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Today Wednesday Thursday High: 44 High: 47 High: 48 Low: 33 Low: 37 Low: 34 Precip: 20% Precip: 30% Precip: 20% IN BRIEF Portland lawyer gives free advice on bike laws PORTLAND — An attorney who claims police unfairly target fellow bi cyclists on the road is making his case in court, free of charge. Mark Ginsberg, 34, has represented dozens of bicycle riders ticketed over the years during a monthly group bicy cle ride called Critical Mass. Imported from San Francisco more than a decade ago, Critical Mass at its peak drew more than 1,000 riders to downtown Portland during the evening rush hour on the last Friday of every month. But Portland police said Critical Mass is a public safety problem, snarling traffic and frustrating driv ers. There also have been a few re ports of vandalized cars. After years of trying to manage the Friday traffic problems, the police cracked down on the bicyclists a few years ago. “We tried to work with them. We tried to ignore them. We tried to reach compromises with them,” said Sgt. Brian Schmautz, spokesman for the Portland Police Bureau. “We found ourselves with the one thing left to do: Enforce the law.” Ginsberg, however, said the crack down amounts to harassment, with police issuing tickets to bikers they would never hand out to motorists. Ginsberg has emerged as the unofficial lawyer for Critical Mass, dispensing free legal advice on bike laws and de fending citations he thinks he can beat. “I think its about fair enforcement of the law — or lack of fair enforce ment of the law,” he said. Ginsberg fights only a small frac tion of Critical Mass tickets, but his clients and supporters say he is mak ing an important point. “The police can’t do whatever they want,” said Aaron De Clerck, 29, a computer specialist and teacher at Linfield College’s Portland campus who recently went to court to chal lenge a citation. “There are still some checks to police power. ” But the police strategy appears to be having an effect. The annual Hal loween ride organized by Critical Mass drew only about 100 riders last month. It also produced the first citation against Ginsburg since he joined the monthly ride. Outgoing president endorses a new election KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s Supreme Court gave the prime minister’s legal team until Tiiesday to study evidence of fraud presented by the opposition in last week’s presidential election, while outgoing President Leonid Kuchma en dorsed the idea of a new vote The North Face Denali Jacket Men's I : & women's I Reg. $165 PLUS JACKETS FOR ALL OUTDOORS 13th & Lawrence • 683-1300 www.bergsskishop.com “to preserve peace” in the bitterly di vided former Soviet republic. Kuchma, who has called for com promise throughout the crisis, said Monday a new vote might be the only way to resolve the week-long standoff in which tens of thousands of opposition supporters have blocked official buildings in the capi tal and eastern provinces are threat ening to seek autonomy. The demonstrations continued Monday night as throngs packed snowy Kiev’s Independence Square, waving Ukrainian flags and orange flags showing their support for oppo sition candidate Viktor Yushchenko, who addressed them. The defense minister said the army would not use force against the people, the Interfax news agency reported. Medical marijuana clash reaches Supreme Court WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court questioned whether state medical marijuana laws might be abused by people who aren’t real ly sick as it debated on Monday whether the federal government can prosecute patients who smoke pot on doctors’ orders. The stakes are high on both the government level — 11 states have passed medical marijuana laws since 1996 — and the personal. In the courtroom watching the argu ment was Angel Raich, an Oakland, Calif., mother of two who said she tried dozens of prescription medicines to ease the pain of a brain tumor and other illnesses before she turned to marijuana. She and another ill woman, Diane Monson, filed a lawsuit to protect their access to the drug after federal agents confiscated marijuana plants from Monson’s yard. Their attorney, Randy Barnett of Boston, told the justices that his clients are law-abiding citizens who need marijuana to survive. Marijua na may have some negative side ef fects, he said, but seriously sick peo ple are willing to take the chance because the drug helps them more than traditional medicines. NBC executive's son feared dead after jet crash MONTROSE, Colo. — The 14-year old son of NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol was presumed dead Monday after a fiery jet crash that killed two crewmen and injured the executive and another of his sons. The aircraft with six people on board crashed during a snowstorm Sunday while taking off from the air port outside this small town 185 miles southwest of Denver. Federal authorities had no immediate word on the cause of the crash. With light snow falling, crews began picking through the charred pile of twisted metal and a 6-foot high shard of the fuselage with three gaping, round windows. The two engines lay on the ground near the tail section where they had been mounted. A backhoe was brought in to help dig through the wreckage, found near a cattle pen in a snow-covered field dotted with knee-high weeds. Musique Gourmet Classical Music Opera Broadway Filmscores CD's SACD'S DVD'S Open Noon - 5:20 Sundays Noon - 4:00 Closed Tuesdays Behind Bradfords Across from Library , 942 Olive St. 1 FREE PARKING 349-0461 Carlos Gutierrez named Secretary of Commerce WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Bush on Monday chose Carlos Gutierrez, a native of Cuba who rose from truck driver to chief executive officer of Kellogg Co., to be secretary of commerce. If confirmed by the Senate, Gutier rez would succeed Commerce Secre tary Donald Evans, a Texas confidant of Bush’s, who announced his resig nation shortly after the Nov. 2 elec tion. The president called Gutierrez, 51, a “great American success story. ” Gutierrez is the first new member of Bush’s economics team for his second term. Bush’s chief econom ics adviser, Stephen Friedman, an nounced last week that he is leav ing. Other changes also are anticipated, although Treasury Sec retary John Snow would like to stay. — The Associated Press Kellogg boss tapped for Commerce Education - Studied business administration at Monterrey Institute of Technology, Queretaro, Mexico Experience — Kellogg de Mexico: sales representative to general manager, 1975-89; Kellogg Canada president and chief executive, 1989-90; Kellogg USA. corporate vice president to general manager of cereal division, 1990-94; Kellogg Asia-Pacific president, 1994 96; Kellogg USA: executive vice president of business development to chief executive officer; 1996-2004 President Bush chose Cuban native Carlos Gutierrez, 51, to be Commerce secretary. *0 vr i ■ Applying to Law School Workshop Thursday, November 4, 3:30 p.m., 360 Oregon Hall Discover the best majors and courses, review the application process, LSAT preparation, letters of recommendation, and personal statements. 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