000
Smith	I	Richard Norton Smith	Richard_Norton_Smith	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Norton_Smith	000	000
,
an
author
,
presidential
historian
and
former
director
of
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
museum
and
library
,
reminded
mourners
how
important
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
hometown
was
to
him
.
"

Grand	B	Grand Rapids	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
Rapids	I	Grand Rapids	Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan	000	000
returned
his
affection
many
times
over
,
"
which
was
"
unforgettably
demonstrated
by
the
tens
of
thousands
who
stood
in
line
for
hours
outside
the
museum
,
braving
the
cold
to
assure
that
his
last
night
was
anything
but
lonely
,
"
Smith	B	Smith	Richard_Norton_Smith	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Norton_Smith	000	000
said
.

Draped
over
the
back
of
one
pew
at
the
funeral
was
a
blue
blanket
with
the
letter
"
M
"
emblazoned
on
it
,
symbolizing
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
's
alma
mater
,
the
University	B	University of Michigan	University_of_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan	000	000
of	I	University of Michigan	University_of_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan	000	000
Michigan	I	University of Michigan	University_of_Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Michigan	000	000
,
where
he
played
football
for
national
championship
teams
in
1932
and
1933
.

Many
of
the
mourners
at
the
museum
and
lining
the
roads
during
his
funeral
procession
on
Wednesday
wore
Michigan	B	Michigan	Michigan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan	000	000
hats
and
sweat
shirts
in
his
honor
.

Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
,
who
became
president
after
Richard	B	Richard Nixon	Richard_Nixon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon	000	000
Nixon	I	Richard Nixon	Richard_Nixon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon	000	000
resigned
,
died
Dec.
26
at
his
home
in
Rancho	B	Rancho Mirage	Rancho_Mirage,_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Mirage,_California	000	000
Mirage	I	Rancho Mirage	Rancho_Mirage,_California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rancho_Mirage,_California	000	000
,
Calif.	B	Calif.	California	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California	000	000
He
was
93
.

-DOCSTART- (16451112
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
CEO
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
quits

Home-improvement
retailer
's
chief
executive
had
been
criticized
over
pay

ATLANTA	B	ATLANTA	Atlanta	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta	000	000
-
Bob	B	Bob Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
Nardelli	I	Bob Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
said
he
had
no
intention
of
stepping
down
.

His
board
said
it
did
n't
want
anybody
else
.

But
in
the
end
,
analysts
said
,
the
criticism
over
Nardelli
's
hefty
pay
and
The	B	The Home Depot Inc.	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Home	I	The Home Depot Inc.	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	The Home Depot Inc.	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Inc.	I	The Home Depot Inc.	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
's
poor
stock
performance
forced
a
change
of
heart
.

Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
abruptly
resigned
as
chairman
and
chief
executive
of
the
world
's
largest
home
improvement
store
chain
after
six
years
at
the
helm
,
the
company
said
Wednesday
.

He
did
n't
leave
empty-handed
:
the
Atlanta	B	Atlanta	Atlanta	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta	000	000
-
based
company
said
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
would
receive
a
severance
package
worth
roughly
$
210
million
,
an
amount
decried
by
some
lawmakers
as
a
golden
parachute
that
sends
the
wrong
message
to
investors
.
"

It
's
a
sign
of
being
totally
out
of
touch
,
"
said
Rep.
Barney	B	Barney Frank	Barney_Frank	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Frank	000	000
Frank	I	Barney Frank	Barney_Frank	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Frank	000	000
,
D-Mass.
,
the
incoming
chairman
of
the
House	B	House Financial Services Committee	United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	000	000
Financial	I	House Financial Services Committee	United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	000	000
Services	I	House Financial Services Committee	United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	000	000
Committee	I	House Financial Services Committee	United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services	000	000
.
"

They
do
n't
understand
the
extent
to
which
they
make
the
American
public
angry
.
"

Frank	B	Frank	Barney_Frank	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Frank	000	000
said
he
would
push
for
legislation
requiring
public
companies
to
allow
shareholders
to
have
a
say
in
compensation
and
severance
for
senior
executives
.

At
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
's
annual
meeting
last
May
,
shareholder
proposals
to
give
investors
a
say
on
the
CEO
's
pay
and
to
restrict
retirement
benefits
for
senior
executives
were
rejected
.

Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
's
severance
package
includes
a
cash
payment
of
$
20
million
and
the
acceleration
of
unvested
deferred
stock
awards
currently
valued
at
roughly
$
77
million
.

A
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
spokesman
said
the
timing
of
the
resignation
,
which
was
effective
Tuesday
,
had
no
bearing
on
the
amount
in
the
package
.

The
total
package
is
seven
times
the
$
30
million
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
set
aside
last
June
for
stores
and
employees
that
provide
good
customer
service
.

Home
Depot
has
2,127
stores
and
355,000
employees
in
the
United	B	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
States	I	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
,
Canada	B	Canada	Canada	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada	000	000
,
Mexico	B	Mexico	Mexico	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico	000	000
and
China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
.

Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
said
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
was
being
replaced
by
Frank	B	Frank Blake	Frank_Blake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blake	000	000
Blake	I	Frank Blake	Frank_Blake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blake	000	000
,
its
vice
chairman
,
effective
immediately
.

Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
co-founder
Bernie	B	Bernie Marcus	Bernard_Marcus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Marcus	000	000
Marcus	I	Bernie Marcus	Bernard_Marcus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Marcus	000	000
,
who
had
a
hand
in
hiring
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
,
said
he
supports
the
board
's
decision
to
replace
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
with
Blake	B	Blake	Frank_Blake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blake	000	000
.
"

My
concern
is
what
happens
in
the
future
,
and
I
feel
very
good
about
it
,
"
said
Marcus	B	Marcus	Bernard_Marcus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Marcus	000	000
,
who
no
longer
works
for
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
in
any
official
capacity
but
remains
one
of
the
company
's
largest
individual
shareholders
.

Asked
about
the
severance
payout
,
Marcus	B	Marcus	Bernard_Marcus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Marcus	000	000
said
the
amount
wo
n't
be
that
big
a
deal
in
the
long-run
if
the
company
's
stock
price
improves
.
"

It
's
like
the
old
story
,
if
the
stock
goes
up
10
points
,
who
's
going
to
care
?
"

Marcus	B	Marcus	Bernard_Marcus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Marcus	000	000
said
.

Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
,
a
former
college
football
player
,
became
CEO
of
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
in
December
2000
after
being
passed
over
for
the
top
job
at
General	B	General Electric Co.	General_Electric	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric	000	000
Electric	I	General Electric Co.	General_Electric	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric	000	000
Co.	I	General Electric Co.	General_Electric	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Electric	000	000
,
where
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
had
been
a
senior
executive
.

Blake	B	Blake	Frank_Blake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blake	000	000
's
appointment
is
permanent
,
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
spokesman
Jerry
Shields
said
.

The
company
declined
to
make
Blake	B	Blake	Frank_Blake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blake	000	000
available
for
comment
,
and
messages
left
for
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
with
his
secretary
and
on
his
wife
's
cell
phone
were
not
immediately
returned
.

Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
shares
rose
91
cents
,
or
2.3
percent
,
to
close
at
$
41.07
on
the
New	B	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
York	I	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
Stock	I	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
Exchange	I	New York Stock Exchange	New_York_Stock_Exchange	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange	000	000
,
near
the
upper
end
of
their
52-week
range
of
$
32.85
to
$
43.95
.

Before
Wednesday
's
news
,
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
's
stock
had
been
down
more
than
3
percent
on
a
split-adjusted
basis
since
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
took
over
.

Nardelli
's
sudden
departure
was
stunning
in
that
he
told
The	B	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Associated	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Press	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
as
recently
as
Sept.
1
that
he
had
no
intention
of
leaving
,
and
a
key
director
said
that
the
board
was
pleased
with
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
despite
the
uproar
by
some
investors
.

That
director
,
Bonnie
Hill
,
did
not
immediately
return
messages
left
Wednesday
for
her
at
her
office
in
Los	B	Los Angeles	Los_Angeles	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles	000	000
Angeles	I	Los Angeles	Los_Angeles	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles	000	000
.

Asked
in
the
earlier
AP
interview
if
he
had
thought
of
hanging
up
his
orange
apron
and
leaving
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
,
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
said
unequivocally
that
he
had
n't
.

Asked
what
he
thought
he
would
be
doing
10
years
from
now
,
Nardelli
said
,
"
Selling
hammers
.
"

For
The
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
?
"

Absolutely
,
"
he
said
at
the
time
.

Marcus	B	Marcus	Bernard_Marcus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Marcus	000	000
said
he
had
no
idea
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
's
resignation
was
coming
.
"

Obviously
,
something
happened
over
this
last
period
of
time
that
changed
their
mind
and
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
's
mind
about
staying
,
"
Marcus	B	Marcus	Bernard_Marcus	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Marcus	000	000
said
.

Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
said
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
's
decision
to
resign
was
by
mutual
agreement
with
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
.
"

We
are
very
grateful
to
Bob	B	Bob	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
for
his
strong
leadership
of
The	B	The Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Home	I	The Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	The Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
over
the
past
six
years
,
"
Home
Depot
's
board
said
in
a
statement
.

Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
was
a
nuts-and-bolts
leader
.

He
helped
increase
revenue
and
profits
at
Home	B	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
Depot	I	Home Depot	The_Home_Depot	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Home_Depot	000	000
and
increase
the
number
of
stores
the
company
operates
.

Home
Depot
's
earnings
per
share
have
increased
by
approximately
150
percent
over
the
last
five
years
.

But
the
public
discussion
about
his
pay
and
the
company
's
stock
price
became
a
distraction
.

As
of
the
end
of
2005
,
Nardelli	B	Nardelli	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
had
earned
$
123.7
million
in
compensation
excluding
certain
stock
option
grants
since
becoming
CEO
.

His
compensation
for
2006
has
not
yet
been
disclosed
.

Industry
experts
and
analysts
said
his
departure
and
Blake	B	Blake	Frank_Blake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Blake	000	000
's
ascent
to
the
top
job
are
a
good
thing
for
Home
Depot
.
"

This
is
not
about
strategy
or
vision
,
"
said
James
Senn
,
director
of
Robinson
College
's
Center
for
Global
Business
Leadership
at
Georgia	B	Georgia State University	Georgia_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_University	000	000
State	I	Georgia State University	Georgia_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_University	000	000
University	I	Georgia State University	Georgia_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_University	000	000
.
"

This
is
coming
down
to
two
things
.

Really
the
foundation
of
leadership
is
credibility
.

Bob	B	Bob	Robert_Nardelli	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Nardelli	000	000
has
run
into
some
problems
there
.

The
second
is
execution
.
"

Edward	B	Edward Jones	Edward_Jones_Investments	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jones_Investments	000	000
Jones	I	Edward Jones	Edward_Jones_Investments	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Jones_Investments	000	000
analyst
Stephanie
Hoff
said
she
views
the
developments
at
Home
Depot
as
a
sign
that
there
was
a
need
for
change
at
the
top
,
not
a
change
in
the
company
's
strategy
.
"

I
think
his
gruff
demeanor
,
while
some
people
would
consider
that
refreshing
,
sometimes
hurt
him
,
"
Hoff
said
,
adding
that
Blake
is
considered
by
some
as
more
articulate
and
polished
.

She
added
,
"
I
think
the
board
basically
was
looking
at
this
situation
and
figured
Nardelli
had
become
such
a
lightning
rod
for
criticism
of
his
pay
package
.
"

-DOCSTART- (16451212
Health
insurance
bridges
gap
for
poor
families

Free
medical
care
can
help
children
get
out
of
poverty
,
official
says

BIRMINGHAM	B	BIRMINGHAM	Birmingham,_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham,_Alabama	000	000
,
Ala.	B	Ala.	Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama	000	000
-
For
years
,
Al
Rohling
watched
parents
quit
their
jobs
when
their
kids
got
sick
,
deliberately
making
their
incomes
drop
to
a
point
where
they
could
get
U.S.	B	U.S. government	Federal_government_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States	000	000
government	I	U.S. government	Federal_government_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States	000	000
medical
help
.

Rohling
,
who
directed
Alabama	B	Alabama	Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama	000	000
's
housing
authority
at
the
time
,
reached
a
startling
conclusion
:
If
children
could
drive
parents
into
hardship
when
they
became
ill
,
could
medical
insurance
help
parents
rediscover
financial
health
?
"

Health
care
for
children
really
is
a
bridge
to
get
out
of
poverty
,
"
said
Rohling
.

Rohling
quit
his
job
in
1988
to
help
set
up
the
Child
Caring
Foundation
,
which
provides
free
health
insurance
for
children
through
the
Blue	B	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Cross	I	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
and	I	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Blue	I	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Shield	I	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
of	I	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Alabama	I	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
health
care
provider
.

The
foundation
is
just
one
example
of
a
charity
that
bridges
the
gap
between
Medicaid	B	Medicaid	Medicaid	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid	000	000
--
subsidized
insurance
--
for
the
poorest
and
private
health
insurance
paid
for
either
privately
for
those
who
can
afford
it
,
or
by
an
employer
.

That
gap
leaves
up
to
9
million
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
children
uninsured
in
the
United	B	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
States	I	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
,
a
nation
with
no
universal
health
care
.

Many
parents
are
forced
to
struggle
with
a
patchwork
of
other
provisions
in
order
to
get
health
care
for
their
children
.
"

The
problem
of
the
uninsured
is
getting
worse
,
"
and
the
number
of
uninsured
children
has
risen
since
2004
,
said
Jennifer
Tolbert
,
principal
analyst
with
the
Kaiser
Commission
on
Medicaid
and
the
Uninsured
,
a
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
-
based
think
tank
.

Tolbert
said
it
was
possible
the
U.S.	B	U.S. Congress	United_States_Congress	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress	000	000
Congress	I	U.S. Congress	United_States_Congress	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress	000	000
could
increase
the
scope
of
the
State	B	State Children 's Health Insurance Program	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
Children	I	State Children 's Health Insurance Program	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
's	I	State Children 's Health Insurance Program	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
Health	I	State Children 's Health Insurance Program	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
Insurance	I	State Children 's Health Insurance Program	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
Program	I	State Children 's Health Insurance Program	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
(
SCHIP	B	SCHIP	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
)
to
provide
greater
state
coverage
for
uninsured
children
when
it
debates
reauthorizing
the
program
next
year
.

In
the
lurch

Children
with
health
insurance
are
usually
taken
to
the
doctor
at
the
first
sign
of
illness
,
while
parents
of
uninsured
kids
often
wait
because
they
are
conscious
of
the
cost
.

Then
the
child
's
illness
can
worsen
and
the
parent
is
forced
to
miss
work
to
nurse
the
child
back
to
health
.

In
Alabama	B	Alabama	Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama	000	000
,
there
were
230,000
uninsured
children
in
1988
,
and
that
has
fallen
to
around
70,000
due
to
a
combination
of
the
Child
Caring
Foundation
and
state
programs
.

Jody
Sharp
,
60
,
is
an
example
of
the
problem
the
charity
aims
to
address
.

She
and
her
husband
adopted
a
foster
child
,
Dana
,
from
a
mother
who
was
mentally
handicapped
.

Later
,
they
adopted
Dana
's
brother
Kyle
who
has
epilepsy
and
asthma
.

But
Sharp
's
husband
,
the
family
wage
earner
,
walked
out
in
1990
,
leaving
Sharp
to
bring
up
the
two
children
with
no
health
insurance
.
"

If
you
never
had
a
child
with
epilepsy
,
you
would
never
know
how
many
bills
you
can
incur
.

With
no
insurance
,
it
's
thousands
of
dollars
just
like
that
,
"
Sharp
told
Reuters	B	Reuters	Reuters	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters	000	000
.

During
their
two
years
in
the
Alabama	B	Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Blue	I	Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Cross	I	Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Blue	I	Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
Shield	I	Alabama Blue Cross Blue Shield	Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Cross_and_Blue_Shield_of_Alabama	000	000
program
,
Sharp
's
children
received
free
medical
care
and
she
found
a
job
working
with
special
needs
children
.

The
money
saved
helped
her
move
into
private
health
insurance
.

Some
90
percent
of
the
55,000
children
on
the
program
move
into
private
health
insurance
within
about
30
months
.
"

All
of
us
have
times
when
we
lose
jobs
or
lose
our
homes
.

You
need
the
support
of
insurance
so
you
do
n't
have
to
worry
about
squeezing
doctor
bills
out
of
an
already
stretched
paycheck
,
"
said
Sharp
.

Bear
's
eye

To
recruit
families
,
Rohling
tours
the
state
presenting
health
screenings
at
schools
with
the
help
of
volunteers
from
the
University	B	University of Alabama at Birmingham	University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	000	000
of	I	University of Alabama at Birmingham	University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	000	000
Alabama	I	University of Alabama at Birmingham	University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	000	000
at	I	University of Alabama at Birmingham	University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	000	000
Birmingham	I	University of Alabama at Birmingham	University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama_at_Birmingham	000	000
School	B	School of Nursing	Nursing_school	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_school	000	000
of	I	School of Nursing	Nursing_school	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_school	000	000
Nursing	I	School of Nursing	Nursing_school	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_school	000	000
and
elsewhere
.

At
one
recent
presentation
,
a
student
nurse
pulled
a
teddy
bear
eye
out
of
a
child
's
ear
,
ending
three
years
of
one-sided
deafness
.

It
was
an
example
of
how
problems
can
fester
for
children
who
do
n't
have
health
insurance
.

Low
cost
health
insurance
for
low
income
American
children
began
in
Pittsburgh	B	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh	000	000
in
1985
when
Highmark	B	Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield	Highmark	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highmark	000	000
Blue	I	Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield	Highmark	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highmark	000	000
Cross	I	Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield	Highmark	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highmark	000	000
Blue	I	Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield	Highmark	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highmark	000	000
Shield	I	Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield	Highmark	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highmark	000	000
of
Western	B	Western Pennsylvania	Western_Pennsylvania	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania	000	000
Pennsylvania	I	Western Pennsylvania	Western_Pennsylvania	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania	000	000
insured
children
of
laid-off
steel
workers
.

By
2006
,
144,000
children
were
in
their
program
.
"

There
was
a
crisis
.

And
the
whole
thing
came
about
as
an
answer
for
how
health
insurance
should
work
,
"
said
spokesperson
Denise
Grabner
of
Highmark	B	Highmark	Highmark	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highmark	000	000
.

In
1997
,
the
program
expanded
to
include
children
of
the
working
poor
when
Congress	B	Congress	United_States_Congress	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress	000	000
enacted
the
SCHIP	B	SCHIP	State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program	000	000
providing
some
matching
funding
.

Alabama	B	Alabama	Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama	000	000
was
the
first
of
20
states
to
participate
,
creating
the
All
Kids
program
,
with
money
from
state
settlement
with
tobacco
companies
.

The
program
provides
insurance
for
children
above
the
level
at
which
they
would
qualify
for
Medicaid	B	Medicaid	Medicaid	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid	000	000
.

Many
states
now
provide
insurance
for
families
who
earn
up
to
double
the
poverty
rate
,
defined
as
$
10,000
a
year
for
a
single
person
and
$
20,000
for
a
family
of
four
.

But
Rohling
said
an
individual
needed
to
earn
nearly
three
times
the
poverty
level
to
afford
private
insurance
.
"

We
fill
the
void
between
affordability
and
eligibility
.
"

-DOCSTART- (16454435
Upgrade
makes
aging
Mars	B	Mars rovers	Mars_rover	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover	000	000
rovers	I	Mars rovers	Mars_rover	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover	000	000
smarter

Engineers
transmitted
new
software
to
the
rovers
'
onboard
computers

LOS	B	LOS ANGELES	Los_Angeles	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles	000	000
ANGELES	I	LOS ANGELES	Los_Angeles	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles	000	000
-
The
twin
Mars	B	Mars rovers	Mars_rover	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover	000	000
rovers	I	Mars rovers	Mars_rover	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover	000	000
are
getting
wiser
with
age
.

Engineers
have
transmitted
new
flight
software
to
the
rovers
'
onboard
computers
--
just
in
time
for
the
third
anniversary
of
their
landing
.

The
software
is
aimed
at
boosting
their
intelligence
and
independence
so
that
they
can
roll
around
the
Red	B	Red Planet	Mars	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars	000	000
Planet	I	Red Planet	Mars	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars	000	000
with
less
help
from
humans
.
"

We
're
teaching
an
old
dog
new
tricks
,
"
said
John
Callas
,
the
mission
project
manager
with
the
Jet	B	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory	000	000
Propulsion	I	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory	000	000
Laboratory	I	Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory	000	000
,
the
NASA	B	NASA	NASA	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA	000	000
agency
in
charge
of
the
rovers
.

Among
the
rovers
'
new
skills
is
the
ability
to
automatically
recognize
and
transmit
to
Earth	B	Earth	Earth	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth	000	000
photographs
that
they
take
of
swirling
dust
devils
or
floating
clouds
.

They
can
also
independently
decide
whether
it
is
safe
to
extend
its
robotic
arm
to
sample
a
piece
of
rock
.

Before
,
scientists
had
to
painstakingly
dissect
thousands
of
images
just
to
find
the
frames
they
need
and
decide
for
the
rovers
whether
to
use
their
arms
.

The
high-tech
upgrades
should
help
save
time
--
as
much
as
a
day
because
scientists
on
Earth	B	Earth	Earth	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth	000	000
do
n't
have
to
study
a
rock
before
sending
commands
to
the
robot
to
pick
it
up
.

If
successful
,
the
changes
could
get
incorporated
into
future
Mars	B	Mars	Mars	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars	000	000
missions
.

Spirit	B	Spirit	Spirit_(rover)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)	000	000
and
Opportunity	B	Opportunity	Opportunity_(rover)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)	000	000
were
also
fitted
with
a
new
navigation
system
that
allows
them
to
think
several
steps
ahead
when
faced
with
an
obstacle
,
allowing
them
to
back
out
of
a
dead
end
or
even
navigate
a
maze
on
their
own
,
Callas
said
.

The
geologic
robots
have
previously
tackled
one
problem
at
a
time
.

Spirit	B	Spirit	Spirit_(rover)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)	000	000
landed
three
years
ago
Wednesday
and
Opportunity	B	Opportunity	Opportunity_(rover)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)	000	000
on
Jan.
24
,
2004
.

Entering
their
fourth
year
of
exploration
,
both
golf
cart-sized
vehicles
have
long
outlasted
their
missions
,
originally
planned
for
about
three
months
.

While
scientists
are
impressed
by
the
rovers
'
longevity
,
they
admit
the
robots
could
die
at
any
time
.

The
rovers
'
biggest
accomplishment
is
uncovering
geologic
evidence
that
water
once
flowed
on
Mars	B	Mars	Mars	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars	000	000
.

Spirit	B	Spirit	Spirit_(rover)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_(rover)	000	000
is
currently
studying
rocks
and
soil
samples
near
a
Martian	B	Martian	Martian	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martian	000	000
ridge
while
Opportunity	B	Opportunity	Opportunity_(rover)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opportunity_(rover)	000	000
is
circling
the
rim
of
a
massive
crater
for
possible
ways
in
.

-DOCSTART- (16442342
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
mines
still
not
safe
enough
,
experts
say

One
year
after
Sago	B	Sago Mine accident	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
Mine	I	Sago Mine accident	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
accident	I	Sago Mine accident	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
,
safety
laws
still
need
improving

BUCKHANNON	B	BUCKHANNON	Buckhannon,_West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhannon,_West_Virginia	000	000
,
W.	B	W. Va	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
Va	I	W. Va	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
.

-
One
year
ago
Tuesday
,
the
nation
was
holding
its
breath
for
13
miners
who
were
trapped
deep
inside
the
Sago	B	Sago Mine	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
Mine	I	Sago Mine	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
near
Buckhannon	B	Buckhannon	Buckhannon,_West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckhannon,_West_Virginia	000	000
,
W.	B	W. Va	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
Va	I	W. Va	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
.

As
it
turned
out
,
12
of
the
13
miners
never
made
it
out
alive
.

In
West	B	West Virginia	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
Virginia	I	West Virginia	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
Tuesday
,
Randal	B	Randal McCloy	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
McCloy	I	Randal McCloy	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
,
the
lone
survivor
of
the
disaster
,
joined
the
families
of
the
12
men
who
died
--
to
remember
them
and
the
nightmare
that
began
one
year
ago
.
"

I
'm
just
sick
when
I
think
--
every
day
when
I
think
how
those
men
had
to
die
and
it
makes
me
sick
,
"
says
Debbie
Hamner
whose
husband
died
in
the
mine
.

Since
Sago	B	Sago	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
,
both
West	B	West Virginia	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
Virginia	I	West Virginia	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
and
the
federal
government
have
passed
new
mine
safety
laws
.

But
in
the
mines
themselves
,
little
has
changed
.

•
There
's
still
no
better
way
to
communicate
with
miners
below
ground
;

•
Wireless
communications
wo
n't
be
required
until
2009
;

•
Electronic
tracking
systems
for
miners
are
still
on
the
drawing
board
;

•
Underground
emergency
safe
rooms
are
still
not
required
by
law
;
and

•
Mines
have
another
year
to
position
more
rescue
teams
.

Davitt
McAteer
is
a
mine
safety
expert
who
once
ran
the
government
's
Mine	B	Mine Safety and Health Administration	Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	000	000
Safety	I	Mine Safety and Health Administration	Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	000	000
and	I	Mine Safety and Health Administration	Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	000	000
Health	I	Mine Safety and Health Administration	Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	000	000
Administration	I	Mine Safety and Health Administration	Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine_Safety_and_Health_Administration	000	000
and
led
West	B	West Virginia	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
Virginia	I	West Virginia	West_Virginia	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia	000	000
's
Sago	B	Sago Mine	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
Mine	I	Sago Mine	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
investigation
.
"

We
need
to
have
a
way
to
communicate
with
trapped
miners
,
"
McAteer
says
.
"

We
need
to
protect
trapped
miners
until
we
can
get
to
them
,
and
we
need
to
have
a
way
that
we
can
provide
them
with
the
breathing
apparatus
and
the
air
system
so
they
can
stay
alive
.
"

What
has
changed
in
mine
safety
since
the
Sago	B	Sago	Sago_Mine_disaster	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sago_Mine_disaster	000	000
tragedy
:

•
Improved
emergency
procedures
and
training
is
now
required
;

•
There
are
more
federal
mine
inspectors
and
tougher
fines
for
safety
violations
;
and

•
Mines
must
now
notify
the
federal
government
within
15
minutes
of
an
accident
.

Still
not
required
,
though
are
underground
emergency
safe
rooms
.

The
union
representing
many
of
the
nation
's
73,000
coal
miners
says
it
's
a
sign
of
priorities
.
"

There
's
still
just
an
attitude
out
there
that
production
comes
first
and
safety
is
a
convenient
thing
and
it
comes
second
,
"
says
Dennis
O'Dell
of
United	B	United Mine Workers of America	United_Mine_Workers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Mine_Workers	000	000
Mine	I	United Mine Workers of America	United_Mine_Workers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Mine_Workers	000	000
Workers	I	United Mine Workers of America	United_Mine_Workers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Mine_Workers	000	000
of	I	United Mine Workers of America	United_Mine_Workers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Mine_Workers	000	000
America	I	United Mine Workers of America	United_Mine_Workers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Mine_Workers	000	000
.

These
are
boom
times
for
the
coal
industry
,
producing
a
record
1.17
billion
tons
of
coal
in
2006
,
but
also
the
highest
death
toll
in
11
years
.

-DOCSTART- (16417540
TUSCALOOSA	B	TUSCALOOSA	Tuscaloosa,_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama	000	000
,
Ala.	B	Ala.	Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama	000	000
-
Nick	B	Nick Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
Saban	I	Nick Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
could
n't
escape
his
college
roots
,
so
he
quit
trying
.

Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
was
introduced
as
Alabama	B	Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
's
coach
on
Thursday
,
touting
his
championship
aspirations
and
citing
his
love
of
college
football
as
a
reason
for
taking
a
pay
cut
to
leave
the
Miami	B	Miami Dolphins	Miami_Dolphins	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Dolphins	000	000
Dolphins	I	Miami Dolphins	Miami_Dolphins	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Dolphins	000	000
.

In
other
words
,
he
said
the
things
Crimson	B	Crimson Tide	Alabama_Crimson_Tide	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide	000	000
Tide	I	Crimson Tide	Alabama_Crimson_Tide	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide	000	000
fans
most
wanted
to
hear
.
"

My
heart
's
here
.

I
love
it
here
,
"
he
said
.
"

I
like
to
affect
people
,
and
that
's
why
I
'm
here
.

This
is
obviously
one
of
the
best
places
in
the
country
to
have
an
opportunity
to
do
that
.
"

Taking
over
a
program
with
a
rich
tradition
led
by
the
late
coach
Bear	B	Bear Bryant	Bear_Bryant	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Bryant	000	000
Bryant	I	Bear Bryant	Bear_Bryant	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Bryant	000	000
,
who
won
five
national
titles
,
Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
refused
to
dwell
in
the
past
.
"

It
's
what
you
do
now
,
"
he
said
.

His
resume
features
the
one
thing
Alabama	B	Alabama	Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama	000	000
fans
hunger
for
most
:
A
national
title
.

His
"
championship
credentials
"
--
as
athletic
director
Mal	B	Mal Moore	Mal_Moore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Moore	000	000
Moore	I	Mal Moore	Mal_Moore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Moore	000	000
put
it
--
are
why
the
Tide	B	Tide	Alabama_Crimson_Tide	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide	000	000
was
willing
to
offer
a
reported
eight-year
deal
worth
an
estimated
$
32
million
plus
incentives
,
the
richest
in
college
football
.
"

I
know
there
's
tremendous
expectations
here
,
"
Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
said
.
"

I
can
tell
you
that
,
however
you
feel
about
it
,
I
have
even
higher
expectations
for
what
we
want
to
accomplish
.

I
want
to
win
every
game
we
play
.
"

Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
led
Alabama	B	Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
divisional
rival
LSU	B	LSU	Louisiana_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_University	000	000
to
a
national
title
in
2003
and
two
SEC	B	SEC	Southeastern_Conference	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference	000	000
championships
before
heading
to
Miami	B	Miami	Miami_Dolphins	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Dolphins	000	000
.

Alabama	B	Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
has
n't
won
the
league
or
even
the
Western
Division
since
1999
under
Mike	B	Mike DuBose	Mike_DuBose	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DuBose	000	000
DuBose	I	Mike DuBose	Mike_DuBose	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DuBose	000	000
.

The
Tide	B	Tide	Alabama_Crimson_Tide	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide	000	000
's
latest
national
title
--
its
sixth
--
came
in
1992
under
Gene	B	Gene Stallings	Gene_Stallings	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Stallings	000	000
Stallings	I	Gene Stallings	Gene_Stallings	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Stallings	000	000
.

Alabama	B	Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
has
had
four
losing
seasons
since
'
97
.
"

His
teams
always
play
with
confidence
and
pride
and
I
know
that
in
order
to
win
a
national
championship
,
a
team
has
to
be
mentally
as
well
as
physically
tough
,
"
said
Moore	B	Moore	Mal_Moore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Moore	000	000
,
who
played
and
coached
under
Bryant	B	Bryant	Bear_Bryant	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear_Bryant	000	000
.
"

Coach
Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
's
teams
have
always
possessed
those
qualities
.
"

As
for
the
big
salary
,
Moore	B	Moore	Mal_Moore	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal_Moore	000	000
said
,
"
I
just
think
it
was
a
very
crucial
hire
for
us
in
this
time
in
our
history
.
"

Not
everyone
in
Alabama	B	Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
was
convinced
.
"

That
certainly
makes
a
strong
statement
in
a
state
that
funds
education
at
one
of
the
lowest
per-pupil
rates
of
any
state
in
the
country
,
"
said
state
Rep.
Richard
Lindsey
,
D-Centre
,
chairman
of
a
House
committee
that
writes
the
education
budget
.
"

I
think
we
've
let
it
get
out
of
hand
.
"

But
the
school
's
faculty
senate
president
,
chemistry
professor
John
Vincent
,
had
a
more
positive
view
.
"

The
money
does
n't
come
out
of
the
academic
side
of
the
university
.

The
academic
side
is
self
sufficient
,
"
he
said
.
"

Of
course
I
would
like
to
see
these
kinds
of
benefits
available
on
the
academic
side
,
but
this
hiring
offers
much
to
the
university
.
"

Vincent
said
having
a
high-profile
coach
like
Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
would
create
more
interest
in
the
University	B	University of Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
of	I	University of Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
Alabama	I	University of Alabama	University_of_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Alabama	000	000
,
which
would
bring
more
interest
and
money
to
the
academic
side
.

Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
said
his
first
goals
were
to
hire
a
coaching
staff
and
work
on
completing
the
Tide	B	Tide	Alabama_Crimson_Tide	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide	000	000
's
recruiting
class
.

He
has
already
hired
Florida	B	Florida State	Florida_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_University	000	000
State	I	Florida State	Florida_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_University	000	000
assistant
Kevin	B	Kevin Steele	Kevin_Steele	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Steele	000	000
Steele	I	Kevin Steele	Kevin_Steele	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Steele	000	000
to
be
his
defensive
coordinator
,
according
to
Seminoles	B	Seminoles	Florida_State_Seminoles_football	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_State_Seminoles_football	000	000
coach
Bobby	B	Bobby Bowden	Bobby_Bowden	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bowden	000	000
Bowden	I	Bobby Bowden	Bobby_Bowden	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bowden	000	000
.

Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
's
success
attracting
top
prep
players
is
evident
.

Quarterback	B	Quarterback	Quarterback	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarterback	000	000
JaMarcus	B	JaMarcus Russell	JaMarcus_Russell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JaMarcus_Russell	000	000
Russell	I	JaMarcus Russell	JaMarcus_Russell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JaMarcus_Russell	000	000
,
receiver
Early	B	Early Doucet	Early_Doucet	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Doucet	000	000
Doucet	I	Early Doucet	Early_Doucet	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Doucet	000	000
and
safety
LaRon	B	LaRon Landry	LaRon_Landry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaRon_Landry	000	000
Landry	I	LaRon Landry	LaRon_Landry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaRon_Landry	000	000
--
who
all
played
key
roles
in
LSU	B	LSU	Louisiana_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_University	000	000
's
41-14
Sugar	B	Sugar Bowl	Sugar_Bowl	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Bowl	000	000
Bowl	I	Sugar Bowl	Sugar_Bowl	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_Bowl	000	000
victory
over
Notre	B	Notre Dame	Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football	000	000
Dame	I	Notre Dame	Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football	000	000
on
Wednesday
night
--
were
among
players
he
brought
to
Baton	B	Baton Rouge	Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	000	000
Rouge	I	Baton Rouge	Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	000	000
.

Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
's
wife
,
Terry
,
encouraged
the
move
to
Tuscaloosa	B	Tuscaloosa	Tuscaloosa,_Alabama	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscaloosa,_Alabama	000	000
and
another
college
job
.
"

It
's
the
relationships
,
that
family
feeling
,
that
we
missed
,
"
she
said
.

And
the
warm
reception
on
Wednesday
afternoon
did
n't
hurt
,
either
.

Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
said
when
he
arrived
at
LSU	B	LSU	Louisiana_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_University	000	000
from
Michigan	B	Michigan State	Michigan_State_Spartans_football	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football	000	000
State	I	Michigan State	Michigan_State_Spartans_football	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_State_Spartans_football	000	000
as
a
less
well-known
coach
,
it
was
just
him
,
an
equipment
manager
and
his
agent
.

Not
this
time
.
"

When
the
plane
landed
,
we
were
overwhelmed
that
there
was
this
huge
crowd
of
people
just
cheering
,
like
your
mother
's
saying
,
'
Come
on
home
,
"
'
Terry
Saban
said
.

The
well-traveled
Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
also
said
he
intends
for
this
to
be
his
final
coaching
stop
before
retiring
to
Lake	B	Lake Burton	Lake_Burton_(Georgia)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Burton_(Georgia)	000	000
Burton	I	Lake Burton	Lake_Burton_(Georgia)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Burton_(Georgia)	000	000
in
north
Georgia	B	Georgia	Georgia_(U.S._state)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)	000	000
,
where
he
has
a
home
.
"

That
's
where
I
like
it
,
and
that
's
my
next
stop
,
"
the
55-year-old
Saban	B	Saban	Nick_Saban	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Saban	000	000
said
.

-DOCSTART- (16455207
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
to
have
surgery
on
right
knee

MIAMI	B	MIAMI	Miami	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami	000	000
-
Pat	B	Pat Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
Riley	I	Pat Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
is
taking
a
break
from
a
season
that
has
left
him
limping
and
in
pain
.

The
Miami	B	Miami Heat	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
Heat	I	Miami Heat	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
coach
began
an
indefinite
leave
of
absence
Wednesday
because
of
hip
and
knee
problems
,
choosing
assistant
Ron	B	Ron Rothstein	Ron_Rothstein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Rothstein	000	000
Rothstein	I	Ron Rothstein	Ron_Rothstein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Rothstein	000	000
to
fill
his
spot
on
an
interim
basis
.

Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
will
have
surgery
Friday
to
remove
floating
chips
in
his
right
knee
.

Surgery
on
his
hip
,
the
malady
that
hurts
him
most
now
,
is
not
yet
scheduled
.

The
61-year-old
coach
does
n't
know
how
long
he
'll
be
out
.
"

I
'm
going
to
be
displaced
for
a
while
,
but
not
disconnected
at
all
,
"
he
said
.

Miami	B	Miami	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
's
record
fell
to
13-18
on
Wednesday
after
a
110-95
loss
to
the
Los	B	Los Angeles Clippers	Los_Angeles_Clippers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers	000	000
Angeles	I	Los Angeles Clippers	Los_Angeles_Clippers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers	000	000
Clippers	I	Los Angeles Clippers	Los_Angeles_Clippers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Clippers	000	000
.

Already
this
season
,
the
Heat	B	Heat	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
have
seen
Shaquille	B	Shaquille O'Neal	Shaquille_O'Neal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O'Neal	000	000
O'Neal	I	Shaquille O'Neal	Shaquille_O'Neal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O'Neal	000	000
,
Dwyane	B	Dwyane Wade	Dwyane_Wade	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwyane_Wade	000	000
Wade	I	Dwyane Wade	Dwyane_Wade	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwyane_Wade	000	000
and
Jason	B	Jason Williams	Jason_Williams_(basketball,_born_1975)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Williams_(basketball,_born_1975)	000	000
Williams	I	Jason Williams	Jason_Williams_(basketball,_born_1975)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Williams_(basketball,_born_1975)	000	000
--
perhaps
the
three
biggest
keys
in
last
year
's
championship
run
--
miss
many
games
with
injuries
.

And
now
it
's
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
's
turn
.
"

We
have
a
championship
team
that
is
sideways
right
now
,
so
this
is
going
to
be
a
great
challenge
,
"
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
said
.
"

Keep
your
notebooks
open
.

We
'll
see
how
it
plays
out
.
"

Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
,
who
also
is
the
Heat	B	Heat	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
president
,
resigned
as
coach
shortly
before
the
2003-04
season
,
then
returned
to
the
bench
in
December
2005
,
replacing
Stan	B	Stan Van Gundy	Stan_Van_Gundy	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Van_Gundy	000	000
Van	I	Stan Van Gundy	Stan_Van_Gundy	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Van_Gundy	000	000
Gundy	I	Stan Van Gundy	Stan_Van_Gundy	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Van_Gundy	000	000
and
postponing
right
hip
replacement
surgery
.

In
September
,
after
deciding
against
having
offseason
surgery
,
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
said
he
did
n't
expect
to
need
the
operation
this
season
,
but
the
pain
has
apparently
worsened
in
recent
weeks
.
"

I
'm
just
tired
of
the
pain
and
the
medication
,
"
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
said
.

Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
was
asked
if
the
knee
injury
,
or
at
its
severity
,
stems
in
any
way
from
him
reportedly
kicking
a
locker
room
door
last
week
following
a
loss
in
Chicago	B	Chicago	Chicago	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago	000	000
.
"

What
I
do
in
the
locker
room
really
has
always
been
my
business
,
"
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
said
.

Heat	B	Heat	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
center
Alonzo	B	Alonzo Mourning	Alonzo_Mourning	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning	000	000
Mourning	I	Alonzo Mourning	Alonzo_Mourning	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning	000	000
said
he
did
n't
know
if
the
kick
made
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
's
condition
worse
.
"

Typical
Riles
,
"
Mourning	B	Mourning	Alonzo_Mourning	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alonzo_Mourning	000	000
said
.
"

All
the
years
that
he
's
coached
me
I
've
seen
him
tear
a
lot
of
things
up
.
"

Rothstein	B	Rothstein	Ron_Rothstein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Rothstein	000	000
was
the
Heat
's
first
head
coach
in
the
1988-89
season
and
lasted
three
years
with
the
expansion
franchise
,
finishing
with
a
57-189
record
.

His
last
full
stint
as
an
NBA
head
coach
was
with
the
1992-93
Detroit	B	Detroit Pistons	Detroit_Pistons	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Pistons	000	000
Pistons	I	Detroit Pistons	Detroit_Pistons	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Pistons	000	000
,
a
team
he
guided
to
a
40-42
record
,
and
he
filled
in
for
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
for
the
final
two
games
of
last
season
while
the
coach
visited
his
ailing
mother
.
"

Listen
,
I
have
n't
been
in
the
first
chair
in
an
NBA
game
since
1993
,
"
said
Rothstein	B	Rothstein	Ron_Rothstein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Rothstein	000	000
,
who
also
coached
the
WNBA	B	WNBA	Women's_National_Basketball_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_National_Basketball_Association	000	000
's
Miami	B	Miami Sol	Miami_Sol	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Sol	000	000
Sol	I	Miami Sol	Miami_Sol	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Sol	000	000
for
three
seasons
.
"

Coaching
the
WNBA	B	WNBA	Women's_National_Basketball_Association	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_National_Basketball_Association	000	000
was
a
totally
different
story
.

I
do
n't
mean
to
demean
that
at
all
.

But
this
is
different
.

So
,
I
'm
sort
of
curious
to
see
how
I
'll
feel
and
how
I
'll
handle
it
.
"

Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
's
frustration
has
grown
as
the
Heat	B	Heat	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
have
struggled
this
season
,
remaining
mired
below
.500
.

Plus
,
on
Wednesday
he
deactivated
forwards
Antoine	B	Antoine Walker	Antoine_Walker	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Walker	000	000
Walker	I	Antoine Walker	Antoine_Walker	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Walker	000	000
and
James	B	James Posey	James_Posey	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Posey	000	000
Posey	I	James Posey	James_Posey	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Posey	000	000
because
neither
met
a
Jan.
1
deadline
for
a
team
conditioning
goal
regarding
body
fat
.

But
he
said
Wednesday
the
team
's
record
did
not
factor
into
his
decision
to
temporarily
step
aside
now
.
"

We
've
had
defensive
lapses
that
are
mind-boggling
to
me
,
"
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
said
.
"

The
offensive
output
will
be
corrected
when
Shaq	B	Shaq	Shaquille_O'Neal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O'Neal	000	000
and
Dwyane	B	Dwyane	Dwyane_Wade	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwyane_Wade	000	000
and
everybody
's
healthy
.

I
do
n't
think
there
's
been
any
question
about
that
.

But
I
have
n't
been
happy
with
our
overall
effort
and
defense
all
year
long
.
"

The
Heat	B	Heat	Miami_Heat	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Heat	000	000
have
n't
had
their
preseason
projected
starting
five
together
for
any
games
yet
this
season
because
of
all
the
injuries
.
"

We
're
all
frustrated
that
we
're
not
doing
as
well
as
we
're
supposed
to
be
doing
,
"
O'Neal	B	O'Neal	Shaquille_O'Neal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O'Neal	000	000
said
.
"

But
there
's
a
lot
of
iffy
factors
involved
with
that
.

Very
soon
,
everybody
will
be
back
.

That
'll
be
the
day
we
're
looking
forward
to
.
"

Wade	B	Wade	Dwyane_Wade	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwyane_Wade	000	000
,
last
season
's
finals
MVP	B	MVP	Most_Valuable_Player	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player	000	000
,
was
expected
to
miss
his
third
straight
game
Wednesday
because
of
a
sprained
wrist
.

A
six-game
Western
swing
begins
Friday
in
Phoenix	B	Phoenix	Phoenix,_Arizona	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona	000	000
and
the
team
hopes
to
get
O'Neal	B	O'Neal	Shaquille_O'Neal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaquille_O'Neal	000	000
back
by
the
end
of
the
trip
.
"

I
have
n't
been
happy
about
the
situation
,
"
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
said
.
"

I
do
n't
think
anybody
is
.

I
hope
that
when
everybody
gets
healthy
,
including
myself
,
it
'll
rectify
itself
.
"

Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
has
a
career
record
of
1,164-607
,
including
Wednesday
's
loss
,
which
counts
against
him
.

Last
season
's
title
run
was
vindication
for
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
,
who
made
sweeping
roster
changes
after
the
2005
playoffs
.

The
championship
was
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
's
seventh
and
his
fifth
as
a
head
coach
,
but
his
first
since
1988
with
the
Showtime-era
Los	B	Los Angeles Lakers	Los_Angeles_Lakers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers	000	000
Angeles	I	Los Angeles Lakers	Los_Angeles_Lakers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers	000	000
Lakers	I	Los Angeles Lakers	Los_Angeles_Lakers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers	000	000
.

Other
marquee
coaches
have
dealt
with
similar
issues
.

Larry	B	Larry Brown	Larry_Brown_(basketball)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)	000	000
Brown	I	Larry Brown	Larry_Brown_(basketball)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)	000	000
missed
17
games
with
the
Pistons	B	Pistons	Detroit_Pistons	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Pistons	000	000
two
seasons
ago
following
hip
surgery
,
and
Lakers	B	Lakers	Los_Angeles_Lakers	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers	000	000
coach
Phil	B	Phil Jackson	Phil_Jackson	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Jackson	000	000
Jackson	I	Phil Jackson	Phil_Jackson	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Jackson	000	000
missed
about
a
month
before
this
season
after
his
hip
was
replaced
.

But
,
Riley	B	Riley	Pat_Riley	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Riley	000	000
cracks
,
that
's
no
indication
of
how
long
he
'll
be
out
.
"

I
'm
tougher
than
those
guys
,
"
he
said
.

-DOCSTART- (16451635
30
panda
cubs
born
in
China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
in
2006

Current
total
of
giant
pandas
bred
in
captivity
now
217

BEIJING	B	BEIJING	Beijing	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing	000	000
-
A
mini-baby
boom
last
year
has
pushed
up
the
number
of
pandas
bred
in
captivity
in
China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
to
217
,
state
media
said
Wednesday
.

Some
34
pandas
were
born
by
artificial
insemination
in
2006
and
30
survived
--
both
record
numbers
for
the
endangered
species
,
Cao
Qingyao
,
a
spokesman
for
the
State	B	State Forestry Administration	State_Forestry_Administration_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Forestry_Administration_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China	000	000
Forestry	I	State Forestry Administration	State_Forestry_Administration_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Forestry_Administration_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China	000	000
Administration	I	State Forestry Administration	State_Forestry_Administration_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Forestry_Administration_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China	000	000
,
was
quoted
as
saying
by
the
Xinhua	B	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
News	I	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
Agency	I	Xinhua News Agency	Xinhua_News_Agency	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xinhua_News_Agency	000	000
.

The
previous
record
was
the
21
baby
pandas
born
in
China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
's
zoos
and
breeding
centers
in
2005
.

China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
has
been
raising
pandas
through
artificial
insemination
for
nearly
50
years
,
mostly
at
two
research
facilities
in
the
southwestern
province
of
Sichuan	B	Sichuan	Sichuan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan	000	000
.

In
2006
,
17
cubs
were
born
at
the
Wolong
Giant
Panda
Protection
and
Research
Center
and
12
at
the
Chengdu
Research
Base
.

The
other
panda
was
bred
at
the
zoo
in
the
southwestern
city
of
Chongqing	B	Chongqing	Chongqing	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongqing	000	000
.

The
panda
is
one
of
the
world
's
rarest
animals
,
with
about
1,590
living
in
the
wild
in
China	B	China	China	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China	000	000
,
mostly
in
Sichuan	B	Sichuan	Sichuan	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan	000	000
and
the
western
province
of
Shaanxi	B	Shaanxi	Shaanxi	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaanxi	000	000
.

Giant	B	Giant pandas	Giant_panda	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda	000	000
pandas	I	Giant pandas	Giant_panda	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda	000	000
have
a
very
low
fertility
rate
because
they
are
sexually
inactive
.

Female
pandas
become
pregnant
only
once
a
year
and
deliver
two
cubs
at
most
each
time
.

The
fertility
of
captive
giant
pandas
is
even
lower
because
they
do
not
move
much
,
experts
said
.

-DOCSTART- (16443053
Chertoff	B	Chertoff	Michael_Chertoff	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff	000	000
pledges
to
address
communications

Homeland
security
secretary
acknowledges
friction
has
hindered
progress

WASHINGTON	B	WASHINGTON	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
-
The
nation
's
homeland
security
chief
pledged
Wednesday
that
75
metropolitan
areas
would
have
advanced
disaster
communications
systems
by
2009
but
acknowledged
that
friction
among
emergency
agencies
continues
to
hinder
progress
.
"

We
are
determined
to
get
this
job
done
in
the
next
two
years
,
"
Homeland	B	Homeland Security	United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security	000	000
Security	I	Homeland Security	United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security	000	000
Secretary
Michael	B	Michael Chertoff	Michael_Chertoff	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff	000	000
Chertoff	I	Michael Chertoff	Michael_Chertoff	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff	000	000
said
at
a
news
briefing
.

He
did
not
say
how
much
the
effort
would
cost
,
but
so
far
the
government
has
distributed
more
than
$
2.9
billion
to
communities
around
the
country
with
mixed
results
.

Democrats	B	Democrats	Democratic_Party_(United_States)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)	000	000
who
will
control
Congress	B	Congress	United_States_Congress	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress	000	000
this
year
have
also
promised
to
make
communications
upgrades
a
priority
,
but
have
provided
little
detail
.

Chertoff	B	Chertoff	Michael_Chertoff	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff	000	000
released
a
survey
of
how
well
the
75
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
communities
have
prepared
their
first
responders
to
communicate
during
a
catastrophe
.

More
than
five
years
after
the
attacks
of
Sept.
11
,
2001
,
exposed
severe
weaknesses
in
the
ability
of
emergency
workers
to
communicate
with
each
other
,
the
report
gave
only
six
of
the
areas
studied
the
highest
grades
.

Portions
of
the
report
had
been
obtained
Tuesday
by
The	B	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Associated	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Press	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
.
'

Longstanding
cultural
differences
'
Chertoff	B	Chertoff	Michael_Chertoff	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff	000	000
said
Wednesday
that
since
the
Sept.
11
terrorist
attacks
,
agencies
have
tried
to
overcome
old
turf
rivalries
that
can
hamper
emergency
work
.
"

In
some
communities
,
not
all
,
there
are
some
longstanding
cultural
differences
between
different
kinds
of
responders
,
"
including
police
,
firefighters
and
medical
personnel
,
Chertoff	B	Chertoff	Michael_Chertoff	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Chertoff	000	000
said
.
"

I
think
that
is
a
challenge
and
that
culture
has
been
a
challenge
.
"

The
report
found
that
while
emergency
agencies
in
more
than
60
percent
of
the
communities
studied
had
the
ability
to
talk
to
each
other
during
a
crisis
,
only
21
percent
overall
showed
"
the
seamless
use
"
of
equipment
needed
to
also
communicate
with
state
and
federal
officials
.

The
report
's
highest
ratings
went
to
the
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
,
D.C.	B	D.C.	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
,
area
;
San	B	San Diego	San_Diego	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego	000	000
Diego	I	San Diego	San_Diego	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego	000	000
;
Minneapolis-St	B	Minneapolis-St . Paul	Minneapolis–Saint_Paul	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis–Saint_Paul	000	000
.	I	Minneapolis-St . Paul	Minneapolis–Saint_Paul	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis–Saint_Paul	000	000
Paul	I	Minneapolis-St . Paul	Minneapolis–Saint_Paul	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis–Saint_Paul	000	000
;
Columbus	B	Columbus	Columbus,_Ohio	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio	000	000
,
Ohio	B	Ohio	Ohio	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio	000	000
;
Sioux	B	Sioux Falls	Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota	000	000
Falls	I	Sioux Falls	Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_Falls,_South_Dakota	000	000
,
S.D.	B	S.D.	South_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Dakota	000	000
;
and
Laramie	B	Laramie County	Laramie_County,_Wyoming	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie_County,_Wyoming	000	000
County	I	Laramie County	Laramie_County,_Wyoming	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laramie_County,_Wyoming	000	000
,
Wyo.	B	Wyo.	Wyoming	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyoming	000	000

The
lowest
scores
went
to
Chicago	B	Chicago	Chicago	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago	000	000
;
Cleveland	B	Cleveland	Cleveland	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland	000	000
;
Baton	B	Baton Rouge	Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	000	000
Rouge	I	Baton Rouge	Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana	000	000
,
La.	B	La.	Louisiana	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana	000	000
;
Mandan	B	Mandan	Mandan,_North_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandan,_North_Dakota	000	000
,
N.D.	B	N.D.	North_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota	000	000
;
and
American	B	American Samoa	American_Samoa	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa	000	000
Samoa	I	American Samoa	American_Samoa	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa	000	000
.

The
report
includes
large
and
small
cities
and
their
suburbs
,
along
with
U.S.	B	U.S. territories	Territories_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States	000	000
territories	I	U.S. territories	Territories_of_the_United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territories_of_the_United_States	000	000
.

In
an
overview
,
the
report
says
all
75
areas
surveyed
have
policies
in
place
for
helping
their
emergency
workers
communicate
.

But
it
also
finds
that
"
formalized
governance
(
leadership
and
planning
)
across
regions
has
lagged
.
"

The
study
is
likely
to
add
fuel
to
what
looms
as
a
battle
in
Congress	B	Congress	United_States_Congress	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress	000	000
this
year
.

Democrats	B	Democrats	Democratic_Party_(United_States)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)	000	000
who
take
over
the
majority
this
week
have
promised
to
try
fixing
the
problem
emergency
agencies
have
communicating
with
each
other
but
have
not
said
specifically
what
they
will
do
,
how
much
it
will
cost
or
how
they
will
pay
for
it
.
"

Five
years
after
9/11
,
we
continue
to
turn
a
deaf
ear
to
gaps
in
interoperable
communications
,
"
--
the
term
used
for
emergency
agencies
'
abilities
to
talk
to
each
other
,
said
Sen.
Charles	B	Charles Schumer	Chuck_Schumer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer	000	000
Schumer	I	Charles Schumer	Chuck_Schumer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer	000	000
,
D-N.Y.
"
If
it
did
n't
have
such
potentially
devastating
consequences
,
it
would
be
laughable
.
"

The
attacks
of
Sept.
11
,
2001
,
revealed
major
problems
in
how
well
emergency
agencies
were
able
to
talk
to
each
other
during
a
catastrophe
.

Many
firefighters
climbing
the
World	B	World Trade Center	World_Trade_Center	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center	000	000
Trade	I	World Trade Center	World_Trade_Center	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center	000	000
Center	I	World Trade Center	World_Trade_Center	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Trade_Center	000	000
towers
died
when
they
were
unable
to
hear
police
radio
warnings
to
leave
the
crumbling
buildings
.

The
report
says
first
responders
in
New	B	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
York	I	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
now
have
well-established
systems
to
communicate
with
each
other
--
but
not
the
best
,
most
advanced
possible
.

Thirteen
U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
cities
score
better
than
New	B	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
York	I	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
.

Judged
in
three
categories

Communities
were
judged
in
three
categories
:
operating
procedures
in
place
,
use
of
communications
systems
and
how
effectively
local
governments
have
coordinated
in
preparation
for
a
disaster
.

Most
of
the
areas
surveyed
included
cities
and
their
surrounding
communities
,
based
on
the
assumption
that
in
a
major
crisis
emergency
personnel
from
all
local
jurisdictions
would
respond
.

The
areas
with
the
six
best
scores
were
judged
advanced
in
all
three
categories
.

The
cities
with
the
lowest
grades
had
reached
the
early
implementation
stage
for
only
one
category
,
and
intermediate
grades
in
the
other
two
categories
.

The
Chicago	B	Chicago	Chicago	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago	000	000
Office
of
Emergency
Management
and
Communications
took
issue
with
the
report
's
methodology
and
findings
.
"

We
strongly
disagree
with
the
results
of
this
study
,
and
feel
that
the
parameters
of
the
study
were
inconsistent
and
limited
,
"
the
statement
said
.

Tammy
Lapp
,
the
emergency
coordinator
for
Mandan	B	Mandan	Mandan,_North_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandan,_North_Dakota	000	000
and
Morton	B	Morton County	Morton_County,_North_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_County,_North_Dakota	000	000
County	I	Morton County	Morton_County,_North_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton_County,_North_Dakota	000	000
,
N.D.	B	N.D.	North_Dakota	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota	000	000
,
said
she
was
not
surprised
by
their
low
ranking
on
the
scorecard
.
"

We
knew
with
our
limited
funds
,
we
were
going
to
fall
short
,
"
she
said
.

-DOCSTART- (16444023
Timberlake	B	Timberlake	Justin_Timberlake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake	000	000
,
Diaz	B	Diaz	Cameron_Diaz	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Diaz	000	000
reportedly
break
up

Former
N	B	N ' Sync	'N_Sync	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'N_Sync	000	000
'	I	N ' Sync	'N_Sync	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'N_Sync	000	000
Sync	I	N ' Sync	'N_Sync	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'N_Sync	000	000
singer
seeing
former
flame
,
magazine
reports

Justin	B	Justin Timberlake	Justin_Timberlake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake	000	000
Timberlake	I	Justin Timberlake	Justin_Timberlake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake	000	000
and
Cameron	B	Cameron Diaz	Cameron_Diaz	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Diaz	000	000
Diaz	I	Cameron Diaz	Cameron_Diaz	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Diaz	000	000
have
called
it
quits
,
according
to
a
report
in
Star	B	Star magazine	Star_(magazine)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(magazine)	000	000
magazine	I	Star magazine	Star_(magazine)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(magazine)	000	000
.

According
to
Star	B	Star	Star_(magazine)	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_(magazine)	000	000
,
Diaz	B	Diaz	Cameron_Diaz	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Diaz	000	000
,
34
,
spent
Christmas	B	Christmas	Christmas	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas	000	000
with
her
family
in
Vail	B	Vail	Vail,_Colorado	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vail,_Colorado	000	000
,
Colo.	B	Colo.	Colorado	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado	000	000
,
while
Timberlake	B	Timberlake	Justin_Timberlake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake	000	000
,
25
,
was
with
his
family
near
Memphis	B	Memphis	Memphis,_Tennessee	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee	000	000
.

The
magazine
quotes
a
source
who
says
the
former
N	B	N ' Sync	'N_Sync	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'N_Sync	000	000
'	I	N ' Sync	'N_Sync	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'N_Sync	000	000
Sync	I	N ' Sync	'N_Sync	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'N_Sync	000	000
singer
told
friends
that
he
and
the
actress
had
broken
up
.

The
couple
were
last
seen
together
on
Dec.
16
when
she
introduced
his
musical
performance
on
"
Saturday	B	Saturday Night Live	Saturday_Night_Live	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live	000	000
Night	I	Saturday Night Live	Saturday_Night_Live	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live	000	000
Live	I	Saturday Night Live	Saturday_Night_Live	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday_Night_Live	000	000
.
"

Diaz	B	Diaz	Cameron_Diaz	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Diaz	000	000
and
Timberlake	B	Timberlake	Justin_Timberlake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake	000	000
started
dating
shortly
after
they
met
each
other
at
the
2003
Kids	B	Kids ' Choice Awards	Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	000	000
'	I	Kids ' Choice Awards	Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	000	000
Choice	I	Kids ' Choice Awards	Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	000	000
Awards	I	Kids ' Choice Awards	Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_Kids'_Choice_Awards	000	000
.

The
magazine
also
reported
that
Timberlake	B	Timberlake	Justin_Timberlake	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Timberlake	000	000
has
started
seeing
a
former
flame
,
Veronica	B	Veronica Finn	Innosense	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innosense	000	000
Finn	I	Veronica Finn	Innosense	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innosense	000	000
.

The
pair
dated
in
the
late
'90s
before
he
began
dating
Britney	B	Britney Spears	Britney_Spears	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears	000	000
Spears	I	Britney Spears	Britney_Spears	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears	000	000
.

Finn	B	Finn	Innosense	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innosense	000	000
and
Spears	B	Spears	Britney_Spears	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britney_Spears	000	000
were
briefly
in
a
girl
group
together
called
Innosense	B	Innosense	Innosense	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innosense	000	000
,
according
to
music
impresario
Lou	B	Lou Pearlman	Lou_Pearlman	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman	000	000
Pearlman	I	Lou Pearlman	Lou_Pearlman	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Pearlman	000	000
.

-DOCSTART- (13259309
Al-Maliki	B	Al-Maliki	Nouri_al-Maliki	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki	000	000
adviser
says
official
who
supervised
execution
is
target
of
probe

BAGHDAD	B	BAGHDAD	Baghdad	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad	000	000
,
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
-
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
's
national
security
adviser
told
NBC	B	NBC News	NBC_News	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News	000	000
News	I	NBC News	NBC_News	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_News	000	000
on
Wednesday
that
three
individuals
have
been
arrested
in
connection
with
a
video
of
Saddam	B	Saddam Hussein	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
Hussein	I	Saddam Hussein	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
's
execution
that
was
leaked
.
"

I
can
officially
now
confirm
the
arrest
of
three
individuals
in
the
case
of
the
execution
of
Saddam	B	Saddam Hussein	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
Hussein	I	Saddam Hussein	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
,
"
said
Iraqi
national
security
adviser
Mowaffak	B	Mowaffak al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
al-Rubaie	I	Mowaffak al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
.

The
arrests
came
after
the
announcement
that
officials
were
interrogating
the
person
suspected
of
recording
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
's
hanging
via
a
mobile
phone
.
"

The
person
who
filmed
the
execution
process
has
been
arrested
.

...
Now
he
is
under
interrogation
about
the
goals
of
his
filming
,
"
said
an
adviser
to
the
prime
minister
,
speaking
on
condition
of
anonymity
because
he
was
not
authorized
to
talk
to
the
media
.
"

He
was
arrested
by
Iraqi	B	Iraqi forces	Iraqi_Army	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Army	000	000
forces	I	Iraqi forces	Iraqi_Army	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_Army	000	000
.
"

The
video
contained
audio
of
witnesses
telling
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
to
"
Go
to
hell
"
and
of
the
former
leader
responding
to
taunts
that
his
tormentors
were
being
unmanly
.

It
surfaced
on
Al-Jazeera	B	Al-Jazeera	Al_Jazeera	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera	000	000
television
and
the
Internet	B	Internet	Internet	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet	000	000
late
Saturday
,
the
day
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
was
hanged
.

The
Associated	B	Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Press	I	Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
quoted
an
unidentified
adviser
to
Prime
Minister
Nouri	B	Nouri al-Maliki	Nouri_al-Maliki	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki	000	000
al-Maliki	I	Nouri al-Maliki	Nouri_al-Maliki	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki	000	000
as
saying
the
man
arrested
was
"
an
official
who
supervised
the
execution
.
"

Al-Maliki	B	Al-Maliki	Nouri_al-Maliki	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki	000	000
announced
Tuesday
that
he
had
ordered
an
investigation
into
the
conduct
of
the
execution
team
,
who
could
be
heard
taunting
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
in
the
moments
before
his
hanging
.

A
U.S.	B	U.S. military	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
military	I	U.S. military	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
spokesman
,
meanwhile
,
said
the
United	B	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
States	I	United States	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
would
have
handled
the
execution
differently
had
it
been
in
charge
.
'

I
did
not
see
him
taking
pictures
'

On
Wednesday
,
an
Iraqi
prosecutor
who
was
also
present
at
the
execution
denied
a
report
that
he
had
accused
national
security
adviser
al-Rubaie	B	al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
of
possible
responsibility
for
the
leaked
video
.
"

I
am
not
accusing
Mowaffak	B	Mowaffak al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
al-Rubaie	I	Mowaffak al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
,
and
I
did
not
see
him
taking
pictures
,
"
Munqith
al-Faroon
,
a
prosecutor
in
the
case
that
sent
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
to
the
gallows
,
told
The	B	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Associated	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
Press	I	The Associated Press	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
.
"

But
I
saw
two
of
the
government
officials
who
were
...
present
during
the
execution
taking
all
the
video
of
the
execution
,
using
the
lights
that
were
there
for
the
official
taping
of
the
execution
.

They
used
mobile
phone
cameras
.

I
do
not
know
their
names
,
but
I
would
remember
their
faces
,
"
al-Faroon
said
in
a
telephone
interview
.

The
prosecutor
said
the
two
officials
were
openly
taking
video
pictures
,
which
are
believed
to
be
those
which
appeared
on
Al-Jazeera	B	Al-Jazeera	Al_Jazeera	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera	000	000
satellite
and
a
Web	B	Web site	Website	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website	000	000
site	I	Web site	Website	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website	000	000
within
hours
of
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
's
execution
.

The
New	B	New York Times	The_New_York_Times	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times	000	000
York	I	New York Times	The_New_York_Times	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times	000	000
Times	I	New York Times	The_New_York_Times	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times	000	000
on
Wednesday
reported
that
al-Faroon
told
the
newspaper
"
one
of
two
men
he
had
seen
holding
a
cell
phone
camera
aloft
to
make
a
video
of
Mr.
Hussein	B	Hussein	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
's
last
moments
up
to
and
past
the
point
where
he
fell
through
the
trapdoor
was
Mowaffak	B	Mowaffak al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
al-Rubaie	I	Mowaffak al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
,
Mr.
Maliki	B	Maliki	Nouri_al-Maliki	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki	000	000
's
national
security
adviser
.
"

The
Times	B	Times	The_New_York_Times	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times	000	000
said
it
had
been
unable
to
reach
al-Rubaie	B	al-Rubaie	Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mowaffak_al-Rubaie	000	000
for
comment
.

AP	B	AP	Associated_Press	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press	000	000
also
could
not
reach
him
Wednesday
.

His
secretary
said
the
security
adviser
,
a
close
aide
to
al-Maliki	B	al-Maliki	Nouri_al-Maliki	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki	000	000
,
was
in
Najaf	B	Najaf	Najaf	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najaf	000	000
and
would
not
return
until
later
.

Chants
of
'
Muqtada
'

Al-Faroon
said
there
were
14
Iraqi
officials
,
including
himself
and
another
prosecutor
,
as
well
as
three
hangmen
present
for
the
execution
.

All
the
officials
,
he
said
,
were
flown
by
U.S.
helicopter
to
the
former
military
intelligence
facility
where
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
was
put
to
death
in
an
execution
chamber
used
by
his
own
security
men
for
years
.

The
prosecutor
said
he
believed
all
mobile
phones
had
been
confiscated
before
the
flight
and
that
some
of
the
officials
'
bodyguards
,
who
arrived
by
car
,
had
smuggled
the
camera
phones
to
the
two
officials
he
had
seen
taking
the
video
pictures
.

Al-Arabiya	B	Al-Arabiya	Al_Arabiya	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Arabiya	000	000
television
reported
that
the
person
under
arrest
is
one
of
the
guards
who
was
a
member
of
the
execution
team
,
according
to
an
MSNBC	B	MSNBC	MSNBC	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC	000	000
translator
.

There
was
no
further
information
about
whether
the
person
under
arrest
was
a
guard
or
other
official
.

Some
of
the
last
words
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
heard
,
according
to
the
leaked
cell
phone
video
,
were
a
chant
of
"
Muqtada	B	Muqtada	Muqtada_al-Sadr	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr	000	000
,
Muqtada	B	Muqtada	Muqtada_al-Sadr	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr	000	000
,
Muqtada	B	Muqtada	Muqtada_al-Sadr	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr	000	000
,
"
a
reference
to
Muqtada	B	Muqtada al-Sadr	Muqtada_al-Sadr	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr	000	000
al-Sadr	I	Muqtada al-Sadr	Muqtada_al-Sadr	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr	000	000
,
the
radical
anti-American
Shiite
cleric
,
whose
Mahdi	B	Mahdi Army	Mahdi_Army	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi_Army	000	000
Army	I	Mahdi Army	Mahdi_Army	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahdi_Army	000	000
militia
is
believed
responsible
for
many
killings
that
have
targeted
Sunnis	B	Sunnis	Sunni_Islam	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Islam	000	000
and
driven
many
from
their
homes
.

Al-Sadr	B	Al-Sadr	Muqtada_al-Sadr	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muqtada_al-Sadr	000	000
's
father
was
killed
by
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
.

The
militant
cleric
is
a
key
al-Maliki	B	al-Maliki	Nouri_al-Maliki	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouri_al-Maliki	000	000
backer
.

U.S.	B	U.S.	United_States	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States	000	000
response

Maj.
Gen.
William	B	William Caldwell	William_B._Caldwell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Caldwell	000	000
Caldwell	I	William Caldwell	William_B._Caldwell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Caldwell	000	000
,
a
U.S.	B	U.S. military	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
military	I	U.S. military	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
spokesman
,
told
reporters
Wednesday
that
the
execution
would
have
been
handled
differently
had
U.S.	B	U.S. forces	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
forces	I	U.S. forces	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
been
in
charge
.
"

If
you
are
asking
me
:
'
Would
we
have
done
things
differently
?
'

Yes
,
we
would
have
.

But
that
's
not
our
decision
.

That
's
the
government
of
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
's
decision
,
"
Caldwell	B	Caldwell	William_B._Caldwell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Caldwell	000	000
said
.

He
added
that
Saddam	B	Saddam	Saddam_Hussein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddam_Hussein	000	000
was
"
dignified
"
and
"
courteous
"
as
he
was
transferred
from
US	B	US military	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
military	I	US military	United_States_Armed_Forces	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Armed_Forces	000	000
control
to
Iraqi
custody
before
he
was
executed
.
"

He
spoke
very
well
to
our
military
police
,
as
he
always
had
,
and
when
getting
off
at
the
prison
site
he
said
farewell
to
his
interpreter
;
he
thanked
the
military
police
squad
,
"
Caldwell	B	Caldwell	William_B._Caldwell	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Caldwell	000	000
said
.

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What
we
'll
want
in
a
president

How
will
American
voters
compensate
in
the
2008
election
?

WASHINGTON	B	WASHINGTON	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
-
Now
that
the
38th
president
has
been
laid
to
rest
,
the
capital
can
take
up
the
main
business
of
2007
:
trying
to
figure
out
who
will
be
the
44th
.

What
type
of
leader
does
the
country
want
?

Here
is
my
sense
of
it
,
based
on
talking
to
politicians
,
strategists
and
voters
here
and
around
the
nation
.

No
ideologues
,
please

There
was
a
time
when
President	B	President George W. Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
George	I	President George W. Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
W.	I	President George W. Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
Bush	I	President George W. Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
's
ideological
certitude
was
politically
appealing
and
perhaps
functionally
necessary
.

That
time
has
long
since
passed
.

The
country
is
tired
,
even
fearful
,
of
leaders
with
fervent
beliefs
that
seem
impervious
to
new
(
or
even
old
)
facts
.

Voters
see
the
war
in
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
as
an
"
idea
,
"
not
a
solution
--
and
Americans
do
not
like
ideas
that
do
not
work
.

Voters
likely
will
view
Bush	B	Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
's
"
surge
"
of
troops
into
Iraq	B	Iraq	Iraq	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq	000	000
as
new
evidence
of
failure
,
and
the
dangers
of
a
leader
who
depends
on
preconceived
ideas
.

Serious
student

Presidential
elections
are
a
never-ending
series
of
mid-course
corrections
.

Voters
look
to
compensate
for
the
leadership
weaknesses
of
the
incumbent
.

An
example
comes
from
the
life
and
career
of
Gerald	B	Gerald Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
Ford	I	Gerald Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
.

In
1976
,
voters
wanted
a
pure
antidote
to
Richard	B	Richard Nixon	Richard_Nixon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon	000	000
Nixon	I	Richard Nixon	Richard_Nixon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon	000	000
's
paranoid
megalomania
.

Once
Ford	B	Ford	Gerald_Ford	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford	000	000
pardoned
Nixon	B	Nixon	Richard_Nixon	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon	000	000
,
he
could
not
be
that
candidate
.

Instead
,
Americans
chose
Jimmy	B	Jimmy Carter	Jimmy_Carter	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter	000	000
Carter	I	Jimmy Carter	Jimmy_Carter	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter	000	000
,
a
peanut
farmer
who
had
never
worked
in
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
,
and
who
promised
never
to
lie
to
the
American	B	American people	Americans	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans	000	000
people	I	American people	Americans	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans	000	000
.

The
counterpoint
thinking
continues
.

Voters
in
2008
are
going
to
want
someone
who
prides
himself
(
or
herself
)
on
spending
time
in
the
library
--
who
has
a
hands-on
curiosity
about
the
details
.

Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.c.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.c.	000	000
experience
not
necessary

Voters
these
days
not
only
do
not
value
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.c.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.c.	000	000
experience
--
or
any
office-holding
experience
--
it
can
make
them
suspicious
.

That
is
what
strategists
and
polltakers
for
Sen.
Evan	B	Evan Bayh	Evan_Bayh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Bayh	000	000
Bayh	I	Evan Bayh	Evan_Bayh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Bayh	000	000
found
when
they
studied
whether
he
should
run
for
president
.

They
found
that
his
remarkably
deep
resume
--
the
son
of
a
senator
,
he
was
the
"
boy
governor
"
of
Indiana	B	Indiana	Indiana	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana	000	000
before
going
to
the
Senate	B	Senate	United_States_Senate	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate	000	000
--
was
as
handicap
.

Americans
always
are
dubious
about
the
capital
,
but
that
sentiment
seems
particularly
strong
.

Bayh	B	Bayh	Evan_Bayh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Bayh	000	000
decided
not
to
run
.
"

`
Washington	B	Washington	Washington,_D.C.	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.	000	000
'
does
n't
make
the
case
,
"
said
Dan	B	Dan Pfeiffer	Daniel_Pfeiffer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer	000	000
Pfeiffer	I	Dan Pfeiffer	Daniel_Pfeiffer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer	000	000
,
who
worked
for
Bayh	B	Bayh	Evan_Bayh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Bayh	000	000
.

No
more
boomer
obsessions

Not
all
elections
are
about
change
,
but
2008
will
be
.

Americans
are
moderately
upbeat
about
the
country
's
prospects
,
but
deeply
worried
about
the
world
--
and
they
have
come
to
realize
that
they
ca
n't
separate
one
from
the
other
.

One
thing
for
sure
,
says
Pfeiffer	B	Pfeiffer	Daniel_Pfeiffer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer	000	000
,
voters
are
tired
of
arguing
about
the
culture
of
the
1960s
and
other
Boomer
issues
.
"

There
is
a
sense
that
the
2004
election
was
too
much
about
who
did
or
did
not
do
what
in
Vietnam	B	Vietnam	Vietnam_War	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War	000	000
,
"
said
Pfeiffer	B	Pfeiffer	Daniel_Pfeiffer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer	000	000
,
referring
to
the
Bush	B	Bush campaign	George_W._Bush_presidential_campaign,_2004	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_presidential_campaign,_2004	000	000
campaign	I	Bush campaign	George_W._Bush_presidential_campaign,_2004	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_presidential_campaign,_2004	000	000
against
Sen.
John	B	John Kerry	John_Kerry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry	000	000
Kerry	I	John Kerry	John_Kerry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerry	000	000
.

In
2000
,
Bush	B	Bush	George_W._Bush	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush	000	000
won
in
part
by
selling
himself
as
a
"
grown
up
"
Boomer
answer
to
Bill	B	Bill Clinton	Bill_Clinton	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton	000	000
Clinton	I	Bill Clinton	Bill_Clinton	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton	000	000
.
"

Voters
are
tired
of
that
era
and
its
concerns
,
"
said
Pfeiffer	B	Pfeiffer	Daniel_Pfeiffer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer	000	000
said
.
"

They
want
to
move
on
.
"

Know
the
middle
class

Bushes
have
a
congenital
family
problem
with
this
,
and
it
leaves
an
opening
for
someone
--
of
either
party
--
who
can
prove
that
he
or
she
really
understands
the
strains
of
middle
class
life
.

It
's
not
just
about
money
,
but
about
cultural
assaults
and
the
lack
of
time
for
family
in
an
era
when
both
parents
or
partners
need
to
work
.

In
his
forthcoming
book
,
Positively
American
,
Sen.
Charles	B	Charles Schumer	Chuck_Schumer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer	000	000
Schumer	I	Charles Schumer	Chuck_Schumer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer	000	000
of
New	B	New York	New_York	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York	000	000
York	I	New York	New_York	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York	000	000
imagines
the
hard
life
of
a
fictitious
middle
class
family
--
and
offers
a
series
of
governmental
proposals
to
address
them
.

A
shrewd
student
of
the
American
mood
,
Schumer	B	Schumer	Chuck_Schumer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer	000	000
is
aiming
in
the
right
direction
.

The
next
president
will
need
to
show
that
he
or
she
understands
that
family
.

-DOCSTART- (16454203
Thousands
of
holiday
travelers
without
luggage

Fog
,
technical
glitch
at
London	B	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
's	I	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
Heathrow	I	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
snarls
baggage
system

LONDON	B	LONDON	London	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London	000	000
-
Thousands
of
airline
passengers
still
have
not
received
their
luggage
after
fog
disrupted
flights
at
London	B	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
's	I	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
Heathrow	I	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
Airport	I	London 's Heathrow Airport	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
late
last
year
,
airline
officials
said
Wednesday
.

The
chaos
was
compounded
when
faults
developed
with
a
baggage
belt
at
Heathrow	B	Heathrow	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
's
Terminal
4
,
said
British	B	British Airways	British_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways	000	000
Airways	I	British Airways	British_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways	000	000
,
the
airline
that
was
worst
affected
.

BA	B	BA	British_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways	000	000
said
Wednesday
it
still
had
"
several
thousand
"
bags
that
have
not
been
delivered
to
their
owners
.

Many
are
still
stacked
at
Heathrow	B	Heathrow	London_Heathrow_Airport	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Heathrow_Airport	000	000
's
Terminal
1
and
Terminal
4
,
and
BA	B	BA	British_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways	000	000
is
now
using
freight
planes
and
volunteers
to
deliver
them
to
their
owners
.

The
problem
began
before
the
Christmas	B	Christmas holiday	Christmas_Holiday	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Holiday	000	000
holiday	I	Christmas holiday	Christmas_Holiday	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Holiday	000	000
with
a
fault
on
a
baggage
belt
at
Terminal
4
,
a
BA	B	BA	British_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways	000	000
spokesman
said
on
condition
of
anonymity
.

That
caused
an
initial
backlog
,
and
about
8,000
bags
were
not
delivered
,
he
said
.

The
fog
at
Heathrow	B	Heathrow	Heathrow,_London	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow,_London	000	000
caused
further
problems
,
and
there
was
another
Terminal
4
baggage
belt
problem
on
Dec.
29
--
leading
to
about
10,000
bags
being
undelivered
,
the
spokesman
said
.

Over
the
holiday
season
,
the
airline
dealt
with
about
75,000
bags
a
day
at
Heathrow	B	Heathrow	Heathrow,_London	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow,_London	000	000
and
handled
about
1
million
passengers
,
the
spokesman
said
.

The
baggage
problem
coincided
with
changes
in
working
practices
for
BA	B	BA	British_Airways	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways	000	000
baggage
handlers
at
Terminals
1
and
4
,
before
the
airline
's
planned
move
to
Terminal
5
in
March
2008
,
he
said
.

-DOCSTART- (16447201
Hindus	B	Hindus	Hindu	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu	000	000
throng
to
Ganges	B	Ganges	Ganges	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges	000	000
for
bathing
festival

Pilgrims	B	Pilgrims	Pilgrim	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrim	000	000
believe
dip
in
river
during
six
week
celebration
will
cleanse
sin

ALLAHABAD	B	ALLAHABAD	Allahabad	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad	000	000
,
India	B	India	India	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India	000	000
-
Nearly
half
a
million
Hindus	B	Hindus	Hindu	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu	000	000
braved
near-freezing
temperatures
to
wash
away
their
sins
in
the
icy
waters
of
the
Ganges	B	Ganges river	Ganges	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges	000	000
river	I	Ganges river	Ganges	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges	000	000
in
northern	B	northern India	North_India	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_India	000	000
India	I	northern India	North_India	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_India	000	000
on
Wednesday
,
the
first
day
of
a
six-week
festival
.

As
many
as
70
million
people
from
India	B	India	India	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India	000	000
and
abroad
are
expected
over
the
whole
"
Ardh	B	Ardh Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Kumbh	I	Ardh Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Mela	I	Ardh Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
"
or
Half
Pitcher
Festival
,
billed
as
one
of
the
largest
gatherings
on
earth
.

Men
,
women
,
children
,
holy
men
in
saffron
and
the
infirm
gathered
at
the
confluence
of
the
Ganges	B	Ganges	Ganges	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges	000	000
,
the
Yamuna	B	Yamuna	Yamuna	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamuna	000	000
and
a
mythical
third
river
in
Allahabad	B	Allahabad	Allahabad	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad	000	000
city
well
before
dawn
,
waiting
for
the
sun
to
rise
for
the
auspicious
bath
on
the
first
day
of
the
42-day
event
.

They
chanted
verses
from
Hindu	B	Hindu scriptures	Hindu_texts	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts	000	000
scriptures	I	Hindu scriptures	Hindu_texts	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_texts	000	000
and
sang
holy
songs
as
they
walked
towards
the
bathing
areas
,
some
lying
prostrate
after
every
few
steps
to
salute
the
gods
.

The
festival
falls
midway
between
the
"
Maha	B	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Kumbh	I	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Mela	I	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
"
or
the
Great
Pitcher
Festival
,
celebrated
once
every
12
years
.

Hindus
believe
that
bathing
in
the
Ganges	B	Ganges	Ganges	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges	000	000
during
the
festivals
cleanses
them
of
sin
,
speeding
the
way
to
the
attainment
of
nirvana
or
the
afterlife
.
'

Like
being
with
God
'

After
dipping
in
the
polluted
but
sacred
waters
,
many
filled
cans
,
bottles
and
steel
containers
for
relatives
and
friends
who
could
not
make
it
.

Others
sprinkled
it
on
their
dry
clothes
.
"

It
was
a
long-cherished
desire
to
take
a
dip
here
during
the
Kumbh	B	Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Mela	I	Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
,
"
said
Naba
Kumar
Ghosh
,
a
young
school
teacher
from
the
eastern
Indian
state
of
West	B	West Bengal	West_Bengal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal	000	000
Bengal	I	West Bengal	West_Bengal	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bengal	000	000
.
"

The
experience
has
been
one
of
fulfillment
,
a
complete
cleansing
of
the
inner
self
.
"

Shakuntala
,
a
70-year-old
woman
who
gave
only
one
name
,
said
she
traveled
all
night
from
the
central
Indian
state
of
Madhya	B	Madhya Pradesh	Madhya_Pradesh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh	000	000
Pradesh	I	Madhya Pradesh	Madhya_Pradesh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh	000	000
to
bathe
in
the
Ganges	B	Ganges	Ganges	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganges	000	000
,
just
as
she
has
done
at
every
Kumbh	B	Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Mela	I	Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
over
the
last
25
years
.
"

It
was
a
divine
experience
,
a
dip
in
the
holy
waters
is
like
being
with
God
,
"
she
said
.
"

God
willing
,
I
will
be
here
for
the
next
'
Kumbh	B	Kumbh	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
'
too
"
.

Rama
Devi
,
an
old
woman
from
Allahabad	B	Allahabad	Allahabad	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad	000	000
who
could
not
remember
her
age
,
has
not
missed
a
single
Kumbh	B	Kumbh	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
and
was
determined
to
make
it
this
time
despite
her
inability
to
walk
.

With
roads
closed
to
traffic
,
her
35-year-old
son
,
a
soldier
in
the
Indian	B	Indian army	Indian_Army	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army	000	000
army	I	Indian army	Indian_Army	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army	000	000
,
carried
her
on
his
back
for
the
6-mile
walk
from
their
house
to
the
waters
.

Tight
security

Allahabad	B	Allahabad	Allahabad	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad	000	000
,
in
the
Hindi	B	Hindi	Hindi	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi	000	000
heartland
state
of
Uttar	B	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar_Pradesh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh	000	000
Pradesh	I	Uttar Pradesh	Uttar_Pradesh	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh	000	000
,
is
one
of
four
spots
where
Garuda	B	Garuda	Garuda	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda	000	000
,
the
winged
steed
of
Hindu	B	Hindu god	Hindu_deities	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities	000	000
god	I	Hindu god	Hindu_deities	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities	000	000
Vishnu	B	Vishnu	Vishnu	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu	000	000
,
is
said
to
have
rested
during
a
titanic
battle
with
demons
over
a
pitcher
of
divine
nectar
of
immortality
.

Garuda	B	Garuda	Garuda	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garuda	000	000
's
flight
lasted
12
divine
days
,
or
12
years
of
mortal
time
,
hence
the
celebration
of
"
Maha	B	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Kumbh	I	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Mela	I	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
"
every
12
years
.

The
midway
point
between
two
such
celebrations
is
also
considered
highly
favorable
because
the
position
of
the
sun
and
the
moon
are
the
same
as
during
the
"
Maha	B	Maha Kumbh	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Kumbh	I	Maha Kumbh	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
"
.

The
"
Maha	B	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Kumbh	I	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
Mela	I	Maha Kumbh Mela	Kumbh_Mela	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbh_Mela	000	000
"
in
1989
attracted
15
million
pilgrims
and
the
Guinness	B	Guinness Book of Records	Guinness_World_Records	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records	000	000
Book	I	Guinness Book of Records	Guinness_World_Records	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records	000	000
of	I	Guinness Book of Records	Guinness_World_Records	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records	000	000
Records	I	Guinness Book of Records	Guinness_World_Records	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records	000	000
dubbed
it
the
largest
gathering
of
human
beings
for
a
single
purpose
.

The
festival
in
2001
drew
between
50
and
70
million
.

Thousands
of
tents
and
camps
have
been
built
to
house
pilgrims
across
the
4,000
acre
festival
area
and
more
than
10,000
policemen
,
including
specially-trained
"
terrorist
spotters
"
,
have
been
deployed
,
authorities
said
.

-DOCSTART- (16384904
Resolution
to
imbibe
less
goes
awry
--
already

Myriad
of
conflicting
medical
studies
are
enough
to
drive
this
writer
to
drink

The
fruitcake
's
been
digested
,
the
gift
cards
are
empty
,
and
now
it
's
time
to
face
the
most
grueling
holiday
task
of
all
:
the
annual
reassessment
.

Do
I
need
to
exercise
more
?

Spend
less
?

Set
aside
more
quality
time
for
friends
and
family
?

The
resolution
list
goes
on
and
on
--
much
like
that
interminable
karaoke
version
of
"
Santa	B	Santa Baby	Santa_Baby	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Baby	000	000
Baby	I	Santa Baby	Santa_Baby	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Baby	000	000
"
at
this
year
's
holiday
party
.

Unfortunately
,
since
I
was
the
one
holding
the
microphone
,
this
year
's
resolution
seems
painfully
clear
:
Cut
back
on
the
alcohol
intake
.

Not
that
I
drink
a
lot
--
usually
just
a
glass
of
wine
with
dinner
,
if
that
but
I
've
read
that
even
one
drink
a
day
can
adversely
affect
my
health
.

Also
,
a
recent
study
by
the
Mayo	B	Mayo Clinic	Mayo_Clinic	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Clinic	000	000
Clinic	I	Mayo Clinic	Mayo_Clinic	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Clinic	000	000
found
that
women
's
bodies
are
less
adept
at
breaking
down
alcohol
than
men
's
.

As
a
result
,
the
more
we
drink
,
the
more
we
risk
heart
disease
,
cancer
,
cirrhosis
of
the
liver
,
and
,
perhaps
the
most
chilling
side
effect
of
all
--
kissing
our
skinny
jeans
goodbye
forever
.

But
how
much
alcohol
is
too
much
?

There
's
the
rub
.

The
answer
seems
to
depend
on
which
study
you
read
.

The
Mayo	B	Mayo Clinic	Mayo_Clinic	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Clinic	000	000
Clinic	I	Mayo Clinic	Mayo_Clinic	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo_Clinic	000	000
study
says
one
drink
a
day
is
OK
for
"
younger
women
who
are
n't
planning
a
pregnancy
"
and
that
"
postmenopausal
women
should
limit
themselves
to
less
.
"

But
what
about
those
of
us
who
do
n't
fit
in
either
category
?

Looking
for
a
definitive
answer
,
I
turned
to
another
study
,
this
one
conducted
by
a
group
of
doctors
at
Stony	B	Stony Brook University	Stony_Brook_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook_University	000	000
Brook	I	Stony Brook University	Stony_Brook_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook_University	000	000
University	I	Stony Brook University	Stony_Brook_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stony_Brook_University	000	000
in
New	B	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
York	I	New York	New_York_City	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City	000	000
.

But
their
finding
that
drinking
three
glasses
of
red
wine
a
week
reduces
the
risk
of
colorectal
cancer
only
confused
matters
further
.

Who
to
believe
?

Should
I
cut
back
on
alcohol
entirely
in
order
to
fend
off
heart
disease
,
liver
problems
and
dreaded
weight
gain
(
not
to
mention
potential
blackmail
opportunities
by
family
,
friends
and
co-workers
)
or
suck
down
three
or
more
glasses
a
week
to
keep
the
colorectal
cancer
at
bay
?

Or
should
I
listen
to
the
doctors
the
Goteborg	B	Goteborg University	University_of_Gothenburg	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Gothenburg	000	000
University	I	Goteborg University	University_of_Gothenburg	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Gothenburg	000	000
in
Sweden	B	Sweden	Sweden	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweden	000	000
,
who
found
that
mice
that
had
ingested
low
levels
of
alcohol
on
a
daily
basis
showed
a
significantly
lower
risk
of
developing
rheumatoid
arthritis
than
mice
that
just
drank
water
.

Obsessed
,
I
started
digging
through
medical
journals
and
online
health
stories
until
the
studies
began
to
stack
up
like
swizzle
sticks
at
a
company-hosted
bar
.

In
London	B	London	London	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London	000	000
,
researchers
found
that
people
who
drank
alcohol
have
a
lower
risk
of
developing
non
-
Hodgkin	B	Hodgkin 's lymphoma	Hodgkin's_lymphoma	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgkin's_lymphoma	000	000
's	I	Hodgkin 's lymphoma	Hodgkin's_lymphoma	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgkin's_lymphoma	000	000
lymphoma	I	Hodgkin 's lymphoma	Hodgkin's_lymphoma	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hodgkin's_lymphoma	000	000
,
but
the
risk
of
cancer
of
the
mouth
,
esophagus
and
liver
actually
increases
.

At
Ohio	B	Ohio State University	Ohio_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University	000	000
State	I	Ohio State University	Ohio_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University	000	000
University	I	Ohio State University	Ohio_State_University	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_University	000	000
,
a
study
showed
that
drinking
moderately
(
such
as
a
couple
of
drinks
a
day
)
improved
the
memories
of
laboratory
rats
,
although
a
study
at
the
University	B	University of Missouri	University_of_Missouri	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Missouri	000	000
of	I	University of Missouri	University_of_Missouri	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Missouri	000	000
Missouri	I	University of Missouri	University_of_Missouri	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Missouri	000	000
declared
that
alcohol
hindered
academic
success
.

Live
longer
so
you
can
die
young

Adding
it
all
up
,
it
seems
that
by
drinking
alcohol
I
can
both
reduce
my
chances
of
heart
disease
and
increase
my
risk
for
high
blood
pressure
,
fend
off
dementia
while
upping
my
chances
for
brain
damage
,
boost
my
memory
at
the
same
time
that
I
become
more
stupid
,
avoid
lymphoma
while
veering
towards
breast
and
liver
cancer
,
and
in
general
,
both
live
longer
and
die
younger
.

In
other
words
,
alcohol
is
every
bit
the
hazy
hypocritical
demon
it
's
always
been
(
especially
when
there
's
a
microphone
involved
)
.

So
this
year
,
I
'm
taking
another
resolution
route
altogether
.

Instead
of
squelching
my
alcohol
intake
,
I
'm
going
to
cut
out
karaoke
--
and
perhaps
limit
my
medical
studies
to
just
one
per
day
with
dinner
,
if
that
.

Diane
Mapes
is
a
Seattle
freelance
writer
and
author
of
the
recently
released
"
How
to
Date
in
a
Post-Dating
World
.
"

-DOCSTART- (16442287
Five
healthy
resolutions
for
2007

Follow
nutritionist
Joy	B	Joy Bauer	Joy_Bauer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Bauer	000	000
Bauer	I	Joy Bauer	Joy_Bauer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Bauer	000	000
's
recommendations
for
a
better
year

Have
you
made
a
New	B	New Year 's resolution	New_Year's_resolution	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_resolution	000	000
Year	I	New Year 's resolution	New_Year's_resolution	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_resolution	000	000
's	I	New Year 's resolution	New_Year's_resolution	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_resolution	000	000
resolution	I	New Year 's resolution	New_Year's_resolution	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year's_resolution	000	000
yet
?

Have
you
broken
it
already
?

Do
n't
despair
.

Nutritionist	B	Nutritionist	Nutritionist	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritionist	000	000
Joy	B	Joy Bauer	Joy_Bauer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Bauer	000	000
Bauer	I	Joy Bauer	Joy_Bauer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Bauer	000	000
has
created
5
healthy
,
and
simple
,
resolutions
we
all
should
have
on
our
"
to
do
"
list
for
the
new
year
:

Joy	B	Joy	Joy_Bauer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Bauer	000	000
's
Healthy
Resolutions
for
2007
:

1
.

Make
YOURSELF
a
priority

*
Shop
for
healthy
foods
your
body
needs

*
Get
enough
sleep

*
Exercise
regularly

2
.

Know
your
numbers

Ring
in
the
New	B	New Year	New_Year	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year	000	000
Year	I	New Year	New_Year	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year	000	000
with
a
pledge
to
visit
your
doctor
and
learn
your
blood
pressure
reading
and
fasting
cholesterol
,
triglyceride
and
blood
sugar
levels
.

The
sooner
you
know
where
you
stand
,
the
sooner
you
can
take
action
to
make
corrections
.

*
Optimal
blood
pressure
equal
to
or
<
120
/
80
mmHg

*
Total
cholesterol
<
200
mg/dL

*
LDL-Cholesterol	B	LDL-Cholesterol	Low-density_lipoprotein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-density_lipoprotein	000	000
<
100
mg/dL

*
HDL-Cholesterol	B	HDL-Cholesterol	High-density_lipoprotein	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-density_lipoprotein	000	000
40
mg/dL
or
higher

*
Cholesterol
ratio
below
5

*
Triglycerides	B	Triglycerides	Triglyceride	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triglyceride	000	000
<
150
mg/dL

*
Blood	B	Blood Sugars	Blood_sugar	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sugar	000	000
Sugars	I	Blood Sugars	Blood_sugar	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_sugar	000	000
<
100
mg/dL

3
.

Up
your
ante
!

Antioxidants
are
naturally
occurring
compounds
found
in
plant
based
foods
.

Antioxidants
help
the
body
fight
many
serious
conditions
,
including
cancer
and
heart
disease
,
by
thwarting
the
action
of
harmful
free
radicals
.

According
to
a
study
published
in
the
American	B	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition	The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	000	000
Journal	I	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition	The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	000	000
of	I	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition	The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	000	000
Clinical	I	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition	The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	000	000
Nutrition	I	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition	The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Journal_of_Clinical_Nutrition	000	000
,
July
2006
,
the
following
foods
are
among
the
richest
in
antioxidants
.

Go
out
of
your
way
to
incorporate
them
into
your
daily
diet
.

1
.

Blackberries	B	Blackberries	Blackberry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackberry	000	000

2
.

Walnuts	B	Walnuts	Walnut	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walnut	000	000

3
.

Strawberries	B	Strawberries	Strawberry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry	000	000

4
.

Artichokes	B	Artichokes	Artichoke	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke	000	000

5
.

Cranberries	B	Cranberries	Cranberry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranberry	000	000

6
.

Raspberries	B	Raspberries	Raspberry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry	000	000

7
.

Blueberries	B	Blueberries	Blueberry	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blueberry	000	000

8
.

Cloves
,
ground

4
.

Incorporate
whole
grains

2007
is
the
year
to
stop
buying
refined
,
white
starch
.

Instead
,
embrace
brown
rice
,
whole
wheat
pasta
,
whole
grain
bread
and
other
healthy
grain
varieties
like
millet
,
faro
,
and
amaranth
.

Learn
how
to
buy
the
right
bread
!

Many
consumers
believe
they
're
buying
the
right
type
of
bread
but
are
often
confused
.

According
to
a
Sara
Lee
Food
&
Beverage
survey
,
73
%
of
consumers
who
were
asked
what
type
of
bread
they
had
in
the
house
said
"
whole
wheat
bread
,
"
but
after
checking
the
label
realized
that
they
mistakenly
thought
"
enriched
wheat
"
meant
whole
grain
.

Look
a
"
whole
"
lot
closer
at
labels
in
the
bread
aisle
-
it
must
say
100
%
Whole	B	Whole Wheat	Whole_grain	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_grain	000	000
Wheat	I	Whole Wheat	Whole_grain	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_grain	000	000
or
100
%
Whole	B	Whole Grain	Whole_grain	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_grain	000	000
Grain	I	Whole Grain	Whole_grain	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_grain	000	000
,
or
list
the
word
WHOLE
as
one
of
the
first
ingredients
on
the
label
.

5
.

Slow
the
pace
-
lose
fat
on
your
waist

In
an
interesting
experiment
that
was
presented
at
the
2006
Annual
Scientific
Meeting
a
NAASO
,
women
were
invited
to
eat
a
pasta
lunch
on
two
different
days
.

On
one
day
,
the
women
were
given
a
small
spoon
and
asked
to
take
small
bites
,
put
the
spoon
down
between
bites
,
and
chew
each
bite
at
least
15
times
.

On
the
second
day
,
the
women
were
given
a
large
spoon
and
asked
to
eat
as
quickly
as
possible
without
stopping
between
bites
.

On
both
occasions
,
the
women
ate
until
they
felt
comfortably
full
.

When
researchers
measured
how
many
calories
the
women
ate
,
they
found
that
women
ate
67
more
calories
when
they
ate
quickly
than
when
they
ate
slowly
.

Although
this
may
not
sound
like
much
,
calories
add
up
.

An
additional
134
calories
per
day
,
means
48,910
calories
per
year
...
.

that
's
potentially
14
pounds
(
lost
or
gained
!
)

.

For
more
information
on
healthy
eating
,
visit
nutrition
expert
,
Joy	B	Joy Bauer	Joy_Bauer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Bauer	000	000
Bauer	I	Joy Bauer	Joy_Bauer	en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy_Bauer	000	000
's
website
at
www.joybauernutrition.com