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Houston goggles have inspired author
PERSONAL ESSAy
FellowHoustonians, lets face it. To the uniniti-
ated, ours is a city that takes some getting used
to a 600-square-mile architectural free-for-
all, with rivers that run brown and sometimes
backwards, trees like something out of Dr. Seuss,
high-rises that sprout like weeds on a coastal
shelf so fat you could fick a marble and watch it
roll for a week.
Its also a great city for a writer, or any kind of
artist, especially this one, Northeastern born and
bred, who came to the Gulf Coast nine years ago
at the age of 40 and had to learn to see the world
all over again.
He no longer sees life
as he did in Philadelphia
Houston continues on A23
By Justin Cronin
Make it new, the poet Ezra
Pound famously wrote.
He might have been talking
about Houston.
Justin Cronin, author and distinguished faculty fellow
at Rice University
1Never done: Cronins mind is two books ahead. G1
Wealth gap segregating suburbs
When Dan and Gayle
Patton wanted more room
and better schools for
their growing family, they
did what generations have
done before themand
headed for the suburbs.
The trade-of they accept-
ed was one that Ameri-
cans understand almost
frombirth easier life,
longer drive.
In Houston, how-
ever, the suburbs
arent quite what
they used to be.
They may be just as pleas-
ant, conventional and un-
inspired as the countless
thousands of places that
accommodated the coun-
trys growing postwar
population a half-century
ago, but theres a twist.
Many of those suburbs
require income levels
that cannot be reached by
Rosa Rosario and her children Jessica, 4, and Car-
los, 2 live in an apartment in Gulfton, an area that
serves as a gateway to immigrants in Houston.
Dan and Gayle Patton moved to an Humble subdivi-
sion for a larger home and better schools for their
three kids, Cole, 6, Brady, 8, and Lyla, 4.
J. Patric Schneider J. Patric Schneider
Income continues on A22
Many of Houstons outlying
communities are beyond the
reach of its poorer residents
By Mike Tolson
If Ted Cruz were just
an Irish-American lawyer
with degrees fromPrince-
ton and Harvard who had
worked for the Bush ad-
ministration and presti-
gious corporate lawfrms,
hed be indistinguishable
among the well-educated,
well-paid members of the
Texas establishment.
But the 41-year-old
Republican nominee for
U.S. Senate fromHouston
is a man of many
contrasts.
Cruz is the son
of a Cuban immigrant,
a foreign-born Ameri-
can who memorized the
Constitution as a teen and
worked his way through
Princeton and Harvard
after his parents business
went bust. While comfort-
able with billionaires and
establishment politicians,
hes also a favorite of the
tea party insurgency and
prominent social conser-
vatives including Sarah
Palin, Rick Santorumand
JimDeMint.
Like President Barack
Obama, Cruz has a com-
plex life story that lends
itself to easy stereotyping
and historical overstate-
Cruz continues on A19
ELECTION2012
An advocate with
fire in his bones,
Cruz defies labels
By Lise Olsen
Houstons Ted Cruz, the GOP nominee for U.S. Sen-
ate, is an Ivy League lawyer and tea party darling.
Brett Coomer / Houston Chronicle
More election
coverage inside
Mitt Romney rallies sup-
porters in Ohio as President
Barack Obama takes time
of the trail to prepare for
Tuesdays debate. A3
Hes been investigated by the FBI, formally
accusedof violatingcampaign-finance laws and
may have to pay back hundreds of thousands of
dollars in donations or more than a million in
penalties.
Hes been accused of hiring unqualified cro-
niesandpoliticizingthetoplaw-enforcement of-
fice in Arizona. Hes under investigation in a
possible hit-and-run of a parked vehicle.
Political experts and even some Republicans
say the publicity froma lingering scandal could
end Arizona Attorney General TomHornes po-
litical ambitions especially if he attempts a
run for governor in 2014 as has long been ru-
mored.
I dont know if its true or not, but I will say
that you are the head law-enforcement officer
of the state andyouare expectedto obeythe law
just likeyouexpect everybodyelseto, saidBob
Corbin, a Republican who was Arizona attorney
Campaign-finance
accusations may
hurt Horne career
Political fallout likely to follow
By Dan Nowicki, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez
and Mary Jo Pitzl
The Republic | azcentral.com
See HORNE, Page A8
NATION & WORLD
Campaigns prep
for next debate
With President Barack Obama and
Republican challenger Mitt Romney
now neck and neck, they ramp up
work for their high-pressure second
debate. The rivals, who are zeroed in
on swing states like Ohio, are look-
ing for an edge come Tuesday. A15
VIEWPOINTS
Cuban Missile Crisis: The fear
enveloping the U.S. 50 years ago
felt more sci-fi than reality. But
the very real dangers of nuclear
disaster still linger today. B10
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Fresh anger
over shooting
Mexican officials continue to
decry the shooting death of a
rock-throwing Mexican teenager
by a U.S. Border Patrol agent,
questioning the necessity of the
level of force. One official says
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A
five-month investigation of National Guard conduct and culture
byTheArizonaRepublichas uncoveredasystemicpatchworkof
criminal andethical misconduct that critics saycontinues to fes-
ter in part because of leadership failures and lax discipline.
According to interviews with military officers and records ob-
tainedbyThe Republic, Arizona ArmyNational Guardmembers over
the past decade engaged in misbehavior that included sexual abuse,
enlistment improprieties, forgery, firearms violations, embezzle-
ment, and assaults.
The wrongdoing, most of which has not been previously disclosed,
was concentrated among military recruiters who often visit high
schools in search of teenage recruits. National Guard investigators
found that non-commissioned officers, known as NCOs, engaged in
sexual misconduct, collected recruiting fees to which they were not
entitled, forged Guard documents, and committed other offenses
such as hunting the homeless with paintball guns.
Investigators asserted that National Guard commanders failed to
holdsubordinatesaccountable, inpart becausemanysupervisorsalso
engaged in unethical behavior. Many high-ranking officers contend
an atmosphere of disdain for discipline persists.
After The Republic shared its findings with Gov. Jan Brewers of-
fice, she announced plans for a wide-ranging inquiry directed at Ari-
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ISTANBUL Turkeys prime minister sharp-
ly criticized the U.N. Security Council on Satur-
day for its failure to agree on decisive steps to
end Syrias civil war, as NATO ally Germany
backed the Turkish interception of a Damascus-
bound passenger jet earlier in the week.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan told an international
conference in Istanbul that the world was wit-
nessing a humanitarian tragedy in Syria.
If we wait for one or two of the permanent
members then the future of Syria will be in
danger, Erdogan said, according to an official
interpreter.
Russia and China, two of the five permanent
Security Council members, have vetoed resolu-
tions that sought to put concerted pressure on
Damascus to end the conflict and agree to a po-
litical transition.
Erdogan called for a reform of the Security
Council, whichhecalledanunequal, unfairsys-
tem that didnt represent the will of most coun-
tries.
He spoke as Foreign Minister Ahmet Davu-
toglumet withArabandEuropeanleaders amid
growingtensionsbetweenTurkeyandneighbor-
ing Syria.
Meanwhile, Davutoglu held talks Saturday
Turkey calls
for tougher
steps to end
Syrias war
See SYRIA, Page A17
Premier has harsh words
for U.N. Security Council
By Frank Jordans
Associated Press
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harassed and threatened
with death for reporting
misconduct, fraterniza-
tion and other issues.
COMING TUESDAY:
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military organization.
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The shuttle Endeavour
dodged plenty of space junk
zippingaroundEarth.
The question Saturday,
though, was would its wing
avoidanapartment building
on narrowCrenshawDrive?
Could it gingerly pivot
around tall pines planted in
honor of the Rev. MartinLu-
ther King Jr.? Would the
streetsof InglewoodandLos
Angeles buckle under the
weight of the 170,000-pound
orbiter and its massive
transport vehicle?
After months of meticu-
lous planning, those were
among the myriad chal-
lenges confronting hun-
dreds of workers who es-
corted Endeavour on the
last leg of its 12-mile journey
to the California Science
Center, where it will be dis-
played.
Planners appeared to get
the engineering right but
not the timing. What began
Wally Skalij Los Angeles Times
TRAYMOND HARRIS, left, and Ryan Hudge play basketball as the shuttle Endeavour passes by in Inglewood on Saturday.
Shuttle
crawls
obstacle
course
[See Shuttle, A22]
Maneuvering around
buildings, trees and
poles takes longer
than anticipated.
By Kate Mather,
Louis Sahagun
and Mike Anton
CINCINNATI With a
sudden infusion of cash and
a major investment of time,
Mitt Romney has redoubled
his efforts to win Ohio, try-
ing to overcome President
Obamas months-long lead
in the crucial campaign
battleground.
Ohio has been on the
winning side of every presi-
dential election since 1964,
largely for the same reason
that consumer-products
companies like to use the
state as a test market it
closely resembles the nation
inminiature. But the resem-
blance is not perfect; the
state has leanedjust slightly
more Republican than the
country as a whole, meaning
that a GOP nominee who
cannot carryOhioisunlikely
towinnationwide. Noneever
has.
As recently as two weeks
ago, with polls consistently
showing a strong Obama
lead here, demoralized Re-
publicans openly talked of
long-shot strategies to
amass amajorityof electoral
votes without Ohios18.
Now, withRomney riding
a wave of enthusiasm since
the first presidential debate
and the national polls in a
dead heat, that talk is gone.
Instead, an intensifying
fight is directly testing the
two campaigns core strate-
gies.
The Obama strategy
called for a summerlong ad-
vertising barrage to set the
terms of the debate early
and a massive campaign or-
ganization to hold the line
against any late-developing
Romney surge.
Democratic strategists
believed that in a state with
a long history of manufac-
turing, Obamas bailout of
the automobile industry in
2009 and Romneys opposi-
tion to it would give the
CAMPAIGN 2012
Battle
heats
up for
Ohio
voters
Feeling a surge of
momentum, Romney
intensifies efforts to
wipe out Obamas
months-long lead.
By David Lauter
[See Ohio, A18]
Complete Index ......... A2
Weather:
Mostly sunny.
L.A. Basin: 85/65. A38
TODAYS SECTIONS
California, Business,
Sports, Calendar, Arts
& Books, Travel, Image
Defense cuts
vex both parties
Many expect a last-
minute compromise
before Januarys dead-
line. NATION, A12
Tainted water
divides a town
Hinkley residents are at
odds over PG&Es offer
to buy their homes.
CALIFORNIA, A31
Ethel evokes
potent memories
Critic Mary McNamara
interviews RFKs wid-
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DANDONG, ChinaEv-
ery time Kim Kyung Ok
takes the bus into NorthKo-
reas downtown Pyongyang,
shes startled by changes
that look positively futuris-
tic in a country that had
been stuck in a 1960s time
warp.
Women wearing fancy
shoes, miniskirts and trou-
sers, fashions popularized
by the chic wife of North Ko-
reas not-yet 30-year-old
leader. Brand new high-rise
apartment buildings, which
shes heard have washing
machines and refrigerators.
People walking down the
street yammering into cell-
phones stucktotheir ears.
All thingsthat, for now, at
least, seembeyondthereach
of the 52-year-old Kim, who,
although she counts herself
among the privileged as a
residentof theNorthKorean
capital, can barely afford to
eat rice.
Of course, theyre show-
ing off with their cellphones.
Who wouldnt? she
snapped.
The death of leader Kim
Jong Il in December and the
ascent of his son Kim Jong
Un, not to mention a dec-
ades-overdue moderniza-
tion of Pyongyang, have
leavened the unremitting
gloom that has hung over
North Korea since famine
killed off nearly 10% of the
populationinthe1990s.
But NorthKoreans inter-
viewed recently across the
border in China say the
changes so far are superfi-
cial and have done little to
ease the daily task of just
stayingalive.
There is more construc-
tion, more people building
things, more to buy in
Pyongyang. But day to day,
our life is actually harder,
said Kim, who like many
North Koreans working out-
side the country uses a
pseudonym.
The price of rice has
nearly doubled since the be-
ginning of the year, the re-
sult of declining foreign aid,
a weak harvest and hoard-
ingby speculators.
Maybe 1 out of 10,000
North Koreans can afford to
eat white rice every day like
the people in China, said a
58-year-old man from Sun-
cheon, 30 miles north of
Pyongyang, who has been
working in a brick factory in
China.
At North Koreas state-
owned factories, wages are
so low(oftenless than$1per
month) that people will pay
for the privilege of not show-
ing up to work. They use
their time instead to collect
firewood or edible greens or
to trade something on the
market.
David Guttenfelder Associated Press
NORTH KOREANS play miniature golf at a new
park in Pyongyang. Though the capital looks more
modern, old problems such as a lack of food remain.
The daily struggles of
many fade amid the
gleam of the capitals
new construction,
fashions, cellphones.
By Barbara Demick
North Koreas deceptive sheen
[See North Korea, A8]
Smokin Jonnys BBQ
opened less than a year ago,
and pricey corn on the cob
has already disappeared
fromthe menu.
Rising beef costs are
causing owner Jon Sekigu-
chi headaches as well. His
Gardena restaurant sells
beef ribs only on the week-
ends, when customers are
more willing to splurge. And
hesstrugglingtofindafford-
able beef sausage for his
$6.95 smoked sausage sand-
wich.
Scorching weather this
summer in the Midwest left
crops parched and livestock
famished. Restaurants, al-
ready struggling with high
fuel costs and a sluggish
economy, are starting to feel
the pinch of higher food
costs.
Itsatoughone,Sekigu-
chi sighed. I didnt want to
sell cornfor $3whenI usedto
charge $1.50. And it used to
be better quality too.
Droughts effects
take toll on menus
Francine Orr Los Angeles Times
HIGHER BEEF PRICES are causing headaches for
Jon Sekiguchi, owner of Smokin Jonnys BBQ restau-
rant in Gardena. Hes stopped selling corn on the cob.
Restaurants raise
prices, cut portions as
they face higher costs.
By Tiffany Hsu
[See Drought, A21]
Malala Yousafzai did not trade in her
modest head scarf for a pair of skinny
jeans. She wantedtogotoschool.
For that, the Taliban tried to kill her.
When her attackers learned that the
freckled14-year-old Pakistani might sur-
vive, they promised to finish the job. Ma-
lala, they explained, had been promot-
ingWesternculture.
The Taliban has committed all man-
ner of atrocities over the years, many of
them aimed at women. This time, the
militants created an icon for a global
movement for the notionthat the most
efficient way to propel developing coun-
tries is toeducatetheir girls. Theideahas
been flourishing in some of the worlds
most destituteandvolatileplaces. Today,
courtesy of the Pakistani Taliban, it has a
face.
PeoplethinkWesternvalues iswear-
ingjeans andsippingpop. Malalawas do-
ing none of that, said Murtaza Haider, a
Pakistannativeandtheassociatedeanof
research and graduate programs at the
TedRogers School of Management at To-
rontos Ryerson University. All she said
was: Wouldyoubekindenoughtoreopen
my school? This is what the Taliban
thinks is a Western value. This is not a
Westernvalue. This is auniversal value.
Pakistans
Girls shooting rallies her cause
Attack on Pakistani teen fuels global push for female education
By Scott Gold
[See Malala, A10]
Mitt Romneys old
home on the hill
Even in a sleepy Boston
suburb, he cant avoid the
economic rift. NATION, A16
Top donors follow
himto NewYork
Theyll be attending a fall
retreat as he debates on
Long Island. NATION, A19
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By Jaxon Van Derbeken
Unchecked corrosion, the
suspected culprit in the Au-
gust blaze that destroyed part
of Chevrons Richmond refin-
ery, was responsible for anoth-
er fire at the plant last year
that prompted workers to
complain to regulators that the
company was ignoring the
problem, according to state
inspection documents ob-
tained by The Chronicle.
The state Division of Occu-
pational Safety and Health
inspector who investigated the
smaller October 2011 fire
which occurred during a
scheduled maintenance shut-
down and was quickly ex-
tinguished documented
allegations from two workers
that corrosion was attacking
the refinery and that employ-
ees could be at risk.
Were afraid something is
going to fall through the
cracks, one worker told Cal/
OSHA safety inspector Carla
Fritz, who was investigating
the fire in furnace piping at
Chevron
ignored
risk, say
workers
RICHMOND
They warned of
corrosion after 11
fire, papers show
Chevron continues on A13
Weather
Partly cloudy.
Highs: 63-83.
Lows: 47-58. C6-7
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JOHN
DIAZ
Mayor Ed Lee, the 49ers and
several prominent civic leaders
have been quietly working
together on a bid for San Fran-
cisco to be the host city of the
Super Bowl, The Chronicle has
learned.
The National Football
League is expected to an-
nounce Monday whether San
Francisco will be in contention
for American sports most
widely watched event in early
2016 or 2017. While the game
itself would be played in the
teams new $1.2 billion Santa
Clara stadium, San Francisco
would be designated as the
official host city and center of
myriad pregame activities in
the week leading up to the
championship game.
San Francisco is our
home, 49ers CEO Jed York
said in a phone interview Fri-
day. If and when we win a
Super Bowl, the parade will be
on Market Street.
Not lost on the mayor is the
symbolic significance of the
S.F. bids to play Super Bowl host
Mayor Lee, 49ers seek starring role for city in 16 or 17
World/Nation
Bay Area
Business
Sporting Green
1 Campaign 2012: Mitt
Romney rallies college
students in all-important
Ohio. A10
1 Oakland pot: City
takes on feds in court
battle to save nations
largest pot club. C1
1 Tuition: Foundation
spending $500 million
to send 15,000 Africans
to college. C1
1 Sizing up mobile:
Smartphones and tab-
lets keep changing size.
Whats going on? D1
1 Back home: Tim Lin-
cecum, left, and the Gi-
ants are set to open the
National League Cham-
pionship Series against
the Cardinals. B1
Its the perfect time for
locals to savor Napa. M1
The enduring appeal of
souvenir tchotchkes. H1
Wine Countrys artists
and designers. L1
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By Stacy Finz
The nations drought and high corn prices
are devastating Californias $8 billion dairy
industry to the point where farmers cant
afford to feed their cows and their profes-
sional trade organization has been regularly
referring despondent dairymen to suicide
hotlines.
Experts in the industry estimate that by
years end California, the largest dairy state
in the nation, will have lost more than 100
dairies to bankruptcies, foreclosures and
sales. Milk cows are being slaughtered at the
fastest rate in more than 25 years because
farmers need to save on corn costs. Accord-
ing to the Western United Dairymen, a Cali-
fornia trade group, three dairy farmers have
committed suicide since 2009, despairing
over losing their familys dairies.
Tomas Ovalle / Special to The Chronicle
Dairyman Ray Souza in Turlock is among those in the state struggling to stay afloat.
AGRICULTURE
100 dairies
expected
to be gone
by year-end
Hard-hit farmers facing
bankruptcy, foreclosure
Dairy continues on A15
By Benny Evangelista
Brewster Kahle was a 19-
year-old computer science
student at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology when
a friend posed a simple, yet
life-changing question: What
can you do with your life that
is worthwhile?
Kahle came up with two
answers. The first, developing
a microchip to ensure the
privacy of telephone conversa-
tions, didnt pan out. But 32
years later, Kahle is still happi-
ly pursuing his second big
idea to create the digital-age
version of the Great Library of
Alexandria.
His Internet Archive
fittingly based in an old Rich-
mond District church that
architecturally harks back to
the ancient Egyptian library
is building a rich repository of
modern digital culture. Its
best known for the online
Wayback Machine, which
provides a searchable online
museum of the Internet, ar-
chiving more than 150 billion
Web pages that have appeared
since 1996. The nonprofit ar-
chive stretches beyond the
His mission
preserve
our fleeting
digital past
SUNDAY PROFILE
Brewster Kahle
Kahle continues on A14
Diaz continues on A12
Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The Chronicle
The Herb Caen gang
1 Readers share their shining
moments in Mr. San Franciscos
column. Datebook, 16
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Fiscal
cliff is
only one
worry
ECONOMIC DRIVERS
MAY SPUTTER
Threats include more
taxes, less spending
ABCDE
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Our interactive map provides details
about every homicide in the District
over the past decade. Find the killings in your
neighborhood, follow the trends over time,
and learn how the victims died and what
happened to their cases.
BY CHERYL W. THOMPSON
D
espite a stunning dropinhomicides
in the District froma peak of 482
in 1991 to 108 last year murder
remains a stubborn crime to solve
and prosecute inthe nations capital.
AWashington Post reviewof nearly 2,300
slayings in the city between 2000 and 2011
found that less than a third have led to a
conviction for murder or manslaughter, al-
though the numbers have improved in the
past fewyears. Morethan1,000cases remain
unsolved.
Ina15-monthstudy, The Post individually
tracked every homicide in the District be-
tween2000and2011 to learnwhat ultimate-
ly happened to each ensuing case. Such
studies, known as longitudinal, are not gen-
erally produced by law enforcement, be-
cause they are considered to be too time-
consuming.
The study found that out of 2,294 homi-
cides in the period, 30 percent have led to a
conviction for murder or manslaughter, ac-
cording to the analysis of police and court
records. The Post last published a similar
and those cases are tough to prosecute.
U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen said the
Post study is not necessarily a reflection of
howwell his office is prosecutinghomicides.
What youre really measuring inmy view
is, okay, apersonis killedonthe street: What
is the likelihood that person would get con-
victed at the end of the day? Thats different
than conviction rate, he said. What youre
measuring, to me, is more a reflection of, is
the community coming forward and giving
you enough information to make an arrest?
If you never have enough information to
even arrest somebody, you cant hold them
accountable for those murders.
He said that cooperation from the com-
homicides continued on A6
study in 1993, when it found that 25 percent
of the 1,286 homicides between 1988 and
1990 led to such a conviction.
The latest study shows that from 2000
through 2006, under Police Chief Charles H.
Ramsey, the number rose to 29 percent for
the 1,544 homicides over that period.
The trend has continued to improve in
recent years for the 750 homicides under
Cathy L. Lanier to 35 percent between
2007 and 2009 and analysis indicates it
will continue to rise in subsequent years as
pending cases are adjudicated.
The study shows that even as homicide
trends improve as caseloads lessen and
police pursue innovative crime strategies
a hard residue remains of killings that are
difficult to solve and prosecute, mainly in-
volving drugs or retaliation.
This is a good-news, less-good-news sto-
ry, said Richard Rosenfeld, a criminology
professor at the University of Missouri at St.
Louis. The good news is that theres a drop
inhomicides inthe District of Columbia and
the United States. What does that mean?
What D.C. andother cities are facedwithis a
different mix of cases that end in homicide,
Medicine
mixing
stirs up
concerns
Drug compounding is
becoming heavily used
but little regulated
afghan war fading quietly
With little combat to wage, 3rd Platoon feels secluded in the wilderness
BY GREG JAFFE
jaghatu, afghanistan The
platoon sergeant poses a simple
question to the men of 3rd Pla-
toon: What do you consider suc-
cess on a mission?
There is an uneasy silence in
the dark chow tent. In a few
months, the U.S. Army will bull-
dozeits portionof thebase, 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 mor-
tar hole inits roof, the sumtotal of
11 years of U.S. counterinsurgency
efforts in this district 65 miles
south of Kabul.
Sgt. Gary M. Waugh, a soldier
onhis second Afghantour, 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 ser-
geant surveys his men.
Right answer, he replies.
Americas war in Afghanistan
has consumed close to $500 bil-
lion 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 Jag-
hatu, these soldiers are learning
one way. It ends with resignation,
isolation, boredom and the sol-
diers of 3rd Platoon striding out
of the chow tent and into the
bright light of a warm September
day. Now that they had defined
missionsuccess, they hadanother
question: What exactly was the
afghanistan continued on A16
LORENZO TUGNOLI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
During training at a shared base in Jaghatu, Afghanistan, a
U.S. soldier provides the go-ahead for the firing of heavy artillery.
Win or
lose, Ryan
is poised to
rise in GOP
MURDERUNDER
THEMICROSCOPE
AWASHINGTONPOST
INVESTIGATION
Homing
in on
District
homicides
2,294 homicides
The Washington Post tracked
every slaying in the District
between 2000 and 2011 to
determine how many have
led to arrests and convictions.
BY ZACHARY A. GOLDFARB
Even if Washington somehow
finds a way to avoid the fiscal cliff
the automatic tax hikes and
federal spending cuts that
threaten to plunge the nation
back into a recession the
economy could suffer a stiff blow
next year from other looming
changes in public policy.
A payroll tax cut benefiting
160 million workers is scheduled
to expire at the end of the year, as
are unemployment benefits for
millions of people. Also on tap
are newtaxes on the wealthy and
cuts in tens of billions of dollars
in domestic and defense spend-
ing that will occur regardless of
the fiscal cliff.
With the government putting
less money into the economy and
taking more out of peoples wal-
lets, many economists estimate
that these changes could reduce
growth by at least one percent-
age point and leave at least
1 million more people jobless.
While economists and politi-
cians have been warning about
the dangers of the fiscal cliff, far
less has been said about the more
modest, yet serious, toll that
these other government actions
would take.
Of these, the biggest impact
economy continued on A12
BY FELICIA SONMEZ
AND KAREN TUMULTY
youngstown, ohio As GOP
vice-presidential nominee Paul
Ryan stumps across battleground
states, conservatives flock to see
him and not just because they
believe that he and his running
mate are on the
verge of booting
Barack Obama out
of theWhiteHouse.
For people such
as Joy Chickonoski,
it is also because they believe that,
win or lose, the 42-year-old Wis-
consin congressman offers a
glimpse of the Republicanfuture.
Whether next January finds
Ryan moving into the vice presi-
dents residence at the Naval Ob-
servatory or back sleeping in his
office on Capitol Hill, he needs to
continue to do what he does best
and just trust that his gifts will
make room for him, where he
needs to be, said Chickonoski, a
pastor from the nearby town of
Poland who came to see Ryan on
Saturday at Youngstown State
University.
Lately, Mitt Romneys cam-
paignhas decidedthat Ryanneeds
tobe at center stage. That is partly
to take advantage of the buzz
ryan continued on A10
BY DAVID BROWN
Pharmacy compounding, the
mixing of drugs for individual
patients, was once a quaint activ-
ity depicted on drug-store calen-
dars fromthe 1950s. It has roared
back in the 21st century, driven
by the rise of out-of-hospital
surgical care, the high prices and
shortages of drugs, and the real
or imagined benefit of personal-
ized medicine.
Today, nearly every place med-
ical care occurs hospitals,
doctors offices, home-health
companies now gets at least
some of its drugs in forms that
arent available off the shelf from
pharmaceutical houses.
The practice burst into the
national spotlight this month
when cases of a rare brain infec-
tion, widely scattered across the
country, were linked to a drug
mixed by a compounding phar-
macy in Massachusetts. As of
Saturday, 198 illnesses and 15
deaths had been reported from
13 states.
Hospital pharmacists no lon-
ger compound drugs just for
premature infants or patients
with unusual conditions. Corner
druggists see compounding as a
more lucrative and interesting
job than bagging blister-pack
prescriptions. Chain drugstores
are getting into the business.
And entrepreneurs are taking up
mortar and pestle to meet the
demand, one of them being the
New England Compounding
Center, which is at the middle of
the current outbreak.
That company in Framing-
ham, Mass., shipped nearly
18,000 vials of methylpredniso-
lone acetate, a steroid injected
around the spinal cord to relieve
pain, to buyers in 23 states. How
many of the vials were contami-
nated is unknown. About 14,000
people have been injected with
material from the three tainted
lots. Health officials expect more
cases of fungal meningitis to
appear.
Whether that volume of sales
tipped the company out of the
category of compounding phar-
macy and into that of drug
manufacturer is a matter of
dispute. So is the issue of who has
principal responsibility Mas-
drugs continued on A13
EDMUND D. FOUNTAIN | Times photo illustration
Bath salts are synthetic drugs that can be snorted with effects similar to ecstasy or cocaine. But bath
salts are easier to obtain online or at head shops and convenience stores and cheaper.
A killer with a
friendly name
Bath salts have claimed more than 20lives in Florida,
and use of the lethal synthetic drugs is spreading.
TAMPA
W
hen Jairious McGhee ran
through a busy Tampa inter-
section screaming rap lyrics,
when an ofcers Taser barely
slowed him and he fought of
medics, when his heart stopped five times
and he eventually died, the drug in his body
was legal inmost states.
It was April 2011, and bath salts had made
few headlines. Attorney General Pam Bondi
had just issued a temporary ban on the drug
in Florida, but within three months, the U.S.
Department of Justice would be calling this
fine white powder an emerging domestic
threat.
Now its use is spreading, as law enforce-
ment struggles to deal witha newdesigner drug that changes shape every time ofcials try to
crack down.
More than 20 people have died in Florida frombath salts, according to a Tampa Bay Times
examinationof the drugs impact inFlorida.
Two of the victims both 23-year-old men died in Hillsborough. One thought he was
using ecstasy at a rave. The other was a caterer withno criminal record.
Both had methylone in their system, a type of bath salts, which is the street name for this
stimulant meant to mimic ecstasy or cocaine.
Jairious McGhee, 23, was a caterer with no
criminal record when he died after using bath
salts in Tampa in April 2011.
. See BATH SALTS, 13A
BYJESSICAVANDERVELDE | Times Staff Writer
BY ALEX LEARY
Times Staff Writer
In Floridas vast political orbit, Barbara Stiefel
hardly registers. Yet if President Barack Obama
wins re-election, the 59-year-old retiree from
Coral Gables will have playedanoutsizedrole.
Stiefel this year has writtenchecks for $50,000
and $1 million to the pro-Obama Priorities USA
Action, one of the new breed of super PACs
using unlimited donations to scramble the rules
of political campaigns.
Her money a mountain compared to the
$5,000 she was legally allowed to give directly
to Obama helped produce an onslaught of TV
ads portraying Mitt Romney as an out-of-touch
corporate raider.
Stiefel, whose family made money in the phar-
maceutical business, is not alone in Florida, but
she is the only Democratic super donor. Ten resi-
dents have givenat least $500,000 to super PACs.
There are some very wealthy people on both
sides who are looking to make a statement, said
Brian Ballard, a veteran Florida GOP fundraiser.
The super PACsteps it upanother notch.
Stiefel did not return messages seeking com-
ment, which was a common thread among the
super donors. They either de-
clined to comment or could not
be reached.
The nine other heavy-
weights in Florida have given
to Republicancauses.
John W. Childs, 71, of Vero
Beach. He runs a private
equity firm in Boston and has
given $3.1 million to three
conservative super PACs,
according to records collected
by the Center for Respon-
sive Politics. He contributed
$1 million to the pro-Romney
Restore Our Future; $1.1 mil-
lion to Club for Growth Action; and $1 million
to American Crossroads, a group started by Karl
Rove. (Crossroads latest work is an ad attack-
ing Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson for getting a tax
break onpasture land inBrevard County.)
10 super
donors
hail from
Florida
Nine Republicans and one
Democrat have givenat least
$500,000 to super PACs.
John Childs
of Vero Beach
has given
$3.1 million to
three super
PACs.
. See DONORS, 6A
NFL sits Talib
for 4 games
over drug use
BY STEPHEN F. HOLDER
Times Staff Writer
TAMPA With the first four seasons of his
career marked by angry outbursts and two
arrests, Aqib Talib was given a clean slate by
Greg Schiano after the coach
was hiredinJanuary.
But Saturday, Talib com-
mitted his first offense under
Schiano, drawing a four-game
suspensionfromthe NFLfor a
violation of its policy against
performance-enhancing sub-
stances.
The suspension is effective
immediately, taking away one
of the teams top defenders
and undermining the Bucs
efforts to play man-to-man
coverage, a strength of Talibs.
He is eligible to return Nov. 5, one day after the
Bucs game at Oakland.
Talib, 26, said he made a mistake by tak-
ing an Adderall pill without a prescription.
The Bucs cornerback took
Adderall without a prescription.
Its time for Bucs to cut him
NooneshouldbesurprisedAqibTalibisbackin
trouble, columnist GarySheltonwrites. Sports,1C
Aqib Talib is
eligible to
return to the
Buccaneers
on Nov. 5.
. See TALIB, 12A
BY KRIS HUNDLEY
AND JOHN MARTIN
Times Staff Writers
On Mothers Day in May 1984,
ayounglawyer inArizonanamed
John Donald Cody sent flowers
to his mominClearwater.
Thenhe vanished.
Sought by the FBI for stealing
and suspected espionage, Cody
became a phantom who eluded
capture for nearly three decades.
On Oct. 1, almost 30 years
after he vanished, federal offi-
cials announced theyd finally
caught their man. Now 65, he is
sitting in a jail cell in Cleveland,
charged with running a charity
scam in Tampa under the alias
Bobby Thompson.
As Cody awaits trial, author-
ities arent commenting on the
espionage charge or what else
Cody might have beendoing dur-
ing those years on the run. No
one yet knows whether he was a
conmanor a spook, or both.
Heres what is known: In the
Army he was in military intelli-
gence. In Arizona, he was a man
of mystery before disappearing
with clients cash. In Tampa, he
ran a veterans charity charged
with bilking donors out of nearly
$100million.
Cody isnt talking. But in a let-
ter tohis former landlady written
soon after his capture, he perpet-
uatedthe intrigue.
Printing in bizarre block let-
ters to disguise his handwriting,
Cody wrote, Mine is a political
case though I suspect they will
try to keep certain names out of
it andpray I do not testify.
If he does, will anyone believe
a wordhe says?
Mysterymanbehindveteransscam
Meet a now-jailed fugitive who changed his name, but not his ways.
Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald
After John Cody, and his clients money,
vanished in1984, an article profiled the lawyer. . See CODY, 15A
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One of the first calls Barbara
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Coming after contentious
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Noel Thomas can still picture the
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In the 14 years since, Thomas
physical andemotional painhasfaded.
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tolearntowalkagain. Thenightmares
became less frequent.
He even forgot the name of the
cabbie who he said ran a red light on
Chicagos Inner Lake Shore Drive.
Then in August, Thomas was read-
ing about a fatal crash on the Near
West Side. A taxi had gone out of
control, careened through a stop
signal at more than 60 mph, and hit
and killed graduate student Eric
Kerestes as he stoodona sidewalk.
The cabbies name was JohnKesse.
When I saw it, I said, My God,
thats the guy, Thomas, 60, said in a
recent interview. It came back like a
brick hitting me inthe face.
Echoes of 98 wreck in deadly taxi crash
Eric Kerestes, 30,
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by a Chicago cab.
Cabbie recently charged
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Many good people enter
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fied because other con
tenders generally stam
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Eastons former housing director
spent hours at work sending flirta-
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signed before an audit last June
showed she had badly neglected the
apartment buildings she was sup-
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Horner had a new job: teaching oth-
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their performance.
The housing director in Win-
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a courthouse lawyer, requiring him
to be away fromthe housing authori-
ty for 31.5 hours a week the last three
years. When the law office learned
about Joseph M. Lallys second job, it
froze his pay and launched an audit
of his work. But Winchester officials
did nothing, saying theyre satisfied
Lally gets his town work done on
nights and weekends.
Peabodys former housing direc-
tor resigned after TV cameras caught
him spending much of the work
week in local sports bars and social
clubs in 2009. Nonetheless, the hous-
ing authority board let Frank Splaine
stay on the payroll for five extra
months, helping to boost his pen-
sion, and gave him a $27,000 sever-
ance check to boot.
Housing directors face remark-
ably little accountability for their
work managing housing for more
than 300,000 elderly and low-in-
HOUSING, Page A14
By Sarah Schweitzer
GLOBE STAFF
N
ORTHANDOVERThe fenced back-
yard is a bounty of suburban splendor
wisteria-shaded arbor, Weber grill, a 16-
by-32-foot swimming pool. Theyre
ready, Jessica Wood
calls as she sets a platter of strawberry
soy milk smoothies in plastic tumblers
on the patio table.
In the mind of her 4-year-old, the
moment calls not for refreshments but
for whacking his sister with a pool
noodle.
Emmett Collins Wood! Jessica
warns, her voice dropping an octave.
The boy retreats, and its a good thing because
Nanna and Papa are within earshot. Jessica worries the
hubbub rattles her parents nerves, unbundles the
calmof their home where she, her husband, Randy,
and their two children have come to live in a bid to
escape their financial mess.
Jessica and Randy didnt take losses on real estate.
They didnt lose their jobs. But they joined in the easy-
credit run-up to the Great Recession, which has left
themwith a heap of debts that has devoured their pay-
checks and their future, most recently, their 401(k).
We were always just barely making
it, says Jessica, a public school teach-
er. Which is why were trying some-
thing different.
So they are here, he in Carhartt
denims and she with modishly
pinned blond pigtails, in the 1937 Co-
lonial-style, four-bedroomthat her
parents, Anne and Barry Low, bought
with their teaching salaries when
they were nearly 10 years younger then she is now.
Its a striking juxtaposition: Two couples, both col-
lege-educated, both married, both rooted in teaching.
For Anne and Barry, the path led to the heart of the
MIDDLE, Page A12
By Jenifer B. McKim
GLOBE STAFF
As mortgage interest rates fall further into
uncharted territory, more homeowners in
Massachusetts and across the United States
are refinancing home loans to shorter terms,
paying off their debts faster and saving thou-
sands of dollars.
Economists say the trend indicates that
lowering long-term debt has become a bigger
priority for many borrowers than cutting
monthly mortgage payments.
You see people more averse to debt gener-
ally, said Mike Fratantoni, vice president of re-
search and economics for the Mortgage Bank-
ers Association, a trade group based in Wash-
ington. There has been a lot learned about the
cost of taking on too much.
In the second quarter of this year, about 30
percent of borrowers chose to shorten their
home loan terms, mostly from 30 to 15 years,
according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac,
which holds nearly a quarter of US residential
loans.
By contrast, 10 percent opted for abbreviat-
ed terms during the same months in 2006,
when the housing market was at its peak.
Then, a larger percentage of borrowers opted
to refinance for 30-years, tapping into their eq-
uity for cash to spend on renovations, educa-
MORTGAGE, Page A13
By Michael Kranish
GLOBE STAFF
CULPEPER, Va. D.J. Moberley, a 30-year-
old evangelical Christian, seems an unlikely
cog in the effort to elect Mitt Romney as presi-
dent. He has no ties to the campaign, has been
skeptical of the candidates Mormon faith, and
says, Mitt Romney is not someone I would
have picked, thats for sure.
Nonetheless, the real estate appraiser
spends hours chatting with his 900 Facebook
friends and talking with fellow church mem-
bers about Romney, all part of his effort to con-
vince evangelicals who have qualms about
Mormonism that they should support the for-
mer Massachusetts governor. Many other
evangelicals are making similar efforts across
the country.
Therein lies one of the more unlikely stories
of this years presidential campaign: evangeli-
cals, some of whomplayed a role in Romneys
defeat in 2008, and nearly upset his effort in
2012, are nowa vital part of Romneys hope to
win in Virginia and several other swing states
where evangelicals are a major constituency.
ROMNEY, Page A7
By Eric Moskowitz
GLOBE STAFF
CAMBRIDGE The rules were clear. No laptops. Ev-
er.
And everyone would get called on. Elizabeth Warren
made sure, leaving nothing to chance in her contracts
class. While Warren, always in motion, zipped questions
at the 80 first-year students, teaching assistants tracked
her using notecards. At the break, they slipped her cards
with the names of any students she had missed.
For incoming Harvard Lawstudents accustomed to
the comfort of an undergraduate liberal arts seminar, it
was a shock to the system. Acold intellectual shower
first thing in the morning, is howAngela Littwin, a 1L in
the fall of 1999, still remembers it.
Warrens classes required more preparation than
most. Students could not defer when she called on them
with a question, even if they had not done the reading.
The entire hall listening, Warren would stay with them,
feeding crumbs of information while continuing to press,
habitually pulling her rimless glasses off and on.
Littwin loved it.
There are lots of people who are that demanding and
WARREN, Page A8
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are flocking
to shorter
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Refinancing priorities
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Evangelicals, long wary
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Elizabeth Warren is known for pushing students
without being mean at Harvard Law School.
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to incompetence, indolence, and worse
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Caught in the middle
Randy and Jessica Wood didnt want it all, just for the old American
equation of hard work and opportunity to work for themas it had for
generations. But, as for so many, the good life remains just out of reach.
PHOTOS BY DINA RUDICK/GLOBE STAFF
Jessica Wood ties son Emmetts shoes as her mother, Anne Low, looks on. Wood and her family live
with her parents while they try to get out of debt. For now, buying even a used car (below) is a strain.
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PORTSMOUTH, Ohio Republicans
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan went back to
school Saturday to rally college students
in all corners of all-important Ohio and
accuse President Obama of going easy on
China over unfair trade practices. Obama
took precious time off the campaign trail
to practice for Tuesdays debate against
his GOP rival.
It was an unspoken acknowledgment of
the importance that Obama attaches to
upping his game in Debate No. 2 that the
president is largely dropping out of sight
for five straight days in the final weeks of
the race to prepare for the encounter in
Hempstead, N.Y.
Even while cloistered for debate prep at
a sprawling resort in Williamsburg, Va.,
though, the president did not completely
cede the spotlight to Romney. His weekly
radio and Internet address highlighted his
administrations work to revive the U.S.
auto industry a message aimed square-
ly at working-class voters in manufactur-
ing-heavy states such as Ohio.
Romney, for his part, told a crowd of
more than 3,000 at Shawnee State Univer-
See CAMPAIGN on A19
In the Garden State
More than half of New Jerseyans say Atlantic City
should maintain exclusive rights to gambling. A16.
C O U P O N S I N S I D E WO R T H U P T O $ 2 , 5 2 1
The bucolic properties were assembled by drugstore magnate Jules Siegel who now, at age 85, feels enough is enough.
Broker Lisa James Otto said she has had three nibbles so far: This area continues to draw buyers from Europe and New York.
Constitution
Center taps
Prohibition
Stumping and prepping
Romney, Ryan wooed Ohioans; Obama eyed debate.
Mitt Romney, at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio,
told a rally that its time to stand up against China. DAVID KOHL / AP
By Suzette Parmley
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
With the deadline to apply for a license to operate
Philadelphias second casino just a month away, results
of the latest Inquirer Pennsylvania Poll show that 45
percent of likely voters in the city and the four sur-
rounding Pennsylvania counties oppose building anoth-
er gaming hall, vs. 33 percent who support doing so.
Forty-seven percent of respondents from the Phila-
delphia area said they agreed with opponents conten-
tion that a second casino would bring crime and traffic
while changing the dynamics of the neighborhood in
which it is built for the worse, according to the poll,
conducted Oct. 4-8 by a bipartisan team that inter-
viewed 600 likely voters. The margin of error is plus or
minus 4 percentage points.
Just 39 percent of local respondents said they sup-
ported a second city casino because it would mean new
jobs and much-needed revenue.
Prospects for a second casino dimmed in late 2010,
when the state Gaming Control Board stripped inves-
See CASINOS on A16
Area voters see
a 2d city casino
as a shaky bet
Opponents outnumbered supporters,
45 percent to 33. Traffic, crime were cited.
By Alan J. Heavens
INQUIRER REAL ESTATE WRITER
Lisa James Otto confidently guides her
Jaguar over the rough roads that carve
Solebury Township pastureland into six
neat, green rectangles.
You really must see the view, explains
the veteran New Hope real estate broker,
whose current listings of historic houses
and land number more than 100 in Bucks
County and across the Delaware River in
New Jersey, and never mind the sale she
brokered in Italy recently.
The property being explored on this
gray Columbus Day holiday, however, tru-
ly falls into the often misapplied catego-
ry of unique:
Four horse farms as a single entity,
encompassing nearly 464 acres of rich
ground in Solebury, Upper Makefield,
and Buckingham Townships, six houses,
barns, outbuildings, and this is the
clincher about 175 standardbred hors-
es, including stallions, broodmares,
colts, and fillies.
The number of horses fluctuates with
yearling and racehorse sales, and births.
The price: $50 million, certainly one of
the richest single residential price tags
in the regions history. Taxes alone will
total $73,129.
The buyer must assume ownership of
the horses.
The description, as the harness-racing
world and most locals know, is of Jules
Siegels Fashion Farms, producer of
some of the winningest trotters around.
The land and buildings are likely
worth $17 million to $20 million, Otto
said. The horses are where the real mon-
ey is, with two of the stallions valued at
$7 million.
Why? Stud fees.
In 2011, Broadway Hall commanded a
See FARMS on A18
Along with four farms and buildings, the buyer will get about 175 standardbred horses.
Two of the stallions are valued at $7 million. Property taxes alone will total $73,129.
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Editorial, C4.
A campaign
battle waged on
all pop-culture
fronts. Arts &
Entertainment, H1.
By Stephan Salisbury
INQUIRER CULTURE WRITER
For almost a century, suffrag-
ettes, preachers, populists, presi-
dential candidates, progressives,
conservatives, and even the Ku
Klux Klan, all railed against the
evils of drink.
Eliminate spiritous liquors and,
like magic, wife-beaters, vagrants, un-
ruly workers, and swarthy foreigners
would all be wiped away, cleansing
America of moral and alien scourg-
es. Thus the passage, in 1919, of the
18th Amendment to the Constitution
and the onset of Prohibition.
But it didnt quite work out that
way. Instead, an era of flappers and
gangsters, speakeasies and mas-
sive federal law enforcement bum-
rushed the country headlong into
the Great Depression.
By 1933, the bloom on the rose
having been washed away by the
oceans of beer dumped down the
nations storm sewers, the Noble
Experiment ended with passage of
the 21st Amendment Repeal.
Happy days were here again.
This sweeping and quintessential-
ly American story is the subject of
American Spirits: The Rise and
Fall of Prohibition, the most ambi-
tious self-curated show ever pro-
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INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Pennsylvania State University has entered into pre-
liminary settlement talks with at least 20 men accusing
Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse, the colleges appointed
mediators said.
That figure more than double the number of vic-
tims who testified against the former assistant football
coach at trial offers the first glimpse of Penn States
potential liability in the largest scandal in its history.
Their ranks include the eight accusers named in state
prosecutors case against Sandusky, four more who have
either filed lawsuits or come forward to claim molesta-
tion in the news media, and at least eight more who have
not publicly aired their allegations of abuse.
The universitys appointed mediators have yet to be-
gin the process of vetting any of the 20 claims, negotia-
tor Michael K. Rozen said in an interview last week.
All of these claims will be very different from one
another factually and potentially legally, he said.
Were having lots of discussions so far about how to go
about evaluating them.
Penn State hired Rozen and law partner Kenneth R.
Feinberg to handle settlement negotiations last month.
Their firm previously managed the Sept. 11 victims-
compensation fund and settlements with those affected
by the 2010 BP Gulf oil spill.
So far, the mediators have reached out to attorneys
representing the accusers but described their discussions
Friday as preliminary. Rozen said he and Feinberg had
yet to come up with criteria to evaluate the claims.
Right now, were trying to think through how we
See PENN STATE on A4
PSU starts
talks with
20 accusers
Early settlement discussions include at
least eight men who have not publicly aired
abuse allegations against Jerry Sandusky.
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