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Both Sigler and Wiatt said prevention is the best way to avoid car break-ins. The CSPD issued a five-step plan to help prevent vehicle burglaries: lock your doors, park in well-lit areas at night, never leave valuables in plain view, activate any vehicle alarms and immediately report any suspi cious activity to the police. “If (people) see anything suspicious they need to call us. The vast majority of calls are nothing, but we would rather go. That is our job,” Sigler said. Cathleen Coats, a senior political science major, said that she has started to remove items from her car after two break-ins at her apartment complex. “Now, I always detach the stereo face and don’t hide it in my car anymore,” Coats said. Wiatt said that although UPD has increased surveillance of parking areas, it is important for individuals to take responsibility. “(Thieves) only break into cars where they can see something worth stealing. People should put valuables in the trunk or at least cover them up with a blanket,” Wiatt said. Security cameras have been installed in all garages and some parking lots but Wiatt said their effectiveness is limited because of the manpower required to monitor the cameras. Sigler said locking doors and activating car alarms are very effective in preventing opportuni ty break-ins which usually are committed by inex perienced thieves, usually juveniles, in crowded night spots. Mississippi governor signs medical malpractice bill JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove signed a bill Tuesday that sets caps for medical mal practice claims in a state where multimillion-dollar verdicts have driven away insurers and sky rocketing premiums have driven away doctors. “Today Mississippi’s health care crisis has been addressed,” Musgrove said. “The end result of this long special session was a piece of legislation that offers a foundation for better health care in Mississippi.” The compromise, which will take effect Jan. 1, sets caps for pain-and-suffering damages in medical malpractice cases at $500,000, increasing to $750,000 by 201 1 and $1 million by 2017. Malpractice insurance rates have soared — obstetricians pay as much as $125,000 a year — as Mississippi has gained a national reputation as a state with juries inclined to deliver multimillion-dollar verdicts against defendants ranging from health maintenance organiza tions to the tobacco industry. Most of the 37 companies who offered medical malprac tice policies in Mississippi five years ago have left. Many doc tors have been left scrambling to find coverage, and in some cases have retired or left the state. Several states have had simi lar problems, including Nevada, where a Las Vegas trauma cen ter temporarily closed when all but one of its 58 orthopedic doctors resigned because they couldn’t afford rising malprac tice insurance premiums. In August, Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn signed a bill capping pain-and-suffering awards. Last month, the U.S. House passed a measure to cap pain- and-suffering damages in med ical malpractice suits. The bill faces an uncertain future in the Senate, where Democrats ques tion whether the legislation actually helps doctors. “It does absolutely nothing to fix the doctor’s problem of getting affordable insurance,” said David Baria, president of the Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association. NEli THE BATTALlJ Ag terrorism Continued from page! I among A&M faculty memJ tn recognize potential agncuiij al tourism targets, Lawhomsai " 1 hey asked me to panJ pate" Miller said, “id (TEEX) were involved in J developing of the model. 1 didn’t know much about hem agricultural industry worked." Miller said the faculty men hers’ involvement in the asses ment is finished. “As these local jurisdicti© may go through the exer® questions may arise that wet® to go back and address,” he sak Hawking Continued from page Pope said because of its fc retical nature, he doesn’texpee, to see new technology d from the institute in the nei future. “This is very removed fraa technology, but it will givens better understanding of thduii- damental interactions innati Pope said. Fry said even though institute will develop no nei technology, it will bring mot research grants to the University NEWS IN BRIEF Lela Fh woman’s p a freshmar women sh< between a “The re cated is to think thi career. Wh ably look i programs 1 and their n for everyth for it.” Accord Bureau of Census Ci 50.6 perce a child urn employed cent were House GOP pushing higher investment loss deduction WASHINGTON (AP) Concerned about rising vi anxiety about the economyors weeks before a crucial election House Republicans on Tuesd began pushing a pair of tax cuts for investors whose retirenr accounts and stock portfolios have suffered from the stod market swoon. While the bills cleared a at mittee hurdle Tuesday andwi probably pass the COPco trolled House, the Senate unlikely to act on them, give' that the Democrats runningtM Senate and its main purpose as a campaign message. But with the Nov. 5 vote approaching and control Congress at stake, Republics said the bills would be crucial Judge approves Bush request to op® West Coast ports SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A f ed eral judge approved Presides Bush's request Tuesday to reope West Coast ports, ending a caus tic 10-day labor lockout that a cost the fragile U.S. economy billion to $2 billion a day. Three hours after Jus" Department officials , , oC j ments in a San Francteco‘ e ^ court. Judge William agreed to impose an cooling-off period in the disp [ under the Taft-Hartley Act. "This dispute between nv agement and labor canno allowed to further harm economy and force thousa of working Americans from t jobs," Bush said earlier Tuesd Bush's politically char & decision made him t ' ie president in a ei uarter nl || { to intervene in a labor i s P with Taft-Hartley. , . 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