Winchester Star (Newspaper) - January 4, 2006, Winchester, Virginia The Winchester Star 110TH YEAR NO. 155 28 SECTIONS VIRGINIA 22601, JANUARY 4, 2006 35 CENTS Abramoff Pleads Will Aid Probe The Plea Deal May Bring Extensive Political Fallout By TOM RAUM Associated Press Writer An Analysis WASHINGTON - The plea deal worked out by Jack Abramoff could send seismic waves across the political landscape in this congressional election The who control Congress and the White are likely to take the biggest The GOP has more seats to lose and has closer ties with the former But some Democrats with links to Abramoff and his associates are also expected to be snagged in the While the full dimensions of the corruption probe are not yet some political consultants and analysts are already comparing its damage potential to the 1992 House banking scandal that led to the retirement or ouster of 77 don't have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the said GOP consultant Rich He said even lawmakers in Lobbyist Admits Trading Favors for Jack Abramoff leaves the federal courthouse See Analyst Page as Tuesday after entering his guilty Associated Press in Washington on By DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent WASHINGTON - Jack the lobbyist who spawned a congressional corruption pleaded guilty on Tuesday to three felonies and pledged to cooperate in a criminal probe edging closer to former House Majority Leader Tom plead your Abramoff said in unemotional accepting a plea bargain that said he had provided lavish golf meals and more to public exchange for a series of official In one he reported payments totaling to the wife of a congressional aide to help block legislation for a The aide worked for according to officials who spoke on the condition of Public corruption Abramoff admitted defrauding four Indian tribes and other taking millions in kickbacks from a one-time business misusing a charity he had established and failing to See Lobbyist Page a2 12 Coal Miners Found Alive Report Comes 41 Hours After W.Va. One Man Killed By ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press Writer W.Va. - Twelve miners caught in an explosion in a coal mine were found alive on Tuesday sending family members streaming from the church where had gathered during the nearly two-day Joyous shouts rose of the Bells at the church rang out as family members ran out screaming in Relatives yelled told us they have 12 Gov. Joe Manchin have some people that are going to need some medical Rescue crews found the body of a 13th miner earlier on Tuesday evening and said they were holding out hope that the others were still even as precious time continued to slip The mine's International Coal Group did not immediately confirm that the 12 other men were Associated Press Photos Rod Anderson Mike Butch Hyre and Sam Wagner prepare to drill into a hillside near the mine on Officials planned to lower sensing equipment through the narrow A relative at the church said a mine foreman called relatives saying the miners had been A few minutes after word the several hundred broke into a chorus of the hymn Great Thou in the chilly night happen in West Virginia and today we got said Charlotte wife of Jack one of the men who had been trapped in the got scared a lot of but I couldn't give she have an 11-year-old and I couldn't go home and tell wasn't coming happen in West Virginia and today we got wife of one of the trapped men There were hugs and tears among the crowd outside the Sago Baptist Church near the about 100 miles northeast of Helen whose son Marshall is one of those trapped said she believes there was divine Lord takes care of she The body was found about 700 feet from a mine and it appeared that the employee was working on a which brings coal out of the said Ben chief executive officer for ICG of Ky. The mine car was which led rescuers to believe the others may have been safe somewhere else in the The miners had been trapped 260 feet below the surface of the mine after an explosion early on Rep. Shelley Moore talks with Cathy Collins of the Upshur County Office of Emergency Management near the Sago Baptist Church in on The families of the trapped miners have gathered at the church to await word about the rescue Commuters Offer Traffic Solutions At Meeting Kaine Seeks Ideas in Falls Church By BRIAN WESTLEY Associated Press Writer FALLS CHURCH - commuters met with Tim Kaine on offering their solutions to free a seemingly endless gridlock on the streets of suburban Those who gathered at George Mason High School offered many suggestions for including widening Interstate 66 inside the Capital making better decisions about new development and even trying to bring more civility to the is not a silver said Laurie a member of the Vienna Town can't handle all the development that's being piled onto She warned that plans for high-density development at Mm In Virginia Tysons Corner and the Vienna station would overwhelm Metro's Orange which is already packed at rush Jonathan Pick of told Kaine he wanted to see more affordable housing closer to the city so people would not have to travel long distances to get to He said people are moving farther out because they can't afford to live close in. Another Einar Olsen of asked about a third lane for hybrid vehicles in the carpool lanes on Interstate 395. Kaine received a standing ovation as he began his 10th See Kaine Page as Nancy executive director of AIDS Response Effort Inc. in says many teens and young adults are misinformed about new treatment available for HIV and As a case numbers for young ages 13-29, are on the Star Photo fett Taylor More Young Adults Falling Victim to HIV/AIDS By LINDA McCARTY The Winchester Star The population of those affected by HIV/AIDS is getting infections seem to be hitting more younger people now than ever said Nancy executive director of AIDS Response a nonprofit AIDS service organization based in Sinback believes the reason that most HIV/AIDs victims are now between ages 13 and 29, is the lack of education about becoming infected with the virus that causes She said many young people falsely believe that it can be cured with people don't view AIDS as a deadly so they don't worry about becoming HIV Sinback don't believe that they know there are no guarantees Sue More Page a6 | B5 Classified | 01-5 Comics | D6 Dear Abby | DS Food | Movies | C6 Sports | MISS YOUR Call 667-3200 from 7 to 11 665-4946 after business Board Overturns Rule By MARTHA RAFFAELE Associated Press Writer Pa. - The local school board on Tuesday rescinded its policy of presenting as an alternative to evolution in high school biology two weeks after a federal judge found the concept was religious and not Members of the Dover Area School Board did not discuss the matter before the voice vote on Tuesday The approved in October 2004, required that a statement be read to dents about before lessons on The statement said Darwin's theory is a and has inexplicable It referred students to an On Dec. 20, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III sided with eight families who argued that which attributes existence of complex organisms to an unidentified intelligent is biblical creationism in The school board said it was trying to improve science education by exposing dents to But the judge said the real purpose was promote religion in the public school and said intelligent design could not be taught as an alternative to evolution in biology Most of the school board incumbents who had defended the policy were ousted in the November replaced by candidates who pledged to eliminate The policy and federal lawsuit added fuel to a national debate over Air Strike Kills Seven Suspected Insurgents Day of Violence in Iraq Includes 2 Kidnappings By JASON STRAZIUSO Press Iraq - U.S. aircraft bombed a building where suspected insurgents were hiding north of killing seven people and wounding Iraqi police said on The bombing took place late on Monday in site of Iraq's largest oil said Iraqi police Capt. Arkan who reported the casualty The U.S. military did not comment on the It said only that an unmanned aircraft spotted three men planting a roadside bomb in the city 155 miles north of and that Navy bombed a nearby building the three had AP Television News video showed dozens of people gathered on Tuesday near the rubble of the Men carried several bodies wrapped in carpets from the is no God but The refinery stopped production on Dec. 18 because tanker truck drivers refused to make deliveries across dangerous desert Iraqi officials said on Monday that the refinery resumed supplying Baghdad and other cities after taking security precautions for in northeastern the sister of Iraqi In- See Iraq Page a2 0608566000375
