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COLLEGE BHSHETBRLL Men's teams ranked in AP poll SPORTS, Dl ELVIS EMINEM Comparisons emerging TEMPO, CI gSLNo. No. I CZ3. THE ClNCIMm ONLINEATCINCINNATl.COM FINAL NEWSSPORT 50 CENTS QU TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2002 The aftermath: It's gone. It's just .2 'J ALABAMA At least 12 dead, 50 injured.

Damage heaviest in Walker County In the north-em part of the state, where 10 died. Johnny Rosales (right) had his elementary sr. TENNESSEE At least 16 dead, 55 injured. Damage heaviest in Mossy Grove, where seven died and 40 not yet accounted for. At right, a memorial for 10-year-old Hobart Collins who died in the storm.

MISSISSIPPI One man killed in Lowndes County in the east-central part of the state; about 55 injured. In Columbus (right) a car is smashed underneath a tree at the Mississippi University for Women. PENNSYLVANIA One man killed, up to 19 people injured, in Mercer County in west-em Pennsylvania. Two men (right) walk along a main road in Clark, surveying the damage done by storms where a large truck and other vehicles lie twisted. Iraqi leaders balk at demand U.N.

resolution berated despite threat of war 1 Si school in Carbon destroyed. Bwannn of deadly storms in 5 states OHIO Five dead, at least 25 injured. Damage heaviest in Van Wert County in northwest Ohio. r-j Zdy I By Sameer N. Yacoub The Associated Press BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraqi lawmakers denounced a tough, new U.N.

resolution on weapons inspections Monday as dishonest, provocative and worthy of rejection despite the risk of war. But parliament said it ultimately will trust whatever President Saddam Hussein decides. One after another, senior lawmakers rejected the resolution, the latest in a long effort to ensure Iraq scraps its weapons of mass destruction. This time, however, the United States and Britain have made clear they will attack Iraq if it does not fully comply. Parliament speaker Saa-doun Hamadi said the resolution was stacked with "ill intentions," "falsehood," "lies" and "dishonesty." Salim al-Koubaisi, head of parliament's foreign relations committee, recommended rejecting the resolution but also advised deferring to the "wise Iraqi leadership" to act as it sees fit "The committee advises the rejection of Security Council Resolution 1441, and to not agree to it in response to the opinions of our people, who put their trust in us," Mr.

al-Koubaisi said. Saddam has used parliament's action as cover for difficult decisions in the past, and harsh rhetoric does not necessarily mean parliament will reject the proposal. Saddam ordered parliament to recommend a response, and lawmakers were expected to vote on recommendations today. Iraq has until Friday to accept or reject the resolution, approved unanimously last week by the U.N. Security Council.

If Saddam fails to follow through, a Pentagon plan calls for more than 200,000 troops to invade Iraq. In Washington, President Bush's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, rejected the legitimacy of the parliament debate. "One has to be a bit skeptical of the independence of the Iraqi parliament from Saddam Hussein," she said. "I don't think anyone believes this is anything but an absolute dictatorship and this decision is up to Saddam Hussein." Weather warnings helped thousands hurry to safety By Duncan Mansfield The Associated Press MOSSY GROVE, Tenn. Searchers and dazed survivors went from one shattered home to another Monday, picking through splintered lumber and torn sheet metal for any sign of the missing, after twisters and thunderstorms killed at least 35 people in five states.

More than 70 reported tornadoes cut a path of destruction from Louisiana to Pennsylvania over the weekend and into Monday. Sixteen deaths were reported in Tennessee, 12 in Alabama, five in Ohio and one each in Mississippi and Pennsylvania. More than 200 people were injured. "Yesterday, we had a nice brick house and four vehicles. Today, we don't own a toothbrush," said Susan Henry of Mossy Grove, where seven people were killed and at least 40 were still unaccounted for.

The tiny community 40 miles west of Knoxville was nearly wiped off the map, with about a dozen of the 20 or so homes reduced to concrete foundations and piles of rubble a few feet high. The tornado estimated by the National Weather Service as being between 200- and 300-yards wide cut a five-mile path across Morgan County. Ms. Henry, her husband and two children survived after taking shelter in the basement of a neighbor's home that collapsed around them. "It was just deafening, it was so loud," said 17-year-old Tabatha Henry.

"You could hear the wood pop in the house, and that was it Then all you could hear was the screaming and praying." Daylight brought a picture of destruction. In Mossy Grove, clothes fluttered from tree limbs. Power lines dangled from poles. Cars lay crumpled. About the only sound was the bleating of a battery-operated smoke -fw.

i The Cincinnati EnquirerSTEVEN M. HERPPICH Friends and family of the owners of the Van Wert Cinemas in northern Ohio help salvage equipment Monday. No one was injured inside the theater Sunday when a tornado struck. From left, they are Jason Riley, Laura Riley and Kerri Kiracofe. Quick action saved many in movie house day became a ground zero of sorts.

The five deaths in the region, emergency and government officials said, could have been dozens had it not been for the quick thinking of Scott Shaffer, manager of Van Wert Cinemas. Ten-year-old Mitch Stauffer was in Row 2 of the front theater, watching the closing credits to The Santa Clause 2. He heard the manager say something about a tornado alert. By Tom O'Neill The Cincinnati Enquirer VAN WERT, Ohio There was little time for actual fear, even with the warning sirens that split this quiet, flat farmland. The tornado that tore through the northwest edge of Ohio on Sunday afternoon did so at more than 200 mph, leaving in its path five dead, dozens injured and an extraordinary lesson in preparedness at a theater that on Mon The Associated PressTODD CAMPBELL Mitch Stauffer, 10, (right) and Haylie Walker, 9, stand next to the remains of the Van Wert movie theater they were in when a tornado struck.

The overturned car is near where the boys were sitting. See STORMS, Page A6 In Kentucky Homes gone, but lives spared in Gallatin County. A6 See MOVIE, PageA6 Veterans remembered So far, fewer discipline problems, more participation Mil School tries single-gender classes to boost learning Jfr Daniel Long, a Marine veteran and commander of VFW Post 1069, salutes Monday during ceremonies in Fairfield. More in Metro, Bl The Enquirer GLENN HARTONG WEATHER Li INDEX Four sections, 162nd year, No. 217 High 48 -f- Low 33" "fT Mix of clouds Lotteries B2 Movies C7 Obituaries B4 Sports Dl TV C8 Abby C8 Business B6-11 Comics C6 Editorial B12 Kids' Comer B14 The Cincinnati EnquirerGARY LANDERS Russell Walling (left) gets some help on an English paper from Dexter Thomas at Withrow University High School.

The school has separate classes for boys and girls. er discipline problems and students are less intimidated about answering questions. Principal Sharon Johnson said grades will be analyzed now that the first quarter has ended to determine whether single-sex classes are helping raise student achievemenL A more comprehensive look at state achievement tests, discipline and grades will be conducted at year's end. Educators have been fearful to try single-sex classrooms since 1972, when Congress passed Title which prohibits sex cUscrimination schoolwide. Just two other public schools in the Tristate incorporate it in some classrooms.

"Separating the classes by gender allows the boys not to worry about the girls," says William Sprankles, an English teacher at the school, one of three small schools on Withrow High School's campus. They can focus on class. They don't have to worry about anything but me, them and their education." It's too soon to say whether the experiment will pay off in better grades or graduation rates. But so far, teachers report there are few By Jennifer Mrozowski The Cincinnati Enquirer One of Cincinnati Public's underachieving high schools has taken a page from its high-performing private school counterparts to improve student achievemenL Classes are divided by sex. The controversial experiment launched by Withrow University High School this fall is the boldest of its type in the Instate.

The 200-student Hyde Park school is also one of just 16 public schools in the nation known to conduct boys-only and girls-only classes and sun. Weather details: B14 Copyright, 2002, The Cincinnati Enquirer ation of non-discriminatory, single-sex schools in the landmark federal education bill he signed in Hamilton in January. Classified D5-10 First Run Classified A4 Online Get the latest news during the day at Cincinnati.Com. Keyword: Enquirer in any educational programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. But in a dramatic policy shift, President Bush's administration this year signaled openness to the cre taws of wm pnnU) on ncjoed we See WITHROW, Page A3 ll4090fl0101l i-l-lliir- iti.