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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2007 · FINAL EDITION
SYRACUSE, N.Y. · 50 CENTS
SU students
rank 12th in
illegal music
downloads
GOOD MORNING
SNOW RETURNS
It will be cloudy
with snow cross-
ing the area
throughout the
day. The wind
will pick up this evening as
snow showers continue.
Complete forecast, B-6
HIGH:
37
LOW:
17
Chemical Warfare
Rears Its Ugly Head
Inside
4
What the withdrawal plans
of Britain, Denmark and others
mean for the U.S.-led coalition in
Iraq.
4
List of coalition contributors
and plans.
4
What are Britain's plans?
4
U.S. opens its own investiga-
tion into Iraq rape case; Cheney,
Pelosi exchange words through
the media; and other updates.
Stories, Page A-6
Explosive devices attached to
chlorine containers kill for a
second day in Baghdad.
By Borzou Daragahi
Los Angeles Times
Baghdad, Iraq -- For the second
time in two days, suspected Sunni
Arab insurgents Wednesday targeted
civilians with a crude chemical
weapon: a bomb attached to chlorine
gas canisters that killed two people,
sickened 25 and injured eight others.
The attack was the third in a
month involving a combination of
explosive devices and chlorine. Al-
though all three attacks were appar-
ently botched, they hint at an omi-
nous
tactic
being
cultivated
by
insurgents to subvert a Baghdad se-
curity crackdown.
Violence around the country left
at least 40 Iraqis dead. A U.S. sol-
dier was reported killed in a small-
arms fire attack a day earlier in
Baghdad, and a U.S. Black Hawk
helicopter was forced to make a hard
landing north of the capital amid re-
ports of ground fire, the military
said.
The chlorine gas attack took place
on the road leading to Baghdad's air-
port. A car filled with chlorine gas
cylinders exploded near a fuel sta-
tion in a religiously mixed neighbor-
hood.
The tactic was used the day before
NINE, PAGE A-6
By Miyoko Ohtake
Contributing writer
Syracuse University students are among
the most frequent online music copyright
violators in the country, says the Recording
Industry
As-
sociation
of
America.
SU is No.
12 in a rank-
ing of univer-
s i t i e s
t h a t
have received
t h e
m o s t
number of vi-
olation
no-
tices from the
trade
group
for the largest
music
labels
in the coun-
try.
The music
industry
is
c r a c k i n g
down on stu-
dents.
And
the RIAA is
sending thou-
sands
more
violation no-
tices to uni-
versities this
school
year
than
it
did
last year as it
targets music
it says is illegally downloaded over campus
computer networks.
``One of the misconceptions that some
people may have is that when you are eng-
aging in illegal downloading and uploading
of music, it's anonymous. It's not,'' said
RIAA spokesman Jonathan Lamy. ``You're
on a public network distributing files on
your hard drive to millions of strangers.
That's not anonymous activity.''
ILLEGAL, PAGE A-8
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Around CNY
The number of notices sent
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downloading music,
according to the Recording
Industry Association of
America:
What are the top
25 schools? / A-8
If you want to hear CNY
musicians, the downloads
are all legal at:
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musicscene
Syracuse University
181
36
Colgate University
27
SUNY Cortland
1
488
25
2005-2006
2006-2007*
* To date
Note: Numbers unavailable for
other CNY colleges
Carousel mall stores seek
redress from high court
Two department stores at
Carousel Center are asking the
U.S. Supreme Court to consider
hearing an appeal of a lower
court decision that allowed their
lease rights to be condemned so
that the mall can be expanded.
BUSINESS, PAGE C-1
Forum heated as Clinton,
Obama supporters clash
A shouting match between
supporters of Democratic presi-
dential candidates Hillary Rod-
ham Clinton and Barack Obama
nearly drowned out a forum with
most of the party's White House
hopefuls. The dispute centered
on harsh comments by a former
Bill Clinton supporter who now
backs Obama.
STORY, PAGE A-9
Syracuse conference helps
teams plan for disasters
Emergency management
workers from across the state are
gathering this week for the annu-
al winter conference of the New
York State Emergency Manage-
ment Association in Syracuse.
They are planning how to handle
worst-case scenarios like pan-
demic flu outbreaks, floods and
chemical attacks.
LOCAL, PAGE B-1
Iran continues enrichment
despite sanctions threat
Iran called for talks with the
United States, but despite a U.N.
Security Council deadline it did
not budge on council demands
that it mothball its uranium en-
richment program or face harsh-
er sanctions.
STORY, PAGE A-5
Corrections
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``IT'S JUST AMAZING WHAT YOU DID''
David Lassman / Staff photographer
ON A SUNNY Wednesday morning, Sen. Charles Schumer (right) and Gov. Eliot Spitzer (second from right) pay
a visit to Oswego County. In Parish they met with (from left) Parish Fire Chief L.J. Harvey, retired Parish fire-
fighter Wayne Graham and Allen Manwaring, manager of the Big M Grocery in Oswego.
Terry McAuliffe
not welcome at
Bishop Ludden
`Everyone admired the grit'
Support for abortion rights forces
cancellation of book talk to group of
alumni at alma mater.
By Ren
/
ee K. Gadoua
Staff writer
The Syracuse Diocese has canceled a
book talk by Terry McAuliffe after the 1975
Bishop Ludden graduate said on a national
radio show that he supports abortion rights.
McAuliffe
``I am pro-choice, no question about it,''
McAuliffe, chairman of Sen. Hillary Rod-
ham Clinton's presidential campaign and
author of a New York
Times best-selling mem-
oir, said in a Jan. 29 inter-
view with Hugh Hewitt.
He was to speak to
about 100 Ludden alumni
about ``What a Party! My
Life Among Democrats:
Presidents,
Candidates,
Donors, Activists, Alliga-
tors and Other Wild Ani-
mals'' at 11 a.m. Saturday, said Danielle
Cummings, assistant chancellor and dioce-
san spokeswoman. But his public statement
violates diocesan policy, she said.
``Any person who publicly supports abor-
tion or who holds that abortion is a right or
a matter of choice, may not be invited to
speak at diocesan functions or in its
POLICY, PAGE A-8
Schumer, Spitzer drop in on Oswego County
By Charles McChesney
and Douglass Dowty
Staff writer
The cost of cleaning up this
month's snowstorm -- at least $4
million -- might come from fed-
eral and state coffers depending
on a decision due out of Washing-
ton in the next day or two, said
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer dur-
ing a visit Wednesday to Oswego
County.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer last week
filed an application, asking Presi-
dent Bush to declare a federal
emergency for Oswego, Ononda-
ga, Madison, Oneida, Jefferson
and Lewis counties. On Wednes-
day, Schumer said he had spoken
with the head of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
who told him a decision would
come soon for Oswego County.
``They expect it to happen in a
couple of days,'' Schumer said
after getting off the phone with
FEMA Director R. David Pauli-
son while driving from Oswego
County Airport in Volney to the
city of Oswego.
A Schumer spokesman said he
expected decisions on other coun-
ties would likely be made later.
In Oswego, Schumer spoke in
front of a pile of snow city work-
ers and contractors had gathered
from roads. As Schumer spoke
Wednesday, the pile grew as a
steady stream of dump trucks de-
livered more snow.
The aid -- 75 percent from the
federal government, 25 percent
from the state -- would go to
towns and cities and the county to
cover the extra costs brought on
by the storm.
Communities spent at least $4
million on overtime, salt, sand
and other snow-related expenses,
according to a preliminary esti-
mate, said Patricia Egan, head of
the county's office of emergency
management. The storm dumped
several feet of snow on much of
the county, and more than 10 feet
in a few spots.
Schumer and Spitzer got to-
gether at one of those spots
Wednesday, making a joint ap-
pearance in the Parish gym.
While sunshine poured down out-
side and temperatures remained
above freezing, the two thanked
around
150
firefighters, plow
drivers, emergency workers and
officials who gathered.
Spitzer thanked everyone in-
volved for pulling together and
doing the work, and he said, ``you
did it with a smile.''
He said the can-do attitude that
showed up in national television
coverage showed a certain New
York attitude. ``We New Yorkers
know how to deal with a crisis,''
he said.
Schumer said he heard from
fellow
senators
from
sunnier
states. ``Everyone admired the
grit
and
stick-to-it-tiveness''
county residents showed as the
snow piled higher and higher.
Mathew Lutz, 73, of Parish,
was invited to the rally by county
Democratic officials. ``This is
small-town America,'' he said be-
fore Spitzer spoke. ``I'm not
looking for any help or handouts.
It's a sunny day, and I'm out with
my fellow neighbors.''
Federal assistance would be a
big help, Lutz said. ``We could
use it after two weeks of being
snowed in here. We've had a lot
of snow, a lot of problems --
leaky roofs, cars stuck.''
Charles McChesney can be reached at
cmcchesney@syracuse.com and Douglass
Dowty at ddowty@syracuse.com or either
one at 592-7140.
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Bridge
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E-6
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Comics
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E-6, 7
CNY
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E-1
Crossword
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E-6, 7
Dick Case
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B-1
Editorials
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A-12
Letters
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A-13
Local news
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Lottery
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A-2
Movies
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B-4
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C-3
Sudoku
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E-7
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E-5
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