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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, numberofU.S.troops are ad vising forces opposed tothe coordinating resupplyandhelpingdirectU.S. airstrikes Taliban targets. Rumsfeld didnotsay whichU.S.troops areinAfghanistan orhowlongtheyhavebeenthere,butfrom his description oftheirmissions it seemed likelytheyinclude Army Spe cial Forces, commonly called Green Berets. He said fewerthan100 areinAfghanistan.AROUNDTHEWORLDTHURSDAY'SLOCALWEATHERHIGH80LOW64 u.S.troopsconfirmed in northernAfghanistanWASHINGTON(AP)-The Pentagon confirmedthepres ence of American troopsinnorthernAfghanistan forthefirst time Tuesdayandcreditedthemwith improvingtheeffec tiveness ofU.S.bombing raids. Defense Secretary DonaldH.Rumsfeld told a Pentagon news conference a "very modest"ACROSSTHESTATELegislature approvestwospecialtyplatesTALLAHASSEE(AP)The Legislature passed a bill to cre ate "United We Stand'!and"American Red Cross" specialty license platesTuesdaywithmoneyraised fromtheautotags going to effortstofight ter rorismandbiological attacks. Senate Majority Leader Jim King paradedupanddownthechamber's aisle withanen larged version ofthe"United We Stand" plate as opponents argued against passingthebill(SB94B).The plate depictedtheAmerican flag overanimage of Florida. The House later passedthemeasure 110-4, sending it toGov.Jeb Bush. Organizations usually have togather40,000 petition signa tures for lawmakerstoconsider specialty plates.Thebill waivedthatprovi sion,whichSen. Skip Camp bell, D-Fort Lauderdale, saidcouldleadtoscoresofnonprofitgroupsseekingthesameexemption. Campbell said it sets abadprecedentin waivingthepetitionrequirement.INGAINESVILLEBioterrorismseminartobe heldatShandsUFVicePresidentofHealthAffairs Ken Berns is sponsoringabioterrorismseminartodaytoaddressseveralhealth-relatedtopiCS.UFexperts on smallpoxandthetherapyofinfectious dis eases willspeakontheirrespectivespecialtiesandanswerquestions.UFhasparticularinterestinthebioterrorismissuebecause"facultyinCollegeofMedicineareonseveralnationalcommitteesconcerningbioterrorism," Berns saidinane-mail interview. Theseminarwillbeheldat5p.m.intheUFHealthCenterMedical Sciences Building Au ditorium, Room 2-200.Itisnotopentothe'public,butShands employees, as well as faculty,staffandstudentsfromthesixhealthsciencecenterschools -includingtheCollegeofPharmacy,theCol legeofDentistry,theCollegeofHealthProfessions,theCol legeofMedicine,theCollegeofVeterinary MedicineandtheCollegeofNursing are welcometoattend..ONLINE TODAYlocalBands:SignupfortheAlligatofsnewlocalmusicsiteatwww.olligotor.org/mp3 www..,JJligator.org 3:30p.m. -Booat theZoowillbeheldattheSFCCTeachingZoountil7:30p.m.6p.m. -TheBlackStudentUnionwillhost a HauntedHouseuntil9p.m.behind the InstituteofBlackCultureand the InstituteofHispanic-LatinoCultures.8:45p.m. -"z"Andrushysun,theTampaareaFellowshipofChristianAthletes director and formerNFLplayerwillspeak atFCA,whichwillbeheldinTouchdownTerrace.10p.m. -VISA,HSAandASUwillhost afreeHalloweenpartyforUFstudentsuntil2a.m. atMartiny's,238WUniversityAve.The"Ghosts,Hauntings & Poltergeists"lecture held TuesdaynightatSFCCisaclossofferedbyCommunityEducationatSFCCandcosts$30.The UF footballteom's (lome atSouthCarolinaonNov.10willbetelevisedbyESPN.Kickoffis7:45p.rn.WereportedotherwiseinMonday'sAlligator.Weregrettheerror.TheAlligatorstrivestobeaccurateandclearinitsnewsreportsandeditorials.Ifyoufindonerror,pleasecalltheeditorat376-4458orsendane-mailtoeditor@alligator.org.volume 95ISSN 0889-2423number 50theindependentfloridaNotofficiallyassociatadwiththe ot g@h"!y!!!:.unicalions Inc.,ofGainesv'"e,Fla.Newsroom 376-4458 Fax: 376-4467 Editor TreyCsarManaging Editor / Print Teresa Wood Managing EditorINew MediaJenniferFalor Online Staff Andrew Diec, Sheila Fridman, Michael Lee, Editorial Page Editor Jason Brown Stephenlink,Brandon McCoy News Editors Andrew Marra, Kristen Moczynski Editorial Board Members Michele Jones, Mark Ward Sports Editor Seth Traub Tallahassee Bureau Chief Joe Black Special Projects Editor Jenny L. 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