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TE AS see,” President-elect Barack Obama On Wednesday, Obama made OLYN K pledged Wednesday to tackle out-of- good on a campaign promise and AR control Social Security and Medi- introduced his choice for a new C Samuel Wurzelbacher has been hired care spending and named a special White House post he is creating: as a reporter by a conservative Web site. watchdog to clamp down on other chief performance officer. Nancy federal programs — even as he cam- Killefer, a professional efficiency P (cid:67)(cid:62)(cid:59)(cid:52)(cid:51)(cid:62)(cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:62)(cid:55)(cid:56)(cid:62) paigned anew to spend the largest TW expert, is charged with scouring (cid:188)(cid:57)(cid:94)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:63)(cid:91)(cid:100)(cid:92)(cid:81)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:189)(cid:15)(cid:99)(cid:94)(cid:15)(cid:66)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:101)(cid:84)(cid:15) pile of taxpayer money in history to DSON/ the federal budget to eliminate pro- (cid:48)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:70)(cid:80)(cid:97)(cid:15)(cid:65)(cid:84)(cid:95)(cid:94)(cid:97)(cid:99)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:15)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:56)(cid:98)(cid:97)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:91)(cid:15) revive the sinking economy. AVI grams that don’t work and improve D Joe the Plumber is putting down The steepness of the fiscal moun- DA those that do. Obama called her N his wrenches and picking up a tain he’ll face starting Jan. 20 was President-elect Barack Obama holds a press conference Wednesday in Washing- appointment “among the most reporter’s notebook. The Ohio underscored by stunning new fig- ton to announce he has chosen Nancy Killefer, left, to be chief performance officer. important that I will make.” man who became a household ures: an estimate that the federal Killefer, a former assistant trea- name during the presidential cam- budget deficit will reach $1.2 trillion pline and taxpayer largesse togeth- House, he’ll make the same pitch sury secretary, will be Obama’s paign says he is heading to Isra- this year, by far the biggest ever. er at nearly every turn, though in on Thursday, delivering a speech hatchet woman with the power to el as a war correspondent for the The incoming president has every case with little detail to back laying out why he wants Congress recommend the slashing of pro- conservative Web site pjtv.com. walked this same tightrope each day it up. With less than two weeks to go to quickly pass his still-evolving grams and projects government- Samuel J. Wurzelbacher says he’ll this week — advocating fiscal disci- before taking the helm at the White economic plan. wide. (cid:57)(cid:52)(cid:61)(cid:61)(cid:56)(cid:53)(cid:52)(cid:65)(cid:15)(cid:59)(cid:62)(cid:69)(cid:52)(cid:61)(cid:15)(cid:23)(cid:48)(cid:63)(cid:24) spend 10 days covering the fighting. He said he wants to let Israel’s “aver- age Joes share their story.” (cid:23)(cid:48)(cid:63)(cid:24) (cid:50)(cid:51)(cid:50)(cid:41)(cid:15)(cid:60)(cid:88)(cid:98)(cid:98)(cid:29)(cid:15)(cid:56)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:59)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:15)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:67)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:49)(cid:88)(cid:97)(cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:98) It’s not clear why Mississippi, with 68 births per 1,000, surged (cid:49)(cid:68)(cid:53)(cid:53)(cid:48)(cid:59)(cid:62)(cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:61)(cid:29)(cid:72)(cid:29) into first place. 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That was The teen birth rate for that year in More than a year ago, a pre- falo Bills quarterback has been (cid:48)(cid:67)(cid:59)(cid:48)(cid:61)(cid:67)(cid:48)(cid:15)(cid:107) Mississippi now has the about 21,000 more teen births Texas and New Mexico was more liminary report on the 2006 data diagnosed with cancer. A brief nation’s highest teen birth rate, dis- than in 2005. than 50 percent higher. revealed that the U.S. teen birth statement says Kemp is undergo- placing Texas and New Mexico for (cid:154) The report is based on a review The lowest teen birth rates con- rate had risen for the first time in ing tests to determine the origin that lamentable title, a new federal of all birth certificates in 2006. tinue to be in New England, where about 15 years. of the disease and how to go about report says. Significant increases in teen birth three states have rates of roughly “It’s pretty much across the treating it. The type of cancer was Mississippi’s rate was more rates were seen in 26 states. half the national average, which is board” nationally, said Brady Ham- not disclosed. (cid:23)(cid:48)(cid:63)(cid:24) than 60 percent higher than the 42 births per 1,000 teen women. ilton, a CDC statistician. 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(cid:56)(cid:98)(cid:97)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:91)(cid:15)(cid:65)(cid:84)(cid:98)(cid:100)(cid:92)(cid:84)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:62)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:88)(cid:101)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:99)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:15)(cid:59)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:91) In Brief Israelis, Palestinians, Hamas agree to talks GES as fighting continues A M Y I T GET (cid:54)(cid:48)(cid:73)(cid:48)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:56)(cid:67)(cid:72)(cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:54)(cid:48)(cid:73)(cid:48)(cid:15)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:65)(cid:56)(cid:63)(cid:15)(cid:107)(cid:15)Israel AFP/ resumed its Gaza offensive Wednes- HY/ day, bombing heavily around sus- OT N S pected smuggling tunnels near the HI CH border with Egypt after a three- G AN hour lull to allow in humanitar- T A Cambodian celebrates 30 years since ian aid. Hamas responded with a the Khmer Rouge’s fall on Wednesday. rocket barrage. Despite the heavy fighting, (cid:63)(cid:55)(cid:61)(cid:62)(cid:60)(cid:15)(cid:63)(cid:52)(cid:61)(cid:55)(cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:48)(cid:60)(cid:49)(cid:62)(cid:51)(cid:56)(cid:48) strides were made on the diplo- (cid:35)(cid:31)(cid:27)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:31)(cid:15)(cid:60)(cid:80)(cid:97)(cid:90)(cid:15)(cid:34)(cid:31)(cid:15)(cid:72)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:66)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:82)(cid:84)(cid:15) matic front, with the U.S. throwing AGES M (cid:67)(cid:87)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:53)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:91)(cid:15)(cid:94)(cid:85)(cid:15)(cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:58)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:15)(cid:65)(cid:94)(cid:100)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:15) its weight behind a deal being bro- TY I T Thirty years after the fall of the kered by France and Egypt. 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One of the representatives of Israel, the Pales- D BAB accused surviving leaders — Kaing tinians and Hamas have agreed to YA E Guek Eav, better known as Duch, meet in Cairo Thursday for talks Palestinians, top, walk in the rubble of a building destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, who headed the group’s largest tor- brokered by Egypt. and an Israeli woman tries to protect her children during a rocket attack in Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, on Wednesday. ture center — may take the stand in Israeli airstrikes killed 29 Pales- March at a U.N.-backed tribunal, tinians on Wednesday after leaflets Palestinian death toll during Isra- the offensive began Dec. 27. terrified,” said Fida Kishta, a resident said co-prosecutor Robert Petit. (cid:23)(cid:48)(cid:63)(cid:24)(cid:15) were dropped warning residents to el’s 12-day assault to 688 and drove More than 5,000 people have of the Gaza-Egypt border area. (cid:23)(cid:48)(cid:63)(cid:24)(cid:15) leave the area “because Hamas uses home the complexities of finding a fled the border area, seeking ref- (cid:49)(cid:48)(cid:54)(cid:55)(cid:51)(cid:48)(cid:51) your houses to hide and smuggle diplomatic endgame for Israel’s Gaza uge at two U.N. schools. (cid:53)(cid:88)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:82)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:80)(cid:98)(cid:98)(cid:80)(cid:100)(cid:91)(cid:99)(cid:41)(cid:15)(cid:53)(cid:94)(cid:97)(cid:15)(cid:92)(cid:94)(cid:97)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:95)(cid:87)(cid:94)(cid:99)(cid:94)(cid:98)(cid:15) (cid:48)(cid:93)(cid:99)(cid:88)(cid:28)(cid:68)(cid:29)(cid:66)(cid:29)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:91)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:88)(cid:82)(cid:15)(cid:68)(cid:97)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:61)(cid:84)(cid:102)(cid:15) military weapons.” invasion. Ten Israelis have been “I feel like the ground is shaking (cid:85)(cid:97)(cid:94)(cid:92)(cid:15)(cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:82)(cid:94)(cid:93)(cid:85)(cid:91)(cid:88)(cid:82)(cid:99)(cid:15)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:54)(cid:80)(cid:105)(cid:80)(cid:15)(cid:66)(cid:99)(cid:97)(cid:88)(cid:95)(cid:27)(cid:15) (cid:69)(cid:88)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:82)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:99)(cid:94)(cid:15)(cid:63)(cid:97)(cid:94)(cid:99)(cid:84)(cid:98)(cid:99)(cid:15)(cid:56)(cid:98)(cid:97)(cid:80)(cid:84)(cid:91) The casualties brought the total killed, including three civilians, since when we hear the shelling. People are (cid:101)(cid:88)(cid:98)(cid:88)(cid:99)(cid:15)(cid:102)(cid:80)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:86)(cid:99)(cid:94)(cid:93)(cid:95)(cid:94)(cid:98)(cid:99)(cid:29)(cid:82)(cid:94)(cid:92)(cid:30)(cid:102)(cid:94)(cid:97)(cid:91)(cid:83)(cid:29) Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday urged reprisals against American forces in Iraq to protest (cid:49)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:90)(cid:80)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:53)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:91)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:87)(cid:88)(cid:91)(cid:91)(cid:15)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:54)(cid:80)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:48)(cid:97)(cid:86)(cid:100)(cid:92)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:99) (cid:68)(cid:29)(cid:66)(cid:29)(cid:41)(cid:15)(cid:67)(cid:97)(cid:94)(cid:94)(cid:95)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:65)(cid:80)(cid:88)(cid:83)(cid:15) Israel’s Gaza offensive, as Arab anger grows over civilian deaths in the (cid:67)(cid:80)(cid:91)(cid:88)(cid:81)(cid:80)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:84)(cid:91)(cid:91)(cid:15)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:15) Palestinian territory. The strongly Russia cuts shipments For Eastern Orthodox Chris- (cid:48)(cid:85)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:80)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:63)(cid:97)(cid:94)(cid:101)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:82)(cid:84) worded statement signaled a threat tians, Christmas falls on Wednesday to Europe via Ukraine; by al-Sadr’s militia fighters to renew and the holiday in predominantly violence against American troops thousands lack heat Orthodox Serbia was ushered in (cid:58)(cid:48)(cid:49)(cid:68)(cid:59)(cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:48)(cid:53)(cid:54)(cid:55)(cid:48)(cid:61)(cid:56)(cid:66)(cid:67)(cid:48)(cid:61)(cid:15)(cid:107)(cid:15)U.S.-led forc- after months of relative calm. 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Bosnians drove silly is that?” asked 44-year-old Bel- from rooftops and alleyways, the (cid:50)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:94)(cid:92)(cid:81)(cid:88)(cid:80)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:94)(cid:85)(cid:85)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:54)(cid:97)(cid:94)(cid:102)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:15)(cid:15) hours to snap up electric heaters. grade architect Djordje Gec. military said Wednesday. (cid:63)(cid:91)(cid:80)(cid:93)(cid:15)(cid:99)(cid:94)(cid:15)(cid:66)(cid:100)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:68)(cid:29)(cid:66)(cid:29)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:80)(cid:97)(cid:99)(cid:94)(cid:94)(cid:93)(cid:88)(cid:98)(cid:99)(cid:15) And in Serbia, millions woke up Russia supplies one-quarter of The firefight broke out Tuesday Colombian coffee growers are fil- to the Eastern Orthodox Christ- Europe’s natural gas, and about in Laghman province when as many ing a lawsuit over a U.S. comic mas under the threat of winter 80 percent of that is shipped as 75 armed militants converged on strip joking that violence is so ram- hardship. AP through pipelines crossing Ukraine. the troops, who were searching a V/ pant there, maybe “there’s a little Russia’s decision to cut gas sup- RO Other smaller pipelines run through number of compounds in the area, T bit of Juan Valdez in every can” of plies to Europe through Ukraine on R PE Belarus and Turkey. the military said in a statement. A the country’s java. 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Many analysts pre- dict that by 2010, Chrysler will be acquired by another automaker or sold in pieces by its majority owner, Automaker may not New York private equity firm Cer- (cid:59)(cid:80)(cid:98)(cid:99)(cid:15)(cid:104)(cid:84)(cid:80)(cid:97)(cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:80)(cid:15) berus Capital Management. have enough time or Chrysler’s chief financial offi- (cid:98)(cid:88)(cid:93)(cid:86)(cid:91)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:67)(cid:94)(cid:104)(cid:94)(cid:99)(cid:80)(cid:15) cash left to save itself cer has said the company needs (cid:92)(cid:94)(cid:83)(cid:84)(cid:91)(cid:15)(cid:94)(cid:100)(cid:99)(cid:98)(cid:94)(cid:91)(cid:83)(cid:15) $7 billion every 45 days to pay parts (cid:51)(cid:52)(cid:67)(cid:65)(cid:62)(cid:56)(cid:67)(cid:15)(cid:107) Even by the standards (cid:99)(cid:87)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:99)(cid:88)(cid:97)(cid:84)(cid:15)(cid:85)(cid:91)(cid:84)(cid:84)(cid:99)(cid:15) suppliers, and analysts question of battered automakers, Chrysler whether the company’s meager (cid:94)(cid:85)(cid:15)(cid:50)(cid:87)(cid:97)(cid:104)(cid:98)(cid:91)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:189)(cid:98)(cid:15) is in dire shape. sales are generating enough cash Its sales in December were down (cid:95)(cid:80)(cid:98)(cid:98)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:86)(cid:84)(cid:97)(cid:15)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:29) to make those payments. a stunning 53 percent, far worse Last month, Chrysler showed than Ford’s or General Motors’, off prototypes of a new 300 sedan, and analysts say it probably won’t and Jeep brand vehicles fell 30 per- Charger performance car and Jeep survive the year as an independent AP cent last year, the worst decline of Grand Cherokee, and new, more company — despite $4 billion in WSKI/ any major automaker. It lost more luxurious interiors for nearly all O government loans and the possi- UB market share than any of its peers, of its products. AL bility of more. D Z down to 11 percent. The problem, says Bragman, is Things were so bad last year that AVI Analysts say most of Chrysler’s that significant new products don’t D a single Toyota model, the Camry/ Unsold Chrysler 300 sedans sit at a car dealership in Englewood, Colo. Chrysler’s products, especially its cars, don’t arrive for another year. And Chrysler Solara midsize car, outsold the 53 percent drop in December sales was far worse than any other major automaker’s. look, feel or drive as well as the may not make it until then. entire fleet of Chrysler LLC’s pas- competition’s. “The good stuff doesn’t come in senger cars. with the consulting company IHS thing around as an independent Chrysler plans to introduce an time,” Bragman said. “They don’t “Basically, they’re done,” said Global Insight in Troy, Mich. “There company, in my opinion.” electric car in 2010, but until then, have any help coming, really, for Aaron Bragman, an auto analyst is no real possibility of turning this U.S. sales of Chrysler, Dodge there are few promising models to 2009.” (cid:23)(cid:48)(cid:63)(cid:24)