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MUSIC FOOTBALL Titans pick new kicker Free-agent Joe Nedney may sign deal today SPORTS, 1C COLLEGE BASKETBALL Showdown in Music City Your guide to the SEC tourney Americana nilpc March 7 2001 River Stages join Luanda Williams, that tips off tomorrow at Gaylord 1984 championship here one of SEC's best Profiles of league's top players SPECIAL SECTION dozens more for May festival LOCAL NEWS, 2B STEVE EARLE A50 T32 Weather forecast on 6B AN IHE'l NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE A GANNETT NEWSPAPER VOLUME 97, NO. 66 6 SECTIONS COPYRIGHT 2001 PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID IN NASHVILLE, TN A F.OT WW Amendment could restore abortion limits Voters would decide on changing state constitution in '06 General Assembly Smoking bill's sponsors say they're still hoping for a compromise Tennessee shall only be that protected under the U.S. Constitution, as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. It also provides that nothing in the Tennessee Coasti-tution "shall be interpreted to require that any state funds be appropriated by the state to fund or pay for any abor-tioa" "Even if it passes, it does not prohibit the legislature from allowing abortions or paying for abortions," said state Sen.

David Fowler, R-Signal Mountain, one of the lead sponsors. "This is not a question of whether you want to prohibit abortions or fund abortions. It is whether you think the See ABORTION, 2A By DUREN CHEEK Staff Writer Voters could allow the legislature to restore abortion restrictions struck down by the Tennessee Supreme Court under a proposed constitutional amendment introduced yesterday by pro-life activists. More than a dozen lawmakers joined Brian Harris, president of Tennessee Right to Life, at a news conference to announce that efforts to change the constitution had begun. If this legislature adopts the amendment resolution by a simple majority, and the next legislature approves it by a two-thirds majority in 2003 or 2004, Tennesseans would vote in 2006 the date of the next election for governor following legislative approval on whether they want the constitutional change.

"We look forward to giving the people of Tennessee the opportunity to express their opinions on this matter once and for all at the ballot box," Harris said. The amendment provides that the right to an abortion in with Naifeh. On IB Bill would force discount retailers to raise their gasoline prices. On 4B Era J.t'JblJ 'D-a-c-t-y-l-o-s-c-o-p-y' spells success Judge sets up policing rules for Napster KB mm ffe Detour Aimster offers alternative to Napster. On 2A PHOTOS BY LISA NIPP STAFF Alex French, a sixth-grader at East Literature Magnet, reacts as she Is (1) asked to spell "dactyloscopy" in the 16th and final round of the Davidson County Spelling Bee, (2) the judges inform her that she spelled it correctly, and (3) she realizes that she has won the bee.

Alex won a 2 12-foot trophy and the right to compete in the upcoming regional spelling bee. She beat out 75 others, including county public and private school students and home-schooled students. Dactyloscopy, by the way, is the process of identification through fingerprinting. Tennessean News Services SAN DIEGO A federal judge ordered Napster Inc. yesterday to block all copyrighted songs from its popular Web site, dealing a potentially disastrous blow to the revolutionary free music swapping service.

But with an order that's hard to enforce and a lenient time frame for compliance, industry observers and Napster users said the music trading won't stop anytime soon. Under U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel's order, record companies must identify copyrighted material they want removed by title, artist and file name. Napster will then have up to three days to block the songs from its index, which subscribers use to find files on each others' hard drives. Patel said Napster had to take "reasonable measures" to search for misspellings and variations of titles.

And she went a step further, allowing the industry to identify yet-to-be-released music it wants blocked. The judge did not specify penalties if Napster doesn't comply, but eventually, the courts would have the power to shut it dowa Recording industry rep- resentatives said that they are satisfied with the order and that they'll deliver lists of songs within weeks. Napster Chief Executive Hank Barry said the company would do its best to comply. Meanwhile, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences sued Napster for copyright infringement The academy wants to prohibit Napster from allowing users to share recordings of live performances aired at its annual Grammy Awards show last month, material for which the academy has applied for a copyright Some people yesterday said that, even if Napster can police its system, they'll simply go elsewhere. "Logically, I don't see how they can stop you from changing the name of the song to a code word, then getting the code from a chat room," said Tom Johnson of Atlanta "If they kill Napster, I'll just move to some other site that everyone else is using, or whatever has the widest collectioa" iiyriii Jill Study shows big payoff for small classes The new findings show 'An angry young man' Tennessean News Services Authorities say Charles Andrew Williams, 15, was angry enough to start his week at Santana High School by mdiscriminately firing at least 30 shots from a 22-caliber revolver.

"We don't know if he largely silent on class sizes. Hiring 100,000 teachers to reduce class sizes was a major initiative of the Clinton administratioa Earlier results of the Tennessee study found students in smaller classes from kindergarten to third grade outperformed students in larger classes and continued to do so through high school, after they had returned to normal classroom settings. By LARRY BTVINS Gannett News Service WASHINGTON The latest findings from a 16-year experiment involving more than 11,000 Tennessee elementary school students suggest that smaller class sizes can shrink the black-white achievement gap, lower teen pregnancy rates, and perhaps make a dent in crime. Democratic U.S. Sens.

Patty Murray of Washington that poor black students benefit even more than their white colleagues in classes that range from 13 to 17 students, compared with normal class sizes of 22-25. For example, average scores on standardized tests increased from 7 to 10 percentage points, while the scores for whites in smaller Please see CLASSES, 2A and Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York released the results yesterday to buttress their push for class-size money in the education reform legislation that the Senate is expected to begin drafting today. President Bush has called for education reform with an emphasis on testing and accountability. He has been was mad at the school, mad at students, mad at life, mad at home," Lt Jerry Lewis of the San Diego Racetrack still alone on horizon No sewers, few events limit commercial development around speedway WILLIAMS Sheriffs Department homicide unit said. "He was an angry young maa" Today, read a profile of the teea Plus, Linda Wells, the suspect's mother, apologizes to the victims and their families.

And learn about Randy Gordon and Bryan Zuckor, the two boys who died. Stories on 12A a V-'Wry 77, crete," Wilson County Planner Holly Sears said. Five weekends of races a year are just not enough to spawn major commercial development, Sears added. "You need more of an attracter." Davis agreed that hotels and restaurants aren't going to locate in mainly rural southeast Wilson County, where the track was built, Please see TRACK, 2A major racing events planned at the track has meant that talk of a boom is just that talk. "There are no sewers on (State Route) 840, and until sewer gets there you aren't going to see much," Rutherford County Planner John Davis said.

The huge state highway is planned to make a semicircle around Nashville's southern edges. "I have had a lot of discussions but I haven't seen anything con By WARREN DUZAK Staff Writer The Nashville Superspeedway will open next month surrounded by mostly empty space. Hampering the hotels, motels and racing-related businesses hoped for by officials in both Rutherford and Wilson counties is the lack of crucial infrastructure, planners in both counties said In addition to a lack of necessary sewers, the limited number of ERIC PARSONS STAFF Little else but farmland surrounds the Nashville Superspeedway. Singer grilled on spending Tf- Sammy Kershaw spent yester- Artworks 10 -Take a peek at students' artwork Vr? from Green Hills .2 exhibit. On 1D 3Sr4 30(1 Click Tpr Entertainment www.tennessean.com Sections: Deaths 58 Editorials 14-15A Local News Entertainment Sports Hockey Living Horoscope 2D Business National 6-13A Brad About taj Prep basketball Classified Shortcuts ...80 ..60 Sports scoreboard Crossword 2D Television .70 Dear Abby .......20 Wortdnews New school zones detailed Look in tomorrow's Tennessean for maps that show where Metro students will attend school beginning this fall, the third year of the School Improvement Plan.

Shelby work curbs Green Hills projects A plan to straighten two zigzagging intersections along Hillsboro Pike in Green Hills is in limbo. About $1 .4 million earmarked for the project has been diverted to construction on the Shelby Avenue pedestrian bridge. On 1B. mostly being questioned by a lawyer for his wife, Kim, about how much he has spent on himself and girlfriend Lorrie Morgan since his wife filed for divorce in 1999. In 'Brad About 3A.

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