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STATE State revenues lag expectations again COLUMBIA (AP) - Another round of state budget cuts may be on the way. House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, said Tuesday that he’s seen prelimi nary figures from the Board of Economic Advisors and the news isn’t good. “It looks like the numbers may not have improved like we anticipated,” Harrell said. Harrell is one of the five mem bers of the State Budget and Control Board that would receive the economic board’s report and decide whether to cut state agency spending for the second time this fiscal year. Agencies dealt with two cuts during the fis cal year that ended in June 2001. Agencies weathered a 1 per cent cut last May and then a 4 percent cut in October after the Board of Economic Advisors lowered revenue estimates by $310 million. That revised esti mate forced the state to deplete a rainy day fund. I NATION Worker pleads guilty to spying for Cuba WASHINGTON (AP) - A U.S. intelligence analyst who re vealed the identities of four un dercover agents to Cuban offi cials pleaded guilty Tuesday to espionage. She could spend 25 years in federal prison. Anh Belen Montes, 45, was spying for Cuba from the time she started work at the Defense Intelligence Agency in 1985 until her arrest on Sept. 21, prosecu tors say. By that time, she was a senior intelligence analyst and had used short-wave radio and coded pager messages to give Cuba U.S. secrets so sensitive they could not be fully described in court documents. Roscoe Howard Jr., U.S. attor ney for the District of Columbia, said law enforcement officials did not know whether any of the in formation Montes transmitted to Cuba was shared with other coun tries. However, the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington heightened the need to "get her off the streets,” and influenced the timing of her arrest, he said. WORLD Sharon: Arafat may travel to summit JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Tuesday that Yasser Arafat will be free to travel to an Arab sum mit next week if the Palestinian leader agrees to a cease-fire, but hinted Arafat may not be al lowed back if the violence per sists while he is gone. In another incentive for a truce, Vice President Dick Cheney said he would meet Arafat if it is achieved. It would be Arafat’s highest-level contact with the Bush administration. Both sides said a truce to halt 18 months of Palestinian-Israeli violence could be declared after a crucial meeting of security commanders set for Wednesday. The Palestinian Cabinet said late Tuesday that it is prepared to implement a cease-fire “according to a time table agreed on by both sides, without any delay.” The statement complained that “troops are still surrounding the Palestinian territories with a tight siege and continuous aggression against the Palestinian people.” -1 ■H. . . WHO SAID JELL-0 WAS ONLV FOR DESSERT? Ma rch 23 at 2 p. m. 8 people per tea m 17SC Softball Field $4-0 registration !-1 Warehouse Sale MAR 25 - MAR 27 Monday-Wednesday 10 AM-9 PM Fashions from the pages of the J.Crew Catalog up to 70% off!! Carolina Coliseum 701 Assembly St. Columbia, SC 29201 Directions: 1-126: Enter on Elmwood Ave. Turn Right on Assembly St. Go approximately 14 traffic lights, Coliseum is on the comer of Assembly and Blossum Streets. From 1-77: Take Exit #6 Shop Rd. Shop Rd. becomes George Rogers Blvd., then Assembly St. Coliseum will be the corner of Assembly and Blossum Streets. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, ].Crew Credit Cards, Cash and Check (with proper ID) Includes Irregulars, Damaged & Customer Returns BCBGirls' MAX AZRIA The Le Sac Pret-a-Porter is YOURS FREE with the minimum purchase of $38 from the BCBGirls fragrance collection. Get carried away with this fabulous bag and you II also receive a 1 oz. travel tube of Perfumed Body Lotion as an additional bonus. While supplies last. Le Sac Pret-a-Porter The BCBGirls fragrance collection offers four fragrance choices to fit every mood, every occasion, everyday. Nature, Star, Metro, Sexy. BCBGirls appeals to the girl in every woman. May we suggest: Eau de Toilette Spray 1.7 ft oz. of j | any BCBGirl at a suggested retail of $38. j’ I Dilland’s