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AFTER MORE CHAMPAGNE, TIGERS TURN TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS

By Shawn Windsor
Free Press Sports Writer

BRING ON THE YANKEES!

OAKLAND, Calif. The Tigers are four victories from the World Series. Most of you figured this is where they belonged when the season started. The question is: How many of you thought this four weeks ago? When a loss always seemed to follow a victory and the Tigers couldnt catch those pesky White Sox? Detroits uneven and frustrating regular season felt a long way away Thursday night in Oakland as the Tigers celebrated their second consecutive trip to the American League Championship Series. This time its to face the Yankees. Again. Game 1 will be 8:07 tonight at Yankee Stadium. Last season, Detroit beat New York in the American League Division Series, or what used to be called the first round. The Tigers did this by winning Game 5 at Yankee Stadium. It was a signature win, an unlikely win, the same kind of win the team pulled off almost exactly a year later in Oakland, when many observers thought momentum, youth and the rowdiest crowd in baseball would be too much for Detroit. Justin Verlander shut all that talk down with a complete game, four-hit masterpiece that will rank as one of the two or three best in Detroits postseason history. But he wont be available to pitch in the ALCS until the third game. Fortunately, he isnt the only stellar pitcher on the team. Sometimes we dont score as many runs as you would hope, general man-

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The closer (Jose Valverde), left, and the starter (Justin Verlander) have a grand time in the champagne-soaked locker room after the Tigers eliminated the As. After Valverde blew a two-run lead in the ninth inning of Game 4, Verlander threw a four-hit shutout in Thursday nights Game 5. They open the ALCS tonight at Yankee Stadium.

Proposal 2 worries Snyder as political buzz takes weird turn

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s Election Day, Nov. 6, draws closer and voters appear more mystified than ever by the dense language and zany advertising claims revolving around various Michigan ballot proposals, the politics of it all gets curiouser and curiouser. So it was Friday, when I spoke by phone with Gov. Rick Snyder, who was between meetings in New York, where he met with bond rating agencies on Thursday and Mayor Michael Bloomberg before leaving town Friday afternoon. Snyder said the rating agencies are concerned that Michigans still-fragile economic recovery could be hampered by passage of several of the ballot initiatives, specifically those that would enhance the

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power of public-sector labor unions, require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature on any new tax and ditch the states emergency manager law. When I asked Snyder which of the ballot issues was the most worrisome, he quickly singled out Proposal 2, which seeks to enshrine collectivebargaining rights in the state constitution and bar future enactment of a right-to-work law. Proposal 2, Snyder said, would be by far the most

devastating to the reinvention of Michigan. Weremaking a lot of tremendous progress. Were the comeback state, and that would be a giant step backward in time. It would really do very detrimental things to the continuing economic recovery of Michigan and to the states financial situation. The negative impact from Proposal 2 on the state could be in excess of $1 billion a year, he said. Strong language, especially coming from a first-term Republican governor who took great pains when elected to avoid open warfare with organized labor. Snyders anticonfrontational approach differed markedly from that of
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Detroit dad found guilty of murder

Wayne County jurors found a Detroit father guilty Friday of abusing and murdering his 2-year-old daughter, saying they didnt believe his story that she was taken during a carjacking. Bianca Jones disappeared Dec. 2 and was never found. 3A MENINGITIS OUTBREAK

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Firm could lose right to sell in state

Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette asked the state Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs on Friday to immediately suspend the pharmacy license of the Massachusetts company that produced the steroid that is believed to be responsible for three deaths from meningitis in Michigan. 3A

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European Union honored for work

The Nobel Committee chose the European Union for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize. The panel reasoned that even if economic divisions are tearing at the region, it no longer seems possible that Europeans will be fighting each other again. 8A

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The Nobel committee praised the 27-nation bloc for building unity among old enemies even as it battles economic crisis.
By Alan Cowell and Walter Gibbs
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PARIS The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded its 2012 peace prize on Friday to the 27-nation European Union, lauding its role over six decades in building peace and reconciliation among enemies who fought Europes bloodiest wars, even as the Continent wrestles with economic strife that threatens its cohesion and future. The award also seemed to illumi-

nate competing visions of Europe as both historical unifier and meddlesome overlord, recalling deep strains within the bloc, primarily between Germany and other European nations over Berlins insistence on austerity to resolve the euro crisis, measures that have brought pain to Greece and Spain in particular. Thorbjorn Jagland, the former Norwegian prime minister who is chairman of the panel awarding the prize, said there had been deep concern

about Europes destiny as it faces the debt-driven woes that have placed the future of the single currency in jeopardy. There is a great danger, he said in an interview in Oslo. We see already now an increase of extremism and nationalistic attitudes. There is a real danger that Europe will start disintegrating. Therefore, we should focus again on the fundamental aims of the organization. Asked if the euro currency would survive, he replied: That I dont know. What I know is that if the euro fails, then the danger is that many See NOBEL on A4

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A war turns into waiting

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As U.S. forces pull out of Afghanistan, soldiers at a remote base mostly sit by in frustration. To them, the mission is a mystery.

By Greg Jaffe

JAGHATU, Afghanistan The platoon sergeant poses a simple question to the men of Third Platoon: What do you consider success on a mission? There is an uneasy silence in the dark chow tent. In a few months, the U.S. Army will bulldoze its portion of the base, part of Americas slow withdrawal of combat forces from Afghanistan. All that will remain here in this isolated place is a small Afghan army camp and a mostly empty government building with a mortar hole in its roof, the sum total of 11 years of U.S. counterinsurgency efforts in this district 65 miles south of Kabul. Sgt. Gary Waugh, a soldier on his second Afghan tour, takes a stab at answering the question. Us not doing a thing, he says. Not firing our weapon. A few of the soldiers rest their chins on the butts of their rifles. A diesel generator drones in the background as the platoon sergeant surveys his men. Right answer, he replies. Americas war in Afghanistan has consumed close to $500 billion and cost more than 2,000 American lives. By December 2014, the last American combat troops are scheduled to leave the country. American-led combat operations are expected

to finish by the middle of next year. But the war is already ending at little outposts throughout Afghanistan as the U.S. military thins its ranks and tears down bases. How does a war end? In Jaghatu, these soldiers are learning one way. It ends

with resignation, isolation, boredom, and the soldiers of Third Platoon striding out of the chow tent and into the bright light of a warm September day. Now that they had defined mission success they had another question: What exactly was the mission anymore?

The U.S. troops at Jaghatu are about as isolated as soldiers can be in Afghanistan. Surrounded by mountains and enemy-controlled terrain, the Americans receive almost all of their supplies by helicopter and weekly parachute drops. See TROOPS on A4

Lt. Col. Rahmatullah Afghanea, the

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commander of the Afghan battalion at Jaghatu, looks through the scope of a rifle as U.S. Staff Sgt. Jessie Miller (right) stands guard.

The case against Linda Weston, who was charged last year with imprisoning four mentally disabled adults in a squalid North Philadelphia basement in a plot to steal their government benefits, has from the beginning contained accusations of unimaginable cruelty. But authorities say the Weston story also represents a potential test case for a new federal hate-crime statute that allows for prosecution of those who victimize the disabled. It would be the first such prosecution since the law was passed in 2009. Although Weston, 52, and her three alleged coconspirators are scheduled for trial on Jan. 28 in Common Pleas Court on kidnapping, assault, and other charges, Linda Weston, sources close to three others are the investigation scheduled for said they be- trial on Jan. 28. lieved the U.S. Department of Justice would adopt the case before then. Also charged are Westons 48-yearold boyfriend, Gregory Thomas; her 33-year-old daughter, Jean McIntosh; and 51-year-old Eddie Wright, a street preacher from Texas. They were arrested in October 2011 after police discovered four adults living in the dank basement of McIntoshs Tacony apartment building. Police said Westons 20year-old niece, Beatrice, was being held in an upstairs closet. The Philadelphia District Attorneys Office would not comment on whether the case might go federal. Patricia Hartman, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorneys Office, said she could not confirm or deny a federal investigation into the Weston case. George Yacoubian, Westons attorney, said he believed federal chargSee WESTON on A5

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Florences Lexi Smith is tops all-time in field hockey goals.

By Phil Anastasia Lexi Smith called it one of the best moments of her life. Not the goal. Not the record-setting shot that Smith, a senior at Florence High School, sent rocketing into the cage early in Fridays field hockey game against Riverside. Smith, 17, has scored a lot of goals. She has scored more goals than any player in the history of high school field hockey in the United States. Smiths goal 8 minutes and 41 seconds into Fridays game was the 175th of her career. It broke the national record set in 1985 by Sharon Berney, a Philadelphia resident who was known as Sharon Landau when she played for Rye Neck High School in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Smith said she felt like 1,000 pounds were off my back after the goal. But she said that what happened next was the most special aspect of her accomplishment. She ran to the side of the field and embraced her mother and coach, Gina Smith. To me, that was everything, Lexi Smith said. To be able to run over to my mom, to see her tearing up, it was the best feeling. I cherish that. I cherish being able to do this with the people around me who have supported me.

By Michael D. Shear

WASHINGTON Thursdays vice presidential slugfest has quickly become a debate about Vice President Bidens grin. Bidens smirking, emotional, and aggressively sharp approach toward his rival, Rep. Paul Ryan, prompted cheers from Democrats who had been desperate for the kind of in-your-face political rumble that President Obama did not deliver during his debate with Mitt Romney

Vice President Biden was animated and

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On the record-setting goal, Smith took an insert on a penalty-corner play from teammate Devin Vogel, a senior. Smith corralled the orange ball, eluded one defender, and unleashed a hard shot that banged off the wood in the back of the cage. Smith was mobbed by her teammates and cheered by the couple of hundred fans who ringed Florences See RECORD on A5

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By Chris Moran Every time the Rockets tip off, a rock star grabs a microphone or some other spectacle unfolds onstage at the Toyota Center, a member of City Council can watch from a catered suite for free. The four-pack of tickets to the City Suite rotates among council members and rarely goes unused. In the last two years, Councilwoman Melissa Noriega rocked to Ozzy Osbourne, Councilwoman Wanda Adams marveled at Cirque du Soleil and Councilman Oliver Pennington heard Andrea Bocelli. The Rockets lease of the city-owned arena reserves a 12-seat suite for city officials. A council member gets four seats. The remainder are divided between the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau and Houston First, the quasi-public agency that runs the George R. Brown Convention Center and other city-owned entertainment facilities. The lease stipulates that

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Marching to Mexicos beat

With his head painted in the colors of the Mexican flag, Santos Zambrano, right, was one of thousands of fans who pounded their drumbeats for Mexico as it played a World Cup qualifier against Guyana on Friday night at BBVA Compass Stadium. Although Mexico has already secured a spot in the next round of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fans of El Tri including those above displaying the Mexican flag didnt pass up the chance to see their team in action. Story, column on page C1

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By Zain Shauk After months of insistence from natural gas producers that methane leaks are not a concern, nine energy companies are supporting research that may prove the opposite. The move could signal a more head-on approach from the industry to tackling public concern over oil-field operations. The companies, including some of the largest natural gas producers in North America, announced earlier this week that theyre joining with the Environmental Defense Fund to support a University of Texas study of methane leaks at well sites.

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By Harvey Rice GALVESTON Possibly for the first time in Texas jurisprudence, a judge has held another judge in contempt of court. The contempt order issued Wednesday by Galveston County Court Judge Christopher Dupuy is the latest move in a courthouse fracas that has led to multiple ethics complaints and a renewed effort to have Dupuy removed from office. Dupuy said he held Associate Judge Suzanne Radcliffe in contempt because she violated his order banning her from practicing family law. Ive been in practice 26 years, and Ive never seen it, said attorney Greg Enos, whose legal theory is partially responsible for the courthouse conflict. I did a little research in Texas case law and couldnt find any examples where a sitting judge was held in contempt. Dupuy, who has been the target of complaints by attorneys in the past, started the ruckus last month with an email to lawyers for the county and the district clerk asking for Texas Rangers

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Family is with ill Gallegos at hospital, seeking privacy

By Mike Morris and Joe Holley State Sen. Mario V. Gallegos Jr., D-Houston, is in grave condition at Methodist Hospital in Houston, a family spokesman confirmed Friday. Senator Gallegos family is at his side during this difficult time, and they have asked me to respectfully request that they be allowed their privacy, so that they may devote their undivided attention to their loved one, political consultant Harold Cook said in a statement. It was unclear what prompted Gallegos hospitalization or how long he has been in the hospital. The senator underwent a liver transplant in 2007. In 2006, Gallegos began treatment for alcoholism and learned he had cirrhosis of the liver. A few weeks after the transplant, the weakened and still seriously ill senator installed a hospital bed in the office of the sergeant-at-arms in the

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State Sen. Mario Gallegos in 2007, the year he received a liver transplant. Gallegos had a bed placed inside the Capitol during his recuperation so he would not miss votes. The reason for his current hospitalization was not revealed.

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Since then, weve suffered through117 days above

the century mark, including four this month and a particularly brutal nine-day stretch of 110 degree-plus temps that caught the notice of the New York Times. But look who gets the last laugh. The season of this is why we live here has arrived, and with it comes plenty of things to do outside this weekend, whether its a Ferris wheel at the Arizona State Fair on your horizon or the sound of Oom-pah-pahs at Oktoberfest or a hearty Opa! at the Greek Festival. You may even want to bring a sweater.
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BEIRUT Fighters from a shadowy militant group with suspected links to al-Qaida joined Syrian rebels in seizing a government missile defense base Friday in northern Syria, according to activists and amateur video. It was unclear whether the rebels were able to hold the base after the attack, and analysts questioned whether they would be able to make use of any of the missiles they may have spirited away. Nevertheless, the assault underscored fears of advanced weaponry falling into the hands of extremists playing an increasingly large role in Syrias civil war. Videos purportedly shot inside the air defense base and posted online stated that the extremist group, Jabhat al-Nusra, participated in the overnight battle three miles east of the countrys largest city, Aleppo. The videos show dozens of fighters inside the base near a radar tower, along with See SYRIA, Page A13

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Police: 7 kids molested by foster father

Experts: Abuse in system rare
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Arizona State Fair: Doors open at 10 a.m. today and Sunday at the state fairgrounds, 19th Avenue and McDowell Road. The best new ride? Zip-lining over the midway. Phoenix Greek Festival: Go for the dancing. Go for the shopping. But dont miss the loukoumades. Sunday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Community Center, 1973 E. Maryland Ave. Tempe Oktoberfest: Beer, brats and polka are the draw for the annual festival at Tempe Beach Park. There are 15 types of German beer available. Today and Sunday. Race for the Cure: Fay Fredricks and Syleste Rodriguez host live coverage of Sundays Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on 12 News Weekend Today. Events at Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza and the state Capitol lawn will run from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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Phoenix police say that a foster father sexually abused seven of the 15 children in his care over six years and that his wife did nothing to stop it. Though child maltreatment by foster parents is rare, the case raises questions about how Arizona licenses and oversees its foster homes at a time when the state is in dire need of more families and overwhelmed Child Protective Services caseworkers fail to make required monthly visits to more than one-fifth of the 14,000 children under the states custody. The arrests on Thursday of Steven and Alma Holland capped a yearlong investigation during which the children, many now teenagers and at least two with special needs, painted a grotesque picture of a foster home that should have been
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ELECTION 2012 | RACE FOR CONGRESS

Barber, McSally make race for District 2 unpredictable

By Rebekah L. Sanders
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In Congressional District 2, tucked into Arizonas southeastern corner, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Barber has been considered the front-runner for the Nov. 6 election. But the race is shaping up to be tougher than some experts predicted. GOP challenger Martha McSally is appealing to female voters, veterans and independents with her background of breaking barriers as a woman in

the military and her measured approach to discussing issues. District 2, which includes Tucson, Sierra Vista and Douglas, is considered a political toss-up district. Voters will not vote the party line, said David Steele, a Tucson Democratic political strategist. Barber courted the Democratic base during a special election earlier this year to fill the rest of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords term in Congress, according to Steele, but also

reached out to moderates. Now, he and McSally are fighting over those same voters, Steele said. Two wildly divergent polls show its tough to gauge exactly how voters are leaning. Earlier this month, a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee poll indicated Barber was up by 14 percentage points. McSallys campaign countered with a survey indicating the two were tied, each with 47 percent of the vote. Both

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polls had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.9 percentage points. Republicans say McSally is doing the unthinkable: gaining on Barber. The National Repub-

lican Congressional Committee, spurred by a belief in McSallys traction, recently put $330,000 into the partys first broadcast ads. Democrats dispute that assessment, maintaining that Barbers campaign remains strong. As evidence, they point to the national Democratic Partys decision to decrease spending on television ads in the district. National firms that track House races have kept District
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The lawyer leading the review of the state drug lab said he has identified nearly 500 additional defendants who are either in jail awaiting trial or on parole based on questionable evidence, raising the stakes as law enforcement and court officials scramble to resolve what has grown into a nightmare for the criminal justice system. B1.

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Federal officials approved a plan that sets aside 445 square miles of public land

COLUMBUS, Ohio Amid signs that President Obamas lead over Mitt Romney among women may be shrinking after the first presidential debate, Leslie Markworth is the kind of voter that is giving Democrats anxiety fits. Romney was much more engaging, Markworth, 39, said at a farmers market in Columbus, in the heart of a crucial battleground state. President Obama missed the opportunity to really take a stand and talk about his next four years. I was disappointed. Even a slight drop in Obamas longstanding advantage among women could spell big trouble for his reelection, and after one postdebate poll found Obamas sup-

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Mitt Romneys campaign to hold a 3-day gala for top donors. A7. port among white women and voters under 50 plunging dramatically, some Democratic strategists have been urging the president to make a stronger appeal to women when he meets Romney for the second debate on Tuesday. Romney seems to be making a renewed push to gain ground among women. He told an Iowa newspaper this week that he did not envision pushing any laws regarding abortion a statement

that contradicted his earlier promises to defund Planned Parenthood, and which his campaign swiftly retreated from. At least in Ohio, a state both campaigns are lavishing with candidate visits, Obama still seems to have the upper hand. Despite her exasperation with the president, Markworth said she will still vote for him, citing his support for renewable energy. And the presidents support from women seems to be holding up in Ohio, where almost 9 in 10 voters report they have already made up their minds and thousands have already voted. In a CNN poll conducted after the debate, Obama held a lead of four percentage points in Ohio. Men favored Romney overWOMEN, Page A7

Harvard University is readying a 10-year development plan for Allston that will feature nine new projects, including a new basketball arena, a refurbished football stadium, a hotel and conference center, and new business school buildings. Expected to be submitted to the Boston Redevelopment Authority next week, the filing represents a renewed effort by Harvard to develop its vast holdings across the Charles River from the universitys main campus. Earlier efforts drew objections from neighbors and slowed amid the financial downturn. The university and the Harvard-Allston Task Force have been meeting over several months to discuss many elements of the plan, said Kevin Casey, a spokesman for Harvard, which previewed its plans at a community meeting Thursday night. We are pleased to take this important step forward in the master planning process next week and look forward to our continued discussions within the university, with the city and with our Allston neighbors, he added. Harvard officials declined to offer specific details on Friday, such as the cost or the timeline for what they call a master plan. Some details were available in an outline filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority and on the Harvard Magazine website.
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In a strongly worded ruling, the US Department of the Interior rejected an agreement Friday between Governor Deval Pa t r i c k a n d t h e Ma s h p e e Wampanoag for a tribal casino planned for Taunton, concluding that the deal takes unfair advantage of the tribe. The department cited a number of provisions that did n o t c o m p l y w i t h t h e l aw, including its assessment that the state is not providing enough concessions in exchange for receiving a proposed 21.5 percent share of the tribes gambling revenue. The tribe, which wants to build a casino at the junction of Routes 24 and 140, is seeking to immediately begin renegotiating the deal, known as a compact. While disappointing, this possibility was anticipated in our agreement with the
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Called for change in rules on delivery of their drugs

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EDGARTOWN The first thing you notice about a kiteboard is how ridiculously small it is. It is so small, it makes a luge seem roomy. So small that what it can do carry a grown man at speeds approaching 60 knots seems, at first glance, impossible. Then there are the courses where kiteboard riders seek to achieve these speeds: shin-deep stretches of water no more than a few feet from shore, in places where winds routinely reach gale force. Places where success can mean traveling faster than any sailing vessel ever to knife through water,

and where wiping out can mean broken bones, and worse. The windswept, sandy coastal ponds on Marthas Vineyard provide several prime spots for kiteboarding, which has made it a magnet for the sport. Here, starting Monday, competitors from around the world will converge to vie for the best speeds in an event organized by a coterie of local enthusiasts who also happen to include some of the fastest sailors on earth. To gear up for the event, on a recent autumn day when the southwest breeze kicked up a wicked chop on
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Senator Scott Brown joined 10 other senators in sending a July letter to the US Drug Enforcement Administration advocating a top legislative priority of the compounding pharmacy industry, which is under scrutiny following a deadly meningitis outbreak. The July 24 letter did not directly relate to the injectable steroids that have been blamed for 14 deaths and at least 185 sicknesses nationwide. But it addressed an issue central to that controversy: how these lightly regulated pharmacies can deliver their drugs and who can receive them. The firm at the center of the meningitis outbreak, the New England Compounding Center, was sending drugs in bulk to doctors, a move that Governor Deval Patrick said has misled regulators. Compounding pharmacies are supposed to mix medications for an individual patient, based on a prescription from a doctor. But some have acted like drug companies, shipping thousands of doses to
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U.S. Rethinks Antidrug Efforts After Deadly Turn in Honduras

Shootings Cast Doubt on Using War Tactics
By DAMIEN CAVE and GINGER THOMPSON

PRIVATE SECURITY HOVERS AS ISSUE AFTER BENGHAZI

BACKGROUND TO ATTACK
Armed Guards Curbed Diplomats Grew More Frustrated
By JAMES RISEN

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras The Honduran Air Force pilot did not know what to do. It was the dead of night, and he was chasing a small, suspected drug plane at a dangerously low altitude, just a few hundred feet above the Caribbean. He fired warning shots, but instead of landing, the plane flew lower and closer to the sea. So the pilot made a decision, thinking it was the best thing to do, said Arturo Corrales, Hondurass foreign minister, one of several officials to give the first detailed account of the episode. He shot down the plane. Four days later, on July 31, it happened again. Another flight departed from a small town on the Venezuelan coast, and using American radar intelligence, a Honduran fighter pilot shot it down over the water. How many people were killed? Were drugs aboard, or innocent civilians? Officials here and in Washington say they do not know. The planes were never found. But the two episodes clear violations of international law and established protocols have ignited outrage in the United States, bringing one of its most ambitious international offensives against drug traffickers to a sudden halt just months after

it started. All joint operations in Honduras are now suspended. Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, expressing the concerns of several Democrats in Congress, is holding up tens of millions of dollars in security assistance, not just because of the planes, but also over suspected human rights abuses by the Honduran police and three shootings in which commandos with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration effectively led raids when they were only supposed to act as advisers. The downed aircraft, in particular, reminded veteran officials of an American missionary plane that was shot down in 2001 by Peruvian authorities using American intelligence. It was only a matter of time, they said, before another plane with the supposedly guilty turned out to be filled with the innocent. But the clash between the Obama administration and lawmakers had been building for months. Fearful that Central America was becoming overrun by organized crime, perhaps worse than in the worst parts of Mexico, the State Department, the D.E.A. and the Pentagon rushed ahead this year Continued on Page A8

Ex-Workers Cite Safety Concerns At a Drug Firm

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and ANDREW POLLACK
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Emma OReilly was a masseuse for Lance Armstrong.

Armstrong Aide Talks of Doping And Price Paid

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The job title is soigneur, an elegant sounding name for the person on a professional cycling team who is assigned some unglamorous work: massaging the muscles of the cyclists, laundering their clothes, booking their hotel rooms and preparing their food. Discretion and loyalty are also part of the job. For Emma OReilly, a young, onetime electrician from Dublin, the chance in 1996 to be a soigneur for the United States Postal Service cycling team was an extraordinary opportunity. She had raced some as a teenager in Ireland, and served as an assistant on that countrys national cycling team. But the Postal Service team was a rising power, with its sights set on the Tour de France. In short order, however, it became clear to Ms. OReilly that her tasks with the team would hardly be limited to kneading leg muscles and doing laundry. In an interview this week, Ms. OReilly said she became a regular player in the teams doping program, one that investigators have charged took on its most sinister Continued on Page A3

BOSTON One pharmacist said she quit because she was worried that unqualified people were helping prepare dangerous narcotics for use by hospitals. A quality control technician said he tried to stop the production line when he noticed that some labels were missing, but was overruled by management. A salesman said he and his colleagues were brought into the sterile lab to help out with packaging and labeling during rush orders, something they were not trained for. They all used to work at Ameridose, a drug manufacturing company with many of the same owners as the New England Compounding Center, the pharmacy at the center of a national investigation into a meningitis outbreak now in 12 states. State and federal health officials say they have no reason to believe that Ameridose sent out contaminated products, and have not recalled any. But regulators asked the company on Wednesday to suspend production to allow them to conduct an on-site investigation, because their inquiry includes concerns for quality and safety across the corporate entity, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health said. Paul Cirel, a lawyer representing Ameridose, declined to discuss the statements made by the former employees. What some anonymous, maybe disgruntled, ex-employees say to you that is not said to us by the F.D.A. or any regulator, I just cant go there right now, he said. If it becomes a claim that a regulator puts to us, then we will address it. Mr. Cirel, of Boston-based Collora L.L.P., added that the suspension was voluntary and would be in place until Oct. 22. In all, eight former employees Continued on Page A15

Prayers and Tears for a Wounded Girl

Pakistani children prayed Friday for Malala Yousafzai, 14, who was shot by the Taliban this week for promoting education for girls. Officials said they had made several arrests. Page A5.

Missouree? Missouruh? To Be Politic, Say Both

By SARAH WHEATON

In Missouri, a perennial swing state with a deeply divided electorate, it has long been one of the politically delicate calculations a candidate can make. The question is not what position to take on abortion, economic stimulus or health care, though those issues have all proved thorny enough. It is how to pronounce the state name: Missouree or Missouruh

Gov. Jay Nixon, a Democrat who is running for re-election, has endured accusations of flipflopping for using both phrasings at a virtual one-to-one ratio, sometimes in the same sentences, a trait that prompted a former spokesman to call him oratorically ambidextrous. His opponent, Dave Spence, a Republican businessman, said he is more consistent, exclusively using the Missouree pronunciation. But the campaign has also hedged: a biographical video fea-

tures his wife saying hes going to be a great governor for the state of Missouruh. Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat in one of the most closely watched Senate races, typically uses Missouree in her advertisements. But when outside conservative groups sponsored attack ads in February, her campaign responded with spots that use the other pronunciation. The campaign of Todd Akin, Continued on Page A12

WASHINGTON Lost amid the election-year wrangling over the militants attack on the United States Mission in Benghazi, Libya, is a complex back story involving growing regional resentment against heavily armed American private security contractors, increased demands on State Department resources and mounting frustration among diplomats over ever-tighter protections that they say make it more difficult to do their jobs. The Benghazi attacks, in which the United States ambassador and three other Americans were killed, comes at the end of a 10year period in which the State Department sending its employees into a lengthening list of war zones and volatile regions has regularly ratcheted up security for its diplomats. The aggressive measures used by private contractors eventually led to shootings in Afghanistan and Iraq that provoked protests, including an episode involving guards from an American security company, Blackwater, that left at least 17 Iraqis dead in Baghdads Nisour Square. The ghosts of that shooting clearly hung over Benghazi. Earlier this year, the new Libyan government had expressly barred Blackwater-style armed contractors from flooding into the country. The Libyans were not keen to have boots on the ground, one senior State Department official said. That forced the State Department to rely largely on its own diplomatic security arm, which officials have said lacks the resources to provide adequate protection in war zones. On Capitol Hill this week, Democrats and Republicans sparred at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing over what happened in Benghazi, whether security at the mission was adequate, and what if anything could have been done to prevent the tragedy. But amid calls for more protection for diplomats overseas, some current and former State Department officials cautioned about the risks of going too far. The Continued on Page A10

G.O.P. Seeks a Cudgel In Action on Libya

The Obama administrations handling of the Libya attack has opened a new front in the presidential campaign just weeks before the election. Republicans, who had focused on the economy, now see a chance to undercut President Obamas credibility with the public on national BY PETER BAKER security.
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Alarms Focused on Tripoli

Before the attack on the American Mission in Benghazi, Libya, diplomats sounded alarms about the threat from Islamic extremists. But requests regarding security focused largely on the embassy in Tripoli, not on the Benghazi comBY ERIC SCHMITT pound.
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Behind C. C. Sabathia, the Yankees advanced by defeating Baltimore, 3-1, in Game 5. In Washington, a late rally lifted the Cardinals to a series-clinching win over the Nationals. Page D1.
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Kochs Saturday Lunch Bunch

Since the 1960s, Edward I. Koch, New Yorks feisty former mayor, has met weekly with old friends to retell stories and argue over where to eat. PAGE A17

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Taliban likely to weather storm in Pakistan

Nation is outraged over a schoolgirls shooting, but theres little chance of a push against militants.
By Alex Rodriguez ISLAMABAD, Pakistan On city streets, on the airwaves and in the newspapers of a country numbed by years of bombings and assassinations, outrage against the Taliban is suddenly reaching a zenith. A14year-old girl lies critically wounded because she was bold enough to publicly demand an education. Its a moment Pakistans civilian and military leadership could channel into an all-out campaign against Islamic militants. Can they seize the moment? Probably not. Experts say there are too many obstacles. The enemy isnt encamped on a hill, it is embedded in cells across the country, in sprawling cities and in mud-hut hamlets. Even if they had the will, neither the police nor the army has the wherewithal to scour every corner of the country. When police nab suspected militants, convictions are rare. Police work is often sloppy, largely because investigators lack basic skills to build cases. Just as important, there is no indication that hardline clerics are ready to rethink the militant mind-set they have encouraged. Leaders of religious parties at a session of the parliament this week linked the attack on the teen to the CIAs drone campaign in Pakistans tribal areas and Washingtons war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Yes, the shooting of Malala Yousafzai should be condemned, the clerics said, but its U.S. meddling in the region that turns law-abiding Pakistanis into radicals. Many of the religious parties are still speaking with forked tongues, said Ayaz Amir, a lawmaker with the PML-N party and a political commentator. There was hardly anyone even naming the Taliban. Taliban attacks on reformers are nothing new in Pakistan. The attack on Malala, however, hit Pakistanis hard, not just because of her gender and age, but because educating girls is such a basic cause. In early 2009, the Taliban controlled much of her home area, the forested ridges and meadows of the Swat Valley, and imposed their own brutal brand of justice. Floggings were common and opponents were routinely beheaded, their mutilated bodies hung from street posts. The Taliban banned girls from attending school. More than 200 schools were destroyed. Malala contributed diary entries to a blog published by the BBC Urdu Service in which she de[See Pakistan, A6]

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LOOKING LIKE A BEHEMOTH out of a Hollywood film, space shuttle Endeavour makes its way down Manchester Boulevard.

Shuttle heads for its space

After many missions and a scenic flyover, Endeavour inches along city streets to its Exposition Park home.
By Kate Mather, Andrew Khouri and Christine Mai-Duc The space shuttle Endeavour arrived in Los Angeles last month with an air of majesty, soaring over ocean and mountains, swooping past the Hollywood sign and Disneyland, and dazzling crowds gazing up from the ground. Endeavour lost a little of that grandeur Friday, towed by four trailers, inching down city streets from Los Angeles International Airport toward its new life as an exhibit at the California Science Center. But it was greeted with fanfare by large crowds who marveled at its sheer size against the city backdrop. The journey, which is to conclude Saturday night, provided a view of L.A. less picturesque but perhaps much more realistic than the flyovers postcard-perfect scenes. The shuttle looked a little more beat-up on the ground than it did from the sky, as did the locales. There were blocks of strip malls, traffic snarls, a preoccupation with the 405 Freeway and, increasingly as the day went on, opportunists on every corner. Postcards four for $1! Postcards four for $1, shouted Antwan Wells, one of many vendors trying to turn a profit from the throngs who turned out to catch a glimpse of the shuttle. Restaurants expanded their hours, teenagers hawked homemade T-shirts for $30 and school boosters set up a bake sale. Its crazy money, said Wells, who claimed he made $2,000 by early afternoon. These postcards are going like hot cakes! Moving the shuttle has been an epic undertaking, involving hundreds of workers who removed traffic lights, turned off power lines and cleared crowds so the Endeavour could make it through the streets. It created a scene out of one of L.A.s famous disaster movies, the five-story-tall shuttle nudging between [See Shuttle, A12]

Race gets rough and tumble

A Berman-Sherman dust-up spotlights the high personal stakes in the Valley congressional contest.
By Jean Merl They are one-time allies, Democrats with similar voting records and nearly identical views on healthcare, immigration and other divisive national issues. Even their names are so alike that people have trouble keeping them straight. But only one of the two congressmen Howard
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SHERMAN thrust his arm around his rivals shoulders, shouting You want to get into this?
Berman or Brad Sherman can occupy the 30th Congressional District seat in the San Fernando Valley. And their struggle to differentiate themselves from each other has led to charac-

BERMAN said his opponent was delusional or a liar during the acrimonious Thursday event.
ter attacks and a war over who deserves more credit for helping constituents. The deteriorating atmosphere in the closely watched race reached a low point this week, when the pair got

physical during a testy debate. It was the latest reminder that the stakes are personal for these career politicians whose seats merged in last years remapping: One of them will be out of a job hes held for more than a decade in Bermans case, three. Tempers flared at a forum in Woodland Hills on Thursday as the two argued like kids in a schoolyard over Bermans role in the federal Dream Act, a path to permanent residency for some undocumented immigrants. Berman said his rival was delusional or a liar and strode over to Sherman as video cameras and cell [See Race, A15]

Smaller U.S. force finds itself at an Afghan crossroads

By Ned Parker HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan The sun pounds down on the U.S. Marine sergeant and the tribal elder in this faceless, bone-colored plain. We havent seen any Taliban, the silk-bearded Afghan says, with a grin too large. The sergeant, broiling in his bulletproof vest, anticipates crackling gunfire at any minute. He knows the man is lying and he expects him to lie. This barren, anonymousfeeling landscape matters because it sits outside the biggest U.S. military and coalition base in Helmand province, known as Camp Leatherneck, a miniature city built in the middle of nowhere. The camp has served
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A CROWD gathers at First AME for a screening of the new TV sitcom The Soul Man, with star Cedric the Entertainer and other actors in attendance.

Left out of the TV household

Decades after The Cosby Show broke ground on prime time, black families are all but missing.
By Greg Braxton On a recent Sunday at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, an overflow crowd gathered hours after services to see a screening of TV Lands The Soul Man, starring Cedric the Entertainer as a Las Vegas singer who uproots his family and moves to St. Louis after hearing a divine calling to become a pastor. The well-dressed congregants gave a heros welcome to Cedric, costar Niecy Nash and TV Land head Larry Jones. Their accomplishment? Putting on one of the few television shows that spotlights an African American family. Were excited about seeing role models for our community and for America, FAME Pastor John J. Hunter said. Its very important for our youth to see the moral foundation of a family. The Soul Man has to succeed so we can have more shows like this. Despite the rally, Hunters faith may be tested in the coming months. The Soul Man may not return executives have yet to give a green light for a second season. And that uncertainty underscores a chronic complaint: More than two decades after The Cosby Show broke new ground in the pop-culture mainstream with its portrayal of a loving two-parent black family, shows featuring nuclear black families or families of color have all but vanished. The conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that building a show around a [See TV, A16]

as the restive provinces command center for American forces during their twoyear troop buildup aimed at disrupting the Islamist militants. Now, with those additional troops having departed, American forces cannot leave Camp Leatherneck without getting fired at or bombed on any given day. An unprecedented assault on an adjoining base in midSeptember saw 15 Taliban fighters enter, blow up six Harrier jets and three refueling stations and kill two Marines before they were stopped. The daily fight right beyond the wire is bitter and unwelcome evidence of the stalemate that exists in southern and eastern Afghanistan. U.S. officers com[See Helmand, A8]

European Union gets Peace Prize

At a time when economic divisions are tearing at the continents unity, the Nobel committee offers a morale boost. WORLD, A3 Weather Mostly sunny. L.A. Basin: 77/60. AA6 Complete Index ....... AA2
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Buster Posey is a throwback. Not just in his square-jawed leadership, his 1950s haircut and his stoic toughness. But in his polite unwillingness to tear back the curtain on his personality, to reveal his fears and hopes and dreams, to submit to psychoanalysis by sports media. In interviews he answers questions, reveals little and seems quite eager to have that part of his job completed and return to analyzing film of opposing hitters and resuming the squat. For sportswriters, Posey makes our job tough. The Giants serve up platefuls of drama in the form of thongs and beards, steroid scandals and anxiety disorders, rousing speeches and wobbly confidence. Posey has not participated in any of those storylines. Even his most gut-wrenching and intensely human narrative a grisly injury, painful rehabilitation and triumphant comeback has been
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Oakland to punish cops over Occupy

18 mistreated protesters, polices investigation says
By Matthai Kuruvila and Demian Bulwa Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan said Friday that he is seeking to fire two officers, demote a third and suspend 15 others for their treatment of Occupy Oakland protesters, whose downtown clashes with police drew worldwide attention. Jordan also revealed that one of his officers not an officer from an outside agency fired a beanbag that critically injured Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen on Oct. 25, an incident that galvanized the Occupy movement. Olsen was one of more than 1,000 people who rallied after police cleared an elaborate encampment outside City Hall. The internal investigations play a key role in the departments efforts to show it can police its own officers the central issue in an impending court battle over whether the force will be placed under federal control. Jordan said the investigations, which are not complete, as well as the departments evolution in crowd-control tactics during the past year, demonstrate it is capable of reform. While a majority of officers did well in controlling demonstrations that involved tens of thousands of people, he said, There are a few officers who acted inappropriately. I have taken action to hold them accountable. In the end, I want our officers to exercise good constitutional policing.
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Colman Chadam (right) jumps on the trampoline with his brother, Aidan, in the backyard of their Palo Alto home. Colman has been ordered to leave his middle school because he has genetic markers for cystic fibrosis.

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By Jill Tucker By all accounts, Colman Chadam is a healthy, active 11-year-old boy who fit right in at Palo Altos Jordan Middle School as a new kid in town. Except now, school officials believe his genetic makeup means he is a health risk to some of its other students and ordered that he be moved to another district middle school 3 miles away. Colman carries the genetic mutations for cystic fibrosis but his doctor and parents say he does not have the disease. His parents, out of an abundance of caution, made the

Healthy boy a risk, school says

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disclosure about his condition on a medical disclosure form when he began the school year. The district also out of an abundance of caution decided that Colman would need to change schools seven weeks into the year because other students at Jordan have cystic fibrosis. While the disease is not contagious, the bacteria those with cystic fibrosis carry can be dangerous to people with the same disease, and nonsiblings are advised to stay at least 3 to 6 feet away from each other.
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Doctor runs spirited campaign for his soda tax ballot measure
By Carolyn Jones The perfect human diet, according to Dr. Jeff Ritterman: Kale. Salad. Tap water. Mercury-free fish. If you insist on eating grains, make it bulgur. No white flour. No sugar. And absolutely, positively, no soda. We all grew up thinking soda could be part of a healthy diet. Its not. Soda is the No. 1 cause of the health crisis in America, Ritterman said. When we pick up a can of Coke, were drinking something that is directly linked to obesity, diabetes, heart attacks, cancer, strokes. Ritterman, 64, has taken his war on soda from his kitchen table to Richmonds November ballot. The Richmond city councilman and retired cardiRichmond continues on A6

an Union wins this years Peace Prize. A2 1 Egypt: Thousands of backers and critics of the new president clash in Cairo. A3 1 Campaign 2012: Mitt Romney criticizes Vice President Joe Biden for contradicting State Department officials. A4 1 Road trip: Shuttle Endeavour begins a two-day, 12-mile crawl through the streets of Los Angeles. A5

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Fed actions benefit banks

Efforts to lower rates may help profits more than borrowers
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JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo, the nations largest mortgage lenders, said Friday they wont make home loans much cheaper for consumers, even as they reported booming profits from that business. Those bottom lines have been padded by federal initiatives to stimulate the economy. The Federal Reserve is spending $40 billion a month to reduce mortgage rates to encourage Americans to buy homes. Instead, its policies may be generating more benefits for banks than borrowers. The government cant force banks to give out loans at lower rates any more than they can force Macys to sell me sheets for a dollar, said Karen Shaw Petrou, managing partner at consulting firm Federal Financial Analytics. Since the Fed announced its mortgage initiative, rates have ticked down. But banking analysts say the cost of issuing the loans has fallen much more, significantly boosting bank profits. Timothy Sloan, chief financial officer at Wells Fargo, said on a conference call with analysts Friday that lowering prices would not be a good decision from a profit standpoint. Asked whether the company was concerned about losing market share once demand for refinancing declines, he said, We dont run the business based upon share; we run the business based on profitability. At JPMorgan, chief financial officer Doug Braunstein largely echoed those sentiments: Were not going to price a lot lower to create demand. . . . These are competitive businesses, and we have to compete. banks continued on A9

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Tony Fiorino and his son, Vincenzo, 5, of Annandale get ready for the start of the winnertakeall Game 5 of the National League Division Series between Washington and the St. Louis Cardinals at Nationals Park. The game did not end in time for this edition. 6 Forcompletecoverage,visitwashingtonpost.com/sports.

Airwaves flooded as presidential race nears end

Romney camp drives a surge of ad purchases in swing states
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Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his allies are banking heavily on a high-risk, highreward media strategy in the final weeks of the campaign, hoping that burying President Obama in ads will give them a crucial edge on Election Day. Ad purchases in the presidential race doubled or in some cases tripled last week in swing states

such as Colorado, Florida, Iowa and Virginia, tracking data show. The surge is being driven by Romney and well-funded allies, who decided against running more ads earlier in the campaign in favor of a big bang at the end. Restore Our Future, a super PAC dedicated to helping Romney, has booked $14 million worth of ads in nine states for the final week of October more than it spent on ads during the month of September. The group is also ramping up its spending, airing a mix of ads criticizing Obama and extolling Romney in Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio and Virginia. Charles R. Spies, the super PACs treasurer, said conserva-

tive groups have been very effective in leveling the playing field with Obama. That effort will continue at an increasing level going forward, he said. The GOP effort has gained momentum with Romneys advance in the polls since last weeks presidential debate in Denver, where Obama turned in a widely panned performance. The Oct. 3 event sparked an influx of donations to Romneys campaign and to conservative groups supporting him, giving them more resources for the final push, strategists said. The ramped-up advertising by Republicans left Obama behind his GOP foes in total ad expenditures last week for the first time

since the summer, although he has massive cash reserves after raising $181 million in September. Obama and his key outside ally, the Priorities USA Action super PAC, have kept up a steady barrage of ads attacking Romney in Ohio and other battlegrounds. Democrats and even some Republicans argue that the Romney team, particularly the campaign itself, wasted a key opportunity by ceding the ad advantage to Obama from late August through September, which coincided with a boost in the polls for the president. Brad Todd, a Republican media strategist, said he suspects ads continued on A4

Republicans escalated their charges against the Obama administration for alleged failures in handling last months Libya attack, thrusting the death of the U.S. ambassador there into the center of the presidential campaign Friday. Mitt Romney accused his rival of doubling down on denial about the true origins of the Sept. 11 siege in Benghazi, which senior Obama officials initially said appeared to be an outgrowth of antiAmerican protests, not terrorism. Whether the administration has truthfully disclosed what it knew about the perpetrators of the attacks became a flash point in Thursday nights debate, when Vice President Biden blamed the administrations shifting explanations on U.S. intelligence agencies. There were more questions that came out last night because the vice president directly contradicted the testimony of State Department officials, Romney told supporters Friday at a campaign event in Richmond. American citizens have a right to know just whats going on. Earlier in the week, State Department officials had said that they had not received reports of protests outside the compound before the killings. But Biden said the explanation that the attacks grew from a protest rather than from terrorists determined to hit the consulate persisted because thats exactly what we were told by intelligence officials. After trying for weeks to portray the deaths in Benghazi as part of a larger failure of Obamas forlibya continued on A6

With 1 Nobel Peace Prize, about 500 million winners

European Union is honored despite criticism on debt crisis
BY A NTHONY F AIOLA AND M ICHAEL B IRNBAUM

In China, lessons in cronyism

Schools for mid-career party bureaucrats see their students turning from ideology to cultivating allies
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The European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a choice that celebrates Europes post-World War II economic and political integration but comes as the 27-nation body confronts widespread criticism over its handling of a massive debt crisis that has become the biggest challenge of its existence. The award honored the struggle in Europe to not only hold the union together in the wake of the debt crisis, but also to further its goal of deeper integration. Yet the decision to pay tribute to the E.U. now fed into a growing chorus of critics who argue that the Norwegian Nobel Committee

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has strayed from the awards original ideals and into the realm of political theater, with objectors putting this years choice in the same category as the selection of President Obama in 2009, just months after he took office. The decision, announced to audible gasps from a roomful of journalists in Oslo, came amid the widespread international perception that the E.U. has wreaked havoc in global financial markets by being bureaucratic and plodding in managing the crisis. It has also been accused of foisting onto its heavily indebted members a crushing austerity that has crippled domestic economies and sparked unrest in Greece, Spain and other nations. Twenty years ago, this prize would have been sycophantic, but maybe more justified. Today, it is downright out of touch, said Martin Callanan, a Conservative British politician and chairman of the European Conservatives peace continued on A6

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or decades, professors at the Central Party School have safeguarded the ideology of Chinas Communist Party, indoctrinating each generation of officials in the teachings of Marx, Lenin and Mao. The school has persevered in its mission despite massive changes in society and the economy. But in recent years, it has faced a new and insidious threat: students intent on networking. The students largely middleage government officials looking for promotion no longer see their mandatory time at the school as a chance to immerse themselves in the wisdom of communism. Instead, its become a prime place to cultivate allies with whom they can trade future favors and backdoor deals to further their careers and wealth. That means calculated friendships, luxury dinners exchina continued on A7

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During a five-day training course at a Communist Party school in Jiangxi province, Chinese government officials visit a house where Mao Zedong once lived. The schools trace their roots to the civil war years.

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the president for failing to outline detailed plans to speed up the economy and fix the governments longterm debt situation. He wants to do the same By Paul West thing hes been doing, the Tribune Washington Bureau GOP nominee told thouLEXINGTON, Ky. sands at a campaign rally With Election Day just over Friday in suburban Richthree weeks away, a tight mond, Va. Its a status-quo contest between President plan (that) leads to high Barack Obama and Repub- unemployment, no wage lican challenger Mitt Rom- growth and, of course, to ney is coming down to a fiscal calamity down the choice between trust and road for our nation. change. Obama has spent months The Republicans are aggressively countering counting on a restive Romneys arguelectorate, a slug- ANALYSIS ments. At the same gish economy and time, his campaign stubbornly high unemploy- has attempted to change the ment to make 2012 the subject to matters of trust fourth change election in a with a mixture of personal row. In 2006, voters tossed and substantive attacks that the GOP out of power in have made it more difficult Congress. In 2008, they for the GOP challenger to turned the White House gain voter confidence. over to the Democrats. Vice President Joe Biden Then, with joblessness contended in Thursday above 9 percent, they gave nights vice presidential dethe House back to the Re- bate with Rep. Paul Ryan publicans in 2010. that Republicans are pushResisting change this ing the wrong solutions time and re-electing Oba- across a broad range of ma would mean more issues, from abortion to economic misery, Romney tells voters as he criticizes Please turn to Page 7

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Barbara Byrd-Bennett was introduced as Chicago Public Schools chief on Friday by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Byrd-Bennett takes over for Jean-Claude Brizard.

Having played a key role in negotiations that ended the rancorous teachers strike last month, new Chicago Public Schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett now faces a coming battle over school closings. There is a process, Byrd-Bennett said of the potential school closings after being introduced by Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Friday. Everything must be on the table. As weve said, we face huge academic and huge financial issues in our district. This is about matching seats to the number of children we have. Its about putting every piece of information we have on the table. Emanuels first pick to run the citys troubled school system, JeanClaude Brizard, lasted 17 months before realizing he was out of favor and becoming a distraction in the mayors push to overhaul schools. Brizard was in Emanuels doghouse for some time and had been told by this past summer that the mayor would blame him for the deadlocked contract talks with the Chicago Teachers Union that led to a seven-day strike. Among other miscues, Brizard took a vacation as heated negotiations dragged on. This guy was the head
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Amid turmoil, EU awarded peace prize

The 27-member European bloc is honored with a Nobel for its commitment to democracy and human rights, but some are more concerned with the economic crisis gripping many of its nations.
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Sinus surgeon gets 7 years for insurance fraud

Dr. Mark Weinberger, who performed unnecessary surgeries at his lucrative clinic in northwest Indiana, used patients as, essentially, an ATM, a federal judge said at Fridays sentencing hearing.
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Bowlings youth outreach on a roll

Once on a decline, alleys turn to schools to boost business
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At 4 p.m. at Fox Bowl in Wheaton, the school kids begin to trickle in. Theres Shannon, a 9-year-old with neon stars on her bowling shoes; Quinton, who scarfs down a hot dog in between frames; and Justin, who, at 12, is determined to beat his personal best score of 241 for a game. A few years ago, the bowling center, like many across the state and U.S., struggled as adult league membership dwindled to all-time lows while children chose soccer, video

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in youth bowling in recent years in Illinois. By offering free bowling balls with youth lessons, equipment for gym classes and college bowling scholarships awarded to children as early as elementary school, bowling officials said youth participation in the sport is higher than ever. Today nearly 50 percent of Illinois elementary and middle school students are learning how to bowl through a special curriculum designed for gym class, including at 40 of Chicagos public schools. At Illinois high schools, there are 221 varsity girls teams, compared with 83 in 1989, when bowling became a varsity sport recognized by
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