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ROCHESTER I manic DemocratandChronicle.com 50 CENTS NEWSSTAND INSIDE TODAY In Rochester, police are trying to determine whether Robert "Bruce" Spahalski committed at least two killings, while behind the towering walls of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility, Spahalski's identical twin, Stephen, waits, hoping his own time in prison will soon end. A I-J Staff file photo 2005 Robert B. Spahalski STORY BY GARY CRAIG STAFF WRITER PHOTO BY MAX SCHULTE STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER FOOT Mirror images reflect twin lives of violence Mayor: Bond sale ould avoid need for taxpayer subsidy in '06. fiJ i'i lvihp a ases sfts I I BRIAN SHARP STAFF WRITER Mayor William A. Johnson Jr.

said Wednesday that operators of the high-speed ferry need to borrow another $11.5 million having emptied their reserves and run up a $2 million debt with manager Bay Ferries Great Lakes. The end-of-season expenses covered by Bay Ferries bring losses for this first partial season of city ownership to $10 million, officials said. Revenue shortfalls were blamed on ridership that was less than half of projections. it i jhii'i'i'iini-riiii Fast ferry's dashed expectations Ridership for the partial 2005 season came up well short of projections, contributing to a $10 million shortfall. 2005 projected and actual ridership (in thousands) MAX SCHULTE staff photographer I thought I was the only murderer in the family," said Stephen Spahalski, an inmate at Attica prison.

Stephen, who has spent most of his adult life behind bars, was convicted of killing a man when he was 16. One brother is a killer; one may be a serial killer so 78.7 74.1 45.1 40.5 29.2 .590 DEM0CRATANDCHR0NICLE.COM To hear excerpts of the interview with Stephen Spahalski, click on this story. charged in connection with two slayings, and an investigation is under way to determine whether he could be responsible for those and other unsolved homicides. In the meantime, he is being held at Monroe County jail. At Attica, in Wyoming County, meanwhile, Stephen hopes to soon go free.

In November, the Attica inmate learned that his identical twin might, like himself, be a killer. A serial killer, in fact. "I thought I was the only murderer in the family," said Stephen Spahalski, remembering the day last month when an Attica corrections officer showed him a newspaper article stating his identical twin had confessed to four Rochester-area slayings over nearly 15 years. In Rochester, police are trying to determine whether Robert "Bruce" Spahalski did commit the killings to which he confessed. He has been June" July August Sept.

Oct. Nov. Operations started June 30. "Operations ceased Dec. 12.

SOURCE: Rochester Ferry Co. KEVIN M. SMITH staff artist WEEKEND SOPRANO RENEGE FLEMING PERFORMS WITH THE RPO; CHECK OUT SOME OTHER GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK INSIDE SPORTS KIM INSALACO, LYNDSAY WALL PLAY HERE TONIGHT, LOOKING TO CEMENT THEIR SPOTS ON U.S. OLYMPIC HOCKEY TEAM TURN TO PAGE ID SPORTS INJURIES SIDELINE QB J.P.LOS-MAN FOR BILLS HOME FINALE; KELLY HOLCOMB TO START TURN TO PAGE 4D LIVING JAMES TAYLOR'S MUSIC TAKES FANS TO A BETTER PLACE TURN TO PAGE IB, 6C LOCAL A PRIEST GETS 15 MONTHS IN PRISON ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE TURN TO PAGE IB BUSINESS ANEW MONTHLY GRAPHIC ON THE COST OF HEAT TURN TO PAGE 10D LIVING TAKE SOME STEPS TO EASE THE STRESS OF THE HOLIDAYS TURN TO PAGE 1C COMMENTARY MIDAS, A CANINE SAGE WHO SHARED INSIGHTS WITH READERS, WILL BE MISSED TURN TO PAGE IB BUSINESS ONCE-POWERFUL ROCHESTER HEALTH COMMISSION CLOSES TURN TO PAGE 10D Copyright 2005 Gannett Rochester Newspapers Six Sections Region 7 i ITT venture to add 132 jobs rrr DEM0CRATANDCHR0NICLE.COM For an interactive map of the ship, archived stories, documents and photos. But Johnson sees reason for optimism.

"We have the best opportunity we've had to run this venture problem-free, to plan for it," he said during a morning news conference at City Hall. "We don't plan to be in the same place at the end of 2006 as we are in FERRY, PAGE 7A 2005 forecasted ridership 2005 actual ridership 21.2 15.0 171 3 6 10.1 helped secure $100,000 from the state Senate, officials said. The site is also in an Empire Zone, and Faradyne will get an estimated $1.8 million in tax savings, officials said. ITT, which bought Eastman Kodak space division in 2004, employs more than 2,000 people in Monroe County and 3,500 people across upstate, DTYLER a DemocratandChronicle com President Bush accepts faults U.S. i warned that Americans shouldn't hope for the violence in Iraq to wane after Iraq's parliamentary vote today.

The vote will establish Iraq's first permanent, democratically elected government. every Thursday. DrinkReviews' TWIN, PAGE 13A dyne Motors, which will create electric motors for pumps, state officials said. The companies did not reveal the plant's location. ITT, which has rapidly grown as a regional employer, has about 1,100 people in Goulds sites in Seneca Falls and Auburn.

The joint venture, which will use Faradyne motors in its pumps, will retain 275 employees in Auburn, offi i A beaming former President to his audience at the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Science on Wednesday. Clinton hails power of private citizens Bush solely responsible for Iraq invasion, he says cials said. "ITT Industries and Pen-tair's decision is tremendous news for the working families of the Finger Lakes region," Gov. George Pataki said in a statement.

The companies were considering building in Ohio, Pataki said. The state will offer a $500,000 grant. State Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R-Fayette, Seneca County, Inside Iraq expects high voter turnout today 3A The president's mea culpa was accompanied by a robust defense of the war. "Saddam was a threat and the American people and the world is better off because he is no longer in power," Bush declared.

Democrats were not moved by Bush's speech, the last of a series of four designed to boost his credibility on the war. The president also DAVID TYLER STAFF WRITER ITT Industries Inc. will invest $3 million to start a joint venture in Newark, Wayne County, that could create up to 132 jobs, state officials announced Wednesday. ITT's Goulds Pumps division and Minnesota-based Pentair Inc. are expected today to announce a partnership to create Fara- Wegmans not interested in potential suitor Wegmans Food Markets Inc.

keeps getting noticed even when it doesn't want to be. The Rochester-based supermarket chain has apparently caught the acquisitive eye of the leading grocery retailer in Great Britain. Meanwhile, Wegmans continues its out-of-state expansion plans by firming up a site in the Harrisburg, area and identifying a fourth northern Virginia location, in Woodbridge, Prince William County, STORY: 10D 5C IE WILL YURMAN staff Dhotoaraoher Bill Clinton savs aoodbve Inside Poll says Golisano would be a GOP front-runner IB lege officials. Clinton visited western New York on Wednesday as a guest of Rochester-area billionaire Tom Golisano, who bankrolled part of the three-day Clinton Global Initiative symposium that drew world leaders to Manhattan in September. Clinton centered his RIT talk on the importance of public involvement in the world's problems, saying CLINTON, PAGE 17A JOSEPH SPECT0R STAFF WRITER Chris Morrison admits he was a little nervous Wednesday when he asked Bill Clinton a question during the former president's appearance at Rochester Institute of Technology.

But I wrote it down be forehand and rehearsed it a couple of times, so I knew I'd get it right," explained Morrison, 22, a fourth-year biology student. Morrison asked about the nation's health care crisis; it was one of a host of topics that Clinton touched on during a 45-minute speech to students and col- SNOW DBTIOI'S 30 29 Expanded Weather 6B THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON President Bush said Wednesday that the responsibility for invading Iraq based in part on faulty weapons intelligence rested solely with him, taking on the issue in his most direct and personal terms in the days since the war's first shots. "It is true that much of the intelligence turned out to be wrong," Bush said. "As president, I'm responsible for the decision to go into Iraq." See where our critic has DemocratandChronicle.com INDEX LOTTERY EDITORIALS DEATHS TELEVISION CLASSIFIED Restaurant reviews been eating. New review online click on "EntertainmentFood 2A 18A 2H Holiday Ot1 Ends December 3 ise Call 777-5885 rOTllierf mmn(om(Tjfwitwm((mwr, tttqh Sfn tfjimut Momn frown Hnjri Spwdwmt nmttoilWt Mjumum Wrt mrnutw opnom jiv) (twrtjn ttni Viunty vffwf rnjum Wtfvtom WSi or rwjhw Wurtty wftwirr rwx itowffeMtd utWK tout rwidrntwl wmift Mxjh Spft Mum rvtif Softww tt not wiitohfr lor MMmtoW vouniM or two year tm (am mnmwn rquwd lo mnt th ttrsi rrxmtti fw wtvtf promotion two yw (ommitmnit (fqutifd II wy tmntt itnxt urn MM btfoff tfir md nf the ommptrrwnf 'mlnnum will hei hrftMl i 'ametltfiw tee of V0A ppliMht Jnrt Mirrhjnj Othei reMrirliw mjf ippiy i ULimzi.ium'.