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Biblical figurines crowd toy shelves between Bratz and GI Joe. MM m.3 Monday, October 1, 2007 FLORIDA'S BEST NEWSPAPER tampabay.com TAMPA BAY AREA MARCHES ON FOR THE CURE (UF mm mm Unranked before the season started, the Bulls crack Top 10. Bulls running with big boys The top 10 teams ranked in the Associated Press college football poll on Sunday: 1. LSU 6. South Florida 2.

USC 7. Boston College 3. California 8. Kentucky 4. Ohio State 9.

Florida 5. Wisconsin 10. Oklahoma For more standings, Sports, 8C On a path toward glory Columnist John Romano says the USF Bulls have a shot at an undefeated season and BCS glory. Sports, 1C unranked in the Sept. 9 Associated Press media Top 25 are No.

6 in the nation, which is after 5 but long before the most optimistic fans would have expected USF to achieve such an honor. "I really can't appreciate the kind of recognition that goes along with that kind of ranking," Woolard said Sunday night, two days after the Bulls (4-0) earned the biggest win of their history, beating then-No. 5 West Virginia, 21-13, before a sellout crowd of 67,018 at Raymond James Stadium. "It's just incredible." Incredible would be a good word, See BULLS, 4A BY GREQ AUMAN Times Staff Writer TAMPA University of South Florida president Judy Genshaft got the news of her football team's new ranking Sunday, and her first call was to athletic director Doug Woolard. "He said, Tfou mean six, as in after five? she said.

"I said I'm so proud. It's been a fun afternoon." Yes, the same Bulls who were Bucs 20, Panthers 7 yes pay dearly for victory Pay tribute to National Breast Cancer Aware- ness Month, which starts today, by sym- bolically walking all over the disease that women and 1,700 men a year. Monday Devil Rays end season with win Rookie Delmon Young returns to the field for the 8-5 victory over the Blue Jays in Toronto after apologizing for a confrontation with the manager. Sports, 1C Rebels in Darfur kill peacekeepers An African Union base is overrun for the fi rst time since the mission was deployed to the Sudanese region in 2004. Ten peacekeepers are killed, and dozens are missing.

World, 12A Obama keeps mum in St. Petersburg The conflict of fundraising in a state where he has promised not to campaign shows when the 77mes tries to interview the presidential candidate from 100 feet away. Nation, 8A Small changes add up to safer flights The airline industry was given 10 years to reduce fatal accidents after two crashes in 1996. Now that time is up, and great strides have been made. Nation, 10A Coast Guard looks for boat captain The Fort Lauderdale charter boat captain was helping a Tampa man bring his new vessel across the Gulf of Mexico when he disappeared.

Monday Metro, 1B Driver's education taken to extremes About 400 teens in Oldsmar get a hands-on lesson on emergency driving techniques. Monday Year on attack for Tech Data chief Bob Dutkowsky ushered in profits and accolades in the year since taking over the Clearwater distributor. Business, 1D Healthy eating? Think green eggs Dr. Seuss' Sam I Am had it right New foods (like vegetables) can be scary, but give them a try. You may find you like them.

Xpress, 3E Happiness may fall into gender gap New research indicates that men may be happier in general than women. Is it the workload? Business, 1D Windy 8 a.m. Noon 4 p.m. 8 p.m. 73 86 87 81 10 rain chance.

More, 2A 1) School aches Read the concerns yt about a proposed Pinellas student assignment plan in the Gradebook at blogs.tam-pabay.comschools. INDEX rAuiir-t fiTzy-S (Olid- .4 Mi BRIAN CASSELLA Times Quarterback Jeff Garcia, left, and tight end Alex Smith celebrate Garcia's touchdown run in the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday. The win puts the Bucs alone atop their division, but it came at a cost: Running back Cadillac Williams and lineman Luke Petitgout suffered severe knee injuries. Bucs extra, IX A V0DC6 ti war The incoming head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the war is distracting the U.S. Associated Press WASHINGTON Navy Adm.

Mike Mullen, the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is troubled by the Iraq war. He thinks it has become such a consuming focus of U.S. attention that it may be overstretching the military and distracting the nation from other threats. When he steps into his new of fice in Room 2E676 at the Pentagon today, replacing Marine Gen. Peter Pace as the senior military adviser to the president and the defense secretary, Mullen already will be on record express Adm.

Mike Mullen plans to travel to Baghdad immediately. ing his war worries with an unusual degree of candor. "I understand the frustration over the war. I share it," he said at his Senate confirmation hearing July 31. It weighs heavily on the minds of people in the United States, he said, and "it weighs heavily on mine." As evidence of his focus on Iraq, Mullen has told Congress that he intends to travel to Baghdad immediately after he takes over so he can see firsthand how the war effort is going.

Mullen, 60, was Defense Secretary Robert Gates' choice to replace Pace, who had been vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs when the Iraq invasion was launched in 2003. See MULLEN. 6A tution prohibits deficit spending. Why is the session being held now? The state fiscal year is already 3 months old. The longer legislators wait to make budget cuts, the harder it is to do because agencies keep hiring employees, signing contracts and spending money.

Besides, this session has been postponed once already because the House and Senate couldn't agree on how to make cuts. See SESSION. 8 A London heading down greener path The mayor has won influential allies in his quest to reduce the city's greenhouse gas emissions, beginning of an industrial revolution that was mirrored across the world in the 18th and 19th centuries," former British environment minister David Miliband said last year in a major policy speech. "Britain's cities can lead the way again." "London is setting the standard for climate change policy," said Chris Walker, U.S. director of the Climate Group, a non- See GREEN.

4A BY DAVID ADAMS Times Staff Writer LONDON London Mayor Ken Livingstone used to be known as "Red Ken" for his unapologetically left-wing policies. These days Livingstone's politics come in shades of green. Under his leadership, the city once known as "The Big Smoke" is heading a coalition of nearly 40 international cities that have I Special session Giuliani's abortion claim hard to mesh with record He says he pushed adoption as an alternative. Lawmakers must approach state budget with scissors allies, such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former President Bill Clinton. Though he doesn't head a city, Florida Gov.

Charlie Crist is also among the converts. Crist flew to New York last week at the invitation of the Clinton Foundation, where he helped unveil a major solar power investment by FPL Group, Florida's largest energy company. "Britain's cities were at the Rudy Giuliani Statement "When I was mayor of New York City, I encouraged adoptions. Adoptions went up 65-70 percent Abortions went down 16 percent" His abortion statistic is correct, but he has to use fancy math to arrive at that giant leap in adoption rates. To see our complete ruling on this statement and others from the presidential field, visit PolitiFacLcom Innovative reductions To read more on innovative ways to reduce carbon emissions, go to the Fueling Station at blogs.tam-pabay.comenergy.

pledged to reduce emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that scientists say cause climate change. Livingstone is winning the support of some influential "They don't exist," says Berg, who used the database in writing his new book, New York City Politics: Governing Gotham, a thorough analysis of the city's major institutions. The question is apt as Giuliani, long an abortion rights advocate, seeks the GOP nomination in a presidential primary where anti-abortion voters carry particular heft Faced with complaints that he's not conservative enough on abortion, Giuliani is saying that as mayor he developed a plan to decrease abortions by increasing adoptions and creating a "eul- See GIULIANI, 4A BY STEVE BOUSQUET Tallahassee Bureau Chief The Florida Legislature will convene Wednesday to cut about $l-billion from the current year's $72-billion budget. Here are some questions and answers about the special session. Howdidthis shortfall happen? The budget is based on anticipated revenues, but state tax collections have fallen well short of estimates for several months because of a slack housing market The result is a paper deficit The state Coni- Abby 2E Entertainment 2B Astrology 5E Lottery 2A Classified Movies 2E Comics 5-6E Puzzles 5E Crosswords 5E, 2F Television 2E Editorials MA Weather 2A BY TOM TOBIN Times Staff Writer Bruce Berg, who chairs the political science department at Fordham University, has an archive that may be the envy of anyone interested in New York City politics.

It documents every mayoral news conference in the city dating to 1996. Berg has DVDs of what was said and how they said it, covering all but the first two years of the Rudy Giuliani era. Does he have any records of Giuliani speaking about a program to reduce abortions by encouraging adoptions? Vol. 124 No. 69 Times Publishing Co.

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