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A16 NATION Wednesday, August 20, 2014 Arizona Daily Star Longtime 'SNL' announcer Pardo dies in Tucson Ell 'r'B dHH -v Golden-voiced baritone moved here in 2005 By Frazier Moore THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Few would recognize his face, but most knew his voice: the booming baritone that for nearly four decades heralded "Saturday Night Live." Don Pardo, the eras -spanning radio and TV announcer whose resonant voice-over style was celebrated for its majesty and power, died Monday in Tucson at the age of 96. Pardo had lived in Tucson since 2005 to be closer to his daughter, Dona. He'd record announcements for SNL from his home studio. "He became our link to the beginnings of television on NBC and radio," said show on Feb. 23, 2008, he was brought on camera to blow out the candles of a birthday cake in honor of his 90th birthday.

In later years, he more often recorded his introductions from home, where he died peacefully Monday afternoon, said Dona Pardo. Pardo appeared in several movies, mostly as himself or an announcer like himself, including Woody Allen's "Radio Days," an homage to the Golden Age of broadcasting. He also made a guest appearance on Frank Zappa's 1978 album "Zappa in New York," and "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1984 album "In 3-D." In 2010, he was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame. Pardo is survived by five children. and talented man." His was no ordinary voice and he guarded it closely, with cough drops always at the ready.

"My voice is my Achilles' heel," Pardo said in a 1985 interview with The Associated Press. "When I get sick, it's always my voice." Pardo retired from NBC in 2004. "But Lome Michaels called me soon after and asked if I would continue for three more weeks, so I did," Pardo told the AP in 2010. "Then he called and asked if I would do five more, and so on. I never really left." For several years, Par-do commuted from Tucson each week the show aired.

He arrived to open the show in Rockefeller Center's fabled Studio 8H and then caught a returning flight. At the end of the Lome Michaels, who, as creator of "SNL" (and who remains its executive producer) hired Pardo. Pardo's strong jaw and leading-man smile were seldom on display, but for more than 60 years his elegant pipes graced newscasts, game shows (during the original run of "Jeopardy!" its emcee ritually called on him to "Tell 'em what they've won, Don and especially "SNL," where he played an integral role through last season, heralding the lineup, like always, as recently as the May finale. "There was no greater thrill than hearing Don Pardo bellow your name for the first time in the opening credits of 'Saturday Night said longtime cast member Tina Fey. "It meant you were officially 'on tele- ALLEVINENBC 1992 The television and radio announcer's resonant voice-over style was widely imitated.

"Late night will never sound as cool again," said former "SNL" writer and performer Tina Fey. "My whole life changed once Don Pardo said my name," echoed Amy Poe-hler, a fellow "SNL" alum. "I will really miss that kind US to change no-fly list rules to accommodate court ruling Fey described Pardo as "a sweet, sweet man," adding, "Late night will never sound as cool again." list 700,000 Primary election breakdowns for Alaska, Wyoming The number of people at the various stages can change daily. TSDB figures are from November 2013; numbers below are from August 2013. Landing on the no-fly Law enforcement and intelligence agencies nominate terror suspects or people with terror ties for an assessment of whether they pose a threat to air travel or national security.

Approximate number of Dec. 1.1 million Terrorist people, 2013 17,000 48,000 Selectee list No-fly list Identities Terrorist Screening Datamart Environ- Database ment(TIDE) (TSDB) i 2. DATABASE PROCESS 1. INFORMATION SUBMITTED Various agencies such as the FBI, CIA, Defense Department or Department of Homeland Security submit information on a possible terrorist. SUB WATCH LISTS Not banned but requires extra screening before boarding such as full-body imaging, explosive detection, pat-downs questioning.

By Eileen Sullivan THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON The Obama administration is promising to change the way travelers can ask to be removed from its no-fly list of suspected terrorists banned from air travel. The decision comes after a federal judge's ruling that there was no meaningful way to challenge the designation, a situation deemed unconstitutional. In response, the Justice Department said the U.S. will change the process during the next six months. As of late last summer, about 48,000 people were on the no-fly list.

The government's policy is never to confirm or deny that a person actually is on the no-fly list, citing national security concerns. In most instances, travelers assume they are on the list because they are instructed to go through additional screening at airports or because they are told they can't board their flights to, from or within the United States. The no -fly list is one of the government's most controversial post -911 counterterrorism programs National Counterter- rorism Center analysts review infor-; mation and enter it i into database; this i may include frag- ments of data such as: part of a name. Less I than 1 percent are i Americans. i Mead, 52, defeated spirited challenges from Dr.

Taylor Haynes and Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Cindy Hill to win the nomination. In the general election, he'll face Democrat Pete Gosar in the overwhelmingly Republican state. DuringMead's term, unemployment has dropped to about 4 percent. AZ MAN WINS IN WYOMING Two out -of-staters ran as Democrats in Wyoming's primary and one won because he was the only one to register. Richard Grayson, 63, a political gadfly from Apache Junction, Arizona, was the lone contestant in the Democratic primary for U.S.

Congress. No Wyoming Democrat bothered to register. The lone seat is held by Republican Rep. Cynthia Lummis, who is seeking a fourth term. Grayson said he has run for Congress several times before in other states.

It's legal; a candidate simply must reside in the state they want to represent by Election Day. Another non -Wyoming resident ran Tuesday, but lost. William Bryk, a Brooklyn attorney, was beaten out by Charlie Hardy, 75, an ex-priest who once lived in a cardboard shack when he ministered in Venezuela UP NEXT A week from Tuesday comes primary elections in Vermont, Florida and Arizona, where six Republicans look to replace outgoing Gov. Jan Brewer in a GOP primary that has focused on immigration, border security and economic issues. The winner will face Democrat Fred DuVal in November.

In Florida, former Gov. Charlie Crist, who won in 2006 as a Republican, is running to regain the office as a Democrat, and is a heavy favorite. Republican Gov. Rick Scott also has token opposition. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ALASKA SENATE Former state Attorney General Dan Sullivan held a lead in early primary returns in the fight to be the Republican candidate to take on U.S.

Sen. Mark Begich in the fall. Sullivan held an edge Tuesday night over tea party favorite Joe Miller, who made a late push reminiscent to his 2010 primary upset of U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who ultimately won the general election with a write-in campaign.

Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell was in third. Begich easily won his primary. The race is important to Republicans nationally because Begich, a first-term incumbent Democrat, is seen as vulnerable, and the GOP needs a net gain of six seats to take control of the Senate.

ALASKA HOUSE, GOV U.S. Rep. Don Young won the Republican nomination for U.S. House on Tuesday night. Young, 81, is the longest-serving Republican in the House, having served since 1973.

He will face political upstart Forrest Dunbar, who won the Democratic nomination. Alaska native Byron Mallott, 71, won the Democratic primary for governor, setting the stage for his campaign against incumbent Republican Sean Par-nell in November. WYOMING SENATE Wyoming's U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi beat four lesser-known Republican challengers in the state's primary as he seeks his fourth term.

Enzi, 70, says he is seeking another term because his seniority on several Senate committees serves the state's interests. WYOMING GOVERNOR Gov. Matt Mead beat back two challengers to claim victory in the Wyoming Republican primary election Tuesday. Texas Gov. Perry booked, vows 82014 SOURCES: AP reports; National because of its lack of due process, long criticized because people cannot know why they were placed on the list and lack a way to fight the decision.

Changing how people can challenge their designation could amount to one of the government's most significant adjustments to how it manages the list. corruption prosecutors. He has dismissed the case as a political ploy, and supporters chanting his last name and holding signs some declaring "Stop Democrat Games" and "Rick is Right" greeted him upon arriving at a Travis County Courthouse. "I'm going to fight this injustice with every fiber of my being. And we will prevail," Perry said before Rick Perry 3.

WATCH LIST REQUIREMENTS Put on terror watch list if analysts have a full name and intelligence shows link to terrorism. Not all individuals on this list are banned from flying. Counterterrorism Center "It's long past time for the government to revamp its general procedures," said Hina Shamsi, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. Shamsi is among the attorneys who represent 13 plaintiffs who sued the federal government over the current policy, saying it vi Texas history was indicted last week for coercion and official oppression for publicly promising to veto $7.5 million for the state public integrity unit, which inves tigates wrongdoing by elected officials and is run by the Travis County district attorney's office. Perry threatened the veto if the county's Democratic district attorney, Rosemary Lehm-berg, stayed in office after a drunken-driving conviction.

Lehmberg refused to resign and Perry carried out the veto, drawing an ethics complaint from a left-leaning government watchdog ing and payment requirements," said the inspector general, J. Russell George. To help pay for President Obama's health law, Congress enacted a 2.3 percent tax on the sale of medical devices used chiefly by doctors and hospitals, such as pacemakers and CT scan machines. Consumer items are exempted, including eyeglasses, contact lenses and hearing aids. The tax took effect in January 2013.

For the first six months of that year, the IRS estimated it would collect $1.2 billion from the tax. The 4. and Determined a threat to aviation or national security; U.S. government checks passengers against list and those on it are denied boarding. olates their constitutional right to due process.

Earlier this summer, a federal judge in Portland, Oregon, agreed with them. The Portland case is one of five around the country challenging some aspect of the terror watch lists. So far, the government is offering few details about upcoming changes. to prevail group. "I'm going to enter this courthouse with my head held high knowing the actions I took were not only lawful and legal, but right," Perry told supporters before heading inside the building located just steps from the governor's mansion.

In less than 10 minutes, the governor was outside again, telling those assembled that he was confident in the rule of law. "We don't resolve political disputes or policy differences by indictments," he said. "We don't criminalize policy disagreements. We will prevail. We will prevail." The governor has hired a team of high-powered attorneys who are being paid with state funds to defend him.

audit said the IRS collected only $913 million 24 percent less than the estimate. The tax is projected to generate $29 billion over the coming decade, so a 24 percent shortfall if it were sustained would be significant. Companies subject to the tax are required to file quarterly tax forms with the IRS. The IRS estimated it would receive between 9,000 and 15,600 returns for the first two quarters of 2013, the audit said. But the IRS received only 5,107 By Will Weissert and Paul J.

Weber THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AUSTIN, Texas Gov. Rick Perry was defiant Tuesday as he was booked on abuse of power charges, telling dozens of cheering supporters outside a Texas courthouse that he would "fight this injustice with every fiber of my being." Showing no hint of worry, Perry flashed a thin, confident grin beneath perfect hair in his mug shot then headed to a nearby Austin eatery for vanilla ice cream, even gleefully documenting his excursion via Twitter. The Republican, who is mulling a second presidential run in 2016, was indicted by a grand jury in Austin after carrying out a threat to veto funding for state public Audit: Obamacare tax not meeting revenue target walking inside the building, where he set off a metal detector but didn't break stride, heading straight to a first-floor office to have his fingerprints taken and stand for the mug shot. The longest-serving governor in inspector general for tax administration says the IRS needs to do a better job policing the tax. The tax agency, however, doesn't have adequate tools to identify which companies owe it, the audit said.

The report could add fuel to efforts to repeal the tax, which is opposedby Republicans and many Democrats. While the IRS has taken steps to educate companies about the tax, the agency "faces challenges to definitively identify manufacturers subject to the medical device excise tax report By Stephen Ohlemacher THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON An Obamacare tax on medical devices is falling short of its revenue target because thousands of companies aren't paying it, according to a government audit released Tuesday. The audit by the Treasury BECKY BOHRER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Dan Sullivan, an Alaska Republican and U.S. Senate hope-ful, leaves the voting booth in Anchorage on Tuesday..