2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, November 9, 2005 NATION/WORLD Democrats clinch governor races NEWS IN BRIEF L y } New York's Republican Mayor Michael Bloomberg wins re-election handily (AP) - Democrats swept both gov- ernors' races yesterday, with Sen. Jon Corzine easily winning New Jersey and Lt. Gov. Tim Kaine taking Virgin- ia despite a last-minute campaign push for his opponent from President Bush. Elsewhere, Texas voters overwhelm- ingly approved a constitutional ban on gay marriage, GOP Mayor Michael Bloomberg easily clinched a second term in heavily Democratic New York, and Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was trailing in his re-election bid. In California, ballot measures that would cap spending and take redis- tricting away from lawmakers were trailing while two others targeting public service unions were ahead. All four were strongly backed by GOP Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his power struggle with the Democratic- controlled Legislature. Kaine had 1,006,887 votes, or 51.6 percent, to Kilgore's 902,264 votes, or 46.2 percent, with 99 percent of pre- cincts reporting. In New Jersey, Corzine trounced Doug Forrester, with 1,124,945 votes, or 53.4 percent, to 912,130 votes, or 43.3 percent, for the Republican, with 95 percent of precincts reporting. In a jubilant speech, Corzine pledged that his administration would put New Jersey's citizens first. "As your governor, together we can change the way the public business is done in New Jersey." In Virginia, Kaine said his victory proved that voters prefer centrist gov- ernment. "Tonight, the people of Vir- ginia have sent a message loud and clear _______is________i__________________________- -W-17--1-.$ -} ; e p BAGHDAD AP PHOT California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gives a thumbs-up after voting at a polling place at a home in Los Angeles' Brentwood district. that they like the path we are on." Bush appeared at a Monday night rally with Kilgore - the first public campaign appearance with the president in a state that twice voted for Bush. "There's no way to spin this than anything other than a major defeat for Republicans and for President Bush," said University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato. "This is a red state, he came in on Election Eve and he had no discern- ible effect. ... If anything, he may have cost Kilgore some votes." Both governors' races were marked by record-breaking spending and nasty personal attacks. In Virginia, at least $42 million was spent in the contest between Kaine and Kilgore, the former state attorney general. Democratic Gov. 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SMITH 5:00 9:45 PG 13 .. : ;. ..,..,....',..,. didate in 2008. Corzine and Forrester, both multimil- lionaires, spent upward of $70 million to succeed acting Gov. Richard Codey, who assumed the office last year when Gov. Jim McGreevey, a Democrat, resigned over a homosexual affair. Corzine, as governor, will have the power to choose a successor to fill his unexpired Senate term. The seat will be up for election in a year, but who- ever Corzine appoints will likely have a big advantage in that election. Fr a ne cacks down on rioters PARIS (AP) - President Jacques Chirac declared a state of emergency yesterday, paving the way for curfews to be imposed on riot-hit cities and towns in an extraordinary measure to halt France's worst civil unrest in decades after 12 nights of violence. Police said overnight unrest Monday-Tuesday, was still widespread and destructive but not as violent as previous nights. "The intensity of this violence is on the way down," National Police Chief Michel Gaudin said, citing fewer attacks on public buildings and fewer direct clashes between youths and police. He said rioting was reported in 226 towns across France, compared with nearly 300 the night before. The state-of-emergency decree allows curfews where needed and will become effective at midnight yesterday, with an initial 12-day limit. Police who have been massively reinforced as the violence has fanned out from its initial flash point in Paris' northeastern suburbs were expected to enforce the curfews. The army has not been called in. The mayhem sweeping the neglected and impoverished neighborhoods with large African and Arab communities is forcing France to confront anger building for decades among residents who complain of discrimination and unemployment. Although many of the French-born children of Arab and black African immigrants are Muslim, police say the violence is not being driven by Islamic groups. Vandals burned 1,173 cars overnight, compared with 1,408 vehicles Sunday- Monday, police said. A total of 330 people were arrested, down from 395 the night before. Local officials "will be able to impose curfews on the areas where this decision applies," Chirac said at a Cabinet meeting. "It is necessary to accelerate the return to calm." The recourse to a 1955 state-of- emergency law that dates back to France's war in Algeria was a measure both of the gravity of mayhem that has spread to hundreds of French towns and cities and of the determination of Chirac's sorely tested government to quash it. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said curfew violators could be sentenced to up to two months imprisonment, adding that restoring order "will take time." "We are facing determined individuals, structured gangs," Villepin told parliament yesterday. He vowed that France will "guarantee public order to all of our Lawyer in Saddam trial shot dead Gunmen in a speeding car killed a defense lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial and wounded another yesterday, raising doubts about whether the prosecution of the ousted leader can proceed amid the insurgency and domestic turmoil. The assassination of Adel al-Zubeidi, who was representing former Vice Presi- dent Taha Yassin Ramadan, in a predominantly Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad was the second attack targeting the defense team since the trial began less than a month ago. Laith Kubba, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, con- demned the attack and said Saddam's followers could be behind the killings to sabotage the case. Saddam's main lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi, blamed the Shiite-dominated gov- ernment for the attack, telling Al-Jazeera TV the shooting was carried out by "an armed group using government vehicles." "The aim of these organized attacks is to scare Arab and foreign lawyers," al- Dulaimi said. "We call upon the international community, especially the secre- tary-general of the United Nations, to send an investigative committee because the situation is unbearable." WASH INGTON Alito says Roe decision deserves 'respect' Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito said the court's landmark Roe v. Wade decision deserves "great respect" but did not commit to upholding it in the future, senators said yesterday. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) said Alito told him the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision establishing abortion rights "was precedent on which people, a lot of people, relied, and had been precedent now for decades and therefore deserved great respect." Lieberman called that "encouraging," but also said the federal judge had not assured him that he would not overturn Roe. Abortion will be a key question Alito will face at his Supreme Court confirmation hearings in January. WASHINGTON White House staffers attend ethics classes White House workers, from presidential advisers to low-ranking aides, began attending mandatory lectures on ethical behavior and the handling of classified documents yesterday after the recent indictment of a high-level official in the CIA leak case. More than 3,000 employees from agencies and offices under the Executive Office of the President are required to attend the hour-long briefings over the next two weeks. The sessions this week are reserved for staff with security clearances. Andy Card, the president's chief of staff, and Harriet Miers, the White House counsel, attended the first lecture, given by Richard Painter, the White House attorney who handles ethics issues. Otherwise, people are to attend by alphabetical order. The briefings were an outgrowth of the indictment of I. Lewis Libby; TOPEKA, Kansas Kansas approves teaching 'intelligent design' Revisiting a topic that exposed Kansas to nationwide ridicule six years ago, the state Board of Education approved science standards for public schools yesterday that cast doubt on the theory of evolution. The board's 6-4 vote, expected for months, was a victory for intelligent design advocates who helped draft the standards. Intelligent design holds that the universe is so complex that it must have been created by a higher power. 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