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Anyone using the web is Times 'person of the year'

By Associated PRess
Published December 17, 2006

Congratulations! You are Time magazine's "Person of the Year." The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as the magazine cited the shift from institutions to individuals - citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners this year were anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web. "If you choose an individual, you have to justify how that person affected millions of people," said Richard Stengel, the magazine's managing editor. The magazine hits newsstands Monday.

600,000 still lack power in 2 states

Residents of the Pacific Northwest struggled to stay warm Saturday after the worst windstorm in more than a decade knocked out power to more than 1.5-million homes and businesses and killed at least six people. More than 600,000 customers in Washington and Oregon still had no power, and utilities said some might have to wait into this week for their lights to go back on. Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire declared a state of emergency.

Diocese will pay 16 over sex abuse

The Archdiocese of Washington has agreed to pay $1.3-million to 16 men who said they were sexually abused by eight priests from 1962 to 1982. Although the men began pursuing claims three years ago, no lawsuits were filed in part because the statutes of limitation had expired, an attorney for the group, Peter M. Gillon, said Friday. The archdiocese includes more than 560,000 Roman Catholics in 140 parishes in the District of Columbia and five southern Maryland counties.

Elsewhere

WASHINGTON: Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., was in critical condition Saturday and resting from brain surgery. He had a brain hemorrhage Wednesday.

SERVIA, W.VA.: A pickup traveling the wrong way on an interstate highway collided head-on with another pickup, killing all five people in both vehicles, authorities said Saturday. The wrong-way vehicle struck the other vehicle Friday on Interstate 79 as state troopers tried to intercept it.

BOSTON: The state of Massachusetts has taken control of the Boston Election Department because the city did not stock enough ballots at dozens of precincts on Election Day, when some voters had to wait hours in line.

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