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Aaron Miles Picks College Career See Metro Inside C om m itted to Cultural Diversity Established in 1970 Wednesday __________________________________ V November 8, 2000 TUB WEEK in c iN Election Goes Down to the Wire REVIEW TAOYUAN, Taiwan - Investigators pivbing the deadly Singapore Airlines crash provided the most detailed description yet o f how the accident occurred. Seconds after the Los Angeles-bound Boeing 747- 400 began its takeoff, a front wheel hit a concrete barrier and the je t slammed into a construction crane that peeled open the plane’s belly, said David Lee, an investiga tor with Taiwan’s Aviation Safety Council. The crash killed 82 ofthe 179 people aboard, and dozens were injured. Ford to Recall 430,000 Mustangs DETROIT - Ford Motor will recall about 430,000 Ford Mustangs dating to 1994 be cause o f a parking brake problem, the automaker said. The recall will affect model year 1994 to 2001 Mustangs with manual transmissions. Ford said the parking brake could sometimes slip, causing the car to move. Judge U pholds $145B Sm ok ers’ Verdict MIAMI - A judge upheld a jury ’ s record setting $ 145 billion damage award to Florida smokers, rejecting tobacco com panies’ claims that it would make them bankrupt. The final judgm ent opens the door on what is expected to be a prolonged appeals pro cess in state courts. The tobacco industry must post a $ 100 m i Ilion bond to appeal and attorneys promised to do so immediately. L aw yers Plan Slave R eparations Suit A powerful group o f civil rights and class-action lawyers who have won bil lions o f dollars in court is preparing a law suit seeking reparations for American blacks descended from slaves. The project ap pears to be the most serious effort yet to get American blacks compensated for more than 240 years o f legalized slavery. W orld W atching Bush- G ore Battle TOKYO - The world - from Bogota to Brussels, from London to Kuala Lumpur - is watching with increasing interest as the battle between George W. Bush and A1 Gore comes down to its final days. In W est ern Europe, it’s the death penalty election. For Chinese newspaper readers, the vote is a lesson in U.S. - style money politics. Kenyans wonder if a new president will make it harder to get U.S. visas. More Rain Hits Flooded Britain LONDON - Rain swept across Britain, swelling rivers already at bursting point as the country’s most widespread floods in 50 years show ed few signs o f abating. W eather forecasters warned that the situ ation would probably get worse over the next 48 hours with more rain on its way. Soyuz Successfully Docks with Space Station KOROLYOV, Russia - The first resi dents o f the international space station arrived at their home for the next four months. American astronaut Bill Shepherd, the station’s skipper, and the two cosmo nauts easily docked the Soyuz capsule a few minutes ahead o f schedule. World’s Oldest Woman Dies LONDON - The world’s oldest woman, who attributed her longevity to whisky and boiled onions, died - six days short o f her 115,h birthday. Eva Morris died peacefully in her sleep at a nursing home in the central England town o f Stone, staff said. Morris was recognized as the oldest woman in the world by the Guinness Book o f Records in March. Portland, OR Permit No. 1610 CBbse www.portlandobserver.com Investigators G ive Details on Taiwan Crash PAID University of Oregon Knight Library Newspaper Section Eugene OR 97403 (Elie Volume XXX Num ber 45 Bulk Rate U.S. Postage Big Turnout Puts Vice President Gore Ahead A1 Gore won three critical battleground states Tuesday, NBC News projected, taking Florida. Michigan and Pennsylvania to move ahead o f George W. Bush in electoral votes, 183-144, as returns rolled in from the eastern half o f the country. Americans turned out in extraordinary numbers, some o f them waiting for hours for their chance to vote in the closest presidential election in decades. Most o f the biggest states in the East and the M idwest were falling into the vice president’s column, inc luding New Y ork, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Illinois. Mean while, Texas and much o f the rest o f the Deep South went to George W. Bush, the Republi can governor o f Texas, according to NBC’s analysis o f voters’ responses to pollsters’ questions after they cast their ballots. While other states in the South and Mid east were rolling in, Bush and Gore settled in for a long evening and waited expectantly for reports from Pennsylvania, where the polls closed at 8 p.m. ET. Nurse Practitioner Mariah laylor (left) is joined by neighs > Michelle "Mikey Butler at a 20-year anniversary Tim Russert, N B C ’s chief political corre celebration fo r her north Portland pediatric health care clinic. (P hoto BY M ark W ashing TON/P ortl ANO/O bserver ) spondent, had predicted before the polls closed that if Gore won in Florida, Bush would have a tough time building a majority in the Electoral College. Bush’s loss in Pennsylva nia, as well, meant he’d need 1 Oofthe remain A small N orth Portland health clinic that Currently, it’s theonly community health The clinic has received numerous awards ing 12 so-called swing states to claim the has been honored nationally for its out facility in Portland solely dedicated to serv fo r its s e r v ic e in c lu d in g th e 1999 presidency, Russert said. stan d in g w ork in p ro v id in g p ed iatric ing the health care needs o f medically poor N ew sm akerofthe Y ear Award from KGW- The important result in Florida was de healthcare for low -incom e residents is cel children. TV and the Pride o f Portland Award from layed by massive turnout. Florida’s polls ebrating its 20th anniversary The clinic assists about 2,000 patients the D ow ntow n L io n 's Club. closedat7p.m . ET, but N BC's Kerry Sanders M ariah T aylor, executive director and each year, Taylor said. “ O ur com m itm ent M ost recently, the clinic received a reported that some people had been waiting one o f the two nurse practitioner who work to the com m unity and the increased need $50.000 grant from the Oprah W infrey and in line to vote for up to three hours, and Gov. at the facility, founded the clinic on Nov. 3, for service is what has created the fact that Taylor was selected to be o f W infrey’s Jeb Bush declared that anybody still in line at 1980. The clinic m oved to its current loca we still exist,” she said. “We are striving Angel Network" for using her life in service 7 p.m. would be able to vote. Yet another key tion at 531 1 N. V ancouver Ave. in 1982. and we are making an im pact.” to others. result comes after 11 p.m. ET, when polls close in California, where G ore’s lead in pre-elec tion polls was cut significantly in the weeks leading up to Election Day. Jenny Backus, the Democratic National Committee’s press secretary, predicted that “for the first time in three decades, this elec tion will be decided by West Coast voters.” Still, given how close the race is and the W ashington man romanced a 14- fact that absentee ballots are significant in year-old girl online and then be California and Washington while Oregon came enraged with jealousy to voted completely by mail, it could be another ward her ex-boyfriend, planting a bomb at his day before a winner is known. Laurelhurst home, according to investiga The latest, and last, MSNBC/Reuters/ tors. Zogby daily tracking poll, released Tuesday Detectives tracked the 41-year-old sus morning, showed the vice president ahead of pect on the Internet after the September bomb his Republican opponent by 48 percent to 46 ing attack. "Timothy G off had developed an percent. He had trailed Bush by similar mar internet relationship with a young girl which gins for more than 10 days before nudging led to a physical relationship.” explained chief ahead Monday. But the difference remained MarkKroeker. within the poll’s 3-point margin o f sampling Barry Homstein, 59, was seriously injured error and was a statistical tie. when the bomb exploded in his driveway on “This is too close to call in both the popular September 27. Investigators believe Barry’s vote and in several battleground states," said son. Jack, was actually G o ffs intended tar John Zogby, whose firm conducted the sur get. vey. ’’G off was upset that Homstein had a rela As polls began closing in the East, NBC tionship with a girl that he had his intentions projected that Bush had won in Alabama, upon,” Kroeker said. Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missis Investigators found threatening e-mails sippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Virginia, Wyo about Jack Homstein on the Web and tracked ming, both Carolinas and both Dakotas, in them to the W ashington man. They arrested addition to his home state ofTexas. Gore had Goffafter finding evidence in his Port Orchard won Connecticut, Delaware, the District o f home that linked him to the bomb. Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Police charged G off with rape ofa child, as Massachusetts. Michigan, New Jersey, New well as building the homemade bomb. They York, Rhode Island and Vermont. believe G off had sex with H om stein’s 14- The fight for Congress remained tight. year-old ex-girlfriend. Hillary Rodham C linton kept New Y ork’s Doctors had to amputate Barry Homstein’s Senate seat in D em ocratic hands, defeat right leg, just below the knee, after he was ing Rep Rick Lazio, and Democrats picked injured in the bomb explosion. Homstein up a seat in Florida, where Bill Nelson detonated the device when he tried to kick it defeated Republican Bill M cCollum to re out o f his driveway, not realizing it was a place retiring Sen. Connie Mack, according homemade bomb. to exit polling data. But in a m ajor loss for Jack was targeted again later, when some the Dem ocrats hoping to regain the Senate, one left a fake bomb in front o f his new Sen. Charles Robb o f V irginia lost to R e Students exit Madison High School after another day o f hitting the books. girlfriend's house in Kennewick, W ashing publican form er Gov. G eorge A llen. NBC The northeast Portland school is getting well-deserved praise fo r giant leaps ton. projected in its daily attendance rate. Recent figures show attendance has grown bv Investigators said someone also posted In the House, Republicans held on to two almost 21 percent in the last two years and now stands at 96 percent. threatening fliers about Jack at Grant High key seats in Kentucky, but several key races School, where he attended classes. (P hoto by M ark W ashington /P ortland O bseryer ) in Florida were too close to call. Heralded Pediatric Clinic Celebrates Man Charged in Laurelhurst Bombing A Madison Gains on Attendance < » t
