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State Black history project needs $60 million CHARLESTON - Organizers of a black history museum need to raise $60 million for the project, including $10 million for an en dowment to provide grants to or ganizations for programs in black history and culture. The museum is expected to open in three years, and the plan ning committee on Monday ap proved an initial plan for the themes of the International African American Museum. The original price of the muse um was projected at $40 million. That figure increased as plans for the museum, which will be located near the South Carolina Aquarium, nave evolved. Milk farmers looking for new price support BOWMAN — Grocers and con sumers worry a push by South Carolina dairy farmers for some sort of support could cause rising . milk prices to go even higher. So many dairy farmers have giv en up on the business that less than a third of milk consumed in South Carolina is made here. In the past few decades the number of state dairies has dropped to less than 90. Nation Researchers declare Internet vulnerable WASHINGTON - Researchers uncovered a serious flaw in the underlying technology for nearly all Internet traffic, a discovery that led to an urgent and secretive in ternational effort to prevent glob al disruptions of Web surfing, e mails and instant messages. The British government an nounced the vulnerability in core Internet technology on Tuesday. T.pft nnpririrPQQpri pvnprts spiH it could allow hackers to knock com puters offline and broadly disrupt vital traffic-directing devices, called routers, which coordinate the flow of data among distant groups of computers. NASA begins testing Einstein predictions LOS ANGELES - NASA launched into orbit Tuesday a $750 million satellite to test two of Albert Einstein’s fundamental predictions about the universe. The satellite blasted off from an ocean-side pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Delta II rocket. The satellite was built to test ele ments of Einstein’s theory of gen eral relativity. The mission is wide ly expected to prove Einstein right. ? : ' ' Insurgents bombard Iraqi prison, kill 22 BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Guerrillas fired a barrage of mortar rounds at Baghdad’s largest prison Tuesday, killing 22 prisoners in an attack a U.S. general said may have been an attempt to spark an uprising against their American guards. A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in the northern city of Mosul, the 100th American combat death in April, the deadli est month since the U.S.-led inva sion began in March 2003. Meanwhile, Iraqi leaders have set up a tribunal of seven judges and four prosecutors to try oust ed dictator Saddam Hussein and other members of his Baathist regime, a spokesman announced Tuesday. Police kill 4 al-Qaida suspected terrorists AMMAN, JORDAN Authorities stormed a basement in a poor neighborhood of the Jordanian capital Tuesday, killing four men believed to have ties to an al-Qaida-linked cell that plot ted simultaneous bombing and chemical attacks against the U.S. Embassy and other targets. It was not immediately clear what relationship the detained men had with the slain terror suspects. The bomb plot was disclosed earlier this week and was said to have been foiled following the ar rests of several suspects in two raids in late March and early April. Had the chemical bomb ex ploded, it could have killed at least 20,000 people and wrecked build ings within a half-mile radius, gov ernment officials say. , BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE r . istory . 1928: Noah Webster publishes American dictionary. 1948: The first Polaroid cam era is sold in the United States. Extended. Forecast & Thursday = HI: 88 LO: 59 Friday . HI: 86 ' LO: 59 wi^ Saturday U^jgr HI: 87 LO: 58 Sunday 1 7 HI: 83 LO: 61 1 Wednesday CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION’S “SPRING FLING”: 1400 Greene St., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. EPIDEMIOLOGY SEMINAR, “POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS AND BREAST CANCER": Dr. MarilieD. Gammon of UNC-Chapel Hill, Health Sciences Building 103, 12:30 p.m. EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR SUPERVISORS: 1600 Hampton St. Annex 104,1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. BIK LEE COMPOSITION RECITAL: School of Music 206,4:30 p.m. A DISCUSSION WITH SC SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE JEAN TOAL: Harper College, Gressette Room, 6:30 p.m. BERT LIGON AND FRIENDS: School of Music 206,7:30 p.m. LEFT BANK BIG BAND CONCERT: School of Music 206,7:30 p.m. “SINGLED OUT,” A DATING GAME FOR FRESHMEN: Russell House Ballroom, 7p.m.-10 p.m. HOMOPHOBIA AWARENESS WEEK, LGBT DAY OF SILENCE Thursday use PRESS BOOK SALE: 718 Devine St., 12-4 p.m. STUDY ABROAD INFORMATION SESSION: Business Administration Building, 6th floor, 4 p.m. LIVE PBS TELECONFERENCE, “UNTANGLING THE WEB: MAKING ONLINE TEACHING AND LEARNING ACCESSIBLE”: Law Center Sublevel 1, Conference room, 2:30-4 p.m. COLLOQUIUM, “UNCONVENTIONAL ELECTRON TRANSPORT IN TWO DIMENSIONS”: Jones Physical Science Center 409, Refreshments 3:45 p.m., Colloquium 4 p.m. UNIVERSITY CHORUS PERFORMANCE: School of Music 206,7:30 p.m. Friday use PRESS BOOK SALE: 718 Devine St., 12-6 p.m. GUY FLEMING LIPSCOMB LECTURE IN CHEMISTRY. “SMART DUST: PHOTONIC CRYSTALS DERIVED FROM NANOCRYSTALLINE POROUS SI AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN SENSORS AND MEDICINE”: D Michael J. Sailor of the University of California at San Diego, Jones Physical Science Center 006, Refreshments 3:45 p.m., Seminar 4 p.m. AMYTULLY FLUTE RECITAL: School of Music 206,4:30 p.m. REBECCA GRAUSAM PIANO RECITAL: School of Music 206,6 p.m. BUSINESS LEADERSHIP AWARDS DINNER: Williams Brice Stadium, The Zone, 6:30 p.m. MARION SPR0TT PIANO RECITAL: School of Music 206,7:30 p.m. HOMOPHOBIA AWARENESS WEEK Saturday use PRESS BOOK SALE: 718 Devine St., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. WILLIAM TERWILLIGER STUDIO VIOLIN RECITAL: School of Music 206, 7 p.m. HOMOPHOBIA AWARENESS WEEK Sunday SOUTHERN EXPOSURE CONCERT: School of Music 206,3 p.m. SC BANDS OPEN AIR CONCERT: The Horseshoe, 6 p.m. GRADUATE STRING QUARTET RECITAL: School of Music 206, 7:30 p.m. HOMOPHOBIA AWARENESS WEEK Garner smiles more than screen roles let on LOS ANGELES - Jennifer Gamer breaks up spy rings on “Alias” just like a woman, then she breaks up laughing just like a little girl. “I’m definitely a clown. I make faces a lot, I dance for them a lot, I sing to them. I try to make sure they’re entertained,” she said. Her new comedy “13 Going on 30,” in which she plays a little girl in a grown-up’s body, was a chance to turn her standard screen frown upside down. It’s certainly a change from “Alias” and last year’s “Daredevil,” playing tough, beau tiful young women armed with an gry eyes and a boot to the face for bad guys. “It was weird to watch this movie and see myself smile so much,” she said. “It felt so per sonal to see my smile on-screen. I felt like I preserved my smile for mv Dersonal life, because I smile all the time.” The 32-year-old actress plays Jenna Rink, a young girl who wishes on her 13th birthday party in 1986 to be “thirty, and flirty and thriving” — a headline from her favorite fashion magazine, Poise. When she opens her eyes, she’s liv ing in New York, with a hockey star boyfriend and serving as edi tor of the same magazine. DVD provides sneak peek of ‘Episode III’ LOS ANGELES — Fans can get a first look at the new Darth Vader costume from the 2005 “Star Wars: Episode III” prequel on the up coming DVD collection of the orig inal trilogy, Lucasfilm announced Monday. PHOTO COURTESY OF KRT CAMPUS Jessica Alba of “Dark Angel,” left, and Jennifer Garner of “Alias” appeared on stage at the 53rd annual Emmy Awards. The tirst three Star Wars films debut for the first time in dig ital format Sept. 21. The Darth Vader featurette promises an interview with cre ator George Lucas discussing how Jedi warrior Anakin Skywalker became the fearsome space villain. It also will show behind-the scenes footage of actors Hayden Christensen, who plays Anakin, and Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan Kenobi, engaged in the forthcoming film’s climactic lightsaber duel. “We’re going to see the evolu tion of this character and go places with Darth Vader we’ve never gone before,” said Jim Ward, a Lucasfilm marketer and DVD ex ecutive producer. “Our fans have been eagerly awaiting every morsel of ‘Episode III’ as we di vulge it. We’re giving it to them piece by piece.” Elton John antique piano sold at auction DALLAS - Elton John’s antique piano sold for $164,500 and a gui tar owned by Kurt Cobain during his early days with Nirvana was purchased for $117,500 at the “Icons of 20th Century Music Auction” in Dallas. John’s white, 1910-era upright piano sold to an anonymous buyer outside the United States, accord ing to a news release by Heritage Galleries. “Elton John and his longtime composing collaborator, Bernik Taupin, wrote more than 100 songs on the piano, including ‘Your Song’ and ‘Tiny Dancer,”’ said Greg Rohan, president of Heritage Galleries. The piano, which had been au tographed by John and Taupin; was owned by collector Tom Fontaine of Indianapolis, who disl played it the past two years at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Rodman gets fine, detention for crash LAS VEGAS — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman pleaded no contest to drunken driving in an October motorcycle crash outside a Las Vegas striptease club. Rodman, 42, wasn’t required to appear for the plea hi Las Vegas Municipal Court. His lawyer, Karen Winckler, entered the plea on his behalf. A judge fined Rodman $1,000, ordered him to serve 30 days of home detention, and required him to use a device in Nevada that will measure his blood-alcohol content before he can start his car for the next year to prevent him from driving after drinking alcohol. Rodman was treated for minor injuries and released after he crashed a motorcycle Oct. If while doing stunts outside a strip club. He played with the Long Beach Jam of the American Basketball Association this season. He last played in the NBA in 2000 with Dallas. BRIEFS FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE USC.Briefly Campus Recreation to hold golf tourney Campus Recreation invites all faculty, staff and students to par ticipate in the Reading On The Greens Intramural Golf Tournament, Thursday, April 29 beginning at 8 a.m. The tournament will take place at the Oak Hills Golf Course. Registration deadline is Tuesday. For more information, contact Chris Bagwell at 777-4593 or sign up a team at: http://campusrec.sc.edu/im/spri ng04/golf/. BGLSA sponsoring Day of Silence event USC’s Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian & Straight Alliance in association with the U.S. Students Association is sponsoring a Day of Silence to day. The organization is asking that students take a nine-hour vow of silence in order to protest the silent discrimination that gay, lesbian, bisexual and transsexual students face every day of their lives, both on campus and off. They ask that students wear a black armband to symbolize their support of this effort. The event is co-sponsored by the Office of Sexual Health and Violence Prevention. Students in terested in participating can pick up black armbands and cards that state their reasons for not speaking in the Office of Sexual Health and Violence Prevention, located in the lower level of the Thomson Student Health Center. For more informa tion, contact Steven Byrd at byrdsdwmailbox.sc.edu or 544-1516. The Gamecock needs fall staff members The Gamecock is looking for staff writers for the fall semester. t *' ‘■*’ 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 information and to set up an interview, e-mail Editor in Chief Adam Beam at game cockeditor@gwm.sc.edu or call 777-3914. Each applicant is re quired to have a resume and three published clips of his or her work. The Gamecock is also seeking copy editors, designers, an online editor and photographers. Police.Report 1 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 (6p.m.-6a.m.) ■ Violent • Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS H Violent © Nonviolent These reports are taken directly from the USC Police Department Saturday, April 17 m LARCENY OF SIGN, THOMSON STUDENT HEALTH CENTER, 1409 DEVINE ST. The complainant said someone took a metal sign with red and white lettering, which read “EMS Parking Only, All Others Will Be Towed.” Estimated value: $30. Reporting officer: W.R. Bond. Monday, April 19 © LARCENY OF BRIEFCASE, JAMES F. BYRNES BUILDING, 901 SUMTER ST. The complainant said someone took his briefcase, which included a grammar book, reading book, novel and notebooks, from the first floor. Estimated value: $115. Reporting officer: T. Brewster. © AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF RADAR DETECTOR, B LOT, 800 BLOSSOM ST. The victim said someone busted out the front driver’s-side window of her vehicle and took a radar detector; portable CD player; Vera Bradley makeup bag and contents; and black purse with S.C. driver’s license, Social Security card, wallet, Visa card, check card, 5-10 checks, a cell phone and $60. Estimated value: $760. Reporting officer: J.M. Simmons. ® AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF CDS, S-2 PARKING LOT, 1700 BLOSSOM ST. The victim said someone broke out the right rear vent window of her vehicle. Further investigation revealed the glove box was ransacked and the following were taken: bank deposit slips, a CD case, 30 CDs, one CD carrier with 10 CDs and one Wilson football. Estimated value: $614. Reporting officer: W.R. Bond. ® AUTO BREAK-IN, LARCENY OF CDS. S-2 PARKING LOT, 1700 BLOSSOM ST. The complainant said someone broke out the rear passenger’s-side vent window of his vehicle. Further investigation revealed the glove box was ransacked. The complainant said a black CD case and 25 CDs were taken. Estimated value: $325. Reporting officer: W.R.,Bond. Tuesday, April 20 O DUI, ASSEMBLY AND GERVAIS STREETS. Reporting officer J.L. Meador was traveling westbound on Gervais Street approaching Assembly Street when a yellow truck ran through the red light on Assembly Street at a fast speed. The truck made a left turn on Gervais Street. Meador activated blue lights and got behind the truck. The truck stopped at a green light at Gervais and Main streets, and when Meador approached, the vehicle fled. Meador followed with blue lights and siren running. Daniel Cameron, the driver of the truck, pulled over at Sumter and Gervais streets. Meador approached the vehicle and smelled a strong scent of alcohol on Cameron, who could not produce his driver’s license, insurance or registration. He was asked to exit his vehicle and stumbled out. He was taken to the sidewalk where he was administered and failed three field sobriety tests: the finger-to-nose test, finger-count test and ABC test. He was arrested for DUI. Reporting officers: J.L. Meador, R.B. Baker.