2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 7, 2001 NATION/WORLD *1 Democrats win in NJ. and Virginia NEWS IN BRIEF 6 n" Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON - Democrats rolled to victory in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races last night, recapturing seats Republicans have held for the last eight years. Though the races turned more on local dynamics than on national themes, the twin gubernatorial wins by venture capitalist Mark Warner in Virginia and Woodbridge Mayor James E. McGreevey in New Jersey gave Democ- rats optimism about their prospects against the GOP in next year's midterm elections. "It's never a good sign to lose elec- tions badly," said Bruce Reed, president of the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. Republicans immediately countered that the Democratic triumphs were unlikely to signal any broader pattern in 2002. "Both Demgcrats ran as center- right Republicans," insisted Trent Duffy, communication director at the Republi- can National Committee. "In 2002, vot- ers will be able to vote for the real thing." National Republican leaders had been concerned for weeks about the prospects of their gubernatorial candi- dates, former Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler and former Virginia Attorney General Mark Earley. Several hours before the polls closed yesterday, Republican National Committee offi- cials seemed to acknowledge defeat by e-mailing reporters a memo on why they should not view the results as a slap at'President Bush. Late results showed McGreevey hold- ing a double-digit advantage, while Warner's win was solid, but narrower than expected. The New Jersey and Virginia guber- natorial races have attracted increased attention in recent years as the initial tests of voter sentiment in the first year of a new presidential term. But this year they were eclipsed by the long shadow of the Sept. 11 hijackings and the subse- quent anthrax attacks. Even leading Democrats, such as party chairman Terry McAuliffe, agreed that Democratic victories could not be seen as a sign of dissatisfaction with Bush, who now enjoys some of the highest presidential job approval ratings ever recorded. But Democrats took' heart from the converse: The wins by Warner and McGreevey suggested that Bush's astronomical ratings offer no guarantee of success for Republicans next year. Bush "didn't have coattails before (in 2000) and he doesn't have coattails now," McAuliffe said last night. Bush did not campaign in either state, though he signed letters and recorded automated telephone calls for the two GOP candidates. Both McGreevey and Warner are comeback winners. McGreevey narrow- ly lost the New Jersey gubernatorial race four years ago to Christie Whit- .Pr rHOTC Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mark Warner votes in Alexandria, Va. Warner was declared the winner in the race with nearly complete returns last night. WASHINGTON Bush vows to keep weapons from 'evil' President Bush pledged yesterday "to keep relentless military pressure" on Osama bin Laden and his Taliban protectors in Afghanistan, saying it was essen- tial to keep terrorists from acquiring nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. "This is an evil man we're dealing with and I wouldn't put it past him to develop evil weapons to try to harm civilization as we know it," Bush said at the White House after meeting with French President Jacques Chirac. Bush said he didn't know for sure whether bin Laden and his al-Qaida organi- zation have such weapons. But, he added, "He announced that this was his intention and I believe we need to take him seriously." Earlier, in comments via video satellite link to a meeting in Poland of leaders of fonner Soviet bloc countries, Bush compared the fight against terrorism to a new Cold War and Afghanistan's Taliban leaders to the totalitarian rulers who enslaved much of Europe a half century ago. "Today our freedom is threatened once again," he said. Leaders at the conference, many eager to bring their ex-communist countries under the West's NATO's military umbrella, greeted the remarks with warm applause. WASHINGTON Fed pakes tenth interest rate cut of year The Federal Reserve dropped a key interest rate to its lowest level in 40 years as it battled to prevent the "heightened uncertainty" following the terrorist attacks from sending the country into a deep recession. The Fed yesterday slashed its federal funds rate, the key benchmark for overnight loans, by a half-point to 2 percent and signaled that it was prepared to continue cut- ting if conditions deteriorate further. "The Fed is telling us they are really worried and they will likely move again at their December meeting," said David Seiders, chief economist at the National Asso- ciation of Home Builders. Wall Street rallied on the news, given that investors had been split over whether the Fed would move by a half-point or a quarter-point. The Dow Jones industrial average ended the day up 150.09 points at 9,591.12, it best close since the attacks and within 14 points of its Sept. 10 level. Other indexes posted gains as well, with the technology-heavy Nasdaq up 41.43 to 1,835.08. The latest rate cut, the 10th this year, was taken against a backdrop of increasingly gloomy statistics indicating that the nation's longest economic expansion has ended. 1 man, now head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Warner, a former Virginia Democratic Party chair who made a fortune as a venture capitalist, lost to Republican John Warner in the 1996 senatorial contest. The twin victories give the Democ- rats 21 governors; the GOP has 27, and there are two independents. That is the highest number of governorships the Democrats have held since 1994. In next year's midterm election, vot- ers will choose governors in 36 states, along with 34 senators and all 435 members of the House of Representa- tives. In both New Jersey and Virginia, the candidates struggled to catch the atten- tion of a thoroughly distracted elec- torate. But even in a more conventional envi- ronment, these first races have been an imperfect predictor of voter intentions in the larger midterm elections that follow the next year. In 1993, a GOP sweep of the two gubernatorial contests, as well as of the New York and Los Angeles mayoral races, presaged the party land- slide in 1994. But Republicans swept all four contests again in 1997 and lost ground in the House and gubernatorial races the next year. Bush: $40B for anti-terrorism enough 0 WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush promised congressional leaders yesterday he would veto any emergency legislation that exceeds the $40 billion Congress has already provided for anti-terrorism efforts. The pledge, which the president conveyed to leading lawmakers at a White House meeting, put Bush in the position of opposing Democrats and some Republi- cans who say more money is needed to finance an escalating war in Afghanistan and to protect the coun- try from bioterrorism, more airline hijackings and other threats. Bush told the leaders that the $40 billion was "enough ... and he'll veto anything over that," House+ Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-ll.) told a reporter. And one senior administration official present at thes meeting said that according to notes he took, Bush said, "If I need to, I'll veto the bill."1 Citing a worry that federal spending will skyrocket< Israeli withdra out of control, the White House - with the support of food safety and butt: GOP congressional leaders wants any additional programs. House A increases to be postponed until next year. man Bill Young (R At the Roosevelt Room meeting, White House bud- money for the FBI, get chief Mitchell Daniels told the leaders that though airline security. the $40 billion emergency package was approved just Asked about livi days after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, only about $3 package, Young told billion has been spent so far, said one official familiar doesn't sit well with with the session. - the aisle who recog By January, about $21.7 billion is likely to be com- needs that aren't beir mitted to spending, Daniels said. The spending disp Hastert and Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R- even as the federal b Miss.) support the president's position. But that view is steadily dimmed. disputed by Democrats and many Republicans on the Last August, ther House and Senate Appropriations committees, which Office projected a $ control much of the $2 trillion federal budget. which began Oct. 1. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert and the expected cost Byrd (D-W.Va.) has proposed an additional $20 billion congressional budge aimed at securing highways, airports, water systems, will probably be a do .wal continues, amid army moved into the six injured, said that when his team arrived, menb lestinian militants assassi- an Israeli soldier told him one Palestin- patrol Minister Rehavam Zeevi ian was dead and two were wounded. Col When crew members asked to treat cornm day, Palestinian militants the wounded, the soldiers told them to that th raeli army patrol south of wait, he told The Associated Press. tinians k town of Nablus. Three El Hinai said he was standing about fight. ad one Israeli were killed 50 yards from the Palestinians, who "I p e firefight, villagers and were on the ground. "About seven or Cresc but they differed over the eight soldiers, they made a circle and I acco surrounded the bodies and opened fire deadt aid all three Palestinians on the ground," he said. ambul ring the exchange of fire. Afterward, the Red Crescent team He uthorities accused the members asked again if they could treat KalasI s of executing wounded the wounded. The soldier responded the two p after emergency crews Palestinians were all now dead, he said. and 70 them, and they demand- All three had bullets in their heads, Els onal inquiry. said the director of Rafidia hospital, Dr. a car Jinai, a first aid worker Hussam el Jouhary. camp, estinian Red Crescent In a written statement, the Hamas ian lea vice who went to treat the militant group said only that three of its ment,I ressing law enforcement and other kppropriations Committee Chair- R-Fla.) has also called for more Coast Guard, the border patrol and ng within the initial S40 billion reporters earlier in the day, "That a lot of members on both sides of nize, as I do, that there are other ng met." ute has been escalating for weeks, udget outlook for the new year has nonpartisan Congressional Budget 176 billion surplus for fiscal 2002, But as the economy has stagnated ts of battling terrorism have grown, t writers have estimated that there Juble-digit billion dollar deficit. fighting crs.,operfed fire on an Israeli arm and were killed. . Yossi Adiri, the army's brigade. nander in the Nablus area, denied he soldiers killed wounded Pales- s, saying they all died in the fire- personally allowed the entire Red :nt ambulance team into the area. )mpanied them. They saw three terrorists and returned to their ance," he said. said the Palestinians had a hnikov assault rifle, an M-16 and istols and had fired between 60 rounds. ewhere in the northern West Bank, exploded in the Jenin refugee killing two members of Palestin- ader Yasser Arafat's Fatah move- Fatah officials said. WASHINGTON Coalition splits over Microsoft settlement The coalition of states that held firm throughout the Microsoft monopoly case splintered yesterday, with some planning to settle and some pressing on. Last-minute negotiations prompted nine states to join the Justice Depart- ment in settling antitrust charges against the software maker. Nine other states and the District of Columbia are continuing with the land- mark litigation, leaving U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to decide how Microsoft ultimately should be punished. "We've parted ways in some respects today," said Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, a leader of the coalition of 18 states. The judge, scheduled a hearing to, determine whether it was in the public interest to accept the settlement, and set a timetable allowing the remaining states to argue for tougher penalties. MARD, Spain Separatists explode car bomb; 95 injured A car bomb rocked a busy Madrid area during morning rush hour yester- day, injuring 95 people, authorities said. Within an hour, police arrested a man and a woman suspected of setting off the explosion for the Basque separatist group ETA. The bomb mangled more than a dozen cars and shattered windows along Corazon de Maria street in northeastern Madrid as thousands of people headed to nearby offices and schools. The street parallels the main highway to the inter- national airport and is in one of the cap- ital's busiest areas. Interior Minister Mariano Rajoy said the bombers' target appeared to be Juan Junquera, secretary general of the government's scientific policy depart- ment, whose official car was passing by when the bomb went off. Junquera, a former interior and defense ministry official, was slightly injured. WASHINGTON FDA approves using ecstasy in research Researchers have gained government approval to test the drug "Ecstasy" as a treatment of post-traumatic stress disor- der for the first time since the drug was criminalized in 1985. The decision was made this week by the Food and Drug*Administration and marks a shift for the agency,which has virtually banned the drug from researchers for more than a decade. ' The trial has not yet been approved by a review board at the Medical Uni- versity of South Carolina, the proposed site for the research. If the university accepts the plan, the test will be supervised by the husband and wife team of Dr. Michael Mithoe- fer, a psychiatrist, and Annie Mithoefer, a psychiatric nurse in Charleston. Michael Mithoefer said the fact that Ecstasy is a hot commodity among some teens should not impede research. - Compiled from Daily wire reports. JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's defense minister ordered his forces yes- terday to leave the West Bank town of Ramallah, continuing a staged pullout from six towns the Israelis took over after the killing of an Israeli Cabinet minister. Defense Minister Binyamin Ben- Eliezer said in a statement that Israel would turn Ramallah over to Palestinian commanders, who would be responsible for security. The incursions have drawn repeated demands from the United States that Israel withdraw. After it leaves Ra'mallah, the seat of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, Israel will still control of parts of two other towns - Jenin and Tulkarem. No time for the withdrawal from Ramallah was announced. The Israeli towns after Pa nated Tourism on Oct. 17. Also yester fired on an Isr the West Ban Palestinians an in a 40-minut the army said,l circumstances. The army s were killed du Palestinian a Israeli soldier Palestiniansa arrived to treat ed an internati Kamal el H with the Pal ambulance ser d h 'Headaches?. t Michigan Head*Pain & Neurological Institute is conducting a research study evaluating an investigational medication as a potential treatment for migraine. Participants must be ~ 18 or older and experience at least 2 headaches per month. Study- related medical care and compensation for time and travel will be provided. Please call our Research staff for more information. Michigan Head * Pain & Neurological Institute Joe/ R. 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