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1MHQ Winners of 11 10 the 54th despite benching Frerotte for Kitna annual Emmy Awards SPORTS, ci COVERAGE, A2 iiJiJiJ COPYRIGHT, 2002, THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER FINAL NEWSSPORT 50 CENTS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2002 EH PA Cincinnati no match for Falcons; trail 20-3 at halftime TiOTTT TTT A FTTW 1HVT TOvTT TTTTTh TTV WW A WILL 3 Will 1 Ml iiii Ji 1U1 WU lLJiLU FINAL ii Reds legends and fans bid fond farewell to Cinergy FieldRiverfront after 32 years 0 Report blames CIA for lapses Investigators say key al-Qaida member missed The emooes win on long after stadiim gie n-y, By James Risen The New York Times WASHINGTON The CIA failed to adequately scrutinize information it received before Sept 11 about the growing terrorist threat posed by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a leader of al-Qaida now believed to have been a central planner of the attacks on New York and Washington, congressional investigators have concluded. The joint congressional committee investigating intelligence failures that preceded the Sept 11 attacks issued a report last week that included a cryptic reference to a "key al-Qaida leader" whom the U.S. intelligence community had identified as early as 1995. The report was critical of the intelligence community's failure to "recognize his growing importance to al-Qaida" and "did not anticipate his involvement in a terrorist attack of Sept. llth's magnitude," even though information about him had been collected for at least six years.

According to U.S. officials, that reference was to Mr. Mohammed, but the joint committee was prevented from publicly identifying him, because information about him remains highly classified. Next to Osama bin Laden, Mr. Mohammed is probably the most-wanted terrorist in The Cincinnati EnquirerERNEST COLEMAN Cincinnati Reds players from over the years line the baselines of Cinergy Field during the closing ceremony for the 32-year-old stadium, soon to be replaced by the Great i American Ball Park next door.

5 I More in Sports By Howard Wilkinson The Cincinnati Enquirer LjrK'J ffl tf On a bittersweet afternoon of baseball and memory, the last at the oft-maligned Cinergy Field, who better than the plain-spoken and much-loved Sparky Anderson to sum it all up? "They can tear it down," said the manager who led the Big Red Machine of the 1970s to four World Series and two World Championships, "but they can't take it away from me. IU never forget" 3 77 rv ti uJ Today's softball game featuring Pete Rose and some old-timers will play to a packed house, C6 Sunday's game was a time to mark your own years, and the joy you found in them. Paul Daugherty column, CI Inning-by-inning account of the game, CI The Reds lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 4-3 Sunday in what was just the opening act for ceremonies, CS Two pages of pictures and stories inside sports. ONLINE home for the Reds in his 36 years. "But to tell you the truth, I can't wait to get into that place," he said, pointing to the white upper deck of the new ballpark.

Reds fans' day of baseball nostalgia ended late Sunday afternoon when three members of the Reds grounds crew dressed in tuxedos and wielding pick-axes and shovels dug up home plate as 52 former Reds greats who had been called out onto the field watched. The plate was loaded onto The Big Red Machine" the huge Zam-boni that used to sweep the Astro-turf when that was the playing surface at Riverfront Stadium and was driven, with Cincinnati police escort, across the way to be installed at Great American Ball Park. And, through it all, one unseen but universally felt presence hung over the ballpark on its last day -Pete Rose, the all-time hits leader, 7 Nor will the 40,964 who filled the circular bowl Sunday afternoon to see the Reds drop a game to the Phillies 4-3. Nor the 65 million who preceded them through the turnstiles through 2,572 games, for 32 seasons. Sunday's ball game itself with Aaron Boone hitting the last home run in RiverfrontCinergy and second baseman Todd Walker taking the last swing, a routine ground-out to second was mostly a footnote to the day-long pageant designed to celebrate the past and greet the future.

The future stood only a few feet away in the form of Great American Ball Park, the Reds'new $280 million home, which rose up next to the former Riverfront Stadium all year long, so close by that it seemed to be pushing the old ball yard aside. "I'm going to remember everything I ever saw in this place," said Jim Traynor, a Reds fan from Dayton, Ohio, who has known no other I Njajg go! Keyword: Cinergy View a photo See REPORT, Page A6 Military service rare on delegation Tristaters match trend throughout House and Senate By Carl Weiser Enquirer Washington Bureau WASHINGTON Greater Cincinnati's congressional delegation soon will have to make one of the most momentous decisions any elected official can make: whether to go to war. But like most of their fellow members of Congress, the 11 men who represent the Tri-state never have seen war up close. None saw combat only two are veterans: Sen. Richard Lugar, and Rep.

Ken Lucas, D-Ky. "Our job as legislators, whether we've served or not is to do what's in the best interests of our country," said Rep. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, who turned 18 after the draft ended. "It's a tough decision to put young men and women in harm's way. It's the toughest decision you make." Three decades ago, three of four members of Congress were veterans.

Now only about a third of Congress' 533 members have military experience, according to statistics gallery from Sunday's game and festivities and relive some of the stadium's greatest memories at Cndrtnat.Com. The Cincinnati EnquirerJEFF SWINGER Tuxedo-clad member of the Cincinnati Reds grounds crew dig up home plate to move it from Cinergy Field to the Reds' new home, Great American Ball Park, after the final Reds game Sunday at Cinergy. See STADIUM, PageA6 INDEX Along with autumn's return come signs of higher natural gas prices, heating bills Five sections, 162nd year, No. 167 Abby D4 I Business B6 Comics 06 Editorial 814 i Kids' Comer 816 Lotteries B2 Movies 07 Obituaries B4 Sports CI TV 04 B8-13, Cll-24 changed from a year ago. METRO Verne Troyer leads flapping Thousands crammed into Fountain Square Sunday to flap their arms and shake their rears with Austin Powers star Verne Troyer.

The 32-inch actor stood on a platform so people could see him. Bl WEATHER Online Get the latest news during the day at Cinclnnatl.Com. Keyword: Enquirer Cinergy's gas price in the December-March period last year was $4.41 a thousand cubic feet One big question mark for the gas outlook is the weather. Colder temperatures will push natural gas prices higher. The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration is forecasting a slightly wanner than normal winter, but colder than last year's.

E-mail: ling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Last week, an industry group projected that demand for natural gas will rise about 7 percent this winter, even if temperatures are milder than normal. Prices are expected to be higher because demand for natural gas will increase to 72.5 billion cubic feet a day in the period from November to March, the Natural Gas Supply Association said in its winter forecast Inventories are almost 6 percent higher than they were a year ago, but production is declining, and a stron- Fall dangers Season makes asthma, other ailments, more pronounced, experts say, A3 ger economy will boost demand, experts said. Cinergy won't set its winter gas price until the end of next month, but Mr. Brash said the company doesn't anticipate a return to prices that briefly hit $10 a thousand cubic feet two winters ago.

He said Cinergy is paying $4.22 a thousand cubic feet of natural gas, basically un By Mike Boyer The Cincinnati Enquirer Today marks the start of fall, and along with turning leaves, there are signs of higher heating prices ahead. "It's a little early yet," Cinergy Corp. spokesman Steve Brash said. "But we are seeing signs that the market is trending upward." Future natural gas prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined Friday -the first time in seven trading sessions on signs that Hurricane Isidore would miss dril- Copyright, 2002, The Cincinnati Enquirar lOdtflfAJWW Low 48 Times of MttfodBMI 1 IIIIHIIIN. Sli 1.

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