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(AOL Autos) -- Regular readers of AOL Autos know that we have done a series of stories on the development and increasing popularity of cars that run -- or will eventually run -- on alternative fuels.

The mandatory use of CNG in public service vehicles began in New Delhi, India in 2000.

We've written about hybrids, clean-diesel engines, fuel-cell technology, ethanol and more.

That brings us to another entry in the auto industry's ongoing research and development of green-technology: compressed natural gas (CNG). Scientists are trying to determine which alternative fuel will best strike a balance between being environmentally friendly and commercial viability.

CNG might be the answer.

Vehicles running on CNG have actually been around since the early 1990s, but have not been a dominant force in the marketplace mostly because the infrastructure (i.e. re-fueling stations) is not yet in place to support high-volume sales of CNG-powered cars. Presently, there are only about 1,600 CNG refueling stations in the U.S, compared with up to 200,000 gas stations.

Currently there is only one CNG-powered model sold on the consumer market that is actually manufactured as a CNG-powered car. That's the Honda Civic GX, which boasts an EPA-estimated fuel economy of 24/36 miles per gasoline-gallon equivalent. AOL Autos: Best hybrids

Rich Kolodziej, president of Natural Gas Vehicles for America said there are other natural-gas-powered vehicles on the road -- about 130,000, he estimates -- but that the vast majority of those are part of commercial or transit fleets or have been converted from gasoline-powered cars.

"They're mostly fleet vehicles, like transit buses, delivery trucks, and the fleets maintained by the gas company, the electric company, etc," he said.

"We don't have hard figures about conversions, but I'd bet that about 25 percent of those 130,000 were once gasoline-powered vehicles that have been converted to CNG vehicles," Kolodziej said. "There are a growing number of companies making certified conversion systems and installing them."

NGVAmerica maintains a list of certified conversion systems on its Web site: www.ngvc.org. AOL Autos: Fuel-efficient used cars

Some of those 130,000 are also natural-gas-powered vehicles manufactured and sold by Ford, Chrysler and GM back in the early '90s, he says -- back when the U.S. manufacturers were still in the business of making CNG-powered cars. But we'll get back to that later.

But with the price of gasoline currently averaging over $4 a gallon nationally, Kolodziej predicts there will be more and more demand for CNG-powered vehicles like the Civic GX.

"I went to a conference a couple of months ago, and every manufacturer we talked to said that their phones were ringing off the hook, from people who are saying they'd be interested in buying a CNG-powered car," Kolodziej said. "And there are more and more people and companies who want to get into the conversion business." AOL Autos: Hybrid SUVs

The cost of conversions varies by the type of vehicle, Kolodziej noted. "But most cost in the $10,000 range. Most conversion systems are certified for Ford and GM models, among others," he said.

On the financial side, natural gas is about 30 percent less expensive than gasoline when it is purchased at a refueling station. It's about 50 percent less expensive when you fill 'er up at home, via home refueling appliance that tap into your natural gas line, Kolodziej said. Owners of the Honda Civic GX in New York and California who have natural gas piped into their homes can purchase the "Phill" re-fueling system for about $3,500.

This Phill system can be used whether your CNG vehicle was manufactured that way or converted, he said. AOL Autos: Luxury cars with best gas mileage

"The Phill is about the size of a pay phone, and you hang it on the garage wall, and vent it like a dryer and plug it into a gas line and also into an electric socket," Kolodziej explained.

The primary environmental benefit of a CNG car is that it produces 90 percent fewer smog-forming pollutants (oxides of nitrogen), compared to the output of a conventional gas engine, said Steve Ellis, manager of alternative fuels for American Honda Motor Co.

The Civic GX has reaped many environmental awards. This year, it was named by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) as the "greenest vehicle in the nation -- for the fifth consecutive year." The GX, which was first introduced in 1998, has the cleanest internal combustion certified by the EPA, Ellis noted. AOL Autos: Most-popular fuel-efficient cars

The Civic GX is not a high-volume vehicle in terms of sales. Ellis said annual sales have fluctuated between 500 to 1000 units a year since it was rolled out, with sales of 1,100 units last year. He expects that to go up in 2008. For comparison purposes, about 40,000 Honda Civic Hybrids were sold last year, with sales of 48,000 anticipated for this year.

Most of the sales of the Civic GX are concentrated in southern California, followed by Phoenix and Salt Lake City -- primarily because those markets are where many of the 1,600 re-fueling stations are presently located.

"As the infrastructure builds up, we'll sell more of them in other markets," Ellis predicted. "Right now, this is a car that people use regionally. If you live here in Los Angeles, you can drive to Las Vegas and back and not worry about being able to find a refueling station.

As for cost, the GX natural-gas vehicle is priced at about $24,500, compared to $17,000 for a comparably-equipped Civic LX, Ellis said -- except that buyers get a $4,000 tax credit on the purchase of the GX. And until recently, California buyers got an additional $3,000 rebate from the California Air Resources Board. "But the program was so popular, they are out of funds, and looking to add more money to the coffer so they can continue with the rebates," Ellis said.

"But people who buy a Civic GX, when we ask them about the math, in term of comparing those two Civics, they sort of give us blank stares," Ellis continued. "Most of these folks who are buying the GX are trying to get out of having to commute to work every day in a pick-up truck, SUV or even a passenger car that's only getting 15 or 20 miles a gallon. And they're also the same kind of people who've said they'd pay $25 or $50 a week to be able to drive in the car-pool lane."

Interestingly, many of the automakers, like Volkswagen, Mercedes, Fiat, GM Opel, Ford Europe, Peugeot and Renault, do produce CNG-powered vehicles for other countries, said NGVAmerica's Kolodziej, who noted that "about 1.5 million of the natural gas vehicles have been sold in Brazil, another 1.5 million in Argentina, another 1.5 million in Pakistan, and so on."

And, once upon a time, in the early '90s, U.S. automakers did sell CNG vehicles in the United States. "But the federal government kept adding more loopholes to the energy policy that was supposed to encourage the increased manufacture and sales of CNG vehicles," Kolodziej said. "Then the government opted not to expand the coverage of the program the way the law allowed -- or the way the automakers expected. Without that demand pull, the U.S. automakers didn't believe they could sell enough of them here."

"U.S. automakers zigged when they probably should have zagged" added Ellis of American Honda. "They turned their backs on CNG and began to focus on bio-fuels."

But, noted Ellis, "We're definitely keeping our stake in the CNG business, because we know we can add it to other platforms. We used to think of the Civic GX as 'The Little Engine That Could' -- you know, saying, 'I think I can, I think I can' in terms of becoming more commercially viable.

"But, with gas prices going up and up, now we're thinking more along the lines of 'I know I can, I know I can.' And more and more people are genuinely interested in going more green because of the environmental impact," he said. "A lot of people got into the hybrids, and then, after a while, began to ask, 'How can I do more?' And they're looking to natural-gas-powered cars as the answer to that.

"So, we're in this for the long haul," noted Ellis, who said the company is definitely looking to do bigger business and make a profit from the GX. "Now, it's just a matter of society continuing to change, and to continue to become more environmentally-minded. As they do, we think there will be increasing interest in CNG, and we'll see a shift in emphasis toward CNG and away from bio-fuels."

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text: about

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text: of

text: those

text: were

text: once

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text: converted

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text: CNG

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text: Kolodziej

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text: the

text: U.S.

text: manufacturers

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text: still

text: in

text: the

text: business

text: of

text: making

text: CNG

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text: cars

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text: back

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text: that

text: later

text: But

text: with

text: the

text: price

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text: gasoline

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text: over

text: a

text: gallon

text: nationally

text: Kolodziej

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text: will

text: be

text: more

text: and

text: more

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text: CNG

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text: conference

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text: every

text: manufacturer

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text: said

text: that

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text: home

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text: natural

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text: Owners

text: of

text: the

text: Honda

text: Civic

text: GX

text: in

text: New

text: York

text: and

text: California

text: who

text: have

text: natural

text: gas

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text: can

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text: the

text: Phill

text: re

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text: Phill

text: system

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text: size

text: of

text: a

text: pay

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text: and

text: you

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text: it

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text: the

text: garage

text: wall

text: and

text: vent

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text: a

text: dryer

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text: plug

text: it

text: into

text: a

text: gas

text: line

text: and

text: also

text: into

text: an

text: electric

text: socket

text: Kolodziej

text: explained

text: The

text: primary

text: environmental

text: benefit

text: of

text: a

text: CNG

text: car

text: is

text: that

text: it

text: produces

text: percent

text: fewer

text: smog

text: forming

text: pollutants

text: oxides

text: of

text: nitrogen

text: compared

text: to

text: the

text: output

text: of

text: a

text: conventional

text: gas

text: engine

text: said

text: Steve

text: Ellis

text: manager

text: of

text: alternative

text: fuels

text: for

text: American

text: Honda

text: Motor

text: Co.

text: The

text: Civic

text: GX

text: has

text: reaped

text: many

text: environmental

text: awards

text: This

text: year

text: it

text: was

text: named

text: by

text: the

text: American

text: Council

text: for

text: an

text: Energy

text: Efficient

text: Economy

text: ACEEE

text: as

text: the

text: greenest

text: vehicle

text: in

text: the

text: nation

text: for

text: the

text: fifth

text: consecutive

text: year

text: The

text: GX

text: which

text: was

text: first

text: introduced

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text: cleanest

text: internal

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text: the

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text: Ellis

text: noted

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text: terms

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text: sales

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text: sales

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text: to

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text: anticipated

text: for

text: this

text: year

text: Most

text: of

text: the

text: sales

text: of

text: the

text: Civic

text: GX

text: are

text: concentrated

text: in

text: southern

text: California

text: followed

text: by

text: Phoenix

text: and

text: Salt

text: Lake

text: City

text: primarily

text: because

text: those

text: markets

text: are

text: where

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: re

text: fueling

text: stations

text: are

text: presently

text: located

text: As

text: the

text: infrastructure

text: builds

text: up

text: we

text: 'll

text: sell

text: more

text: of

text: them

text: in

text: other

text: markets

text: Ellis

text: predicted

text: Right

text: now

text: this

text: is

text: a

text: car

text: that

text: people

text: use

text: regionally

text: If

text: you

text: live

text: here

text: in

text: Los

text: Angeles

text: you

text: can

text: drive

text: to

text: Las

text: Vegas

text: and

text: back

text: and

text: not

text: worry

text: about

text: being

text: able

text: to

text: find

text: a

text: refueling

text: station

text: As

text: for

text: cost

text: the

text: GX

text: natural

text: gas

text: vehicle

text: is

text: priced

text: at

text: about

text: compared

text: to

text: for

text: a

text: comparably

text: equipped

text: Civic

text: LX

text: Ellis

text: said

text: except

text: that

text: buyers

text: get

text: a

text: tax

text: credit

text: on

text: the

text: purchase

text: of

text: the

text: GX

text: And

text: until

text: recently

text: California

text: buyers

text: got

text: an

text: additional

text: rebate

text: from

text: the

text: California

text: Air

text: Resources

text: Board

text: But

text: the

text: program

text: was

text: so

text: popular

text: they

text: are

text: out

text: of

text: funds

text: and

text: looking

text: to

text: add

text: more

text: money

text: to

text: the

text: coffer

text: so

text: they

text: can

text: continue

text: with

text: the

text: rebates

text: Ellis

text: said

text: But

text: people

text: who

text: buy

text: a

text: Civic

text: GX

text: when

text: we

text: ask

text: them

text: about

text: the

text: math

text: in

text: term

text: of

text: comparing

text: those

text: two

text: Civics

text: they

text: sort

text: of

text: give

text: us

text: blank

text: stares

text: Ellis

text: continued

text: Most

text: of

text: these

text: folks

text: who

text: are

text: buying

text: the

text: GX

text: are

text: trying

text: to

text: get

text: out

text: of

text: having

text: to

text: commute

text: to

text: work

text: every

text: day

text: in

text: a

text: pick

text: up

text: truck

text: SUV

text: or

text: even

text: a

text: passenger

text: car

text: that

text: 's

text: only

text: getting

text: or

text: miles

text: a

text: gallon

text: And

text: they

text: 're

text: also

text: the

text: same

text: kind

text: of

text: people

text: who

text: 've

text: said

text: they

text: 'd

text: pay

text: or

text: a

text: week

text: to

text: be

text: able

text: to

text: drive

text: in

text: the

text: car

text: pool

text: lane

text: Interestingly

text: many

text: of

text: the

text: automakers

text: like

text: Volkswagen

text: Mercedes

text: Fiat

text: GM

text: Opel

text: Ford

text: Europe

text: Peugeot

text: and

text: Renault

text: do

text: produce

text: CNG

text: powered

text: vehicles

text: for

text: other

text: countries

text: said

text: NGVAmerica

text: 's

text: Kolodziej

text: who

text: noted

text: that

text: about

text: million

text: of

text: the

text: natural

text: gas

text: vehicles

text: have

text: been

text: sold

text: in

text: Brazil

text: another

text: million

text: in

text: Argentina

text: another

text: million

text: in

text: Pakistan

text: and

text: so

text: on

text: And

text: once

text: upon

text: a

text: time

text: in

text: the

text: early

text: U.S.

text: automakers

text: did

text: sell

text: CNG

text: vehicles

text: in

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: But

text: the

text: federal

text: government

text: kept

text: adding

text: more

text: loopholes

text: to

text: the

text: energy

text: policy

text: that

text: was

text: supposed

text: to

text: encourage

text: the

text: increased

text: manufacture

text: and

text: sales

text: of

text: CNG

text: vehicles

text: Kolodziej

text: said

text: Then

text: the

text: government

text: opted

text: not

text: to

text: expand

text: the

text: coverage

text: of

text: the

text: program

text: the

text: way

text: the

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(CNN) -- California corrections officials released a startling new prison mug shot of Grammy-winning music legend Phil Spector, convicted last month of second-degree murder and serving 19 years to life in prison.

Phil Spector's prison mug shot, taken June 5, shows him without a hairpiece.

Spector, 69, is being held at North Kern State Prison, where he is being evaluated before receiving a permanent prison assignment, corrections spokesman Gordon Hinkle said. The process could take up to 70 days.

The mug shot, which shows a bald-pated Spector, was taken on June 5 as part of the routine intake process.

California prison inmates are not permitted to wear wigs under Title 15, Article 5, Section 3062 of the state's prison regulations, which addresses inmate hygiene. Corrections officials also are concerned that wigs can be used to hide contraband.

A judge in Los Angeles sentenced Spector last month to the maximum sentence for second-degree murder in the February 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson.

Spector, 69, won't be eligible for parole until he is 88 years old.

Clarkson, 40, was found dead, slumped in a chair in the foyer of Spector's Alhambra mansion with a gunshot wound through the roof of her mouth.  View a timeline of the case Â»

Spector's retrial began in October and ended in April. It took jurors 30 hours to convict him.

His first murder trial in 2007 ended in a mistrial when the jury deadlocked 10 to 2 in favor of conviction after 15 days of deliberations.

Clarkson starred in the 1985 B-movie "Barbarian Queen" and appeared in many other films, including "Deathstalker," "Blind Date," "Scarface," "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" and the spoof "Amazon Women on the Moon." She was working as a VIP hostess at Hollywood's House of Blues at the time of her death.

At both trials, Spector's attorneys argued Clarkson was depressed over a recent breakup and her flagging Hollywood career. They said she grabbed a .38-caliber pistol and killed herself while at Spector's home.

But prosecution witnesses painted Spector as a gun-toting menace. Five women took the stand and testified he threatened them with firearms. His driver testified he heard a loud noise and saw Spector leave the home, pistol in hand, saying, "I think I killed somebody."

Spector's professional trademark was the "Wall of Sound," the layering of instrumental tracks and percussion that underpinned a string of hits on his Philles label, named for Spector and his business partner, Lester Sill, in the early 1960s.

CNN's Alan Duke contributed to this story.

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(CNN)  -- The recession means competition in pro football this year isn't restricted to the gridiron. The National Football League and its 32 teams also are battling for the consumer's discretionary spending dollars.

Less-established NFL teams, such as the Jacksonville Jaguars, face special challenges in the recession.

And just like on the playing field, some teams are having an easier time scoring an economic touchdown than others.

"Overall ticket sales are very positive but difficult in these challenging times," NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in a statement. He did not provide overall ticket sales numbers for the current season.

The league is coming off a year that saw overall attendance drop slightly, 0.7 percent, from 2007 amid the start of the economic slowdown.

Bill Prescott, a Jacksonville Jaguars vice president and the team's chief financial officer, said the team started to see the impact of the recession last year, when single-game ticket sales and concession revenue dropped as the season progressed. Heading into this season, he said, sales are off even more than the team expected -- new ticket sales are down 75 percent from last year and season ticket renewals are down 10 percent.

No Jaguar games are sold out, despite a recent survey by The Media Audit that found 76 percent of adults in Jacksonville, Florida, regularly follow the Jaguars -- the fifth-best percentage of any NFL market.

"The economy is having that impact on us," Prescott said. "As a very small market, I think we're feeling it more than some of the other teams in the league."

The Minnesota Vikings also have yet to sell out any of their games, though the team expects that could change with the recent high-profile signing of quarterback Brett Favre. Within a day of Favre's signing, the Vikings had sold an additional 3,000 season tickets and 10,000 single-game tickets.

"The economy's affecting all professional sports teams," said Steve LaCroix, the Vikings' vice president of sales and marketing. "We're not only competing for people's time and money, but trying to keep the fans in the stadium on game day as opposed to watching on TV."

LaCroix said there weren't a large number of cancellations in season ticket holder accounts. However, some fans did trim down the number of seats in their respective accounts. LaCroix added some are coming back on board as the season approaches.

The Cincinnati Bengals are getting nationwide exposure through the HBO reality series "Hard Knocks," which chronicles the team's training camp and preparation for the upcoming season. However, the Bengals' streak of 44 straight sellouts, a franchise record, is at risk, according to spokesman Jim Brennan. The Bengals' September 13 home opener against Denver is not sold out yet.

Some teams, however, are more than holding their own as far as ticket sales go despite the nation's fiscal woes. The Denver Broncos are sold out for the 40th straight year -- dating back to the first game of the 1970 season, according to spokesman Jim Saccomano. And Chicago Bears spokesman Scott Hagel says the team is sold out for the 25th straight season. He adds the season ticket renewal rate is well over 90 percent, on par with the prior decade.

According to league spokesman McCarthy, 24 of the NFL's 32 teams did not raise ticket prices from last year. One of the teams that did is the Indianapolis Colts, which bumped up the cost of 10 percent of its season ticket holder seats, according to team spokesman Craig Kelley. All games are sold out. Two factors working in the Colts' favor -- they have a new stadium that opened last season and the team has been a perennial contender for the past decade.

In order to try and offset the impact the economy has on the game, McCarthy said teams have created more options and flexibility for fans in order to help them afford tickets. Among those options are half-season ticket plans, such as the ones offered by the Jaguars and the New York Jets.

"We knew some season ticket holders because of the economy wouldn't be able to afford to come to all 10 games (including the preseason)," said the Jaguars' Prescott. The half-season plan has been very popular, he said. "We wanted to make as many products available to them whether they could come to one game, two games or with the half package we've bundled five games in each package so they can come for half a season." Prescott said the team is also considering introducing a package where fans can purchase tickets for a few games of their choice.

David Carter, executive director of the USC Sports Business Institute, thinks the best way for teams to limit the recession's impact on ticket sales is to offer exemplary customer service.

"These fans need to feel as though they're having a great time and they're getting value for their money," said Carter. "If they're able to do that, they will justify continuing to spend on the NFL, because every game matters. They want to be part of the continuity of the NFL season."

Carter believes the league has to fight the recession on two fronts. He says the first is the pricing of seats to everyday fans -- especially those in markets where the demand isn't as keen as the NFL would like. The second challenge is corporate resistance.

"You have those that have traditionally purchased seats or acquired sponsorships taking a long look at whether they want to be involved this year or not, and a lot of corporate budgets are already in bed for the rest of the year," explained Carter.

Still, Carter believes the NFL may be well-equipped to weather the economic storm, thanks in large part to timing.

"There's a general feel that things are picking up in the economy, and I think that's going to bode well for them over time. They may have survived this downturn a little better than the other leagues."

Matt Gonter has been a Washington Redskins season ticket holder for the past five years. He said he briefly considered whether to cancel his subscription heading into this year but decided against it -- citing the team's long waiting list to get season tickets.

"I swore to myself if I ever got Redskins season tickets, I'd do everything in my power to keep them," Gonter said.

However, he did turn down an option to upgrade to different seats and a parking pass, saying he would have considered it in years past but not under the current economic climate. He also might sell his tickets for certain games online.

"I'm thinking of going on StubHub and selling a couple of tickets. I eat so much of the cost for the preseason tickets, because you have to pay full price for those," Gonter said. One ticket for an NFL game this year on the secondary ticket seller goes for an average of $151, compared with $156 at this time a year ago.

Four-year Cleveland Browns season ticket holder Zeke Paster held on to his subscription and plans to make cutbacks instead when it comes to concessions and tailgating costs. However, he may get rid of some of his tickets before the season is over.

"If they're not doing well, I would maybe try to sell the tickets for some of the cold weather games," Paster said.

Paster and Gonter admit surrendering their season ticket packages for good would be a painful decision.

"The atmosphere is unmatched," Paster said. "There's nothing like being in the stadium or in the parking lot when the Browns are doing well."

Gonter says the camaraderie is worth the cost.

"I just like the experience of sitting in the parking lot under a tent, tailgating, drinking beer and then going to the game and having a good time watching the Redskins."

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question: The NFL's best weapon would be exemplary what?

answer: customer service.

text: customer service.

question: For whom were ticket sales off more than expected?

answer: Jacksonville Jaguars

text: Jacksonville Jaguars

question: Who is also looking to score more sales?

answer: Minnesota Vikings

text: Minnesota Vikings

question: Ticket sales were off more than expected for which team?

answer: Jacksonville Jaguars

text: Jacksonville Jaguars


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BEIJING, China (CNN) -- An executive of the Chinese dairy company Sanlu Group pleaded guilty Wednesday over her role in the contaminated milk scandal that sickened nearly 300,000 infants, state-run media reported.

A salesgirl arranges powdered milk in China's Sichuan province in September.

Tian Wenhua, Sanlu's former board chairwoman and general manager, and three other executives are on trial for producing and selling fake or substandard products, according to Xinhua news agency.

Wenhua, 66, pleaded guilty on the first day of the trial at a court in Shijiazhuang, the capital of northern Hebei Province, Xinhua reported. She told the court that she first received tainted milk complaints from consumers in mid-May -- four months before the issue became widely known -- according to the report.

Wenhua led a working team to investigate the claims, Xinhua reported.

The three other executives are former deputy general managers Wang Yuliang and Hang Zhiqi, and Wu Jusheng, a former executive heading Sanlu's milk division.

Chinese investigators found melamine in nearly 70 milk products from more than 20 companies, according to quality control official Li Changjiang, who was eventually forced to resign.

The Ministry of Health has said the contamination likely caused the deaths of at least six babies. Another 294,000 infants suffered from urinary problems, such as kidney stones.

The tainted formula came to light in September after babies who were fed milk powder produced by the Sanlu Group, which recently filed for bankruptcy, had developed kidney stones.

Melamine is commonly used in coatings and laminates, wood adhesives, fabric coatings, ceiling tiles and flame retardants. Some Chinese dairy plants added the chemical to milk products so they would appear to have a higher protein level.

Prior to the four Sanlu executives, at least eight people stood trial over charges of producing, adding melamine-laced "protein powder" to milk or selling the tainted milk to Sanlu or other dairies.

Victims of tainted baby formula are expected to be compensated by the 22 Chinese dairy producers that made the milk.

"The enterprises offered to shoulder the compensation liability," the country's Dairy Industry Association said Saturday, according to Xinhua. "By doing so, they hope to earn understanding and forgiveness of the families of the sickened children."

The group said victims will receive a one-off cash payment, but did not provide the amounts, according to Xinhua.

"The money for compensation is in place now and will soon be handed to the people who have custody of the sickened children through various channels," the association said.

No date for the payments was given. The dairies also raised money to cover medical bills for any after-effects suffered as a result of the poisoning, the association said.

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question: What are executives accused of?

answer: producing and selling fake or substandard products,

text: producing and selling fake or substandard products,

question: What did the babies develop?

answer: 294,000 infants suffered from urinary problems, such as kidney stones.

text: 294,000 infants suffered from urinary problems, such as kidney stones.

question: What were four sanlu executives accused of?

answer: for producing and selling fake or substandard products,

text: for producing and selling fake or substandard products,

question: What did Wenhua do?

answer: producing and selling fake or substandard products,

text: producing and selling fake or substandard products,

question: Who pled guilty?

answer: Tian Wenhua,

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question: What did babies get from tainted milk?

answer: urinary problems, such as kidney stones.

text: urinary problems, such as kidney stones.

question: How many executives are accused?

answer: three

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question: What does Tian Wenhua plead?

answer: guilty

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question: What happened to the babies fed milk powder?

answer: the contamination likely caused the deaths of at least six

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Mecca, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- Chanting "Allahu Akbar" -- God is Greater than any -- more than 2 million pilgrims crossed new pedestrian bridges Saturday to perform one of the last rituals of the Hajj season.

Jamarat is a re-enactment of an event when Prophet Abraham stoned the devil and rejected his temptations, according to Muslim traditions.

The ritual stoning of three pillars, which occurs in the tent city of Mina -- about two miles from Mecca, was the scene of stampedes and many deaths in the 1980s and 1990s as pilgrims passed a crowded bottleneck area leading to the small pillars on the ground.

But this year the Saudi government completed a new project that avoids past congestion at the site. The government has erected three massive pillars and completed a $1.2 billion, five-story bridge nearby where pilgrims can toss stones. Authorities and pilgrims say it's a roomier atmosphere and more efficient way to accommodate the faithful.

"Everything went fine so far," Col. Khakled Qarar Mohammadi, head of the emergency forces at Jamarat, told CNN.

"It is an immense responsibility that we had to deal with. About 3 million pilgrims move in a small geographic area at the same time wanting to do the same ritual. So we have been preparing for this for years now."

Irtiza Hasan, a pilgrim from the United States, said all went well at the ceremony.

"The only incident I saw was that there were some handicapped women who were turned away in fears that they get hurt."

But Mohammadi said, "There are 10 vans on the second floor especially designated to serve the elderly and handicapped. Each van can take up to 14 pilgrims."

As a measure to alleviate harm, according to Muslim traditions, the elderly and the handicapped can appoint someone else to stone for them.

The five-story Jamarat bridge is air-conditioned at 19 degrees Centigrade, or 66 Fahrenheit, throughout the day and backed by water sprinklers that can reduce the temperature to about 29 degrees C, or 84 F. The bridge is designed to allow the addition of seven more levels to hold as many as 5 million pilgrims in the future if the need arises.

According to authorities, the bridge is 950 meters (1,039 yards) long and 80 meters (87 yards) wide. Each floor is 12 meters (13 yards) high with three tunnels and 12 entrances and 12 exits in six directions. It has a helicopter pad for emergencies.

According to Mohammadi, the project has 509 advanced closed-circuit television cameras monitoring pilgrims' movements. Those cameras feed into the main operations room, which oversees the Jamarat Bridge and the surrounding areas -- all screened by dozens of security officers on 72 monitors at the operation room.

The stoning ritual is done over at least two days, where pilgrims stone three pillars at Mina -- believed to be where the Prophet Abraham stoned the devil when he tried to dissuade him from obeying God's orders to slaughter his son. According to tradition, the event was a test from God, who gave Abraham a ram to slaughter instead.

The last ritual that marks the end of Hajj is when pilgrims go from Mina to Mecca to make a last visit to al-Masjid al-Haram, Islam's holiest site, before going back home.

The ritual is called Tawaf al-Wada'a -- or farewell circumambulation in the holy mosque. It's where pilgrims go around the black cube seven times counter-clockwise asking that their Lord accept their pilgrimage and grant them another visit to the holy city.

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question: what caused the stampede

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question: How many pillars were instructed?

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question: Which religon were they ?

answer: Muslim

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question: What were they stoning ?

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question: How long is the bridge?

answer: 950 meters (1,039 yards)

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question: What does Jamarat re-enact?

answer: an event when Prophet Abraham stoned the devil and rejected his temptations,

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question: What had been constructed ?

answer: three massive pillars and completed a $1.2 billion, five-story bridge

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