For the last several weeks a single question framed the increasingly contentious debate about plans for the Orange County Great

For the last several weeks, a single question framed the increasingly contentious debate about plans for the Orange County Great Park: Is Ken Smith capable of executing a project of this expense, complexity and sheer size?Now that Smith and his team have been tapped to oversee the design of the 1,300-acre park, it should become clear that the issue has been something of a red herring all along. He and another grand juror quickly left the boardroom after the supervisors' comments.Cohen last week appeared to side with much of the report's findings.But on Tuesday, she read a written statement in which she said she did not agree with many of its conclusions.It was filled with mistakes, she said, including the charge that she opposed the transfer in 2001 of four auditing jobs from her department to the county executive's office.When Johnston asked managers to reduce budgets in 2002, it was her decision to cut vacant auditor slots, she said. Charles Foti has said that more arrests could come, and more alleged victims could be identified. "You can't feel bad about doing the right thing."His critics said he was too slow to realize the magnitude of the pension deficit and too slow to confront the city's labor unions. In after-hours trading Wednesday, investors voted against Erbitux, pushing ImClone's shares down 3%, or $1.08. Atmospheric dining room overlooks the river; serves an eclectic selection of entrees Main courses $11-$19.Bell's Tavern, 183 N. Local phone companies demand anywhere from a fraction of a penny to more than 30 cents a minute, depending on the source of the call.More fundamentally, these proposals don't recognize how radically communications have changed over the last decade.

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Birds feeding on the rotting fish carcasses spread botulism among the avian population, which includes numerous threatened and endangered species that make their primary home there.Tourists to the area, once plentiful, have naturally become scarce as well. They've been through a lot," said New Orleans Coach Jim Haslett, whose team essentially played all 16 games on the road "I'm not happy with our record. "The swing is there."Bonds was to be examined this morning by doctors after stretching his pregame routine to include two sessions of batting practice and extended fielding practice.Asked whether Bonds might be activated as a decoy at first, Alou conceded, "That's a possibility in the near future," but Dodger Manager Jim Tracy said that, should Bonds be activated, he would regard him as more than a decoy."He may not have seen live pitching all year," Tracy said, "but he's the type of guy who wouldn't take [long] to resurrect his hand-eye coordination. Its mandate is to protect the resources in these wild areas, so I don't see any conflict when it comes to defending the environment."Grabowska has a waiting list of park superintendents and interpreters who insist on working only with him."I not only asked for him, I fought for him," says Bob Vogel, superintendent of Cape Lookout National Seashore.