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High 66-71. Low 53-58. High Tide: 11:28 a.m. Sunrise: 6:30 a.m. Sunset: Full Report: Page B12 Thursday, September 21, 2 0 06 'v, tr Station nightclub deal stuns R.I.

II Trf 8 precincts in Boston Senate race 1 brother avoids jail; other to receive 4 years By Jonathan Saltzman and RajaMishra GLOBE STAFF Nightclub owners Michael and Jeffrey Derder-ian have agreed to plead no contest for their role in the horrific Rhode Island nightclub fire that killed 100 people in February 2003, a last-minute deal that spares one brother from serving any prison time while bringing the heartrending legal drama to a sudden and unexpected end. Kathleen Hagerty, the brothers' lawyer, confirmed last night that her clients had agreed to the deal, which would give Jeffrey Derderian only 500 hours community service while sentencing his brother Michael to four years behind bars. The agreement quickly became enmeshed in controversy: Victims' families angrily denounced it and Rhode Island's attorney general, Patrick C. Lynch, insisted in a letter that Judge Francis J. Da-rigan Jr.

forced the deal on him against his objections. The plea agreement, which stunned the NIGHTCLUB, Page A16 I it Brothers Michael (left) and Jeffrey Derderian will plead no contest. Js rf. 8 I cz a Judge orders new tally today By Maria Cramer and Andrea Estes GLOBE STAFF The Boston Election Department said yesterday that poll workers inadvertently failed to count the write-in votes in eight city precincts in Tuesday's primary, the latest embarrassment for an agency under federal oversight to make sure voters with limited English skills are not improperly coerced and have enough election information. Late yesterday afternoon, a Suffolk Superior Court judge ordered that all ballots from those eight precincts be unsealed and all write-in votes be counted today at City Hall to determine the winner of the state Senate race between incumbent Dianne Wilkerson and challenger Sonia Chang-Diaz.

According to results released by the city without the missing votes, Wilkerson had a 141-vote lead over Chang-Diaz in the Democratic primary in the Second Suffolk District. City officials blamed clerical mistakes by fatigued precinct wardens who were dealing with a highly unusual race in which none of the four candidates' names appeared on the ballot. Instead, voters had to write in the name and address of their preferred candidate or affix a sticker bearing that information and then mark an oval next to the name. The write-in and sticker votes had to be hand-counted by poll workers, and those results had to be added to tally sheets. When no votes in the Wilkerson race were on the tally sheets from eight of the district's 73 precincts, officials realized something was wrong.

Secretary of State William F. Galvin, the state's chief election officer, and Geraldine M. Cuddyer, VOTES, Page B7 Republican Kerry Healey, with 1 running mate Reed Hillman, outlined a 50-point plan yesterday. Healey, Patrick pick up steam Exchange barbs 'over immigrants By Frank Phillips and Matt Viser GLOBE STAFF The race for governor moved into high gear yesterday as Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey outlined new proposals on immigrants and sex offenders and Democrat Deval L. Patrick lined up a well known Republican Party figure as a supporter.

Hours after Patrick won the Democratic primary, Healey released a 50-point plan that staked out moderate and conservative positions on a host of issues. She said the state should make sure that immigrants lose their driver's licenses if their visas expire and called for lower taxes and tougher restrictions on sex offenders. She sought to draw a contrast with Patrick, who has said he supports legislation that would grant driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants. "Driver's licenses are the things that make us legitimate in our society," Healey said. They allow us to not only drive on the roads, but also board an airplane.

And they allow us to establish our identity in a number of Patrick turned the argument around, saying he sees the issues as one of national security. "I want to know the names and addresses of all the people who are here," he, told reporters while campaigning in Marlborough. He also said Healey was "nervous and surprised" by his victory on Tuesday. GOVERNOR, Page B7 Inside Lotion gives mice tan, may be cancer shield DAVID L. RYANGLOBfc STAFF 3 JOHN TLUMACKIGLOBE STAFF -1 (- i 4 Vw Melanin boosted without the sun ByGarethCook GLOBE STAFF A lotion that tans the skin without exposure to sunlight could provide a novel way to prevent skin cancer, Boston scientists announced yesterday.

The research, done with mice, found that a lotion can prompt skin cells to make melanin, the darkening pigment that protects the skin from harmful ultraviolet radiation. After the lotion was applied for several days, the mice developed a light tan. After several 'Vs -J- Vv" 7 Democrat Deval L. Patrick greeted Barbara McGuire while campaigning outside the Marlborough Senior Center yesterday. His running mate, Timothy P.

Murray, was at far left. Few minorities get the reins in college football National, N.E. imbalances weeks, the normally red-furred, fair-skinned mice were nearly black, according to Dr. David E. Fisher, who led the research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital These dark tans provided some protection against a common kind of skin cancer and may protect against others, according to test results presented in today's issue of the journal Nature.

The discovery is not ready for humans, Fisher cautioned. Other scientists said the work provides a surprising new understanding of the biology behind the prized bronze-skinned look. Even TANNING, Page A20 SAN FRANCISCO 49LRS I i i i Vote in Germany stirs the ghosts of history The parliament agrees to send a navy force to patrol the coast of Lebanon, effectively making the nation a military guardian of Israel. A3. Chavez, at UN, calls Bush 'the devil himself The Venezuelan president surprises and amuses seasoned diplomats.

A4. i 1 jit. Today Mixed MCAS results Elementary and most middle school scores raise concern, while tenth graders make a leap. Bl. Percentage of 10th-graders who passed the test on their first try: 84 .75 MCAS English and math tests -became a graduation requirement -i 1 1 01 '02 '03 04 '05 '06 NOTE: Students have several tries to pass the test, and a higher percentage end up passing it by graduation.

SOURCE: Mass. Department of Education DAIGOFUJIWARAGLOBE STAFF ByBobHohler GLOBE STAFF A football teacher chasing his dream, Robert Talley tried time and again to overcome one of the starkest racial inequities in American sports. A former All-America football captain at Boston University, Talley pursued a career as a collegiate head coach by building an impressive resumed Eight years as an assistant at Dartmouth, Colby, and the University of Massachusetts. His credentials were solid enough that he landed interviews in recent years for head jobs at Northeastern, Dartmouth, and Holy Cross. But like legions of other qualified African-Americans who aspire to lead college football programs, Talley was shut out, left clinging to his dream of one day entering a domain ruled and overwhelmingly populated by white men.

The statistics are staggering, both nationally and in New England. Of 616 football teams affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, only 16, or 2.6 percent, are guided by African-American head coaches, even though an estimated 19,667, or 32.7 percent, of the players last year were black, according to an NCAA survey (the figures exclude historically black colleges and universities). The landscape is even grimmer in New Eng-r MINORITY COACHES, Page E8 Features Classified Deaths B8-11 Classified Editorials A10 Autos Lottery B2 Help Wanted Movies C10-11 Professional Real Estate Sidekick Rentals TVRadio 4 Comm'llnd'l Comics 10 Market Basket Horoscope 10 YachtsBoats E5 Crossword 13 Legal Notices Sudoku 11 For breaking news, updated Globe stories, and more, visit: bosfoj cotfl 3844 947 7 2 5IH 4 1 "As a minority coach, you're facing a lot of obstacles," said Robert Talley, a special assistant in the National Football League who tried in vain for a head college job..