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"7 nC A RP" UK Freudenthal to run for governorBl Powell believes tension easing in South AsiaA5 WYOMING'S STATEWIDE NEWSPAPER FOUNDED IN 1891 TIP 1L.LLW Candid camera New K-12 funding model to U.S. seeks help to find terrorists Al-Qaida video shows five suspects giving 'martyrdom messages' By KAREN GULLO Associated Press WASHINGTON A chilling videotape of an alleged member of al-Qaida, cradling a rifle, eyes closed, is among videos and photos of five suspects delivering what authorities call "martyr S20M add dom messages from suicide terrorists." Attorney General John Ashcroft released the videos and photos Thursday, urging the public to help "identify, locate and incapacitate Consultant's plan hurts small districts, helps large ones By BILL LUCKETT Star-Tribune capital bureau CHEYENNE Wyoming's school finance consultant has developed a new K-12 school funding model that would give districts a total of $20 million a year more next year compared with school year 2002 levels. But as many had predicted, the state's larger school districts stand to gain the most under the new model developed by Management Analysis and Planning (MAP), while many i .1 terrorists who are pected of planning addi- w- but not all -small districts would lose funds. The bottom-line impact to the state of the new model will be of particular concern to legislators during their special session that begins Feb. 11.

Gov. Jim Geringer figured in a $60 million placeholder for school finance for the 2003-04 'What are we going to cut, and what are the kids going to be deprived of? It's really disturbing. They didn't fix anything, they just screwed it up REP. MARLENE SIMONS, RBKLLAH AdHUnUr I tional attacks against innocent civilians." One of those depicted was an associate of hijacking ringleader Mohammed Atta. Authorities believe the man intended to take part in the Sept.

11 attacks. Ashcroft said the videotapes were recovered recently in Afghanistan from the rubble of the home of Mohammad Atef, believed to have been Osama bin Laden's military chief. Officials say Atef was killed by a U.S. airstrike in November. U.S.

intelligence officials helped recover the tapes, a U.S. official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Please see TERRORISTS, A12 Thomas' return to Senate office delayed again By DAVID ENRICH 5(afes News Service WASHINGTON Just when Sen. Craig Thomas and his staff thought it was safe to return to the Hart Senate Office Building, their plans were foiled by an abandoned bio-hazard suit stashed above a ceiling panel. The building, closed since mid-October after the office of Majority Leader Tom Daschle opened an anthrax-laced letter, was set to reopen Friday.

After countless tests and a top-to-bottom chemical cleansing, authorities announced Wednesday that they had rid the building of any trace of the potentially deadly spores. But early Thursday morning, exactly three months after the building was first closed, authorities discovered a bag of "what appears to be personal protective gear used in dealing with hazardous Please see OFFICE, A 12 biennium. That would be enough to fund the increased spending called for in the new model, but Geringer did not include the "external cost adjustment" the Legislature included last year, which would cost another $94 million for the biennium. Were the Legislature to maintain funding for the next two years at about this year's levels as well as adopt the new MAP model as presented, it would drain the entire state budget surplus and still leave a $9 million shortfall. The Legislature in April asked MAP to revise Wyoming's funding model to comply with a Supreme Court ruling from February and to update it for inflation.

The Legislature does not necessarily have to adopt the new MAP model and its fiscal impacts, but the model will be an important part of the work of the Joint Education Interim Committee, which meets Tuesday in Cheyenne to work on school finance legislation. Please see FUNDING, A4 ROBERT HENDRICKSStarTrfciine ABOVE: Monica DeLeon, an electrical technician for the Wyoming Department of Transportation, rises to adjust a camera on top of the light pole at the intersection of First and Poplar streets in Casper on Thursday. The cameras are being installed around Casper as part of citywide traffic-control system. RIGHT: DeLeon, left, and Jeff Sauter check the video feed on a laptop computer to ensure the camera is capturing all lanes of traffic. If -ri iL- Enzi returns Enron campaign donations Cubin, Thomas say they won't Enron Corp.

fires accounting firm Congressional investigators press Andersen for more documents Investigating Enron There are going to be many congressional hearings into the fall of energy giant Enron in the months ahead. Below are seven confirmed Senate and House committees and what they will focus on. Senate Energy The impact of the collapse on the market try's history on Dec. 2. According to recent articles in the Washington Post and The Hill, a newspaper that covers Congress, national congressional campaign committees of both parties and a rapidly growing number of senators and representatives are unloading hundreds of thousands of dollars in Enron money.

Both the Washington Post and The Hill reported that GOP Sens. Enzi and John Warner, have already returned Enron money $3,500 from Enzi and $277 from Warner. Coy Knobel, press secretary for Enzi, said Thursday that upon further review, Enzi's office Please see ENZI, A 12 By BRODIE FARQUHAR Star-Tribune staff writer Some U.S. politicians, including Sen. Mike Enzi, are distancing themselves from the rapidly growing Enron scandal, either giving back campaign contributions from the Houston-based firm or donating Enron contributions to charitable causes.

Not all politicians are so inclined, and the other two members of Wyoming's congressional delegation say they will not return Enron campaign contributions. The energy-trading concern Enron, once the seventh-largest U.S. company, entered the biggest bankruptcy in the coun Governmental Affairs How government agencies let Enron collapse, the internal workings of Enron and the role of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm Commerce Consumer affairs issues Banking Security and Exchange Commission, accounting issues and investor protection Finance Whether Enron complied with federal tax laws House Financial Services Accounting fraud, security fraud, and SEC oversight Energy Auditing standards, Enron's financial practices and energy issues SOURCE: Assooittd AP Andersen of the dismissal late Thursday afternoon. Joseph Be-rardino, Andersen chief executive officer, acknowledged Enron's decision. "Obviously Enron has not rehired us," he said.

The firing came as congressional investigators pressed the accounting firm for more documents concerning Enron's business activities. The House Energy and Commerce Committee released documents from Andersen showing that nearly a year ago the accounting firm had strong misgivings about Enron's use of Please see ENRON, A 12 By H. JOSEF HEBERT Associated Press WASHINGTON Enron Corp. fired accounting firm Arthur Andersen on Thursday amid growing evidence that its auditors had serious questions about Enron's financial practices but did nothing to correct them. "We're very troubled about the destruction of the documents, and we're very concerned about the accounting advice we got," said Washington attorney Robert Bennett, who is representing Enron.

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