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Chris Anderson Anna Hollier—— Richard Auter David Hollon Joe Bachman Jason Kaspar Theresa Bando Aaron Kinsey Porchia Barrett Jordan Kozar Julie Bennett Belen Mahan Matt Bertram Elaine McChesney Amy Binks Bradley McGrath Anverly Black Brett Nabors Trevor Brock Anh Nguyen Kari Burnett Tonya Olson Brandon Coleman III Stefanie Oujezdsky James Davis Quentin Perry Jessica Dority Scott Peterson Randal Ford Hap Potter Melanie Fox Justin Puckett David Fuglie Jennifer Purdy Sarah Glasscock Karen Putnam Brooke Green Lindsey Reed Angela Grisham Katherine Rhodes Kasey Hand Julie Smith Melanie Harvat Shelley Spacek Chris Hickman William Steed Jackson Hildebrand Melissa Walton IT’S BUYBACK TIME! SELL YOU TEXTBOOKS AT Loupors BOOKSTORES GET 10% MORE $$$$ 3 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS: NORTHGATE, SOUTHGATE, WOLF PEN www.loupots.com Monday, December l, 2003 NEfl THE BATTALI® FISH 0/ R.PELUM Studies W Continued from page] noise# 69 JOSft DURUM OH NeAH 7 . Shcs a ok/it amt. 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Still, sleep was fitful, and walking, particularly upstairs, was exhausting. And he lived in a fourth-floor apartment. Powers underwent laparoscop ic gastric bypass surgery in May 2001 and now weighs 280 pounds. He believes the surgery likely staved off the onset of diabetes, Lind he has had no complications. Surgery is not used to treat minor obesity. Candidates must be 1(X) pounds above their ideal body weight and have failed at other attempts at weight loss. Still, an estimated 15 million people would qualify for the surgery, said Dr. Scott Shikora, head of bariatric surgery at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. Tufts, which has the city’s largest obesity sur gery program, closed to new patients for nearly six months earlier this year to catch up with its backlog of patients. 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Five American soldiers and a civilian were wounded, he said, adding that none of the injuries were life-threatening. “We have been very aggressive in our convoy operations to ensure the maximum force protec tion is with each convoy,” MacDonald said. “But it does send a clear message that if you attempt to attack one of our convoys, we’re going to use our firepower to stop that attack.” blamed the previous code fori state’s growing prison over® 1 ing, which later became aciE| the Houston Chronicle repo® Sunday’s editions. The overcrowding probk became so severe in and early 1990s that the parole board released #1 J 1 criminals to make room forts j with more recent convictions, . A commission formed! 1990 later responded to theft- sis with a revised penal ctd: The new standard ended ti\ parole for those convicted f violent crimes, reduced w prison population by easitil penalties for nonviolent offetl ers and created a state jail >;T tern. New prisons also were:. 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