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COLUMBIA, S.C. - The state’s health agency says it has found mosquitoes in South Carolina that have tested posi tive for the West Nile virus. “This is the first time that West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoe^ in South Carolina,” said Dr. Chris Evans, a medical entomologist at DHEC’s bureau of laboratories. The mosquitoes were col lected at two sites in the Harbison area in Richland County. This particular species, the southern house mosquito, is one of the primary carriers for West Nile virus in the United States, Evans said. “It generally is an urban, rather than rural, pest and breeds continuously during the warm months especially around stagnant water that is high in organic debris,” Evans said. “It feeds mostly on birds at night, biting their feet and legs, but it also feeds on mammals, includ ing humans and horses.” Board at odds over • agency spending COLUMBIA, S.C. - The State Budget and Control Board agreed Tuesday to set aside $101 million in a reserve account to cover lagging tax collections, but they couldn’t agree to a plan to cut state agency spending. Gov. Jim Hodges was the only member to vote against setting aside money from the capital reserve account. The governor said he was sure that the state would meet revenue projections and that any action only three months into the budget year was pre mature. It was a tough meeting for a politically divided budget board. Hodges and the two oth er Democrats on the panel are facing challengers this November, while the Republican members don’t have the same political pres sure. NATION Medical marijuana legal in Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CALIF. (AP) — Calling Santa Cruz a sanctuary from federal authorities, med ical marijuana advocates — joined hy city leaders — passed out pot to about a dozen sick people at City Hall. “Santa Cruz is a special place, and today we’re letting the world know how compas sionate we can be,” Mayor Christopher Krohn said. “We’re taking a stand." Marijuana is illegal as a medicine or as a recreational drug under federal law. But state law, and county and city ordinances, say it’s legal if rec ommended by a doctor. Drug Enforcement Admini stration spokesman Richard Meyer said he was appalled by Tuesday’s event, and feared the community's sending a dangerous message to its chil dren. voters won t get say in N.C. lottery RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The state House on Tuesday reject ed legislation to allow North Carolina voters to have their say on whether they want a state-run lottery. The vote means the lottery issue is dead for the year, said Speaker Jim Black, who thought the defeat would be come a campaign issue for the GOP. North Carolina is one of 12 states without a lottery — the only one on the East Coast — but residents have been playing the lottery for over a decade in surrounding states. North Carolinians are pro jected to spend more than $200 million this year on lottery tickets in Georgia, Virginia and South Carolina, according to one study. South Carolina started its lottery this year, leaving Tennessee — which has a ref erendum on its November bal lot — as the only neighboring state without one. • WORLD Al-Qaida connected to reporter’s death KARACHI, PAKISTAN (AP) - An al-Qaida suspect arrested with al leged Sept 11 organizer Ramzi Binalshi.bh has beeij identified as one of the killers of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, a senior police official said Tuesday. The report is the strongest evi dence yet of an al-Qaida connection to Pearl’s kidnapping and murder,' but may complicate the govern ment’s case against four men al ready convicted of the crime. The official refused to identify Pearl’s alleged killer by name but said he was not among the five suspects, including Binalshibh, who were handed over to U.S. au thorities Monday and flown out of the country. Pearl, 38, was kidnapped Jan. 23 in Karachi while researching Pakistani Islamic extremists. Four militants, including British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, were convicted of the crime in July..Saeed was sen tenced to death by hanging and the other three received life sen tences. All four have appealed. S. Korea fight spurs call for jurisdiction SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - An investigation into a weekend brawLbetween U.S. soldiers and South Korean activists on a Seoul subway could take time because of sharply conflicting claims by both sides, South Korean police said Monday. The activists allege that one of the soldiers, Pvt. John Murphy, started the brawl by punching for mer opposition legislator Suh Kyong-won, who was handing out fliers about two South Korean girls who died June 13 after being struck by a U.S. military vehicle. Murphy and two other soldiers claim they were the ones assault ed when Murphy declined to ac cept the Korean-language flier, which he cannot read. 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