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NEW WHEELS The future is on display at the North American Favre puts an end to retirement speculation SP0RTSD1 Our final Packers poster PAGED10 International Auto Show Dodge Kahuna 15 BUSINESSGO concept minivan 50 CENTS TUESDAY TTTT 0 ti TtOTrn 6n 01 ill 1111(0111 Jfllfli! GOV. DOYLE'S INAUGURATION feft I a I DAY IAS GOVERNOR Optimism with a dose of reality By Phil Brinkman State government reporter Wisconsin's first Democratic governor in 16 years pledged Monday to work with a Republican Legislature to repair the state's finances, restore ethics in government and put "the people of Wisconsin first" "From here on out, every decision facing state government will be based on the answer to one simple question: What's best for the people of Wisconsin?" Gov. Jim Doyle vowed shortly after taking the oath of office in a noon ceremony in the Capitol rotunda. Later in the day, Doyle quickly began putting his stamp on the state bureaucracy, saying he was removing 127 people appointed by previous adminis- trations to state boards and commissions but never confirmed. Among them: four members of the UW Board of Regents and three members of the Natural Resources Board.

Although short on solutions, Doyle's sometimes blunt inaugural speech attacked what he said are a number of challenges lawmakers must deal with immediately, a deficit among the biggest in the country, a tax rate among the highest and a Please see DOYLE, Page A5 CRAIG SCHREINEfVWSJ Gov. Jim Doyle takes the oath of office Monday from state Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson. jb am pry The Galena String Quartet entertains visitors at Gov. Jim Doyle's inaugural ball Monday night at Monona Terrace in Madison. POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS Doyle dumps four unconfirmed regents By Karen Rivedal Higher education reporter As expected.

Gov. Jim Doyle ousted four members of the UW Board of Regents and is replacing them with his own choices for the powerful higher education governing paneL The four sent packing James Wauser, Phyllis Krutsch, Lolita Schneiders and Gerard Randall were nominated by former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson in 2000 and 2001. But their appointments were never confirmed as required by the state which then was controlled by Democrats. "I think we all knew that it could happen." Schnei- ders said Monday.

"It's his prerogative. I'm surprised he did it so fast." Please see APPOINTMENTS, Page A4 THE INAUGURAL BALL Well-dresseii at ball held for charily By Lisa Schuetz Wisconsin State Journal Well before the Inaugural ball's p.m. start Monday, people were streaming down the lit walkway from Wilson Street toward Monona Terrace in Downtown Madison. They wore furs, diamonds, ball gowns and tuxedos with bowties. Or else they wore wool coats, rhinestones, cocktail dresses and sport coats with neckties.

STEVE APPVvVSJ Inside 4 Advice from former govern orsA4 4) Former Gov. Scott McCallum: No regretsA4 4 Cherokee Middle School seventh-grade choir has its moment in the $potlightB1 4 Tribal leaders show their support for Doyle as they seek longer gaming com pacts B1 The day in picturesCI Even the governor and first lady Jessica Doyle paid, said losh Morby. Doyle spokesman. "We've had to turn away a lot of people," he said. After showing tickets and passing by the gatekeepers.

Please see BALL, Page AS It was the people's ball held in honor of Gov. Jim Doyle's inauguration earlier in the day. It was the first ball honoring a Democratic governor in 20 years. And the first that would donate its profits to the Bovs Girls Club of Wisconsin. Tickets cost $25, and none of the more than 3,000 comers got in without buying one in advance.

If overweight at 40, shorter life likely Bush stimulus plan would cost S600 billion weight If you wait a long time, the Ctiilv finc ffiaf hrintr heavy 4 weight, but not obese, lost an average of three years off their lives. Obese people died even sooner. Obese female nonsmokers lost an average 7.1 years, while men lost 5.8 years. Scientists have long known that overweight people have shorter life expectancies, but few Large-scale studies have been able to pinpoint how marry years thry lose. "This study is saving that if you are overweight by your rrud-30s to mid-40s, even if you lose seme weight later on, you still cany a higher risk of said Dr.

Serge Jabbour. director erf the weight loss dinic at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital In Philadelphia. The message is mat you have to work rarty on your damage may nave oeen done. For smokers, results were worse. Obese female smokers died 72 years sooner than normal-weight smokers, and 113 years sooner than normal-weight nonsmoking women.

Obese male smokers lived 6.7 years less than trim smokers, and 13.7 years less than normal-weight nonsmokers. The smoking epidemic in the Western world is waning; however, a new tear should be the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in young adults, which heralds another polentiaDy preventable public health disaster. the researchers said. 4 On the Internet Annals of Internal Medurine: Republican-led Congress today to eliminate federal income taxes paid by shareholders on stock dividends in an effort to help the stock market rebound from a three-year decline that has shaken Americans' confi- dence in their economic future. White House Press Secretary Art Fleischer disclosed portions of Bush's plan on the eve of the president's scheduled an- nouncement to the Economic dub of Chicago today.

Please see IUSH. Page A9 during middle age can be just as bad for you as smoking. By David I. Caruso Associated Pres PHILADELPHIA People who are overweight at 40 are likely to die at least three years sooner than those who are slim, meaning that in terms of life expectancy, being fat during middle age is ust as bad as smoking, researchers say. The study was conducted by Dutch n-tf'irchers and published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Nonsmokers classified as over- President will ask Congress to elirninate federal tax on dividends. By Stewart M. Powell Hearst Hewspipen WASHINGTON President Bush hopes his $600 billion economic recovery package will spark a Wall Street rally that re-kindJes Americans' consumer spending, his spokesman sakl Monday. Bush plans to ask the The lush administration's daira that its plaa w9 benefit millions of middle-income workers was disputed by Democrats. 4 Comparing plans Bush vs.

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