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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama plans to nominate New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to be secretary of commerce, a Democratic source told CNN on Tuesday.

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination this year.

The former Democratic presidential candidate's name has been bandied about as the next head of Commerce.

Obama spoke with Richardson about the position November 14, a senior Democratic source said. The source said Richardson has always been on Obama's list of possibilities for the key Cabinet position.

Richardson, 61, also traveled to Chicago, Illinois, in November to meet with Obama, according to a source.

"He brings to this plate, in particular in an era where the economy is the focus of attention, a lot of skills that could be put to use -- perhaps opening up marketplaces for U.S. products abroad," CNN senior political correspondent Candy Crowley said.

"In New Mexico, he sought to bring in new businesses and to create jobs ... so the Obama team considers this part of the economic team."

One of the most prominent Hispanic politicians in the nation, Richardson withdrew from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination January 10 and later endorsed Obama.

He has served as a U.N. ambassador and as energy secretary in the Clinton administration.

If Richardson steps down as chief executive of New Mexico, Democratic Lt. Gov. Diane Denish takes over. She was Richardson's running mate in the 2002 and 2006 gubernatorial elections.

It's a very different situation in neighboring Arizona, where another Democratic governor, Janet Napolitano, is also stepping down to join the Cabinet. Arizona doesn't have a lieutenant governor. Under state law, Secretary of State Jan Brewer -- a Republican -- takes over.

Richardson sought the Democratic presidential nomination but dropped out of the race after a poor showing in the January 8 New Hampshire primary.

Declaring that Obama is an "extraordinary American," Richardson endorsed Obama to be the Democratic nominee for president March 21.

"Barack Obama will make a great and historic president," Richardson said at a rally in Portland, Oregon, with Obama at his side. "[It] is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our nation, and you are a once-in-a-lifetime leader."

Obama said, "I am extraordinarily grateful to have the support of one of the great public servants of these United States."

"He's done the kind of work that you want from your public servants, somebody who's driven not just by raw ambition, not just by an interest in personal aggrandizement," Obama added. "He's been somebody who's been motivated by the desire to make the lives of his constituents and working people a little bit better."

Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton both lobbied Richardson for his endorsement.

Richardson said that his "affection for Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton will never waver" but that "it is now time for a new generation of leadership."

Obama "can bring us the change we so desperately need by bringing us together as a nation here at home and with our allies abroad," he said.

Hillary Clinton was named this week as Obama's pick for another Cabinet post: secretary of state.

Richardson caused controversy in Democratic circles with his endorsement of Obama this year.

In April, Richardson said he was "very close to endorsing" Clinton but decided not to after the campaign became negative.

His endorsement was viewed as an act of betrayal by some longtime Clinton supporters.

CNN political analyst James Carville, who has close ties to both Clintons, likened Richardson's endorsement to Judas' betrayal of Christ.

Richardson responded to Carville's criticisms by saying that Carville and other Clinton supporters believe they are a "dynasty" and that they were "clinging to the throne."

CNN's Candy Crowley, Ed Hornick and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- The 1992 Hollywood movie "Lorenzo's Oil," depicts the true story of Lorenzo, a five-year-old boy who suffered from adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), a rare and incurable disease that slowly destroys the entire nervous system.

Michaela Damin and her son, Nick, who suffers from  an extremely rare disease that affects the heart.

The movie showed how Lorenzo's grave physical and mental decline was finally stopped when his tireless parents found a treatment based on a mixture of oils, despite skepticism from doctors.

The film illustrated perfectly the struggle faced by patients suffering from any of 6,000 known rare conditions worldwide, generally known as orphan diseases.

Michaela Damin, founder of the Barth Syndrome Trust, whose son, Nick, suffers from this crippling syndrome that affects the heart and immune system and only has 130 known sufferers worldwide, told CNN: "It can take years to get the correct diagnosis and even then there may be no expert who knows what to do next."

The fact remains that rare diseases are still mostly overlooked by pharmaceutical companies because of the small patient population and lack of financial incentives.

Drug companies tend to focus on the more lucrative "blockbuster drugs" for common diseases, at the expense of cures for rare conditions.

The term "orphan drug" was originally coined because the pharmaceutical industry took little or no interest in discovery, development and marketing of drugs for rare diseases.

According to the European Organization for Rare Diseases, rare diseases affect between three and five percent of the population in developed countries.

In the European Union, a disease is considered rare if it affects fewer than five in 10,000 people, while in the United States the disease must affect fewer than 200,000 people.

Many countries, such as the United States, Japan and the United Kingdom, have therefore attempted to encourage pharmaceutical companies to invest in orphan diseases by giving them tax incentives, fee reductions and extensions of patent rights.

The United States was the first country to develop an orphan drug law in 1983, followed by Japan and Australia. In 1997, the Australian Orphan Drugs policy was set up to help manufacturers overcome the high cost of marketing drugs which have not proved to be commercially viable.

Since 1998, the EU has also devoted time and resources to rare diseases and passing laws that have led to more research and development in the field.

But even when treatments are developed, they generally remain extremely expensive.  See where to get help for rare diseases Â»

Genzyme, one of the pharmaceutical companies that focuses primarily on rare diseases, has long charged more than $300,000 a year for patients on Cerezyme, a drug used to treat Gaucher disease, an extremely rare condition that causes bone deterioration, among other symptoms.

Do you know someone who has a rare disease? Tell us in the Sound off below or send us an iReport

Only about 5,000 people around the world are taking Cerezyme. Genzyme says that justifies the high price.  See images of children living with rare diseases Â»

"The cost of developing therapies for very rare diseases is not substantially lower than those for common diseases and can take years," Steve Bates of Genzyme told CNN.

In their 2005 book on orphan drugs, Daniel Hagn and Oliver Schoffski wrote that on average, only one of 5,000 to 10,000 substances tested gets as far as market authorization and that it takes eight to 12 years and â¬895 million ($1.2 billion)  to develop and market a new drug.

Bates said Genzyme needs to recoup those high costs and that profits are the motive for further research: "Our profits are then re-directed into research for new drugs."

Genzyme's global revenue in 2008 was $4.6 billion, Bates told CNN.

A spokeswoman for French drug firm Hoffmann-La Roche told CNN: "There is a Roche Working Group on orphan diseases, but not a separate department." She declined to say how much the company's resources were allocated for research into the diseases.

While Pfizer spokesman Oliver Stohlmann told CNN in a written statement: "Pfizer is one of the leading companies in terms of approved orphan drugs in Europe. It currently has four marketed medicines out of 50 on the EU orphan drugs register.

"Pfizer also has a new cancer therapy that was originally developed for a very rare tumor type but is now being tested in more common forms of cancer," he added.

Campaigners for rare disease causes say the prohibitively high costs of orphan drugs is a major concern for sufferers, who are often forced to pay for their own treatments.

Peter Saltonstall, president of the National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), which represents nearly 30 million Americans who have rare diseases, told CNN: "The biggest issue for us moving forward is that people are able to afford to pay for treatment.

"[In the U.S.] most rare disease therapies are expensive and patients are being forced to pay for things out of pocket because of lifetime caps on insurance."

In the United Kingdom, the National Health Service (NHS) subsidizes many of the drugs for rare diseases, but not in all cases. The drugs need to pass certain stringent rules, such as fairness of asking price and effectiveness of the drug.

Dr. Ed Jessop of the UK's NHS said he believes these drugs should only be subsidized if they "are dramatically effective, work in virtually every patient and if we believe we are paying a fair price."

Some patients therefore still end up footing the bill for drugs that have been deemed too expensive or not effective enough.

Alastair Kent, President of the UK's Genetic Interest Group (GIG) told CNN that is why the price of treatment should reflect the input gone into developing the product. But, he said, "there are currently no mechanisms to see if the price of some treatments is fair"

Kent would therefore like to see more publicly funded research.

He also believes pharmaceutical companies should share the knowledge they don't use: "There is a lot of knowledge in the private sector that just gets filed away and we need to find ways to get that knowledge out."

In the meantime, however, Kent is campaigning for the UK to sign a European Union resolution to be passed on June 8 and 9 that calls for member states to create national plans on rare diseases.

He hopes a national plan will ease some of the burden that is currently carried by patients. It would lead to better communication between the various bodies that deal with rare diseases and enhance care, Kent said.

But for the moment, Michaela Damin of Barth Trust explained, patients still need to take matters in their own hands:

"Proper communication is really lacking and some of our conditions are so rare, that in the end, we have to become the expert on our own conditions."

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text: world

text: are

text: taking

text: Cerezyme

text: Genzyme

text: says

text: that

text: justifies

text: the

text: high

text: price

text: See

text: images

text: of

text: children

text: living

text: with

text: rare

text: diseases

text: Â

text: The

text: cost

text: of

text: developing

text: therapies

text: for

text: very

text: rare

text: diseases

text: is

text: not

text: substantially

text: lower

text: than

text: those

text: for

text: common

text: diseases

text: and

text: can

text: take

text: years

text: Steve

text: Bates

text: of

text: Genzyme

text: told

text: CNN

text: In

text: their

text: book

text: on

text: orphan

text: drugs

text: Daniel

text: Hagn

text: and

text: Oliver

text: Schoffski

text: wrote

text: that

text: on

text: average

text: only

text: one

text: of

text: to

text: substances

text: tested

text: gets

text: as

text: far

text: as

text: market

text: authorization

text: and

text: that

text: it

text: takes

text: eight

text: to

text: years

text: and

text: million

text: billion

text: to

text: develop

text: and

text: market

text: a

text: new

text: drug

text: Bates

text: said

text: Genzyme

text: needs

text: to

text: recoup

text: those

text: high

text: costs

text: and

text: that

text: profits

text: are

text: the

text: motive

text: for

text: further

text: research

text: Our

text: profits

text: are

text: then

text: re

text: directed

text: into

text: research

text: for

text: new

text: drugs

text: Genzyme

text: 's

text: global

text: revenue

text: in

text: was

text: billion

text: Bates

text: told

text: CNN

text: A

text: spokeswoman

text: for

text: French

text: drug

text: firm

text: Hoffmann

text: La

text: Roche

text: told

text: CNN

text: There

text: is

text: a

text: Roche

text: Working

text: Group

text: on

text: orphan

text: diseases

text: but

text: not

text: a

text: separate

text: department

text: She

text: declined

text: to

text: say

text: how

text: much

text: the

text: company

text: 's

text: resources

text: were

text: allocated

text: for

text: research

text: into

text: the

text: diseases

text: While

text: Pfizer

text: spokesman

text: Oliver

text: Stohlmann

text: told

text: CNN

text: in

text: a

text: written

text: statement

text: Pfizer

text: is

text: one

text: of

text: the

text: leading

text: companies

text: in

text: terms

text: of

text: approved

text: orphan

text: drugs

text: in

text: Europe

text: It

text: currently

text: has

text: four

text: marketed

text: medicines

text: out

text: of

text: on

text: the

text: EU

text: orphan

text: drugs

text: register

text: Pfizer

text: also

text: has

text: a

text: new

text: cancer

text: therapy

text: that

text: was

text: originally

text: developed

text: for

text: a

text: very

text: rare

text: tumor

text: type

text: but

text: is

text: now

text: being

text: tested

text: in

text: more

text: common

text: forms

text: of

text: cancer

text: he

text: added

text: Campaigners

text: for

text: rare

text: disease

text: causes

text: say

text: the

text: prohibitively

text: high

text: costs

text: of

text: orphan

text: drugs

text: is

text: a

text: major

text: concern

text: for

text: sufferers

text: who

text: are

text: often

text: forced

text: to

text: pay

text: for

text: their

text: own

text: treatments

text: Peter

text: Saltonstall

text: president

text: of

text: the

text: National

text: Organization

text: for

text: Rare

text: Disorders

text: NORD

text: which

text: represents

text: nearly

text: million

text: Americans

text: who

text: have

text: rare

text: diseases

text: told

text: CNN

text: The

text: biggest

text: issue

text: for

text: us

text: moving

text: forward

text: is

text: that

text: people

text: are

text: able

text: to

text: afford

text: to

text: pay

text: for

text: treatment

text: In

text: the

text: U.S.

text: most

text: rare

text: disease

text: therapies

text: are

text: expensive

text: and

text: patients

text: are

text: being

text: forced

text: to

text: pay

text: for

text: things

text: out

text: of

text: pocket

text: because

text: of

text: lifetime

text: caps

text: on

text: insurance

text: In

text: the

text: United

text: Kingdom

text: the

text: National

text: Health

text: Service

text: NHS

text: subsidizes

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: drugs

text: for

text: rare

text: diseases

text: but

text: not

text: in

text: all

text: cases

text: The

text: drugs

text: need

text: to

text: pass

text: certain

text: stringent

text: rules

text: such

text: as

text: fairness

text: of

text: asking

text: price

text: and

text: effectiveness

text: of

text: the

text: drug

text: Dr.

text: Ed

text: Jessop

text: of

text: the

text: UK

text: 's

text: NHS

text: said

text: he

text: believes

text: these

text: drugs

text: should

text: only

text: be

text: subsidized

text: if

text: they

text: are

text: dramatically

text: effective

text: work

text: in

text: virtually

text: every

text: patient

text: and

text: if

text: we

text: believe

text: we

text: are

text: paying

text: a

text: fair

text: price

text: Some

text: patients

text: therefore

text: still

text: end

text: up

text: footing

text: the

text: bill

text: for

text: drugs

text: that

text: have

text: been

text: deemed

text: too

text: expensive

text: or

text: not

text: effective

text: enough

text: Alastair

text: Kent

text: President

text: of

text: the

text: UK

text: 's

text: Genetic

text: Interest

text: Group

text: GIG

text: told

text: CNN

text: that

text: is

text: why

text: the

text: price

text: of

text: treatment

text: should

text: reflect

text: the

text: input

text: gone

text: into

text: developing

text: the

text: product

text: But

text: he

text: said

text: there

text: are

text: currently

text: no

text: mechanisms

text: to

text: see

text: if

text: the

text: price

text: of

text: some

text: treatments

text: is

text: fair

text: Kent

text: would

text: therefore

text: like

text: to

text: see

text: more

text: publicly

text: funded

text: research

text: He

text: also

text: believes

text: pharmaceutical

text: companies

text: should

text: share

text: the

text: knowledge

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: use

text: There

text: is

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: knowledge

text: in

text: the

text: private

text: sector

text: that

text: just

text: gets

text: filed

text: away

text: and

text: we

text: need

text: to

text: find

text: ways

text: to

text: get

text: that

text: knowledge

text: out

text: In

text: the

text: meantime

text: however

text: Kent

text: is

text: campaigning

text: for

text: the

text: UK

text: to

text: sign

text: a

text: European

text: Union

text: resolution

text: to

text: be

text: passed

text: on

text: June

text: and

text: that

text: calls

text: for

text: member

text: states

text: to

text: create

text: national

text: plans

text: on

text: rare

text: diseases

text: He

text: hopes

text: a

text: national

text: plan

text: will

text: ease

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: burden

text: that

text: is

text: currently

text: carried

text: by

text: patients

text: It

text: would

text: lead

text: to

text: better

text: communication

text: between

text: the

text: various

text: bodies

text: that

text: deal

text: with

text: rare

text: diseases

text: and

text: enhance

text: care

text: Kent

text: said

text: But

text: for

text: the

text: moment

text: Michaela

text: Damin

text: of

text: Barth

text: Trust

text: explained

text: patients

text: still

text: need

text: to

text: take

text: matters

text: in

text: their

text: own

text: hands

text: Proper

text: communication

text: is

text: really

text: lacking

text: and

text: some

text: of

text: our

text: conditions

text: are

text: so

text: rare

text: that

text: in

text: the

text: end

text: we

text: have

text: to

text: become

text: the

text: expert

text: on

text: our

text: own

text: conditions

question: what is the number of rare diseases worldwide

answer: 6,000

question: when is the resolution to be passed

answer: sed on June 8 an

text: sed on June 8 an


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Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of "Golden Fetters: The Gold Standard and the Great Depression, 1919-39" and "Financial Crises and What to Do About Them."

Barry Eichengreen says Barack Obama will have to fix the credit crisis, the auto industry and trade policy.

BERKELEY, California (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama has been holding his economic cards close to his vest. He did not participate in person at last weekend's meeting of G20 leaders.

He has been reluctant to encourage the lame-duck Congress to adopt a major fiscal stimulus package.

He may be right in saying that the U.S. has only one president at a time. But this makes it all the more important that he hit the ground running on January 20.

This will mean, first of all, addressing the credit crisis. Despite all the actions of the Fed and the Treasury, the banks are still not lending. In some cases this is because their own finances are weak. But in others it is because they have other more convenient uses for their funds, ranging from acquisitions to dividend payments.

This reflects a flawed bank recapitalization scheme that gives the government no voting shares in the banks into which it is injecting public funds and hence no say in their decisions. Fortunately (as it were) there will be an opportunity to correct this, since as the recession deepens there will be more loan losses and the need for more capital injections. The next round of public money should come with voting rights so that taxpayers' interests are protected.

Then there is the need for increased public spending on infrastructure and federal grants to state and local governments to offset the collapse of private spending.

Candidate Obama spoke of $150 billion of fiscal stimulus. But if this recession turns out to be the deepest since World War II, as now seems certain, the appropriate figure will be at least four times that large. Anything less would fail to cushion the downturn.

A trillion-dollar deficit will excite fears of government out of control if not accompanied by a plan to balance the budget once the recession ends. The new president therefore will need to offer not just a stimulus package but also a multiyear budget.

Then there is the problem of the auto industry. The best course normally would be Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This would allow the Big Three to shed bad management and contracts, both of which would be thrown out in the bankruptcy process.

If GM, Ford or Chrysler is then able to come up with a viable business plan, they should be able to obtain the new money, known as debtor-in-possession financing, needed to implement it.

Admittedly, the credit crisis makes new money difficult to obtain. But if this is a problem, then the government can provide the debtor-in-possession financing. In other words, it can make its aid conditional on the Big Three first going through bankruptcy workouts.

A further complication arises from the fact that cars last for years and when they break down are expensive to repair. Warranties matter, in other words. If a producer was undergoing bankruptcy reorganization, from which it might or might not emerge, consumers would question whether its warranties were worth the paper they were written on.

But if this is the problem, then the government can guarantee the warranties. It could reimburse the cost of major repairs subject to terms and conditions. It is not as if our government has been reluctant to guarantee other products, ranging from bank deposits to money market mutual funds. And this guarantee should be provided only to auto companies that undergo bankruptcy reorganization.

Finally, it will be important for the new president to reassure our foreign partners about his economic intentions. There may be jubilation in Kenya and Indonesia over the election of a candidate they may view as a native son, but there is trepidation in Asia and Latin America about his protectionist rhetoric.

President Obama will need to reassure Mexico that while he believes in labor and environmental standards, he also believes in NAFTA. He should encourage the Congress to ratify our free trade agreements with Colombia and Korea. He should reassure the Chinese, who now have economic problems of their own, that he will not bash them over their exchange rate policies.

If Obama wishes to help Americans impacted by import competition there are better ways. He can expand trade adjustment assistance for displaced workers. He can propose wage insurance -- partial compensation for a limited period for workers moving to lower-paid jobs.

He can ramp up spending on education and training. He can address concerns over the environment by proposing a carbon tax rather than allowing blame for global warming to be shifted to Mexico and China.

That should be enough to keep the new president occupied for his first 100 days.

The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Barry Eichengreen.

text: Barry

text: Eichengreen

text: is

text: George

text: C.

text: Pardee

text: and

text: Helen

text: N.

text: Pardee

text: Professor

text: of

text: Economics

text: and

text: Political

text: Science

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: California

text: Berkeley

text: He

text: is

text: the

text: author

text: of

text: Golden

text: Fetters

text: The

text: Gold

text: Standard

text: and

text: the

text: Great

text: Depression

text: and

text: Financial

text: Crises

text: and

text: What

text: to

text: Do

text: About

text: Them

text: Barry

text: Eichengreen

text: says

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: will

text: have

text: to

text: fix

text: the

text: credit

text: crisis

text: the

text: auto

text: industry

text: and

text: trade

text: policy

text: BERKELEY

text: California

text: CNN

text: President

text: elect

text: Barack

text: Obama

text: has

text: been

text: holding

text: his

text: economic

text: cards

text: close

text: to

text: his

text: vest

text: He

text: did

text: not

text: participate

text: in

text: person

text: at

text: last

text: weekend

text: 's

text: meeting

text: of

text: leaders

text: He

text: has

text: been

text: reluctant

text: to

text: encourage

text: the

text: lame

text: duck

text: Congress

text: to

text: adopt

text: a

text: major

text: fiscal

text: stimulus

text: package

text: He

text: may

text: be

text: right

text: in

text: saying

text: that

text: the

text: U.S.

text: has

text: only

text: one

text: president

text: at

text: a

text: time

text: But

text: this

text: makes

text: it

text: all

text: the

text: more

text: important

text: that

text: he

text: hit

text: the

text: ground

text: running

text: on

text: January

text: This

text: will

text: mean

text: first

text: of

text: all

text: addressing

text: the

text: credit

text: crisis

text: Despite

text: all

text: the

text: actions

text: of

text: the

text: Fed

text: and

text: the

text: Treasury

text: the

text: banks

text: are

text: still

text: not

text: lending

text: In

text: some

text: cases

text: this

text: is

text: because

text: their

text: own

text: finances

text: are

text: weak

text: But

text: in

text: others

text: it

text: is

text: because

text: they

text: have

text: other

text: more

text: convenient

text: uses

text: for

text: their

text: funds

text: ranging

text: from

text: acquisitions

text: to

text: dividend

text: payments

text: This

text: reflects

text: a

text: flawed

text: bank

text: recapitalization

text: scheme

text: that

text: gives

text: the

text: government

text: no

text: voting

text: shares

text: in

text: the

text: banks

text: into

text: which

text: it

text: is

text: injecting

text: public

text: funds

text: and

text: hence

text: no

text: say

text: in

text: their

text: decisions

text: Fortunately

text: as

text: it

text: were

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: an

text: opportunity

text: to

text: correct

text: this

text: since

text: as

text: the

text: recession

text: deepens

text: there

text: will

text: be

text: more

text: loan

text: losses

text: and

text: the

text: need

text: for

text: more

text: capital

text: injections

text: The

text: next

text: round

text: of

text: public

text: money

text: should

text: come

text: with

text: voting

text: rights

text: so

text: that

text: taxpayers

text: interests

text: are

text: protected

text: Then

text: there

text: is

text: the

text: need

text: for

text: increased

text: public

text: spending

text: on

text: infrastructure

text: and

text: federal

text: grants

text: to

text: state

text: and

text: local

text: governments

text: to

text: offset

text: the

text: collapse

text: of

text: private

text: spending

text: Candidate

text: Obama

text: spoke

text: of

text: billion

text: of

text: fiscal

text: stimulus

text: But

text: if

text: this

text: recession

text: turns

text: out

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: deepest

text: since

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: as

text: now

text: seems

text: certain

text: the

text: appropriate

text: figure

text: will

text: be

text: at

text: least

text: four

text: times

text: that

text: large

text: Anything

text: less

text: would

text: fail

text: to

text: cushion

text: the

text: downturn

text: A

text: trillion

text: dollar

text: deficit

text: will

text: excite

text: fears

text: of

text: government

text: out

text: of

text: control

text: if

text: not

text: accompanied

text: by

text: a

text: plan

text: to

text: balance

text: the

text: budget

text: once

text: the

text: recession

text: ends

text: The

text: new

text: president

text: therefore

text: will

text: need

text: to

text: offer

text: not

text: just

text: a

text: stimulus

text: package

text: but

text: also

text: a

text: multiyear

text: budget

text: Then

text: there

text: is

text: the

text: problem

text: of

text: the

text: auto

text: industry

text: The

text: best

text: course

text: normally

text: would

text: be

text: Chapter

text: bankruptcy

text: This

text: would

text: allow

text: the

text: Big

text: Three

text: to

text: shed

text: bad

text: management

text: and

text: contracts

text: both

text: of

text: which

text: would

text: be

text: thrown

text: out

text: in

text: the

text: bankruptcy

text: process

text: If

text: GM

text: Ford

text: or

text: Chrysler

text: is

text: then

text: able

text: to

text: come

text: up

text: with

text: a

text: viable

text: business

text: plan

text: they

text: should

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: obtain

text: the

text: new

text: money

text: known

text: as

text: debtor

text: in

text: possession

text: financing

text: needed

text: to

text: implement

text: it

text: Admittedly

text: the

text: credit

text: crisis

text: makes

text: new

text: money

text: difficult

text: to

text: obtain

text: But

text: if

text: this

text: is

text: a

text: problem

text: then

text: the

text: government

text: can

text: provide

text: the

text: debtor

text: in

text: possession

text: financing

text: In

text: other

text: words

text: it

text: can

text: make

text: its

text: aid

text: conditional

text: on

text: the

text: Big

text: Three

text: first

text: going

text: through

text: bankruptcy

text: workouts

text: A

text: further

text: complication

text: arises

text: from

text: the

text: fact

text: that

text: cars

text: last

text: for

text: years

text: and

text: when

text: they

text: break

text: down

text: are

text: expensive

text: to

text: repair

text: Warranties

text: matter

text: in

text: other

text: words

text: If

text: a

text: producer

text: was

text: undergoing

text: bankruptcy

text: reorganization

text: from

text: which

text: it

text: might

text: or

text: might

text: not

text: emerge

text: consumers

text: would

text: question

text: whether

text: its

text: warranties

text: were

text: worth

text: the

text: paper

text: they

text: were

text: written

text: on

text: But

text: if

text: this

text: is

text: the

text: problem

text: then

text: the

text: government

text: can

text: guarantee

text: the

text: warranties

text: It

text: could

text: reimburse

text: the

text: cost

text: of

text: major

text: repairs

text: subject

text: to

text: terms

text: and

text: conditions

text: It

text: is

text: not

text: as

text: if

text: our

text: government

text: has

text: been

text: reluctant

text: to

text: guarantee

text: other

text: products

text: ranging

text: from

text: bank

text: deposits

text: to

text: money

text: market

text: mutual

text: funds

text: And

text: this

text: guarantee

text: should

text: be

text: provided

text: only

text: to

text: auto

text: companies

text: that

text: undergo

text: bankruptcy

text: reorganization

text: Finally

text: it

text: will

text: be

text: important

text: for

text: the

text: new

text: president

text: to

text: reassure

text: our

text: foreign

text: partners

text: about

text: his

text: economic

text: intentions

text: There

text: may

text: be

text: jubilation

text: in

text: Kenya

text: and

text: Indonesia

text: over

text: the

text: election

text: of

text: a

text: candidate

text: they

text: may

text: view

text: as

text: a

text: native

text: son

text: but

text: there

text: is

text: trepidation

text: in

text: Asia

text: and

text: Latin

text: America

text: about

text: his

text: protectionist

text: rhetoric

text: President

text: Obama

text: will

text: need

text: to

text: reassure

text: Mexico

text: that

text: while

text: he

text: believes

text: in

text: labor

text: and

text: environmental

text: standards

text: he

text: also

text: believes

text: in

text: NAFTA

text: He

text: should

text: encourage

text: the

text: Congress

text: to

text: ratify

text: our

text: free

text: trade

text: agreements

text: with

text: Colombia

text: and

text: Korea

text: He

text: should

text: reassure

text: the

text: Chinese

text: who

text: now

text: have

text: economic

text: problems

text: of

text: their

text: own

text: that

text: he

text: will

text: not

text: bash

text: them

text: over

text: their

text: exchange

text: rate

text: policies

text: If

text: Obama

text: wishes

text: to

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(CNN) -- The United States have battled back to set up a final-day showdown in the Solheim Cup women's golf teams event in Ireland.

With Europe doubling their one-point lead to 7-5 after Saturday's morning foursomes matches at Killeen Castle, the U.S. kept alive their hopes of a fourth straight title on Sunday by levelling at 8-8 after the fourballs.

The 24 players will go head-to-head in 12 singles matches as the Europeans seek just a fourth success since the inaugural competition in 1990.

Britain's Laura Davies will take on fellow veteran Juli Inkster in one of the key clashes, with the Englishwoman confident after overtaking Annika Sorenstam as the Solheim Cup's record points scorer.

All about the Solheim Cup

"To be honest, it was a bit embarrassing not to have the most points when I've played in every match," said the 47-year-old Davies, who has featured in all 12 stagings.

"So it's great to have made it. It's cleared the pressure and now I can relax a bit more without that extra edge in the singles."

Having sat out the foursomes, Davies and Melissa Bell beat Michelle Wie and Brittany Lang 4&3 but their teammates could not maintain the momentum.

Europe take narrow lead after first day

Morgan Pressel and Cristie Kerr defeated Suzann Pettersen and Caroline Hedwall by one hole, Stacy Lewis and Ryann O'Toole triumphed 2&1 against Sandra Gal and Christel Boeljon, while Paula Creamer and Brittany Lincicome were 3&1 victors over Maria Hjorth and Azahara Munoz.

Former U.S. Open champion Creamer will take on Catriona Matthew as she seeks to remain unbeaten, having played in all this year's matches.

"We are all so pumped up and it is great to be back tied," Creamer said. "It was nice to see some red on the board and we are ready for tomorrow."

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(CNN) -- Altovise Davis, the widow of entertainer Sammy Davis Jr., has died. She was 65.

Altovise Davis, in a 2008 photo, married Sammy Davis Jr. in 1970.

Davis died Saturday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, said her publicist, Amy Malone. She had been admitted two days earlier after suffering a stroke.

Davis, a dancer and actress from Brooklyn, New York, met Sammy Davis Jr. on the set of the musical "Golden Boy" in London in 1967. The couple married three years later.

It was Sammy Davis Jr.'s third marriage. The couple remained together until he died of throat cancer in 1990.

The couple had an adopted son.

Funeral services will be held in Burbank, California, with the date and time to be announced later.

Sammy Davis Jr., himself a musician, was famous for being part of the Rat Pack, which included Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.

CNN's Janet DiGiacomo contributed to this report.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- Forty seven-year-old Australian "adrenaline junkie" Sean Langman will attempt to break the 50-knot sailing speed barrier with his half sailboat, half plane, after a serious crash last summer.

The half sailboat, half plane uses technology known as supercavitation -- sailing just above the water's edge.

Langman, a shipyard owner and yachtsman, is intent on beating the French-set record within the next few weeks, with the "Wot Rocket," a canoe-style pod with a nine meter-long  rigid sail.

The Wot Rocket is waiting for confirmation from the World Sailing Speed Record Council to attempt, once again, an unprecedented technology known as "supercavitation" -- sailing just above the water in a gas bubble created by the deflection of water. This is to to reduce the drag which is around 1,000 times greater in the water than in the air.

"Wot Rocket is so exciting as we push to sail up to three times the speed of the wind," Langman told CNN.

In October last year Langman and his co-pilot crashed when they lost control of the vessel at 42 knots -- over 60 miles per hour.

But after re-building and perfecting the vessel at a cost of half a million dollars, Langman is ready to try again. "The exhilaration of sailing/flying is so big, you don't think about danger," he told CNN.

Langman is certain that this time around he will beat the record. "My only concern is we won't be able to keep control of the craft."

In case the pilots crash again, Langman says the most thing is to remain calm.  "Last time I felt a mild panic as we were underwater. I just hoped the paramedics would get there in time.

"But really I feel very safe doing anything on water as that what I've done my whole life. I feel most 'in tune' when I'm on water," he added.

The idea for Wot Rocket was conceived four years ago by Langman after he was inspired by the story of Burt Munro, the New Zealander who set a world land speed record on his modified Indian Scout motorcycle in 1967 -- played by Antony Hopkins in the 2005 Hollywood movie "The World's Fastest Indian."

Do you think the wotrocket can beat the record?

"I came up with the idea in the shower. So I presented it to a group of engineers and said 'this is what I believe.'  Most said I'm a lunatic but one said 'I want to work with you'."

Langman joined forces with leading Australian designer Andy Dovell and sought input from Boeing 747 pilots for their aeronautical knowledge. He then had the "Wot Rocket" built using the staff and facilities at his various Shipyards. Finally, he teamed up with Wotif.com founder Graeme Wood who invested in the project because, as he explained,  he "likes leftfield ideas."

"My family think I'm crazy, but every time I've had an idea it's taken me somewhere. It's really about ideas versus science and trying to make it work," Langman explained.

"And no one remembers the second man to walk on the moon."

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question: What barrier is being broken?

answer: 50-knot sailing speed

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question: What was the pilot's name?

answer: Sean Langman

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question: Who crashed dangerously last year?

answer: Sean Langman

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question: What kind of technology does the "wot rocket" use?

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(CNN) -- China's giant pandas are believed to be safe after Monday's earthquake, but concern is growing over how they will get their next meals.

The giant pandas' primary food source is bamboo.

Authorities confirmed Tuesday that captive animals in two of China's major panda reserves were alive, according to Xinhua, China's official news agency.

The Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center in southwest Sichuan province is home to about 86 giant pandas, who were reported safe Tuesday.

Staff and critters at neighboring Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center were also reported safe, according to a spokesperson for the Atlanta Zoo, which has two pandas on loan from the wildlife reserve.

Concern arose in the international wildlife community over damage to the animals' habitat, as authorities continued assessing the scope of damage in the Sichuan province.

The mountainous, densely wooded region is the natural habitat for most of the 1,200 giant pandas living in the wild, making it an obvious location for research bases like Wolong and Chengdu. Giant pandas roam the forest in "open cages" that are meant to provide them with a safe, natural environment that will prepare them for release.

With the safety of the pandas confirmed, the animals' caregivers are left to determine how resources like food and medical supplies will reach the bases, which contain breeding facilities and triage centers.

Bamboo, the pandas' primary source of food, is a major agricultural product in the region, but whether it can be supplied to the pandas despite infrastructure damage is open to question.

"Wolong is hard to access under normal conditions, so the heavy road damage makes it even harder," said Kerry Zobor, spokesperson for the World Wildlife Fund.

Zobor said WWF had confirmed the safety of staff based in Beijing, but had not received word on the conditions in Wolong. She said the WWF was also concerned about members who had been touring the country when the earthquake struck. So far, the group has not been located.

Scientists in the United States are hopeful that Chinese researchers will adapt to the situation facing them.

David Wildt with the Smithsonian's National Zoological Park in Washington says that scientists in Wolong have overcome threats to the giant panda population before.

In the late 1990s, the captive giant panda population was in decline, with more animals dying than were born, Wildt said.

Thanks to a collaborative effort with American scientists, the Wolong staff was able to reverse the trend.

"Our Chinese colleagues are very perceptive when it comes to addressing problems," said Wildt, who has visited Wolong many times as part of the Smithsonian's affiliation with the research base. "Because of their efforts, the population is on the rise today."

Wildt said that Chinese scientists have also addressed the issue of alternative food sources before.

"Artificial diets in the form of protein biscuits have been created for giant pandas. They're not a complete substitute, but they meet the needs of a basic high-fiber diet," said Wildt, who has worked with two pandas that the Smithsonian has on loan from Wolong.

"Right now, we're mostly concerned about the staff. If the staff is fine, then the animals will be fine," Wildt said.

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question: Where are they keeping the giant pandas?

answer: southwest Sichuan province

text: southwest Sichuan province

question: What were the growing concerns about?

answer: how they will get their next meals.

text: how they will get their next meals.

question: Report: Chinese authorities confirm that captive giant pandas are safe

answer: after Monday's earthquake,

text: after Monday's earthquake,

question: Scientist: Alternative foods exist in the event of depleted bamboo stocks

answer: protein biscuits

text: protein biscuits

question: What do the authorities confirm are safe?

answer: giant pandas

text: giant pandas

question: What do pandas eat?

answer: primary food source is bamboo.

text: primary food source is bamboo.

question: What type of food exists in event of depleted bamboo stocks?

answer: "Artificial diets in the form of protein biscuits

text: "Artificial diets in the form of protein biscuits

question: Who confirmed that the giant pandas are safe?

answer: Authorities

text: Authorities


text:
(CNN) -- An Ohio firefighter faces jail time and may lose his job for shooting his two dogs to death rather than pay to board them while he went on a cruise.

Columbus, Ohio, firefighter David Santuomo shot his two dogs in his home's basement, prosecutors say.

Columbus firefighter David P. Santuomo, 43, took Sloopy and Skeeter to his home's basement, suspended them from a pipe near the ceiling and fired at least 11 shots from a .22-caliber rifle fitted with a homemade silencer, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney Ron J. O'Brien said.

Santuomo then wrapped the carcasses in plastic and dumped them in a trash bin behind Firehouse 27, where he worked, O'Brien said.

"This is pretty heinous," said Cheri Miller, spokeswoman for the Capital Area Humane Society, which carried out a search warrant in Santuomo's home. The humane society has limited law enforcement powers in Franklin County.

Santuomo pleaded guilty in June to two misdemeanor counts of improperly killing a companion animal and a felony count of possession of a criminal tool. Santuomo had fashioned a makeshift silencer by taping a 2-liter soda bottle to the end of the rifle. The incident happened in December.

Miller said appalled fellow firefighters turned Santuomo in to authorities.

"There were reports that he was bragging about this," she said.

Santuomo initially told investigators the dogs had ingested antifreeze and he killed them to put them out of their misery, Miller said. However, after necropsies showed the dogs were not poisoned, the firefighter admitted shooting them because he couldn't afford to board them, she said. Public records show Santuomo has twice filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and underwent a home foreclosure in 2003.

The Columbus Division of Fire has received more than 2,000 outraged e-mails and calls from the public, said Battalion Chief David Whiting, the department's spokesman.

"People are not very happy," he said. "We had people say they should do to him what he's done to the dogs. A lot of people want him fired. They don't want him coming into their house. They're worried about their animals; they're worried about their kids. They'd just as soon let their house burn down if he shows up."

The Division of Fire has concluded an internal investigation, including interviews with Santuomo, Whiting said. The report now goes to Fire Chief Ned Pettus Jr., who will schedule a disciplinary hearing. Punishment, if any, could range from a verbal reprimand to firing, Whiting said. With appeals and possible arbitration, the whole process could take a month or more, he said.

In the meantime, Santuomo is working in the division's fire alarm office, "where he is not dealing face to face with the public," Whiting said. If he remains employed with the fire division, he will return to his regular assignment, though that could bring a new set of challenges, Whiting added.

"If someone did this that worked next to you at work, how would you feel about working with him?" Whiting asked. "We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. ... There are a lot of options."

Santuomo has only minor disciplinary matters, such as tardiness, in his record, Whiting said.

Santuomo was sentenced to 90 days in jail, to be served in 10-day increments over the next two years. He also has to pay $4,500 in restitution, perform 200 hours of community service, stay away from companion animals for five years and write a letter of apology to be published in the local newspaper and the International Association of Firefighters magazine, the humane society's Miller said.

Santuomo's attorney said that his client is remorseful over his actions and that people need to temper their outrage. "It's the same old story. They couldn't care less about people and they love animals," lawyer Sam Shamansky said.

The firefighter, who could not be reached for comment, has no criminal history other than traffic violations, Shamansky said.

"It, of course, was a heinous act, and it's an act for which he's sorry and has accepted responsibility," Shamansky said of the dog killings. "He's been punished appropriately, and I think it's now time for the public to practice what they preach and show a little forgiveness and mercy. Maybe that might be a novel approach."

text: CNN

text: An

text: Ohio

text: firefighter

text: faces

text: jail

text: time

text: and

text: may

text: lose

text: his

text: job

text: for

text: shooting

text: his

text: two

text: dogs

text: to

text: death

text: rather

text: than

text: pay

text: to

text: board

text: them

text: while

text: he

text: went

text: on

text: a

text: cruise

text: Columbus

text: Ohio

text: firefighter

text: David

text: Santuomo

text: shot

text: his

text: two

text: dogs

text: in

text: his

text: home

text: 's

text: basement

text: prosecutors

text: say

text: Columbus

text: firefighter

text: David

text: P.

text: Santuomo

text: took

text: Sloopy

text: and

text: Skeeter

text: to

text: his

text: home

text: 's

text: basement

text: suspended

text: them

text: from

text: a

text: pipe

text: near

text: the

text: ceiling

text: and

text: fired

text: at

text: least

text: shots

text: from

text: a

text: rifle

text: fitted

text: with

text: a

text: homemade

text: silencer

text: Franklin

text: County

text: Prosecuting

text: Attorney

text: Ron

text: J.

text: O'Brien

text: said

text: Santuomo

text: then

text: wrapped

text: the

text: carcasses

text: in

text: plastic

text: and

text: dumped

text: them

text: in

text: a

text: trash

text: bin

text: behind

text: Firehouse

text: where

text: he

text: worked

text: O'Brien

text: said

text: This

text: is

text: pretty

text: heinous

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text: Cheri

text: Miller

text: spokeswoman

text: for

text: the

text: Capital

text: Area

text: Humane

text: Society

text: which

text: carried

text: out

text: a

text: search

text: warrant

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text: Santuomo

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text: home

text: The

text: humane

text: society

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text: limited

text: law

text: enforcement

text: powers

text: in

text: Franklin

text: County

text: Santuomo

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text: in

text: June

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text: misdemeanor

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text: improperly

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text: companion

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text: felony

text: count

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text: possession

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text: a

text: criminal

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text: Santuomo

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text: makeshift

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text: a

text: soda

text: bottle

text: to

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text: end

text: of

text: the

text: rifle

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text: incident

text: happened

text: in

text: December

text: Miller

text: said

text: appalled

text: fellow

text: firefighters

text: turned

text: Santuomo

text: in

text: to

text: authorities

text: There

text: were

text: reports

text: that

text: he

text: was

text: bragging

text: about

text: this

text: she

text: said

text: Santuomo

text: initially

text: told

text: investigators

text: the

text: dogs

text: had

text: ingested

text: antifreeze

text: and

text: he

text: killed

text: them

text: to

text: put

text: them

text: out

text: of

text: their

text: misery

text: Miller

text: said

text: However

text: after

text: necropsies

text: showed

text: the

text: dogs

text: were

text: not

text: poisoned

text: the

text: firefighter

text: admitted

text: shooting

text: them

text: because

text: he

text: could

text: n't

text: afford

text: to

text: board

text: them

text: she

text: said

text: Public

text: records

text: show

text: Santuomo

text: has

text: twice

text: filed

text: for

text: Chapter

text: bankruptcy

text: protection

text: and

text: underwent

text: a

text: home

text: foreclosure

text: in

text: The

text: Columbus

text: Division

text: of

text: Fire

text: has

text: received

text: more

text: than

text: outraged

text: e

text: mails

text: and

text: calls

text: from

text: the

text: public

text: said

text: Battalion

text: Chief

text: David

text: Whiting

text: the

text: department

text: 's

text: spokesman

text: People

text: are

text: not

text: very

text: happy

text: he

text: said

text: We

text: had

text: people

text: say

text: they

text: should

text: do

text: to

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text: he

text: 's

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text: dogs

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text: of

text: people

text: want

text: him

text: fired

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text: do

text: n't

text: want

text: him

text: coming

text: into

text: their

text: house

text: They

text: 're

text: worried

text: about

text: their

text: animals

text: they

text: 're

text: worried

text: about

text: their

text: kids

text: They

text: 'd

text: just

text: as

text: soon

text: let

text: their

text: house

text: burn

text: down

text: if

text: he

text: shows

text: up

text: The

text: Division

text: of

text: Fire

text: has

text: concluded

text: an

text: internal

text: investigation

text: including

text: interviews

text: with

text: Santuomo

text: Whiting

text: said

text: The

text: report

text: now

text: goes

text: to

text: Fire

text: Chief

text: Ned

text: Pettus

text: Jr.

text: who

text: will

text: schedule

text: a

text: disciplinary

text: hearing

text: Punishment

text: if

text: any

text: could

text: range

text: from

text: a

text: verbal

text: reprimand

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text: firing

text: Whiting

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text: With

text: appeals

text: and

text: possible

text: arbitration

text: the

text: whole

text: process

text: could

text: take

text: a

text: month

text: or

text: more

text: he

text: said

text: In

text: the

text: meantime

text: Santuomo

text: is

text: working

text: in

text: the

text: division

text: 's

text: fire

text: alarm

text: office

text: where

text: he

text: is

text: not

text: dealing

text: face

text: to

text: face

text: with

text: the

text: public

text: Whiting

text: said

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text: he

text: remains

text: employed

text: with

text: the

text: fire

text: division

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text: will

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text: his

text: regular

text: assignment

text: though

text: that

text: could

text: bring

text: a

text: new

text: set

text: of

text: challenges

text: Whiting

text: added

text: If

text: someone

text: did

text: this

text: that

text: worked

text: next

text: to

text: you

text: at

text: work

text: how

text: would

text: you

text: feel

text: about

text: working

text: with

text: him

text: Whiting

text: asked

text: We

text: 'll

text: cross

text: that

text: bridge

text: when

text: we

text: come

text: to

text: it

text: There

text: are

text: a

text: lot

text: of

text: options

text: Santuomo

text: has

text: only

text: minor

text: disciplinary

text: matters

text: such

text: as

text: tardiness

text: in

text: his

text: record

text: Whiting

text: said

text: Santuomo

text: was

text: sentenced

text: to

text: days

text: in

text: jail

text: to

text: be

text: served

text: in

text: increments

text: over

text: the

text: next

text: two

text: years

text: He

text: also

text: has

text: to

text: pay

text: in

text: restitution

text: perform

text: hours

text: of

text: community

text: service

text: stay

text: away

text: from

text: companion

text: animals

text: for

text: five

text: years

text: and

text: write

text: a

text: letter

text: of

text: apology

text: to

text: be

text: published

text: in

text: the

text: local

text: newspaper

text: and

text: the

text: International

text: Association

text: of

text: Firefighters

text: magazine

text: the

text: humane

text: society

text: 's

text: Miller

text: said

text: Santuomo

text: 's

text: attorney

text: said

text: that

text: his

text: client

text: is

text: remorseful

text: over

text: his

text: actions

text: and

text: that

text: people

text: need

text: to

text: temper

text: their

text: outrage

text: It

text: 's

text: the

text: same

text: old

text: story

text: They

text: could

text: n't

text: care

text: less

text: about

text: people

text: and

text: they

text: love

text: animals

text: lawyer

text: Sam

text: Shamansky

text: said

text: The

text: firefighter

text: who

text: could

text: not

text: be

text: reached

text: for

text: comment

text: has

text: no

text: criminal

text: history

text: other

text: than

text: traffic

text: violations

text: Shamansky

text: said

text: It

text: of

text: course

text: was

text: a

text: heinous

text: act

text: and

text: it

text: 's

text: an

text: act

text: for

text: which

text: he

text: 's

text: sorry

text: and

text: has

text: accepted

text: responsibility

text: Shamansky

text: said

text: of

text: the

text: dog

text: killings

text: He

text: 's

text: been

text: punished

text: appropriately

text: and

text: I

text: think

text: it

text: 's

text: now

text: time

text: for

text: the

text: public

text: to

text: practice

text: what

text: they

text: preach

text: and

text: show

text: a

text: little

text: forgiveness

text: and

text: mercy

text: Maybe

text: that

text: might

text: be

text: a

text: novel

text: approach

question: Where was the firehouse?

answer: Columbus, Ohio,

text: Columbus, Ohio,

question: Does he still have  a job?

answer: may lose his

text: may lose his

question: How many days is Santuomo's jail sentence?

answer: 90

question: Where did Santuomo dump the carcasses?

answer: in a trash bin behind Firehouse 27,

text: in a trash bin behind Firehouse 27,

question: What did the firefighter do to his dogs?

answer: shooting

text: shooting