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State Cleanup projects to remove munitions Clay and sand now cover old bombs and artillery shells once used for military training during World War II, but the dirt does lit tle to blunt the danger the muni tions pose. South Carolina has 206 sites for merly used by the military. Cleanup projects have been pro posed or started at 39 sites, ac cording to federal reports. But the federal government provides lit tle money for the work, and the cleanup is slow. Experts say injuries from un exploded ordnance could increase as new homes and roads are built on former ranges. Authorities look for suspect in fatal fire GREENVILLE, S.C.— Authorities are looking for a bright orange and yellow truck seen leaving a motel last month about the same time a fire that killed six people started. A witness told Greenville County deputies he saw the truck, driven by a man with short blond hair, leaving the Comfort Inn at about the same time the fire alarm went off the morning of Jan. 25, Sheriffs Sgt. Shea Smith said. The truck appears to be a GMC or Chevrolet made between 1977 and 1979, deputies said. Investigators don’t know if the man had any connection to the fire, Shea said. Authorities have said the fire appeared to be intentionally set and are awaiting results from a special federal team before mak ing a final determination. Nation Identical technology used in terror bombs WASHINGTON - Identical tech nology appears to have been used to create terror bombs that have struck targets in different parts of the world, including against U.S. troops in Iraq, the head of the House Homeland Security Committee said Sunday. Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., said the findings, from a new in telligence operation working out of the FBI Laboratory in Quantico, Va., has given the government the capability to take the initiative to prevent attacks. River channel closed to extend crew hunt NEW ORLEANS - The entrance to the Mississippi River was closed to oceangoing vessels — in cluding cruise ships carrying thousands of passengers — for a second day Sunday while teams searched for the five-member crew of a supply boat that sank after col liding with a container ship. The 178-foot offshore supply boat Lee III sank early Saturday and blocked the Southwest Pass, seven miles south of Pilottown, the only channel into the river that can be used by oceangoing vessels. World Suicide bomber kills 8 bus passengers JERUSALEM - A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded Jerusalem bus Sunday, killing eight passengers one day before the world court was to begin hearings on Israel’s disputed West Bank barrier. Israeli officials said the suicide bombing — the 110th in more than three years of violence — proved the need to continue building the barrier to keep out future bombers. Iran admits nuclear black market deals TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran publicly acknowledged for the first time Sunday that it once bought nucle ar equipment from middlemen on the Asian subcontinent, lending credence to a recent report that de tailed black-market nuclear deals between a Pakistani scientist and Iran and Libya. Foreign Ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi did not go into details, but repeated Tehran’s claims that its efforts to acquire nuclear technology were strictly energy-related and it never in tended for weapons development. BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE I in tory 1896: Leo Hirshfield intro the Tootsie Roll. 1997: Scientists working in Scotland announce they have suc ceeded in cloning the first adult mammal, a sheep named Dolly. Extended.Forecast Today y HI: 62 LO: 47 Tuesday \\ HI: 53 LO: 47 Wednesday HI: 47 \j LO: 39 Thursday ^ \\ HI: 46 U LO: 31 rn Today SG ELECTIONS BEGIN: http://vip.sc.edu, 9 a.m. RING WEEK: Russell House, 1st floor, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. GRADUATION FAIR: Russell House Bookstore, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION: Business Administration Building 634,4 p.m. APPLICATIONS FOR HOMECOMING COMMISSION DUE: Russell House 227 LAST DAY TO DROP A COURSE OR WITHDRAW WITHOUT A GRADE OF “WF” BEING RECORDED Tuesday RING WEEK: Russell House, 1st floor, 10a.m.-3p.m. “WRITING AT WORK” WORKSHOP: 1600 Hampton St. Annex, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. SG ELECTIONS END: http://vip.sc.edu, 5 p.m. “A TRIBUTE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC HERITAGE” CONCERT: St. Peter’s Catholic | Church, 7 p.m. ~ Wednesday “WRITING AT WORK” WORKSHOP: 1600 Hampton St. Annex, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. RING WEEK: Russell House, 1st floor, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. GRADUATION FAIR: Russell House Bookstore, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS FILM SERIES, “JACOB LAWRENCE: THE GLORY OF EXPRESSION”: Columbia Museum of Art, 11-11:30 a.m. EPIDEMIOLOGY SEMINAR, “STATISTICAL AND EPIDEMIOLOGIC ISSUES IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE”: Dr. Barbara Tilley of MUSC, Health Sciences Building 103,12:30 p.m. WORKSHOP, “WAKING UP FROM ‘POWERPOINT-INDUCED SLEEP’: EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT FOR TEACHING”: Thomas Cooper Library, Multimedia Classroom 3,2-3:30 p.m. COMPUTER MUSIC CONCERT: School of Music 206, Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m. ASH WEDNESDAY Thursday “WRITING AT WORK” WORKSHOP: 1600 Hampton St. Annex, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. *City ’ star Davis scores with show’s clothes 9 LOS ANGELES - Kristin Davis of “Sex and the City” will always have the show in her heart—and in her closet. Davis played eternal optimist Charlotte York on the HBO series, which ended Sunday after six sea sons. The actress said keeping most of the clothes was part of the deal. “I have a lot of quintessential ‘Charlotte’ pieces,” Davis told AP Radio recently. Davis said the series, about four women living in Manhattan, dra matically changed her life. “What it’s like to walk around in the world is completely differ ent, in a way that has taken some getting used to, but is really in credibly flattering, especially now that we’re going and people are so sad and kind of adorable about it, and it just makes you so thankful to have been a part of it,” she said. ‘Translation’ far from lost to Writers Guild LOS ANGELES - “Lost in Translation” and “American Splendor” took top screenwriting honors Saturday from the Writers Guild Of America. Sofia Coppola's “Lost in Translation,” about two lonely Americans who strike up an un likely friendship in Tokyo, was named best original screenplay. She also directed the film, which stars Bill Murray. Best adapted screenplay honors went to Robert Pulclnl and Shari Springer Berman for “American Splendor,” which is based on the underground comic books that de tail the life of Harvey Pekar and a novel Pekar wrote with his wife, Joyce Brabner. The 56th annual awards were presented in simultaneous cere monies in New York and Los Angeles. Spokesman rebukes Harry tabloid column LONDON - A royal spokesman came to the defense of Prince Harry in a letter published Friday after a tabloid columnist called Prince Charles’ younger son a “national disgrace.” The Daily Express’ Carol Sarler devoted several hundred words in her column Wednesday to roast ing Prince Harry, who has been traveling and working in Australia and Africa since he fin ished his education at Eton in June. Two years ago, Prince Harry was widely reported to have in dulged in underage drinking and smoking marijuana. Friday’s Daily Express pub lished a letter from Paddy Harverson, Prince Charles’ press secretary, calling the Sarler col umn “grossly unfair and ill-in formed.” The paper simply print ed the letter, without comment. Johnson lends magic to learning centers MIAMI — Even though Magic Johnson’s basketball career is over, he’s still providing assists. Through his foundation, the Hall of Fame player helped do nate $200,000 in computer equip ment to the Mattie Koonce Learning Center in Overtown, one of Miami’s poorest neighbor hoods. It’s the 12th Magic Johnson HP Inventor Center to open in an in ner-city community in the past three years. Another opens next week in Seattle and nine more are planned by July 1. The center includes two dozen desktop computers, digital cam eras, printers, a server and other accessories donated by Hewlett Packard Co. Johnson, whose playing career was cut short in November 1991 when he tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS, won five NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers. Singer Church earns control of trust fund LONDON - Charlotte Church. the bright-eyed Welsh soprano who has sung for two U.S. presi dents, the pope and Queen Elizabeth II, turned 18 on Saturday, meaning she now has control of her $30 million trust fund. Church — whose bursts of re belliousness, family spats and a now-discarded boyfriend have be come a tabloid soap opera — will now come face to face with the difficult transition from child prodigy to adult star. Church’s last album of new ma terial appeared in 2001 and there is no set date for a new one. She said she wants to leave be hind the light classical musical ^ that endeared her to millions and J forge a pop career. Her next album will include “some rocky stuff, some soulful ■ songs and some electric — it’s re ally mixed,” Church told Britain’s Daily Mirror. BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE ° J PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall of HBO's “Sex in the City” celebrate after winning best comedy series at the 53rd annual Emmy Awards In Los Angeles, Calif., on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2001. ^ USC.Briefly Museum to hold response program The Columbia Museum of Art will sponsor “Frisson: Artists Respond to Art” in partnership . with Syndicated Soul Productions on Friday. The program features high-energy poetry readings in the galleries in response to artwork in the museum’s collection. Refreshments and a cash bar will follow the program. Admission is free. Oratorical contest to begin Wednesday Carolina Debate and the Darla Moore School of Business are sponsoring the William and Marion Langfan Constitutional Oratorical Contest for full-time undergraduate and graduate students. The topic will be announced 48 hours before preliminary rounds, Monday at 3 p.m., and the same topic will be used in the final round. Preliminary rounds will take place on Wednesday at 4 p.m., and the final round will be at 7 p.m. For further requirements, competition locations and prize information, visit http://www.cla.sc.edU/ENGL/F aculty/Berube/Debate/Langfan. htm. Community center to hold golf tourney The Columbia Jewish Community Center will be holding a golf tournament Sunday, March 21 at the Golf Club of South Carolina at Crickentree. The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and ; costs $100 per player, which ■ covers the cart, greens fee, lunch, prizes, snacks and awards presentation. For more information, contact Leigh McElroy, CJCC program director, at 787-2023 or Bruce Filler, tournament chairman, at 788-2416. Police.Report These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department >-■ . < % Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the list below. DAY CRIMES (6a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS B Violent © Nonviolent Tuesday, Feb. 17 ® HARASSMENT, SOUTH QUAD, 500 SUMTER ST. Reporting officer L.M. Branham received information from the complainant of harassing phone calls and e-mails from Joseph Crawford. The complainant received this information from a confidential source. Thursday, Feb. 19 Q DISREGARDING TRAFFIC LIGHT, SIMPLE POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA, OPEN CONTAINER IN MOTOR VEHICLE, FAILURE TO SURRENDER SUSPENDED LICENSE, VIOLATION OF tV DRIVER’S LICENSE/PERMIT, POSSESSION OF COCAINE, 300 BLOCK ASSEMBLY ST. Reporting officer G. J. Kerwin initiated a traffic stop on Darreun Miller because he ran a red light while traveling southbound on Assembly Street at the intersection of Assembly and Blossom streets. Miller stepped out of his vehicle on his own. As Kerwin approached Miller, Kerwin noticed he was chewing a dark substance. Miller was ordered to spit out the substance because it had the smell of marijuana. A check was run on the subject’s vehicle license as well, and it came back suspended. Miller was arrested for simple possession of marijuana and made an c excited utterance that it was marijuana. Upon inventory of the subject’s car, a small clear plastic bag was found containing a white substance believed to be marijuana. The substance was field tested and was revealed to be cocaine. r-M THE GAMECOCK Now five days a week. WWW. dailygamecock .com