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$2 billionThe amount spent by the FederalEmergency Management Agencyin disaster relief for shelter, restor-ing power and other immediateneeds arising from Sandy, the Oct.29 storm that pounded the Atlan-tic Coast from North Carolina toMaine with hurricane-force windsand coastal flooding. New York,New Jersey and Connecticut werethe hardest hit.

WASHINGTON — Conserva-tivesandwatchdoggroupsaremounting a “not-so-fast” cam-paign against a $50.7 billionaidpackage to stateshit bySu-perstorm Sandy even asNortheastern governors andlawmakers hope to push itthrough the House this week.

The critics’ complaint is

that much of the money law-makers are considering willactually go toward recoveryefforts for past disasters andotherprojectsunrelated to thelate-October storm.

A $60.4 billion storm-aidpackage passed by the Senatein December, for example, in-cluded $150 million for whatthe Commerce Departmentdescribed as fisheries disas-ters inAlaska,Mississippi and

the Northeast, and $50 millionin subsidies for replantingtrees onprivate landdamagedby wildfires. It also included$188 million for anAmtrak ex-pansion project with only anindirect link to Sandy: Offi-cials say that new, long-planned tunnels from NewJersey to PennStation inMan-hattan would be better pro-

Relief package too helpful, critics chargeSupposed response to Sandy would help 47 states, cover three years

By AndrewMigaAssociated Press

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The rifles, pistolsand shotguns al-ways look impres-sive when they’redisplayed at pressconferences cele-

brating the end of gun buy-back campaigns.

Spread across tables orpiled high into overflowingstacks, all those weaponsreinforce the notion thattrading cash for guns works. It gets guns offthe street, organizers say, andmakes the citysafer.

The problem, according to years of re-search, is that it does neither.

Cincinnati will join a growing list of citiesthis week that have embraced gun buybackprograms in thewake of the SandyHookEle-

mentary massacre in Con-necticut.The first ofCincin-nati’s three planned gunbuybacks for 2013 is Tues-day in North Fairmount.

The local campaign be-gins as the national debateover gun violence is intensi-fying, and as President Ba-rack Obama awaits recom-mendations this week fromhis task force on gun-relat-

ed crime.Researcherswho have evaluated gun con-

trol strategies say buybacks – despite theirpopularity – are among the least effectivewaystoreducegunviolence.Theysaytarget-ed police patrols, intervention efforts with

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THEY DON’T GET WEAPONS OFF THE STREETS,EXPERTS SAY, BUT BACKERS KEEP TRYING

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Gun buybacks more popular than effective

GUN BUYBACKS AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESSPoll:Will local gun buyback programs have an impact on gun crime? At Cincinnati.com.

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INDEX Nine sections, 172nd year, No. 279

Oklahoma’s “right-to-work” law is either astunning success or an abject failure.

It has created jobs and driven economicgrowth, as business leaders say, or it has loweredwages and hurtworkers, as labor unions claim. Itis the reason unemploymentis low in Oklahoma, or it ispreventing the state fromdo-ing even better.

As Ohioans debate wheth-er to embrace right-to-work,which bans mandatory unionmembership and dues, Okla-homa’s decade-long experi-ment is a testament to thechallenges of measuring thelaw’s impact.

Although 24 states havenow adopted right-to-work –historically pro-union Michi-gan is the latest – it’s still unclearwhether the lawhas helped, hurt or done a little bit of both.

“I found no convincing statistical evidencethat right-to-work did anything,” said MikeHicks, an economist at Ball State University whohas studied similar laws nationwide. “It justdidn’t really have an effect.”

Other independent economists have reached

Success hardto measurein states withright-to-workENQUIRER IN-DEPTH: It’scredited for boosting jobs butblamed for lowering wages

Strikes and lockouts involving unions with morethan 1,000 members have fallen along with unionmembership. The last big lockout or strike involvinga union in Ohio or Kentucky was in 2011 at CooperTire in Findlay.

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COMPARETHE STATES

Use ourinteractive map

at Cincinnati.comto compareright-to-workstates’ records onunemployment,income and unionmembership toother states.

WINTER ARTS SCENEOur picks for lifting themood of the monthsahead. A&E, Section D

THE BENGALS SEASONA look back at 2012,with our final grades.Sports, C1

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GANNETT

Video game

hot listTech tools & toys

roundupOur critics’ picks of the hottest new games for console

systems, portable systems and home computersA summary of hip new electronics

products and computer gear

For ages 16 & older

Touchscreen gloves

Data bracelet

Wearable speaker

n ‘Batman:Arkham CityArmored Edition’One of the more impressive launchtitles for Nintendo’s new Wii U is asupersized version of 2011’s “Batman:Arkham City” from Warner Bros.Interactive Entertainment. The lengthysingle-player adventure builds uponits predecessor with all downloadablecontent preloaded, plus exclusivefeatures that take advantage of the WiiU GamePad controller. In “Batman:Arkham City Armored Edition,” partof Gotham City is now sealed offand used as a maximum securityprison. You’ll foil the scheming plotsof super-villains, protect the innocentand attempt to bring order to thechaos. Tap the Wii U GamePad, whichhouses a 6.2-inch touchscreen, toaccess objectives, select gadgets,upgrade gear, detonate explosivegel and scour the area for forensic

evidence.Rating: T (Teen); alcohol reference,blood, mild language, suggestivethemes, use of tobacco, violence.Publisher: Warner Bros.Entertainment Inc., www.facebook.com/batmanarkhamcity.Platforms: Nintendo Wii U.Price: $59.99.

For ages 6 & oldern ‘Disney Epic Mickey 2:The Power ofTwo’A sequel to 2010’s “Epic Mickey,”“Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power ofTwo” continues the play mechanicsthat made the first game uniqueand fresh. Mickey borrows a magicpaintbrush and heads into Wasteland,a place for discarded or forgottentoons. The brush can stream paint,which fixes and brightens up thiscartoon world, or it can unleashthinner, which destroys or revealshidden things. In every scene, yourdecision to use paint or thinner affectswhat happens next in the game andhas long-term consequences in thestory as well. “Epic Mickey “ is a longgame filled with lovingly researchedDisney history, loads of collectibles,musical numbers and an interestingbut drawn-out story. But the platformjumping, difficult battles and

unpredictable create a inconsistentgame experience. This game is bestplayed with a friend.Rating: E (Everyone), cartoonviolence.Publisher: Disney Interactive,www.epicmickey.com.Platform: Nintendo Wii U and Wii,Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation3, PC/Mac.Price: $59.99; $49.99 for Wii.

This pair of winter gloves interactswith touchscreens on phones, tabletsand other portable devices. Theaptly named Digits winter gloves fromMoshi have conductive fiber on thefingertips, feature an inner siliconepattern for a more secure grip andare lined with micro-fleece for extrawarmth. Available in dark gray forlarge and extra large sizes and lightgray for small and medium sizes.Available: store.moshimonde.com.

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n Keep your data close at hand withPNY’s 8GB Bracelet Attache FemaleUSB 2.0 Flash Drive. Designedto wear on your wrist, the flashyaccessory doubles as an 8GB USBdrive. Reversible, it’s available in avariety of patterns and colors.Available: Staples.Price: $12.99

n Hear the beat up close andpersonal with the BOOM Urchin,a Bluetooth speaker that can beattached to a belt loop or backpackwith a carbineer. The portablespeaker also can be attached to ashower wall with the included suctioncup or to another surface with theincluded screw mount. Equippedwith a built-in microphone and a minijack, the device also doubles as aspeaker for your phone. Coveredwith an interchangeable silicone skin,

the water-resistant speaker can berecharged via a USB connection.Available: www.boommovement.com.Price: $149.99.

Go-go types need go-go gadgets

Fastcompany

USA TODAY

Numerous high-tech travel products hit

the market in the past year, most of

which could become valuable items

in a road warrior’s equipment stash.

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n Weighing less than 5

ounces, the Sierra Wireless

4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot hooks

up as many as eight devices

to the Internet via a 4G or 3G

network. $99.99 with two-year

contract at www.sprint.com.

n The Zaggsparq 6000 pro-

vides up to four full recharges

for a smartphone and has two

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Pad Tablet 2, which

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phones for video-

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n FAVI Entertainment’s Mini Bluetooth Keyboard connects with nearly

all Bluetooth devices. It has a built-in laser pointer and PowerPoint

slide buttons for presentations. $49.99 at www.favientertainment.com.

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He awoke to a noise in the middle of the night. Was it coming from inside his San Jose home? The back patio? Bijan Moeinzadeh couldn’ttell. But his instincts immediately kicked in: He grabbed the .357 revolver from a lockbox in his bedroom and slipped it in his pocket.

Inching toward the noise, he discovered a stranger riffl ing through belongings on his porch. The patio light and a shout scared off the intruder. The gun never left Moeinzadeh’s pocket, but the Navy medic who recently re-turned from Afghanistan — and who learned to shoot as a Boy Scout and often practices at a San Jose firing range — said he felt safer for having it.

“If I felt I was under threat,” Moeinzadeh, 25, said of that encounter a few years ago, “I could have gone for it.”

With the country embroiled in a polarizing debate over gun control after a series of mass shootings, many gun supporters passionately

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SAN FRANCISCO 45, GREEN BAY 31

MORE 49ERS PLAYOFF COVERAGEMonte Poole: Kaepernick’s playoffdebut was one for the ages. PAGE C1

Tim Kawakami: Harbaugh proveshis acuity as he makes the right callin the playoffs — again. PAGE C1

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Colin Kaepernick’s play Saturday justified coach Jim Harbaugh’s decision to start him over Alex Smith.

By Matthias Gafnimgafni@bayareanewsgroup.com

Dennis Stanworth is a member of the notori-ous class of ’72.

More than 100 death row inmates were spared the gas chamber in 1972 after the Cali-fornia Supreme Court ruled capital punish-ment unconstitutional.

His classmates all got life sentences, includ-ing the likes of serial killer Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan, Robert F. Kennedy’s assas-sin. But not all served their full sentences, and some who were released went on to commitnew crimes.

Last week , Stanworth — who killed two Pi-

STANWORTH CASE

After slaying,victims groups question paroleSome spared gas chamber by ’72ruling killed again after release

KARL MONDON/STAFF

A firsthand account: Bijan Moeinzadeh, a Navymedic, found an intruder on his porch a few yearsago. “If I felt I was under threat, I could have gone for it.”Above, he takes target practice at the FieldSports Park shooting range in San Jose. Inside: Oakland reacts to a violent Friday that leftfour people dead and has resulted in one city of-ficial calling for a state of emergency. PAGE B7

See STANWORTH, Page 15

See GUNS, Page 5

SAN FRANCISCO— Colin Kaepernick wasrunning. He was runningfast. He was running so fastSaturday night that on his56-yard touchdown sprint inthe third quarter, one of histattoos fell off at the 5-yardline. Seemed like it, anyway.

Colin Kaepernick was throw-ing. He was throwing the ball withsuch zip and accuracy, his receivers merely had to stick out their handsand — thwap! — the passes would hit their mitts and stick as if they

were flies to flypaper.The 49ers are advanc-

ing. They are advancing in the playoffs. Impressively.In fact, after their 45-31victory over Green Bay atCandlestick Park, even the most skeptical pessimist/hater/naysayer must begin

to think seriously about a SuperBowl trip.

And yes, the facts in those lastthree paragraphs are all intercon-

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