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(CNN)  -- After nearly 150 years in business, the Rocky Mountain News published its final edition Friday, the victim of a bad economy and the Internet generation.

The Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado, published its last edition Friday after 150 years.

The final front-page headline simply says: "Goodbye, Colorado."

"It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to you today. Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado, the nation and the world, is over."

The Rocky Mountain News' owner, E.W. Scripps Co., made the announcement to the newsroom at noon Thursday, ending three months of speculation and drama over its fate. The News had been put up for sale in December.

The Rocky Mountain News was the latest victim in an era of shutdowns, layoffs and cutbacks plaguing the newspaper industry.

"It's in a free fall and nobody knows where the bottom is. It's kind of like water in the toilet swirling around and nobody knows what's left when you're done flushing," media critic Eric Alterman said.  Watch how the economy and Internet are taking a toll on the industry Â»

Newspapers across the country are under pressure as readership declines, along with advertising revenue, while more and more Americans get their information online.

"All newspapers are under great pressure. They'll survive, but they'll survive in different forms, their costs base will have to be dramatically lowered," said Mort Zuckerman, publisher of the New York Daily News, which has the seventh highest circulation in the country.

The dramatic decline in advertising dollars in a brutal economy has forced newspapers to cut costs by firing cartoonists, columnists and others, leaving them searching for jobs in a struggling industry.

Pia Catton lost her job as arts editor of the New York Sun five months ago, when the newspaper closed. She has taken a short-term job editing a book, but she thinks she may need to look at different careers soon.

"There will always be a market for news, you will always need to know immediately what's happening. Will there be a market for newspapers? That's another question," she said.

The Rocky Mountain News had more than 200 editorial employees, according to the Columbia Journalism Review's Web site.

Rich Boehne, chief executive officer of Scripps, told employees the newspaper was the victim of a terrible economy, an upheaval in the newspaper industry and multimillion-dollar annual losses.

"Denver can't support two newspapers any longer," Boehne said. "It's certainly not good news for you, and it's certainly not good news for Denver."

The News has been in a joint operating agreement with The Denver Post since 2001, which combined the papers' business operations in an effort to save money, but left the editorial departments separate.

The News' closure leaves Denver with one major newspaper, like most American cities.

"We've been, sort of, hanging on the edge for so long," said Mel Pompanio, a presentation editor for the paper. "What a huge loss for Colorado today."

This week, the San Francisco Chronicle announced it was in danger of being sold or closed if it doesn't stop losing millions. Officials from the Hearst Corp., owners of the Chronicle, said the paper lost $50 million in 2008 and is on pace to lose more this year.

"It's difficult. It's hard," Lynn Bartels, a political reporter and 26-year employee for Scripps, said of the News' closing. "I haven't returned any phone calls yet, because I don't need to be reporting and crying at the same time. I've done that enough."

Long faces dominated the newsroom in video posted on the paper's Web site. A few sobs could be heard, too, as the announcement of the closing began to sink in among employees.

"I could say stupid things like 'I know how you feel.' I don't," Boehne said. "We are just deeply sorry. I hope you will accept that."

CNN's Richard Roth contributed to this report.

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LAWRENCE, Kansas (CNN) -- It started with a sore throat. Then her chest was burning.

Arielle Spiridigliozzi is one of 350 students who have contracted H1N1 at the University of Kansas.

University of Kansas freshman Arielle Spiridigliozzi said she thought her symptoms were signs of allergies, or maybe even a sinus infection.

It couldn't be H1N1, she thought.

But it was.

"I mean, I'd never, ever guessed that coming into freshman year I would get the friggin' swine flu," Spiridigliozzi said.

Now she accessorizes her royal blue T-shirt with a mask.

A stuffy nose, body aches, fever and coughing make up the litany of symptoms, Spiridigliozzi, 18, and her roommate, Kaitlyn Perry, 18, said they have suffered.

For more than a day, the girls have been stuck in their suite, on what they call "lockdown."  Watch more about life on "lockdown" Â»

University officials have asked the girls to stay in their dorm suite to limit exposure to other students. The school provides door-to-door delivery from the campus dining hall, giving the girls one less reason to have to leave their immediate four walls.

Spiridigliozzi has abided by the the university's request, worried that she could infect another. But she doesn't understand how she ended up in this situation in the first place.

"We took all the necessary precautions. Like, we really did. It wasn't like I was licking the handlebars of the bus or anything," she said. "I was hand sanitizing. I was being very careful. I don't know how this happened."

But she only has to look to her roommates for an answer, as illness has rapidly made its way through her suite.

When Perry became ill it struck her suddenly. While shopping, she came down with a fever and started feeling like she didn't have the strength to stand, she said.

Perry's flu hasn't been confirmed as an H1N1 strain, but a third roommate, the first to get sick, they said, was diagnosed with H1N1. Then a fourth roommate got sick, illustrative of a spreading flu pattern the girls said is obvious from the empty seats in classes.

The university estimates about 340 students, or 1 percent of the student body, have flu they suspect is H1N1, said Patricia Denning, medical chief of staff at Watkins Health Center. The number of cases could be higher if students were not seeking care from campus doctors and nurses, she added. She said she has not heard of any students being hospitalized because of the flu.

Vaccines are unlikely to help much this year, because supplies are not expected until late October and require about five weeks from the first inoculation -- two are required -- before they become effective.

So, to make life easier for the sick, the school's medical center has distributed what it calls a "flu kit," which includes a mask and a home-care instruction sheet, Denning said.

The tip sheet borrows from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's information on H1N1. It says to drink lots of fluids, eat three small meals a day and get plenty of rest, Denning said.

"And so it just goes through simple common-sense things that we all know we need to do that sometimes, when mothers and dads aren't around to remind them, this will help remind them," she said.

Spiridigliozzi and Perry will get to wander outdoors again once their fevers have dissipated for at least 24 hours without the aid of fever-reducing medications, they said. They are eager to get back to their normal lives.

Spiridigliozzi is tired of the soup and Jell-O, and Perry looks forward to playing Frisbee again.

"So boring" is how Spiridigliozzi described their isolation.

With all this free time, at least the freshmen -- on campus for only two weeks -- aren't falling too far behind in their school work.

"I got all my homework done," Perry said.

"Yeah, I've gotten all my homework done for the next two weeks, probably," added Spiridigliozzi.

CNN's John Bonifield contributed to this report.

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(CNN) -- Two Florida school administrators face contempt charges and possible prison time for saying a prayer at a school luncheon.

Pace High School enacted a decree in January banning officials from promoting religion at school events.

Frank Lay, principal of Pace High School, and Athletic Director Robert Freeman are accused of violating a consent decree banning employees of Santa Rosa County schools from endorsing religion.

They face a non-jury trial September 17 before U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers. The statute under which they are charged carries a maximum penalty of up to six months in prison, subject to sentencing guidelines.

Attorneys defending Lay and Freeman call it outrageous that the two are being prosecuted for "a simple prayer." But the American Civil Liberties Union, whose lawsuit led to the consent decree, maintains that students have a right to be free from administrators foisting their religious beliefs on them.

Still, an ACLU representative said the organization never suggested that people should go to jail for violating the decree.  Watch why lawyer thinks men did nothing wrong Â»

The ACLU filed suit last year against the district on behalf of two Pace students who alleged that "school officials regularly promoted religion and led prayers at school events," according to an ACLU statement.

Both parties approved the consent decree put in place January 9, under which district and school officials are "permanently prohibited from promoting, advancing, endorsing, participating in or causing prayers during or in conjunction with school events," the ACLU said.

Lay was a party in the initial lawsuit, and his attorney was among those approving the consent decree, according to the organization. In addition, the court required that all district employees receive a copy.

On January 28, "Lay asked Freeman to offer a prayer of blessing during a school-day luncheon for the dedication of a new fieldhouse at Pace High School," according to court documents. "Freeman complied with the request and offered the prayer at the event. It appears this was a school-sponsored event attended by students, faculty and community members."

Attorneys from Liberty Counsel, a conservative legal group helping defend Lay and Freeman, said in a written statement that attendees included booster club members and other adults who helped the field house project, all "consenting adults."

In a February 4 letter to district Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick in which Lay acknowledged the incident, he said that although past football booster club members "and other adults associated with the school system" were at the luncheon, culinary class students were in charge of food preparation and serving.

Lay wrote that he asked Freeman to bless the food "for the adults. ... I take full responsibility for this action. My actions were overt and not meant to circumvent any court order or constitutional mandate."

In response, Wyrosdick noted in a letter to Lay that in a meeting, the principal had admitted that "you are, and were at the date of this incident, aware of the court injunction and aware that this type of action is not permissible under the injunction."

Wyrosdick recounted telling Lay that the prayer was not appropriate.

"This note is to share with you written instructions to avoid this type of action," the superintendent said. Both letters are in the public court file.

"It is a sad day in America when school officials are criminally prosecuted for a prayer over a meal," said Mathew Staver, founder of Liberty Counsel and dean of the law school at Liberty University, founded by the late Rev. Jerry Falwell. "It is outrageous and an offense to the First Amendment to punish a school official for a simple prayer."

Liberty Counsel said it is challenging the consent decree, maintaining that it "unconstitutionally infringes on the rights of teachers, administrators and students."

The ACLU, according to the Liberty Counsel statement, has begun "to go against individual employees." The organization said that neither man "willfully violated any orders of the court."

"We're not going after individuals," said Glenn Katon, director of the Religious Freedom Project for the ACLU of Florida. "We're just trying to make sure that school employees comply with the court order."

The ACLU did not request the criminal contempt charges against Lay and Freeman, he said; the judge initiated them after seeing a reference to the incident in a motion. And the ACLU is not involved in the criminal proceedings, he said.

"We certainly never suggested that anyone go to jail," Katon said.

Lay is not facing jail time for praying, he said, but for violating a court order.

"The moral of this story is, for us, this is about the students' right to be free from teachers and school administrators thrusting upon the students their religious beliefs," Katon said. "They keep talking about the religious rights of the administrators, but the administrators and the principals don't have any right to trumpet their religious beliefs in a school setting."

Neither Lay nor Freeman has been placed on leave, according to the school district.

Pace is about 10 miles north of Pensacola, Florida.

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ESTERO, Florida (CNN)   -- Alana and Joe Consolo should have had the excitement of a young couple enjoying their first house, but the South Florida pair was walking through it recently with a healthy dose of fear.

Alana and Joe Consolo tour their Florida house after it was gutted because of concerns about the drywall.

They've been caught in a maelstrom of headline news events that would make your head spin. Both were laid off as the economy soured. The nation's housing crisis cut their Florida house's value in half.

And now their home's interior is being rebuilt because it contained Chinese-made drywall that they say has made them sick.

The Consolos are among homeowners in several states who allege Chinese drywall has emitted corrosive gases they believe have given them headaches and upper respiratory problems and caused household systems such as air-conditioning units to fail.

"I'm holding back tears," Alana Consolo said as she walked through the house, which is in the middle of the reconstruction project. "I have chills and I'm angry -- really, really angry -- and really sad, too."

The Consolos moved into the home in Estero, near Fort Myers, less than three years ago. But they moved out six weeks ago, and even though it's being rebuilt, they doubt they'll return there to live because they've yet to be convinced they'd be healthy.

"The last time that we saw the house in this condition," Alana said, looking at the gutted interior, "we came in excited, holding our hands, planning on where we were going to put our [baby] room for our new family."  Watch the Consolos tour the gutted home Â»

Concerns about Chinese-made drywall emerged in Florida last year but by now have spread to other states. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said it's investigating complaints in Florida, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, Washington and North Carolina. And class-action lawsuits are lining up against Chinese manufacturers as well as suppliers and builders.

The Florida Department of Health said complaints it received -- more than 180 as of Thursday -- generally involve homes built between 2004 and 2007, around the time that a building boom and post-hurricane reconstruction caused a U.S. drywall shortage and spurred imports from China.

A study done for the Florida department by private laboratory Unified Engineering Inc. found that samples of certain Chinese drywall gave off a sulfurous odor from "volatile sulfur compounds" when exposed to extreme heat and moisture. It also found that vapors "in the residential atmosphere created a corrosive environment in the presence of moisture," according to Unified's report.

But state and federal officials said they're still testing to determine whether the drywall poses health risks.

The Consolos, who now have a 4-month-old daughter, said they first noticed a problem in December when their smoke detectors kept going off inexplicably. An inspection revealed that copper wiring inside the house had turned black.

And the couple said they suffered from headaches and upper respiratory problems while living in the house. So they moved out.

Now the house, which had Chinese-made drywall, has been stripped. The builder, Lennar Homes, is footing the bill for the reconstruction and a nearby rental house for the Consolos.

Moving out came at a trying time for the family.

Both were laid off about a year ago by Countrywide Bank, where they were mortgage loan originators. Joe Consolo is now a restaurant manager.

Also, the nation's housing crisis hit their home. Purchased for $528,000, it has recently been appraised for $280,000. Trying to get out from under a bad investment, they went to their bank to do a short sale.

"The value had decreased so much, we were throwing money out the window," Alana Consolo said.

Two offers for $250,000 and $255,000 were rejected. So, they made a business decision: They stopped paying their mortgage and declared bankruptcy.

The Consolos are now three months behind in their payments. They're not sure yet if foreclosure is in their future, but they don't think it will be easy to sell a house that's had drywall issues.

The Gypsum Association said that enough drywall was imported from China since 2006 to build 30,000 complete homes. Most of the Chinese drywall, it said, ended up in southwest Florida during the housing boom.

As for the Consolos' health problems, Alana said her headaches stopped after they moved out of the house. Joe said he's been hospitalized twice for pneumonia, and he's been diagnosed with lupus, an autoimmune disease of the blood. The Consolos said they believe drywall was the cause.

Lennar Homes, the Consolos' builder, said it has identified at least 80 homes it built with Chinese drywall. It is offering to gut and rebuild those homes for free.

"They're doing what's responsible, we believe," Alana Consolo said.

"We're repairing the homes by removing every piece of drywall from the home and replacing all affected copper," said Chris Marlin, a vice president for Lennar Homes.

Lennar also is suing Chinese manufacturers and their U.S. suppliers.

But while the Consolos' home is being rebuilt, their lives still are filled with stress and unanswered questions. They said they think foreclosure may be the best way to get away from a house that they think has made them sick and that they don't believe they could sell because of the housing crisis and drywall issues.

"There's the fear, 'Are they taking everything out?' " Alana Consolo said. "We want to have more children, and Joe has an autoimmune disorder. [Going back is] just a risk I'm not willing to take."

She added, "The economy started it. The Chinese drywall cemented it for us."

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text: 's

text: interior

text: is

text: being

text: rebuilt

text: because

text: it

text: contained

text: Chinese

text: made

text: drywall

text: that

text: they

text: say

text: has

text: made

text: them

text: sick

text: The

text: Consolos

text: are

text: among

text: homeowners

text: in

text: several

text: states

text: who

text: allege

text: Chinese

text: drywall

text: has

text: emitted

text: corrosive

text: gases

text: they

text: believe

text: have

text: given

text: them

text: headaches

text: and

text: upper

text: respiratory

text: problems

text: and

text: caused

text: household

text: systems

text: such

text: as

text: air

text: conditioning

text: units

text: to

text: fail

text: I

text: 'm

text: holding

text: back

text: tears

text: Alana

text: Consolo

text: said

text: as

text: she

text: walked

text: through

text: the

text: house

text: which

text: is

text: in

text: the

text: middle

text: of

text: the

text: reconstruction

text: project

text: I

text: have

text: chills

text: and

text: I

text: 'm

text: angry

text: really

text: really

text: angry

text: and

text: really

text: sad

text: too

text: The

text: Consolos

text: moved

text: into

text: the

text: home

text: in

text: Estero

text: near

text: Fort

text: Myers

text: less

text: than

text: three

text: years

text: ago

text: But

text: they

text: moved

text: out

text: six

text: weeks

text: ago

text: and

text: even

text: though

text: it

text: 's

text: being

text: rebuilt

text: they

text: doubt

text: they

text: 'll

text: return

text: there

text: to

text: live

text: because

text: they

text: 've

text: yet

text: to

text: be

text: convinced

text: they

text: 'd

text: be

text: healthy

text: The

text: last

text: time

text: that

text: we

text: saw

text: the

text: house

text: in

text: this

text: condition

text: Alana

text: said

text: looking

text: at

text: the

text: gutted

text: interior

text: we

text: came

text: in

text: excited

text: holding

text: our

text: hands

text: planning

text: on

text: where

text: we

text: were

text: going

text: to

text: put

text: our

text: baby

text: room

text: for

text: our

text: new

text: family

text: Watch

text: the

text: Consolos

text: tour

text: the

text: gutted

text: home

text: Â

text: Concerns

text: about

text: Chinese

text: made

text: drywall

text: emerged

text: in

text: Florida

text: last

text: year

text: but

text: by

text: now

text: have

text: spread

text: to

text: other

text: states

text: The

text: U.S.

text: Consumer

text: Product

text: Safety

text: Commission

text: said

text: it

text: 's

text: investigating

text: complaints

text: in

text: Florida

text: Virginia

text: Alabama

text: Louisiana

text: Washington

text: and

text: North

text: Carolina

text: And

text: class

text: action

text: lawsuits

text: are

text: lining

text: up

text: against

text: Chinese

text: manufacturers

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: suppliers

text: and

text: builders

text: The

text: Florida

text: Department

text: of

text: Health

text: said

text: complaints

text: it

text: received

text: more

text: than

text: as

text: of

text: Thursday

text: generally

text: involve

text: homes

text: built

text: between

text: and

text: around

text: the

text: time

text: that

text: a

text: building

text: boom

text: and

text: post

text: hurricane

text: reconstruction

text: caused

text: a

text: U.S.

text: drywall

text: shortage

text: and

text: spurred

text: imports

text: from

text: China

text: A

text: study

text: done

text: for

text: the

text: Florida

text: department

text: by

text: private

text: laboratory

text: Unified

text: Engineering

text: Inc.

text: found

text: that

text: samples

text: of

text: certain

text: Chinese

text: drywall

text: gave

text: off

text: a

text: sulfurous

text: odor

text: from

text: volatile

text: sulfur

text: compounds

text: when

text: exposed

text: to

text: extreme

text: heat

text: and

text: moisture

text: It

text: also

text: found

text: that

text: vapors

text: in

text: the

text: residential

text: atmosphere

text: created

text: a

text: corrosive

text: environment

text: in

text: the

text: presence

text: of

text: moisture

text: according

text: to

text: Unified

text: 's

text: report

text: But

text: state

text: and

text: federal

text: officials

text: said

text: they

text: 're

text: still

text: testing

text: to

text: determine

text: whether

text: the

text: drywall

text: poses

text: health

text: risks

text: The

text: Consolos

text: who

text: now

text: have

text: a

text: old

text: daughter

text: said

text: they

text: first

text: noticed

text: a

text: problem

text: in

text: December

text: when

text: their

text: smoke

text: detectors

text: kept

text: going

text: off

text: inexplicably

text: An

text: inspection

text: revealed

text: that

text: copper

text: wiring

text: inside

text: the

text: house

text: had

text: turned

text: black

text: And

text: the

text: couple

text: said

text: they

text: suffered

text: from

text: headaches

text: and

text: upper

text: respiratory

text: problems

text: while

text: living

text: in

text: the

text: house

text: So

text: they

text: moved

text: out

text: Now

text: the

text: house

text: which

text: had

text: Chinese

text: made

text: drywall

text: has

text: been

text: stripped

text: The

text: builder

text: Lennar

text: Homes

text: is

text: footing

text: the

text: bill

text: for

text: the

text: reconstruction

text: and

text: a

text: nearby

text: rental

text: house

text: for

text: the

text: Consolos

text: Moving

text: out

text: came

text: at

text: a

text: trying

text: time

text: for

text: the

text: family

text: Both

text: were

text: laid

text: off

text: about

text: a

text: year

text: ago

text: by

text: Countrywide

text: Bank

text: where

text: they

text: were

text: mortgage

text: loan

text: originators

text: Joe

text: Consolo

text: is

text: now

text: a

text: restaurant

text: manager

text: Also

text: the

text: nation

text: 's

text: housing

text: crisis

text: hit

text: their

text: home

text: Purchased

text: for

text: it

text: has

text: recently

text: been

text: appraised

text: for

text: Trying

text: to

text: get

text: out

text: from

text: under

text: a

text: bad

text: investment

text: they

text: went

text: to

text: their

text: bank

text: to

text: do

text: a

text: short

text: sale

text: The

text: value

text: had

text: decreased

text: so

text: much

text: we

text: were

text: throwing

text: money

text: out

text: the

text: window

text: Alana

text: Consolo

text: said

text: Two

text: offers

text: for

text: and

text: were

text: rejected

text: So

text: they

text: made

text: a

text: business

text: decision

text: They

text: stopped

text: paying

text: their

text: mortgage

text: and

text: declared

text: bankruptcy

text: The

text: Consolos

text: are

text: now

text: three

text: months

text: behind

text: in

text: their

text: payments

text: They

text: 're

text: not

text: sure

text: yet

text: if

text: foreclosure

text: is

text: in

text: their

text: future

text: but

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: think

text: it

text: will

text: be

text: easy

text: to

text: sell

text: a

text: house

text: that

text: 's

text: had

text: drywall

text: issues

text: The

text: Gypsum

text: Association

text: said

text: that

text: enough

text: drywall

text: was

text: imported

text: from

text: China

text: since

text: to

text: build

text: complete

text: homes

text: Most

text: of

text: the

text: Chinese

text: drywall

text: it

text: said

text: ended

text: up

text: in

text: southwest

text: Florida

text: during

text: the

text: housing

text: boom

text: As

text: for

text: the

text: Consolos

text: health

text: problems

text: Alana

text: said

text: her

text: headaches

text: stopped

text: after

text: they

text: moved

text: out

text: of

text: the

text: house

text: Joe

text: said

text: he

text: 's

text: been

text: hospitalized

text: twice

text: for

text: pneumonia

text: and

text: he

text: 's

text: been

text: diagnosed

text: with

text: lupus

text: an

text: autoimmune

text: disease

text: of

text: the

text: blood

text: The

text: Consolos

text: said

text: they

text: believe

text: drywall

text: was

text: the

text: cause

text: Lennar

text: Homes

text: the

text: Consolos

text: builder

text: said

text: it

text: has

text: identified

text: at

text: least

text: homes

text: it

text: built

text: with

text: Chinese

text: drywall

text: It

text: is

text: offering

text: to

text: gut

text: and

text: rebuild

text: those

text: homes

text: for

text: free

text: They

text: 're

text: doing

text: what

text: 's

text: responsible

text: we

text: believe

text: Alana

text: Consolo

text: said

text: We

text: 're

text: repairing

text: the

text: homes

text: by

text: removing

text: every

text: piece

text: of

text: drywall

text: from

text: the

text: home

text: and

text: replacing

text: all

text: affected

text: copper

text: said

text: Chris

text: Marlin

text: a

text: vice

text: president

text: for

text: Lennar

text: Homes

text: Lennar

text: also

text: is

text: suing

text: Chinese

text: manufacturers

text: and

text: their

text: U.S.

text: suppliers

text: But

text: while

text: the

text: Consolos

text: home

text: is

text: being

text: rebuilt

text: their

text: lives

text: still

text: are

text: filled

text: with

text: stress

text: and

text: unanswered

text: questions

text: They

text: said

text: they

text: think

text: foreclosure

text: may

text: be

text: the

text: best

text: way

text: to

text: get

text: away

text: from

text: a

text: house

text: that

text: they

text: think

text: has

text: made

text: them

text: sick

text: and

text: that

text: they

text: do

text: n't

text: believe

text: they

text: could

text: sell

text: because

text: of

text: the

text: housing

text: crisis

text: and

text: drywall

text: issues

text: There

text: 's

text: the

text: fear

text: Are

text: they

text: taking

text: everything

text: out

text: Alana

text: Consolo

text: said

text: We

text: want

text: to

text: have

text: more

text: children

text: and

text: Joe

text: has

text: an

text: autoimmune

text: disorder

text: Going

text: back

text: is

text: just

text: a

text: risk

text: I

text: 'm

text: not

text: willing

text: to

text: take

text: She

text: added

text: The

text: economy

text: started

text: it

text: The

text: Chinese

text: drywall

text: cemented

text: it

text: for

text: us

question: What state do the homeowners live in?

answer: Florida

text: Florida

question: Where is the family living?

answer: Estero, near Fort Myers,

text: Estero, near Fort Myers,

question: who said Chinese drywall made them sick

answer: Alana and Joe Consolo

text: Alana and Joe Consolo

question: What made Florida couple sick?

answer: Chinese-made drywall

text: Chinese-made drywall

question: who was real angry

answer: Alana Consolo

text: Alana Consolo

question: Where are the family living now?

answer: nearby rental house

text: nearby rental house

question: who was living in a different home at builder's expense

answer: Alana and Joe Consolo

text: Alana and Joe Consolo

question: What emotion is the homeowner feeling?

answer: healthy dose of fear.

text: healthy dose of fear.

question: What made them leave their home?

answer: drywall

text: drywall


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The Honda Civic is popular for its fuel efficiency and affordability.

1. Honda Civic*

August 2008 Sales: 30,052  Change vs. Previous Year: 5.3%  MSRP: $15,205 - $20,755  Invoice: $14,021 - $19,111  Fuel Economy: 34 mpg Hwy/26 mpg City

The Honda Civic is one of the most reliable and popular economy compact sedans/coupes in its class. For years it has set the quality and performance standard for the affordable, compact car market. *Includes Hybrid Model AOL Autos: Honda Civic

2. Toyota Corolla*

August 2008 Sales: 29,443  Change vs. Previous Year: -3.4%  MSRP: $15,350 - $18,860  Invoice: $14,198 - $17,067  Fuel Economy: 35 mpg Hwy/26 mpg City

The new Toyota Corolla is among the best of the compact sedans: reliable and economical yet refined and comfortable. *Includes Toyota Matrix  AOL Autos: Toyota Corolla

3. Ford Focus

August 2008 Sales: 16,387  Change vs. Previous Year: 23.4%  MSRP: $14,995 - $17,970  Invoice: $14,091 - $16,648  Fuel Economy: 35 mpg Hwy/24 mpg City

Small, economical, and fun, the 2009 Ford Focus is a smart choice for those looking for a compact car. AOL Autos: Ford Focus

4. Chevrolet Cobalt

August 2008 Sales: 15,281  Change vs. Previous Year: -26.6%  MSRP: $15,010 - $22,775  Invoice: $14,184 - $21,522  Fuel Economy: 37 mpg Hwy/25 mpg City

The Chevy Cobalt is available as either a two-door coupe or a four-door sedan, each available in three trims: the LS, the LT and the SS Turbocharged. AOL Autos: Chevy Cobalt

5. Mazda3*

August 2008 Sales: 10,970  Change vs. Previous Year: 4.4%  MSRP: $14,490 - $20,595  Invoice: $13,590 - $19,283  Fuel Economy: 32 mpg Hwy/24 mpg City

The Mazda3 is a premium compact car, exciting to drive and look at, and equipped with unexpected luxury features, all at a reasonable price. *Includes MazdaSpeed3 AOL Autos: Mazda3

6. Hyundai Elantra

August 2008 Sales: 10,031  Change vs. Previous Year: 13.8%  MSRP: $13,970 - $16,670  Invoice: $13,592 - $16,004  Fuel Economy: 33 mpg Hwy/24 mpg City

The Elantra is an economic compact car with handsome styling and nice lines. It's renowned in two areas, interior space and standard safety equipment.

7. Toyota Yaris

August 2008 Sales: 9,474  Change vs. Previous Year: 20.5%  MSRP: $12,205 - $15,125  Invoice: $11,473 - $14,217  Fuel Economy: 36 mpg Hwy/29 mpg City

The Yaris manages to combine a well-tailored, roomy interior with agile performance and a fuel efficient engine in an entry-level car.

8. Nissan Sentra

August 2008 Sales: 9,207  Change vs. Previous Year: 1.4%  MSRP: $16,140 - $20,570  Invoice: $15,275 - $19,181  Fuel Economy: 33 mpg Hwy/25 mpg City

The Sentra front-wheel drive 4-door sedan is a practical, roomy and economical car with several trims available to suit a person's needs.

9. Nissan Versa

August 2008 Sales: 8,015  Change vs. Previous Year: -5.2%  MSRP: $12,990 - $16,210  Invoice: $12,539 - $15,634  Fuel Economy: 31 mpg Hwy/26 mpg City

The Versa is Nissan's entry-level car with the intention of attracting economy-minded buyers with its mileage, price and larger size than most other vehicles in its class.

10. Hyundai Accent

August 2008 Sales: 6,455  Change vs. Previous Year: 73%  MSRP: $11,070 - $15,070  Invoice: $10,822 - $14,642  Fuel Economy: 33 mpg Hwy/27 mpg City

The Hyundai Accent sedan and hatchback are exceptional economy cars that offer attractive looks and outstanding value in a price-sensitive market segment.

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New York (CNN) -- A New York man accused in an alleged terrorist plot pleaded guilty Thursday to lying to federal agents.

Ahmad Wais Afzali, a Muslim cleric and funeral director from the New York borough of Queens, was one of the first people charged in what authorities have described as a plot to detonate bombs on New York subways.

Afzali was accused of lying about whether he tipped off suspect Najibullah Zazi that the FBI had been asking questions about his activities.

Zazi subsequently pleaded guilty to conspiring to detonate explosives in the United States.

On Thursday, Afzali told the court that police had asked him to help provide information about Zazi and two other suspects, Adis Medujanian, and Zarein Ahmedzay. He said he knew Zazi and Medujanian fairly well from when they were teenagers and attended his mosque for prayers and to play volleyball.

"The police interest in these men led me to believe that they were involved in some criminal activity, but I had no idea of its seriousness," Afzali said Thursday, at times choking up during his statement.

He said he called Zazi on September 11, 2009, a day after he was contacted by authorities.

"I told him that our phone call was being monitored. I told Zazi, 'Don't get involved in Afghanistan garbage and Iraq garbage, that's my advice to you.'"

"On September 13 ... I was interrogated by FBI agents for the first time. I believed that the FBI was angry at me for calling Zazi," he added. "When I was asked whether I had told Zazi about law enforcement being interested in him, I lied and said I did not. My intention was not to protect Zazi, but to protect myself."

He admitted to repeating the lie during another interview with prosecutors a few days later.

"In doing so, I failed to live up to my obligation to this country, my community, my family, and my religion. I am truly sorry."

Afzali's plea deal reduced the charge from lying to federal agents "during the course of a terror investigation" -- which carries a maximum sentence of eight years in prison. The basic charge of lying to feds carries a maximum sentence of five years.

His plea deal recommends that Afzali be sentenced anywhere from zero to six months in prison. His sentencing hearing was tentatively scheduled for April 8.

Under the terms of the agreement, Afzali agreed to leave the United States within 90 days of completing any sentence he receives.

Before entering his plea, the 38-year-old imam placed a scarf down on the floor outside the courtroom and prayed.

He later told reporters that he "just signed his death sentence" by accepting the plea deal, saying he didn't want to the leave the United States. Afzali is a native of Afghanistan, but has no idea where he will go upon leaving the United States

"I hardly speak my own language," he said.

Afzali also said he is concerned for his health; he has diabetes and is anemic, and said his wife has a pelvic tumor.

"I was helping the government and this is what I get," Afzali said.

The two others suspects in the case, Ahmedzay and Medunjanin, pleaded not guilty in February to new charges of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction against persons or property in the United States, as well as several other counts. The two had previously faced lesser charges.

Prosecutors say the two 25-year-old U.S. citizens and residents of Queens conspired with Zazi "to attack the New York subway system in mid-September 2009."

CNN's Jennifer Rizzo contributed to this report.

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