Unix Timestamp: 1067990400
Wednesday, November 5. 2003, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, confesses to murdering 48 women.

In Portland, Oregon, a local election to establish a PUD that would investigate public ownership of Portland General Electric failed when 69% of the voters voted against the measure. Both Portland General Electric, an Enron subsidiary, and PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Scottish Power contributed to fight the measure. //www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/front_page/1068037163276520.xml

In Seattle, Washington, Gary Ridgway confesses to the murder of 48 women, who were the victims of the Green River Killer. In return, he will not be subject to capital punishment, but serve life imprisonment for his crimes. //www.seattlepi.com/local/146967_greenriver05.html

Arizona officials believe two rival immigrant smuggling rings are responsible for a shootout in Arizona that killed four people, and wounded several others. //www.feedroom.com/

An article in the November issue of J. Climate argues that global warming will bring more snow to the Eastern Great Lakes region. //story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=570ncid=753e=1u=/nm/20031104/sc_nm/environment_warming_dc