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STATE
Superintendent finds
support while pregnant
CHARLESTON — While supporters
of Charleston County school
Superintendent Marie Goodloe
Johnson praised her leadership at a
school board meeting, critics were
unable to present a petition asking she
be fired because of her pregnancy.
A group known as Citizens for
Honorable Leadership says Goodloe
Johnson, 47, lost her moral authority by
becoming pregnant before getting
married.
Elizabeth Walker, parent of a district
student, planned to present the petition
on Monday, but she did not expect the
room to be crowded with Goodloe
Johnson’s supporters.
Spill raises concerns
about nuclear storage
GREENVILLE — An accidental
discharge of 10,000 gallons of water
covering spent nuclear fuel rods at an
upstate reactor raises concerns about the
future storage needs for the material.
The incident occurred when
operators at the Oconee Nuclear Station
tried to add water to one pool while
simultaneously draining another. A
valve left open allowed water to drain
into a storage tank at the Duke Power
facility, said Mel Shannon, the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission’s senior
resident inspector.
NATION
Ford Taurus, Ranger
worst in crash tests
WASHINGTON — Two 2005 Ford
vehicles, the two-door Focus and the
Ranger 4x4 pickup, were the worst
performers in new government crash
ana remover tests, accoraing to results
released Tuesday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration said the rear passenger
was at risk of serious injury when the
Focus was hit in the side in a 38.5 mph
test. The Focus was tested without side
air bags, which a Ford Motor Co. Web
site lists as a $350 option on the vehicle.
FCC approves sale
of AT&T to Cingular
WASHINGTON — The Federal
Communications Commission gave its
approval Tuesday to Cingular Wireless
LLC’s $41 billion acquisition of AT&T
Wireless Services Inc., completing the
federal regulatory blessing necessary for
creation of the country’s largest cell
phone company.
The move follows Monday’s
v announcement that Justice Department
antitrust regulators approved the deal.
Both agencies attached conditions to
ensure there is adequate competition in
different markets.
WORLD
79 people suffocate
after police round-up
PATTANI, Thailand — At least 78
Muslim detainees suffocated or were
crushed to death after police rounded
up 1,300 people and packed them into
rrnrk? fnllnwintr a rinr in southern
Thailand. Islamic leaders accused
troops Tuesday of overreacting and
warned the deaths could worsen
sectarian violence.
The arrests followed a melee
outside a police station, where
protesters had demanded the release of
six Muslim men accused of giving
weapons to Islamic separatists. Six
people were shot to death during the
riot Monday, apparently by security
forces.
Powell asks N. Korea
to rejoin arms talks
SEOUL, South Korea — Secretary of
State Colin Powell urged North Korea
on Tuesday to rejoin nuclear
disarmament talks if it wants
international aid, while South Korea
went on high alert after holes cut in a
border fence raised fears of infiltration
by North Korean agents.
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Millionaire
sentenced
on firearm
possession
PHILADELPHIA — Robert Durst,
the millionaire New York real estate
heir acquitted last year of
murdering a neighbor in Texas,
pleaded guilty to federal gun
charges in exchange for a sentence
of up to nine months.
The case involved two .38-caliber
revolvers that Durst brought with
him when he fled Texas in 2001
after the shooting death of his 71
year-old neighbor, whose body
Durst chopped up and dumped into
Galveston Bay. He was caught
shoplifting a sandwich at a grocery
store near Bethlehem and the guns
were found in his rental car.
A Galveston jury found him
innocent of murder after he testified
that neighbor Morris Black was shot
accidentally while the two struggled
for a gun. He said he cut up the
body because he panicked.
He received a light sentence for
KEVIN BARTRAMtTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Robert Durst is escorted to a
courtroom at the Galveston
County courthouse in
Galveston, Texas.
bail-jumping and evidence
tampering charges and was about to
be paroled when he was indicted in
Pennsylvania on two charges of
carrying a gun across state lines
while he was a fugitive.
On Monday, he pleaded guilty to
both weapons counts in exchange for
a sentence of no more than nine
months in prison, plus two years on
probation.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert
K. Reed said that if Durst had gone
to trial and been convicted, he could
have been sentenced to as much as
three years.
Durst moved to Texas, using an
alias, amid media attention
surrounding a new investigation into
the mysterious 1982 disappearance
of his first wife. Los Angeles
authorities also wanted to question
Durst about the Christmas Eve 2000
slaying of one of his friends.
While living in Galveston, Durst
posed as a mute woman and lived in
a dingy apartment.
His family runs The Durst
Organization, a privately held,
billion-dollar New York real estate
company.
POLICE REPORT
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
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
[3 Violent
# Nonviolent
FRIDAY
©Suspicious Letter, McKissick
Museum, 816 Bull St.
The complainant found a
suspicious letter_ with the daily mail.
Reporting officers Kerwin and J.
Meador took the letter into evidence.
Investigation continues.
B Malicious Injury to Property,
Larceny of lockbox, McBryde, 611
Marion St.
The complainant said someone
threw a brick through a stairwell
window, causing about $300 worth of
damages. Also, the combination
lockbox was stolen. It was worth
$100.
Reporting officer: J. Meador
SATURDAY
©Suspicious Activity, Thomas
Cooper Library, 1322 Greene St.
The victim said someone was lying
on the floor and looking at her from
underneath a table. The victim left the
area and reported the incident to
USCPD. Reporting officer R. Baker
spoke to library personnel, who said
the subject had left the area, but he
searched each floor and outside the
building.
MONDAY
Q Information, 800 Park Ave.
The complainant said two black
males between the ages of 15 and 24
came up behind her, grabbed her
purse and ran off with it.
Reporting officer M. Weiss
©Grand Larceny of Auto Parts,
Senate and Pendleton streets
Someone stole a wiring harness and
condenser switch from the victim’s
vehicle, damaging it in the process.
Estimated value is $1,200.
Reporting officer: G. Kerwin.
DAY
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
ELECTIONEERING
Preston Grishaw, fourth-year public relations student and
Depty Manager of College Republicans, right, signs up
Ashley Lueck, fourth-year public relations student, left, to
help the College Republicans campaign before the election
Nov. 2.
D.C. sniper gets
second life term
SPOTSYLVANIA, Va. — Lee
Boyd Malvo struck a deal Tuesday
in which he avoided the death
penalty and was sentenced instead to
life without parole for the second of
the 10 sniper slayings that terrorized
the Washington area in October
2002.
Malvo, 19, is already serving a
life sentence for one of the killings.
On Tuesday, he was sentenced
for the killing of Philadelphia
businessman Kenneth Bridges.
Malvo entered what is called an
Alford plea, in which he
acknowledged the government has
enough evidence to convict him.
The teenager declined to speak in
court.
“Mr. Malvo is getting no deal,”
said prosecutor William Neely,
adding that the victims’ families were
supportive of the plea. “He’s
spending the rest of his life in a
maximum security prison where he’ll
be locked down 23 hours a day, seven
days a week for the rest of his life.”
Last year, Malvo was convicted
but spared the death penalty for the
murder of FBI analyst Linda
Frankfin, who was gunned down in
a parking lot outside a Home Depot.
Malvo’s lawyers agreed to drop all
I
appeals connected to the Franklin
killing as part of the deal covering
Bridges’ slaying. Also under the deal,
Malvo was sentenced to another life
sentence for the shooting of
Caroline Seawell, who was wounded
but recovered. - ’
Still, Malvo could face the death
penalty elsewhere in Virginia, as well
as in Alabama and Louisiana. His
partner in crime, John Allen
Muhammad, was sentenced to death.
Defense rests in
Peterson case
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. —Scott
Peterson’S lawyers rested their case
Tuesday without calling the former
fertilizer salesman to testify on
charges he killed his pregnant wife
and dumped her body in San
Francisco Bay.
The defense called just 14
witnesses over six days — a fraction
of how long it took prosecutors to
complete their case. Some legal
experts were surprised by the lack of
punch in the defense case, calling it
a disappointing and potentially
“dangerous” strategy.
“The defense case was a huge
disappointment,” said trial watcher
and former prosecutor Dean
Johnson. “None of the promises
made by (defense lawyer) Mark
“I am happy and proud to have
the respect Board of Trustees,
next to my wife agreeing to
marry me, this is the highest
honor I have ever received.”
HERBERT ADAMS
NEWLY ELECTED USC BOARD OF
TRUSTEES CHAIRMEN
Geragos during opening statements
have been fulfilled.”
Judge Alfred A. Delucchi said
the prosecution would call eight
rebuttal witnesses beginning
Wednesday. Closing arguments are
set to begin Monday, and jurors
should get the case by Nov. 3.
Prosecutors had rested their case
Oct. 5, presenting 174 witnesses
over 19 weeks including Peterson’s
former mistress Amber Frey. The
trial has lasted more than five
months.
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killed his pregnant wife Laci on or
around Dec. 24, 2002. The remains
of Laci and her fetus washed ashore
about four months later, a few miles
from where Peterson claims to have
been fishing alone the day his wife
vanished from their home in
Modesto.
Defense lawyers claim someone
else abducted and killed Laci.
Geragos had promised jurors
would see “zip, nada, nothing”
from the prosecution’s case that
directly implicated his client.
‘SNL’ creator gets
top comedy honor
WASHINGTON — Live from
Washington, it was time to bestow
one of the nation’s top comedy
honors on the creator of “Saturday
Night Live.”
“For the last 30 years, I’ve had
the coolest job in New York City,”
Lome Michaels remarked after
receiving the 2004 Mark Twain
Prize at the Kennedy Center
Monday night.
Michaels, 59, is acclaimed for
transforming Saturday night
' television three decades ago and
introducing generations of stars
who brought their irreverent talent
to his stage.
-f feel nothing but pride; not
respect, not admiration, just pride,”
joked Steve Martin, who made a
mark as a “wild and crazy guy” and
as King Tut on the show.Martin
deemed his friend “one of the great
comedy producers of all time.”
The Canadian-born Michaels,
59, a nine-time Emmy winner, was
feted by cast members, old and
new, as he looked on from the
balcony of the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts,
where he was seated with his wife
and three children.
Lohan hospitalized
after high fever
LOS ANGELES — “Mean Girls”
star Lindsay Lohan was recovering
at a hospital after being admitted
with a high fever and headache, her
publicist said.
Lohan, 18, has been in Los
Angeles filming the upcoming
movie “Herbie: Fully Loaded.” She
was hospitalized Thursday with a
103-degree fever, publicist Leslie
Sloane Zelnik said.
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COMING
UP@USC
WEDNESDAY
ELECTION DEBATE: Business
Administration Building, Belk
Auditorium, 7-8 p.m.
BIRDCAGE DRAG SHOW: Russell
House Ballroom, 8 p.m.
use MEN'S SOCCER vs.
FURMAN: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
PHARMACY DAY: Strom
Thurmond Wellness and Fitness
Center, 10a.m.-5 p.m.
THURSDAY
STATISTICS COLLOQUIUM:
LcConte College, room 210A, 2-3
p.m.
FRIDAY
use WOMEN'S SOCCER vs.
FLORIDA: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m.
Sunday |
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TEAM
WALK FOR JUVENILE DIABETES:
Carolina Research Park, 1 p.m.
use MEN’S SOCCER vs. DUKE
TUESDAY
ELECTION DAY
use
BRIEFS
Underage drinking
task forces awarded |
S.C. Alcohol Enforcement
Teams operated by the
LRADAC-Behavioral Health
Center qf the Midlands, in
partnership with local law
enforcement agencies and
community coalitions are South
Carolina’s first multi
jurisdictional task force to
combat underage drinking.
Recently, the AEJys were
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from the Justice Department’s
Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention and the
Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention. The awards will be
presented at the S.C. State
House at noon on Oct 28.
Greeks to offer
trick or treating
The annual USC Trick or
Treat with the Greeks Halloween
Carnival will be held from 5 to 6
p.m. Oct. 28 in the Greek Village
across from the Colonial Center.
Fraternities and sororities
have traditionally teamed up
with the Boys and Girls Club of
Columbia, but this year children
of USC faculty and staff are
invited, too. After the carnival,
the children are invited to trick
or treat from 6 to 7 p.m. at
Greek houses.
Literary journal
accepting works
The Lettered Olive is
accepting poetry and prose
submissions, limited to a "
maximum of five poems or
5,000 words of prose, through
Nov. 30.
Submissions can be e-mailed
to OHve@gwm.sc.edu. Hard
copies can be sent to Russell
House 227, Columbia, S.C.
29208.
Prizes of $75 and $25 will be
awarded to the best prose and
poetry.