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To: stockman_scott who wrote (46067)	1/9/2002 1:52:37 PM
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13:39 ET Broadcom (BRCM) 52.78 +3.54 (+7.2%): -- Update -- Prudential raises price target to $68 from $48. Firm's channel checks indicate that co's DecQ was in line to slightly better than expectations and booking trends support continued sequential growth in the MarQ in the high single digits. Firm encouraged to see that BRCM filed today to reprice its employee stk options, priced at $39.75, as of Dec. 24; believes this indicates mgmt's increased optimism regarding current order trends.

To: stockman_scott who wrote (46067)	1/9/2002 2:00:52 PM
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California ex-nuclear worker arrested for threats By Kevin Krolicki LOS ANGELES, Jan 9 (Reuters) - A former nuclear plant mechanic with a massive arsenal of more than 200 weapons, was arrested for allegedly threatening workers and supervisors after he was fired from the San Onofre power plant in southern California, police said on Wednesday. The 43-year-old man, who authorities declined to name, was arrested on Tuesday, and deputies later found a cache of 200 weapons, including assault rifles and grenades, and thousands of rounds of ammunition at his home in Laguna Niguel and at a rented storage facility, police said. At least two deputies were overcome by fumes while searching a storage shed in San Juan Capistrano, about 60 miles (96 km) south of Los Angeles, containing the bulk of the man's weapons cache, when a yellow vapor cloud was released by an ammunition canister they opened, police said. The officers were treated and released at a nearby hospital after complaining that the still-unidentified, tear-gas like vapor had caused stinging eyes and blurred vision. The nature of the gas was unclear, Orange County Sheriff's spokesman John Fleischman said. The suspect was charged with making ``terrorist threats'' against San Onofre employees, a range of weapons violations and possession of a narcotic, Fleischman said. NO THREAT TO NUCLEAR PLANT ``I would say at this point we are treating this as terrorist threats against individuals as opposed to threats against the facility,'' Fleischman said. ``But he clearly had the means to carry out a terrorist act.'' The man, a 17-year veteran mechanic, had threatened some of his former co-workers after he was dismissed in December, said Roy Golden, a spokesman for San Onofre, who also would not identify the man or say why he had been fired. There was no threat against the nuclear facility itself and the former mechanic did not have access to the most secure area of the plant, near the twin-domed reactor, Golden said. The San Onofre plant, located near Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base south of Los Angeles, is jointly owned by Southern California Edison, Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE - news) unit San Diego Gas and Electric and the cities of Riverside and Anaheim, California. Southern California Edison is a unit of Edison International (NYSE:EIX - news). The plant, which supplies 2,200 megawatts of electricity, has been operating under increased security since the Sept. 11 hijack attacks in New York and Washington. A megawatt is roughly enough electricity to supply power to 1,000 homes. Plant employees are checked daily by explosives and metal detectors, searched for weapons and routinely monitored by remote cameras, Golden said. In addition, supervisors are trained to monitor staff for odd behavior, including signs of drug and alcohol abuse, he said. The San Onofre plant is one of two nuclear power stations in the state, along with the Diablo Canyon plant in central California. Taken together the plants supply more than 10 percent of the power used in the state on an average day. biz.yahoo.com