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Bollinger cleared to play against Michigan SP0RTSD1 V- Rent A Center suit settled I BUSINESSD10 50 CENTS AY State mmm 0 Jro Bm QerafcuH sum milty ''5it Tft TOM CRAIG SCHREINERWSJ in me oacx row, nep. uean But Republicans stopped short of a clean sweep in their top ranks, voting to keep Rep. Steven Foti, R-Oconomowoc, as majority leader. Foti was charged in the same complaint as Jensen with one felony count of misconduct in office for allegedly keeping a full-time campaign fundraiser on the public payroll. Foti, who was elected outright in a four-way contest, was praised for helping increase the Republicans' majority in the 99-member house in this month's elections from 56 to 58.

He said afterward he planned to focus on helping solve the state's budget deficit and let his attorney worry about the criminal charge. "Sixty percent of the people Please see LEADERS, Page A1 1 Older mothers have good success rates Postmenopausal women have success rates similar to younger women who have babies with donor eggs, a new study shows. Assisted reproduction success rates for postmenopausal women: Pregnancy tCTXZ 7 -T: 45.5 Multiple births 7 30 Live births 37.2 SOURCE: Journal of the American AP Medical Association Pregnancy with donated eggs OK for older women? Study finds no medical reason to keep women in their 50s from giving birth. By Lindsey Tanner AP medical writer CHICAGO There's no medical reason to prevent healthy women in their 50s from turning back their biological clocks and having babies with donated eggs, researchers say in the biggest study of motherhood after menopause. The study looked at 77 women who participated in the University of Southern California's assisted-reproduction program between 1991 and last year.

It found that there were no infant or mother deaths and no serious health problems ir the babies. The older women were likely to have Caesarean births and faced high rates of pregnancy-induced diabetes and high blood pressure. But those conditions were temporary, treatable and not reason enough to exclude them from trying to get pregnant, the researchers said. Preventing them from trying would be age discrimination, said Dr. Richard Paulson, who led the study that will be published in Thursday's Journal of the American Medical Association.

"Not only do I not have a problem in allowing them to become pregnant, I would have an ethical problem in denying them," he said. Women are not biologically designed to become pregnant after their bodies stop releasing eggs. This occurs on average at Please see BIRTH, Page A8 with microphone, introduces Democratic Jim Doyle on Tuesday at a meeting of the Assembly Gard will replace Rep. Scott Jensen, R-Waukesha, as Assembly speaker when the Assembly convenes. State Rep.

John Gard, R-Peshtigo, Republican Caucus at the Capitol. Behind Gard are, from left Rep. Bonnie Ladwig, H-Mount Pleasant, ana at right. Kaufert, R-Neenah. Outgoing Rep.

Rick Skindrud, R-Mount Horeb, is Glenn Grothman, R-West Bend, Rep. LEADERSHIP (OlJi Iraqi parliament rejects resolution Action is considered symbolic because final decision will be made by Saddam Hussein. By EA Torriero Chicago Tribune CAIRO, Egypt Iraq's largely ceremonial parliament on Tuesday defiantly rejected a U.N. resolution to allow weapons inspections, a symbolic snub because the final say on compliance remains with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. As a Friday deadline looms to give U.N.

weapons monitors unfettered access or face "serious consequences," the decision falls to the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council the country's highest governing body chaired by Hussein that is "calmly studying" the resolution, Iraq's state-run media reported Tuesday. In Washington, President Bush warned Iraq to accept the U.N. Security Council agreement calling for inspectors to return to Baghdad after a nearly four-year absence and with broader authority to search for chemical and biological weapons. Hussein's son Odai gave strong indications that the Iraqi hierarchy in the end will cede to the U.N. demands backed last weekend by the pan-Arab leadership.

Still, Odai Hussein, a parliament member who controls an official newspaper and television station, sought to soften the impact of the surrender. He wants the U.N. team to include monitors from Iraq's Arab neighbors, an idea supported by the Arab League but opposed by the United States. "We have to agree to the U.N. Security Council resolution with limits on certain points, but not, we say, conditions," Odai Hussein wrote in a letter to parliament "There should be Arab experts or technicians and monitors (on the inspection teams) who are familiar with the nuclear, chemical and biological side." The Bush administration quickly rejected the proposal.

"There's nothing in this resolution that is negotiable," said White House spokesman Sean McCormack. U.S. concerned as Iraq seeks to purchase nerve gas antidoteA7 families evaluate a facility, said Christine Mueller, a national expert in nurse staffing at long-term care facilities. "It shouldn't be the only piece of information they use when making a decision, but it is a piece of information," said Mueller, an associate professor in the University of Minnesota School of Nursing's elder research center. "Take a tour, talk with staff, talk with residents and family members and observe, to gather additional information about the facility," she said.

"Quality is more than just the physical indicators." Please see HOMES, Page A12 Gard to lead Assembly GOP; Foti keeps his post after charge ASSEMBLY Speaker Rep. John Gard, R-Peshtigo 7 dVb Rep. -J Majority -W leader Minority leader Steven Foti, R-Oconomowoc By Phil Brinkman State government reporter Promising a more civil tone in the Legislature and a willingness to work with a new Democratic administration, state Rep. John Gard was unanimously elected by fellow Republicans Tuesday as speaker of the Assembly. To underscore his pledge, Gard, R-Peshtigo, invited a surprise guest to the caucus: Democratic Jim Doyle, who received a standing ovation and also pledged to work with the Republican Legislature.

Gard succeeds Rep. Scott Jensen, R-Waukesha, who said last month he would resign his leadership post after he was charged with three felonies related to allegations about his conduct in office. Too Many Fires 4 Sunday: A fire illuminates a man's murky past Monday: A detective follows his growing suspicions 4 Tuesday: A master arson sleuth concludes fires were not accidents Part 4, today: A witness changes heart and evidence mounts John Veysey was arrested in 1999. Two years later he went on trial in a Chicago federal court for arson and fraud. Map of suspicious iresA 1 1 INSIDE news C1 Opinion A10 Federal figures compare state nursing homes Investigators break the news about John Veysey past to the new woman in his life.

Suddenly, all the insurance, wills and morbid talk makes sense. A race to help latest victim Rep. Jim Kreuser, D-Kenosha Legislature's budget committee since 1997 Other public service: Lena Knights of Columbus, Peshtigo Lions, Harmony Sportsmen's Club Education: Bachelor's degree in political science and public administration from UW-La Crosse "He did not," Sherrow quickly corrected her. Callie sat disbelieving. "It's a wonderful relationship," she protested.

Sherrow interrupted: Why were Callie and John visiting an insurance agent that afternoon? Car insurance, Callie replied. Sherrow took the phone and called the insurance agent. "Will you please tell her about the insurance she's coming in for?" "Life insurance," the agent said $100,000 each. Please see FIRES, Page A1 1 Business D10 Local Speaker John Gard Age: 39 Address: Peshtigo Personal: Married with two children Job: State representative Political experience: Elected to the state Assembly seven times since 1987. Served as co-chairman of the arms agent, persisted, her voice kind but firm.

"We wouldn't be here if we didn't think there was a real possibility of something happening to you and the children," she said. Did Callie knowVeysey's first wife, Patricia, had died and that authorities were looking into it? the investigators asked. And that Veysey had life insurance policies on his second wife, Deserie, and his son, Little John and they almost died in afire? "He got Little John out of the fire," Callie blurted. WEATHER By Sharon Cohen Associated Press CARY, 111. She folded her arms in cold defiance and glowered as she listened.

Two investigators were in Callie Hilkin's office in Dubuque, Iowa, telling her that the man she loved, John T. Veysey III, was dangerous. "You are in jeopardy," said John Korth, a Jo Daviess County deputy sheriff. "I don't believe he'd hurt me," Callie insisted. Tina Sherrow, a U.S.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire- iM iw 1 1 1X1 kot Suit Html I'll Statistics in various areas can be used by people to evaluate the facilities. By Juliet Williams Associated Press MILWAUKEE Newly released federal statistics on Wisconsin's nursing homes are intended to help consumers evaluate the state's facilities based on how their residents are doing. But the figures released Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services don't rank nursing homes or give consumers enough of a picture on their own to help if- .1 Tape believed An Arabic audiotape of praising recent U.S. WORLOA7 to be bin Laden television channel has broadcast an what it says is Osama bin Laden anti-Western terrorist strikes and warning allies against joining an attack on Iraq. Tonight A shower, i Low 38.

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