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To: Alan Smithee who wrote (158371)	2/21/2006 5:16:27 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793958

Ya' think you've got troubles, bunkie? Look at this: Driver flees after crashing million-dollar Ferrari in Malibu Feb 21 2:10 PM US/Eastern Email this story Police in Los Angeles's plush Malibu district were hunting for the driver of a one-million-dollar Ferrari after the sports car was reduced to scrap in a dramatic high-speed crash. The driver of the high-performance Ferrari Enzo, which retails for between 600,000 dollars and one million dollars and has a top speed of more than 320 kilometers (200 miles) per hour, fled the scene after the early-morning accident. The passenger of the car suffered a minor injury and was treated at the scene after the car struck a power pole on the legendary Pacific Coast Highway, said Los Angeles County Fire Department Inspector Ron Haralson. "We have the passenger, who told us the driver did flee from the scene," Sheriff's Sergeant Philip Brooks told Fox 11 News, adding that the driver was apparently unharmed. "And we ... followed some footprints up the side of the hill in an effort to locate the driver," he added. Authorities believe the Ferrari "was traveling at least 100 mph (160 kph), and it will probably be a lot more than that once we conclude our investigation," Brooks said. The impact sheared the red Italian sports car in half, and the entire front section separated from the rest of the shredded vehicle. "For a million dollars, you get a very good passenger-safety system, and apparently, in this case, it did work," Brooks said.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (158371)	2/21/2006 5:24:23 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793958

N.Y. Gov. Not Improving After Surgery Feb 21 3:34 PM US/Eastern Email this story By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. Gov. George Pataki was transferred to a New York City hospital Tuesday because he was showing no improvement five days after surgeons removed his appendix. Pataki's intestines aren't functioning and he is being given water and nutrients intravenously, said Dr. Wiji Ratnathicam, a surgeon at Hudson Valley Hospital Center, where the governor had been treated before the transfer. "He's essentially in the same condition that he has been in for the past few days," said Pataki spokesman David Catalfamo. "It's obviously a situation that needs to be corrected." Pataki, 60, checked himself into Hudson Valley Medical Center early Thursday complaining of severe abdominal pain. His appendix, which had begun to rupture, was removed during emergency surgery. The governor was initially to be released Saturday, but he was still showing no improvement Tuesday, so he was transferred to New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan where doctors have access to more resources, Catalfamo said. Pataki was alert and in good spirits, Catalfamo said. The three-term Republican governor is considering a run president in 2008. Fellow Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky also remained hospitalized Tuesday after contracting a blood infection while recovering from gallbladder surgery last week. The bacteria in Fletcher's blood was moderately resistant to antibiotics, but treatment seems to be working, doctors said. In Connecticut, another Republican governor, M. Jodi Rell, was involved in a car accident Tuesday morning but escaped injury. The governor's driver and the teenager whose vehicle hit the car's driver's side were also uninjured, authorities said.