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By KATHARINE Q. SEELYEMost states are red or blue. A

few are purple. After the Novem-ber election, New Hampshireturned pink.

Women won the state’s twoCongressional seats. Women al-ready held the state’s two Senateseats. When they are all sworninto office on Thursday, NewHampshire will become the firststate in the nation’s history tosend an all-female delegation toWashington.

And the matriarchy does notend there. New Hampshire’s newgovernor is a woman. So are thespeaker of the State House andthe chief justice of the State Su-preme Court.

“Pink is the new power color inNew Hampshire,” declared AnnMcLane Kuster, one of the newlyelected representatives, at a re-

cent forum at the New Hamp-shire Institute of Politics at St.Anselm College in Manchester,where the women’s historic mile-stone was celebrated.

These women did not rise tothe top together overnight. Norwas there an orchestrated move-ment to elect them. Each toiled inthe political vineyards, climbedthe ladder in her own time andcampaigned hard for her job. Butthey have caught the state’s col-lective imagination, inspiring for-ums and media interest andprompting Jay B. Childs, a NewHampshire filmmaker, to make adocumentary about them.

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, 65, aDemocrat and dean of the delega-tion, was the state’s first electedfemale governor and the first

From Congress to Halls of State,In New Hampshire, Women Rule

Continued on Page A13

By BARRY MEIEREnergy drinks are the fastest-

growing part of the beverage in-dustry, with sales in the UnitedStates reaching more than $10billion in 2012 — more than Amer-icans spent on iced tea or sportsbeverages like Gatorade.

Their rising popularity repre-sents a generational shift in whatpeople drink, and reflects a suc-cessful campaign to convinceconsumers, particularly teen-agers, that the drinks provide amental and physical edge.

The drinks are now under scru-tiny by the Food and Drug Ad-ministration after reports ofdeaths and serious injuries thatmay be linked to their high caf-feine levels. But however that re-view ends, one thing is clear, in-terviews with researchers and areview of scientific studies show:

the energy drink industry isbased on a brew of ingredientsthat, apart from caffeine, have lit-tle, if any benefit for consumers.

“If you had a cup of coffee youare going to affect metabolism inthe same way,” said Dr. RobertW. Pettitt, an associate professorat Minnesota State University inMankato, who has studied thedrinks.

Energy drink companies havepromoted their products not ascaffeine-fueled concoctions butas specially engineered blendsthat provide something more.For example, producers claimthat “Red Bull gives you wings,”that Rockstar Energy is “scientif-ically formulated” and MonsterEnergy is a “killer energy brew.”Representative Edward J. Mar

Energy Drinks Promise Edge,But Experts Say Proof Is Scant

Continued on Page B4

By ANDREW HIGGINS

RIGA, Latvia — When a credit-fueled economic boom turned tobust in this tiny Baltic nation in2008, Didzis Krumins, who ran asmall architectural company,fired his staff one by one and thenshut down the business. Hewatched in dismay as Latvia’smisery deepened under a harshausterity drive that scythedwages, jobs and state financingfor schools and hospitals.

But instead of taking to thestreets to protest the cuts, Mr.Krumins, whose newborn child,in the meantime, needed majorsurgery, bought a tractor and be-gan hauling wood to heatingplants that needed fuel. Then, asLatvia’s economy began to pullout of its nose-dive, he returnedto architecture and today em-ploys 15 people — five more thanhe had before. “We have a differ-ent mentality here,” he said.

Latvia, feted by fans of auster-ity as the country-that-can andan example for countries like

Greece that can’t, has provided arare boost to champions of theproposition that pain pays.

Hardship has long been com-mon here — and still is. But injust four years, the country hasgone from the European Union’sworst economic disaster zone toa model of what the InternationalMonetary Fund hails as the heal-ing properties of deep budgetcuts. Latvia’s economy, aftershriveling by more than 20 per-cent from its peak, grew by about5 percent last year, making it thebest performer in the 27-nationEuropean Union. Its budget def-icit is down sharply and exportsare soaring.

“We are here to celebrate yourachievements,” Christine La-garde, the chief of the Interna-tional Monetary Fund, told a con-ference in Riga, the capital, thispast summer. The fund, whichalong with the European Unionfinanced a $7.5 billion bailout forthe country at the end of 2008, is“proud to have been part of Lat-via’s success story,” she said.

When Latvia’s economy first

crumbled, it wrestled with manyof the same problems faced sinceby other troubled European na-tions: a growing hole in govern-ment finances, a banking crisis,falling competitiveness and bigdebts — though most of these

were private rather than publicas in Greece.

Now its abrupt turn for the bet-ter has put a spotlight on a tick-lish question for those who lookto orthodox economics for a solu-

Used to Hardship, Latvia Accepts Austerity, and Its Pain Eases

ANDREA BRUCE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

A line for free food in Latvia. Deprivation persists amid gains.


By JONATHAN WEISMANWASHINGTON — Just a few

years ago, the tax deal pushedthrough Congress on Tuesdaywould have been a Republicanfiscal fantasy, a sweeping bill thatlocks in virtually all of the Bush-era tax cuts, exempts almost allestates from taxation, and en-shrines the former president’scredo that dividends and capitalgains should be taxed equallyand gently.

But times have changed, Presi-dent George W. Bush is gone, andbefore the bill’s final passage lateTuesday, House Republican lead-ers struggled all day to quell a re-volt among caucus members whothreatened to blow up a hard-fought compromise that theycould have easily framed as a vic-tory. Many House Republicansseemed determined to put them-selves in a position to be blamedfor sending the nation’s economyinto a potential tailspin under theweight of automatic tax increasesand spending cuts.

The latest internal party strug-gle on Capitol Hill surprised evenSenate Republicans, who hadvoted overwhelmingly for a deallargely hashed out by their lead-er, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.The bill passed the Senate, 89 to8, at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, with only

5 of the chamber’s 47 Republi-cans voting no.

Twenty-one hours later, thesame measure was opposed by151 of the 236 Republicans votingin the House. It was further proofthat House Republicans are anew breed, less enamored of taxcuts per se than they are drivento shrink government throughsteep spending cuts. Protectingnearly 99 percent of the nation’shouseholds from an income taxincrease was not enough if taxesrose on some and governmentspending was untouched.

A party that once disputed thatthere was any real “cost” of taxcuts encountered sticker shockwhen the nonpartisan Congres-sional Budget Office estimatedthat enacting them in place of the

Lines of ResistanceNEWS ANALYSIS


T. J. KIRKPATRICK FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

Speaker John A. Boehner and Representative Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, on their way to a party caucus on Tuesday.

LUKE SHARRETT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

President Obama commentedon the vote Tuesday night.


By JENNIFER STEINHAUERWASHINGTON — Ending a

climactic fiscal showdown in thefinal hours of the 112th Congress,the House late Tuesday passedand sent to President Obamalegislation to avert big incometax increases on most Americansand prevent large cuts in spend-ing for the Pentagon and othergovernment programs.

The measure, brought to theHouse floor less than 24 hours af-ter its passage in the Senate, wasapproved 257 to 167, with 85 Re-publicans joining 172 Democratsin voting to allow income taxes torise for the first time in two dec-ades, in this case for the highest-earning Americans. Voting nowere 151 Republicans and 16Democrats.

The bill was expected to besigned quickly by Mr. Obama,who won re-election on a promiseto increase taxes on the wealthy.

Mr. Obama strode into theWhite House briefing room short-ly after the vote, less to hail theend of the fiscal crisis than to layout a marker for the next one.“The one thing that I think, hope-fully, the new year will focus on,”he said, “is seeing if we can put apackage like this together with alittle bit less drama, a little lessbrinkmanship, and not scare theheck out of folks quite as much.”

In approving the measure afterdays of legislative intrigue, Con-gress concluded its final andmost pitched fight over fiscal pol-icy, the culmination of two yearsof battles over taxes, the federaldebt, spending and what to do toslow the growth in popular social

programs like Medicare. The decision by Republican

leaders to allow the vote camedespite widespread scorn amongHouse Republicans for the bill,passed overwhelmingly by theSenate in the early hours of NewYear’s Day. They were unhappythat it did not include significantspending cuts in health and othersocial programs, which they sayare essential to any long-term so-lution to the nation’s debt.

Democrats, while hardly pla-cated by the compromise, cele-brated Mr. Obama’s nominal vic-tory in his final showdown withHouse Republicans in the 112thCongress, who began their termemboldened by scores of new,conservative members whosereach to the right ultimatelytipped them over.

“The American people are thereal winners tonight,” Represent-

UNDER PRESSURE,HOUSE APPROVES

SENATE TAX DEALAverts Wide Increases and Budget Cuts

— Democrats Hail Compromise

GROUSING ON THE LEFT Disap-pointed liberals say the presidentsurrendered on taxes. PAGE A12

BIGGER TAX BITE The end of thepayroll tax break will take moreout of most paychecks. PAGE B6

AN OBSTACLE Regardless of a dealon the fiscal crisis, investors seeproblems ahead. PAGE B1

China wants to extend its rail networkthrough Laos to the Bay of Bengal inMyanmar to improve trade, but thereare warnings that the Laotian economyand environment may suffer. PAGE A4

INTERNATIONAL A3-7

A Chinese Swath Through LaosThe Kulluk, one of Shell Oil’s two Arcticdrilling rigs, broke free from a tow shipand ran aground on an island in the Gulfof Alaska. The beaching threatens envi-ronmental damage from a fuel spill andcalls into question Shell’s plans to re-sume drilling north of Alaska. PAGE A8

NATIONAL

Oil Rig Beaches in AlaskaSince 2000, shopping mall developmenthas skyrocketed in Russia along with anexpanding middle class. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-7

Mall Madness in Russia

A report found that people whose bodymass index ranked them as overweight,but not obese, had less risk of dyingthan people of normal weight. PAGE A10

NATIONAL A8-14

Lower Risk for the Overweight A growing number of training centersand certification courses are helpingprospective baristas interested in learn-ing the art and science behind the best-tasting coffee drinks. PAGE D1

DINING D1-6

Knowing Beans

Stanford beat Wisconsin to win its firstRose Bowl since 1972. Northwesternbeat Mississippi State in the Gator Bowlfor its first bowl win since 1949. PAGE B9

SPORTSWEDNESDAY B9-13

Bowl Droughts Are Over

In a marked change of tone for NorthKorea, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, called for an end to the “confronta-tion” with South Korea. PAGE A3

A North Korean Overture

At 22, just after World War II, Ms. Gor-don almost single-handedly wrote wom-en’s rights into the Constitution of mod-ern Japan, with lasting effects. PAGE B8

OBITUARIES B8

Beate Gordon Dies at 89

Many of those who became ill after help-ing out at ground zero are having diffi-culty proving that they are eligible forcompensation. PAGE A15

NEW YORK A15-17

9/11 Volunteers Seek Redress

Maureen Dowd PAGE A19

EDITORIAL, OP-ED A18-19

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5.4 DESIGN A PULL QUOTEDIRECTIONS: A sure way to make readers curious about a story is to display a wise, witty or controversial quote in one of the columns of text. For this exercise, design a pull quote that reflects the design of your publication. Remember the following guidelines from chapter 5.

They should be quotations.They should be attributed.They should be bigger and bolder than text type.They should be 1-2 inches deep.

Knowing that a mug/quote combination is one of the best ways to hook a passing reader, you can design your pull quote with or without a mug shot. Or do one with and one without.

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5.9 ENTRY POINTSDIRECTIONS: Every 8-10 inches or so, or when there’s a shift of topic or logical pause in the commentary, it’s useful to insert a subhead in a story that is often simply formatted as bold text or maybe set in the same font as cutlines or headlines to contrast with the body copy. Initial caps and dingbats also serve to break up long, gray blocks of text or to help a reader know where a story begins — or ends. Experiment with some different fonts, sizes and colors of subheads, initial caps and even dingbats until you find one of each that fits the look and feel of your publication. Write down the specs of your final choice.

Attorneys representing Texas House Speaker Tom Cradd-ick filed a supplemental brief

Wednesday outlining the speaker’s rights according to the Texas Con-stitution. Craddick came under fire during the last day of the 80th Legis-lative Session, which ended in May, when he ignored House members calling for his removal as speaker.

“The attorney general sent out letters to potential interested par-ties for submission of briefs, and we responded to his letter,” said Chris-tian Ward, who along with Gregory Coleman serves as Craddick’s attor-ney.

A ttorneys representing Texas House Speaker Tom Cradd-ick filed a supplemental brief



Attorneys representing Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick filed a supplemental brief Wednesday outlining the speaker’s rights ac-cording to the Texas Constitution. Craddick came under fire during the last day of the 80th Legislative Session, which ended in May, when he ignored House members calling for his removal as speaker.

“The attorney general sent out letters to potential interested par-ties for submission of briefs, and we responded to his letter,” said Chris-tian Ward, who along with Gregory

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According to the supplemental brief filed by Ward and Coleman, the speaker may decide when a mo-tion will be entertained and wheth-er to recognize a member seeking to place an item before the House.

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Chamber,consulatecooperateon health

BY CHELCEY ADAMIStaff Writer

CALEXICO — The Calex-ico Chamber of Commerceand Consulate of Mexico inCalexico signed an agree-ment Thursday making thechamber the new fiscalagency for the consulate’sVentanilla de Salud.

Officials for both agen-cies said they believe themove will allow the con-sulate to improve and ex-pand health services it of-fers to the community.

“A lot of people fromMexico don’t know whereto go and don’t have healthservices. Our mission is toprovide them with thesekinds of programs and serv-ices,” Consul Gina AndreaCruz Blackledge said. “I’mvery happy about workingwith the chamber on this.”

The chamber replacesNeighborhood House ofCalexico as the fiscal agencyin charge of Ventanilla deSalud, which hosts numer-ous health fairs throughoutthe community during theyear as well as individuallyhelps people navigate med-ical issues such as healthinsurance.

While consulate staffpraised the support they’vereceived from Neighbor-hood House, they said theyfelt that the change to thechamber would providegreater opportunity for ex-pansion due to the cham-ber’s more versatile presencein the Valley versus the spe-cific skill set and servicesprovided by the nonprofit.

Chamber is new fiscalagency for Ventanillade Salud

CALEXICO

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ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE REPORT

SACRAMENTO (AP) —Officials at the highest levelsof the California Depart-ment of Parks and Recre-ation helped keep millionsof dollars in money intend-ed for state parks secret formore than a decade, theCalifornia attorney general’soffice said in a report re-

leased Friday.The report said the “in-

tentional non-disclosure”continued because em-ployees feared the depart-ment’s budget would becut if lawmakers foundout, and that they wouldbe embarrassed about theyears of covering it up.

“Throughout this periodof intentional non-disclo-sure, some parks employ-ees consistently requested,without success, that theirsuperiors address the is-sue,” Deputy AttorneyGeneral Thomas M. Pat-ton wrote in the report.

Top parks officials kept $20Mhidden for more than a decade

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The Salton Sea Recreation State Park was slated forclosure under cuts made during the state’s budgetcrisis last year. IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS FILE PHOTO

IMMIGRATION PROCESS

POLICY CHANGE

New United States citizens celebrate at the end of their citizenship ceremony at Calexico City Hallin this image from 2011. Fifty-four applicants from three countries were granted citizenship. A pol-icy change will allow some illegal immigrants to apply for a hardship waiver to remain with theirfamilies. CHELCEY ADAMI FILE PHOTO

BY JULIO MORALES | Staff Writer, Copy Editor

In a move that could help tens of thousands of illegal immigrants se-cure permanent residency, the Obama administration recently an-nounced a policy that would also effectively reduce the time familiesspend separated during the immigration process.

Prior to the rule change an-nounced Monday, illegal immi-grants who return to theircountry of origin to apply for avisa would be barred from re-turning stateside for a numberof years. The new policy allowsthose illegal immigrants whoare immediate relatives of U.S.citizens to apply for a waiver

and remain in the U.S. if theycan demonstrate time apartfrom their family wouldamount to an “extreme hard-ship.”

The change to the rule wasinitially proposed in April.Since then, local attorney RudyCardenas has been reviewinghis caseload to identify which

clients may stand to benefitfrom the rule change.

“The Obama administrationthought this is B.S. and washurting families,” Cardenassaid, referring to the time an il-legal immigrant would bebarred from returning to theU.S. while seeking legal status.

IN WAKE OF DEADLY OUTBREAKS

Sweeping food safety rules proposedWASHINGTON (AP)

— The Food and DrugAdministration on Fridayproposed the most sweep-ing food safety rules indecades, requiring farmersand food companies to bemore vigilant in the wakeof deadly outbreaks inpeanuts, cantaloupe andleafy greens.

The long-overdue reg-ulations could cost busi-

nesses close to half a bil-lion dollars a year to im-plement, but are expectedto reduce the estimated3,000 deaths a year fromfoodborne illness.

Just since last summer,outbreaks of listeria incheese and salmonella inpeanut butter, mangoesand cantaloupe have beenlinked to more than 400illnesses and as many as

seven deaths, accordingto the federal Centers forDisease Control and Pre-vention.

The actual number ofthose sickened is likelymuch higher.

The FDA’s proposedrules would require farm-ers to take new precau-tions against contamina-tion.

Melons rot in theafternoonheat in afield nearHolly,Colo.AP FILEPHOTO

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Move allows waiver for some illegalimmigrants to stay with families

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ALTERNATIVE STORYFORMS

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6.1 ALTERNATIVE COPYDIRECTIONS: Below is a summary of the different types of sidebars and infographics mentioned in chapter 6. Your task is to find an example of each of these and add them to your clip file.

FAST-FACT BOXBrief pro!les of people, places, products

or organizations, itemized by key characteristics.

BIO BOXA series of names, tips, components,

previous events — any categories that add context to a story.

LISTA list of specialized words with de!nitions

(and/or pronunciations) to help clarify complex topics.

GLOSSARYA list of questions or guidelines that

itemize key points or help readers assess their own needs.

CHECKLISTA short list of questions that let readers

interact with a story by testing their understanding of the topic.

QUIZA way to ask and answer hypothetical

questions, or capture an interview’s verbatim dialogue.

Q&AA survey that samples opinion on a

current topic, collating responses into key categories and statistics.

PUBLIC-OPINION POLLA series of relevant comments on a topic

by newsmakers, readers or random passers-by.

QUOTE COLLECTIONA way to measure changing quantities over time by plotting key statistics as points on

a graph.

FEVER CHARTA way to compare two or more items

visually by representing them as columns parked side by side.

BAR CHARTA way to compare the parts that make up a whole — usually measuring money or

population percentages.

PIE CHARTA way to arrange data into columns or rows so readers can make side-by-side

comparisons.

TABLEA list of people or products (sports

teams, movies, etc.) that lets critics make predictions or evaluations.

RATINGSA chronological table or list of events

highlighting key moments in the history of a person, place or issue.

TIMELINEA brief “how-to” that explains a complex process by walking readers through it one

step at a time.

STEP-BY-STEP GUIDEA plan or drawing designed to show how

something works or to explain key parts of an object or process.

DIAGRAMA quick way to give readers geographical information by showing the location of

events relevant to a story.

MAPA quick way to give readers geographical information by showing the location of

events relevant to a story.

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06/29/07 16:45

Friday, June 29, 2007 THE GAZETTE A3

White House rejects subpoenasWASHINGTON cThe Bush administration

cited executive privilege Thursday as it reject-ed subpoenas from two congressional panelsprobing last year’s removal of eight U.S. attor-neys, setting up a constitutional dispute thatcould take years to resolve.In a letter to the chairmen of the House

and Senate Judiciary Committees, WhiteHouse Counsel Fred Fielding said he also hasadvised former White House officials whohave received subpoenas in the matter not toprovide any documents to Capitol Hill.

Private space station launchedLOS ANGELES cA new inflatable, unmanned

test module for a proposed private space sta-tion was launched into orbit Thursday aboarda Russian rocket, the U.S. company develop-ing the technology said.The 15-foot-long module was designed to

expand to a diameter of 8 feet. Contact withthe module was established later in the dayand data indicated good voltage in the powersystem and “decent” air pressure in the vehi-cle, the company said.

Officials probe site on wrestlerATLANTA c Investigators Thursday started

looking into who altered pro wrestler ChrisBenoit’s Wikipedia entry to mention his wife’sdeath hours before authorities discovered thebodies of the couple and their 7-year-old son.Benoit’s Wikipedia entry was altered Mon-

day to say that the wrestler had missed amatch because of his wife’s death.Also Thursday, federal drug agents said

they had raided the west Georgia office of adoctor who prescribed testosterone toBenoit.

Titanic still sells at auctionNEW YORK cA deck log from a ship that

searched for bodies after the Titanic sanksold for more than $100,000 as part of aChristie’s auction Thursday of memorabiliafrom the doomed oceanliner.All together, the 18 lots of Titanic memora-

bilia — including letters, postcards, tele-grams from survivors and photographs ofpassengers — sold at auction for a total of$193,140.Artifacts from another famous ship-

wrecked luxury liner, the Andrea Doria, werealso auctioned, as were items like silverwareand posters from the S.S. Normandy, theFrench Art Deco oceanliner that capsizedand burned in New York Harbor duringWorld War II.

NEWS SERVICES

BRIEFLY NATION

BRIEFLY WORLD

U.N. agency rebuts U.S. claimsUNITED NATIONS cThe deputy head of the

U.N. Development Program has shot back atU.S. accusations that it had squandered mil-lions of dollars in North Korea, saying theamount far surpassed what the program hadat its disposal and questioning the authentici-ty of documents the U.S. mission provided toback up its claims.In a confidential letter delivered Thursday

evening to Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. ambas-sador, the official, Ad Melkert, said the moneyamounts, vendor names and transactiondates supplied by the United States had beenexamined against his agency’s records and“there is not a single match.”

11 hostages reported killedBOGOTA, Colombia cPresident Alvaro Uribe

on Thursday accused Colombia’s largest rebelgroup of killing 11 civilian hostages, just hoursafter the guerrillas implied a botched militaryrescue was to blame for the deaths. Uribesaid there will be no demilitarized zone, andthat no more guerrillas will be freed.The reported deaths of the civilians, all of

them Colombian lawmakers from Valle delCauca state, could not be confirmed. Still, thenews — widely regarded to be true — touchedoff a day of mourning across this Andean coun-try and shook relatives of other hostages.

Iranian group on EU terror listBRUSSELS, Belgium cEuropean Union gov-

ernments decided Thursday to keep an Irani-an opposition group blacklisted as a terroristorganization after reviewing its demand to beremoved following a recent court ruling, diplo-mats said.The Paris-based People’s Mujahadeen Or-

ganization of Iran, which seeks the overthrowof Iran’s Islamic regime, is also on the U.S.government’s list of terror groups.

6 militants killed in LebanonBEIRUT, Lebanon cLebanese troops raided an

Islamic militant hideout in a hillside cave andkilled six fighters Thursday as violencespread from a Palestinian refugee campwhere the military has been battling an al-Qaida-inspired group.The dawn gunbattle — a 20-minute drive

from the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian camp bythe northern port city of Tripoli — indicatedFatah Islam may have found allies amongSunni militants and fundamentalists in theregion who were not affiliated with the group.

NEWS SERVICES

DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

HIV/AIDS: “This is a multiple-dimension problem. But if wedon’t begin to take it serious-ly and address it the way wedid back in the ’90s when itwas primarily a gay men’sdisease, we will never get theservices and the public educa-tion that we need.”

Outsourcing: “We have to doseveral things: End the taxbreaks that still exist in thetax code for outsourcing jobs;have trade agreements withenforceable labor and environ-mental standards; help Ameri-cans compete, which is some-thing we haven’t taken seri-ously.”

Online: www.hillaryclinton.com

War on drugs: “The scourgeof our present society, particu-

larly the African-American

community, is the war on

drugs. . . . There is no reason

to continue it in the slightest.

All it does is create criminals

out of people who are not

criminals.”

Online: www.gravel2008.com

Candidates unite against courtat forum focusing on race

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THE CANDIDATES

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

LONDON cNineteen years after abomb blew up Pan Am Flight 103above Lockerbie, Scotland, and sixyears after a former Libyan intelli-gence agent was convicted of plan-ning the attack, a judicial reviewhas resurrected lingering doubtsabout the case.The Scottish Criminal Cases Re-

view Commission, an independentpanel that oversees mattersbrought before Scottish courts, rec-ommended Thursday that Abdul-baset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi, theonly person convicted in the case,be granted permission to file afresh appeal.

“The commission is of the view,based on our lengthy investiga-tions, the new evidence we havefound and other evidence whichwas not before the trial court, thatthe applicant may have suffered amiscarriage of justice,” the SCCRCsaid in a statement.The commission’s 800-page re-

port has not been made public, butin a brief statement, the commis-sion said that it had concernsabout a key witness identificationof al-Megrahi and that other excul-patory evidence had not beenmade available to the defense.The commission went out of its

way to knock down some of themore far-fetched claims by al-

Megrahi’s supporters and lawyers.This included allegations that theCIA “spirited away” evidence fromthe crash site and that a “CIAbadge” was found at the crash sitebut not recorded as evidence.Recent reports in the British

media have suggested a crucialpiece of forensic evidence, a sliverof circuit board from the bomb,may have been tampered with, butthe review panel also rejected this.The immediate effect of the deci-

sion is that al-Megrahi, who al-ready has seen one appeal reject-ed, will get another chance, and theLibyan government, which reacheda separate $2.7 billion settlementwith the victims’ families in 2002,

could also seek legal redress.Legal experts in Britain suggest-

ed that if the conviction is over-turned, Libya could ask for itsmoney back or demand compensa-tion from the U.S. or Britain.Jim Kreindler, the New York at-

torney who negotiated the settle-ment with the Libyan government,disputed that, noting that al-Megra-hi was convicted in a Scottish crim-inal proceeding while the settle-ment with Libya was reached in aseparate civil proceeding.Pan Am 103, a Boeing 747 en

route from London to New York,blew up 35 minutes into its flight,killing all 259 people on board and11 others on the ground.

Lockerbie convict may be allowed to appeal

JOEBIDEN

DELAWARE SENATOR

Taxes: “For the first time inour history, we’re in a position

where those who are the wage

earners are paying a bigger

chunk than they should. It’s

got to shift back.”

Chief Justice John Robertsand Justice Sam Alito: “Theproblem is the rest of us were

not tough enough. They have

turned the court upside down.

The next president of the Unit-

ed States will be able to deter-

mine whether or not we go

forward or continue this slide”

Online: www.joebiden.com

HILLARYRODHAM CLINTON

NEW YORK SENATOR

CHRISDODD

CONNECTICUT SENATOR

Employment: “We today re-ward industries that leave

America by giving them tax

breaks. I would like to see us

reward companies that stay in

our inner cities, go to places

where jobs ought to be creat-

ed. That ought to be a part of

our tax policy as well.”

Segregation: “The shame ofresegregation has been occur-

ring in our country for years.”

Online: www.chrisdodd.com

JOHNEDWARDS

FORMER NORTH CAROLINA

SENATOR

Health care: “We know thatrace plays an enormous rolein the problems that African-Americans face and the prob-lems that African-Americansface with health care everysingle day. There are hugehealth care disparities, whichis why we need universalhealth care in this country.”

Racism: “If you’re African-American, you’re more likelyto be charged with a crime. Ifyou’re charged with a crime,you’re more likely to be con-victed of a crime. . . . There isno question that our justicesystem is not colorblind.”

Online: www.johnedwards.com

MIKEGRAVEL

FORMER ALASKA SENATOR

DENNISKUCINICH

OHIO REPRESENTATIVE

Trade: “One of my first acts inoffice will be to cancel NAFTA

and the WTO and go back to

trade conditioned on workers

rights, human rights and envi-

ronmental quality principles.

That is what we must do. A

Democratic administration

started NAFTA. A Democratic

administration will end it.”

Online: kucinch.us

BARACKOBAMA

ILLINOIS SENATOR

Government’s role: “Thereare going to be responsibilitieson the part of African-Ameri-cans and other groups to takepersonal responsibility to riseup out of the problems that weface, but there’s also got to bea social responsibility.”

Hurricane Katrina: “I thinkthat what’s most important,though, that we have a presi-dent who is in touch with theneeds of New Orleans beforethe hurricane hits, becausepart of the reason that we hadsuch a tragedy was the as-sumption that everybody couldjump in their SUVs . . . andcheck into the nearest hotel.”Online: www.barackobama.com

BILLRICHARDSONNEW MEXICO GOVERNOR

Diversity: “I believe verystrongly that the next presi-

dent is not just going to have

to pass laws and take the steps

necessary to reaffirm affirma-

tive action and take steps to

make sure our schools are

integrated. But, also, the next

president is going to have to

lead and speak passionately

about a dialogue among all

peoples.”

Pulling out of Beijing Olym-pics if China fights sanctionsabout Sudan: “You know, Ibelieve fighting genocide is

more important than sports.”

Online: www.richardsonforpresident.com

WASHINGTON

Democratic presidential candi-

dates won applause from a

predominately black audi-

ence at Howard University on Thurs-

day by accusing the Supreme Court of

retreating earlier in the day from the

goal of eliminating school segregation.

Sharing the stage at a Thursday

night forum on minority issues, the

candidates denounced the court’s deci-

sion that struck down race-based

plans to promote diversity in school

systems in Louisville and Seattle.

The passions that split the court

spilled into the forum, though every

candidate who expressed an opinion

came down squarely against Thurs-

day’s ruling.

They also agreed to roll back tax

cuts for the wealthy, took a hard line

on Darfur and condemned the Bush

administration’s response to Hurri-

cane Katrina.McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

POLL WATCHSen. Hillary Rodham

Clinton is doing surprisinglywell among minority voters,

a poll says.

The Gallup Poll’s annual

minority survey says the

New York Democrat is tied

with Illinois Sen. BarackObama among blacks.

And she trounces all her

rivals with Hispanic voters —

even New Mexico Gov. BillRichardson.

“Right now, it’s pretty

much Hillary, and then all

the rest,” said Gallup’s Jeff

Jones.

But at the same time,

more than half of voters say

they wouldn’t consider vot-

ing for Clinton if she be-comes the Democratic nomi-

nee, according to a poll by

Mason-Dixon Polling and

Research. In that poll, 52

percent of Americans said

they wouldn’t consider vot-

ing for her.

RACE MATTERSThe nomination fight be-

gins in Iowa and New Hamp-

shire, two states with rela-

tively few minorities. But

blacks and other minority

voters become critical in

Nevada, South Carolina and

Florida before a multistate

primary Feb. 5.

About one in 10 voters in

the 2004 election was black,

according to exit polls, and

they voted 9-1 for Democrat

John Kerry. In some states,

blacks make up a bigger

share of the voters.

In South Carolina, for

example, blacks made up

about 30 percent of the elec-

torate in 2004, but were

more than half of the voters

in the state’s Democratic

primary.

NEXT DEBATESJuly 23: Democrats inCharleston, S.C.

Aug. 5: Republicans in DesMoines, Iowa

FOR THE RECORD“I just want to makeclear I got testedwith Michelle.”— Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.,about getting tested for AIDS

with his wife. Sen. JoeBiden, D-Del., encouragedthe audience to do so, men-

tioning that he and Obama

had gotten tested.

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They are mostly male, mostly white and most-ly from the Piedmont. They boast some experi-ence in state government, but little in the execu-tive branch. They’re strong personalities, andtwo controversial ones. And when RepublicanPat McCrory is sworn in Saturday as governor,they’ll be the team that will help him lead North

Carolina for the next four years.The selections mark the first

big decisions by the incominggovernor, North Carolina’s firstGOP executive in 20 years. Theyoffer a clue to the new adminis-tration and the man at the top.

“It may not be the perfect pic-ture of diversity that a lot of peo-ple want to see,” says Tom

Campbell, moderator of NC SPIN, a statewidepublic affairs show. “But if you … look at it fromthe point of view of how you’re gonna work onand fix state government, this is a pretty goodteam.”

McCrory, mayor of Charlotte for 14 years, callsthe eight Cabinet secretaries and four other topofficials “pragmatic problem solvers and lead-ers.” Among them: two of his former colleaguesfrom Charlotte-based Duke Energy, four currentor former business executives, a former prosecu-tor, another ex-mayor and a former ambassador.

They also include three former Republican

McCrory’sfirst task:Building anew teamFormer mayor’s selections hint at adifferent approach to running N.C.

McCrory

Live coverage at noonYou can watch Pat McCrory’s swearing-in cere-

mony Saturday at charlotteobserver.com beginningat noon. It will also be broadcast on UNC-TV.

SEE MCCRORY, 4A

The problem, said UNC Charlotte economistJohn Connaughton, is that local growth lags therest of the country.

“That’s not good,” he said, speaking abouthow Mecklenburg County’s 9 percent joblessrate in November is higher than the nation’s 7.8percent unemployment rate.

Among the trouble spots: Commercial real es-tate development remains way off the peak inthe mid-2000s. And foreclosure filings for thecounty rose in November to 705, up from 496 the

By Kerry [email protected]

Home building activity is up and unemploy-ment is down from a year ago – but Mecklen-burg County begins 2013 with much more workto do, economists say.

More homes are selling, and for higher prices.The area is adding jobs – more than 22,500 in theCharlotte area alone between November 2011and November 2012, according to state data.

same time a year earlier. Federal Reserve economist

Rick Kaglic sees the local econ-omy this way: “A very slow, un-satisfying economic recoverythat’s likely to be slow, sluggish,disappointing in the first half of2013 as well.”

Making matters worse: con-tinued uncertainty over how Congress will re-spond to pressing fiscal issues around spendingand borrowing. That’s preventing companiesfrom hiring and buying new equipment and realestate so they can expand, Kaglic said.

Local economy a work in progress Some bright spots exist, includinglower unemployment rates, but jobgrowth lags behind rest of U.S.

Mecklenburg indicators Indicator Nov. 2012 Nov. 2011

Average home price $204,413 $192,414Home sales 2,276 1,686Building permits(single family)

224 139

Commercial permits(excluding multi-family)

14 45

Foreclosures 705 496

Unemployment rate 9% 10.1%

— SOURCES: CAROLINA MLS, N.C. EMPLOYMENT SECURITYCOMMISSION, MECKLENBURG COUNTY AND N.C. COURT SYSTEM

INSIDENationally, unemployment rate holds steady,with the recovery moving slowly. 2B

SEE ECONOMY, 5A

Kaglic

By Michael BieseckerAssociated Press

RALEIGH — Top officials at the N.C. De-partment of Commerce have for years beenaccepting cash sponsorships from some ofthe state’s biggest businesses, includingregulated utilities and firms that lobby theagency for corporate incentives.

Since 2009, more than $1.5 million –about $400,000 a year – has been donatedto The Friends of North Carolina, a non-profit corporation controlled by state Com-merce Secretary Keith Crisco and his staff,according to financial documents andemails The Associated Press obtainedthrough a public records request.

The program has paid for cocktail partiesin Hollywood and Manhattan, rounds of

golf at Pinehurst, and expenses on overseastrips to Shanghai and Bangalore – all in-tended to help woo new employers to thestate.

State law generally bars public officialsfrom personally benefiting from gifts fromlobbyists or other private interests, but theFriends payments appear to fall under abroad exemption. Still, ethics experts ques-tion whether the use of corporate sponsor-ships could fuel a perception that the gov-ernment’s friendship is for sale.

“There can be no doubt that these kindsof donations lead to the appearance of con-flicts of interest,” said Wayne Norman, aprofessor at the Kenan Institute for Ethicsat Duke University. “The Department of

North Carolina gets by withhelp from corporate Friends

SEE FRIENDS, 6A

By Cameron Steele [email protected]

MONROE — Noemi Bernal’s head was bowedin prayer when the masked man entered witha gun. He came in through the back door ofIglesia de Dios Nueva Vida church and put ashotgun in the hair of one the women whohad come to worship on New Year’s Eve.

No one spoke.“At first I was afraid,” said Bernal, speak-

ing through a translator. “I thought I was go-ing to get shot.”

The intruder approached each of the six

women one by one, taking their purses. Withnearly $900, he left the church.

After the brazen crime, pastor Leonel Ber-nal is making security changes at his Monroechurch. But as always he is relying on hisdeep faith in God to restore a sense of nor-malcy and safety for his small congregation.

“I trusted God,” the pastor said Friday ashe and his wife, Carolina, walked through thechurch. “God took care of us.”

Leonel Bernal had been a pastor in El Sal-vador for more than 20 years when he said hewas called by God to minister to the Hispaniccommunity in the United States.

Bernal, now 52, packed up his wife and

Pastor: ‘God took care of us’PHOTOS BY TODD SUMLIN - [email protected]

Leonel and Carolina Bernal say they have taken security precautions since a robbery at their Monroe church on New Year’s Eve.

Police haven’t caught the man who robbedthe Engleside Street church, anddescriptions of the intruder are vague. SEE ROBBERY, 5A

Monroe church members turn to faith during, after robbery

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PATRICK AIR FORCEBASE — Friendshipsamong Olympiansbrought together world-class swimmers and elitemilitary men for an ex-traordinary day of gruel-ing training.

Olympic gold medal-ists Ryan Lochte and Co-norDwyer joined their al-ma mater University ofFlorida men’s swim teamfora taste of theAirForcepararescue indoctrina-tion course Friday withairmen at Patrick AirForce Base.

Burpees, pull-ups,push-ups—lotsof them—beachrunning, swimmingandboat carrieswere justsome of the exercises thattested the swimmers andgave them a new respectfor the nation’s eliteGuardian Angels.

Maj.ChadSeniorof the920th RescueWing, a U.S.Olympian in modern pen-tathlon in 2000 and 2004,

Gold medalists Ryan Lochte and Conor Dwyer joined their alma mater UF swim team for a grueling day oftraining on Friday alongside the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base.MALCOLM DENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

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Gold medalist RyanLochte takes part in apush-up circle. MALCOLMDENEMARK/FLORIDA TODAY

By R. NormanMoodyFLORIDA TODAY

CHECK OUT VIDEO ONLINEScan the code to check outa video on the UF swimteam’s visit to Patrick AirForce Base atfloridatoday.com. Onyour tablet computer, visittablet.floridatoday.comfor a special report on the team’s visit.

Picking up where it left offlast year, United SpaceAllianceon Friday laid off 111 local em-ployees.

The cuts came amonth afterNASA’s lead space shuttle con-tractor eliminated 119 positionsat Kennedy Space Center.

Work to retire the shuttleprogram is nearing an end, andby March, USA will hand overmanagement of KSC groundsystems to a newcontractor, Ja-cobs Technology.

More layoffs are planned inMarch and April, but Houston-based USA’s parent companies,The Boeing Co. and LockheedMartin Corp., have not publiclyconfirmed the joint venture’spost-shuttle fate.

“Boeing and Lockheed con-tinue discussions regardingUSA’s future,” companyspokeswoman Tracy Yates saidin a statement.

Once more than 10,000strong, USA now has 1,621 totalemployees, including 785 on theSpace Coast.

Thecompanyhas let gomorethan 6,000 people over thecourse of 11 “reductions inforce” since October 2009, in-cluding about 4,300 in Florida.

Outgoing employees weregiven 60 days’ notice and wereeligible for severance packagesranging from four to 26 weeksof pay.

Insmallernumbers,NASAisalso paring its civil servantstaff at KSC through buyout of-fers to targeted employees.KSCwill confirm howmany ac-cepted the buyout next week, aspokesman said.

USA laysoff moreshuttleworkersContractor lets 111 goas work winds downBy James DeanFLORIDA TODAY

REMAINING KSCWORKFORCE

8,308TOTAL

2,103GOVERNMENT

4,913PRIVATE CONTRACTORS

1,292OTHER TENANTS ANDCONSTRUCTIONWORKERS

Source: NASA

Contact Dean at 321-242-3668 [email protected].

NEWTOWN, Conn — Nearlytwo years after being criticallywounded in a mass shooting,former Arizona congresswom-anGabrielle Giffords on Fridaymet with families of victims inlastmonth’sshootingthat left26people dead inside a Connecti-

cut elementary school.Giffords was accompanied

byherhusband,astronautMarkKelly, at the private meeting inNewtownthatwasalsoattendedby U.S. Sen. Richard Blumen-thal.

“As always, I was deeply im-pressed by the strength andcourage and resolve of the fam-ilies and the extraordinary car-ing and generosity of GabbyGiffords andMark Kelly in vis-iting with them,” Blumenthalsaid.

Giffords meets with Conn. familiesKelly, senator bothcall for new talks,reforms to gun lawsBy John ChristoffersenAssociated Press

Former U.S. Rep. GabrielleGiffords, left, holds hands withher husband, Mark Kelly, whileexiting Newtown’s Town Hall. APSee GIFFORDS, Page 2A

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By Kirk Jackson and Terry McCoyOf The Morning Call

A wedding groomsman who caused thedeath of the bride’s uncle by punching himduring a post-reception brawl in Fogelsvilleapologized Wednesday for what he called“a horrible accident.”

Moments later, a Lehigh County judgesentenced Mark C. Wells of Kutztown to20-60 months in state prison for involun-tary manslaughter. Wells could have gottena minimum sentence of 30 months for theunprovoked attack on Philadelphia postal

worker James V. Schickling, 49.Several members of Wells’ family broke

into tears as deputy sheriffs handcuffed the27-year-old and led him away. His motherand fiancee told him they loved him.

The sentencing came after Schickling’srelatives asked Judge Edward D. Reibmanto impose the maximum term. They saidSchickling’s death a year ago had hurt thememotionally and financially.

“Now I have to make all my decisions onmy own,” said Schickling’s son Michael.“And sometimes I don’t make the bestones.”

Wells’ family and friends described himas a respectful, honest and hard-workingman who felt remorse over what he haddone.

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20-60 months in wedding deathMarkWells of Kutztownsentenced for fatal punchat post-reception fight.

Most Pennsylvanians want immediate gov-ernment action on global warming, seen asa serious problem caused in part by hu-mans. Residents are willing to pitch in to

solve the problem — to apoint. Higher electric billsare OK if the money helps

wean America off foreign oil. But pay moreat the pump? No way. The findings comein the first independent poll of Pennsylva-nians on the subject, which is being debat-ed today among the leaders of the wealthi-est nations at a G-8 summit in Germany.

“As a child of the ’60s … [the environment] has been in my mind.I have kids, and I want to have a sustainable world.”

SOMUCH TO DO

By Kurt BlumenauOf The Morning Call

Customers at one LehighValley area bank can lookforward to fee-free withdraw-als at ATMs from Maine toCalifornia.

Harleysville National Banksaid Wednesday it has joinedAllpoint, which bills itself asthe country’s largest networkof surcharge-free ATMs. All-point links 32,000 bank ma-chines nationwide, includingmore than 1,500 in Pennsylva-nia and more than 900 in NewJersey, the company said.

Usually, Valley residentswho travel out of town haveto pay surcharges of $1.50 to$2.50 to get cash from anATM owned by a “foreign”bank.

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71%Believe the Earth’s tempera-ture has risen in recentdecades; 72 percent seethat as a serious problem.

46%Blame human activity, suchas burning fossil fuels, forclimate change, while 15percent believe it’s naturaland cyclical. And 34 per-cent chalked it up as a com-bination of the two.

51%Of Democrats view globalwarming as a very seriousproblem, compared with31% of Republicans.

74%Oppose paying higher taxeson fossil fuels, but wouldwelcome tax breaks towardthe purchase of hybrid vehi-cles.

48%Are willing to pay up to$100 a year in return formore renewable energyproduction in Pennsylvania.Thirteen percent would payup to $250, and 6 percentup to $500.

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A THE DEFENDANT: Mark C.Wells, 27, KutztownA THE VICTIM: James V.Schickling, 49, PhiladelphiaA THE PLEA: Wells pleadedguilty to involuntary manslaugh-ter for throwing the punch thatkilled Schickling during a post-wedding reception brawl at theHoliday Inn Conference Center,Fogelsville, on June 4, 2006.A THE SENTENCE: Wells re-ceived a sentence of 20 to 60months in state prison.Source: Morning Call staff

THE CASE

By Karen KaplanSpecial to The Morning Call

Scientists have succeeded inreprogramming ordinary cellsfrom the tips of mouse tails andrewinding their developmentalclocks sothey arevirtuallyindistin-guishablefrom embry-onic stemcells, ac-cording tostudies released Wednesday.

If the discovery applies tohuman cells — and researchersare optimistic that it will — itwould offer a straightforwardmethod for creating a limitless

STEM CELLS PAGE A2

THE SON OF AN ALLENTOWNMAN stabbed to death inApril has been charged withfalsely opening and using acredit card account in hisfather’s name. B1

THE DOUBLE-PARKING FINE inAllentown will go from $50to $75 after City Councilvoted unanimously to raiseit. After 10 days the billrises to $100. B1

IN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY,garment workers ratified anew contract with threecompanies — on a vote of313-95 — after a shortstrike. At issue were wagesand health care costs. D1

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62%Of state residents wantimmediate governmentaction on global warming— 7 percentage pointsmore than a national pollin January.

51%Want Washington to act,but believe state (39 per-cent) and local govern-ments (30 percent) sharethe responsibility.

42%Say Gov. Ed Rendell is do-ing too little to tackle cli-mate change.

The Morning Call/Muhlenberg College pollinterviewed 465 state residents by tele-phone May 15-21, yielding results with amargin of error of plus or minus 4.5percentage points.

Morning Call research by John L. Micek,Arlene Martinez and Pete Leffler

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Los Angeles

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John WayneAirport

Ontario Intl.Airport

Long BeachAirport

San Diego Intl.Airport

San Bernardino

Riverside

RanchoCucamonga

Ventura SimiValley

Thousand Oaks

Anaheim

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THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FIRES

A LOOK AT EACH FIRE AS OF 8 P.M. MONDAY

FIRE FORECAST

HOW THE FIRE SPREAD HOW OAKLAND HILLS COMPARES

High temperatures, low humidityand strong winds combine to dryout vegetation and whip fires along.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:Firefighters should get a break todayas hot, gusty Santa Ana winds giveway to cool, moist ocean breezes. Inmany cases those breezes shouldpush fires back toward areas thathave already burned.

BAY AREA:Temperatures are expected to fall inthe next few days. Instead of bring-ing hot, dry air from inland areas,winds will diminish and shift, carry-ing cool, moist air from the ocean.

Oakland hillsAcres burned: 1,800Deaths: 25Injuries: 150Homes and apartmentsdestroyed: 3,175Homes left uninhabitable: 65Firefighters deployed:More than 1,000Estimated damage: $1.5 billion in 1991 dollarsContributing factors:Temperatures in the 80sand 90s and high windsgusting to 35 mph.Cause: Unknown, despite 1,500 hours of investigation

ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES

The Oakland hills fire began Oct. 20, 1991.

Southern California Acres burned: 501,000Deaths: 15Injuries: N/AHomes burned: Morethan 1,118Homes threatened:About 30,000Firefighters deployed:10,644 Estimated damage: Not yet availableContributing factors:High temperatures, dryconditions and gustySanta Ana winds funnel-ing through canyons,bringing hot air fromhigh deserts to the east.

PIRU Size: 29,324 acresHomes: NonedestroyedDeaths: NoneContainment: 10%Start: Thursdaywest of Lake Piruin Ventura CountyPersonnel: 1,083firefightersCause: Underinvestigation

GRAND PRIX Size: 57,232 acresHomes:60 destroyedDeaths: NoneContainment: 35%Start: Oct. 21 inFontanaPersonnel: 2,506firefightersCause: Arson

OLD FIRESize: 26,000 acresHomes: 450 homes,10 commercialbuildings destroyedDeaths: TwoContainment: 10%Start: Saturday inOld WatermanCanyonPersonnel: 1,632firefightersCause: Under investigation, suspicious origin

MOUNTAINSize: 10,000 acresHomes: One house,eight mobile homesdestroyedDeaths: NoneContainment: 55%Start: Sunday insouthern RiversideCountyPersonnel: 664firefightersCause: Underinvestigation

ROBLAR Size: 8,500 acresHomes: None destroyedDeaths: NoneContainment: 100%Start: Oct. 21 at CampPendleton MarineCorps base north ofSan DiegoPersonnel: 100 firefightersCause: Suspected tohave been ignited bylive ammunition used inexercises

PARADISESize: 30,000 acresHomes:57 destroyed or damagedDeaths: TwoContainment: 15%Start: Sunday inValley Center areanear Interstate 15Personnel: 862firefightersCause: Underinvestigation

CEDARSize: 206,664 acresHomes: 528destroyed or damagedDeaths: 11Containment: 0%Start: Saturday ineastern San DiegoCountyPersonnel: 2,300 firefightersCause: Authoritiesbelieve a hunter setsignal fire when hegot lost

OTAY Size: 34,800 acresHomes: NonedestroyedDeaths: NoneContainment: 17%Start: Sunday insouthern SanDiego CountyPersonnel: 147firefightersCause: Underinvestigation

SIMISize: 90,000 acresHomes: Sixdestroyed, eightdamagedDeaths: NoneContainment: 5%Start: SaturdayPersonnel: 900firefightersCause: Underinvestigation

21 5VERDALE Size: 8,680 acresHomes: NonedestroyedDeaths: NoneContainment:85%Start: Friday westof Santa Clarita innorthern LosAngeles CountyPersonnel: 450firefightersCause: Underinvestigation

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SANTA ANA WINDS WHIP UP FIRESNamed after California’s Santa Ana Canyon, the Santa Ana isa blustery, dry, hot wind that blows out of the desert.

How the winds develop

UtahNevada

San Diego

Los Angeles

San Francisco

What makes Santa Anas hot, dry and fierceMust blow at speeds greater than 25 knots (about 30 mph)

Ariz.

n As air movesdown mountainside,it warms and dries

n As air squeezes through canyonsand passes, it picks up speed; frictionhelps create swirling winds

Originate in high-pressure systemover the Great Basin; slow, clockwiseflow of air is trapped betweenRockies and Sierra

Low-pressure systemover the Pacific suckswinds throughmountain passestoward coast

San Gabriel Mtns.

San Bernardino Mtns.

California

How rapidly vegetationdries out and becomesflammable:

FIRE ON THE MOVE Fire rapidly burns light fuels like grass growth, thenspreads to ignite heavier fuels.

Fire may creepalong the ground,consuming lightfuels with low-intensity flames.

High winds can sweep itup into a hot crown fire,consuming trees

Embers carried byrising flames maystart spot fires,overrunning firelines, ditches andother barriers

Blazing heatcreates convectioncurrents,intensifyingmovement.

Annual grassCoastal sage, juniper,chaparralLogs, maturestanding timber

1 hour

1,000 hours

10 hours

How fast firesaccelerate uphills:

Twiceas fast

30°Normalspeed

0 to 5°Four timesas fast

55°

Slopes

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Sources: Mercury News, Knight Ridder, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, University of California Los Angeles, KRT Photo Service,National Interagency Fire Center, Department of the Interior, Wildland Urban Fire Advisory Group, Colorado State University

RESEARCH: KARL KAHLER, GLENNDA CHUI GRAPHIC: PAI, KEVIN WENDT, PHIL LOUBERE — MERCURY NEWS

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HOW THE FIRE SPREAD

Si e

r r aN

e vadarange

H

L

n Usually develop betweenOctober and March whendesert is cold

SANTA ANA WINDS WHIP UP FIRESNamed after California’s Santa Ana Canyon, the Santa Ana isa blustery, dry, hot wind that blows out of the desert.

How the winds develop

UtahNevada

San Diego

Los Angeles

San Francisco

What makes Santa Anas hot, dry and fierceMust blow at speeds greater than 25 knots (about 30 mph)

Ariz.

n As air movesdown mountainside,it warms and dries

n As air squeezes through canyonsand passes, it picks up speed; frictionhelps create swirling winds

Originate in high-pressure systemover the Great Basin; slow, clockwiseflow of air is trapped betweenRockies and Sierra

Low-pressure systemover the Pacific suckswinds throughmountain passestoward coast

San Gabriel Mtns.

San Bernardino Mtns.

California

How rapidly vegetationdries out and becomesflammable:

FIRE ON THE MOVE Fire rapidly burns light fuels like grass growth, thenspreads to ignite heavier fuels.

Fire may creepalong the ground,consuming lightfuels with low-intensity flames.

High winds can sweep itup into a hot crown fire,consuming trees

Embers carried byrising flames maystart spot fires,overrunning firelines, ditches andother barriers

Blazing heatcreates convectioncurrents,intensifyingmovement.

Annual grassCoastal sage, juniper,chaparralLogs, maturestanding timber

1 hour

1,000 hours

10 hours

How fast firesaccelerate uphills:

Twiceas fast

30°Normalspeed

0 to 5°Four timesas fast

55°

Slopes

SurfacefireSurfacefire

SpotfireSpotfire

1

2

Sources: Mercury News, Knight Ridder, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, University of California Los Angeles, KRT Photo Service,National Interagency Fire Center, Department of the Interior, Wildland Urban Fire Advisory Group, Colorado State University

RESEARCH: KARL KAHLER, GLENNDA CHUI GRAPHIC: PAI, KEVIN WENDT, PHIL LOUBERE — MERCURY NEWS

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