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New Era for Memorial Coliseum? Area residents share ideas for landmark structure See story, page A 5. ^4 Volume XXXII Number 15 0)hse " T k l fit,, A f D n m r" The City Of Roses' www.portlandobserver.com 4 Wednesday Committed to Cultural Diversity Established in 197« April 17,2002 R o s e F e s tiv a l C o u r t ♦ 2 0 0 2 Supreme Court Ends Ban on Virtual Child Porn W ASHINGTON — In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court struck down a congres sional ban on virtual child pomogra phy, ruling that the First Amendment only protects pornography or other sexual images that only appear to de pict real children engaged in sex. S h a u n ceyJ. M ashia B en so n High S ch o o l LaTasha Marie Brown P arkrose High S ch o o l CeCe B aker S a in t Mary 's A cadem y M arshae S ylvester Franklin High Sch o o l Arafat Demands Israeli Pullout RAMALLAH, West Bank — Yasser Arafat rebuffed Secretary o f State Colin Powell’s demand for a halt to violence saying Israel first must withdraw its troops from the West Bank. Israel’s Ariel Sharon also is resisting Powell’s mission to gain a cease-fire and re sumption o f peace talks. Astronauts Test Space Station’s Railcar CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astro nauts got mixed results during the first test o f the international space station’s new railcar. The flatcar traveled 17 3/4 feet to its designated work station. The car was latching into place when software message indicated a failure, just 10 minutes into the test. Bin Laden Shown on Tape by Al-Jazeera CAIRO, Egypt— Osama bin Laden, his top deputy and a man identified as a Sept. 11 attacker were shown in brief video excerpts aired M onday by the pan-Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera. An Al-Jazeera official told The Associ ated Press the tapes were received a few days ago. Study: Welfare Reform Hasn’t Helped Kids W ASHINGTON— Mothers facing new welfare rules are finding jobs and earn ing more money. But they haven't im proved their parenting skills, they still have trouble paying rent, and they spend less time with their kids, accord ing to a three-state study that examined details o f family life. RS Paid Out Millions by Mistake WASH INGTON — The Internal Rev enue Service mistakenly paid out more than $30 million to tax filers seeking nonexistent slavery tax credits in 2000 and2001 . Last year, the IRS discovered that some erroneous refunds were be ing issued but was only partly effective in stopping them. flystery Oak Disease May Threaten Nation's Forests Catlin Byrd D onohue C leveland High Sch o o l SAN FRA NCISCO — Oak trees along the Northern Cal ifomia coast have been dying for more than two years, and scientists are having a hard time get ting ahead o f the problem. Some tree experts even fear the disease could even spread to the forests o f the inte rior United States. M arquita Lexis Graves Jefferso n High Sch o o l §> g 5 - o o r~- Os e e £ 2 ai O 's o g "§) O' - OS 3) 5 2 3 UJ Laura Richardson Lincoln High School by J oy R amos T he P orti . a > d O bserver Since 1930, the Rose Festival Queen has been a Portland high school senior, selected from the Rose Festival Court. Ambassadors Begin Tour Court in place for 2002 Rose Festival This year's Queen o f Rosaria will be chosen at a coronation event on Thurs day, May 30, at 8 p.m. at the Arlene SchnitzerConcert Hall. Peers who represent their respective high schools introduce members o f the 2002 Rose Festival Court. Each court member presents a brief speech and is featured in a video. Wesley Grout, last year’s Rose Festival Queen Leela Joshi Wilson High School and graduate o f Lincoln High School will be presenting the crown. T he co u rt is com prised o f 14 continued on page.43