Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday September 13 2002 — AS D Nation I I Florida officials In brief Judge refuses to name Revels the real Miss North Carolina WILMINGTON NC (AP) — And the winner is Misty Ciymer who was chosen Thursday to represent Noth Carolina at the Miss America Pageant over woman who gave up the state crown over topless photos taken by a boyfriend The decision by the Miss America Organization came shortly after a federal judge refused to force it to recognize Rebekah Revels as Miss North Carolina “Misty Ciymer is the contestant Rebekah will not be competing in the finals” said George Bauer interim presi- wtrmor Rebekah dent of the organization Revels Misty Ciymer Revels has been participating in rehearsals and preliminary events along with Ciymer her successor as Miss North Carolina under a temporary order issued by a state judge last week She was pursuing the federal judge's ruling compelling the pageant to let her compete for the crown US District Judge James Fox refused to issue such an order leaving it up the Miss America organization whether to i exclude her Bauer said he was happy that the judge “understood the Miss America Organization that well We have very high standards of integrity no reflection on Rebekah Revels at all We try to attract the highest quality young women in the country" pleads guilty to child ppm Ex-prie- st ' CHICAGO (AP)— A former Roman Catholic priest pleaded guilty Thursday to possession of three computer discs and hundreds of pages of images showing naked boys engaged in sexual acts and sadomasochistic activity Vincent McCaffrey 50 resigned from the priesthood in 1992 He later worked at a home furnishings store managed a service station and sold insurance : Authorities said some of the pornography which included images of boys as young as 6 beaten bound and gagged and locked in cages were found hidden under McCaffrey’s mattress Assistant U-- Attorney Markus T Funk told US District Judge John Darrah that McCaffrey had “molested” someone while he Was a priest But Darrah cut him off and kept tire hearing focused on the child pornography charges S 3 believed dead in plane crash SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (AP) — US Navy search teams found the wreckage of a military plane that crashed into the Caribbean Sea off Puerto Rico and all three servicemen on board were believed dead the Navy said Thursday Searchers spotted the wreckage at dusk Wednesday some 25 miles southeast of Puerto Rico Human remains were found amid the wreckage The servicemen on the plane were identified as pilot Lt JG Thomas McCombie 25 of State College Pa Lt Cmdr Jeffrey Gray 40 of Mound Minn and Lt Cmdr Michael Chalfant 36 of Jacksonville Fla - MIAMI (AP)— After two straight botched statewide elections Florida officials are trading blame and trying to figure out how to prevent it from happening again in November While Gov Jeb Bush and other Republicans are blaming local election supervisors in South Florida Democratic strongholds county commissioners said much of the fault lies with the state for a lack of funding and with the companies that provided complicated machinery and training “I’m disgusted I’m embarrassed We’re tired of the global community thinking we’re idiots down here that we have no democratic process down here” Miami-Dad- e County Commissioner Barbara Carey -- Shuler said “This is more serious than what happened in 2000” She said Miami-Dad- e County needs an international organization to monitor elections as is done in Third World Countries Advocates many of whom had predicted such chaos early this year said the worst prob- lems were in poor minority neighborhoods many of the same areas where thousands of votes went uncounted in the 2000 presidential election The state spent millions on new technology to prevent a repeat but Tuesday ’selection was hampered by new difficulties Bush who was unopposed for the GOP nomination blamed election officials in South Florida’s Broward and Miami-Dad- e counties He sent Secretary of State Jim Smith there Thursday to find out what happened and work on a plan for November “We will do everything in our power to help these people in every way we can to make sure we don’t have this kind of embarrassment in the gen- eral election” Smith said Carey Shuler suggested -- y V'1 x poinuft ffioigeir: -X - f ¥ 4 :- -Y V : 4 — 'i t V i i y AP photos canvass board Jackie BofilL left David Leahy center and Murray Members of the Miami-Dad- e Greenburg review absentee ballots while waiting for tallies from 20 more precincts at the election headquarters in Miami on Wednesday McBride’s lead may nix recount Janet Reno Miami-Dad- e Bill McBride' elections super- visor David Leahy step aside ' before the November ‘This election was botched My people don’t want answers They want accountability" said Carey-Shul- Orange County Supervisor of Elections Bill Cowies holds his head as he checks election results on Thursday in Orlando Fla er In Broward County county and we need to have the resources” The gubernatorial election reminded many of that presidential race when George W Bush’s victory was than seven more delayed weeks as A1 Gore demanded recounts and Democrats complained of uncounted punch-car- d ballots Commissioner Ben Graber defended elections supervisor Miriam Oliphant saying firing her now would hamper the November election “I don't believe they have anyone more capable that they can put in here to do this job in 60 days” he said “We need to work together with her to correct the problem quickly r 537-vo- te (((: j ‘rcij I :n or 445 percent while Reno had 592777 votes or 439 i i MIAMI (AP) — Bill McBride’s lead over Janet Reno in the Democratic race ' for governor is big enough that there is no need for an automatic recount Florida’? election board said Thursday The state canvassing board said McBride’s margin over Reno exceeded the half of a percentage point necessary to avoid an automatic machine recount of 13 million votes cast in Tuesday’s primary McBride's unofficial margin was 8196 votes while Reno needed a difference of 6751 votes or less for the recount With all precincts reporting McBride had 601131 votes PTpCnt ) Great rate No wait IjiJJOB? wwairenti A Kay Home Equity Line of Credt lets you turn your home Into a dream home with: Lowest rates in years An immediate answer A chance to win our $10000 Home - 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