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CO LI: Gallery of photos from the game in Miami Promoting democracy since 1905 MIA TT TT A TTTT A MM 1 1 Monday, February 5, 2007 TALLAHASSEE com 50 Cents Mi (iDuiflwe on pair mm i Men's Basketball FSU upsets Duke in nail-biter By Jack Corcoran DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER DURHAM, N.C. Overcoming a 17-point deficit and its heartbreaking history at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Florida State pulled out a 68-67 triumph over lOth-ranked Duke on Sunday. Duke center Josh McRoberts missed in the final seconds -and the Blue Devils couldn't get the put-back attempt to fall, either. FSU (17-6, 5-4ACC)won for the first time in 16 visits to Duke and significantly bolstered its NCAA tournament chances with the upset over Duke (18-5, 5-4). It came a year to the day after the Seminoles' controversial 97-96 overtime loss in Durham.

More on Page 1C, 7C rm 1 It 1 TV i i ...1. uii mark anniversary of search for missing woman si VV i Friends, family By Stephen D. Price FLORIDA CAPITAL BUREAU A year ago a four-month pregnant Ali Gilmore received a late-night phone call, left her house and disappeared into a stormy night. After 12 months of investigating, searches and national publicity, Gilmore's whereabouts remain a mystery, and clues to her disappearance are fading along with hope she will be found. The toll shows on Gilmore's family, after a year of not knowing if she is alive or dead.

"Some mornings I'm just overburdened by it," said Gilmore's mother, Laur-vetta Grimsley-McLawrence. "It has been a difficult year." After beginning the investigation with four "people of interest," investigators now say they have narrowed their focus. "Common sense would tell you something is not right," said Tallahassee Police Investigator Tom Maltese. "But until Local moms band together for support Broken Hearts of the Big Bend meets this week to spread awareness about congenital heart disease, North America's most common birth defect, and to promote national Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, beginning Wednesday, and. A Day for Hearts (Feb.

14). HEALTH FITNESS, ID Lawmakers hold public hearing Leon County's contingent of state representatives gathers to hear voters' concerns LOCAL, IB What's hot on Tallahassee.com February page views To date this month: 950,598 Yesterday as of 9 p.m.: 126,749 February unique visitors to date: 96,499 Yesterday's most-viewed stories, photos and blogs as of 9 p.m.: 1: FSU may have suited its recruiting needs 2: Photo Gallery: FAMU Marching 100 Day 2 Miami 3: Photo Gallery: Hazing Trial Sentencing 4: Yep, you saw some snow 5: Photo Gallery: FAMU Marching 100 Day 1 NEWS TIP HOTLINE: 599-2233 INDEX Advice Bridge Classifieds Comics Corrections Crossword Editorials Horoscope 4D LocalState 4D Lottery IE Movies 5D Nation 2B Obituaries 4D Poplife 6A Sports 5E Television IB 2A 3D 5A SB 3D 1C 4D Today: mid-50s Tonight: low 30s Rain: 0 Weather, IOC COMMENT Jonah Goldberg: Conservatives don't make all the ethnic blunders. Page 7A DELIVERY NEWSROOM ADVERTISING 599-2331 OTHER NUMBERS Page 2A Copyright 2007 TailahMM Democrat Inc. A Gannett newspaper I i ---r ii HOW TO HELP Anyone with information on this case should call Tallahassee police at 8914462. something happens, we can't say something definitive." Eleven bound files sit on a shelf in the office of Investigators Maltese and J.D.

Hoover, filled with interviews, evidence and leads on the Florida graduate. They hold a lot of information, but not an answer to Gilmore's disappearance. The two detectives are still investigating the case but are no longer working exclusively on it. "Given the case is a year old, you don't have the leads you had two days after the case broke," said Sgt: J.B. Johnson.

"So what do you do with your time?" Gilmore disappeared sometime after 11 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006, Please see GILMORE, 2A 1 see the "Integration" statues celebrating FSlFs first black student, athlete and homecoming queeni For an appreciation of everyday black history, take the North Leon County Heritage Trail driving tour. A map and brochure about the trail are available for $5 at the Riley House. Gerald Ensley, Democrat senior writer PHIL SEARS Democrat photos At top, James Gilmore, Ali Gilmore's husband, says a prayer for his wife during a vigil marking the one-year anniversary of Gilmore's disappearance Saturday at their house in the Wilson Green subdivision.

Above, Tracy Smith, sister of All Gilmore, left, and Pat Simmons, with Southeast K-9 Search and Rescue, embrace during the vigil. MARK WALLHEISER Democrat Florida State forward Al Thornton drives toward the basket. Deadly Storm Residents try to recover MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS LADY LAKE If Saturday was a day of mourning in this wind-ravaged town an hour's car ride northwest of Orlando, Sunday was a day to rejoice. At the pulverized Lady Lake Church of God, there were cries of "Hallelujah!" and the uplifting soul-searching of gospel music. People in this tight-knit community of 14,000 started arriving more than two hours before the 10:45 a.m.

service. More storm stories, Page 3A I Jack Hadley. Museum of Black History 1 214 Alexander Thomasville, Ga. 1 10 a.m.-noon and 2-5 p.m. Tuesday-' Saturday i $5 adults, $3 children 229-226-5029 For photos and information on the rest of the sites mentioned in this story, see Page 2A files Local landmarks set the scene for Black History Month Black History Month is for more than reading: It's the perfect time to.

tour local monuments, museums and historic sites. A good start is the Southeastern Regional Black Archives at Florida houses thousands of artifacts. The Riley House museum of black history and the Jack Hadley Black History Museum in nearby Thomasville, are also good starting points. Cruise Tallahassee's main bus terminal to view the statue of late civil-rights leader C.K. Steele.

Jog out to Florida State's Woodward Street Plaza to Democrat tallahassee's home page.