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MAI51111-A-A -Composite Proof 0:00 0:00 RMAIN1111OA1 FMAI51111OA1 5 Star 1A 1A RR RR BlueRedYellowBlack Blue RedYellowBlack Court weighs rights By STEVE LASH Washington The Supreme Court decided Monday to hear its first test of Bush administration tactics against terrorism an appeal over whether foreigners can challenge in U.S. courts their detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The case, which grew from the U.S. response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, pits President power to wage war against the civil rights claims of foreign nationals captured during the military campaign in Afghanistan.

The Bush administration says U.S. courthouse doors are closed to all foreigners captured and held abroad by American law enforcement or military. The doors are especially sealed shut when the president has deemed the detainees the government argues. More than 650 people are being held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, in open- ended detentions that have been criticized for their secrecy.

Bush has asserted that military tribunals and not U.S. courts may consider the claims. U.S. forces captured the foreign nationals during the fighting in Afghanistan to disarm al-Qaida, the terrorist group held responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks, and the former Taliban leadership, which harbored the terrorists.

The detainees, through their American attorneys, argue that federal courts can hear their Justices to rule whether U.S. courts can decide claims of Guantanamo detainees. Please see APPEAL, A4 By ROBERT LUKE Jill Evans and Caren Cohen are marking the days to Nov. 24. when they can switch to a new mobile phone provider without having to give up their current wireless numbers.

Considering that metro Atlanta leads the nation in percentage of households with wireless phones, they could be among thousands in the area switching that day. Wireless carriers are busily preparing for the date, which was set by federal regulators, by adding staff to their stores and call centers to ease the transfers. also stepping up marketing, hoping to lure customers who might be pondering a change. While price has always been a big factor in switching carriers, quality of service is another. Evans, a software engineer who works from home in Sharpsburg, four miles west of Peachtree City, says on the fringes of the service territory of Sprint, her current carrier.

either get service, or it switches to analog Evans said. can be in the digital PCS area and I Cellphone users get itch to switch Government allows telephone customers to transfer numbers from home to cell- phones. D4 IN BUSINESS Please see MOBILE, A13 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution BOOK BLITZ BEGINS FOR LIONIZED AMERICAN POW A13 Copyright 2003, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution TUESDAY, NOV. 11, 2003 ajc.com GET REAL: FANS GO FOR 50 CENTS IN SPORTS C1 The Jessica Lynch Story For home delivery, call 404-522-4141, 1-800-933-9771 VOL. 55, NO.

315 70 PAGES, 6 SECTIONS ABBY E2 CLASSIFIEDS F1 COMICS E10 EDITORIALS A17 LEGAL NOTICES D7 MOVIES E8 OBITUARIES B5 TELEVISION E3 WEATHER C8 FEATURES SECTIONS MAIN NEWS A METRO SPORTS BUSINESS LIVING No more summer vacation? Several metro Atlanta school systems are edging closer and closer to that bane of kids everywhere: year-round school. Metro, B1 Could you have heart trouble and not know it? The short answer is yes. But a new life-saving tool that may change that. Healthy Living, E1 Wal-Mart wins in Lawrenceville be another going up in the Gwinnett County seat after all, following a raucous public demonstration that spilled out of City Hall. Metro, B1 For all dogs, running heaven If you want Rover to romp along with you on your morning jog, a checklist to make sure in shape before you hit the road.

Living, E2 Delta tests classless flights You can fly to Houston or Kansas City with everybody on the plane getting the same perks. (We all think of ourselves as first-class, right?) Business, D1 You expected Dr. Seuss, maybe? Madonna wrote a second book. Yes she did. And they published it.

Yes they did. Peach Buzz, E2 All politics is local business You might be surprised to learn that an election year can generate wealth for a slew of small operations, from caterers to consultants. Small Talk, D3 INSIDE TODAY Partly cloudy 67 C8 By BILL SANDERS The night started with a third-and-18. And even the most casual fan could tell this was not your typical high school football game. No coin toss.

No opening kickoff. No first, second or third quarters. Monday Night Football at Duluth High School was unique, to say the least. Never in Georgia had two teams met like this, replaying a portion of a game held days earlier. For $2 you could watch 11 minutes, 51 seconds of football.

And for two more bucks, you could enjoy the Duluth at the concession stand: A hot dog, a bag of chips and a soda. And the pre-game music played over the public address system? The theme song from When the final 11:51 was over for the second time, Duluth had once again defeated Dacula and earned a spot in Region 8- AAAAA playoffs against Shiloh. The final, official score was 17-10, much to the delight of the cheerleaders, band members and the 500 or so sprinkled through the Duluth team recovers after fumbled call JOEY IVANSCO Staff Duluth students rub it in to the officials in the replayed fourth quarter Monday night of their game with Dacula. Please see REPLAY, A5 Special projects shrink lottery proceeds By JAMES SALZER Almost $1.8 billion worth of lottery proceeds that could have gone for HOPE scholarships has instead been spent on a long list of other projects, including museums, security fences and metal detectors, and renovations of historic buildings. And millions are still being spent for special scholarship programs that benefit a few private colleges favored by powerful lawmakers.

Now, with HOPE facing a shortfall and a state commission looking for ways to rein in expenses, some officials wonder whether the lottery- funded splurge over the past decade was a good idea. That a concern during the early years of the lottery, when money was coming in so fast politicians almost had to invent ways to spend it. the faucet was turned on, we were gurgling over how to spend it said Gov. Sonny Perdue, who was a Democratic Senate leader when the flow of funds began in the mid-1990s. Initially, then-Gov.

Zell Miller, the Please see PROJECTS, A14 A special report on challenges facing popular scholarship program after a decade of growth HOLDING ON TO HOPE HANNANS Staff The GPTV building on 14th Street in Atlanta opened in 1997 and was built with millions in lottery money. Legislators spent nearly $1.8 billion on projects other than HOPE scholarships. was our Hometown honors Sgt. Rowe, Vietnam vet, oldest U.S. soldier killed in action in Iraq JOHN RUSSELL Staff Sgt.

Roger dress uniform still hangs on a dresser in the home he shared with wife Shirley Rowe in Bon Aqua, Tenn. just bring myself to move she says. Rowe was killed in Iraq in July at age 54. By BILL HENDRICK Bon Aqua, Tenn. In the sprawling ranch house he built with his own hands, the face of Sgt.

Roger Dale Rowe is everywhere. Pictures show him hugging one of his beloved seven grandchildren. One shows him decked out in his Army desert uniform, embracing his childhood sweetheart and wife, Shirley. In another, standing in the Iraqi desert, a herd of camels behind him. One more shows a cemetery plaque inscribed, memory of Sgt.

Roger D. The 54-year-old Vietnam veteran became the oldest American soldier killed in action in Iraq, dying instantly July 9, shot to death when the fuel truck he was driving near Baghdad was ambushed. To his large family, many friends and residents of this remote rural area of Middle Tennessee, Rowe represents the very face of the typical American veteran conservative, high-school- educated, working-class. expected to be home for Veterans Day, but oh, God he said his wife of 33 years, Shirley Rowe, 52. But he will be remembered this INSIDE TODAY Veterans Day events in metro Atlanta.

B1 Dacula guardsman, 45, in line for two Bronze Stars in Afghanistan. B5 Traveling Tennessean wears his patriotism on his truck. E1 Please see ROWE, A13.