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STATE
Authorities to review
officer’s use of taser
ROCK HILL — Authorities will review
whether a Rock Hill police officer acted
properly when she used a taser to stun a
75-year-old woman who refused to leave
a nursing home.
Margaret Kimbrell said she never
threatened police officer Hattie Macon,
who shocked the woman to the ground
on Friday.
The report said Kimbrell tried to hit
f Macon in the head after being asked
rwice to leave. The officer then fired the
taser, striking Kimbrell in the back,
police said.
Female prisoner dies
hiding drugs in body
CHARLESTON — A woman in jail on
drug charges has died from an apparent
crack cocaine overdose, Berkeley
County officials said.
. Tayka Latrise White, 28, was founfl
unconscious and not breathing shortly
, before midnight Tuesday, sheriffs
deputies said.
White had been arrested Tuesday
night for driving without a license,
.deputies said. A search found 11 grams
. of crack cocaine, and she was charged
with trafficking crack cocaine.
White apparently hid some of the
t crack in a plastic bag in her body,
-Salisbury said. During the night, the bag
.ruptured and White overdosed on the
drug when it was absorbed into her
bloodstream.
NATION
' I
Cargo plane diverted
after losing engine
CHICAGO — A cargo plane from
Chicago landed safely at- Detroit
Metropolitan Airport after dropping an
engine somewhere over Michigan.
The Kalitta Air jet took off from
^O’Hare International Airport late
^Wednesday and was bound for New
York’s Kennedy International Airport
when it reported mechanical problems
with one of its engines, a Federal
,,Aviation Administration spokeswoman
„said.
The Boeing 747 was able to fly but
was diverted as a safety precaution to
Detroit, where it landed without
.incident, officials said. No one was
..injured.
After the landing, airline personnel
discovered the engine was completely
gone, FAA officials said.
Michigan authorities searched
Thursday for the engine, which may
have fallen into Lake Michigan, the FAA
jlsaid.
•WORLD
#
•Europe urges halting
Cof Iranian nuke plan
, VIENNA, Austria — Iran is unlikely
to accept European incentives aimed at
getting it to suspend uranium
J enrichment, diplomats said Thursday,
* raising the prospect of a showdown next
♦.jnonth between Tehran and the U.N.
nuclear watchdog agency.
, * Envoys from Britain, France and
J “Germany offered civilian nuclear
.^technology and a trade deal to the
, Iranians in a private meeting at the
[^French mission to international
^organizations in Vienna. But Western
^diplomats said they doubt Iran will back
I Mown easily.
Iran did not immediately respond to
the incentives, which included the
promise of lucrative trade, a light-water
nuclear research reactor and the chance
' to buy nuclear fuel from the West.
Groups says humans
cause of eco troubles
- GENEVA — Humanity’s reliance on
-fossil fuels, the spread of cities, the
destruction of natural habitats for
farmland and over-exploitation of the
'oceans are destroying Earth’s ability to
“sustain life, the environmental group
'WWF warned in a new report
-Thursday.
* The biggest consumers of
^nonrenewable natural resources are the
^United Arab Emirates, the United
^States, Kuwait, Australia and Sweden,
'•who leave the biggest “ecological
footprint,” the World Wildlife Fund
•said in its regular Living Planet
Report.
4 Humans currently consume 20
percent more natural resources than the
Jfarth can produce, the report said.
■«r. ;_
« B^EFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
a
Florida
governor
rebuffed
by court
TAMPA, Fla. — The Florida
Supreme Court on Thursday
rebuffed another effort by GOV. Jeb
Bush to keep a severely brain
damaged woman alive against her
husband’s wishes.
Without comment, (fie court
rejected Bush’s request that it
reconsider last month’s decision
striking down a state law that the
governor invoked to have Terri
Schiavo’s feeding tube reinserted.
Schiavo has been at the center of
one of the nation’s longest and most
bitter right-to-die cases, a dispute
that has pitted her husband against
• her parents.
The high court ruled
unanimously in September that Bush
and state lawmakers overstepped
their authority last October when
they passed the law to reinsert
J.PAT CARTER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at a
news conference at the
Arthur Marshall Loxahatchee
Wildlife Refuge.
Schiavo’s feeding tube. Days before
the law passed, Schiavo’s husband
had removed the tube, with a judge’s
approval, so that she could die.
Michael Schiavo’s attorney,
George Felos, said Thursday’s ruling
legally clears the way for the feeding
tube to be removed again. But he
said Schiavo would not take any
action before a ruling due Friday on a
request by his wife’s parents for a
new trial to determine their
daughter’s wishes.
An attorney for the governor said
he is considering an appeal to the
U.S. Supreme Court, which could
stop, at least temporarily, any
attempt to remove the feeding tube.
“The legal process is narrowing
down to not many options for us,
but we will review them and see what
the next step will be,” Bush said.
Terri Schiavo, 40, suffered severe
brain damage in 1990 when her
heart stopped beating from a
chemical imbalance that doctors said
was brought on by an eating
disorder.
Stewart files appeal
to clear her name
NEW YORK — Martha Stewart,
trying to clear her tarnished name
even as she serves a prison term,
claims in her appeal that her trial was
tainted by “a barrage” of unfair
suggestions that she was charged with
insider trading.
Lawyers for the celebrity
homemaker argued in papers made
r public Thursday that government
prosecutors, unchecked by the trial
judge, confused jurors about the
charges against Stewart.
“Martha Stewart was never
charged with insider trading,” the
lawyers wrote, urging a federal
appeals court to overturn her
conviction. “But a barrage of pretrial
ieaks and in-court accusations left
the indelible impression that she was
guilty of that offense.”
Stewart was charged only with
deceiving investigators, not with
insider trading. But the appeals brief
argues that prosecutors and the trial
judge kept the jury from
understanding the difference.
Prosecutors told jurors that
Stewart had received a “secret tip”
about her ImClone Systems Inc.
stock just before she sold in
December 2001 and said the case
was about “cheating investors in the
stock market.”
The brief says prosecutors
unfairly linked Stewart and
ImClone founder Sam Waksal.
Waksal pleaded guilty to insider
trading, admitting he sold ImClone
because he knew about a
forthcoming negative report about
the company.
Castro falls after
hour-long speech
HAVANA*— Cuban President
Fidel Castro’s advancing age, and
ultimately his mortality, were
brought home Thursday after he
fractured a knee and arm when he
tripped and fell at a public event.
In a communist society where
the 78-year-old leader has played a
larger-than-life role for more than
four decades, the tumble was the
latest reminder that Cuba’s
commander in chief is an aging man
who will not live forever, with an
elderly brother as his designated
successor.
“I’m all in one piece,” Castro
declared on state television
Wednesday night after tripping on a
concrete step while returning to his
seat after an hour-long speech in the
central city of Santa Clara.
A medical examination early
Thursday confirmed Castro suffered
a broken left knee and a hairline
fracture in his upper right arm, said
an official notice carried by state
media. «.
His general health is good, and
he is in excellent spirits,” it said,
adding that Castro hoped to be
“back in place” soon.
“He asked that it be made
known he is in condition to keep
overseeing fundamental questions
in close cooperation with
government and party leaders,” the
statement said.
Parliament speaker Ricardo
Alarcon, who has been by Castro’s
side more than four decades, said
Thursday he was confident the
president would recover quickly.
“He is a man of much strength,”
Alarcon told international
journalist&in Havana.
Nevertheless, Castro’s tumble,
captured by Associated Press
Television News, but not shown by
state television 'cameras, was sure to
cause speculation about the
communist leader’s Health after 45
years of ruling this island of 11.2
million people.
Castro’s health has long been
closely watched, particularly by his
political enemies in Miami, home to
a large Cuban exile community.
Pop singer Martin
appeals to U.N.
UNITED NATIONS — Pop star
Ricky Martin came to the United
Nations to appeal to governments to
declare war on tourists who sexually
exploit children around the world.
Millions of children are drawn
into prostitution every year,
according to the U.S. State
Department. One form of
exploitation is child sex tourism by
adults who travel to foreign
countries.
This is war. This is a battle we
need to win,” Martin said at a
luncheon Wednesday attended by
U.N. ambassadors and activists
trying to end the practice. “This one
is worth it. ... We’re talking about
the lives of children.”
But the Puerto Rican singer said
the activists needed help.
“We have the voice. But we don’t
have the power. We cannot do it
alone. ... We need you. This is
slavery, and this is the year 2004,”
he said.
He started the Ricky Martin
Foundation about 10 years ago to
help children in need and recently
initiated the People for Children
Project as one of its endeavors to try
to end child sex tourism and other
-illegal practices.
DAY
Friday, October 22, 2004
“We’re not trying to trunk
anyone’s free speech, but
there are restrictions that
any public institution must
follow.”
DENNIS PRUITT
STUDENT AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENT, ON
CAMPAIGNING AND PARTISAN
MESSAGES
GIVING A HAND
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
Andrea Breland, a fourth-year sociology student, prints her hand on the Sexual Health
Violence Prevention’s “These Hands Don’t Hurt" banner. “Its a pledge of nonviolence,”
social work intern Macon Irick said at the SHVP table on Greene Street on Wednesday.
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
(6 p.m.-6 a.m.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
53 Violent
© Nonviolent
IT *
TUESDAY, OCT. 19
©Larceny of bicycle, Bates West,
1405 Whaley St.
Someone took a red, white and blue
Trek bicycle from a bike rack after
cutting the locked cable. Estimated
value is $700.
Reporting officer: J. Simmons
QSimple assault and battery,
McBryde Quad, 1311 Blossom St.
The victim called police after Joshua
Gause apparently struck her in the face.
Investigation continues.
Reporting officer: J. Simmons
I : - T1
f* W~, 7
«> .f
(3 Larceny of laptop, Swearingen
fjuilding. Sl^ain St. a
y'^peotie took '1i»TjjAiJjja laptop
with %h estimated value of $ 1,300.
Reporting o$icer:.R. Baker
MONDAY, OCT. 18
Om treatment of animal,
Pendleton street garage, 1501
Pendleton St.
A drunken squirrel was found in a
box outside the parking office. ■
Reporting officer: J. Meador
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
use MASTER OF FINE ARTS
STUDENTS' READING: Gambrell
Hall 428, 3-4 p.m.
READING AND DISCUSSION
WITH ESSAYIST STANLEY
CROUCH: School of Law
Auditorium, 7 p.m.
use VOLLEYBALL vs.
GEORGIA: Basketball Practice
Facility, 7 p.m.
“SCALING RELATIONS IN
BIOLOGY*: Jones Physical Science
Center, 3:45 p.m.
SATURDAY
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE
STUDENT ASSOCIATION
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION:
Gambrell Hall, 9-11:30 a.m.
“A MARRIAGE OF LITERATURE
AND JAZZ": Columbia
Metropolitan Convention Center,
8 p.m.
SUNDAY
use WOMEN'S SOCCER vs.
LSU: Stone Stadium, 1 p.m.
use VOLLEYBALL vs.
FLORIDA: Basketball Practice
Facility, 1 p.m.
MONDAY
CAROLINIAN CREED WEEK
NAACP “REAL TALK:
PERCEPTIONS AND
MISCONCEPTIONS: Gambrell Hall
room 153, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY
ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA
“ETHICS IN POLITICAL
ADVERTISING-: Russell House 322
7:30 p.m.
use
BRIEFS
Colonial Center
to hold Tigerbum
The 2004 Tigerbum, an
annual effigy-burning event will
be held at the Colonial Center on
Nov. 18, followed by a concert
by the Presidents of the United
States of America. Admission is
free.
Literary journal
accepting works 1
The Lettered Olive is
accepting poetry and prose
submissions (limited to a
maximum of five poems or
5,000 words of prose) until
Nov. 30. Submissions can be e
mailed to Olive@gwm.sc.edu.
Hard copies can be sent to
227 Russell House, SG 263
Columbia, SC, 29208. Prizes of
$75 and $25 will be awarded to
the most outstanding poetry and
prose submissions.
Teaching award
up for nominations
USC is accepting
nominations fot Michael J. '
Mungo Undergraduate Teaching
Awards through Dec. 10. The
awards are open to all full-time
tenured or tenure track faculty
members who teach
undergraduate students. Each of
the four award winners will
receive $2,500.
Winners will be decided by
the University Faculty
Committee on Instructional
Development under the
supervision of the Provost.
Nominations should be sent to
Karl Heider, dean of
undergraduate studies, at the
Osborne Administration
Building suite 102.
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