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The ten candidates for the 2007 Miss Teen Marianas title pose during yesterday’s press briefing at the DFS Galleria. From left, first row, Quina Mendiola, Maggie Aldan and Ruby Somorang; standing, from right, Alexandria Davis, Jessel Mesa, Kayla Atalig, Vinae Deleon Guerrero, Heather Calderwood, Yvette Bennett and Chrislaine Lely. Coronation night is on March 31 at the Nikko Hotel.Photo by Mark Peñaranda

1,327 hours of power outages on Saipan in Jan.-Nov. 2006
SAIPAN residents and businesses experienced a total of 1,327 hours and 46 minutes of blackouts from January to November last year, or roughly the equivalent of 55 days, according to data from the Commonwealth ....(Full Story)

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GUAM EDITION

Gov. Felix P. Camacho delivers his fifth State of the Island Address yesterday, while Supreme Court Chief Justice F. Philip Carbullido, right, listens. Camacho says Guam’s cumulative deficit could exceed $700 million in the next five years if the government continues to operate in a business as usual fashion, as he pushes anew for his borrowing plan to refinance outstanding obligations, including tax refunds and the earned income tax credit. Photo by Paul Blas

Local News — Guam

• Camacho: GovGuam in fiscal crisis
• Seagraves pleads not guilty
• Hoffman defends mayors’ trip
• Senators: No blank check for the governor
• $3 hotel surcharge proposed
• Firefighters hit for doing office work
• UOG offers Asian cultural tour
• Camacho: Crime rate has gone down
• Okinawa lawmaker to visit Guam
• Photo catches man while stealing from a tourist
• Web site of Guam laws launched

Editorials/Columns/Letters

• Life, Politics and Policy :Who showed up yesterday?
• Delusions of grandeur
• UOG can’t have it both ways