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ii i COMING UP SUFFERN WRESTLERS DCAT UAUHDAr 1 1P 5 -A An uini ivim lurno TAKE A TOUR OF THE 'REAL' HARLEM ID THINGS TO DO I THIS WEEKEND lc AT L0HUD.COM uS WHAT TO SEE 0RANGET0WN ON SCREi EN, STAGE STANDS BY CLAIMS IN 5, if. 'V i THE LINE IN 2008 $4M TAX SETTLEMENT 3A i iirmal Friday January 4, 2008 50 cents Obama, Huckabee take Iowa (SoooirS spins Inside Races in New Hampshire close, turning nasty, 3B Caucus results Edwards in 2nd, Clinton 3rd for Dems; Romney takes 2nd on GOP side David Espo and Mike Glover The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa Sen. Barack Obama swept to victory in the Iowa caucuses last night, pushing Hillary Rodham Clinton to third place and taking a major stride in a historic bid to become the nation's first Republicans Mike Huckabee Mitt Romney Democrats Barack Obama John Edwards 34 25 38 30 black president Mike Huckabee rode a wave of support from evangelical Christians to win the opening round among Republicans in the 2008 campaign for the White House. Obama, 46 and a first-term senator from Illinois, told a raucous victory rally his triumph showed that in "big cities and small Please see IOWA, 10A mum Barack Obama Mike Huckabee Hillary Rodham Clinton 29 TRAIN-CAR CRASH I GPS PUT DRIVER ON WRONG TRACK 1 Getaway driver Clark to continue serving 75 years-to-life term 4 A. Speak out What do you think of the ruling to deny Clark a new trial? Visit the "Rockland" forum at LoHud.com forums.

Steve Lieberman The Journal News i .1 i i a. VI 1 A federal appeals court yesterday rejected convicted murderer Judith Clark's bid for a new trial in the 1981 Brinks robbery, reversing a lower court ruling that dismissed her convictions. The decision means Clark, 58, will continue serving her sentence of 75 years to life at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester. The ruling was welcomed by LoHud.com Inside: Editorial, 4B Rockland prosecutors and the family of the two Nyack police officers and Brinks security guard killed on Oct. 20, 1981.

A jury convicted Clark and two fellow revolutionaries in 1983 of three second-degree murder charges Please see BRINKS, 4A Sfe -rf 4 1 "--ii- i I (- 1 vu va Tom NyczThe Journal News Vehicles cross over the tracks yesterday at Green Lane in Bedford Hills where a rental car was struck by a Metro-North commuter train on Wednesday night. The driver from Sunnyvale, following GPS directions, turned onto the tracks where the car became stuck. The driver abandoned the car minutes before the train hit it. Toll grows at masty crossing On LoHud For a database on p'g raikrossing accidents and Dangerous crossings The Green Lane railroad crossing in Bedford Hills has been the site of several accidents. However, other Lower Hudson Valley crossings ranked higher in New York in terms of accidents based on statistics from the Federal Railroad Administration.

This chart shows the number of incidents from 1997 to 2007. vsmj more pnoios, go 10 LoHijd.com LoHud.com. State Nearest street Angela GaulThe Journal News County legislators take the oath of office at the start of yesterday's reorganization meeting at the Allisorv Parris County Office Building in New City. Michel makes history, vows to merit trust First Haitian-American, Mothers sworn in as Rockland legislators Sarah Netter The Journal News NEW CITY County Clerk Paul Piperato swore in the 2008 Legislature last night in a history-making ceremony Jacques O. D'l.

Michel, D-Spring Valley, became the county's first Haitian-American legislator. "This is indeed a historic victory for our community and America," he said after receiving thunderous applause from a standing-room-only crowd, including many of his supporters. "1 can tell you, I will work hard to keep the trust you placed in me," Michel said. Also there to witness Michel's swearing-in were Felix Augustin, the Haitian consul general in New York, Please see LEGISLATURE, 4A Total Incidents 4 4 3 2 County Community Rockland Orangeburg Rockland Haverstraw Rockland Haverstraw Westchester Bedford Hills Rockland Orangeburg Westchester White Plains Rockland Orangeburg rank 3 5 7 34 41 44 75 Highview Short Clove Road New Main St. Green Lane Bradley Parkway Ext.

Virginia Road Erie Street Bedford Hills grade prone to accidents; 3 Rockland sites among worst in state Nicole Neroulias The Journal News BEDFORD HILLS Start with an accident-prone grade crossing and wait until dark. Then mix in an out-of-state driver in a rental car who is depending on satellites for directions. This disastrous recipe cooked up a fiery crash that stranded Metro-North commuters for hours Wednesday night but caused no injuries. Bo Bai, a 32-year-old from Sunnyvale, was driving west on Green Lane around 7 p.m, and told Metropolitan Transportation Authority police that his car's global positioning system instructed him to turn right as he was crossing the train tracks parallel to the Saw Mill River Parkway. He got stuck, tried to reverse and finally abandoned the 2006 Ford Focus before it was slammed by a northbound 2 2 1 Note: The figures include 2007 data from January to October.

Journal News reports indicate additional incidents at Green Lane Source: Federal Railroad Administration Harlem Line train, MTA police said. "He tried to stop the train by waving his arms, which apparently was not totally effective in slowing the train," said Dan Brucker, Metro-North spokesman. Bai, who is employed by a Silicon Valley computer technology company and has been working in Fishkill, was relying heavily on his device's navigation commands, police said. But even without adding the risk of misinterpreting or becoming distracted by a GPS device, five other accidents on the Green Lane tracks, including one that killed a woman driver in 1996, make this one of the most dangerous of some 150 grade crossings in the Metro-North system, rucker said. Statewide, three crossings in Rockland Please see CROSSING, 4A "All of these accidents are so simply avoidable.

Don't drive around the gates, obey the signals, do not be in the line of traffic where you are stopped on the tracks. Just look where you're driving." Dan Brucker, Metro-North spokesman XI Ex-analyst from Airmont gets 57 months for insider trading Classified 5D Movies The line Comics 2D Obituaries 5B Crossword 7D Opinion 4B Dear Abby 4D Scoreboard 7C Lotteries 2B Television 4D Today: Sunny, 37 Tonight Cloudy, 23 Weather, 11A Tomorrow In Keeping the kids busy and cabin fever at bay. NEW YORK A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst was sentenced yesterday to nearly 57 months In prison for his role In an insider-trading operation that used illegal tips from a grand juror and leaked copies of a market-moving magazine to make millions of dollars illegally. Eugene Plotkin, 28, an Airmont resident, apologized before he was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison by U.S.

District Judge Richard J. Holwell in Manhattan. He was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and to forfeit up to $6.7 million, the amount of the seam's illegal profits. "I'm ashamed and deeply sorry for what I did," Plotkin said. Holwell ordered Plotkin to report to prison by March 15.

Plotkin pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud and eight counts of insider trading. Most of the profits have been secured by federal authorities who froze bank accounts when the fraud was discovered. Details, 8C II III III Tonight How to make your home environmentally friendly. Plus, what to do with the kids. Watch 5-7 p.m.

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