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State
Budget writers faced
with spending cuts
Instead of cutting state spend
ing to cover a new $107.8 million
hole in the state’s spending plan,
Senate budget writers came back
to the table Thursday with plans
to spend $13.7 million more.
Senate Finance Committee
Chairman Hugh Leatherman, R
Florence, said his subcommittee
chairmen will have to go back and
cut budgets because there’s no ap
petite to raise taxes.
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for natural resources
Former Gov. Carroll Campbell,
an avid outdoorsman whose move
for government restructuring cre
ated the state Natural Resources
Department, wrote each state sen
ator about the proposed $3.2 mil
lion budget cuts for the agency.
The agency has said if the cuts
go through, it would have to elim
inate 86 jobs.
DNR director John Frampton
said it was an honor to have
Campbell writing on his depart
ment’s behalf because Campbell
understands “the role South
Carolina’s natural resources play
in our state’■€ quality of life and
economy,” Frampton said.
Nation
Rumsfeld announces
Iraq tour extensions
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon
stopped the planned return from
Iraq of some 20,000 American
troops, giving commanders the ex
tra firepower they believe neces
sary to confront an insurgency
that is taking a mounting toll on
the U.S.-led coalition.
me decision, announced
Thursday by Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld, breaks a
promise to soldiers who were as
sured when they arrived in Iraq
that they would stay no more than
one year. By extending their tours
by three months, the Pentagon is
acknowledging that the insurgen
cy has ruined its plans to reduce the
size of the U.S. presence this spring.
474 counties failed
pollution guidelines
WASHINGTON - The
Environmental Protection Agency
told officials in 31 states Thursday
they must develop new pollution
controls because the air in some
of their counties does not meet fed
eral health standards.
The EPA identified 474 counties
that either have air that is too dirty
or that adds to nearby counties’ in
ability to meet the federal air stan
dards for smog-causing ozone.
World
Iranian diplomat
assassinated in Iraq
NAJAF, IRAQ -Gunmenas
sassinated an Iranian diplomat in
Baghdad on Thursday just as
Iran, with tacit U.S. approval, at
tempted to mediate with a radical
Shiite cleric defying American
forces in this southern Iraqi city.
The slaying of diplomat Khalil
Naimi, shot in the head by un
known gunmen while he drove
near his embassy, cast a shadow
over Thursday’s unusual negoti
ating mission to Najaf by the en
voy from neighboring Iran, which
fought an eight-year war with
Iraq in the 1980s and does not
have diplomatic relations with
Washington.
Iranian Embassy officials were
investigating whether there was
a link between the assassination
and the envoy’s visit. Naimi was
not a member of the Iranian ne
gotiating team.
Cheney warns Asia
could face arms race
SHANGHAI, CHINA - Vice
President Dick Cheney warned
Thursday that failure to contain
North Korea’s nuclear weapons
program could trigger a new nu
clear arms race across Asia.
North Korea’s nuclear pro
gram is a top agenda item for
Cheney in South Korea, but he
heads there at a difficult time after
eight South Korean missionaries
were kidnapped in Iraq.
Washington is not only looking
to Seoul to help revive stalled six
nation nuclear talks with North
Korea, but also is counting on
South Korea’s commitment of
more than 3,000 troops for Iraq.
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Saturday
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Sunday
HI: 84
LO: 53
Monday
HI: 83
LO: 57
Tuesday
HI: 83
LO: 54
Today
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WORKSHOP:
School of Music 206,8 a.m.-6
p.m.
ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK,
WEEKLY CONGREGATIONAL
PRAYER: Masjid al-Muslimin, 1-3
p.m.
“SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY
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NANOSTRUCTURES AND TO
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University, Jones Physical
Science Center 006,
Refreshments 3:45 p.m., Seminar
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VICTOR CORREA-CRUZ LECTURE
RECITAL: School of Music 206,
4:30 p.m.
JOSHUA REECE PIANO RECITAL:
School of Music 206,6 p.m.
ISLAMIC AWARENESS WEEK,
“THE MUSLIM JESUS” AND “THE
ISLAMIC CONTRIBUTION TO
CIVILIZATIONS”: AliShehata
and Rashid Naim, Business
Administration Building 005,7-9
p.m.
ROBERT POWELL SENIOR
TROMBONE RECITAL: School of
J Music 206,7:30 p.m.
Saturday
TRADITIONAL CRAFT WORKSHOP,
BASIC TATTING: McKissick
Museum, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
JULIE-ANN NEUBERGER PIANO
RECITAL: School of Music 206,
I 6:30 p.m. •
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WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE:
School of Music 206,8 p.m.
Sunday
use CONCERT CHOIR: First
Presbyterian Church, 6 p.m.
KATHRYN ANDERSON JUNIOR
VIOLIN RECITAL: School of Music
206,6:30 p.m.
ANDREA STANFORD VIOLIN
RECITAL: School of Music 206,
7:30 p.m.
Monday
HEATHER A. WADE DOCTORAL
LECTURE RECITAL: School of
Music 206,4:30 p.m.
ADAM ESTES SAXOPHONE
RECITAL: School of Music 206,6
p.m.
LEE LAMB AND IAN LOGGANS
TRUMPET RECITAL: School of
Music 206,7:30 p.m.
Tuesday
ROB WEBB TROMBONE RECITAL:
School of Music 206,6 p.m.
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PERFORMANCE: Koger Center
for the Arts, Gonzalez Hall, 7:30
p.m.
Wednesday
CAROLINA ALUMNI
ASSOCIATION’S “SPRING
FLING’’: 1400 Greene St., 10a.m.-3
p.m.
Cruise raises money for 9-11 rescue workers
NEW YORK - An organization
Tom Cruise co-founded has raised
$1.2 million to expand a treatment
program for rescue workers ex
posed to potentially hazardous
materials after the collapse of the
World Trade Center.
The New York Rescue Workers
Detoxification Project said it has
treated more than 200 workers
who say they’ve suffered effects
from breathing the air filled with
smoke, dust and debris after the
Sept. 11,2001, destruction of the
trade center.
The money Cruise and others
raised would expand the project
to treat twice as many people, said
Keith Miller, the project’s director.
The treatment is provided at no
cost.
Cruise said during a fund-rais
er for the project last week that
seeing images of the plume of
smoke billowing from the trade
center rubble on September 11
prompted him to act.
“Shortly thereafter I visited
ground zero and knew immedi
ately that not only would people
be getting ill, very ill, but that it
would be sooner rather than lat
er,” he said.
Lil’ Kim charged for
lying to grand jury
NEW YORK - Ul’ Kim, the rap
per known for her outrageously
revealing outfits and sexually
charged lyrics, was charged
Wednesday with lying to a grand
jury about a 2001 shootout involv
ing her entourage.
The 29-year-old star, whose
real name is Kimberly Jones, sur
rendered in federal court. She
pleaded innocent and was re
leased on $500,000 bail. Her at
torney, Mel Sachs, called the
charges “baseless.” She declined
to comment.
Also charged in the case were
her manager, Damion Butler, body
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Monique Dopwell. All pleaded in
nocent.
Authorities said the shooting
apparently happened as Lil’ Kim’s
entourage was leaving the hip-hop
radio station WQHT, or Hot 97,
and the entourage of the rival rap
group Capone-N-Noreaga was ar
riving. One man in the duo’s en
tourage was wounded.
Big Mac signs on as
Hardee’s pitchman
ST. LOUIS — Hardee’s now has
its own Big Mac.
Mark “Big Mac" McGwire signed
with the St. Louis-based fast-food
chain as a pitchman for Hardee’s
Thickburger.
The 30-second TV commercial
shows the beefy baseball player
chomping into a big burger. The
announcer tells viewers that
“some guys don’t like eating a
half-pound of bread to get a half
pound of meat.”
Introduced last year, the
Thickburger is offered with one
third, one-half or two-thirds of a
pound of beef, along with a low
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Tom Cruise co-founded the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project.
carb cousin and versions featur
ing bacon or mushroom and Swiss
cheese.
The spot marks the first major
TV advertising campaign for
McGwire since he retired in 2001,
three seasons after hitting a then
record 70 home runs for the
Cardinals.
‘Passion’ soundtrack
tops Christian charts
MOBILE, ALA. — The sound
track to Mel Gibson’s “The Passion
of the Christ” has been certified
gold by the Recording Industry
Association of America, accord
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the soundtrack,” Integrity Music
President Jerry Welmer said in a
statement.
Clapton to perform
alongside Gill, King
NASHVILLE, TENN. - It’s a
good thing Eric Clapton invited
Vince Gill to perform at his
Crossroads Guitar Festival in
Dallas this June, because Gill
would have a hard time staying
away.
“It sounds like something I’d
like to go to anyway even if I
wasn’t invited, just to hear,” Gill
said.
The festival, to run June 4-6 at
Fair Park, will include perfor
mances by Clapton, Buddy Guy, J J.
Cale. Robert Cray, B.B. King, Carlos
Santana, Joe Walsh and many oth
ers.
Gill and Union Station mem
bers Dan Tyminski and Jerry Douglas
are the only Nashville pickers on
the list.
“I was flattered beyond words
that I got included,” Gill said. “I
listened to all of those guys.
Probably as a guitar player, I tried
to find more from the rock world
than I ever did from the country
world early on.”
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The album sold 500,000 copies
in February, the Mobile-based
company that publishes and dis
tributes Christian products, said
Monday. The CD was released by
Integrity Music to the Christian
market and by Sony Music to the
general market.
The company also said Nielsen
SoundScan reported that through
the week ending April 4, the
soundtrack had been the best
selling Christian music album
for six consecutive weeks on
Billboard’s contemporary
Christian chart.
“The success of this CD clearly
illustrates the power and appeal
of music, by allowing so many
moviegoers to extend their expe
rience of ‘The Passion of the
Christ’ through the purchase of
USC. Briefly
Alumni Association
to hold Spring Fling
The Carolina Alumni
Association will hold its annual
Spring Fling Wednesday 10
a.m.-3 p.m. on Greene Street.
The event will feature music, re
freshments and prizes. Students
can join or renew membership
to take advantage of discounts
and other benefits offered by the
Carolina Alumni Association.
For more information, visit
www. Carolina Alumni. or g/ stu
dents or call 777-4111.
The Gamecock
needs staff writers
The Gamecock needs staff
writers for the fall 2004 semester.
Six paid writing positions are
available; three for News, two
for Sports and one for The Mix.
Writers will be paid $10 per story
and will be required to write two
stories per week. For more in
formation and to set up an inter
view, e-mail Editor in Chief
Adam Beam at gamecockedi
tor@gwm.sc.edu. Each applicant
is required to have a resume and
three published clips of his or
her work.
Police.Report
These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department
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Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6 a.m.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(5 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
0 Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
H Violent
@ Nonviolent
Wednesday, April 14
® MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, CAROLINA
GARDENS APARTMENTS, 100
BULL ST. The complainant
said that between April 12 and
April 14 someone sprayed
graffiti in white paint on both
sides and the front of the trash
dumpster. Estimated damage:
$50. Reporting officer: W.R.
Bond.
# MALICIOUS INJURY TO
PERSONAL PROPERTY, S-4
LOT, 918 BARNWELL ST. The
victim said someone caused
several scratches on the rear
of her vehicle and also bent the
radio antenna of the vehicle.
Estimated damage: $190.
Reporting officer: J.M.
Simmons.
$
Thursday, April 15
©MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, BOOKER T.
WASHINGTON AUDITORIUM,
1400 WHEAT ST. Reporting
officer J.L. Meador found that
the north-side window was
broken. Estimated damage:
$200.
o SUSPICIOUS FIRE,
SNOWDEN, 600 MAIN ST.
Reporting officer D. Pardue
responded to a small fire in the
grass area on the Main Street
side of the dorm. Pardue used
a fire extinguisher to put out
fire, which consisted of a
burning book. Officer Baker
saw a one-gallon plastic gas
can located approximately 30
feet from the fire. The gas can
was confiscated and returned
to headquarters where the
remaining contents were
I
poured out.
O MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, MCBRYDE
QUADRANGLE B, LOBBY, 1311
BLOSSOM ST. The
complainant saw four white
males hitting a chair against a
window. The window sill was
damaged. The suspects fled on
foot when they saw the
complainant. Estimated
damage: $50. Reporting officer:
J.L. Meador.
O MALICIOUS INJURY TO
REAL PROPERTY, BULL STREET
GARAGE, LEVEL 4, 600 BULL
ST. The complainant found
the garage entrance gate bent
at the hinge area. Reporting
officer J.L. Meador bent the
gate back to working order,
but the hinge is damaged.
Estimated damage: $50