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i Star One dollar in Mexico SERVING TUCSON SINCE 1877 TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2002 1 -1 uu? on i lr foi CITY Pill -A MILLIONS STOLEN IN ATM FRAUD Pago A2 MANAGER GETS A RAISE Page Bl A Dating show producers expect the best, want the worst Accent rips through town State's open primary law struck down By Howard Fischer CAPITOL MEDIA SERVICES PHOENIX A federal judge in Tucson on Monday voided the state's open primary law, exclud ing nearly one out of every five Arizonans who otherwise could vote in the Sept 10 primary. A state elections official said the ruling could disrupt the Sept. 10 primary elections. Early voting for that election begins Thursday. About 20 percent of the voters in Pima County are registered as independents.

U.S. District Judge Raner Collins said the state's political parties have the right to limit who chooses their candidates. 1) her 18-year-old daughter, Carlhey ELECTIONS 2002 Storm Stl A Rose Bolz, right, is comforted by Power out, poles down, streets flooded By Arek Sarkissian II ARIZONA DAILY STAR A fierce storm packing high winds and heavy rain hit the Tucson area Monday, tearing down trees, flooding streets and knocking out power to more than 18,000 utility customers. Up to 2 inches of rain was reported in some parts of town, most of it falling within about 60 minutes as the storm barreled through during rush hour. Davis-Monthan Air Force base recorded wind gusts of 69 mph.

Authorities reported no serious injuries, but several people had to be rescued from vehicles that got swept away in washes. The forecast through Friday calls for highs in the low to mid-90s, with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms each day. Wooden utility poles and metal traffic signal poles were no match for the winds, leaving police to direct traffic at numerous intersections or close off streets completely, said Sgt. Marco Borboa, Tucson police spokesman. Midtown and the North Side FIGHTING SPAM part Three of four Program serves as bouncer for e-mails "I VfVW He said the 1998 voter-approved law that allows independents to request the ballot of one party is not the same as formally affiliating with a party.

State attorneys plan to seek an immediate stay of Collins' order at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, seeking to leave the open primary process in place at least through this election. State Elections Director Jessica Funkhouser said that without a stay, next month's primaries could be thrown into disarray. Funkhouser said she believes the 9th Circuit eventually will SEE PRIMARIES A9 I Meet the candidates A8 from your e-mail in box, without stopping any legitimate e-mail. This program lives on your own PC, never routes your e-mail to a third-party computer and doesn't involve service charges.

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Bote, after a tree fell on their mobile a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. "That sun along with the unstable air just made conditions perfect," he said. Some of the heaviest rainfall was at North Craycroft and East Grant roads, with more than 2 inches, and at North Wilmot Road and East Speed fired rockets Monday night at a metal factory in Gaza City that the army said was used to manufacture bombs. Palestinian officials reported that at least three teen-agers had been injured in the air raid. Earlier Monday the Israeli army sealed off the southern end of the Gaza Strip, near the turbulent Rafah refugee camp.

With the government under sharp criticism from Israelis for not doing enough to stem terrorism, Ben-Eliezer promised a fur David Sanders Staff home and on Carlhey 's Buick. If. "I If, -V, way, where 1.9 inches was reported. The roof of the emergency room at El Dorado Hospital, near Wilmot and Speedway, began leaking as the storm tore through. Only one patient had to be moved, said Rhonda SEE STORM A9 ther "long list of actions" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that would "make the closure much bigger than it is now." Israeli officials appeared to be scrambling to assure Israelis that more measures were being taken to protect them.

But with the army already pervasive in the West Bank, the options seemed limited. The army is already in control of seven of eight West Bank SEE ISRAEL A9 IN TODAY'S STAR ARIZONA THE WEST A6 Israelis tighten lid on Palestinian travel were especially hard hit by the storm, which was a merger of two smaller storms that came up from the southeast. Partly sunny skies during the afternoon along with dew-points in the mid-60s throughout the day were the right combination for creating the monster storm, said David Bright, through the northern West Bank, further tightening already stringent restrictions. "Nobody enters and nobody leaves," Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said of West Bank towns and villages. The stricter controls came as a study financed by the U.S.

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