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STATE
Sanford signs new law
to close Port Royal
Gov. Mark Sanford signed a law
Tuesday closing the State Ports
Authority’s facility at Port Royal.
During budget hearings last
year, Sanford suggested closing the
underused port that once thrived
with business from nearby
phosphate mining operations. An
1893 hurricane devastated that
industry and the State Ports
Authority has for years
concentrated its port efforts its
facilities in Charleston.
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just 20 ships a year, about what the
Port of Charleston handles in a
week.
The legislation calls for the
facility to be sold. Sanford said that
will generate millions of dollars for
the state.
NATION
State fines U.S. over
SRS waste violations
SEATTLE — Washington state
officials fined the federal
government a record $270,000 on
Tuesday for shipping unknown
waste from the Savannah River
nuclear site to south-central
Washington’s Hanford nuclear
reservation.
The state Department of
Ecology had threatened the
enforcement action in June after
inspectors discovered the violations
during a routine inspection.
The violations center on 83
drums of debris from the Savannah
River nuclear site in South
Carolina, which has been
conducting treatment studies on
waste from Hanford’s 177
underground waste tanks.
The tanks hold 53 millions
gallons of highly radioactive liquid,
sludge and saltcake from World
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plutonium production.
Texas GOP may have
received illegal funds
AUSTIN, Texas — Three people
and eight corporations, including
Sears and Cracker Barrel, were
indicted Tuesday in an alleged
scheme to make illegal campaign,
contributions through a political
action committee formed by U.S.
House Majority Leader Tom
DeLay.
DeLay, a Texas Republican, was
not charged.
The grand jury has been
investigating whether $2.5 million
in corporate funds were used
illegally to help Republican
candidates win elections in 2002
that gave the GOP a majority in the
Texas House for the first time since
Reconstruction. The GOP later
used its majority to redraw Texas’
congressional districts to favor
Republican candidates.
Texas law prohibits the use of
corporate money for political
activity.
WORLD
Israel’s Gaza airstrike
might draw reprisal
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip —
Palestinian militants fired three
homemade rockets into southern
Israel on Tuesday and Hamas
threatened a suicide bombing in
retaliation for Israel’s latest
airstrike in Gaza, which killed two
militants from the Islamic group.
An Israeli helicopter fired a
missile at a vehicle in Gaza City at
nightfall Monday, incinerating the
car and killing the two Hamas men
instantly. Israel charged that they
were going to fire rockets at Israeli
targets.
Israel is planning to withdraw its
soldiers and dismantle all 21 Jewish
settlements in Gaza next year, and
analysts predict escalating violence
as the pullout approaches.
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LONDON — With her red
velvet hooded cape, Cybill
Shepherd could have been Little
Red Riding Hood.
Louring an interview on
Britain’s GMTV Tuesday
morning, the 54-year-old
actress-singer, who once
appeared on the cover of Vogue
magazine, explained that she’d
worn the cape to hide her “jet
lag hair.”
“Sorry about the cape, but I
didn’t have time to do my hair,”
she explained to bemused host
Fiona Phillips. Shepherd is in
Britain to promote her one
woman cabaret show, “Cybill
Disobedience,” which opens in
London next week.
Actress Cybill Shepherd makes
like Little Red Riding Hood
while promoting her one
woman show in London.
“If you’d like a laugh I’ll take
it off in a bit but it’s a little
scary,” she said. “I bought this
cape last year and thought,
‘Someday I’m going to wear this
every day of my life.’ So far I’ve
been in London for two days
and I’ve worn it every day.”
When Phillips joked, “Well,
we’re pleased you made an
effort this morning,” Shepherd
apologized and told her: “I
don’t mean to be disrespectful.
Would you like to see my jet lag
hair?”
She removed the cape to
reveal her blond hair tied up in a
topknot. Loosening her tresses,
she laughed, “Would you like
me to brush it now?”
Shepherd said she hoped to
make a film version of
“Moonlighting,” the hit ‘80s TV
show that also starred Bruce
Willis.
The pair had a falling out
while filming the series but
Shepherd said they are now
friends.
“When people get a
tremendous amount of success,
especially for the first time, it
doesn’t necessarily bring out the
best in them,” she said. “We get
on fine now. I adore Bruce and
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“We are trying to do
something that
would speak to our
audience of voters.”
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“Star Wars" fan Mark Zoran, 19, thumbs through action figures at a Beaufort Wal-Mart while
celebrating the release of the original trilogy on DVD at midnight, Tuesday morning.
we’re dying to do a
‘Moonlighting’ movie.”
Director offers free
tickets to defy critics
PARIS — For French director
Claude Lelouch, his art comes at
a price.
To counter critics who
panned his latest movie, “Les
Parisiens,” Lelouch paid for free
screenings nationwide Friday so
the moviegoing public could
make up its own mind.
Thousands took him up on his
offer of free tickets —•_ leaving
him with a big bill.
“It’s going to cost me about a
million francs (about $186,000)
for some 40,000 to 45,000
spectators who came to see the
film for free,” Lelouch told RTL
radio.
No regrets, he insisted.
“What happened in the
cinemas was fabulous,” Lelouch
said Monday. “The viewers
were really enthusiastic,
standing ovations everywhere.
People loved it.”
Lelouch again lashed out at
critics who “massacre all
popular films,” saying he had
kept quiet while enduring 40
years of tough reviews.
About 400 theaters took part
in the free showing of the
romantic comedy, which
follows a quirky cast of
characters including a
prostitute, a filmmaker, a real
estate agent and a homeless
man who calls himself “God”
and seems to know everything
about everybody.
Lelouch’s 1966 movie, “Un
homine et une femme (A Man
and a Woman),” won the Oscar
for best foreign film and the
Cannes Film Festival’s top prize
for its tale of star-crossed
lovers.
Finalists announced
for coveted Shortlist
NEW YORK — The Shortlist is
now short.
After an initial 73
nominations for the 2004
Shortlist Music Prize, the 10
finalists were announced this
week. Among them: Scottish
rockers Franz Ferdinand, quirky
chanteuse Nellie McKay and
country veteran Loretta Lynn,
whose album was produced by
Jack White of the White Stripes.
The Shortlist Music Prize
honors artists whose albums
were critically acclaimed but
fell short of mainstream
commercial success. It is
decided by an eclectic mix of
musicians and journalists. This
year’s committee includes Norah
Jones, Jack Black, John Mayer
and the Dixie Chicks.
The other seven finalists are
the albums of Wilco, the
Killers, TV on the Radio, Air,
The Streets, Dizzee Rascal and
Ghostface Killah.
Nominees were announced
last month.
POLICE REPORT
COMPILED BY JON TURNER/THE GAMECOCK
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.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
03 Violent
# Nonviolent
FRIDAY, SEPT. 17
O Grand Larceny of Laptop,
Capstone, 902 Barnwell St.
Someone removed a gray
laptop with cord from the
unsecured room. Estimated value
is $2,995.
Reporting officer: S. Alexander
SATURDAY, SEPT. 18
©Non-Criminal Mischief, Maxcy
College, 1332 Pendleton St.
Someone stalled the elevator to
tape newspapers, cereal boxes,
drink bottles and other pieces of
trash all over the elevator walls.
Reporting officer: N. DeHaai
©Vandalism, “139” Parking Lot,
1501 Senate St.
Someone keyed a car on the
driver and passenger sides.
Estimated damage is $500.
Reporting officer: JMH
Harrelson
©Strong-arm Robbery, Sidewalk of
1400 Greene St.
Light-skinned male wearing
loose pants and a white hooded
sweatshirt demanded the victim’s
wallet. A weapon was not seen
because hands were kept inside the
sweatshirt.
Reporting officer: ' JMH
Harrelson
©Simple Possession of Marijuana,
1001 George Rogers Blvd (OFF MAP)
Shea Barrett Ainey jumped the
fence and hedges, running toward
the football field during the half
time show. When she was stopped
and searched, a plastic bag with
marijuana inside was found.
Reporting officers: N. DeHaai
and M. Sumter (CPD)
SUNDAY, SEPT. 19
©Vandalism, Blossom Street
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WEDNESDAY
INTERVIEW SKILLS WORKSHOP:
Russell House 203, 4 p.m.
CAROLINA ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
SONIC NIGHT: 6-8 p.m.
FRIDAY
use VOLLEYBALL vs.
MISSISSIPPI STATE: Basketball
Practice Facility, 7 p.m.
PARENTS WEEKEND
PHYTOREMEDIATION LECTURE:
Jones Physical Science Center,
2:30 p.m.
SATURDAY
PUNT, PASS & KICK: Owens
Field Park, 10 a.m.
use FOOTBALL vs. TROY
UNIVERSITY: Williams-Brice
Stadium, 7 p.m.
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SUNDAY
USC VOLLEYBALL v$.
MISSISSIPPI: Basketball Practice
Facility, 1:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
STUDY ABROAO FAIR: Russell
House second floor, 10 a.m. to
3 p.m.
USC
BRIEFS
Series to feature
student cellists
Robert Jesselson and the
USC Cello Choir will
perform Oct. 2 at 3 p.m. as
part of the Columbia
■Museum of Art Series. This
program will celebrate the
cello and Columbia’s
cellists by featuring
professional and USC
cellists performing various
ensemble pieces. The
program will feature the
Villa-Lobos Bachianas
Brasilieras No. 1 and No. 5
with new USC faculty
member Tina Milhorn,
soprano, as well as works
by Boccherini, Popper and
others.
Church to offer
free counseling
Oct. 7 is National
Depression Screening Day,
and the First Presbyterian
Counseling Center is a host
site for a nationwide
movement to offer free
counseling. This is First
Presbyterian’s fourth year
participating in the event.
About 30,000 people
commit suicide every year,
and an estimated 19 million
Americans are depressed.
Garage, 1300 Blossom St.
Someone put a large dent in the
left side of the hatch of a car
parked in the garage. Estimated
damage is $800.
Reporting officer: N. DeHaai
©Vandalism, 1328 Wheat St.
Someone sprayed shaving
cream on all the windows, which
cannot be completely removed.
Estimated damage is $600.
Reporting officer: T. Brewster
MONDAY, SEPT. 20
©Suspicious Activity, S-26 Lot,
1200 Catawba St.
Two black males were seen
crouched down beside cars in the
lot. When they saw someone
approaching, they ran to a green
Grand Am and left the area. The
cars in the lot appeared to be all
right.
Reporting officer: R.B. Baker