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State James’ Island fights for status in court CHARLESTON — On Tuesday, James Island’s right to exist falls into the hands of the South Carolina Supreme Court. The high court’s decision, expected later this year, could determine whether the town, incorporated two years ago, lives or dies. Charleston city officials have challenged the town’s legal status. Attorney Bill Regan, representing Charleston, says the city should be able to expand farther onto James Island, which couldn’t hap pen if the town is allowed to exist. Interstate 73 group returns from D.C. MYRTLE BEACH - A group fighting to get Interstate 73 built through Pee Dee and the Grand Strand says their trip to Washington to lobby Congress was successful. Congress is working on a new six-year highway funding bill, and the group from Horry County and neighboring areas wants to make sure 1-73 is an important part of that proposal. Nation U.S. faces penalties from WTO for taxes WASHINGTON - The United States comes under World Trade Organization penalties for the first time on Monday. A 5 percent penalty tariff, which climbs 1 percentage point for each month, awaits U.S. ex ports because of lawmakers’ fail ure to bring U.S. laws in line with international trade rulings. The tariffs penalize the United States for failing to eliminate a tax break that is worth $5 billion a year to U.S. exporters. It was de clared an illegal export subsidy by the WTO. 3 killed in ethanol tanker explosion PORTSMOUTH, VA. - A tanker carrying 35 million gallons of in dustrial ethanol exploded and sank about 50 miles off the Virginia coast Saturday, the Coast Guard said. At least three of the 27 crew members died and 18 are still missing. The Bow Mariner, a 570-foot tanker flying a Singapore flag, made an emergency call just after 6 p.m., saying there had been an ex plosion on board, Petty Officer Stacey Pardini with the Coast Guard’s Atlantic area in Portsmouth said. The ship had been headed to Houston from New York with 24 Filipino and three Greek crew members. , World Israeli court halts barrier construction JERUSALEM - The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday or dered a one-week halt to con struction at a section of the West Bank security barrier where sol diers killed two Palestinians dur ing a violent protest last week. Under intense international pressure, Israeli officials had al ready pledged to change the planned route of the barrier to ease hardships on Palestinians. On Sunday the Israeli court is sued an order to temporarily stop work on a section of the barrier being built near Jerusalem while the military considers alternate routes. Terrorist group takes credit for explosion MARIVELES, PHILIPPINES - The Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility Sunday for a ferry explosion and fire that killed at least two people, though 180 more were missing, ac cording to a radio report. The Radio Mindanao Network said Abu Sayyaf spokesman Abu Sulaiman claimed Friday’s ex plosion was revenge for govern ment attacks in the southern Mindanao area. The fire occurred the same day that two alleged Abu Sayyaf members were convicted of kidnapping an American in 2000 and another was arraigned in a separate mass abduction. 'BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE f' % Thjsciay in History NassssJ.872: Yellowstone becomes the world’s first national park. 1968: Singers Johnny Cash and June Carter wed. Extended. Forecast Tuesday HI: 77 LO: 55 Wednesday HI: 78 LO: 56 Friday HI: 72 LO: 51 Today use SPRING CLEANING CLOTHING DRIVE: Russell House, Greene Street, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. GALLERY TALK, “THE HUMAN CONDITION”: Curt LaCross, McMaster Gallery, 10 a.m. STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION: Business Administration Building 634,4 p.m. DOCUMENTARY PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION, “WALKING TO KUWAIT”: Law School Auditorium, 7 p.m. MARGARET CHO: Roger Center, 8 p.m. SEMESTER MIDPOINT SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK Tuesday use SPRING CLEANING CLOTHING DRIVE: Russell House, Greene Street, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK Wednesday use SPRING CLEANING CLOTHING DRIVE: Russell House, Greene Street, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK FAIR: Russell House, Greene Street, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. SEMINAR, “LEUKEMIA IN THE UKRAINE: STUDYING THE EFFECTS FROM THE CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT”: Dr. Arthur Michalek of the University of Buffalo, Health Sciences Building 103,12:30 p.m. IMAGING AND IMAGINING NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING CONFERENCE: Adam’s Mark Hotel, 3-9 p.m. LECTURE, “STUDENTS CREATING NEW KNOWLEDGE”: Gambrell Hall 152,3:30 p.m. SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK Thursday S.C. RED CROSS DAY: State House grounds, 8 a.m.-2 p.m. IMAGING AND IMAGINING NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING CONFERENCE: Adam’s Mark Hotel, 8:25 a.m.-9 p.m. use SPRING CLEANING CLOTHING DRIVE: Russell House, Greene Street, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. COLLOQUIUM, “MODELING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TWO CORRELATED SURVIVAL OUTCOMES”: Amita K. Manatunga of Emory University, LeConte 210A, Lecture 2 p.m., Refreshments 3 p.m. YWCA OF THE MIDLANDS 90TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION: YWCA of the Midlands, 6-8 p.m. MEET AND GREET WITH TAMEIKA ISAAC DEVINE: Russell House 322/326,7 p.m. STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION: Business Administration Building 634,4 p.m. SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK Friday IMAGING AND IMAGINING NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING CONFERENCE: Adam’s Mark Hotel, 8:30 a.m.-6 p.m. SAFE SPRING BREAK WEEK Saturday IMAGING AND IMAGINING NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING CONFERENCE: Adam’s Mark Hotel, 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m. TIBETAN NEW YEAR CELEBRATION: Big Apple, 7 p.m. CITY DAY: Finlay Park Sunday IMAGING AND IMAGINING NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING CONFERENCE: Adam’s Mark Hotel, 8:30 a.m.-l p.m. YOUTH ART CELEBRATION: Columbia Museum of Art, 2 p.m. SPRING BREAK BEGINS ‘King’conquers Oscars, takes 11 awards BY DAVID GERMAIN Til K ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES - “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” won a record-tying 11 Academy Awards on Sunday, including best picture and director and becom ing the first fantasy to win the top Oscar. In the acting categories, all the winners took home their first Oscars: Charlize Theron won best actress for her transformative per formance as serial killer Aileen Wuornos in “Monster,” and Sean Penn was named best actor for playing a vengeful ex-hoodlum who falls back on his criminal ways in “Mystic River.” Hm Robbins won the supporting actor prize for his performance as an emotionally crippled murder suspect in “Mystic River,” and Renee Zellweger took supporting actress as a hardy Confederate sur vivor in “Cold Mountain.” After the first two installments of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy were shut out of major awards, Ketum oi me King swept an n categories in which it was nomi nated. It matched the record 11 wins of “Titanic” and “Ben-Hur” and became only the third movie to sweep every nominated catego ry, following “Gigi” and “The Last Emperor,” which both went nine for-nine. “I especially just lastly want to thank our wonderful cast who just got their tongues around this rather awkward text and made it come to life with such devotion and passion and heart,” said “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson, who shared the screen play prize with co-writers Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh. Composer Howard Shore took his second Oscar for writing “Lord of the Rings” music, having won two years ago on Part 1 of the saga, “The Fellowship of the Ring.” “Into the West,” the wistful tune of farewell from “Return of the King,” won the best-song Oscar. The song was written by Fran Walsh, the film’s co-screen writer; Howard Shore, its music composer; and Annie Lennox, who sings the tune. Zellweger won for playing a character in frumpy clothes and a layer of dirt from working the fields, a year after “Cold Mountain” co-star Nicole Kidman received the lead-actress Oscar for wearing a fake nose to simulate Virginia Woolfs plain-Jane fea tures in “The Hours.” And best actress winner Theron, in “Monster,” gained 30 pounds and was disguised behind dark contact lenses, false teeth and splotchy makeup. “I hope it’s a trend, meaning in teresting parts playing women who are multifaceted and really rich in their journeys. It’s what interests me most,” Zellweger said backstage. “The more you can change yourself, the more re moved the character is from your own experiences, the more re warding it is.” Robbins won with his first-ever acting nomination, though he had been nominated as best director for 1995’s “Dead Man Walking.” “In this movie, I play a victim of abuse and violence,” Robbins said. “If you are out there and are a person who has had that tragedy befall you, there is no shame in seeking help and counseling.” Sofia Coppola won the original screenplay prize for her quirky tale of friendship in Tokyo, “Lost in Translation.” French-Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand's “The Barbarian Invasions,” an alternately merry and melancholy story of a dying man’s reunion with his estranged son, won the foreign-language honor. The $340 million blockbuster “Finding Nemo,” the story of a clownflsh on a mission to rescue his wayward son from a dentist’s aquarium, earned the Oscar for animated feature. “I’m going to be forever grate ful to the cast and crew of‘Finding Nemo’ for giving their incompa rable talents to this little fish story I had,” said Andrew Stanton, di rector of “Finding Nemo.” “Forty years ago, this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam — millions died,” Morris said. “I fear we’re going down the rabbit hole once again.” Billy Crystal, returning as host for the first time in four years, opened with his usual montage of nominees, having himself inserted into spoofs of key Oscar con tenders, including Diane Keaton's screeching nude scene in “Something’s Gotta Give.” He joked that for the first time, the show was being simulcast in Aramaic, a poke at “The Passion of the Christ,” Mel Gibson’s divi sive religious film that took in $117.5 million in its first five days. The movie was done in Aramaic and Latin, with English subtitles. Crystal said that the first time he hosted the Oscars 13 years ago, things were different from today: “Bush was president, the econo my was tanking and we’d just fin ished a war with Iraq.” The Oscars returned to full glamour mode after two years in which Hollywood’s prom night was muted by world events — the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks in 2002 and the Iraq war in 2003. witn tne passage oi time, tne Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences figured it was safe to make merry again for the 76th an nual Oscars. The best-picture win was the first ever for the fantasy genre, generally overlooked by Oscar voters who favor heavy drama over otherworldly stories. Onl/ a handful of fantasy or science fiction tales have earned best-pic ture nominations, among them “The Wizard of Oz,” “Star Wars,” “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” and the first two “Lord of the Rings” installments, “The Fellowship of the Ring” and “The Two Towers.” “Return of the King” was shut out in the acting categories, which the film’s Oscar-winning costumer designers lamented backstage. “It’s a sad day they haven’t been recognized, but they do know themselves they have done a beau tiful performance that people will cherish for generations potential ly,” said Richard Taylor, who shared the costume-design Oscar with Ngila Dickson. PHOTO SPECIAL TO THE GAMECOCK Peter Jackson won his first Best Director Oscar Tuesday night. use. Briefly Preston’s at Noon offers e-mail menus Preston’s at Noon menus are now being offered in weekly e-mail format, offering the restaurant’s lunch menu for the week. People interested in receiving menus should send his or her name and e-mail address to derricks@gwm.sc.edu. New telephone CDs arriving, recycle old With the 2004-05 BellSouth The Real Yellow Pages Telephone di rectory CDs now on campus, ar riving to individuals through cam pus mail, recipients are asked to recycle the old directory CD by sending it through campus mail to: Recycling Department, 743 Greene St. The paper BellSouth directories can be dropped of at each depart ment’s recycling drop off site next to the cardboard recycling area. The cut-off date for recycling is Mar. 15. To receive a copy of the blue Talking Phone Book on CD, contact Janet Stokes at 777-6868. Celebrate Red Cross Day at State House S.C. Red Cross Day will be held at the State House grounds Thursday 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The statewide celebration high lights the critical role of the Red Cross in preventing, preparing and responding to disasters and emergencies. Gov. Mark Sanford will speak at the event’s opening. Exhibits, including First Aid and CPR demonstrations, will be displayed on the State House grounds until 2 p.m., and a blood drive will also be held. For more information, contact Rhonda O’Banion at 251-6034 or obanionr@usc.redcross.org. Tibetan New Year to be honored at USC Members of the South Carolina Tibetan community will be preparing a Tibetan New Year cel ebration Saturday at the Big Apple, 1000 Hampton St., behind the Richland County Public Library. An Indo-Tibetan buffet will be prepared for the event, which also features Tibetan music and a showing of digital photographs of Tibet and its people. A presentation on Tibet and Losar, the Tibetan New Year, by Tibetan monk Geshe Topgyal wf also be included. The celebration begins at 7 p.m. Tickets for adults are $10 in ad vance and $12 at the door. Student tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door. For reservations or ad ditional information, call Carolyn Cox at 695-0612. Police.Report These repeats 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 E3 Violent O Nonviolent Wednesday, Feb. 25 ® LARCENY OF BICYCLE, JAMES F. BYRNES CENTER, 901 SUMTER ST. The victim said someone took a secured red bicycle from the bike rack. Estimated value: $60. Reporting officer: C. Taylor. Thursday, Feb. 26 O AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF CDS, BULL STREET GARAGE, LEVELS 4FAND 5E, 600 BULL ST. Victim No. 1 said someone broke out the driver’s side rear window of the victim’s vehicle, but nothing appeared to be missing. While on scene, reporting officer A.L. Broadus saw two canvas bags across from victim No. l’s vehicle. The bags were found to belong to victim No. 2. Victim No. 2 was contacted and reported that someone had broken out her driver’s side window and had taken the bags recovered by Broadus. Investigator . Snyder also responded to the scene and discovered that the driver’s side window had been broken out on victim No. 3’s vehicle. Victim No. 3 was contacted, responded to the scene and said a black CD case with 64 CDs was taken from the vehicle. Estimated value: $690. Estimated value recovered: $25. * \