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U.S. President Barack Obama (D) 338 electoral votes John McCain (R) 155 electoral votes 45 too close to call

U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R) 56 percent Andrew Rice (D) 39 percent Stephen P. Wallace (I) 4 percent 2085 of 2231 precincts reporting

U.S. Representatives District 4 Tom Cole (R) 66 percent Blake Cummings (D) 29 percent David E. Joyce (I) 5 percent 2085 out of 2231 precincts reporting

Corporation Commissioner (Full Term) Jeff Cloud (R) 61 percent Charles Gray (D) 39 percent 2085 precincts reporting

Corporation Commissioner (Short Term) Dana Murphy (R) 52 percent Jim Roth (D) 48 percent 2085 precincts reporting

State Senator District 15 (West Norman) Jonathan Nichols (R) 60 percent Diane M. Drum (D) 40 percent 38 of 44 precincts reporting

State Rep. District 44 (Campus area) Bill Nations (D) 65 percent Tod Barret (R) 35 percent 21 of 23 precincts reporting

State Rep. District 45 (East Norman) Wallace Collins (D) 54 percent Aaron Stiles (R) 46 percent 12 of 15 precincts reporting

State Rep. District 46 Scott Martin (R) 66 percent Miranda Norman (D) 34 percent 21 of 23 precincts reporting

All four of the state questions — one dealing with tax exemptions, one with veterans’ benefits, one with hunting rights and one with wine sales — on the state ballot were approved.

Inhofe wins re-election to US Senate over Rice high in the Skirvin Grand Ballroom, with a live band, food and drinks. The ballroom was filled to capacity with Rice supporters who spilled out into the adjacent hallway.

“I’m just so glad to have had my name on the ballot,” Rice said in his concession speech. “I’ve always said this camp wasn’t about me. It was about the stories of the people I have met throughout Oklahoma.”

Chaos broke out in the ballroom when Sen. Barack KATE CUNNINGHAM Obama, D-Ill., was announced as the next President of Daily Staff Writer the U.S. Supporters between 18 and 80 started jumping for joy, hugging and even dancing on Shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday, their chairs.

Democratic U.S. Senatorial candidate “I’m proud to be an American Andrew Rice contacted his opponent, because tonight we are going to elect Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., to concede the person who is right for our counvictory. try,” Rice said in the speech.

Rice, a state senator representing However, many voters were disapOklahoma City, announced his concespointed. Rice supporter Pat Richardson sion to his constituents at his watch of Harrah voiced her dissatisfaction party at the Hilton Skirvin hotel in JIM ANDREW with the senatorial election results, downtown Oklahoma City. His speech that Inhofe would only continue INHOFE RICE saying reflected the spirit of optimism seen in to make bad decisions. voters throughout the country.

“Inhofe is taking the state in the Major news networks began predictwrong direction because he caters to the special interest ing that republican incumbent Sen. Jim Inhofe would win groups, like the National Rifle Association,” she said. the Oklahoma senatorial election soon after polls closed, According to the campaign, Rice did well in Oklahoma but that didn’t put a damper on the party. Spirits were City, Tulsa and Cleveland County.

• Opposing candidate maintains positive demeanor despite loss

Students cheer on Obama victory • Heavily Democratic crowd turns out to watch historic victory

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RYAN BRYANT AND LEIGH ANNE MANWARREN Daily Staff Writers Thunderous applause and spirited boos echoed off the walls of the Molly Shi Boren as a heavily Democratic audience of students watched election returns trickle in Tuesday evening.

Hundreds of students were gathered to watch election results at the OU Votes election watch party in Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Students roared with support at each of Obama’s projected victories, while Republican candidate John McCain’s were met with loud booing.

The watch party provided free food and campaign signs for students as they watched election coverage from CBS and CNN on two screens.

Several exchange students joined native Oklahomans and Texans to watch the election results.

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A student holds an Obama ‘08 sign and cheers in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s ballroom Tuesday evening at the election watch party.

Miguel Pardo, a Spanish computer engineering exchange student, said he anticipated a close election.

“As the night [went] along, it [got] closer and closer,” he said. “Either way, this election [has changed] the world.”

University College freshman Hannah Cooney, a McCain supporter, said she was hopeful for

a McCain victory, but expected Obama to win the election.

“I definitely wish more people were McCain supporters at OU,” she said.

Cooney said she disagrees with Obama on nearly every issue and doubts the validity of his Christianity.

“If Obama’s a Christian, maybe I

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Issac Freeman, international security studies junior, said he voted Democratic because he thinks Obama’s vice-presidential candidate selection was wiser than McCain’s.

“The vice president needs to be prepared to take a leadership role as president,” he said. “[Gov. Sarah] Palin is not ready to be president.”

Freeman said he thinks McCain used to be a maverick, but changed everything he previously stood for during his campaign.

“He pandered to people he thought would get him elected,” he said.

The room erupted when Obama was declared the winner of Ohio, a hotly contested swing state. Based on CNN exit polling, Obama captured 53 percent of the state’s overall vote and 64 percent of its youth vote.

Political science professor Margaret Ellis said swing states are unpredictable, but necessary to win an election.

“Ohio is an almost permanent swing state,” she said. “They’re important because they make the difference. Ohio is very diverse, and it’s very dismal for McCain since he lost it.”

University College freshman Allison Harris continued to support McCain, despite Obama’s victories.

“I voted for McCain because my ideals line up with the Republican Party’s, and I [believe he would have been] a Amy Frost/The Daily strong leader for our country,” Henry Staat and Lois Hilbert celebrate after Barack Obama is named president at she said Tuesday night before the Cleveland County Democrats’ watch party at the Holiday Inn Tuesday. the election results.

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Bicycle league denies Norman ‘biker-friendly’ title NANETTE LIGHT Assistant Managing Editor Norman’s bid to be named a “bikerfriendly” city was denied by the League of American Bicyclists, and nobody in the city knows why.

Amy Cerato, a member of Norman’s Bicycle Advisory Committee which aids the city council on bike decisions, said the title is awarded to communities for placing biker issues high on their “To Do” lists.

To find out why Norman was denied the title, the committee contacted the league for a more detailed answer but has not received a response.

“We are a very vehicle-centric area,” Cerato said. “We just have to work on making it a better environment for bikers, because right now it’s not fantastic — in fact it’s pretty dangerous.”

Cerato said Norman applied for bronze status, the lowest level of recognition. The title could be refused for something as simple as an application error, she said.

Elizabeth Kiker, director of communications for the league, said every community that applies is given feedback for improvement.

“We just don’t have a policy of not giving feedback,” she said.

To maintain an encouraging environment, it is against the league’s policy to confirm or deny if a city applied, Kiker said. She also said she could not say why Norman was not deemed “biker-friendly.”

Currently, there are no communities in Oklahoma that hold the league’s “bikerfriendly” status.

Norman officials said this lack of recognition is not thwarting their bicycle plans, which include building a bicycle and pedestrian path along State Highway 9 while the roadway is under construction for widening.

The city has run into some resistance, however, from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

Angelo Lombardo, a transportation engineer for Norman, said the city wanted to construct a bicycle path, but ODOT was in favor of accommodating cyclists by building a wider shoulder along the road.

Lombardo said the city requested that ODOT modify its design because of concerns a lane would receive limited use by bikers because it would run side-by-side with high-speed traffic. Lombardo said

THE FIVE E’S OF ‘BIKERFRIENDLY’ Engineering – Bike lanes and trails that are included in a city’s plans at the conception.

Education – Teaching bike safety to drivers, bikers and elementary children.

Enforcement – Teaching police officers about biker road rules. This includes giving a biker a ticket for running a red light or a driver a ticket for not giving 3-foot clearance to a biker.

Encouragement – Planning days like “Bike to Work” or “Bike to School” that promote riding bikes to places to which people usually drive.

Evaluation – A city examines what it has been doing to see if there is room for improvement.

Source: Elizabeth Kiker, chief of communications for the League of American Bicyclists

a path would provide a safer facility for everyone.

“Different kinds of bicyclists need different kinds of transportation measures, and putting a bike lane on a 60 mile per hour highway that has debris in the shoulder and cars using the shoulder as turning lanes is quite dangerous,” Cerato said.

He said there are many cyclists who bike on the shoulder of the highway, but if the city wants families with children to ride, it needs to build a path.

David Meuser, public information officer for ODOT, said the department proposed a lane because it thought some cyclists would rather have a lane than share a path with pedestrians.

Meuser said the department received a resolution from Norman a week ago that details the vision for the highway. He said this resolution includes a multi-modal path, which provides access to pedestrians and cyclists.

“We’re reviewing the resolution and

digesting it, but it’s a positive step forward,” Meuser said.

The city plans on paying for the path with grant money received from ODOT’s special projects division, which allocates money toward projects like bike paths, Lombardo said.

Meuser said the grant allocates $12 million to transportation projects every other year, and Norman applied for $750,000.

Lombardo said the city plans to use the grant money to pave the path and let ODOT handle the design and grading.

Meuser said ODOT is unsure how much the project will cost and does not know when construction will begin.

Construction costs have increased sharply, and he said ODOT is surveying the surrounding area to see how it would be affected by reconstruction of the highway.

Meuser said the study has been ongoing for several years.

“We don’t know how long it will take to finish the environmental and design process, so we don’t know how much it’s going to cost and that means we don’t know when construction will begin,” Meuser said. “We’re a number of years off.”

Campus tutoring program achieves official certification CAITLIN HARRISON Daily Staff Writer An OU tutoring program recently received certification from the College Reading and Learning Association, and the university is only the second in the Big 12 to have a program obtain this status.

The University College Action Tutoring Program, which has been operating for close to a year, met the necessary criteria to receive certification, said Tammy Pratt, director of the Assessment and Learning Center.

She said the tutoring program offers more diverse assistance than those at many other schools.

“There may be an institution that’s certified, but only in their writing center,” she said. “We can say we’re uniquely certified in that we have this scope and diversity of courses that we offer for academic assistance.”

Pratt said the program attained the College Reading and Learning Association’s advanced certification status, which is the second highest out of three levels.

The association evaluates university tutoring programs based on the amount of training tutors receive, topics used in training, ways they are trained and the amount of hours each tutor spends helping students.

The tutoring program, which is run by the Assessment and Learning Center, offers Action Tutoring, which is walk-in tutoring that allows students to get help from a Peer Learning Assistant. Peer assistants are trained undergraduate tutors who have already taken the class for which they provide help. A second component at the center is a course-specific group help sessions run by a faculty member and a Peer Learning Assistant.

Sarah Swenson, Peer Learning Assistant and zoology and letters sophomore, said she enjoys helping students get a better understanding of the material through Action Tutoring.

“It’s hard to really feel like someone’s teaching to you [in class],” she said. “It’s nice for students to know they’re getting good help.”

Student attendance at Action Centers has increased every semester, said Daniel Tippin, Peer Learning Assistant and political science senior. He said the tutoring centers cover most general education classes as well as some upper-division courses.

Tutors must participate in at least 50 hours of training for the program to be eligible for the advanced level, Pratt said. The association requires that tutors receive an A or B in the subject they are assisting, but OU’s program requires an A in the course and a

cumulative GPA of at least 3.5.

“We exceeded in almost every area of criteria they have laid out,” she said.

Brad Abbott, associate professor of physics, said close to 25 students attend his physics Action Center every week. Most students who attend on a regular basis perform better on exams, he said.

“They can interact, and they can also deal with someone their own age who’s had it before,” he said.

“They’re all working together and helping each other, so I think they actually learn it much better.”

Mark Morvant, associate professor of chemistry, said his Action Center allows students to build rapport with one another.

“Students are getting a lot from the camaraderie of doing the practice problems together and also from improvements in the course grades,” he said.

“It really adds a much more in-depth understanding of the material they really can’t get in a large lecture format.”

The College Reading and Learning Association, which aims to improve higher-level education and tutoring services, is the only organization that certifies tutoring programs in higher education, Pratt said.

The University of Texas received the same certification for its Mentor Academy, according to the

UC ACTION AMENITIES • Action Centers: course-specific academic sessions led by faculty and usually an undergraduate Peer Learning Assistant • Action Tutoring: individual walk-in tutoring with Peer Learning Assistants • Action Appointments: academic assistance by appointment only Visit uc.ou.edu/action for tutoring schedules.

university’s Web site.

OU’s program plans to apply for the highest certification level next year, Pratt said. She said the achievement is an important step for OU. “I think it says a lot about the commitment OU has made for student success,” she said. “Considering that we’re so new and we’re growing, being able to achieve the certification at an advanced level is quite an accomplishment.”

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Mark Potts — broadcast and electronic media graduate student

A good day for America Tuesday was a good day for America.

We say that not knowing who won a single race, from Cleveland County sheriff on up to U.S. president.

But here’s what we do know: For the first time in our memories, people genuinely excited to OUR VIEW were vote. is an editorial MTV has been trying selected and debated to rock the vote for more by the editorial board election cycles than we can and written after a majority opinion is count, and, for at least four formed and approved years, P. Diddy has been by the editor. Our View threatening the population is The Daily’s official with death if they didn’t vote, opinion. but none of these celebritydriven efforts to get out the vote have made much of an impact.

But finally, voting is cool.

And, even among young people, it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with YouTube videos imploring high turnouts or preachy political science professors urging reluctant college students to do their civic duty.

Based on what we’ve heard people talking about in class, what we’ve learned from our friends and what we’ve said in our own conversations, we believe the level of participation we saw at the polls Tuesday was the result of genuine interest

and excitement on the part of the electorate.

For the last year, there has been a sense of urgency coming from voters from age 18 to 100.

After eight years of an unpopular president, a divided America and a slew of problems, people know the country is sorely in need of a real turnaround.

We were encouraged by the fact that, even in states like Oklahoma and Texas where there was no question which candidate would be favored, voters could not wait to get to the polls.

We saw student after student who woke up early to vote in-state for a highly unfavored Barack Obama or drive all they way to Texas to cast their ballot for John McCain. We waited in lines stretching out the doors of polling places. In night classes Tuesday, we watched the screens of every laptop switch between news Web sites reporting results.

We also saw students leave, blatantly admitting they were too excited to sit in class.

Regardless of whether voters were Republicans, Democrats or Independents, each one of them was important.

They brought an excitement that this country needs to last far beyond Tuesday’s election. They brought a passion and a hunger for change that are absolutely essential for America’s future.

They made us as excited about the future as they were about the election.

STAFF COLUMN

In awe of Americans’ Election Day freedoms “Awed.”

That was my response to a question on the New York Times’ Web site, which asked voters to describe their feelings Tuesday in a single word.

I had to type that one in myself; it wasn’t on the dropdown menu of more standard choices like “apprehensive,” MEREDITH “hopeful” and SIMONS “exhausted.”

But it was the only word that could describe how I felt during the moment that I rounded a corner in St. John’s Episcopal Church in Norman, halfway through my hour-long wait in line, and saw the row of people stretched out in front of me.

I was stunned by the realization that we — young parents, senior citizens and college students, clad in a colorful jumble of trendy dresses, pantsuits and OU sweatshirts — were about to choose the next president of the United States.

There are lots of people in the world who get to vote for their leaders. But many of them don’t actually get to

choose them.

Thousands of the people who cast ballots around the world know that their votes will be trashed as soon as they leave their hands.

The elections they are voting in have already been decided by underhanded political deals or will be decided by armed militants in the day following the election.

But I leaned on the wall of St. John’s on Tuesday morning knowing that it wouldn’t matter if the winner of the election were in a different party than the incumbent.

President Bush will vacate the Oval Office peacefully come January.

Whoever loses will go back to the Senate and chill for awhile.

John McCain wont go back to Arizona and recruit an anti-Obama militia any more than Barack Obama will start launching guerilla attacks on the south side of Chicago if the election doesn’t turn out the way he wants it to.

As Americans, we’re confident that our votes will be counted and our chosen candidate will enter the White House with a minimum amount of drama.

That’s not so in other parts of the world.

I was in southern Africa

three years ago just before a Zambian presidential election.

I asked a woman who she thought would win, and she shrugged and said, “Oh, depends on how much corruption there is.”

The next year, I spent the summer in Ethiopia, which was still reeling from a wave of post-election violence that had left at least 40 people dead at the hands of government forces.

Hundreds more had been rounded up, interrogated and released because of their association with the opposition party.

Dozens of opposition leaders had been imprisoned and slapped with charges ranging from treason to genocide, all for the crime of running against the ruling party.

Thoughts of Zambia and Ethiopia flashed through my mind as I stood in line in Norman, silently celebrating the fact that a group of average citizens could quietly assemble and cast votes — that would be counted — for the next occupant of the Oval Office.

It was awesome.

Meredith Simons is an international area studies senior. She is the editor of The Daily.

YOUR VIEWS Abortion display offensive I am writing in response to The Daily’s Monday article titled “Graphic abortion images spark debate on South Oval.”

I believe the actions of the anti-abortion group Justice For All are nothing short of despicable.

I am writing, not as an advocate for the pro-life or pro-choice movement, but as a woman. The entire abortion issue has been grossly simplified into one paradigm: Convince young, unwed mothers-to-be to keep the fetus growing inside her.

If you look at the posters displayed on the South Oval, that demographic appeared to be the group’s only target. But viewers don’t have to fall into that category to be outraged by the display.

I am both married and pregnant with a planned child. Sadly, people fail to realize that the abortion debate does not cease to involve them once they begin “planned” families. Before I had my routine genetic testing, my husband and I discussed what we would do if our baby girl had horrible deformities or a life-threatening or life-ending illness.

We also discussed what we would do if I had a complication in which carrying the baby to term would result in one or both of our deaths. I am incredibly thankful that we haven’t had to make final decisions on these worst-case scenarios.

I do not pretend to know who has the tougher decision: a mother giving up her child because she is not ready for parenthood or a mother terminating a planned pregnancy because of unforeseen conditions.

What I do know is that graphic displays, like the one by Justice For All, do not make any woman’s decision easier, nor do they add anything intelligent or meaningful to the conversation.

Abortion is an intensely personal and emotional decision. That said, the people volunteering for Justice For All cannot possibly understand the entire range of situations in which abortion would cross a woman’s mind.

This is an issue that needs to be discussed with great sensitivity, and Justice For All’s display was nothing short of hate speech.

Krysten Marshall OU alumna

OU should be ashamed of display In the name of the same freedom of speech that was shamefully used on the South Oval this week, I want to express how shocking it is that OU let people adorn the campus with the graphic pictures of allegedly aborted fetuses Monday.

The exhibition of these pictures precludes logical discourse. Society should not be governed and regulated without logical discourse.

These pictures appeal only to emotions.

You cannot reach a thought-through, compassionate, sensitive and sensible decision based on gut feelings. You should not make a civil decision based on faith either.

In Tuesday’s newspaper, Sarah Rosencrans, just like all other “pro-life” people, mixed religion and civil society. When a group of people tries to impose a set of morals on society, it is theocratic despotism.

Rosencrans called pro-choice people “proabortion.” This is Orwellian Newspeak. A “pro-abortion” activist would be demonstrating to encourage people to abort. I have never heard anyone yell to the crowds, “Abort! Abort!”

Instead, I see people call for more education to avoid teenage pregnancies, cheaper contraception and more help for young mothers. The U.S. has one of the highest rate of teenage pregnancies in the West. Nothing is done to improve that.

If I put up pictures of naked people on campus, it is likely I would be arrested because the pictures would be deemed obscene. But true obscenity adorned the campus this week. Shame on OU! Lionel Larre Visiting researcher

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Anti-abortion display sparked all the wrong feelings

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To Justice for All: Shame on you.

Your negative energy only stirred up animosity toward your cause and yourselves.

What you did was hateful, even if it was motivated out of a certain kind of love.

And, newsflash, the hate and rage that spewed back at you was not the persecution that Jesus was talking about.

Unless, of course, it was, and we’ve all misunderstood Jesus, and he’s actually quite rude.

The abortion nonsense doesn’t do the little embryos of the future or their worried mothers any good.

That whole display was all about ego. Someone needed not only to be correct, but

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The abortion nonsense doesn’t do the little embryos of the future or their worried mothers any good. also acknowledged for being correct.

Please think about this and ask yourselves, from whichever side you sit, what all the energy spent in that rally accomplished.

Were laws changed? Were hearts won? Were minds changed? Was anyone educated? No. No. No. No. In fact, people skipped class to sit there and yell at people they were angry with.

Concentration and education were undermined. This is a uni-

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got angry about the pictures and stood there with signs and hostile language, yelling at the Justice for All people: Shame on you. The emotional reaction you gave was not entirely out of our hands; it was provoked.

Like bulls prodded with hot irons, you stampeded.

You’re not EMILY bulls though.

GRIMES You’re rational adults.

An emotional reaction was exactly what those associated with Justice for All wanted, and you totally fell for it.

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Can we please get a 30 foot, multi-faceted display of Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Buddha and Martin Luther King Jr. — exemplary people who embody the clear-mindedness of peace — set up on the South Oval?

It seems to me we need that kind of inspiration based on some terrible behavior lately.

I’m alluding to Monday’s display of disgusting and inappropriate images of aborted fetuses set up by Justice for All. To all those who stood around the pictures of death, charging the atmosphere with your intensity, I have this to say: Oh my god.

To the pro-choice people and moderates among us who

versity. Ideas should be shared here, not used as weaponry.

Since when did protests become so out of proportion to their causes?

We should be protesting the facts that our fees are higher than our tuition, that we have a lack of relevant classes available in way too many departments, that professors are underpaid and that toxic chemicals are used on the campus grass we so adore sitting on.

Protests like that could be

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seen by people who can implement the change they stand for.

We should not merely focus on issues that require largescale action. Get real.

Nor should we protest a personal issue like abortion.

Spread peace and love, people, not hate and fear.

The chaos of Monday was not necessary.

Emily Grimes is an English and botany junior and a guest columnist for The Daily.

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Top challenges facing Obama ENERGY You’ve promised to move quickly to deal with the country’s energy problems and reduce U.S. dependence on Persian Gulf oil. But oil prices have plummeted and the political will to act may be waning as well.

There are sharp divisions over offshore oil drilling and precious little federal money available to help develop alternative energy sources such as wind and solar. Increasing use of nuclear power would require finding a way to deal with nuclear waste, a politically volatile issue. You’ve said the government needs to act quickly to address climate change; the hard part will be working out the details with Congress for a plan to cap carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions.

WARS

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The United States is fighting two wars at once.

There are 152,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and 32,000 in Afghanistan, where violence has escalated and American casualties are running higher than in Iraq. An immediate challenge: the U.N. resolution that governs the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq expires at the end of the year. The U.S. military advised Iraqi authorities that it will have to shut down security and service operations in Iraq if the year ends without a security agreement or a renewed U.N. mandate for American forces. Then come the larger questions of when and how to draw down U.S. troops in Iraq, and how many more troops to send to Afghanistan.

a moment to relax and savor your victory — but not too long. There already are plenty of pressing matters piling up in your in-box:

HEALTH CARE

GUANTANAMO BAY

45 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and expectations that coverage can be broadly expanded were stoked by both sides in the presidential campaign. Now comes the time to act. But the financial crisis made significant changes even more unlikely because any proposal will be costly.

There are about 250 detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The current defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff both want to see the detention center shut down, and it was a rare area of agreement on the presidential campaign trail, too. The hard part will be making it happen.

IMMIGRATION Now that the voting’s over, pressure to revisit immigration reform will build quickly from Latino supporters, immigration groups and some business interests. Larger Democratic majorities could help to move a bill through Congress, but those majorities will be built, in part, with Democrats from conservative districts who are wary of going too far. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats may have to give up some of their priorities in immigration reform to get an agreement, such as giving illegal immigrants a path to citizenship.

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THE ECONOMY

FOREIGN POLICY

This is problem No. 1. The nation is in the midst of the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s. Unemployment now stands at 6.1 percent, and economists predict it could go as high as 7.5 percent in 2009. Consumers are pessimistic about the future and cutting back on borrowing and spending, the lifeblood of America’s economy. A painful recession is looming and in many parts of the country it already has landed with a sickening thud.

The good news? Congress has come up with $700 billion to bail out the sinking financial system by buying toxic mortgages. The bad news? Everybody wants some of the money and the program is rapidly changing to dole out money in unexpected directions. Shifting gears, the government decided to buy stakes in banks. Automakers and the insurance industry are clamoring for help. Others are, too. Many Democrats want Congress to pass another economic stimulus bill. Americans already have lost trillions of dollars in investments, savings and college accounts. What’s your move?

Besides Iraq and Afghanistan, Iran’s nuclear program is at the top of your agenda. While Iran denies trying to build a bomb, most experts say that’s the goal, and your pressing task is to choose an option to stop Iran. Diplomacy with economic and political concessions remains the preferred approach. But there is the issue of whether to threaten Iran, either implicitly or explicitly.

U.S. policy on Pakistan needs retooling. Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaida leaders are thought to be hiding in the frontier regions. U.S. decisions are pending on whether to expand attacks in those areas and whether to support the government as it attempts to reconcile with some militants.

In the Middle East, a pause is in order while Israel sorts out the formation of a new government. But even before that is accomplished, decisions are needed on how much to intervene in the Arab-Israeli dispute, including whether to appoint a special U.S. mediator and whether to outline a U.S. framework for a settlement with the Palestinians.

Wall Street shrugs off weak economic news CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — The financial world looked hopefully ahead Tuesday to a new president who will confront an economy beset by a stubborn housing slump and the worst financial crisis in 70 years, which has caused consumers and businesses to sharply reduce their spending.

“He will inherit an economy that is in recession and ... is likely to get worse before it gets better,” said Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for PNC Financial Services.

Still, investors seemed to draw hope Tuesday from the selection of a new presidential administration, while shrugging off the latest in a series of grim economic reports. The Dow Jones industrial average surged more than 300 points.

The Dow and the other major stock indexes all finished with gains of more than 3 percent.

“Certainty is going to replace uncertainty,” said Ken Mayland, president of ClearView Economics, referring to the election results.

In another sign of the dismal economy, the Commerce Department said factory orders dropped 2.5 percent in September from August, more than three times as much as analysts had expected. Excluding autos and aircraft, orders fell 3.7 percent, the steepest drop since 1992, when the department began tracking sectorspecific changes.

The weakness was led by a heavy drop in nondurable goods orders, which fell 5.5 percent. That included a 17 percent drop in the value of petroleum and coal products, reflecting the decline in oil and gas prices in September.

Oil has fallen by more than half from its record level of $147 a barrel in July.

Analysts said the report wasn’t as bad as it looked, because much of the decline was driven by the drop in the value of oil and gas orders.

But orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, considered a good indication of business investment plans, fell 1.5 percent.

TERRORISM The threat of terrorism is an ongoing reality in the years since the Sept. 11 attacks. Government planners worry about a window of vulnerability in the first days and months of a new presidency.

Adversaries may try to take advantage of the shift in administrations, and the president-elect must be prepared for an early test. The government must find a way for America’s police officers and fire fighters to talk to each other during disasters.

It’s been more than seven years since the 9-11 attacks, and this problem has not been resolved.

WORLD NEWS BRIEFS Petraeus, now Centcom chief, assesses Afghan war KABUL, Afghanistan — Gen. David Petraeus, the new chief of the U.S. Central Command who is credited with turning the tide in Iraq, took a firsthand look at the war in Afghanistan on Tuesday.

With U.S. deaths at an all-time high in Afghanistan and attacks against Westerners on the rise, Petraeus arrived from neighboring Pakistan on his first visit to the region since taking charge of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Petraeus will meet with Afghan leaders and top U.S. military officials, including U.S. Gen. David McKiernan, the head of the NATO-led force. He is in the country to conduct an “initial assessment,” said Col. Greg Julian, the chief U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan.

Petraeus, who became Centcom chief Oct. 31, has been credited for stemming the violence in Iraq, and many expect Afghanistan will see some of the same tactics, such as co-opting local tribal leaders to resist the Taliban.

His stop in Afghanistan follows a two-day visit to neighboring Pakistan, a key U.S. ally in the war on terror. Pakistan is also battling an insurgency in its tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.

Israel launches first airstrike on Gaza since June AP Photo

In this Sept. 12, 2008 file photo, James Ross works the assembly line making Chrysler’s new 2009 Dodge Ram pickup at the Warren Truck Plant in Warren, Mich. The government said Tuesday factory orders dropped for the second straight month in September as businesses cut back on purchases of steel, computers and other equipment amid the economic downturn.

That follows a 2.3 percent drop in August and indicated companies are cutting back on their investments.

“Corporate America is buying into the recession story, and they are paring their investment spending accordingly,” Mayland said.

The factory orders report came a day before the release of the widely watched Institute of Supply Management gauge of activity in the U.S. services sector — including hotels, retail, health care and mining — for October.

That index is expected to fall, though not as steeply as its sister manufacturing index did Monday, when it dropped to its lowest level

since the country’s last deep recession, the 1981-82 downturn.

Automakers also reported terrible October sales figures on Monday. Sales sank 45 percent at General Motors Corp., 30 percent at Ford Motor Co., 25 percent at Honda Motor Co. and 23 percent at Toyota Motor Corp.

The government reported last week that the overall economy, as measured by the gross domestic product, shrank at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the July-September quarter.

Two straight quarters of lower GDP generally mean a recession, and many economists expect the fourth quarter to be worse than the third.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel launched an airstrike on Gaza early Wednesday after its troops clashed with Hamas militants who fired mortars into Israel, leaving six Palestinians dead. It was the first battle since a June truce mostly quieted violence in the volatile territory.

The Israeli army said the clashes erupted late Tuesday after its forces uncovered a tunnel in central Gaza that militants planned to use to abduct Israeli soldiers. It said a special army unit headed to the area to destroy the tunnel. One Palestinian was killed in fierce gunbattles that ensued.

Hamas then fired mortars across the Gaza border into southern Israel and Israel answered with the airstrike in the early hours of Wednesday, killing five suspected Palestinian militants, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. The army said the airstrike aimed at the mortar launchers and hit them.

The clashes threatened to unravel the cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militant groups reached in June after months of indirect negotiations. The deal halted a deadly cycle of Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli reprisals, though sporadic rocket attacks on southern Israel have persisted.

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Election Coverage

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008

Republicans win majority of state offices for first times

CAITLIN HARRISON Daily Staff Writer

• Party takes more than 60 seats in the House of Representatives PAIGE LAWLER Daily Staff Writer Local Republicans waited anxiously at a Norman restaurant for the results of the 2008 elections.

Even though Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. lead the election from the start, a buzz of chatter from close to 60 people filled Coach’s Brewhouse with boisterous talk and cheers for republican candidates at the GOP Watch Party.

Roger Warren, chairman of the Cleveland County GOP, kicked off the night with a prayer for the nation. A few local Republican candidates spoke, including Oklahoma Representative Scott Martin, who was reelected to another term as the Representative for District 46 in Norman.

“History is going to be made tonight,” Martin said in his speech. “For the first time, we are going to make up the majority of the State Senate.”

Many Republicans remained optimistic and outgoing throughout the evening, and occasional cheers rang through the room whenever a Republican victory was

Democrats weigh in on impact of election

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Newly re-elected State Representative Scott Martin addresses a crowd Tuesday with his family. announced.

Norman resident Jaci Greggs said she was anxious, but she thought Oklahoma chose the right leaders.

Although the thought of Obama running the country does not excite her, Greggs said the next four years will be crucial to establishing a stronger conservative party.

Regardless of the outcome, the Republican party will keep moving forward, Greggs said.

Her husband, David Greggs, also said Oklahoma will have a challenge to stamp out Socialism, especially in local areas around Norman.

“We’ll have to work that much harder to keep conservative views alive in Oklahoma,” he said.

But Greggs said he still has hope.

The Republican Party took the majority of wins in the

State House of Representatives and the State Senate, Greggs said.

Todd J. Barrett, who lost his race for Okla. House in district 44, said he thinks he gave his opponent solid competition, and Republicans should be proud.

“If anything else, I think we made a statement,” Barrett said.

As for the state, he said although Democrats have been in control for 100 years, he expected the Republican Party to take over this year. As it turned out, he was right.

Not only did McCain take Oklahoma’s presidential nomination, but candidate Jim Inhofe was re-elected to the State Senate, and at least 60 seats in the House were taken

by Republicans.

“We did it, we did it, we did it,” Martin said.

When the cell phone of incumbent Wallace Collins, D-Norman, rang Tuesday night, he heard the big news.

“We got it,” said Collins, who threw up his hands after hearing of his victory for House District 45 by a margin of about 900 votes, his biggest victory yet.

“We’re thrilled,” he said. “This was far more than I dreamed of. We very much felt like we would win.”

Wallace credited his victory to the fact that his campaign addressed important issues.

Savannah Collins, his granddaughter and University College freshman, said she was optimistic her grandfather would win.

“We were always hopeful,” she said. “It’s been a lot of hard work. It’ll be nice now that things are over to kind of relax.”

Valerie Adkinson, Norman resident, said she is excited when any local democratic candidate wins and hoped Wallace’s victory would set the tone for the rest of the election.

“Hopefully we’ll see a victory in some other places,” said Adkinson Tuesday night at the Cleveland County Democratic Party’s watch party at the Holiday Inn. Attendees of the watch party were optimistic that most of the party’s candidates would gain a victory Tuesday night.

Robert Knox, professor of civil engineering, said the local Norman candidates had a better chance than other candidates in the rest of the state. He said he has attended several democratic watch parties, but this year’s was the biggest turnout he had ever seen, which he credited to the excitement Obama generated.

“For the first time in eight years, I’m very excited as a Democrat.”

Diane Drum, D-Norman, said Tuesday night that her campaign for state senator from District 15 was an uphill battle from the beginning.

“It’s in the hands of the voters,” she said. “I love voting because it always brings everything to a conclusion.”

Ben Odom, former Oklahoma congressional

Obama dominates new voters

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Ruthann Kalbfleisch celebrates after Barack Obama is named president at the Cleveland County Democrats’ watch party at the Holiday Inn Tuesday. nominee, said he is optimistic Oklahoma and the U.S. will receive the change it needs after this election.

“The fact that so many people stood in line [to vote] told that they weren’t happy with the way things had been done,” he said. “It’s a good day for democrats.”

Odom said a democratic defeat would have been a major setback for the U.S. Jeanne Negron, Norman resident, who had never been to a watch party until Tuesday, said she was excited to participate in a pivotal election.

“It’s like walking through history. I think something like this just happens once in a person’s lifetime,” Negron said.

WAITING TO BE HEARD

• McCain claims few votes from young adults JAMIE HUGHES Daily Staff Writer A majority of first-time voters, mostly young adults, supported presidential candidate Barack Obama in yesterday’s presidential election.

According to CNN.com, an early exit poll showed that 72 percent of first-time voters, which make up 10 percent of all registered voters, choose Obama. Republican candidate John McCain received 27 percent of the votes.

Caitlin Lawson, English literature junior, said she voted for the first time Friday in her hometown,Yukon, Okla. She voted for Obama because the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are the most important issues to her, she said.

Obama’s plan to pull out the troops sold Lawson, who “isn’t a fan of the war.”

She said she believed a President

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Caitlin Lawson, English literature sophomore, poses next to an Obama/Biden sign Monday night. Lawson went to Yukon to vote for the first time Friday.

McCain would have been a lot like President George W. Bush The number of voters under 30 increased by 10 percent in Oklahoma during the 2008 primaries. According to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement,

83,000 young voters visited the polls during the primary election.

Almost three-quarters of voters between 18 and 29 think Obama understands the problems of their demographic the best, according to an Oct. 8 article from U.S. News and World Report.

Early voters get their paperwork before entering the Cleveland County Elections Board building Friday afternoon. The line for early voting wrapped around the corner of Peters Avenue and Main Street.

After a record early voter turnout, voters waited up to an hour at various Norman precincts early Tuesday morning.

Lines calmed around 10 a.m., which was when petroleum geology senior Garrett Reasnor voted at St. Thomas More church on Jenkins Ave. “I would have waited all day to vote because this is an important election,” Reasnor said.

Instead, he only had to wait for two people ahead of him.

Corey DeMoss, sports editor dailysports@ou.edu phone: 325-7630, fax: 325-6051 For more, go to oudaily.com.

STAFF COLUMN

Dallas Cowboys go from penthouse to basement efore the NFL regular season kicked off, the Dallas Cowboys were already being crowned the near-unanimous No. 1 team in the NFC and possibly the entire league.

Then, New England Patriots’ MVP quarterback Tom Brady suffered a season-ending injury that only strengthened the argument for the Cowboys’ coronation.

It looked like no team could stop the Cowboys.

First they traveled to Cleveland to play a team that was highly touted and made them look like a high school team.

The next Sunday was no different, with the Cowboys beating a Philadelphia squad that has arguably the most dominant offense in the league.

In week three, the so-called best teams in the MJ NFC played one another, and it ended with the CASIANO Cowboys convincingly beating the Green Bay Packers.

Everything looked exactly how analysts and fans predicted.

Since then, the Cowboys have had more injuries than they know what to do with, including one to American icon and team leader Tony Romo.

Replacing the broken-fingered pro-bowler has mainly been Brad Johnson, who is almost a statue in the backfield. Johnson has been sacked eight times in three weeks, which is more than Romo had in six weeks.

But mobility isn’t the only downfall to having Johnson under center. He’s thrown five interceptions and just two touchdowns while completing 52.6% of his passes. He currently holds a 50.5 quarterback rating.

Replacing him for Brooks Bollinger didn’t have much of an effect either.

So obviously the biggest cancer to the team is injuries, mainly to Romo. But other star players have not been on the field either.

In fact, elite cornerback Terence Newman has been out and his absence has drastically affected an already weak secondary.

And not having speed at tailback has made the running attack difficult, since rookie Felix Jones has been hurt.

Last but not least, you can’t forget the injury to the team’s leading receiver, Jason Witten. That’s just one less talented player to block and receive passes from Johnson.

The road is not looking good for the Cowboys, especially after losing three of their last four games.

The chances of winning the division can improve when Romo returns, but until then they look slim. In fact, the chance of even getting a wild card spot doesn’t look likely.

Currently, eight teams in the NFC have a better winning percentage than the Cowboys and three are from the NFC East, putting them in last place. In the span of a few weeks, they’ve gone from pre-anointed champion to division doormat.

If only Jessica Simpson could start dating Eli Manning.

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Volleyball hoping to avenge loss •Sooners prepare for rematch with No. 15 Kansas State MATT WELCH Daily Staff Writer The OU volleyball team has developed a knack for finishing teams off in five sets.

Coming off five-set wins over No. 4 Texas and Baylor, the Sooners will ride their twomatch winning streak into Manhattan, Kan., where they will square off against the last team to best them in five frames: No. 15 Kansas State.

Despite being one point away from sweeping the Wildcats 3-0 on Oct. 11, OU (10-12, 6-8 Big 12) was unable to put the nail in their coffin and in turn, Kansas State rattled off wins in the next three sets to survive.

“We missed an opportunity against K-State,” head coach Santiago Restrepo said. “We let it slip away … It’s going to be much tougher at their place, but I like our chances.”

Despite the Sooners’ recent success in five-set matches, the Wildcats have shown a high level of resilience when on the brink of defeat.

Kansas State has endured five-set matches in four of its last six outings, coming away with victories on all but one occasion.

The Wildcats have shown no signs of slowing down on the way to their eighth NCAA tournament appearance in the last nine years, only dropping conference matches to No. 3 Nebraska, No. 4 Texas and Iowa State.

Factor in that Kansas State has faced no substantial drop in its match-to-match statistical marks and the Sooners appear to be looking at the same squad they clashed with just under one month ago.

“We had game point against K-State last time,” freshman outside hitter Caitlin Higgins said. “Now that we can find ways to win more, I think we can beat them.”

Higgins will carry her own degree of momentum into Wednesday’s match. She was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week Monday.

The award marks the first time a freshman from OU has earned a Big 12 weekly award and the first time a freshman has been named Offensive Player of the Week in the Big 12 this season.

“It is especially great to be named Offensive Player of the Week as a freshman,” Restrepo said. “Caitlin is a hard worker and the award

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Sophomore middle blocker Francie Ekwerekwu (11) spikes the ball during OU’s game against Baylor Sunday.

The Sooners won that match 3-2, marking their second straight win in five sets. is reflecting of that hard work and her dedication.”

Over the past week, Higgins posted a combined 31 kills and 32 digs, along with five service aces and four blocks in the Sooners’ victories over No. 4 Texas and Baylor.

The Sooners will aim to carry their momentum from notching a 3-2 decision over visiting Baylor last Sunday.

Redshirt sophomore middle blocker Francie Ekwerekwu strung together her second 20-point performance of the season, finishing the afternoon with a match-high 17 kills and a career-high eight block assists.

Three other Sooners tallied double-digit kills and OU out-blocked the Bears by a 14-7 margin.

Higgins and freshman setter Brianne Barker posted double-doubles for the 11th and 12th times, respectively, on the season.

Barker assisted on 52 kills and added 20 digs, while Higgins dug 20 balls of her own, while also contributing 13 kills on offense.

Heading into the match, Baylor was receiving votes in the Top 25 poll and the victory has only further boosted the confidence OU gained from beating Texas just a few days earlier.

“I feel like [Kansas State] hasn’t seen this team yet,” Ekwerekwu said. “They saw a team that was still working things out and we’re believing in the fact that we can beat them, so they’re going to see that we’re a new team now.”

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OU defense looking to force turnovers on the road • Sooners’ success away from Norman due to positive turnover margin

FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Stoops in favor of playoff system Barack Obama spoke Monday night about the possibility of an eight-team playoff in college football, and head coach Bob Stoops reacted to it during his Tuesday media press conference.

“I’ve come about full circle,” Stoops said. “Some conferences [have] no championship game, others do ... I’m for it.”

KYLE BURNETT Daily Sports Writer OU’s trip to College Station to take on Texas A&M this weekend will be their fourth road game of the season. In the first three trips, the Sooners had a turnover ratio of plus seven.

It’s no coincidence that those three contests ended in OU victories.

Texas A&M has a turnover ratio of exactly zero. They have forced opponents to fumble 19 times, but the Aggies have recovered only nine of those for turnovers. The A&M secondary has intercepted opponents eight times.

“It’s critical; we always make an effort to be responsible with the football,” head coach Bob Stoops said. “We’ve been very responsible with it and taking care of it and protecting it; it’s a big issue whether you’re on the road or at home, so I hope we continue to do it.”

In their first road game of the season against Washington, OU recovered three fumbles largely because players made a concerted effort to strip the ball while tackling.

“I think we’ve made a bigger effort on forcing turnovers,” senior defensive end Alan Davis said. “We’re wrapping the guy up and trying to strip [the ball] from him. If we just know our keys and know where the ball is going we can go and pick it off.”

Davis said defensive coordinator Brent Venables emphasises forcing turnovers during practice and the defense has responded accordingly.

“Making big turnovers changes games,” Davis said. “We always try to get four or more turnovers in a game. You saw against Nebraska how the crowd was with us from the very beginning. Turnovers do that for us.”

Bradford ‘in the thick’ of the Heisman race Last week, Texas quarterback Colt McCoy was the undoubted frontrunner for the Heisman Trophy.

McCoy was putting up great numbers, directing his team through an undefeated season and guiding the No. 1 team in the nation.

He put up good numbers against Texas Tech, but his team finally lost, while OU sophomore quarterback Sam Bradford scorched yet another secondary last weekend against Nebraska in a 62-28 blowout victory.

Bradford threw for 311 yards and five touchdowns, tossing one interception en route to the Sooners’ victory.

“I would imagine [Bradford is] right in the thick of it, but it’s not decided now, and we have three games,” Stoops said. “Most everyone has three or four games to play. But I would think he’s there with everyone else.”

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Linebacker Keenan Clayton (22) forces Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing (5) to fumble during OU’s Oct. 18 game against the Jayhawks. On the road, the Sooner defense has been particularly good at forcing turnovers, currently having a plus-seven turnover margin.

When done properly, stripping the ball from the runner is the most effective way of forcing a fumble.

“Just doing drills, executing, and practicing hard, being more conscientious of where the ball is at; that’s how turnovers happen,” Davis said.

When the Sooners traveled to Waco to face Baylor, they threw an interception without causing any turnovers.

That was the only road game in which OU did not win the turnover battle.

The Sooners responded by playing solid,

fundamental defense to secure the win. Baylor was not able to move the ball effectively.

“Some games you have more [turnovers] than others,” Stoops said. “I think we almost lead the league in turnovers forced, so we’ve been doing a fair job of it through nine games to get that many.”

Against Kansas State, the Sooners recovered two fumbles and intercepted quarterback Josh Freeman three times.

“Sometimes you’re playing a little better or they’re helping you out,” Stoops said. “We’re not doing anything different.”

Stoops names players of the game Stoops announced this weekend’s players of the game Tuesday.

Offensively, the recipients were the pair of running backs — junior Chris Brown and sophomore DeMarco Murray — junior right tackle Trent Williams and senior wide receiver Quentin Chaney.

Williams was a major force that opened holes for Brown and Murray, who combined for 146 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.

Chaney — who has seen more time with senior Manuel Johnson sidelined — led the team with 128 receiving yards and had a touchdown reception.

Defensively, sophomore cornerback Dominique Franks and redshirt freshman defensive end Frank Alexander earned the honors.

Franks recorded an interception on Nebraska’s first play from scrimmage and returned it for a touchdown for an early 14-0 lead.

He also had three tackles, while Alexander had two tackles, including an eight-yard sack in the fourth quarter.

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Courtney Paris unanimous All-American unanimous selections were Chamique Holdsclaw, Diana Taurasi, Alana Beard, Seimone Augustus and Candace Parker.

“I’m honored to be a part of that group,” said Paris, who was two votes shy of being a unanimous choice last season and three short as a sophomore.

Paris enters her final year at DOUG FEINBERG Oklahoma having recorded douAssociated Press ble digits in points and rebounds in 92 straight games.

She already owns two NCAA Courtney Paris has been a regular on The Associated Press’ records and a host of Big 12 and preseason All-America team the school marks, too.

“There is no question she has past few years. Now, the senior has joined an elite group as only been a dominant player over her the sixth unanimous choice in the career so far,” Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale said.

15-year history of the squad.

Besides making the preseason Joining the Oklahoma center on the team announced Tuesday were team the past three years, Paris has earned Connecticut’s All-America Maya Moore, Paris’ accomplishments honors all L o u i s v i l l e ’s three of her A n g e l •Most rebounds in a single season: seasons, McCoughtry, 539 (‘05-06) becoming M a r y l a n d ’s just the third Kristi Toliver •Fastest to 1,000 career rebounds: player to do and Oklahoma 66 games so. The othState’s Andrea ers were Riley.

•Only player with 700 points, 500 Holdsclaw “It will rebounds and 100 blocks in a seaand Beard. always be speson (did it twice) Moore cial to be part might be the of that team,” •First freshman to lead NCAA in fourth to join said Paris, rebounding (‘05-06) that group. a three-time She became preseason •Only player to reach 1,000 the second All-American. rebounds as a sophomore freshman — “It’s nice that Paris was people outside of basketball respect you and the first — to be chosen to the All-America team last spring. She what you do.”

For the first time, Paris was also came close to being a unanion every ballot of the 45-member mous preseason selection herself, national media panel. Previous getting 44 votes.

• Senior joins preseason team for third consecutive year

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OU center Courtney Paris (3) drives around center Courtney Dunn in the second half of the Sooners’ Feb. 9, 2008 game against Colorado. Paris became just the sixth unanimous preseason All-American selection Tuesday.

BASKETBALL BRIEFS Men’s and women’s teams to see first action Both Sooner basketball teams will see their first action of the season this week, with the men playing their first exhibition game tonight and the women playing their first tomorrow night.

The men will take on Oklahoma Panhandle State tonight at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. Students who show a valid OU ID will be given free admittance.

The women will play Western State College of Colorado tomorrow night at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center. Doors will open to students at 5 p.m. and to all others at 5:30.

The first 200 students who arrive will receive a coupon good for a free soda or popcorn.

Single-game tickets on sale Tickets for individual men’s and women’s games are now available.

The tickets are available for the men’s two exhibition games and the first three regular-season games, while women’s tickets are available for the first two exhibition games and all WNIT games.

Men’s tickets start at $10, while women’s start at $5.

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“It will always be special to be part of that team. It’s nice that people outside of basketball respect you and what you do.”

— Senior Courtney Paris The sophomore was instrumental in leading top-ranked UConn to the Final Four last season, averaging 17.8 points and 7.6 rebounds.

Being part of the preseason All-America team was not lost on her.

“It’s a great honor to be selected as part of that group,” she said.

“Last year was special, but we have bigger things that we still want to accomplish as a team at UConn.”

McCoughtry had 39 votes, Toliver 38 and Riley 19.

Paris and Moore were firstteam All-Americans last season.

McCoughtry, Toliver, and Riley earned second-team honors.

McCoughtry led Louisville to its best season with a loss to Connecticut in the Big East tournament finals and a run to the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament. She averaged 23.8 points and 4.1 steals as a junior.

“I’m humbled by this honor,” McCoughtry said. “It was a dream of mine to bring national recognition to Louisville women’s basketball.”

Toliver brought instant respect to Maryland as a freshman when she hit a 3-pointer that sent the national championship game against Duke into overtime. The Terps eventually won.

“Not many people play the game as beautifully as Kristi,” Maryland coach Brenda Frese said. “There isn’t a better shooter in the country and her ability to make plays separates her as one of the best point guards.”

As a sophomore Riley helped guide Oklahoma State to a 27-8 record and a trip to the NCAA tournament round of 16. The Cowgirls also lost in the Big 12 tournament championship game.

Riley set the school record for points (807) and scoring average (23.1).

“There are so many people in this nation that work hard and to be considered one of the five best is incredible,” Riley said.

Last year’s preseason team was Paris, Parker, Sylvia Fowles of LSU, Candice Wiggins of Stanford, and Crystal Langhorne of Maryland.

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Thumb exercise: video game reviews ‘FALLOUT 3’ Bethesda Game Studios Platforms: Xbox 360, Playstation 3 f you’re a fan of games that provide an endless number of choices which shape the way the game ends, “Fallout 3” is one for you.

From the moment the game begins, you take over the life of a young man/woman — you can choose your character’s sex, race and physical appearance — who lives in what is essentially an underground bomb shelter in the year 2277.

Called Vault 101, you live in this shelter because the world above underwent nuclear holocaust 200 years previously. Through a series of events (which I’ll let you experience yourself) you’re thrown headlong into this post-apocalyptic version of Washington, D.C., which is now called the Capitol Wasteland, in search of your father. As soon as you enter the Wasteland, you can literally go anywhere and do anything you choose — and there are plenty of choices to make.

You can wander the Wastes and hunt down the hideously mutated versions of ants, scorpions and moles that are now as common as people, or you can enter the nearest town — which is basically a glorified pile of trash — and get to know its residents.

The choices don’t end there. When conversing with the local populace, you can receive a bevy of favor requests that help you earn bottle caps, which have become the nation’s currency.

These quests lead to even more choices, many of which can give your character an increase or decrease in Karma, which amounts to choosing if your character will be good or evil. There are plenty of games that have used this format, but none have the depth of “Fallout 3.”

Some decisions lead to unexpected results. Other times you have to choose to do something evil in order to accomplish something good. And almost every decision you make will in some way affect how the game plays out.

Things that at first seem minor end up being much more important.

Almost all of these quests lead to runins with the Super Mutants, a band of heavily-armed and extremely violent beasts that resemble ogres and will attack you on sight.

To tackle this obstacle, you have access to plenty of weapons. These include the usual pistol, assault rifle and shotgun, as well as more unique ones such as the Gatling Laser and Fat Man — which can tear apart even the most dangerous of enemies.

Photo provided The game also presents you with the choice of how to use these weapons. You can fire them normally from a first-person perspective, or you can use the V.A.T.S. system, which allows you to slow down time in order to aim for specific enemy body parts. The latter option is the more effective, particularly because it vastly increases the chances you’ll hit your target.

Killing enemies, completing quests, picking locks on doors and hacking computer terminals all give your character experience, and at each new level you can choose different “perks,” which range from stat boosts to the ability to call wild animals to your aid.

Your journey will take you across the dried-up Potomac, past the decaying Capitol building and into the heavily-fortified Pentagon, now called the Citadel. All of the areas are beautifully laid out and depict scenes of utter destruction that would be realistic after a nuclear war.

As the story progresses, you’ll also become familiar with President

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Enemies in “Fallout 3” include mutated ants, scorpions, moles and a band of violent, heavily-armed creatures called “Super Mutants.”

John Henry Eden — who holds a few surprises — and a self-proclaimed liberation force called the Brotherhood of Steel.

The voice acting for this vast array of characters is one of “Fallout 3’s” biggest strengths.

Featuring actors such as Liam Neeson (“Batman Begins”), Malcolm McDowell (“Heroes”) and Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”), they add emotion and intensity to the plot and help keep the player engaged.

But the game does have its weaknesses.

There are a few graphical lags as well as glitches that are unique to the Playstation 3 version of the game, including one that kept me from being able to enter a location and another Photo provided that caused me to stick to a wall and forced me to reset.

“Fallout 3” takes place in an post-apocalyptic United States, destroyed by nuclear war.

However, these problems are easy to look past thanks to the game’s sheer depth. It grabs you early and never lets go, keeping you invested and making you feel like you’ve really been radiation poisoning. If you eat an item of food to placed in a demolished U.S. regain health, you will also ingest a small amount of The game does earn its “Mature” rating, so radiation. be prepared for plenty of blood and cursing.

“Fallout 3” provides a great story and even But from an eight-year-old dropping F-bombs more interesting side quests. The post-apocalyptic to a Super Mutant’s head blowing off in slow landscapes are hauntingly amazing and the detail of motion, it all just makes the game seem more Fallout 3” is somewhat similar to the game “The real. the combat is quite intense.

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion,” also created by Bethesda.

It’s a harsh world, after all.

It’s definitely worth a purchase and will become a

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‘FABLE II’ Lionhead Studios Platform: Xbox 360

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Lionhead Studios’ sequel to “Fable,” aptly named “Fable II,” gives players the freedom to choose between a path of good and evil, or somewhere in between.

Lionhead Studios brings players back to the land of Albion in the sequel to the original Xbox smash RPG hit, “Fable.” Once again, the land needs a hero and you will rise to the occasion. Just like the original, you can choose to either ruthlessly conquer all or become the do-gooder of the times.

The game is set more than 500 years after the original in a setting that resembles early colonial life , and boasts a few new features that players will find interesting. Guns are still primitive but bring an exciting ranged attack aspect to the game. The navigational tools you use come in the form of a “breadcrumb trail” and man’s best friend — a dog companion.

The depth at which your actions can affect other characters and cities in the game is astounding. Everyone and everything has a price and your character can

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drive or crash one of the local economies.

Aside from a load of really cool features and side quests, the main story will leave you questioning your purchase. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good story, but you will most likely find yourself throwing your controller at the TV. — LUKE ATKINSON/THE DAILY

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U.S. Army soldiers attend a ceremony in front of a giant American flag Tuesday in the al-Faw palace, Baghdad, Iraq. More than 200 service members received their U.S. citizenship Tuesday. President George W. Bush signed an Executive Order allowing all active-duty immigrants in the Armed Forces to apply for U.S. citizenship without waiting the standard three years.

Names are compiled from the Norman Police Department or the OU Department of Public Safety. The report serves as a public record of arrests or citations, not convictions. The people here are presumed innocent unless proven guilty.

FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SECURITY/ INSURANCE Taylor Austin Beard, 20, E. Robinson Street, Monday, also aggravated driving under the influence/actual physical control

POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL

David Edward Reinke, 22, 1900 block Grassland Drive, Monday Brandon James Talbert, 25, 1900 block Grassland Drive, Monday

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA Darren Richard Fleishour, 32, 1500 block E. Lindsey Street, Sunday Robin Blake Howell, 19, 300 block Norman Center Court, Monday, also possession of drug paraphernalia

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Scott Ryan Estes, 25, 1300 block Jenkins Avenue, Saturday

DISTURBING THE PEACE Jared Zachary Ferrell, 22, 1900 block Grassland Drive, Monday

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their salaries, and each also receives $1,200 per month in witness fees, more than the monthly salary of at least one detained seaman.

Chinese officials here hope the crew can return soon. But “we believe they are situated pretty well,” said Defa Tong, a spokesman for the Chinese consulate in San Francisco. “Some of them are going to school to learn English.”

Still, the men have been unable to celebrate family birthdays and tend to sick relatives.

One crewman’s wedding had to be delayed.

“They are unhappily detained,” said Douglas Schwartz, a lawyer representing the ship’s captain, Mao Cai Sun. The crew’s legal predicament stems from federal law allowing the arrest of witnesses who might flee before testifying in criminal cases. Several other countries, including England, have similar laws.

Two of the six crewmen have admitted wrongdoing. Shun Biao Zhao, the ship’s second officer, has admitted altering and forging navigational documents after the crash. Kong Xiang Hu, the chief officer, admitted signing one of these documents. Both men contend Fleet executives ordered the alterations and signings, which the company denies.

All six have been granted protection from prosecution if they testify truthfully.

In defending the lengthy detention, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Schmidt said the crew members’ “evasiveness and participation in obstruction of justice” were factors.

The crew’s lawyers declined to make the men available, citing their legal situation.

CHRISTIANS ON CAMPUS A Bible study will be at 12:30 p.m. in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Sooner Room.

UPB A seminar on essay exams will be at 5 p.m. in the Bizzell Memorial Library, room LL227.

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A general meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. at the OU College of Law.

Although the trial is scheduled for April, the government recently agreed to let the crew have their testimony videotaped. Two of the six have already taped their testimony and the rest are due to finish theirs by the end of December.

The crew’s lawyers want the judge to let the men return home after completing their depositions, and the two who already have are due to make that request on Friday.

But federal prosecutors also want some of the six to testify in a suit against the ship’s owners. While the law on holding material witnesses doesn’t apply in civil cases, a subpoena in the civil suit could still complicate their departures.

Cota, who was at the controls when the ship crashed, is charged with failing to disclose prescription drugs he was taking on two annual medical reports required by the Coast Guard. Fleet Management is charged with ordering at least one Chinese crew member to alter documents after the accident. Both are also charged with environmental crimes.

Most of the roughly 3,000 people arrested each year on material witness warrants are illegal immigrants who are held until they can testify against their human smugglers, legal experts said.

After the Sept. 11 attacks, federal authorities arrested dozens of Muslim men as material witnesses connected to terrorism. Some of those detentions lasted several months and never resulted in charges, and civil libertarians criticized the Bush administration’s use of the law.

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A general meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. in the Henderson-Tolson Cultural Center.

A seminar on eating healthy through the holidays will be at 2 p.m. in the Carnegie Building, room 200.

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A poetry bash will be at 6:30 p.m. in the Union’s Heritage Room.

The team will play Western State at 7 p.m. at Lloyd Noble Center.

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PSYCHOLOGY CLUB A general meeting will be at 4:30 p.m. in Dale Hall Tower, room 908.

As part of the Sutton Faculty Concert Series, the university choir will perform at 8 p.m. at the Sharp Concert Hall.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Although you’re a gutsy person and will do most anything, fear of making a mistake could immobilize you. Return to character, and get back in the action.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Be sure that the designated activity isn’t so expensive that it becomes a financial burden to some of the participants. Check with everyone first before committing people to take part.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Avoid being goaded into a risky interaction with others, such as a competitive situation where the odds are stacked against you. There’s nothing to gain, and everything to lose.

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SAN FRANCISCO — For nearly a year, six Chinese crew members on a ship that crashed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — creating the bay’s worst oil spill in almost 20 years — have been detained by federal authorities.

The sailors are being held as material witnesses in the crash of the Cosco Busan. The men, including four who are not accused of wrongdoing, are fighting for the right to return to their families in China.

“This is a lengthy detention,” said University of Georgia law professor Ronald Carlson, an expert on the material witness law. “These witnesses are being detained humanely. Still, there is that undeniable desire to return home.”

The 900-foot cargo ship sideswiped a bridge support in heavy fog, gashing its hull and leaking more than 50,000 gallons of fuel that killed and injured thousands of birds. It was believed to be the biggest San Francisco Bay oil spill since 1988.

Prosecutors want the six to testify in criminal cases against the harbor pilot, John Cota, and the ship’s Hong Kong-based operator, Fleet Management Ltd. Both have pleaded not guilty.

Although the men are under arrest as material witnesses, they are not in jail.

Living rent-free in apartments and hotels, they are permitted to roam San Francisco and the surrounding area. They continue to draw

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Logic must be the only governing factor when an important decision needs to be made. If you allow emotion to overrule sound reasoning, you might greatly regret making a judgment call.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Be careful to keep your involvement with friends purely on a social basis. If you want to have a pleasant time, leave all commercial, political or religious affairs out of the interaction.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- If you’re smart, you’ll steer clear of making arrangements with someone who has a reputation as a dominating person. You can be just as stubborn as the next guy, and you won’t take being bossed around.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Problems will definitely arise if you demand more from others than you are prepared to give back in return. Let this advice serve as a warning so that you can avoid trouble.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- If you’ve heard something that counters information from another, don’t hesitate to withhold making a decision until both stories can be checked out.

Something is wrong.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- The best way to maintain harmony on the home front is to avoid all issues where differences exist. If one must be addressed for some reason, make certain that you are a better listener than talker.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -Being a perfectionist might make you difficult to please, so take care that you don’t discourage anyone who is simply trying to help. You’ll only make things tougher on yourself -- and you’ll be terribly unpopular.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Of course, you should always be protective of your possessions, but it might be smart to be especially careful at this time. Don’t needlessly invite extravagance, carelessness or mishaps with a lax attitude.

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Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008

• The Daily’s Tim Bennett looks at this week’s comic releases.

‘XMEN/SPIDERMAN #1’

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Avatars wear Obama T-shirts while attending a meeting at the unofficial Barack Obama campaign headquarters in SecondLife, a virtual world where pixelated avatars fly around and interact with each other.

Virtual world keeps watch on presidential election DERRIK J. LANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A group has gathered beside a gazebo in an outdoor park to discuss the presidential election. But the park isn’t real, it’s in the online virtual world of Second Life, where pixelated avatars fly around and interact with each other.

The folks are hanging out at the Straight Talk Cafe, an online enclave that supports John McCain.

“I think we need to know a little bit more about Obama,” a character named Sophia Yates tells the group.

She’s interrupted by another character, Auryn Karu, demanding to hear the group’s thoughts about Sarah Palin.

“Auryn, just go to Obama’s world,” says another avatar, MarsS Juran.

Volunteers for the presidential candidates unofficially created campaign headquarters, held grass roots rallies, handed out virtual buttons and T-shirts, and signed up actual voters in the vast virtual world developed by San Francisco-based Linden Lab. Many people decided to spend Election Day online — and they had plenty of company this time around.

Across the Internet, election watchers were discussing, celebrating and bemoaning the political process inside virtual worlds, on social networking sites and within blogs. They were also using technosavvy Web sites such as Twitter, Google Maps and Flickr to share individual voting experiences, as well as monitor polling places across the country on Tuesday.

At the nonpartisan TwitterVoteReport.com, specially tagged Twitter.com micro-blogs about voting

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were being aggregated and pinpointed on an everchanging online map. The 140-characters-or-less posts, called tweets, are also being used to estimate voting wait times. Some users were reporting short lines Tuesday morning, while others were complaining of much longer wait times.

“Longest lines ever at 7:30 a.m.,” posted James Glanville from his iPhone in Newton, Mass. “Halfhour wait helped by 5th grade class Election Day bake sale. By the time I left at 8 a.m., 222 people had cast their ballots.”

Not all the online pursuits were as serious.

In Electronic Arts’ species-creation simulator “Spore,” the game’s developer created downloadable spaceships in the candidates’ likeness. The John McCain and Sarah Palin ships were classified as an “endangered species,” while the Barack Obama and Joe Biden vessels were deemed a “flourishing species” based on player votes Tuesday on the Sporepedia, the game’s database of user creations.

Meanwhile, in the PlayStation 3 platformer game “LittleBigPlanet,” several gamers had uploaded election-themed user-generated levels, including one titled “CNN Election Center” that featured dangerous obstacles amid photos of CNN news anchors. At the end of the level, players could cast a faux vote for either Obama or McCain, which both culminated in a splash of confetti and points.

Over at eBay.com, the auction on four one-of-akind Cabbage Patch Dolls crafted to look like the presidential and vice presidential candidates ended Tuesday. The Palin doll nabbed the most cash with a $19,000 bid while the Biden doll only brought in $3,500. The lil’ Obama and McCain impersonators earned offers of $8,400 and $6,000, respectively.

“Thunderbolts” writer Cristos Gage delivers a s i l v e r- a g e - s t y l e tale of the X-Men and Spider-Man taking on Kraven the Hunter and the Blob.

Although the four-part miniseries begins in the early days of the heroes’ careers, the story will follow a common Photo provided thread between Spider-Man and the X-Men into the modern era, as they try to trace the shadowy mastermind behind several heists. “X-Men/Spider-Man” should combine retro appeal with modern storytelling, reshaping older events to make them plausibly fit within a 10 to 20 year period of fictional time.

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‘JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #20’ Geoff Johns’ “Justice Society” run has been particularly strong, in part due to the large cast of interesting characters in the story, each with their own plots.

Because of this large number of characters, however, many of these plotlines have gone unaddressed while Johns focused on stories which brought characters together and tied in a “Kingdom Come” storyline.

Having finished that, it seems Johns is now poised to continue some of those character storylines he began earlier in the series. In this issue, look for more information about newly-sane Starman’s motives and an intersection with the “Final Crisis: The Legion of Three Worlds” miniseries. Dale Eaglesham’s art is always strong and consistently lends the series a heroic atmosphere.

Iron Man teams up with Spider-Man in writer Matt Fraction’s second story for the new seven-issue series that pits Iron Man against Ezekiel Stane, son of his old rival Obediah Stone, the Iron Monger.

So far, the book has been successful at Photo provided telling fun superhero stories not bogged down by the politics of Tony Stark’s life, which is handled in the original “Iron Man” series. The series has already done work to repair Stark’s reputation after “Civil War,” and stands to do much more by having Spider-Man and Iron Man reunite once again after Iron Man convinced Spider-Man to publicly reveal his identity and used him for political reasons.

— TIM BENNETT IS A PROFESSIONAL WRITING SENIOR.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. —The bass player for the Deftones is in a San Jose hospital following a serious car crash.

The rock band’s singer, Chino Moreno, says 38-year-old Chi Cheng was injured in the crash Monday in Santa Clara. Moreno told the Sacramento Bee he didn’t have many details, but it’s “very serious.”

The Deftones came together in Sacramento in 1988 and released their first album in 1995 on Madonna’s Maverick Records label. A song on their 2000 album, “White Pony,” earned the band a Grammy Award for best metal performance.

The Deftones have been working on their sixth album for release next spring.

Doctors remove tumor from Merle Haggard’s lung BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Merle Haggard is recovering after having a malignant tumor removed from his lung.

Friends said Monday’s surgery at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital was a success and that the 71-year-old country crooner was in stable condition.

Doctors informed Haggard, who’s from a Bakersfield suburb, about a spot on his lung in May. He told The Bakersfield Californian in August that he wasn’t going to seek treatment, but friends and family members convinced him otherwise.

Haggard became a household name after the anthem “Okie From Muskogee” hit No. 1 in 1969.

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