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the Grand Market Place and
Gibbs Court to the Oliver
Gospel Mission.
STATE
19-month-old dies
after dog mauling
SPARTANBURG — A 19-month
old boy has died after a dog mauled
him in his family’s yard, authorities
said.
Isaiah C. Smith bled to death
Wednesday night after he was
taken to a hospital, said Mike
Fowler of the Spartanburg County
Coroner’s office.
The pit bull-Labrador mix bit
the toddler in the head and neck,
Fowler said. The boy’s mother and
grandmother tried to wrestle him
from the dog for several minutes.
No one has been charged in the
incident.
FBI checks possible
link to ricin case
GREENVILLE — Police
investigating the death of a trucker
last week in Illinois found castor
beans and castor residue in his home
and the FBI is looking for possible
links to a package containing ricin
found at a Greenville mail center
last year. Castor beans can be used
to make ricin, the poison found in a
small vial with a note threatening to
dump large quantities of the poison
into water supplies if federal officials
didn’t repeal a trucking rule.
NATION
Guardsman convicted
for helping terrorists
FORT LEWIS, Wash. — A
National Guardsman accused of
trying to give al-Qaeda information
about U.S. troops, including
methods for killing soldiers, was
found guilty Thursday on all five
counts of trying to help the
.terrorist network.
The verdict in Spc. Ryan G.
Anderson’s court-martial, which
began Monday, was announced late
Thursday afternoon. Anderson, a
tank crewman whose 81st Armor
Brigade unit is now in Iraq, was
accused of trying to give terrorists
information about U.S. troops’
strength'and tactics.
IBM recalls adapters
because of fire hazard
WASHINGTON — IBM Corp. is
recalling some 553,000 notebook
computer adapters sold worldwide
because they can overheat and pose
fire and shock hazards, the company
and the government said Thursday.
IBM is not aware of any injuries
caused by the 56-watt AC power
adapters but has received at least six
repbrts of overheating, which can
damage the circuit board, the
Consumer Product Safety
Commission said.
WORLD
Militants release
26 hostages in Russia
BESLAN, Russia — Camouflaged
security agents carried babies to safety
after militants holding hundreds of
hostages at a school released at least
26 women and children Thursday,
and officials expressed hope that
negotiations would bring more
progress in the standoff in southern
Russia. But a crowd of hostages’
relatives keeping vigil outside the
school was shaken when a pair of
explosions went off just ahead of the
release. Officials said militants fired
rocket-propelled grenades at two cars
that got too close to the school.
South Korea defends
uranium experiment
SEOUL, South Korea — The U.N.
nuclear watchdog is investigating a
secret uranium-enrichment
experiment that South Korean
scientists conducted four years ago,
U.N. and South Korean officials said
Thursday.
The single experiment in early
2000 was revealed in a report South
Korea presented last month to the
International Atomic Energy
Agency, the Science and Technology
Ministry said in a statement.
South Korea reported that its
“laboratory scale” experiment
“involved the production of only
milligram quantities of enriched
uranium,” the IAEA said in a
statement posted on its Web site.
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An Army ROTC unit marches on the Horseshoe Thursday. ROTC uses the historic area to
practice formations.
‘Monk’ to
carry on
without
Schram
NEW YORK — Actress Bitty
Schram and “Monk” have
parted ways. The critically
acclaimed USA Network series
that stars Tony Shalhoub as an
obsessive-compulsive private
eye is removing Schram’s
character, Monk’s personal
nurse.
“‘Monk’ has decided to go in
a different creative direction
with some of its characters. Bitty
Schram will not continue with
the cast,” USA Network
announced Tuesday. “We thank
her for her notable
contributions and wish her the
very best.”
Representatives from Schram’s
management company, Untitled
Entertainment, released a
statement as well: “Bitty Schram
and USA Network have amicably
decided to go their own separate
ways and Ms. Schram will not be
returning to the television series
‘Monk.’ She wishes everyone
connected with the show
continued success and looks
forward to pursuing the various
opportunities before her.”
John Kelley, a spokesman for
USA, said the network has yet to
develop what the new direction
for the show will be.
Val Kilmer, ex-wife
lose tax court battle
SANTA FE, N.M. — The state
Court of Appeals has ruled
against actor Val Kilmer and his
ex-wife, actress Joanne Whalley,
in a dispute over a tax refund of
more than $300,000 sought by
the couple.
The court said Tuesday the
Taxation and Revenue
Department had no authority to
act on the refund claim because
the time period for doing so had
expired.
Kilmer, who stars in Oliver
Stone’s upcoming film,
“Alexander,” has a ranch near
Santa Fe.
The refund claim was for
$304,217 in personal income
taxes paid for. 1995. The couple
said they were due the refund
because Whalley, who had filed
for divorce, moved to California
near the end of the year.
The claim was filed at the end
of 1999, after California tax
officials made a preliminary
determination that Whalley had
been a California resident as of
August 1995.
The amended 1995 New
Mexico return claiming the
refund, which was filed by the
couple’s accountant, wasn’t
processed because the
department lost it.
In addition, for three months
in early 2000 the agency
decided to delay work on prior
year claims while it caught up
with processing the current
returns.
Under state law, if the
department doesn’t approve or
deny a claim within 120 days,
taxpayers then have 90 days to
either file a protest or go to
court. Kilmer and Whalley did
neither, and the 210-day
window for the department to
act on a claim expired, the court
said, upholding a department
hearing officer’s ruling.
Witherspoon tries
to laugh at tabloids
LOS ANGELES — Reese
Witherspoon doesn’t
understand the appeal of
tabloid magazines.
“1 can’t believe somebody is
so interested, particularly in all
the pictures of me at the
grocery store or at preschool,”
says Witherspoon, who stars as
Becky Sharp in Mira Nair’s new
film, “Vanity Fair.”
“It’s like every day I’m
wearing the same sweat suit.
It’s like, ‘Is this really
interesting? And to who?”’ she
told reporters recently,
according to AP Radio.
The “Legally Blonde”
actress says she and her
husband, actor Ryan Phiilippe,
try to laugh at the photos and
stories. “It’s pretty funny, and
it’s amazing the kind of things
that people can make up in their
minds,” she says.
Witherspoon and Phillippe, who
appeared together in 1999’s “Cruel
Intentions,” have two children,
daughter Ava, born in 1999, and
son Deacon, bom last year.
“Pm busy with the kids and I
want to spend all the time I have
with them,” she says. “I have to
be very particular about what I
do because 1 only do one movie a
year.”
Witherspoon, 28, recently has
been filming “Walk the Line.” She
plays June Carter, wife of country
music legend Johnny Cash. Joaquin
Phoenix plays Cash.
Politics polarize
Baldwin brothers
NEW YORK — Politics run deep
in the Baldwin family, and right
now brothers Alec and Stephen are
finding themselves on opposite
sides of a fiercely partisan
presidential election campaign.
Alec Baldwin, 46, has long
been a Democratic Party
supporter. Younger brother
Stephen is new to the political
scene.
The 3 8-year-old actor, a born
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again Christian, says his
support for the Republican
Party is less about politics
and more about religion.
“My desire to be at the
RNC was this goal that I
have to support the
candidate that I believe has
the most faith,” Stephen
told “Access Hollywood” in
an interview Tuesday.
RENE MACURAVTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
tony Shalhoub, left, and his co-star, Bitty Schram, center, gets
jome assistance with hair and make-up, in this 2003 file photo.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
use WOMEN’S SOCCER vs.
HOUSTON: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
use FOOTBALL vs. VANDERBILT:
Jefferson Pilot Sports Channel,
12:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
use WOMEN’S SOCCER vs. IOWA:
Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
MONDAY
LABOR DAY: No classes.
TUESDAY
STUDENT ALUMNI MEMBER T
SHIRT DAY
WEDNESDAY
STUDENT ORGANIZATION
RENEWAL AND TREASURER’S
WORKSHOPS: Russell House
322/326, 3-4:30 p.m. and 7-8:30
p.m.
USC VOLLEYBALL vs. CLEMSON:
Colonial Center, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
DNA SEQUENCING LECTURE:
Jones Physical Science Center 409,
3:45 p.m.
COLLOQUIUM: LeConte College
21OA, 2 p.m.
LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR SENIOR
GRADUATION
jgaway as South Carolina.
Professor published
in Nature magazine
Robert Thunell a USC
geologist has been published in
Nature magazine for his
research on a “climate hot
spot.” A joint study with
scientists from the University
of Southern California and
MIT found the Pacific Ocean
growing cooler and fresher
than it was 5,000 years ago.
Meanwhile, the Atlantic is
becoming steadily saltier. The
findings also suggest that the
strong contrasts in salinity
between the Atlantic and
Pacific may be a relatively
recent feature of the Earth’s
climate system.
“If the western Pacific were
saltier, we may not have had
the type of climate systems that
produced El Nino,” Thunell
said, noting that many
scientists believe that another
El Nino is beginning to
develop in the Pacific.
Thunell added that weather
systems in the Pacific often
effect weather patterns as far
Medical co-op aids
upstate hospital
With the help of the USC
School of Medicine, USC
Upstate, MUSC, Palmetto
Health and Greenville Technical
and Community College, the
Greenville Hospital System has
achieved university medical
center status, which means
hospital leaders will probably be
able to proceed with plans for a
new health sciences research and
education campus.
Plans for what a press
release called a “virtual
hospital” include “lifelike
computer-driven mannequins
that respond much like real
humans.”
USC President Andrew
Sorensen summarized the plan.
“This will bring a new
pharmacy education offering
to the Upstate where none
currently exists,” he said. “Not
only will it create new
educational opportunities for
local students, GHS patients
stand to benefit from the
pharmacy faculty, their
research, and their
participation in patient care.”
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responded and only the top
portion of the truck was damaged.
Reporting officer: JM
Harrelson
©Grand Larceny of Laptop,
Woodrow Room 205, 1415 Greene
St.
Unknown person or persons
removed a laptop and video
camera from the unsecured
location. Estimated total value is
$2,140. An Xbox and Z
controllers, belonging to another
subject, were also removed and
estimated value is $260.
Reporting officer: T. Brewster
©Forgery, three counts of
possession of controlled substance
and simple possession of
marijuana, 601 Henderson St.
Reporting officer JM Simmons
got a search warrant for subject’s
room and found a USC parking
decal and a scanned copy of the
same decal on high-quality
printing paper. The decal,
computer and computer parts
were taken into evidence. During
the search, a plastic bag with a
green, leafy substance believed to
be marijuana, eight and a half
tablets of blue pills believed to be
Viagra, six tablets of Paxel and
480 mg of Anabolic and Deca
steroids were found. No
prescription was available for any
of the drugs.
©Suspicious Activity, Computer
Services Garage, 501 Sumter St.
Subject was seen hiding in the
bushes and was told to stay off of
USC property or get arrested. (
Reporting officers: JL Meador
and G. Kerwin
©Vandalism, Bates Parking Lot,
1405 Whaley St.
Promotional stickers for S.C.
State University and Benedict
College’s “Greek Fire 2K4” were
placed on two vehicles after the
adhesive heated up from the
sunlight and was embedded into
the paint. Estimated total cost
$600.
Reporting officer: Lt. PI Jones
TUESDAY, AUG. 31
(l) Larceny of Digital Scale, Coker
Life Building Room 506, 715
Sumter St.
Unknown person or persons
removed a digital scale and digital
thermometer from the secure
location. There was no sign of
forced entry. Estimated total value
is $600.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor
(DGrand Larceny of Laptop, Russell
House, 1400 Greene St.
’ Unknown person or persons
removed the unattended laptop
and attached Web camera from
the top of a sink counter.
Estimated total value is $2,535.
Reporting officer: G. Kerwin
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 1
©Unsuspicious Fire, 700 Bull St.
The top of a USC dump truck
caught fire because trash was
caught in the Sxhaust fan.
Columbia fire department
POLICE REPORT
Each number or
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6a.m.-6p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIME:
(6 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
0 Nonviolent
These reports are taken directly from the USC
Police Department.