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THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER A2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2002 AH smiles Environmental disaster feared as oil tanker sinks Traffic watch For 24-hour traffic information, call ARTIMIS at 333-3333 or 511 from any phone in Cincinnati or Northern Kentucky. Delhi Township Anderson Ferry Road remains closed between Rapid Run and Cleves-Warsaw roads until Dec. 18, Follow posted detours. Florence Dixie Highway will be closed between Turfway and Kentaboo roads from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m.

tonight and Thursday night. a'ir lF cJA 4 --rz---- -l The Associated PressEFE The Prestige, an oil tanker registered in the Bahamas, cracks in two and sinks in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, about 150 miles off the coast of Spain. It was carrying 20 million gallons of fuel oil. Oil spill location continued to battle a spill from an oil tanker last Wednesday off the coast of Spain salvage company worked to prevent more escaping. FRANCE 4 Madrid pi.

SPAIN PORTUGAL Atlantic Ocean Galicim Bank 1 Crews that ruptured while a oil from By Mar Roman The Associated Press MADRID, Spain An oil tanker carrying 20 million gallons of fuel oil broke in two and sank Tuesday in the Atlantic Ocean, threatening a spill nearly twice as big as the Exxon Valdez's and an environmental catastrophe along a scenic Spanish coastline. The hope was that the oil would sink and harden in waters more than 2 miles deep before it could inflict disaster and engulf the area's rich fishing grounds. But it has already soiled 125 miles of Spanish coastline, and its highly viscous and toxic load is far bigger than the 10.92 million gallons dumped off Alaska by the Exxon Valdez in 1989. As the Bahamas-flagged tanker Prestige sank, it leaked between 800,000 to 1.02 million gallons of oil, according to government estimates. SMIT, the Dutch salvage company hired to keep the ship a-float, estimated the spillage at 13 percent of its load.

Nor was it clear how much oil might reach land, or where. Portugal said it was monitoring a slick 22 miles by Mi of a mile. Shut out of Spanish and Portuguese ports after its hull split in a storm six days ago, the tanker was towed 150 miles out to sea off the coast of Spain's Galicia region. When it finally capsized and sank, crews were already cleaning up Ga-licia's coast, where an estimated 800,000 gallons of oil has contaminated fisheries, blackened beaches and killed wildlife. The calamity has highlighted concerns about older, single-hull ships like the 26-year-old Prestige that are due to be phased out by 2015 and about what Europe should do to keep them safe and inspected in the meantime.

The European Union charged Tuesday that single-hull ships skirt European ports to avoid tough new EU-mandated inspection rules. It urged national governments to work harder to enforce them. Spain said the ship had not been inspected since 1999, but the ship's Greece-based management compa ny, Universe Maritime claimed the vessel underwent an inspection in May. At stake in Spain's misty, green, i ff 1 'fZ Malpica jjf- ACoruna Finisterre Nov. 13: Tanker hull ruptures, leaking 3,300 tons of oil Into the ocean.

Dental gift will go long way for poor stopped by the McMicken Dental Center for the Homeless looking for a happy ending. The center, at 40 E. McMicken in Over-the-Rhine, is a 2-year-old godsend to thousands who can't afford dental care unless it's free. Every year, more than 10,000 Cincinnati-area residents seek urgent dental care from overwhelmed city clinics and hospital emergency rooms. Tuesday, the McMicken Center received $123,000 from a group of women philanthropists called Impact 100.

The facility, which helps 3,000 to 3,500 homeless Denise Smith Amos people regain their smiles each year, has been working with donated, 20-year-old equipment. It's so bad that the only dentist and several hygienists on staff regularly repair or rejig-ger equipment just to keep it working. Some of the equipment has caught fire. Recently, a light fell and was caught just before it hit a patient's head. A smile's strength The Impact 100 donation will buy new dental stations, instruments, equipment and a safer environment for the next 20 years.

It'll mean the center can accommodate the dentists who've lined up to volunteer their services. And it'll mean Dr. Judith Allen, the staff dentist, can continue adding to her photo albums. As a dentist formerly in private practice, Dr. Allen knows the marketing value of "before" and "after" photos.

The pictures she takes of her homeless clients could sell the hardest heart on free mouth care for the poor. In "before" shots, the toothless, or near toothless, young people look like old people. In the "after" shots, they're transformed into glowing examples of health and vitality. All it took was a repair of their smile. Some clients, from the look of their "before" photos, would have caused me to walk on the other side of the street.

Their teeth were badly damaged or diseased; some of their mouths were deformed and bloody. But after dental work they look fine, employable, like upstanding members of the community. They could be child care workers, sales representatives or marketing executives. A few even looked like models. The staff even calls one young man "our Brad Pitt" now.

Robert McGonagle's new smile has transformed his life. The church caretaker was intoxicated 33 of his 48 years of life, he says. Three years ago he was imprisoned for his ninth and 10th DUI conviction. Gaining hope One night while free, he was assaulted by a bottle-wielding bar patron who cut up his mouth, sheering off parts of his teeth and part of his thumb. For more than a year, Mr.

McGonagle says, he avoided meeting other people's eyes. He mumbled into his hands, hid his mouth when he talked. A self-described cocky, macho drunk, he was suddenly a man with no self-esteem and no home. But faith in God, help from shelters and friends, and prodding from a court helped convince him to clean up. He approached Dr.

Allen for dental help, and she made a deal with him: If he would stay sober for several months, she'd get him a new set of front teeth. He went sober that day, he says, and the dental work followed. Now his smile is white, even, healthy and nearly constant Mr. McGonagle says he's sober and spends his free time being "a professional volunteer," giving back to people who've helped him. At the dental clinic, he weekly cleans and waxes the floors and performs other custodial duties.

Dr. Allen estimates he donated at least $30,000 worth of work last year. These women don't just touch your mouths, they touch your heart, so you know you're not hopeless," Mr. McGonagle says of the dental staff. E-mail damosenquirer.com or phone 768-8395 4 1 I ONLINE Keyword: Traffic Get the latest news about traffic conditions during the day at Cincinnati.Com.

Today in history 1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. 1910: Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I. Madero. 1945: Twenty-four Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany. 1947: Britain's future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, in a ceremony broadcast worldwide from Westminster Abbey.

1959: The United Nations issued its "Declaration of the Rights of the Child." 1967: The Census Clock at the Commerce Department, representing the estimated population of the United States, ticked past 200 million. 1975: After nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday. 1977: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to address Israel's parliament. 1992: Fire seriously damaged the northwest side of Windsor Castle, the favorite weekend home of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II.

1997: Prodded by Russia, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a-greed to allow U.S. arms monitors back into his country, ending a three-week crisis that had raised fears of a military confrontation with the United States. Birthdays Author and TV personality Alistair Cooke is 94. Actress Estelle Parsons is 75. Comedian Dick Smothers is 63.

Broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff is 56. Singer Joe Walsh is 55. Actress Bo Derek is 46. Reggae musician Jim Brown (UB40)is45. Rock musician Todd Nance (Widespread Panic) is 40.

Actress Ming-Na is 35. Today's talker Eniola Oluwole was surprised and a little hurt when a close friend told him he wasn't like other black people: He was "cool." Mr. Oluwole didn't know how to tell his friend, who is white, that the comment bothered him, until he saw www.blackpeopleloveus.com. The satirical Web site portrays a fictional white couple, Sally and Johnny, proclaiming how well-liked they are by blacks, and offers up testimonials from their black "friends." New York comedian Chelsea Peretti and her brother, Jonah Peretti, created the site to poke fun at how some whites can be patronizing toward minorities. Though its weapon is humor, the site has provoked serious discussions and thousands of e-mails about the ever-sensitive topic of race relations since it launched in October.

Some people, like Mr. Oluwole, have sent the site's Web address to friends hoping to initiate a conversation on race. The Associated Press Corrections and clarifications Cincinnati Enquirer will correct all errors of sub stance. If you wish to reDort an error or reauest a clarifi- cation, or if you have a question or comment about articles or photographs in the Enquirer, call reader representative Betty Barnett at 768-8299 between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday. On Tuesday, soldiers and volunteers were still cleaning up the beaches between Cape Finisterre north to the city of A Coruna, about 370 miles northwest of Madrid. Dozens of inlets and coves were coated in thick oil, while up to 150 animals, mostly seabirds, were taken away for treatment. "We've seen many dead fish and birds and many others in agony when we rescue them," said Eze-quiel Navio, of the World Wildlife Fund's Spanish branch ADENA The Spanish government declined to estimate economic or ecological damage. The hope is that most of the fuel oil went down with the ship.

"If it sinks into cold water, this stuff solidifies so much that it basically stays there," said Einemo. Greenpeace said it wasn't so sure. "We hope that the sunken part does not spill its fuel. But still, it's a time bomb at the bottom of the sea," said Maria Jose Caballero, who heads the environmental group's coastal protection project. "There's nothing that makes us believe it won't finally burst and leak all its oil," she added.

ing studio, Mr. Santana had already put his guitar track down on the song. "So I didn't meet him, I didn't know what was going on, I didn't know anything," Ms. Branch said. "It felt to me like, "Wow, it seems like there's so much at stake, I'm going to go in there and just sing my heart out and just cross my Mr.

Santana seems happy with the result. "It's refreshing to meet someone so young yet so deep. Her voice, it's like from an old soul (that's) been around this planet for a long time," he said. "It's very inspiring, very stimulating, very refreshing." Mr. Santana, who won eight Grammy Awards in 2000 for his Supernatural album, added: "I can't believe it myself that I get to participate with this glorious artist." Figure skating special Olympic gold medallists Brian Boitano, Kristi Yamaguchi and Apolo Anton Ohno will headline Mr.

Boitano's television tribute to figure skating's classic shows. Brian Boitano's Skating Spectacular will feature the elaborate productions of the Ice Follies and Ice Capades. The show will be performed at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas on Dec. 21, and will air on NBC on New Year's Day. Also on the show will be musical group En Vogue and Olympic silver-medal figure skater Nancy Kerrigan.

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The modest Warren, home, listed on eBay since Thursday, was appraised at $91,000. Bidding opened at $120,000, and by Tuesday afternoon, the high bid was just over $1 million. "It's just amazing the response we're getting," said Sebastian Luci-do, a Utica attorney who bought the house with Roland Fraschetti, a Macomb County commissioner and real estate developer. Eminem's uncle, Todd Nelson, sold the house this month for $45,000 to Mr. Lucido and Mr.

Fraschetti. The home has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was built in 1940 and has been in Eminem's family for at least 50 years, Mr. Fraschetti said. Bids on eBay will be accepted until Dec.

14 at 5 p.m. At that time, the sellers will get in touch with the highest bidder to work out a purchase agreement, Mr. Lucido said. Santana, Branch shine Michelle Branch says her collaboration with Carlos Santana on "The Game of Love" was unlike any song she'd recorded. "It was the first time for me to sing somebody else's song," the 19-year-old said.

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Several scenes of Mr. Jackson's visit to the German capital including the display of his son were featured on national prime-time German news, a sign of the entertainer's enduring popularity in Europe. Fans had gathered outside the hotel, just opposite Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, and security had to remove some from the lobby. Several carried banners, including one that said "Save the Kids," with drawings of children's faces, a reference to Mr. Jackson's philanthropy.

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