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Solis, Curtis Magnuson,
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Hummel, all today.
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The last week of yard
waste pick up in Ster-
ling will be the week of
Dec. 7-11. The dates
in Thursday's newspa-
per were incorrect.
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LAS VEGAS � Michael
Jackson's doctor
bought a powerful anes-
thetic in Nevada and
had it shipped to Califor-
nia, where it was found
at the pop singer's bed-
side after he died, court
documents show.
Search warrant records
released despite objec-
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police revealed that inves-
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� The Associated Press
Officials estimate that
would create 2,300 to 3,200
jobs, 1,800 of which would
be within the prison.
Board member Joyce
Schubert cast the lone nay
vote on the issue.
She's worried about
safety and security in
Carroll County if the fed-
eral government decides
to bring detainees to
Thomson.
Terrorists could come to
the area, Schubert said.
"People wouldn't feel safe
like they used to."
She questions whether
a federal prison actu-
ally would create jobs for
locals, since the govern-
ment may bring in its own
employees first.
"It won't be a boom like
they're talking about,"
Schubert said.
The state should fully
open up Thomson prison,
because the state system
is overcrowded, she said.
"They owe it to us," she
said. "I don't understand
the logic of the people
down there [in Spring-
field] at all."
The state-of-the-art pris-
on, which cost more than
$140 million to build, has
sat nearly vacant since its
completion in 2001.
Itwasbuiltwithinpartto
help ease overcrowding in
the state's prison system,
but lack of funds kept it
from being opened fully,
and the economic benefit
promised to the town of
less than 500 never was
realized.
Officials have said it
would cost about $50
million a year to run a
fully staffed, at-capacity
prison. It costs $2 million
a year to run now, with a
staff of about 80 and about
200 minimum-security
inmates.
Thomson
COnTInued frOm A1
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Board member skeptical of job creation from sale
Law bans discrimination based on genetics
Health insurers
won't be allowed
to deny coverage
By Joe mArkmAn
MCT NEWS SERVICE
WASHInGTOn � The
first federal anti-discrim-
ination law in nearly 20
years takes effect today,
prohibiting employers
from hiring, firing or deter-
mining promotions based
on genetic makeup.
Starting dec. 7, group
health insurers will not
be allowed to consider a
person's genetics � such
as predisposition for Par-
kinson's disease � to set
insurance rates or deny
coverage.
not since the Americans
with disabilities Act of
1990 has the federal gov-
ernment implemented
such far-reaching work-
place protections. Stuart
Ishimaru,actingchairman
of the equal employment
Opportunity Commis-
sion, said in a statement
that the law reaffirms the
idea that people have a
right to be judged solely
on merit.
"no one should be
denied a job or the right
to be treated fairly in the
workplace based on fears
that he or she may devel-
op some condition in the
future," he said.
The national federation
of Independent Business,
a nonprofit advocacy
group for small business-
es, filed concerns about
the law in April with the
commission.
The concerns included
whether employers who
"innocently discover"
genetic information about
their workers still may be
held liable for having that
information in their files,
the "confusing" interplay
of other federal statutes
and the lack of an excep-
tion for publicly available
genetic information on
the Internet.
The nonprofit is now
seeking to teach its mem-
bers that under this
law any piece of medi-
cal history � whether an
employee's own or that of
a family member � consti-
tutes genetic information,
said elizabeth milito, the
group's senior counsel.
robert Zirkelbach, a
spokesman for the indus-
try group America's
Health Insurance Plans,
said his association origi-
nally supported the bill,
but that the resulting
regulations ultimately
will disrupt efforts to stay
healthy through wellness
and disease management
programs.
"If a patient is at risk for
a particular condition,
they are a good candi-
date to do more preven-
tive screenings, and this
would prohibit some of
that information even
being gathered," Zirkel-
bach said.
Peter Bennett, an attor-
ney who specializes in
employment law, said
he knew of no pending
genetic discrimination
cases but expects them to
pile up soon, resulting in
litigation to sort out who
is liable for what.
AP
The federal government is evaluating the nearly vacant Thomson Correctional
Center as a place to move detainees from the U.s. military prison at Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba.
yard waste collection ending
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800-798-4085, ext. 501
STerLInG � The last
week Sterling will col-
lect yard waste is dec.
7. Christmas trees will
be collected during the
first 2 weeks of January,
then yard waste collec-
tion will resume march
15. residents who have
yard waste to dispose of
over the winter can call
the public works depart-
ment, 815-625-6040,
from 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
monday through friday.
for more information,
call the department, or
Allied Waste at 815-625-
1000.
Three teens arrested in break-in
By TArA BeCker
tbecker@svnmail.com
800-798-4085, ext. 570
mOrrISOn � A 17-year-
old rock falls boy is being
held on $75,000 bond;
he and two other teens
are accused of breaking
into a classmate's house
Wednesday and stealing
video game equipment
and other items.
Terrance L. Jordan is
charged with two counts of
residential burglary, pun-
ishable by 4 to 15 years in
prison. He is being held on
$75,000bondandhasapre-
liminary hearing Wednes-
day. The other boys, ages
15and16,eacharecharged
with residential burglary.
They were released to their
parents and given notice to
appear in court.
rock falls Police were
called to the home in the
600 block of Seventh Ave-
nue around 3 p.m. Both
the front and back doors
were unlocked, Police
Chief mike Kuelper said.
The boys allegedly took
off with several X-Box
games, a camera and mis-
cellaneous change, which
they stashed around the
neighborhood, presum-
ably to "come back and
get it later," Kuelper said.
neighbors and other res-
idents identified the boys,
who were interviewed at
rock falls High School on
Thursday and arrested.
Kuelper said he does not
thinktheboysareinvolved
in any other rock falls
burglaries.
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