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Show Monday, February 1 f, HERALD DALLY 2008 Strike Feb. 24 ceremony now appears work Monday, preparing for the return of writers as soon as likely to proceed in its full gloContinued from A 1 Wednesday, industry members ry and with writers on board said. to script host and presenter Member approval of the banter. Although show runners are contract and the strike's end also guild members, they are Academy spokeswoman Leslie Unger said Saturday allowed to work while the appeared likely. At heavily attended membership meetings strike remains in effect as long t hat Oscar organizers w ere hopeful, but that writing on the Saturday in New York and Los as they focus only on producer-reltasks. ceremony could not begin until Angeles, there was resounding ated The strike's end would allow the strike was over. support for the proposed deal The strike, the first in 20 that could put TV and movie many hit series to return this production back on track, salspring for what's left of the cur- years for the writers guild, began Nov. 5 and included bitter vage the rest of the TV season rent season, airing anywhere and remove a boycott threat from four to seven new epipublic exchanges between, the sodes. .Shows with marginal au- guild and the producers afliance. from this n)onth's Oscars.dience numbers may not return Talks collapsed in December. Verrone thanked television In January, the studios;? until fall or could be canceled. viewers who "tolerated three A minimum of four weeks . reached an agreement in sepamonths of reruns and reality rate negotiations with the DiTV." would be needed for producrectors Guild of America, Top The guild's major bargainers to start from scratch with e media company executives, their firit episodes ing concession to studios was of comedies and get them on including Peter Chfernin of. agreeing to take unionization of animation and reality TV the air, industry members said. News Corp. and Robert Iger of The Walt Disney Co., asked the shows off the table, Verrone A dramawould require six to writers to resume bargaining. said. The guild has said it still eight weeks from concept to What were termed informal intends to pursue those goals. broadcast. talks between the executives "It will be all hands on deck The Alliance of Motion Picand guild leaders led to the tenfor the writing staff," said ture and Television Producers, which represents the studios, Chris Mundy, pro- tative contract that writers will said it had no comment Sunday ducer of CBS' drama "Criminal be voting on. Minds." He hopes to get a on the guild's actions. Together, the East and West The American Federation of couple of scripts in the pipeline Coast guilds represent 12,000 Television and Radio Artists, writers, with about 10,000 of right away, with about seven which represents more than those involved in the strike episodes airing by the end of that has cost the Los Angeles 70,000 performers, broadcastMay. ers and others, lauded the writ"It's a real balancing act," he area economy alone an estiers guild for winning gains in said, "to get up and running as mated $ 1 billion or more. Based on the guild's summedia. as possible, but not let the fast digital The federation is preparing mary of the deal, it's similar to quality slip." the agreement reached with to begin its own TV contract Negotiating committee : directors. chairman John Bowman said talks and intends to be "foIt provides union jurisdica turning point in negotiacused, deliberate, and prudent tion over projects created for as we engage with the employtions was last month's Golden d the Internet based on certain ers to negotiate the best posGlobes, when the sible agreements for performceremony was scrapped after guidelines, sets compensation actors refused to cross writers' for streamed, ers," its president, Roberta Reardon, said in a statement. programs and increases residpicket lines. ual payments for downloaded The Globes showed the Despite friction between the federation and the Screen strength of the writers' resolve movies and TV programs. Writers would get a maxiActors Guild, the two groups and solidarity, Bowman said. mum flat fee of about $1,200 The threat of a similar fate traditionally negotiate together for streamed programs in the on a contract covering feature for this month's Academy deal's first two years and then films and primetime TV. That Awards also was a powerful contract expires in June. get a percentage of a distribubargaining chip, said chief neShow runners tor's gross in year three the industry gotiator David Young. last point an improvement on "It was going to be a huge lingo for the executive producthe directors deal, which reers in charge of a TV series thing for the industry to lose mains at the flat payment rate. are expected to be back at the Oscars," Young said. The : ' n r. Continued from A I own and was not urged to do so by the former first lady or any other senior member of the team. But it comes as Clinton struggles to catch Obama in fundraising and momentum and faces the prospect of losing every voting contest yet to come in February. Solis Doyle announced the shift in an to the staff on Sunday. "I have been proud to manage this campaign and prouder still to call Hillary my friend for more than 16 years," Solis Doyle wrote. "Maggie is a remarkable person and I am confident that she will do a fabulous job." Solis Doyle said she will serve as a senior adviser to Clinton and the campaign, and travel with Clinton from time to time. Williams, who served as Clinton's White House chief of staff, joined the campaign -: , .: p ( ' i 7?" B rlcfe Hbnfeilhigasoni "i t ki delegates proportionally and the oversized role of superdel-egatethe 796 lawmakers, governors and party officials who are not bound by state votes, meant that no candidate had a commanding lead, i According to The Associated Press' latest survey, Clinton had 243 superdelegates and Obama had l!)(j. That edge was responsible for Clinton's overall edge in the pursuit of delegates to secure the party's nomination for president. According to the AP's latest tally, Clinton has 1.125 total delegates and Obama has 1,087. A candidate must get 2,205 delegates to capture the nomination. The delegate numbers in- creased the possiblity.of a protracted fight for the Democratic nomination, perhaps lasting through this summer's national convention in Denvibr 1 - 1 if female commander in chief, and Obama, who would be the first black president. The Democratic Party's system of awarding pledged ; nay-save- 186 South 1100 East American Fork, UT 84003 DENTAL . House and began overseeing she looked forward to her continued advice in the coming her political operation during her first run for Senate in 2000. months. But Solis Doyle's appoint"Patti Solis Doyle has done an extraordinary job in getting ment as Clinton's presidential within reach campaign manager last year us to this point of the nomination and I am surprised many Democratic enormously grateful for her operative including some in friendship and her outstanding Clinton's inner circle, who believed she did not have suffiwork," Clinton said, "And, as Patti has said, this already has cient political experience to run the operation. been the longest presidential Clinton aides loyal to SolLs campaign in history and one that has required enormous Doyle say she proved the sacrifices of everyone and our wrong, smoothly manfamilies. aging a staff of several hundred "I look forward to her conand a budget that swelled to well over $ 100 million while tinued advice in the months ahead," Clinton added. leaving most of the campaign's "Patti and I have worked major strategic decisions to others with Maggie Williams for particularly Clinton more than a decade," Clinton pollster Mark Penn and media adviser Mandy Grunwald. But said in the statement. "I am lucky to have Maggie on board she was also criticized by others for, among other things, and I know she will lead our failing to anticipate and plan for campaign with great skill toObama 's fundraising prowess. wards the nomination." The daughter of Mexican imMoney will be crucial for a drawn-ou- t fight for the migrants who cut her political teeth in Chicago, Solis Doyle party's nomination, an historic1 served as Clinton's scheduler struggle between Clinton, who, is seek ing to become t he li st for eight ylafs ip the Wnite Dr. Nick Groneman DMD Family Dentistry . s. fund-raisin- g g fen-tan- , won in eight states and American Samoa. Both Clinton and Obama have been competitive in for most of the campaign; each raised more than $100 million last year. In the be doing," Williams told The last few weeks, however, ClinAssociated Press; "I don't think ton lagged behind Obama as he raised $32 million in January to you can accept one of these jobs unless you care about the her $13.5 million, forcing her to future." lend her campaign $5 million before Super Tuesday. The After Clinton's third-plac- e finish in Iowa, Williams and campaign said Saturday that it had raised $10 million since the other top strategists were brought aboard to help hone the beginning of February. Obama enjoyed a three-stat- e political operation and sharpen Clinton's message. According sweep Saturday night, winning to campaign aides, Solis Doyle, the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Washington state and who has two young children, made the decision to step down Nebraska. He has the potential as campaign manager at the to pad his victories in contests time and agreed to stay on until Tuesday in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, as Super Tuesday, Feb. 5. well as next week in WisconThe staff shake-ucaps a week in which Clinton grabbed sin and his native Hawaii. Clinton is hoping to prevail the bigger prizes on Super on March 4 when Ohio, Texas, Tuesday, winning New York, California and New Jersey, but Rhode Island and Vermont vote. Obama prevailed in more conIn a statement, Clinton tests. Obama won the popular vote in 13 states, while Clinton praised Solis Doyle and said ' ' red-fla- potentially harmful combina- . tions of medications for their customers. Schnabel said. But that system only works if a person uses the same pharmacy for all their prenot as common set ipt ions w hen prescript ion drugs can be purchased online and w hen people switch pliarmaeies as they change insurance plans. lven Paulozzi, a CDC medical epidemiologist, said that most deaths from prescription drugs are related to the use and misuse of those medications. The profile shows that "the rates are higher in men, higher in middle age," Paulozzi said. "Studies have been done in some locations by medical examiners who have found a history of substance abuse in a large fraction of these overdoses." The rise in deaths from unintentional drug poisonings also has paralleled a rise in the amount of prescription painkillers prescribed in tlie United States: Between l!)!i!) and 2002 the nunibei of overdose death certificates that mention poisoning by opioid painkillers such as oxycodone, went and methadone up by 9 1,2 percent Studies also have found that many overdose victims "have drugs in their system for which they don't have a prescription, suggesting that they got the drugs t hrough some sort of diversion, such as buying it off the street or perhaps taking it from a friend or family member, theft, a drug dealer." Paulozzi said. Oscar-nominat- post-strik- after the New York senator narrowly won the New Hampshire primary. Jan. 8. She will begin assuming the duties of campaign manager this week., "I think this is one of the most important tilings I could drugs" Itiarmacies have checkers that anti-anxie- - Clinton the Drug Information Center at the University of Missouri-Kansa- s City "He may have kid a didor in tlie U.S. and one she said, "and tlu-- were giving him two different sleep aids or monia when he died, could have been disoriented when he mixed the deadly cocktail. Continued from A 1 Williams said. CDC officials this year plan Ledger "s death recalled that of Anna Nicole Smith, who to st udy patterns among t lie died one year ago this week. deaths what kind, how much and how many different The former Playboy playmate also suffered a "combined drugs the victims used. The medical community drug intoxication" from taking a variety of drugs, which already know s some of the causes: "Doctor shopping" and included and drugs. "pharmacy hopping" make it difficult to track pat ients But this trend extends beand prescriptions; the use of yond Hollywood. Pain manpainkillers has increased naagement expert Bob Tw tionwide: and people don't see a clinical psychologist at risks in medicines prescribed KU Hospital, said the numler of different drugs Ledger was by doctors. A medical examiner contaking was rare, but not uncluded earlier this week that common. "I've seen similar things." Ledger, the Twillman said. "Not necessaristar of "Brokeback Mountain," died of "acute intoxicaly to that extent." tion" from using six painkillMany patients don't know ers, sleep aids and anything about how their various prescriptions could inter-ar- t. drugs. The very same drugs are Some people throw away found in many home medicine the informational pamphlets ' cabinets: painkillers OxyCon-tithey get with new'.prescrip- and hydrocodone; antitions without reading them. "You'd be surprised by anxiety drugs Valium and Xanax; and sleep aids Restoril what patients don't know and Unisom, Only Unisom is alxxit t heir medicines," Tv said. Local physicians said there People also can overdose is no medical rationale for 'when they lose track of how much medication they 've tak ing such a deadly combo. already taken a recurring Ledger, who was shooting a movie at the time, reportedly problem among senior cit i.eils. was having trouble sleepIt's difficult to track all the prescript ions of one paing and was depressed over last year's breakup with the tient w hen many people see mother of his child, actress more than one doctor. Some, Michelle Williams. searching for an elusive soluAuthorities said Ledger died tion to their pain or ailments, from the cumulative effect of intentionally "doctor shop." the drugs most of them safe "People who see more than one physician do not always when used as recommended but highly addict ive ik met share informat ion about drugs they've been prescribed by all "He may have been given their doctors." said Twillman. "They'll get one medication prescriptions for all these from one physician and legitimately at one time. But he mixed them all," said Mark from a second physician Williams, pharmacist owner ; and another from a third." of a Medicine Shoppe in KanThat could have happened in Ledger's case, said l.indsey sas City, Kan. Ledger, who is believed to have had pneu Schnabel, assistant director of Prescriptions V.r ... . " . . 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