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FAfe FORMAL WEAR An Aggie Tuxedo Tradition for over 40 years. www.alsformalwear.com 1100 Harvey Rd. • 979-693-0947 EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Chil dren newly enrolled in Texas’ health plans for the poor are being turned away by a third of the pediatricians in this West Texas city. The doctors say they are paid too little to see the overwhelming num bers who need their help. Other pedi atricians are warning they will follow suit, threatening access to health care for some of El Paso’s most vulnerable children, the El Paso Times reported in Sunday’s editions. Seven doctors at El Paso Pedi atric Associates no longer take new patients enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Pro gram. Some doctors have left El Paso in recent months for jobs in other cities because of the low re imbursements. ‘Taking care of them is strictly a break-even proposition,” said Stuart Kahn, one of the seven doctors. ‘They utilize services more, and they’re sick er than our other patients.” In the past several months, El Paso pediatricians have seen a dra matic increase in the number of poor patients in their practices, driven by successful community efforts to en roll children in Medicaid — the health insurance program for the poor — and in CHIP, a federally funded health insurance plan for the working poor, the doctors say. But doctors are paid far less to treat those children than they would receive under commercial insurance plans — in many cases, half as much. For example, El Paso pediatri cians make about $100 for a well- baby checkup covered by commer cial insurance plans. But CHIP pays doctors $62 for the same service, and Medicaid pays $50. “Our rates are cut and cut and cut, and we have to work more and more to break even,” saidCentral El Paso pediatrician Arturo Casillas. He has closed his practice to new Napster fails to block copyright music SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Copyright music flowed freely on the Napster tune-swapping service Sunday afternoon as users waited to see if the company would fulfill a promise to block pirated songs sometime over the weekend using a new screening system. All the top 10 songs listed on the Billboard Hot 100 list were avail able on the company’s servers, in cluding the No. 1 “Stutter” by Joe featuring Mystikal. Songs by long time Napster foe Metallica also showed up in searches. The company will not comment on the screening plan until it begins, spokes woman Karen DeMarco said Sunday. She would not say when that would be. With the service facing immi nent change, usage was soaring. More than 11,100 people shared a total of 2.2 million files Sunday af ternoon on just one of dozens of servers used by Napster. “I am kind of watching it and try ing to get my last efforts in — quick ly,” said Thor Nelson, a user from St. Paul, Minn. During a federal court hearing Fri day, Napster attorney David Boies said the service would deploy the screen ing system over the weekend. He did not provide a specific time. On its Website, Napster said the process of screening out file names, song titles and artists will not be easy. “It has involved a significant in- CHI P clients and is telling his current CHIPp go elsewhere. A medical practice I more than 50 percent! CHIP patients will gobanlj| cording to the Texas! ciation. In some cases, El Paso pi)] are paid less for services til physicians in other parts of 14 “It’s hypocritical fortlif'j say it cares about kids wMmad Owidi rates are so low,” said Dr ^Battalion Handal, regional chairman(:Mi es i inian p itc atrics for Texas Tech career no _] Health Sciences Center so f^ a p ver the Syracu te Aggie Soft H: —News in Brieiay RTie win foil >yr vestment of time and resources,” a statement said. “However, we be lieve it is superior to shutting the ser vice down and disbanding the com munity during the transition period to the new membership-based service.” The software to be installed on Napster’s servers will block access to 1 million music flies, Boies said. He and Napster officials did not say whether that number represented distinct songs or spelling variations on a smaller list. Napster’s plan is a pre-emptive move against an injunction sought by the major record labels, which argue copyright holders and artists are not compensated for music trad ed on the service. Trump loses arlicr in the day battle over naflitotn-h' MEDFORD, Ore. (AP)-file seventh to Milligan has pulled a Trump::- The Aggies The 29-year-old has L g|ie Invitatioi one-year legal battle toc’.|Sthercaused tl his name to Sir William Tr. a y and Saturda’ in honor of his idol, NewVc estate magnate Donald Tn A county judge grante name change petition onf day. Trump Jr. headed & for the Driver and MotorVe' Services office to change driver’s license. The spa dealer was liet around town for his tailoreds and inflated ego— somiK*-nights, that co-workers and compef tWednesday, began calling him “TrumpJui he Aggies on S< Donald Trump tried to stop: On Saturday name change petition. After‘erry Black pu gling for three months hows as the Be Trump’s lawyer, Richard BsMrhe loss dim Milligan agreed to use the >-13 in Big 12) name William. vhereA&Mwi OUG Fueni Battalion AGO — T a bad week Thursday at 8:2 1 ■The Bears ( 1' Studying Continued fromm responses from site users. Others use the site just in case one else needs their help. Since the site is just beg there is more time for others® using it to their advantage. “The key is not to just get® Website, sign up and leave, contact each other and get togei Ramsey said. vill face the nil Thursday. E Baylor aveng tion earlier t ’s largest m it since 1988 he old South Arrest Continued froml of an investigation before a de is made. “We will have to wait until facts are known,” Welsh said. Welsh said the incident willk: ferred to Col. Rick Mallahan,ass tant commandant for discipline. Welsh defended Carson and he “is a man of integrity.” “The people who serve in ship positions serve becausetheii'i tential for performance is except ally high,” Welsh said. “ charges are dismissed.” ST. 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