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WILDLIFE ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS EAGLE CLOSE TO GETTING OFF LIST RadioShack CEO’s résumé in question The American bald eagle has taken another step away from the endangered I College records show that Dave Edmondson enrolled for two semesters, but two semesters of coursework. He also species list. he says he finished his degree requirements with correspondence courses. said that the school never offered de- NATIONAL | 3A grees in psychology. By HEATHER LANDY the news media and posted on Radio- In an hourlong interview Friday with STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER Shack’s Web site said that the executive the Star-Telegram, Edmondson said he VALENTINE’S DAY Watchdog ©2006 Fort Worth Star-Telegram earned degrees in theology and psychol- only minored in psychology and had Journalism FORT WORTH — A Star-Telegram in- ogy from Pacific Coast Baptist College in been unaware of the error in his corpo- OK, SWEETS vestigation has uncovered discrepancies San Dimas, Calif. rate biography. He said he earned what First reported at in the academic credentials of Radio- But the registrar at the small school, was designated as a “Thg” degree, com- Edmondson has It’s known among www.star- Shack Chief Executive Dave Edmondson, which moved to Oklahoma City in 1998 pleting a three-year program in theology been CEO of educators as an FMNV day: telegram.com including inaccuracies on his résumé and renamed itself Heartland Baptist Bi- through correspondence courses while RadioShack one of three days in which at 9:35 p.m. and corporate biography. ble College, said enrollment records working at a church in Colorado. He sug- since May. candy — a Food of Minimal A biography that was distributed to show that Edmondson completed only More on RÉSUMÉ on 13A Nutritional Value — is allowed. FORT WORTH | 1B BASKETBALL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SCHOOLS ‘Inspiration’ to Heights team comes through with big shot SINGLE-SEX Chertoff EDUCATION The Irma Lerma Rangel Young Women’s defends Leadership School is an experiment for the Dallas district — a single-sex public school for girls. Homeland FAMILY DAY! | 1E

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ACADEMIC DEGREES INTERVIEW Inaccurate résumés Edmondson defends his record have proved costly STAR-TELEGRAM On his résumé: On explaining the Excerpts from a Star-Tele- “I want to make it very degree he says he finished STAR-TELEGRAM tas Software Corp. — which gram interview with Radio- clear to you that I stand by through correspondence Dave Edmondson Résumé inaccuracies are derives its name from the Shack CEO Dave Edmondson every single thing that is on courses: Age: 46 Joined RadioShack: 1994 common but rarely caught, Latin word for truth — re- on Friday: this résumé. I have never at Star-Telegram: “Is it a Positions: Currently CEO; according to researchers and signed after admitting he lied any time ever attempted to specific type of degree, a previously president and chief career consultants. A survey about earning a master’s On his most recent DWI misrepresent myself, to rep- bachelor’s or associate’s operating officer, executive in September 2001 by the degree in business adminis- arrest: resent myself as anything or…?” vice president, senior vice executive recruitment firm tration from Stanford Uni- “I feel terrible about it. I’m more or anything less than Edmondson: “It’s actually president, vice president of Christian & Timbers found versity. embarrassed by it. I’m embar- what I am.” called a Th, a Thg.” retail marketing that 23 percent of executives 2002: Bausch & Lomb rassed for me personally. I’m S-T: “What’s that?” Previous employer: Advo misstated their accomplish- Inc. corrected CEO Ronald embarrassed for my family. On the questions about DE: “What is that?” Inc., a direct-marketing firm Corporate board ments, including the number Zarrella’s corporate biogra- I’m embarrassed that the his academic record: S-T: “Yeah, what is that?” memberships: Advanced of years in a position, job phy and withheld a $1.1 mil- company has to be drawn “It’s actually kind of ironic DE: “It’s a degree in theol- Micro Devices responsibilities and educa- lion bonus after it learned into that. And I was embar- because when I first got into ogy.” Community involvement: tion history. that he did not have an MBA rassed to have to go the board business, I spent the first 10 S-T: “Oh. But it’s not a Member of the boards of But when they are caught, from New York University. and say, ‘Hey, look, you know, years defending the fact that bachelor’s or anything?” Texas Christian University’s the consequences can be Zarrella stayed on the job, I’m, you know, CEO-elect. It’s having a degree in theology DE: “Yeah, the problem AddRan College, Cook Chil- harsh. and the biography now says been two weeks since I’ve had anything to do with busi- you’re having, I mean, let me dren’s Health Foundation, There have been several that he only attended the been CEO-elect. Guess what, ness. Now I’m faced with a just tell you…” The Women’s Center high-profile examples of school. I’ve got some great news for whole new problem. But it is (back and forth) SOURCE: RadioShack résumé padding in recent 2006: George Deutsch, a you.’ I’m not proud of it, what it is.” DE: “You’re trying to put, years, including some corpo- presidential appointee to okay?” in the context of what you rate executives. NASA’s public affairs office, On the claim in his know in the secular world, complete this?” 2001: George O’Leary is resigned this month when On the board’s reaction biography that he has two my education.” DE: “Correct.” forced to resign just a week Texas A&M officials con- to the DWI arrest: degrees: S-T: “I know it’s different, after being named head foot- firmed that the 24-year-old “I think they were dis- “The issue here is: Have I but so, you said it’s called a On his integrity: ball coach at Notre Dame, writer and editor attended appointed and they were very misrepresented myself to the Thg?” “I have never in my whole when it was discovered that the school but did not, as he clear that, you know, you company, have I misrepre- DE: “Thg, correct.” career been questioned on he had not earned a master’s claimed on his résumé, com- have a responsibility in terms sented myself to the board, S-T: “But what does that my integrity.” degree from New York Uni- plete a degree in journalism. of conduct and you can’t put have I misrepresented myself stand for?” versity, as he listed on his yourself in a position where to anyone? No. And the fact of DE: “Theology. Degree in On the lack of docu- résumé. SOURCES: Star-Telegram, The New you can be criticized, and I the matter is that I do not have theology—comma—Thg. mentation to show he 2002: Kenneth Lonchar, York Times, The Associated Press, think that’s very fair.” two degrees, and have never Okay? I don’t know why they graduated: chief financial officer at Veri- and thestreet.com. said I have two degrees.” call it that, but that’s what it “I’m going to continue to is.” find the evidence that I need. S-T: “So it was in three And at the end of the day I years that you were able to will produce that for you.”

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STAR-TELEGRAM in several buildings on a quiet Heartland Baptist Bible Col- campus a few miles northwest lege has operated in Oklahoma of downtown. It has about 400 for less than a decade, but its students, according to a school roots date back 40 years. official. On a recent weekday According to the school’s afternoon, the main floor of the Web site, pastors involved in school’s administrative build- the Western Baptist Bible Fel- ing was filled with students re- lowship met in Las Vegas in laxing in the lobby and brows-
 
1966 and voted to create Pacific ing through the bookstore. Coast Baptist Bible College. Main areas of study at the Classes commenced in 1967 in school include biblical studies, Orange, Calif. The school church music and Christian moved twice more, to Walnut, education. Because it remains Calif., in 1969, and to Pasadena, unaccredited, the Oklahoma   Calif., in 1971, before it relocat- State Board of Regents of High- ed to San Dimas, Calif. er Education prohibits the The school was not accred- school from offering degrees, ited, but under state law it was according to Heartland Bap- able to award degrees. Gradu- tist’s Web site.    ates typically became pastors, But the college does award served as educators or took diplomas recognizing the com- other church-related jobs. pletion of two-, three- and Facing financial crisis and four-year programs. declining enrollment, the The estimated cost of at- school left Southern California tending is $2,765 per semester   
in 1998, changed its name and for on-campus students and moved to a former college $1,180 for off-campus students, campus in Oklahoma City. according to the site.
 
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CONTINUED FROM 1A lowed up” on the information. gested that Heartland Baptist After his time at Harvard, must have lost some paper- Edmondson began to play a work that should be in his file. bigger role in corporate deci- Pointing to his résumé, he sionmaking. He typically ad- insisted that he never mis- dressed Wall Street during the characterized his record to the company’s quarterly confer- company, which hired him in ence calls, offering updates on 1994. RadioShack’s efforts to cut “I can be responsible for costs and become more effi- how I represented myself to cient. the company, and I am respon- On Jan. 13, 2005, Roberts an- sible for how I represented nounced that he would step myself to the company,” said down as CEO and hand the job Edmondson, who has been to Edmondson, saying, “Dave CEO since May. “So anyway, is ready.” Edmondson official- I’ll just say this: If I were going ly replaced him May 19 at the to make stuff up, I probably company’s annual stockhold- would have found something a ers meeting. little more impressive to make Since then, earnings have up.” been hurt by a slowdown in Yet the résumé, which Ed- the company’s historically de- mondson later gave to the pendable wireless phone busi- Star-Telegram, lists his degree ness, and profit margins have as a “BS,” or Bachelor of Sci- contracted. Shares of Radio- ence, which requires more Shack (ticker: RSH) have fall- courses than a Thg. When the en by 17 percent since Ed- distinction was pointed out to mondson took over, while the Edmondson, he declined to Standard & Poor’s 500 Index comment on why the listing has risen 6.5 percent. varied from the description he Edmondson was paid a sal- offered. ary of $616,154 and a bonus of The Star-Telegram began $820,219 in 2004, when he was looking into Edmondson’s still president and chief oper- background after learning ating officer. His 2005 pay will that he is awaiting trial on a be disclosed in the company’s charge of driving while intox- next proxy statement, due lat- icated. He is scheduled to go er this year. to court in April on the STAR-TELEGRAM ARCHIVES/RON T. ENNIS charge, which carries penal- Dave Edmondson, left, succeeded Len Roberts as CEO of RadioShack in May. Roberts, who recruited Edmondson in 1994, is now chairman. Conduct questions ties that may include a fine of Edmondson declined to as much as $2,000, jail time of From the RadioShack Web site comment on whether he has three to 180 days and proba- contacted members of the tion. He has two prior arrests board to discuss the questions in connection with driving about his academic creden- while intoxicated, but no con- tials, but said, “My board is victions. aware of where we are.” Thomas Plaskett, Radio- RadioShack’s directors Shack’s presiding board mem- have discussed Edmondson’s ber and chairman of the com- conduct in the past. pany’s corporate governance From Dave Edmondson’s résumé At a February 2005 board committee, called the Star- meeting, Edmondson dis- Telegram inquiry “out of closed to his fellow directors place” and would not discuss that he was arrested in South- the matter. lake on Jan. 25, 2005, on suspi- “I speak for the board; there cion of driving while intoxi- is no comment,” said Plaskett, Résumé discrepancies cated. a former chief executive of A biography distributed by RadioShack and posted on its Web site said CEO Dave According to the police re- Continental Airlines and Pan Edmondson had degrees in theology and psychology. port, Edmondson was stopped Am Corp. who now heads Fox just after midnight by a South- But officials at the school he attended said the college never offered a degree in Run Capital Associates, a con- psychology. In an interview last week, Edmondson said he earned a three-year lake police officer who ob- sulting firm in Irving. degree in theology, while minoring in psychology. served him driving a silver Len Roberts, RadioShack’s 2005 Jaguar at 66 mph in a 45 executive chairman, also de- The company removed the reference to a psychology degree on Friday. His résumé, mph zone on West Southlake which he submitted to the company when he was hired in 1994, lists the degree as clined to comment. Roberts, a “BS,” or Bachelor of Science. Boulevard. Edmondson “had who preceded Edmondson as bloodshot eyes and his bal- CEO, recruited him to the ance was swayed and un- chain in 1994. steady,” according to the po- Edmondson, 46, has been lice report. He failed a field so- trying to revive sales and earn- No documentation any specific reason to believe Baskin said, “It’s very difficult that says he “majored in The- briety test and declined to take ings growth at the electronics The Star-Telegram first that its student files might be to remember all of the stu- ology with a minor in Psychol- a breath test or answer ques- retailer, which had a disap- contacted Edmondson’s office incomplete. dents and what level they ogy.” tions. pointing year in 2005. The Feb. 2 to inquire about his cre- Edmondson suggested on reached academically.” But The front page of the résu- Edmondson told the Star- company, one of highest-pro- dentials after Roger Howse, Friday that records of former based on the remembrances of mé lists his education as: “BS, Telegram that he was two file companies based in Fort the registrar and academic students of the school, which other former employees he Pacific Coast Baptist College, blocks from his home when he Worth, is scheduled to release dean at Heartland Baptist, said is not accredited, are not fre- consulted with last week after San Dimas, CA, Theology- was pulled over, on his way year-end results later this the school had no record of quently checked. Edmondson contacted him, “I Psychology 1980.” back from an event in Fort week, at the conclusion of a Edmondson’s graduation. “Out of the 6,000 people to think it’s pretty well a consen- Worth. two-day meeting with Wall Edmondson, who started have graduated from that sus that he did graduate in Rapid rise “I feel terrible about it,” Ed- Street analysts. two churches before launch- school in 30 years, I’m proba- 1980,” he said. Edmondson took an unusu- mondson said. “I’m embar- With the revelations in re- ing a full-time business career, bly the only one that ever be- Baskin, who left Pacific al route to the executive suite. rassed by it. I’m embarrassed cent years about lax oversight said his diploma was lost in a came CEO of a company,” Ed- Coast Baptist in 1983 and now He left Colorado in the for me personally. I’m embar- at many corporations, more garage fire at his Southlake mondson said. “I don’t know works at another Baptist col- summer of 1980, and started a rassed for my family.” attention has been focused on home. A Southlake Depart- how many people’s documen- lege in California, could not church in a suburb of Omaha, Edmondson has been mar- executives and the statements ment of Public Safety report tation is correct or incorrect at provide any details or anec- Neb. He returned to Colorado ried since 1979 to Debra Ed- they issue. Sarbanes-Oxley, a confirms that a fire occurred the school.” dotes to support the conclu- a few years later to start anoth- mondson, who has been active federal law passed in 2002, re- at his house in June 2004. Edmondson said that some- sion that Edmondson had er church before transitioning in Southlake politics for years. quires top executives to certi- He said that Baptist Bible one at RadioShack would have graduated. into a full-time business ca- The couple separated in the fy the accuracy of certain fi- Fellowship in Springfield, checked into his academic his- But last Thursday, he sent a reer. Eventually he landed at spring of 2005 and filed for di- nancial statements filed with Mo., would have copies of his tory when he was hired, but he two-sentence memo to Heart- Advo, a database and direct vorce last week. the Securities and Exchange diploma and ordination pa- said there was nothing in his land Baptist: marketing firm that worked Edmondson has hired long- Commission. perwork. But Paul Hylton, as- personnel file to indicate “After reviewing the infor- with RadioShack, then known time Fort Worth defense attor- And some executives found sociate mission director at whether such calls were made. mation we have and consult- as Tandy Corp. ney Bill Magnussen to repre- to have made questionable Baptist Bible Fellowship, said ing with former staff of Pacific Roberts, then president of sent him in court April 19 on claims about their academic the organization does not col- Different chronology Coast Baptist Bible College, RadioShack, was impressed the DWI charge. histories have been fired in re- lect any such records. Edmondson said that he at- we are confident that David after Edmondson sent him a The last time Edmondson cent years from public compa- After Edmondson contact- tended classes on campus at Edmondson successfully com- letter with ideas for the Radio- faced a DWI charge, for a July nies, universities and govern- ed Heartland Baptist to dis- Pacific Coast Baptist in the fall pleted his work and was grad- Shack business. As Roberts 2000 arrest in Fort Worth, the ment agencies. Others have cuss the school’s documenta- of 1977 and spring of 1978 and uated in May, 1980 with a de- and Edmondson both tell the offense was reduced to ob- kept their jobs. tion, Howse combed through spent two years finishing his gree in Theology, Thg. Thank story, Edmondson wasn’t struction of a highway. Ed- Michael Hoffman, execu- additional files kept in stor- coursework off campus, while you for including this informa- looking for a job at the time, mondson received deferred tive director of the Center for age. Howse said he looked for working as an associate pastor tion in his student file.” but Roberts was able to lure adjudication probation on that Business Ethics at Bentley diploma order forms, cap- at Security Baptist Temple in RadioShack on Friday re- him to RadioShack as a vice charge. At the time of that ar- College in Waltham, Mass., and-gown order forms and Colorado. moved the reference to a psy- president of marketing. rest, Edmondson was an exec- said the questions that the other graduation-related doc- But that chronology differs chology degree from Ed- By the end of 2000, Ed- utive vice president at Radio- Star-Telegram has raised uments that the school typi- from an account he gave in a mondson’s online biography. mondson had been promoted Shack. He was promoted to about Edmondson may point cally saves in the files of for- January 2005 interview with The reference had also been to president of RadioShack, president at the end of that to a pattern of bad judgment. mer students, but none with the Star-Telegram, when he included in materials that Ra- where he was known for his year. “If you have the top leader Edmondson’s name turned up. said he returned to Colorado dioShack disseminated in Jan- creative ideas, strong negoti- Edmondson was also ar- of a company who is misstat- On Feb. 7, Howse, who has after graduating from college. uary 2005 to announce that ating skills and a passion for rested on suspicion of DWI in ing facts on his résumé and been with the school for more Edmondson declined to com- Edmondson would be the flowcharts and graphs illus- Dallas County in 1988, before demonstrating poor judg- than 20 years and relocated ment on the discrepancy be- company’s next CEO. It was trating the chain’s strengths he joined RadioShack. He was ment in terms of his alcohol with it from California to tween the statements. repeated in several news re- and weaknesses. acquitted of that charge in abuse and driving, then that is Oklahoma, faxed a statement On Friday, Edmondson said ports, including Star-Telegram As the heir apparent to the 1990. a serious matter that share- to Edmondson acknowledging that Pacific Coast Baptist articles. CEO post, Edmondson round- Because of the most recent holders need to know about,” that “in the life of a small mailed his diploma to his pas- Edmondson said he had ed out his schooling with Har- arrest, Edmondson’s driver’s Hoffman said. “It’s not some- school, where increased work- tor in Colorado, who advised been unaware that his corpo- vard Business School’s Ad- license is suspended. He said thing that should be kept in load and student workers in him in his studies and present- rate biography claimed he vanced Management Pro- he has used hired drivers, at secret, or swept under the the offices is the norm, the ed him with the diploma. earned a psychology degree. gram, an executive education his own expense, since the ar- rug. It’s something that de- possibility exists that papers, The Star-Telegram could And he said he could not re- program geared toward cor- rest. mands explanation and apol- file inserts, and various docu- not locate the pastor, who, ac- member whether he ever re- porate managers. Program di- “I have not driven a car ogy, and then it should be up ments could get lost, misfiled, cording to Edmondson, left viewed the press materials rector Kathryn Venne con- since the incident,” he said. to the board members and or misplaced — and moving Security Baptist Temple in the about his promotion. firmed that Edmondson com- Edmondson said he be- shareholders” to decide from California to Oklahoma early 1980s amid personal and “I have a lot of things to do, pleted the nine-week session lieves the board of directors whether he should keep his could have compounded the financial problems. running the company,” Ed- in the fall of 2002. understands that he made a job. problem.” Edmondson said that Jack mondson said. “Looking at Venne said that candidates mistake. And he said no one on “It goes to the heart of The next day, Howse told Baskin, who was executive what the Web site says is not are asked to list their academ- the board has questioned his whether the man has integri- the Star-Telegram that the vice president at Pacific Coast my highest priority.” ic history on their applica- integrity. ty,” Hoffman said, “and wheth- school, which operates in sev- Baptist when Edmondson was He said that he was honest tions. But because there are no “Why would they?” he er he’s honest and forthright eral buildings on a small cam- a student, would confirm that on the résumé he supplied educational prerequisites to asked. in who he says he is and what pus northwest of downtown Edmondson graduated. RadioShack in 1994, the sec- attend the program, she said, Heather Landy, (817) 390-7725 he says he might do.” Oklahoma City, has never had In a telephone interview, ond page of which has a profile the school “wouldn’t have fol- [email protected] FWSW M LIFE & ARTS | 1F TORINO GAMES | DAY 4 4-PAGE SECTION | DD Fashion tip: U.S.’s Ted Ligety takes Go for the the gold in Alpine skiing layered look Ukrainian ice dancers train in Metroplex for Olympics. 1B

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| HURRICANE HUNTING ACCIDENT The size of the shot RADIOSHACK CREDENTIALS PANEL DETAILS Shotgun shells contain pellets — sometimes hundreds — which CRISIS FAILURES Man shot by Cheney scatter in a pattern after they are fired from a gun. During a Pastor A House committee finds weekend hunting accident, Vice fault in every level of President Dick Cheney shot government, from the Austin lawyer Harry Whittington White House down, in the CHENEY suffers heart attack with a 28-gauge shotgun with 1 Hurricane Katrina disaster. shells containing 7 /2 size shot. FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS can’t NATIONAL | 4A part of his heart in what we would Vice President Dick Cheney’s say is a minor heart attack,” said Some of the shot sizes and their use: hunting incident took on a more Peter Banko, the administrator of 1 STOCKYARDS serious edge Tuesday when the Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus 7 /2 — quail and dove shooting victim suffered a heart Christi-Memorial. verify attack caused by Cheney’s errant David Blanchard, the hospital’s 00 buckshot — large RETURNING birdshot. chief of emergency care, said game such as deer TO GLORY? WHITTINGTON Doctors said Austin lawyer Whittington suffered “a silent Harry Whittington, 78, remained heart attack” that lacked many of The former Spaghetti CEO’s at risk from a pellet embedded in the typical symptoms. Warehouse building could WHAT DO All objects be restored and turned YOU THINK? his heart muscle. Cheney called Whittington on actual size into a boutique hotel or Post a comment The birdshot triggered a mild Tuesday to offer his best wishes, corporate headquarters. on this report at heart attack. according to a statement issued www.star- SOURCE: Star-Telegram research BUSINESS | 3C “Some of the birdshot appears by the vice president’s office. account telegram.com to have moved and lodged into NATIONAL | 8A STAR-TELEGRAM/DEWUAN X. DAVIS I The man who RadioShack’s HEALTH Dave Edmondson said advised him as he completed his degree says FERTILITY, he does not recall Edmondson STRESS LINKED SHOWING HIS TRUE COLORS working toward his diploma. By HEATHER LANDY For couples trying to get STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER pregnant, stress can play The pastor who RadioShack Chief a vicious role. Executive Dave Edmondson said su- NEWS 2 USE | 2A pervised him as he completed his college degree through correspon- dence courses said MORTALITY Tuesday that he does not remem- 50 OR OLDER? ber Edmondson working toward PLAY THIS GAME his diploma. A new test tries to help Last week, Ed- people over 50 evaluate mondson said Ron their chances of dying Hoover had over- within four years. seen the course EDMONDSON NATIONAL | 9A work and was his only academic ANALYSIS contact during the It all boils down IN THE KITCHEN two years he took to character, correspondence Mitchell classes from Pacif- Schnurman THE HOT ZONE ic Coast Baptist Bi- writes. 1C A war correspondent ble College, ulti- WHAT learns to improvise to mately presenting DO YOU create satisfying meals him with a diplo- despite chaos in Baghdad THINK? — and in her kitchen. ma. Edmondson Post a comment said he spent five on this report at FOOD | 1E hours a day on www.star- course work while telegram.com working at Securi- ADOPTION ty Baptist Temple near Colorado Springs, Colo. A VERY SPECIAL Hoover, who was the church’s pas- tor at the time, said Edmondson ex- VALENTINE’S GIFT celled in his job as an associate pastor A Tarrant County military More on ACCOUNT on 13A couple will be allowed to bring their adopted Ethiopian son home. FORT WORTH | 6B COUNTRY MUSIC

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H5N1 VIRUS PALESTINE | HAMAS Bird flu still spreading U.S., Israel

Reports of bird flu in wild birds and domestic poultry continue to spread in the Middle East, Europe and Africa. The H5N1 virus has killed at least 91 people since 2003, according to the World Health Organization. Almost all the human deaths have been linked to contact with infected poultry, but experts say the virus could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people. Here is an update of the latest countries affected. ‘interference’ is protested

I The New York Times ing to dry up funding and iso- reported a U.S.-Israeli plan late the Palestinians interna- to starve the Palestinian tionally in an effort to keep Authority of cash. Hamas, which is committed to Israel’s destruction, from By AMY TEIBEL taking power. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS However, Israeli Ambas- JERUSALEM — Hamas sador Daniel Ayalon told The protested “interference” by Associated Press, “There are the United States and Israel no ongoing discussions with following reports Tuesday the U.S. designed to bring that the two nations were ex- down the Palestinian govern- ploring ways to topple the ment.” militants’ incoming govern- A Hamas official protest- ment unless they renounced ed the reports, saying at- their violent ideology and tempts to bring down a fu- recognized Israel’s right to ture Hamas government exist. were hypocritical. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/HELGO SOMMER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/DARIO AZZARO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/SUNDAY ALAMBA In Washington, the White “This is ... a rejection of Swans swim near a power plant in Mellach, A health official in Catania, Italy, examines a A child carries a turkey through a market in House and the Israeli ambas- the democratic process, Austria, on Monday. Two birds found dead near dead owl and a dead duck in his laboratory Kaduna, Nigeria, on Tuesday. Health workers sador to the United States de- which the Americans are the plant appear to have been killed by the Tuesday. Six dead swans in southern Italy are trying to get workers of a bird-flu-infested nied such a plan. The State calling for day and night,” in- H5N1 strain, an official said Tuesday. have tested positive for H5N1. farm tested for H5N1. Department said it was re- coming legislator Mushir al viewing U.S. aid to the Pales- Masri said. “It’s an interfer- Austria: Two birds found dead in Austria also Italy: Italy confirmed Saturday that six wild Nigeria: The H5N1 strain, first confirmed in fowl tinians and would make a de- ence and a collective punish- appear to have been infected with the H5N1 swans found in the southern regions of Sicily, in three states, is now suspected in five more cision within two weeks. ment of our people because strain. Samples have been sent for confirmation Puglia and Calabria tested positive for H5N1. states, raising concern that Nigeria is not taking Exiled Hamas leader they practiced the democrat- to a lab in England. the necessary measures to combat the disease. Khaled Mashaal said in Su- ic process in a transparent “We have received reports that the disease is Iran: The government news agency quoted the Germany: Two dead swans were found on the fast spreading to other farms across the state,” dan that his group had no and honest way.” country’s Veterinary Organization as saying island of Ruegen, in northern Germany, and said Shehu Bawa, the head of a bird-flu commit- plans to recognize Israel. In Washington, White “international laboratory results” confirmed regional Agriculture Ministry spokeswoman Iris tee in Kano state. “There will be no recogni- House spokesman Scott Mc- Uellendahl said a preliminary test showed that that 135 wild swans died from bird flu in marsh- tion of Israel and there will Clellan said, “There’s no lands near the Caspian Sea. Health Minister they died of H5N1. Agriculture Minister Horst Niger: Nigeria’s northern neighbor has said it Kamaran Bagheri Lankarani said on state-run be no security for the occu- plot.” State Department Seehofer ordered domestic poultry kept in- was investigating two roosters found dead in a television that Iranian officials have killed all pation and colonization forc- spokesman Sean McCor- doors beginning Friday instead of Monday. market near the Nigerian border. “It’s likely that wild birds in a three-mile radius around where es,” Mashaal told a rally in mack said he was “puzzled” it’s H5N1,” said Juan Lubroth, a senior animal- the virus was detected, about 200 miles north- Khartoum. “Resistance will by the report. health officer at the United Nations’ Food and west of Tehran. It is the country’s first case of Agriculture Organization. remain our strategic option.” The reports came a day af- SOURCE: The Associated Press the virus. The New York Times, cit- ter the outgoing Fatah parlia- ing U.S. and Israeli officials it ment empowered President did not identify, reported Mahmoud Abbas to set up a Tuesday that the United sympathetic court that MIDDLE EAST States and Israel were con- would be able to veto Hamas sidering a campaign to starve legislation unchallenged. the Palestinian Authority of Abbas also took back control cash so Palestinians would of state-run Palestine TV and Iran has resumed its uranium enrichment grow disillusioned and bring radio, denying Hamas yet an- down a Hamas government. other tool of power. By ALI AKBAR DAREINI preme National Security Council, also nuclear program is increasing. He said Israeli security officials The idea of withholding THE ASSOCIATED PRESS told reporters that Iran will resume nego- that enrichment of uranium resumed last said they were looking at aid from Hamas is not new. TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has resumed tiations with Moscow on Monday over its week at Natanz, the country’s main en- ways to force Hamas from What is new is forcing re- small-scale enrichment of uranium, a se- plan to enrich Iranian uranium on Russian richment plant, but that Iran had not re- power and were focusing on gime change by impoverish- nior Iranian nuclear negotiator said Tues- soil, a proposal designed to allay fears that sumed large-scale enrichment. an economic squeeze that ing the Palestinians even fur- day — a defiant declaration in the face of Iran will build nuclear weapons. In Israel, Yuval Steinitz, chairman of would prompt Palestinians ther. Even with the Israeli tax global opposition to Iran’s atomic pro- “The talks with Russia remain valid,” the Knesset’s defense and foreign affairs to clamor for the return of the transfers and Western aid, gram. Vaeidi said, adding that an Iranian delega- committee, said Tuesday’s announcement ousted Fatah Party. The offi- the Palestinian Authority is The resumption still leaves Iran a long tion will go to Moscow. made it clear that “time is running out.” cials spoke on condition of expected to run a $660 mil- way from reaching the stage the world Iran said Monday that the negotiations “If the Iranians will not be blocked, in anonymity because they lion budget deficit in 2006. fears most: large-scale enrichment of ura- with Russia had been postponed indefi- due course they will obtain a nuclear were not authorized to dis- Without the tax and aid, the nium — a process that can produce fuel nitely. weapon,” he told The Associated Press. cuss the matter with the me- Hamas government could be for an atomic bomb. Vaeidi gave no indication whether Iran “This will be a devastating threat not only dia. forced to impose widespread While announcing the move, Javad was looking more favorably at the plan to Israel and the Middle East but also to A Foreign Ministry offi- layoffs affecting hundreds of Vaeidi, deputy secretary of Iran’s Su- now that international pressure over its Europe and the United States.” cial said Israel was threaten- thousands of Palestinians.

HAITI Government orders review of results from presidential vote

By STEVENSON JACOBS day after at least one pro-Pre- not release more election re- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS val demonstrator was killed sults pending the outcome of PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti and his followers elsewhere the review, Brunache said. — Haiti’s interim government occupied a hotel. Tens of thousands of Pre- ordered a review of election re- Preval said official results val’s backers, most from Haiti’s sults Tuesday hours after the “do not correspond with reali- majority poor, have flooded leading presidential candidate, ty.” the streets of the capital since Rene Preval, said “massive “We are convinced that ei- Sunday to protest what they fraud” or errors marred the ther massive fraud or gross er- called a rigged election. count. rors stain the process” Preval The most recent election re- The order is the first formal said. sults, posted Monday, showed step to investigate possible The review will be conduct- that Preval had 48.76 percent of fraud or irregularities commit- ed by a commission made up of the vote with 90 percent of bal- ted during the Feb. 7 election the president’s office, the elec- lots counted. He would need 50 and the counting. toral council and Preval’s par- percent plus one vote to avoid “The government wants to ty, said Michel Brunache, chief a March runoff. “If they publish make sure that everything with of staff of interim President the results as they are now, we THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/MAHMOUD TAWIL the process is correct,” interim Boniface Alexandre. will oppose them, the Haitian Interior Minister Paul Ma- Magloire said that the com- people will also oppose them, gloire said. mission will be formed in the and there will be protests,” Rally marks assassination anniversary Earlier in the day, Preval coming days and that the re- Preval told reporters. Supporters of Lebanon’s slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri arrive in Beirut on Tuesday at a promised to contest the re- view of the voter tally sheets U.N. spokesman David demonstration to commemorate the first anniversary of Hariri’s assassination. Hundreds of thousands sults. He also urged his sup- “will be very fast.” Wimhurst said there was no of flag-waving Lebanese packed a square in central Beirut to mark the anniversary of the assassina- porters to protest peacefully a The electoral council will evidence of fraud. tion, a momentous event that ended Syria’s long domination of its smaller neighbor.

sumé he gave to RadioShack Thomas Plaskett, who chairs when he joined the company in the company’s corporate gov- Account: Pastor doesn’t recall CEO taking classes 1994. ernance committee, said he Early Tuesday, RadioShack would stand by the board’s CONTINUED FROM 1A 1998 and renamed itself Heart- cluding the history of Israel, Asked if he ever gave Ed- issued a statement saying its statement of support for Ed- and youth director. But he land Baptist Bible College, said the Epistles of Paul, pastoral mondson a diploma, Hoover board of directors “reaffirms mondson. could not confirm Edmond- it has records of his attendance theology and the study of the said, “No, not that I recall.” its support for David Edmond- Plaskett declined to de- son’s educational claims. for that time. But it does not Pentateuch. Hoover said he had “good son in fulfilling his role as chief scribe when or how the board “I don’t think at that time he have records showing that Ed- He said that his assignments memories about David. I just executive officer.” previously considered the ré- was involved with Pacific mondson was enrolled later in were sent back and forth be- remember he was very active The statement also said the sumé issues. Coast,” said Hoover, 70, who is correspondence classes or that tween Colorado and Califor- at the time.” board was aware of matters “I know what the board’s re- now retired and living in Mis- he completed his degree. nia. But he did not deal directly Edmondson, through a raised in the Star-Telegram ar- sponsibility is,” he said. “I souri. In an interview with the with Pacific Coast’s profes- spokeswoman, declined to ticle “and has previously given stand by the statement.” Edmondson said he spent Star-Telegram on Friday, Ed- sors, he said. comment Tuesday on Hoo- due consideration to them.” Staff writers Jeff Claassen and Mark the 1977-78 academic year on mondson said he finished a “The only contact that I had ver’s remarks. He has also de- Upon learning about the Horvit contributed to this report. campus at Pacific Coast. The three-year Th.G. degree in the- was between myself and Dr. clined to comment on why he discrepancy between Ed- Heather Landy, (817) 390-7725 school, which relocated from ology by taking correspon- Hoover,” Edmondson said. “I listed the degree as a B.S., or mondson’s and Hoover’s ac- [email protected] California to Oklahoma City in dence courses on subjects in- got feedback from him.” Bachelor of Science, on the ré- counts, RadioShack director M ABCD NEWS 2 USE | 2A LIFE & ARTS | 1E Save water, energy with the right A CUT ABOVE? Gillette’s new five-blade razor looks cool, but can it edge washing machine out the competition? A reporter puts it to the test.

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RADIOSHACK | ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS CEO admits ‘misstatements’ sume and the company’s web- RadioShack board to hire counsel to investigate site were clearly incorrect,” Edmondson said in his state- “I clearly I In a statement, Dave Edmondson apologizes to the sumé, which said he held a ment. “It is my belief that I re- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS board and employees. Bachelor of Science degree, ceived a ThG diploma, not a misstated OLYMPICS and in his corporate biogra- BS degree as I asserted. I my By HEATHER LANDY directors to seek independent phy, which said he earned de- clearly misstated my academ- STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER legal counsel to investigate grees in theology and psy- ic record, and the responsibil- academic TOUGH GOING Watchdog FORT WORTH — Radio- the matter. chology. The college Ed- ity for these misstatements is record. ...” Shack Chief Executive Dave Separate statements from mondson attended has no rec- mine alone. I understand that FOR AMERICANS Journalism —Dave Edmondson acknowledged Edmondson and the board ord of his graduation and I cannot now document the Edmondson, Speedskater Chad Hedrick I Wednesday evening that he came after a Star-Telegram in- never offered psychology de- ThG diploma.” A Th.G. de- of Spring sees his dream of Confirming a RadioShack worker’s history misstated his academic rec- vestigation uncovered inac- grees. gree is awarded for complet- five gold medals end on a CEO is crucial. 1C ord, prompting the board of curacies in the executive’s ré- “The contents of my re- More on CEO on 8A gloomy day for U.S. teams. SPECIAL SECTION | DD

CANCER HUNTING ACCIDENT SECURITY BREACH FEDS RELEASE Teens pay tribute to teammate who died in 2002 WRONG RECORDS Cheney The disclosure may hurt the case against a Texas-based Islamic charity takes suspected of terrorist ties. NATIONAL | 11A blame in IRAQ MORE IMAGES OF shooting PRISONER ABUSE THE NEW YORK TIMES Iraqi officials call for calm because the photos are old WASHINGTON — Vice and the offenders have President Dick Cheney broke a been punished. four-day silence Wednesday INTERNATIONAL | 12A about his accidental shooting of a hunting partner, saying he takes full responsibility for the CATHOLIC CHURCH incident while vigorously de- fending his decision to WHAT PRIEST: ACCUSED delay releas- HE SAID WERE PROTECTED ing news about Read the it until the transcript of A critic who has seen next day. 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NOMINATION HEARING | ARMY UNDERSECRETARY RadioShack board of directors RadioShack Corp.’s board said it will retain independent counsel to investigate the academic record of Chief Executive David Edmond- son. Besides Edmondson, the company lists these members of the Nominee Geren has easy session board:

Leonard H. Roberts: chairman of RadioShack Corp. I The former Fort Worth tion as a respected Pentagon Frank J. Belatti: chairman and CEO of AFC Enterprises, Atlanta congressman has been troubleshooter. Ronald E. Elmquist: consultant, Dallas special assistant to Defense He also spent four months Robert S. Falcone: president and CEO of Catalyst Acquisition Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as acting secretary of the Air Group, McLean, Va. Force to help guide it through Daniel R. Feehan: president and CEO of Cash America International since 2001. Inc. a period of turbulence. Richard J. Hernandez: retired president, McKesson Corporate He sat beside the other Solutions, McKesson Corp., Phoenixville, Pa. By DAVE MONTGOMERY nominees and watched as Sen. STAR-TELEGRAM WASHINGTON BUREAU Robert J. Kamerschen: retired chairman and CEO of Advo Inc., John McCain, R-Ariz., grilled New Canaan, Conn. WASHINGTON — Former Michael Dominguez, nomi- H. Eugene Lockhart: operating partner, Diamond Castle Holding, Fort Worth congressman Pete nated for deputy undersecre- New York Geren eased through a Senate tary for personnel and readi- Jack L. Messman: chairman and CEO of Novell Inc., Waltham, Mass. confirmation hearing ness, over a contract contro- William G. Morton Jr.: director and adviser, nonprofit director and trustee, Boston Wednesday on his nomination versy involving Lockheed Thomas G. Plaskett*: chairman, Fox Run Capital Associates, Irving. to become undersecretary of Martin’s C-130J. Edwina D. Woodbury: president and CEO, Chapel Hill Press Inc. the Army. By contrast, Geren faced Chapel Hill, N.C. Geren, one of four high- relatively mild questioning ranking defense nominees and dabs of humor. After *Plaskett is the presiding director and chairman of the corporate who appeared before the Sen- Hutchison noted that Geren governance committee. ate Armed Services Commit- was a University of Texas tee, told the panel that he alum, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, would have no trouble choos- R-Ga., asked why Geren ing his top priority if he wins wasn’t wearing an orange tie. Senate confirmation for the “I wore it yesterday,” Geren CEO: Statements on eve No. 2 post in the Army. responded, apparently in ref- “That’s an easy one,” he erence to the UT Longhorns’ of investor conference said. “The soldier and his or appearance Tuesday in Wash- her family.” ington. In a 46-page package of re- Geren was accompanied by CONTINUED FROM 1A “I apologize to the board sponses released by the com- his wife, Beckie, and daugh- ing a three-year program in mittee, Geren also committed ters Mary, 9, Annie, 12, and theology. and the employees for himself to zero tolerance of Tracy, 16. “I apologize to the board the confusion I have sexual harassment in the At one point, the spotlight and the employees for the con- Army and at West Point and turned toward them and the fusion I have created by carry- created by carrying pledged to improve support families of the other nominees ing erroneous information on erroneous information for victims of sexual assault. as committee Chairman John my resume and mishandling “Senior Army leaders must Warner, R-Va., offered advice my explanation of it,” Edmond- on my resume and communicate clearly and con- KNIGHT RIDDER/TRIBUNE/CHUCK KENNEDY on what to expect in the Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduces Pete Geren, one of four high- son’s statement continued. “I mishandling my sistently that sexual harass- ranking defense nominees who appeared before the Senate Armed months ahead. will provide all information to ment will not be tolerated,” Services Committee on Wednesday. “If he isn’t home by about the board in order to clarify explanation of it.” Geren said. 7:30, forget it,” Warner said. these issues. — David Edmondson, The nominee also commit- Geren was introduced by background in defense. “They have a tendency in the “I love my work at Radio- RadioShack CEO ted himself to the Army’s his home-state senators, Re- Geren, 53, has served as Defense Department to work Shack and am eager to increase modernization programs, re- publicans Kay Bailey Hutchi- special assistant to Defense until the late hours.” shareholder value moving for- The résumé that Edmond- cruitment and retention, and son and John Cornyn, who Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ward,” he said. son submitted to RadioShack sustaining the service’s all- hailed him as an outstanding since the start of the Bush ad- Dave Montgomery, (202) 383-6016 In a separate statement, when he joined the Fort Worth- volunteer force. choice with an extensive ministration and has a reputa- [email protected] RadioShack’s board said it will based electronics chain in 1994 retain counsel “to advise the lists his academic credentials board on the facts and on as “BS, Pacific Coast Baptist RadioShack’s employment College, San Dimas, CA, The- policies.” ology-Psychology 1980.” A The board shifted gears profile attached to the résumé from the statement it released notes that Edmondson “ma- Tuesday, when it said it had jored in Theology with a minor “previously given due consid- in Psychology.” eration” to the questions raised Edmondson furnished both by the Star-Telegram investiga- documents to the Star-Tele- tion and reaffirmed its support gram on Friday, at the conclu- for Edmondson, who has been sion of an hourlong interview CEO since May. during which he explained that Thomas Plaskett, the com- a Th.G. degree was not the pany’s presiding director and same as a bachelor’s degree. chairman of the board’s corpo- He declined to answer follow- rate governance committee, up questions Friday about why did not return a telephone call he listed a bachelor’s degree on from the Star-Telegram late his résumé. Wednesday. RadioShack On Tuesday, Edmondson Chairman Len Roberts de- sent RadioShack employees a clined to comment. memo saying that a “number of The statements were re- things” that the Star-Telegram leased on the eve of a two-day reported about its investiga- meeting with Wall Street ana- tion of his credentials were lysts and investors in Fort “not appropriately character- Worth. RadioShack plans to re- ized and in many cases are sim- lease its 2005 financial results ply not true.” But neither he Friday, and Edmondson and nor the company contacted the other top executives are sched- paper about any inaccuracies uled to address the investor or to seek any correction. conference that day. Edmondson’s memo, a copy Edmondson told the Star- of which was obtained by the Telegram last week that he Star-Telegram, also advised spent the 1977-78 academic employees to “remain focused year as an on-campus student on the aggressive execution of at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible our business plans by doing the College and finished a Th.G. right things for the business program in theology by corre- and delivering sustainable re- spondence while working at a sults.” church in Colorado. He said his The Star-Telegram began pastor at the church advised looking into Edmondson’s cre- him in his studies and was his dentials after learning that the liaison to the school during the executive, who started two two years he took correspon- churches before making the dence courses. transition to a full-time busi- The small college, which ness career, is scheduled to go moved to Oklahoma City in to court in April to fight his 1998 and was renamed Heart- third drunken-driving charge. land Baptist Bible College, had Edmondson was arrested in no record of Edmondson being Southlake in January 2005 on enrolled beyond the fall semes- suspicion of driving while in- ter of 1977 and spring semester toxicated. The last time Ed- of 1978 and had no record of mondson faced a DWI charge, him taking correspondence for a July 2000 arrest in Fort courses. Worth, the offense was re- Edmondson’s former pas- duced to obstruction of a high- tor, Ron Hoover, who is now re- way and Edmondson received tired and living in Missouri, deferred adjudication proba- said Tuesday that he did not re- tion. Edmondson also faced a call Edmondson working to DWI charge in Dallas County finish his degree at Pacific in 1988, before he was em- Coast Baptist when the two ployed by RadioShack. He was men worked together at Secu- acquitted in 1990. rity Baptist Temple in Colora- Edmondson was recruited do. by former CEO Roberts, who Edmondson told the Star- hired him as a vice president of Telegram last week that his di- retail marketing. Edmondson ploma was destroyed in a 2004 received several promotions. garage fire at his home, and he At the end of 2000, he was suggested that the school was named president and chief op- missing part of his student file. erating officer. In January 2005, The 46-year-old executive also RadioShack announced that he said he was unaware that his bi- would be the retailer’s next ography, which was posted on CEO. the company’s Web site and distributed to the news media, RadioShack: RSH, $21.27, said he had a psychology de- down 33 cents gree. Edmondson said he only Heather Landy, (817) 390-7725 minored in the subject. [email protected] M LIVE! | 2B The high-flying Shaun Our 10 favorite White, right, isn’t the Bonnie Raitt gives only one tearing up Olympic teens Torino. WHATEVER | 10E her fans an upbeat

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RESIGNATION | RÉSUMÉ MISSTATEMENTS RadioShack CEO quits What happened? The acting CEO Complete coverage inside No. 2 exec named interim chief; severance Dave Edmondson rose rapidly to Claire Babrowski started with I Claire Babrowski’s appointment the top at RadioShack and fell RadioShack seven months ago as as acting CEO is just the latest in even faster. chief operat- a remarkable career. 1C is ‘considerably less’ than contract calls for Last week he ing officer. At I The text of Dave Edmondson’s acknowl- 16, she start- statement. 9A By HEATHER LANDY “The message to shareholders and the I STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER edged in- ed working Few in Fort Worth’s business public is, one of the most important things accuracies in as a crew community are surprised by the FORT WORTH — Dave Edmondson re- we have as a corporation is integrity and his academic member at a resignation. 1C signed Monday as president and chief trust, and we know we have to restore that record after McDonald’s I A timeline chronicles executive of RadioShack Corp., less than a back to our company,” Roberts said in an af- the Star- in her home- Edmondson’s career at week after admitting that he inflated his ac- ternoon teleconference with reporters. “I Telegram town of RadioShack. 1C I ademic record on his résumé. have no question about it that we will be EDMONDSON discovered BABROWSKI Ottawa, Ill. The damage to RadioShack able to do that.” discrepancies She eventu- extends beyond one man, writes Executive Chairman Len Roberts said on his résumé and in his corpo- ally rose through regional and columnist Mitchell Schnurman. 1C the board cut short an inquiry launched last In a statement released by RadioShack, rate biography. The company corporate jobs to become chief week and promoted Claire Babrowski, the Edmondson said he agreed with the board announced disappointing quar- restaurant operations officer. She What do you think? No. 2 executive at the Fort Worth-based that it was “in the best interest of the com- terly results Friday. Edmondson, quit the company in December Post a comment on this report at chain, to president and acting CEO. More on RESIGN on 9A 46, resigned Monday. 2004. www.star-telegram.com

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NATIONAL BRIEFS Louisiana governor unveils proposal to aid homeowners LOUISIANA — With thousands of ru- ined homeowners watching weeks turn into months without assistance, Gov. Kathleen Blanco for the first time unveiled a real package of assistance on Monday, propos- ing to use federal money for loans and grants that aides said would spur rebuild- ing in devastated areas. For months an unpromising brew of competing ideas, inadequate money and political fighting has left Louisiana homeowners ruined by Hurricane Katrina in limbo, wondering where to turn for help. Some have returned and are rebuilding on their own, but many thousands more remain in exile without the money needed to come back and start over. More than 330,000 homes were damaged, state officials say. Louisiana officials said the state’s $7.5 billion propos- al, which offers up to $150,000 in grants to repair or rebuild, along with inexpensive loans, would have been impossible without the $4.2 billion in new money promised by President Bush last week and $6.2 billion allocated last year. — The New York Times Teen who killed family can’t be treated, prosecutor says NEW MEXICO — A teenager convicted of killing his family on newsman Sam Don- aldson’s ranch displays psychopathic traits and cannot be rehabilitated, a prosecutor said Monday at the boy’s sentencing hear- STAR-TELEGRAM ARCHIVES ing in Alamogordo. “Unfortunately, there Dave Edmondson stepped down as chief executive of RadioShack on Monday, nine months after being named to the post. are some kids we can’t fix, and this is one of them,” Sandra Grisham said during the hearing for Cody Posey, 16. But Posey’s attorney said that the teen was trauma- tized by years of physical and psychological Resign: Company seeking new CEO abuse that began when he was 18 months old, and that he is amenable to treatment. 1A cords, credit ratings and employment histories, Posey was convicted this month of murder in the deaths of his stepmother and 13- pany” for him to step down. He had been CEO for but not their academic credentials. year-old stepsister and of voluntary man- nine months. DAVE EDMONDSON’S Edmondson was promoted several times, slaughter in the death of his father, who Edmondson, 46, acknowledged Wednesday STATEMENT gaining a reputation for generating creative ide- was foreman on Donaldson’s ranch in that he misstated his academic history in his cor- as and charting statistics that helped him mon- southern New Mexico. Posey was 14 at the porate biography and on the résumé he submit- itor the company’s efficiency and financial time of the shootings. ted to RadioShack when he joined the company The statement by David Ed- health. In January 2005, Roberts announced that — The Associated Press as a vice president in 1994. His admission came he planned to step down as CEO and give the job after a Star-Telegram investigation that raised mondson released Monday by Ra- to Edmondson, who was then president and Doctors group to develop questions about his credentials. dioShack Corp.: chief operating officer. Edmondson officially be- Members of the board initially backed Ed- “For the last 11 years, it has been came CEO in May. measures of performance mondson last Tuesday, saying they were aware of The Star-Telegram began examining Ed- WASHINGTON — The American Medical the issues raised in the Star-Telegram report and my privilege to be associated with mondson’s background after learning that he Association has signed a pact with Con- gress promising to develop more than 100 had given them “due consideration.” But the RadioShack. During this time, we had been arrested three times on suspicion of standard measures of performance, which board switched gears the next day and hired out- became the largest indirect seller drunken driving and is scheduled to go to court doctors will report to the federal govern- side legal counsel to review the matters after Ed- in April on the most recent charge. ment in an effort to upgrade the quality of mondson acknowledged inaccuracies. of wireless phone service in the Edmondson’s corporate biography, posted on care. The Bush administration is pushing On Monday, Roberts said the board knew United States, an achievement I the company’s Web site, said he graduated from “pay for performance” arrangements with “some, but definitely not all” of the information Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College and earned healthcare providers in an effort to pub- contained in the newspaper’s report. credit to the hardworking people degrees in theology and psychology. But the licize their performance and link Medicare “What we thought we knew then we did not in our stores, who provide real small college, which moved to Oklahoma City in payment to quality. The performance mea- know,” Roberts said, referring to the board’s ini- solutions for our customers. As 1998 and was renamed Heartland Baptist Bible sures are supposed to focus on diagnostic tial response. “In retrospect I wish we didn’t College, never offered psychology degrees and tests and treatments known to produce make that statement because obviously we did CEO, I am most proud of the had no record of Edmondson graduating. longer lives, higher quality of life and fewer not know all the facts.” In a Feb. 10 interview, Edmondson said he only complications. The idea has strong support executive team I have assembled Roberts said the board agreed to a severance minored in psychology and did not realize that in Congress and from AARP, the lobby for over the past year. I have great older Americans, but some medical special- package that includes “less than $1 million” in his biography claimed that he had a degree in the ists said they were not consulted or in- cash and changes in the terms of some stock op- respect for them and know that subject. Edmondson, a former pastor who start- formed about the medical association deal tions Edmondson held. The severance is “con- they will achieve great success ed two churches before going into business full until after it was struck. Many doctors said siderably less” than what was originally speci- time, said he completed a three-year Th.G. pro- the government could use the information fied in the employment contract, Roberts said. together. gram in theology by correspondence courses to justify cutting their Medicare fees. Under “This is something that I’m most sensitive to,” “At this time the board and I while working at a church in Colorado. the Dec. 16 agreement between leaders of Roberts said. He said that a board will often pay Edmondson said his diploma was destroyed Congress and the medical association, severance to a departing CEO in exchange for have agreed that it is in the best in a 2004 garage fire at his home. He suggested doctors groups are to develop “a total of agreements that the executive not immediately interest of the Company for new that the college, which could only document his approximately 140 physician performance go to work for a competitor, solicit employees to leadership to step forward so that enrollment for the 1977-78 academic year, had measures covering 34 clinical areas” by the follow him or sue the company. Details of Ed- lost track of some of his records. end of this year. mondson’s severance agreement are expected to our turnaround plan has the best Edmondson provided the Star-Telegram with — The New York Times be filed with the Securities and Exchange Com- possible chance to succeed, as I a copy of his 1994 résumé — which includes a mission today. profile specifying that he had a degree in theolo- RadioShack has hired the Spencer Stuart know it will. gy and a minor in psychology — as evidence that Can’t hide executive search firm to review internal and ex- “I’ve been honored to work with he did not misrepresent himself to the company. ternal candidates for the CEO post. a tremendously talented team that But the résumé lists his degree as a Bachelor from history Babrowski, who joined RadioShack in July af- of Science, which is more advanced than a three- ter a 31-year career with McDonald’s Corp., will has put together a strong plan, re- year Th.G. And the Colorado pastor who Ed- be among the candidates considered. positioning the Company to deliv- mondson said advised him in his correspon- “We are very happy that we had a very qual- er increased value to shareholders. dence work said he had no memory of Edmond- ified individual” to take the job on an interim ba- son being affiliated with Pacific Coast at the time sis, Roberts said. Babrowski was not available for RadioShack is a good company, the two men worked together. comment Monday. that has both the will and the plan On Monday, RadioShack removed the execu- Roberts, who recruited Edmondson to Radio- tive biographies that had been on its Web site. Shack and handed him the CEO title in May, in- to be a truly great Company, and I “We are currently updating and validating all of dicated that he did not want to return to the post wish everyone great success.” the biographical information for each of our se- while Spencer Stuart conducts its search. “I’m nior executives,” the company said in a message happy with my day job,” said Roberts, who repre- to visitors to the site. sents RadioShack in philanthropic and civic en- nancial Officer David Barnes announced that the Babrowski’s biography never mentioned an deavors. company would close 400 to 700 stores and re- undergraduate alma mater, because the 48-year- Edmondson, contacted by telephone, de- vamp its merchandise lines to improve earnings, old never finished an undergraduate degree. clined to comment beyond his prepared state- which slid 62 percent in the fourth quarter. In an October interview with the Star-Tele- ment, in which he said he was proud of the exec- Edmondson remains on the board of Ad- gram, Babrowski said she left college in the mid- utive team he assembled as CEO. vanced Micro Devices, a manufacturer of digital dle of her junior year to pursue a full-time career “I’ve been honored to work with a tremen- integrated circuits based in Sunnydale, Calif.. with McDonald’s, where she had started work- dously talented team that has put together a “We are reviewing the matter and will make ing at age 16 in her home town of Ottawa, Ill. strong plan, repositioning the company to deliv- no further comment at this time,” an AMD Babrowski rose from shift manager to store er increased value to shareholders,” he said. “Ra- spokesman said when asked whether Edmond- manager to district manager, and eventually took dioShack is a good company that has both the son’s resignation from RadioShack would affect on corporate-level positions. Along the way, she HOUSTON CHRONICLE/MELISSA PHILLIP VIA AP will and the plan to be a truly great company, and his status on AMD’s board. said, she enrolled in the executive MBA program Efrat Hazan Ozeri holds daughter Naama, I wish everyone great success.” Edmondson came to RadioShack in 1994 as at the University of North Carolina and earned a 2, as son Liam, 3, hides from George Wash- The consumer electronics chain has been vice president of marketing for the retail division master’s degree. ington, played by David Born, during Presi- struggling for the past year against stiff competi- of Tandy Corp., RadioShack’s predecessor com- Staff writer Barry Shlachter contributed to this report. dents Day activities at the Children’s Muse- tion from Best Buy, Circuit City and other rivals. pany. At that time, Roberts said, the company um of Houston. Heather Landy, (817) 390-7725 On Friday, Edmondson, Babrowski and Chief Fi- checked prospective employees’ criminal re- [email protected]

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newal. Or possibly their immediate progeny, known as progenitor cells, Bad stem cells may be key to cancer, study shows suffer some genetic damage after which, instead of developing into THE NEW YORK TIMES malignant tissue. teresting developments in cancer re- been around for many years. Only re- mature cells, they regain the power of One day, perhaps in the distant fu- That could explain why tumors search in the last five years,” says cently have biologists developed self-renewal. ture, stem cells may help repair dis- can regenerate after being almost de- Robert Weinberg, a cancer geneticist techniques for identifying stem cells Though many biologists believe eased tissues. But there is a more stroyed by anti-cancer drugs. It also at the Whitehead Institute in Cam- and their presence in tumors. that the cancer stem cell idea is inter- pressing reason to study them: They points to a different anti-cancer drug bridge, Mass. “I think more and more Biologists are not yet sure how esting, not all think that it will lead to are the source of some — perhaps all strategy, suggesting they should be people are accepting it and evidence cancer stem cells are generated. It new therapies. In the view of Dr. Bert — cancers. selected for lethality to cancer stem is accumulating that cancer stem may be that the stem cells themselves Vogelstein, a cancer researcher at At the heart of every tumor, some cells, not for their ability to kill just cells exist in a variety of tumors.” go through a mutation, or a change in Johns Hopkins, everything depends researchers believe, lie a handful of any cells and shrink tumors. The idea that cancer cells possess their DNA instructions, that derang- on how much of a tumor consists of aberrant stem cells that maintain the “I think this is one of the most in- the same properties as stem cells has es the strict controls on their self-re- cancer stem cells. M OFFSHORE RUSH Wednesday February 22, 2006 DIVIDENDS 2C New proposals to open METROPLEX REPORT 4C MUTUAL FUNDS 5C coastal drilling gaining STOCK EXCHANGES 4-5C Business favor in Congress. 3C www.star-telegram.com ECONOMY: A sharp jump in leading indicators suggests strong growth this spring. 3C C

AUTOMAKER ENERGY PUC chief calls for lower electric rates

I The head of the Public three-member Public Utility WHAT DO YOU THINK? ral-gas prices embedded in cluding that Texans are saving Utility Commission’s Commission plans to consider Post a comment on this report at those rates remain at least money under deregulation. proposal could force utilities Thursday, would force rate www.star-telegram.com 15 percent higher than the actu- Consumer advocates enthusi- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS to cut electricity rates and cuts by several major utilities al price of natural gas in the astically embraced the idea, al- lead to monthly customer and lead to monthly customer era paying inflated electric open market, Hudson said. though they said it doesn’t go PONTIAC TO DROP savings averaging $17, accord- prices that reflect the 2005 “It [my proposal] imposes far enough. But utility repre- savings averaging $17. ing to consumer groups. It spike in fuel costs. That’s when no constraint on competitors, sentatives questioned whether THE GTO AGAIN By R.A. DYER would take effect shortly be- natural-gas prices hit record and it does not make it impos- the commission has the au- General Motors Corp. STAR-TELEGRAM AUSTIN BUREAU fore or just as the state transi- levels after Hurricanes Rita sible for competitors to attract thority to force the rate reduc- has abandoned the Pontiac AUSTIN — Suggesting that tions to full electric competi- and Katrina disrupted supplies customers,” he said. “But it tions. GTO again, and will end millions of Texans pay too tion in 2007, when the commis- along the Gulf Coast. would be a disservice if ... resi- TXU spokeswoman Kim production of the high- much for electricity, the state’s sion loses its authority over Hudson said that the price dential customers remained on Morgan said that the PUC performance car in June top utility regulator has called rates. of natural gas has since gone a final regulated rate ... that no should allow market forces to because of new costly for rate cuts before the state PUC Chairman Paul Hud- down, but electric rates don’t longer reflected the market.” dictate prices, and if the utility air-bag standards. loses its pricing authority alto- son said that if trends continue, reflect the change. Utilities are His proposal surprised loses enough customers, then The first GTO was an gether in 2007. residential ratepayers could under no obligation to lower agency watchers, as staff there it will take action on its own to icon of the muscle-car era from 1964 to 1974. Revived The proposal, which the start out in that unregulated electric rates, although natu- recently issued a report con- More onPUCon3C in 2003, it was praised for its performance and a 400-horsepower engine, but the styling was boring. AIRCRAFT RADIOSHACK “They’re throwing it away because they made the wrong choice on the design, which was based on the 1999 Holden Monaro, so it was 5 years old when Ex-CEO it was introduced,” said John Wolkonowicz, an analyst with Global Insight in Lexington, Mass. “But it’s a huge mistake to retire the nameplate. It’s of great leaving value to General Motors and to Pontiac.” Despite a 15 percent drop in sales, the GTO was winning customers who with a traditionally didn’t buy GM vehicles, said James Hall at AutoPacific in Southfield, Mich. — From wire reports U.S. AIR FORCE ARCHIVES package

I The agreement is less generous than the package he might have been entitled ENRON TRIAL Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs participate in a training airdrop over Max. speed: 515 mph to under the terms of his previous South Carolina. If C-17 production ends, Vought and other Tex- Range without refueling: severance agreement. LAY LINKED as companies would be affected, Boeing says. 3,225 miles Engines: Four jets similar By HEATHER LANDY STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER TO FRAUD in power to those on Boeing 757 FORT WORTH — Dave Edmondson, Day 13 Runway required: who admitted to misstating his academic Paula Rieker testified how As little as 3,000 feet credentials on his résumé and corporate bi- founder Kenneth Lay mis- Can carry variety of loads ography at RadioShack Corp., is walking led analysts and employees away from the company with $975,000 in about the state of the C-17 flying 102 paratroopers and severance pay along with accrued vacation company. She became equipment pay, four months of health benefits and a re- corporate secretary, replac- 3 Apache helicopter gunships vised vesting schedule for his stock options. ing Rebecca Carter, who plus 50 troops and cargo The agreement, spelled out in a regulato- was engaged to CEO 1 mobile 155 mm howitzer and ry document one day after Edmondson re- Jeffrey Skilling and left the its ammunition vehicle, 2 company with him in on wing signed as chief executive, was less generous Humvees, 2.5-ton truck and August 2001. They later 32 troops than the package he might have been entitled to under the terms of his previous severance married. SOURCES: Boeing, U.S. Military Loads Cargo Compartment Versatility, Jane’s All the World’s contract, which was signed in December Analysis Aircraft 2003. Prosecutors have struggled and prayer RadioShack could have withheld sever- to focus on their central ance if it had fired Edmondson with cause. claim — that Lay and Skil- But that might have opened the door to long ling lied repeatedly about legal disputes over the language in Edmond- Enron’s financial condition. son’s employment contract and the compa- What’s next Defense budget would halt work ny’s liability, said Charles Elson, director of Rieker’s cross-examination the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate continues. Governance at the University of Delaware. By BOB COX “It can take years to determine whether a RIEKER: LAY MISLED STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER board had the right to fire someone with ANALYSTS | 2C Pentagon and Air Force officials aren’t doing cause or not,” Elson said. “It’s not an easy Vought Aircraft Industries or its 4,000-plus Dallas More on RADIOSHACK on 6C and Grand Prairie workers any favors these days. Future Defense Department spending plans drawn up as part of the 2007 budget process call for MEDICATION ending production of Boeing’s C-17 transport air- IN MY OPINION craft, Vought’s largest program. Without a new CANADIAN DRUGS contract, C-17 production would end in early 2008, and suppliers like Vought — and Boeing says about LOSE ALLURE 30 other Texas companies — would be affected Pay attention Purchases of Canadian even sooner. drugs have fallen since the “It would potentially impact in the neighborhood Medicare prescription-drug of 650 jobs here” in Dallas, Vought spokeswoman to the power program began. 3C Lynne Warne said. Air Force officials have said they don’t need more C-17s and can better use the money to begin the process of replacing their aging fleet of KC-135 of the blog MARKETS aerial-refueling tankers. Vought had hoped for a big role in building tank- I The Dave Edmondson debacle shows MAJOR INDEXES ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES ers as a subcontractor to Boeing on its proposed 767 that corporate executives must heed a Close Change A maintenance crew works on a C-17 Globemas- tanker, a few of which are being built for Italy. But new constituency. M Dow 11,069.06 -46.26 ter III at Hickam Air Force Base in Honolulu. the word filtering out of the Pentagon recently is M Nasdaq 2,262.96 -19.40 Boeing will begin a campaign to save the cargo that the Air Force wants a plane other than the 767. As corporate crises go, the RadioShack M S&P 1,283.04 -4.20 planes from being cut. More on C-17 on 6C affair had some common characters: an COMMODITIES embattled CEO, a gung-ho press corps, a Close Change flip-flopping board of directors and an L Oil $61.10 +$1.22 ineffectual public rela- L N. Tex post $56.50 +$1.50 tions staff. 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for 18 months from working volving moral turpitude” or if for, consulting for or taking a he “fails or refuses to comply RadioShack: Shares decline to three-year low stake of 5 percent or more in with the policies, standards or any company that gets at least regulations of RadioShack.” CONTINUED FROM 1C was announced, shares of Ra- In a note to clients, Bank of severance pay in four quarterly 10 percent of its annual reve- Had Edmondson been fired question.” The agreement Ra- dioShack (ticker: RSH) fell 8 America analyst David Strass- installments of $243,750. The nue from the sale of consumer without cause, the old contract dioShack’s board reached with cents to $19, their lowest clos- er wrote that Babrowski was company also promised to pay electronics. He is also barred would have required that Edmondson “closes the book ing price in three years. “very impressive” at a meeting him by Thursday more than for 18 months from luring RadioShack pay him 1.5 times quickly and allows the compa- Claire Babrowski, a former with analysts hosted last week $57,600 in unpaid vacation and RadioShack employees away his annual salary, a target bo- ny to move on,” he said. McDonald’s Corp. executive by RadioShack. “It was evident any accrued and unpaid salary. from the company or from in- nus equal to 75 percent of his Edmondson, who started who has been chief operating that she drove much of the Edmondson can immediate- terfering with the company’s base pay and stock-related working at RadioShack in 1994 officer at RadioShack since Ju- changes that are set to take ly cash out the outstanding relationships with suppliers, awards provided under the and became CEO in May, re- ly, was promoted Monday to place over the next year,” he stock options and restricted customers and contractors. company’s long-term incen- signed a week after a Star-Tele- president and acting CEO. Ba- wrote. stock awards that would have Under Edmondson’s previ- tive plan. His annual salary has gram investigation uncovered browski, who still has the COO Strasser called Edmond- vested this year, according to ous termination agreement, not been publicly revealed but inaccuracies in the academic title, earned a master’s degree son’s departure “the first step his contract. And the expira- signed in December 2003, he will soon be listed in a report to record he listed on his résumé through an executive MBA in the right direction” for tion date on his outstanding would have received no sever- the SEC. and in his corporate biography. program at the University of RadioShack, and bolstered his stock options was extended to ance if he were fired with The noncompete clause un- The newspaper began examin- North Carolina in 1995, school rating on the stock to “neutral” February 2007. cause. According to that con- der the old agreement would ing Edmondson’s background officials confirmed Tuesday. from “sell.” The agreement “provides tract, the company could fire have lasted for three years. after learning that the execu- The company has begun a There is “so much bad news for a mutual release by Radio- Edmondson with cause if he Edmondson’s resignation tive had been arrested three search for a new CEO, and Ba- priced into the stock at this Shack and Mr. Edmondson,” “intentionally fails to substan- leaves a vacant seat on the times on suspicion of drunken browski is considered the lead- point, and sentiment is so poor, the company said in a filing tially perform his reasonably board of RadioShack. The driving and is scheduled to ing internal candidate. For that we believe that disap- with the Securities and Ex- assigned duties with Radio- company said in its filing Tues- face the most recent charge in now, she will lead the turn- pointing near-term results will change Commission. “Mr. Ed- Shack,” if he “engages in con- day that it does not intend to court in April. around effort unveiled by top be discounted in anticipation mondson is also subject to cer- duct which is demonstrably fill the spot, meaning that the On Tuesday, the first day of executives last week that calls of improvements from new tain non-competition and non- and materially injurious to Ra- board will have 12 directors. New York Stock Exchange for the closing of 400 to 700 management,” he wrote. solicitation requirements.” dioShack,” if he “is charged Heather Landy, (817) 390-7725 trading since his resignation stores. Edmondson will collect his Edmondson is prohibited with a felony or any crime in- [email protected]

Shack’s response. I agree, but the incident The first 300 or so postings Len Roberts, RadioShack’s still shows that the blogo- were often revealing and in- Schnurman: Blogs latch onto crisis chairman, says he was follow- sphere represents a constitu- sightful, and generally polite. ing the comments closely and ency that corporations better On Tuesday, comments CONTINUED FROM 1C pened. water cooler for people who wrote to his fellow directors, pay attention to. turned nasty, with several ternet. With the RadioShack In less than a week, more wanted to gather anonymous- suggesting that they check So how to deal with that people attacking Roberts and story, the blogosphere provid- than 300 comments were ly to talk about the company’s them out. world? others by name. ed a way for readers and em- posted on message boards and troubles. “I sensed the rage, the pain It doesn’t seem too compli- One reader posted Roberts’ ployees to quickly weigh in on blogs at star-telegram.com, The voice of the people, of a hurt company,” Roberts cated: Tell the truth — imme- home address, and the chair- events, almost as they hap- and the site became a virtual often unfiltered, gave power said in a phone interview diately — and tell it all. man sent an e-mail to the to the growing anger about Tuesday. “And many directors That’s long been a maxim paper, suggesting that it shut Dave Edmondson’s behavior. don’t realize the reaction in of crisis communication, be- down the message board. 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