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Poston has been married l his wife, Patricia Mary Joyce lor 40 years and they have bo j r awn students to sj children, Nancy and Dudley, a^f ore j a _ m _ mal well as three grandchildren. Julie Martinez h; ^ee hours of the mi ioming. Bartending lecent changes to a c 11 dosing times. Drink specials, p Craz.y ^1. ^lou^e Lawsuits Continued from page Now before you leave today, are there any questions regarding the test next time we meet? Um, Professor Rhiner? Yes, son? What class is this? BY: MIIU LL6YB London . . $403 Paris $46 1 Rio de Janeiro.. .$611 Los Angeles $284 New York $299 Fare is round trip from College Station. Subject to change and availability. Tax not included. Restrictions and blackouts apply. 2 nights + transfers + activities New Orleans $110 Las Vegas $113 San Francisco.... $13 1 Vancouver .$141 Miami $160 New York (airfare not included) $192 CAS AL50 CONtKM THAT THE INCOEASe IN TUITION WU ALLOW ME TO HAVE A 61 ANT TPEASUPE 8ATH, A LA THE 0C16WAL 5CR006E MCOUCK, WITH I yOW MONEY PA/ty NEXT VEAP AS OPPOSED' to oue Tpi-wetia.y model a»PChm.y ■ IN USE. Continued from page 1 ACCUTANE] Midland a chance to elect a con gressman and said he believes they satisfy Duncan’s concerns. He would not give further details, saying both King and Staples were tweaking the plans. Duncan could not be reached for comment and a spokesman for Craddick said he did have any details about the meeting. “Our goal is to have an agreement on this by Wednesday,” Dewhurst said. “I’m more optimistic today than I was last week.” Perry said last week that law makers need to get their work finished by Oct. 6, which he called “somewhat of a drop dead date.” Once Perry signs a redistrict ing bill, it will take 90 days for the bill to take effect. If it takes lawmakers longer than that to reach a deal, the filing period for candidates to sign up to run for congress for the 2004 election could expire. Also, any new congressional districts must be sent to the U.S. Justice Department at least 60 days before the filing starts. Republicans are on their fourth attempt this year to get a redistricting bill approved. Democrats successfully stopped the first three attempts. This summer, 11 Senate Democrats staged a boycott of the Texas Senate during the second special legislative session. They reluc tantly returned to the Capitol for the third special session after one of their own defected from the group. Even though they have not been able to stop redistricting efforts this time around, they were successful in running down the clock on redistricting. Troops Continued from page 1 “American forces are here to provide security for the Iraqi people. If we are attacked, we are a well-trained and disciplined force, and we will respond,” Swisher said. “At 9 this morning an American patrol was ambushed by lEDs (roadside bombs), RPGs (rock et-propelled grenades) and small arms fire. The patrol returned fire and support was called in,” Swisher said. He said two soldiers were wounded and a civil ian was hurt in the battle, from which U.S. forces did not begin withdrawing until about 5:30 p.m. About 10 minutes after the ambush in Khaldiyah, a homemade bomb exploded as a U.S. convoy passed in Habaniyah, killing one soldier and wound ing another, said U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. George Krivo. Six soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division were wounded Sunday in nearby Fallujah in another roadside bombing, U.S. officials said. Meanwhile, soldiers of the 4th Infantry Division launched two dozen raids in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, 120 miles north of Baghdad, and other areas in the north of the country, arresting 92 people and seizing weapons and ammunition. The operations, which ended Monday morn ing, were designed to “break the back of the Fedayeen,” said Lt. Col. David Poirier, who com mands the 720th Military Police Battalion based in Fort Hood, Texas. “The people we went after are the trigger- pullers attacking the coalition,” Poirier said. “We want to send the message that if you pull the trig ger on the coalition, we will get you.” Of the 92 arrested, four were taken into custody in the joint U.S.-Iraqi raid. Raids in the 4th Division sector have intensified after Iraqi resistance fighters shot and killed three Americans in an ambush two weeks ago just out side Tikrit. In a coordinated series of attacks and ambushes against U.S. forces last week, nine Iraqi fighters also were killed. In another incident, 4th ID troops late Sunday killed one Iraqi and captured three others in a shootout nine miles south of Balad, U.S. officials said. In the car, troops found two M-16 rifles that belonged to two American soldiers who were abducted and killed in June, officials said. In a village near Kirkuk, 145 miles northeast of Baghdad, U.S. troops were dispatched when 200 people marched on a government building, accord ing to Maj. Gordon Tate of the 4th Infantry Division. Arab satellite broadcaster Al-Jazeera reported U.S. troops fired on the crowd, killing a 10-year- old boy. Tate said American forces did not shoot although someone in the crowd did fire. The Americans said they did not know how the boy was killed. on average more than copyrighted music files Lawyers and activists said more settlements were inevitable “We don’t know how many additional people are negotial ing,” said Fred von Lohmann,a lawyer for the San Francisco- based Electronic Fronliet Foundation. “There could well be a large number of people deciding whether to write the check or not.” Daniel N. Ballard, a lawyer whose Finn is representing ar least four defendants, said k settlement offers he was familiar with — between $3,000 and $4,000 — appeared aimed at discouraging Internet users from hiring defense lawyers. “It’s a small enough number that it doesn’t make economic sense to hire an attorney to liti gate these,” Ballard said. The RIAA also said 863 peo ple have requested amnesty hot future lawsuits, in exchange? a formal admission they illegally shared music and a pledge .to delete the songs off their ®s puters. The offer does not ap to people who already are gets of legal action. “I’m not surprised that people have been intimidated into signing this,” said Ballard, who noted there are roughly 62 million Americans who partici pate in file-sharing networks,He called those seeking amnesty small ratio of total users, Some defense lawyers ha' objected to the amnesty provi sions, warning that song lishers and other organizations not represented by the RIAA won’t be constrained by the group’s promise not to sue. Similarly, people who settled their lawsuits with the RIAA conceivably still could be sued by others for infringement. The RIAA has promised that hundreds or even thou sands more lawsuits will be filed, with the next round com ing as early as October. It I continued issuing hundreds copyright subpoenas through U.S. court clerks’ offices nationwide to compel Internel providers to identify scribers suspected of illegally distributing music online The announcement about set dements came one day before s Senate hearing to examine industry’s use of lawsuits copyright subpoenas to identify Internet users accused of distrib uting music. Critics havearj that judges should be more involved in issuing the subpoe nas, which are approved by lythe College Statii Students are dev lime though it is que have on student life Martinez, a 1999 > been employed ; at 2 a.m. and some tl anew schedule, b ‘‘I eventually got i id if business is g Martinez said. “The make more money ai he said the extr; about, and they ty, most will spe lad before. The Texas Alcoff rs in Texas to closi Therefore, Col leg dose at 2 a.m., said in Police Depar can’t tell wheth been in effect since ow if there will be Some students, su anticipate the new c lead to further and contribute to acc Martin said ma friends have decidt drinking earlier in tl before they go to the of them are also und drinking age of 21, h “Before the new cl di they would get home „ l around 10 p.m., and i much because they w to the bar before it said, “But now, they because they have m make it there.” Chris Niebuhr, wildlife and fisher major, disagrees. “lend up staying ( Jon’t necessarily dr be said. In addition to com ids may be less saf clerks and are the subject of an ongoing federal appeals court fight over their constitutionality cMofze. Pneq*ta*tcu> GetUenA # f /of BRAZOS VALLEY YOU COULD HAVE AN STD AND NOT KNOW IT! IF YOU'RE SEXUALLY ACTIVE YOU ARE AT RISK - EVEN IF YOU ARE USING CONDOMS. 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