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nf FRIDAY 3.26.2010 THE TAMPA TRIBUNE TBO.COM MARKET SNAPSHOT "nggJa 5.06 NYSE 7385.60 GOLD $1,092.70 $4.10 SILVER $16,727 $0,101 CRUDE OIL $80.53 Mfalu nir fanster 1i He helped steal credit and debit card numbers. Gonzalez pleaded guilty in three separate hacking cases brought in Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York. Thursday's hearing dealt with the Massachusetts case. A second sentencing Friday, also in Boston, will deal with the others. Gonzalez's Boston attorney, Martin Weinberg, has said his client, a self-taught computer genius, displayed behavior consistent with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism.

A defense psychiatrist's report describes Gonzalez as a socially awkward Internet addict with an "idiot-savantlike genius for computers and information technology." Authorities said Gonzalez and two foreign co-defendants would drive past retailers and use a laptop computer to tap in to their wireless Internet signals. They then would install "sniffer programs" that picked off credit and debit card numbers and try to sell the data overseas, authorities said. Gonzalez, known online as "soupnazi," became a Secret Service informant after being arrested in 2003 for hacking. Even as he helped the govern ment nail other hackers, prosecutors said, he kept hacking retailers' computer systems, amassing $2.8 million that he used to buy a Miami condo, a car, Rolex watches and a Tiffany ring for his girlfriend. Miami, who pleaded guilty in 2009 to hacking computer systems of major retailers, including TJX Cos.

and BJ's Wholesale Club. Prosecutors wanted a sentence of 25 years for Gonzalez, saying he victimized millions of people and cost retail companies, banks and insurers nearly $200 million. Gonzalez's attorney had argued that he should get no more than 15 years. By DENISE LAVOIE The Associated Press BOSTON A computer hacker from Florida was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for helping to engineer one of the largest thefts of credit and debit card data in U.S. history.

U.S. District Judge Patti Saris sentenced Albert Gonzalez of Wizarding World hopes to cast spell on visitors Popular fiction will become tangible when the Universal Orlando attraction opens June 18. ft- fir (tiki i i MB Guests will pass this statue on their way to Headmaster Dumbledore's office, which, of course, is part of the Hogwarts castle experience. Photos from Universal Orlando Resort What takes five years and $200 million to build and occupies 20 acres? The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure. The attraction will open on June 18, but there's a special package available for May 28.

The Portrait Gallery Is where Potter fans can go to admire and listen to paintings whose subjects, including four Hogwarts founders, have the gift of gab. IIV '2fV fit I By WALT BELCHER wbelchertampatrib.com TAMPA This summer, Muggles will be able to sip on butter beer, buy a magic wand and visit the legendary Hogwarts castle when the Harry Potter-themed attraction opens June 18 at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure. More than five years in the making, the $200 million, 20-acre Wizarding World Of Harry Potter promises to be breathtaking and groundbreaking. "There has never been anything like this from the castle that will appear to loom 700 feet above you to the sensation of flying over Hogwarts the attention to detail is incredible," said Alan Gilmore, art director of the Harry Potter films and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Based on the popular books by IX Rowling and the movie series inspired by her works, the attraction has two roller coasters: the Dragon Challenge, inspired by the Triwizard Tournaments in the movies, and the Flight of the Hippogriff, which simulates a Hippogriff training flight over the castle grounds.

The centerpiece of Wizarding World is Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, a 360-degree attraction that combines live-See HARRY POTTER, Page 10 Sesame Street area opens Saturday vm' (miMPnnNi 1 1 1 1 i Subway to begin new breakfast menu on April 5 Guests rave about the upcoming attraction at Busch Gardens. By BETH GADDIS bgaddistampatrib.com TAMPA Busch Gardens is putting the final touches on its brand-new Sesame Street Safari of Fun children's area, scheduled to open Saturday. Other than a little flub with the Snuffy's Elephant Romp attraction the fiberglass Snuffleupagus seats didn't fit quite right and were scheduled to be installed overnight the play area is ready to open. Invited guests who got a sneak peek Thursday raved about Air Grover, the park's first roller coaster designed for kids at least 38 inches tall. "When you first look at it, it looks slow," said Marshae Scott, 10.

"But when See SESAME STREET, Page 10 Busch Gardens Busch Gardens hopes to entice more families with young children when it opens the Sesame Street Safari of Fun on Saturday. It has a play area and a roller coaster. By ASHLEY M. HEHER The Associated Press CHICAGO Subway is joining the increasingly crowded breakfast scramble in a move that the sandwich chain hopes will add customers and sales. After years of testing, almost all of Subway's 23,000 U.S.

restaurants will begin selling the meal April 5. When they do, the nation's largest restaurant chain by number of oudets will be a big player in the breakfast game. The new menu, already being served in some U.S. cities and throughout Canada, sticks with Subway's sandwich specialty. Featuring customizable "omelet sandwiches," the options include a combination of eggs or egg whites, cheese, ham, bacon, steak, sausage, peppers and onions in addition Subway's other toppings.

Suggested prices will range from $1.75 to $6. A combo meal featuring an English muffin sandwich and coffee would be $2.50. Breakfast has become a popular addition to fast-food chains as companies clamor for diners. Since coffee, eggs and other breakfast ingredients often come cheaply, the meals can rake in big profits for restaurants. While heavyweight McDonald's promotes its new doflar breakfast menu, other competitors are getting into the mix.

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