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A trucker accused of chasing four Louisiana women in a car on Interstate175 was arrested minutes later in a parking lot when he approached them-carrying a baseball bat. An arrest report shows David Lee Johnson, 42, of Walterboro, Said he was going to “teach them a lesson” for going too slow in the left lane and for “bright lighting” him. McMinn County Sgt. Keith Martin’s report said the four women told him Johnson had been chasing them at speeds exceeding 95 mph. One of the women said Johnson’s truck at one point appeared to be inches from their rear bumper. Johnson was being held Wednesday QTi four counts of aggravated assault and d&rrying a prohibited weapon. NATION Cell phone company orders massive recall WASHINGTON — Kyocera Wireless Corp. is recalling about 1 million cell phone batteries because some may be counterfeit, which could cause them to short-circuit, overheat and burn users. » The San Diego company has received .10 reports of battery failures, eight ^resulting in smoke and property damage and two that caused minor burn 'injuries, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday. • The batteries were sold nationwide at ALLTEL, Cricket Communications, iMetroPCS, U.S. Cellular and Verizon Wireless stores, as well as by telemarketing retailers, various Web ■sites and regional'phone carriers. FDA warns against decorative eye lenses WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are warning people not to use decorative contact lenses as part of Halloween costumes. The lenses, which come in various colors and designs, have been sold without prescription in beauty salons, flea markets, convenience stores, beach shops and online, the agency said. The lenses can lead to corneal ulcers, eye infection or swelling, allergic reactions and vision problems, thf FDA said, citing injury reports it has received. WORLD Study put Iraqi deaths at possibly 100,000 LONDON — A survey of deaths in Iraqi households estimates that as many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout the country in the 18 qionths since the U.S.-led invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war. There is no official figure for the number of Iraqis killed since the conflict began, but some non-governmental estimates range from 10,000 to 30,000. As of Wednesday, 1,081 U.S. servicemen had been killed, according to the U.S. Defense Department. Faith leaders gather, decry Sudan brutality UNITED NATIONS — Leaders representing more than 100 million Christians, Muslims and Jews urged Secretary-General Kofi Annan to report the number of deaths and rapes in Sudan’s Darfur region daily to highlight what they say is genocide. Nobel. Peace laureate Eli Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who led the delegation, said not enough is being done to end the conflict, that has killed at least 70,000 people and forced 1.5 million people to flee their homes, creating what O.N. officials say is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world today. • %• . BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sir Elton regrets Madonna comment NEW YORK — Elton John is ready to apologize to Madonna after recendy accusing the pop star of lip - synching “I don’t want to/ escalate it because I like. Madonna,” the 57 year-old singer-songwriter tells Entertainment Weekly. “She’s been to my house for dinner. It was something that was said in the heat of the moment and probably should not have been said.” “Would I apologize to her if I saw hfct?” said John. “Yeah, because I don’t want to Jiurt any artist’s feelings. It was my fault. I instigated the whole thing. But it applies to all those bloody teenage singers.” John made the comment when presenting the Best Live Act award during the Q awards in London earlier this month. In EW’s Nov. 6 PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Singer Sir Elton John accused Madonna earlier this month of lip-synching. issue, John described the event as “a very drunken lunch.” “The reaction to it was so hysterical,” he said. “It was like I said, T think all gays should be killed’ or ‘I think Hitler was right.’ I just said someone was lip-synching. I’m not afraid to speak my mind. I’m not going to mellow with age. I get more enraged about things as I get older because you see that these injustices go on.” ‘ Madonna’s spokeswoman, Liz Rosenberg, has said the singer doesn’t lip-synch and indicated that she hadn’t taken John’s remarks too seriously. John, whose new CD, “Peachtree Road,” hits stores Nov. 9, wasn’t remiss about recently calling photographers in Taipei, Taiwan, rude, vile pigs. “The thing in Taiwan was unfortunate,” he told the magazine. “We arrived at 12:15 at night, we were going through the terminal, and we were just ambushed. (The photographers) were pretty hostile. They were allowed to stay in immigration and photograph us.” In the article, John also revealed he loves Eminem’s new album, “Encore”; might collaborate with the Scissor Sisters; doesn’t see himself stopping recording; and wouldn’t have a “Jennifer Lopez wedding.” Ex-pop star moves to London hospital LONDON — Singer Marc Almond, injured in a motorcycle crash last week, has been moved from the intensive care ward of a London DAY Friday, October 29, 2004 “Being honest and not cheating and respecting people and stuff.” MATT VANE SECOND-YEAR ENGINEERING STUDENT, ' ON WHAT THE CAROUNA.CREED MEANS TO HIM ETHICS OF POLITICS . JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK Franklin Buchanan, co-chairman of the College Republicans, left, and Patrick Norton, a ■ Young Democrats member, discuss the ethics of political campaigns as part of Creed Week. L hospital, British media reported. Almond, 48, had been moved to another ward at the Royal London Hospital, the British Broadcasting Corp. said Thursday. The hospital said only that the singer was “continuing with his recovery.” A message posted on Almond’s Web site said he was in stable i condition and “progressing with his recovery” from head injuries sustained in the Oct. 17 accident. “He still has a long way to go in his recovery and his family have asked that his privacy continue to be respected,” the Web site said. Almond, a member of ’80s pop duo Soft Cell, was a passenger on a motorcycle that collided with a car in London’s financial district. Police said he suffered severe head injuries when he was thrown from the bike. Soft Cell earned a No. 1 hit in Britain and major U.S. airplay in 1981 with “Tainted Love,” their synthesizer-laden cover of a classic Gloria Jones soul song. Almond and fellow band member David Ball broke up in 1984, and Almond began a successful solo career. He scored another major hit with a 1989 duet with Gene Pitney on Pitney’s “Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart.” Govemator didn’t ignore Gibson call LOS ANGELES — Message to Mel: Arnold called back. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressed disbelief Thursday that Mel Gibson thought the governor all but hung up on him when the “The Passion of the Christ” director called to talk about embryonic stem cell research. The Republican governor is supporting a California ballot initiative to sell $3 billion in bonds to finance stem-cell research, putting him at odds with the Bush administration, which limits federal funding for similar studies. Gibson told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he has an “ethical problem” with the research and had called the governor Wednesday night to talk about it. When Gibson reached Schwarzenegger, he said the governor told him he had to make a speech and would call him back. “Well, Arnold, I’m still waiting for your call,” Gibson said. Schwarzenegger appeared puzzled. “I don’t know what this was all about,” the governor said in Los Angeles. “I did talk to him for several minutes and explained to him what my position was on” the stem-cell proposal, the governor said. Schwarzenegger said he had to cut snort tne call Decause ne naa to give a speech in San Diego. “After that, I called back at 9 o’clock and left a message on his phone,” Schwarzenegger said. “He hasn’t returned my call.” Gibson, a Roman Catholic, as is the governor, said that when he first heard about the proposition he was overjoyed but changed his mind. Gibson said he had no faith in the cloning of human embryos but would support the use of adult stem cells. “I fotind that the cloning of human embryos will be used in the process and that, for me, I have an ethical problem with that,” he said. “Why do I, as a taxpayer, have to fund something I believe is unethical?” Earlier in the week, Brad Pitt voiced support of the measure. - “We have to make sure that we open up these avenues so that our best and our brightest can go find these cures that they believe they will find,” the actor said. “Proposition 71 accomplishes this. use BRIEFS Pep rally to collect items for S.C. troops The Carolina Alumni Association and the Midlands chapter of the Blue Star Families of South Carolina will collect items for troops in Afghanistan and Iraq at the pep rally at the Colonial Center on Nov. 5. Sponsored by the Columbia Regional Sports Council, the event, running from 6 to 9 p.m., will feature USC cheerleaders, Cocky and music by The Swinging Medallions. The Blue Star Tamilies of South Carolina is a non-profit organization that provides support to the families of troops stationed all over the world. The collection Nov. 5 is part of “Operation'Palmetto,” Blue Star Families’ ongoing effort to send care packages to every S.C. service member stationed overseas. Items for holidav care nackapes must be collected by Nov. 5. People interested in donating items can bring them to the pep rally or to the Carolina Alumni Association’s office at 1527 Senate St. For a list of items needed and other drop-off points, visit the Blue Star Families Web site at www.bluestarfamilies.com. Basketball coaches to meet with alumni Members of the Carolina Alumni Association are invited to meet USC head basketball coaches Susan Walvius and 2004 SEC Coach of the Year Dave Odom Wednesday and watch the men’s basketball team practice. The annual event, hosted by the Richland/Lexington Alumni Club of USC, will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. COMING UP@SC TODAY use WOMEN’S SOCCER vs. FLORIDA: Stone Stadium, 7 p.m. LATE NIGHT CAROLINA: Russell House, 10 p.ra.-2 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE TEAM WALK FOR JUVENILE DIABETES: k, 1 p.m. ER vs. DUKE ELECTION DAY — NO CLASSES WEDNESDAY BASKETBALL SNEAK PREVIEW: Basketball Practice Facility, 5-7 o.m. MICHAEL LEE LAMB SENIOR TRUMPET: School of Music, room 206,7:30 p.m. THURSDAY BRITTNEE SIEMON DMA VOCAL RECITAL: School of Music, room 206, 4:30 p.m. USC JAZZ COMBOS: School of Music, room 206, 7:30 p.m. FRIDAY CAROLINA RALLY: Colonial Center, 6-9 p.m. in the USC basketball practice facility at the corner of Blossom and Park streets. The event is free for Alumni Association members, who must present their membership card for admission. Spouses and children of members are welcome to attend. Alumni should enter at the at the Park Street entrance. The USC men will open their season with an exhibition game against USC Upstate Nov. 8, and the women will have their season opener Nov. 14 against the University of Washington. Student-run journal seeks literary works The Lettered Olive is accepting poetry and prose submissions (limited to five poems or 5,000 word of prose) through 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 for the best prose and poetry. Tne Gamecock's Tailgate Party Today from 11 a.m.to 1:30 p.m. Free Halloween candy and tailgate snacks! Thanks, Publix on I Gervais for being this week’s sponsor. POLICE REPORT Each number on the map stands for a crime corresponding with numbered descriptions in the lisibelow: DAY CRIMES (6 a.m.-6 p.m.) □ Violent < O Nonviolent NIGHT CRIMES (6 p.m.-6 a.m.) ■ Violent 0 Nonviolent CRIMES AT UNKNOWN HOURS □ Violent © Nonviolent * Rfeporte taken from the USC Police Department. I FRIDAY ©Suspicious Activity, Bates, 1400 Whaley St. The subject asked the victim if she would pay him to have sex with her. Reporting officer: M. Weiss MONDAY ©Information, Capstone House, 902 Barnwell St. The complainant said somebody posted a flier containing vulgar language in the lobby. Reporting officer: R. Baker (I Larceny of Paper, McMaster College, 1106 Pickens St. A big guy made approximately 200 copies of a large flier in the department’s computer lab. While doing so, he threatened five students. Reporting officer: ,M. Denard h TUESDAY ©Suspicious Activity, Earth and Water Sciences Building, 1217 Devine St The complainant said she saw a male in the second-floor ladies’ restroom. As the subject left, he laughed and ran down the hallway. Another student saw someone similar in the restroom about three weeks agp. Reporting officer: J. Meador © Malicious Injury to Real Property, 304 Gambrell Hall, 817 Henderson St. Someone broke out the glass and opened the door. Nothing has been reported missing pending an inventory. Report officer: C. Taylor WEDNESDAY ©Malicious Injury to Personal Property, Snowden Dorm, 600 Main St. The complainant said Preston Priester kicked a bicycle, damaging its rear wheel. Reporting officer: J. Silcox ©Grand Larceny of Laptop Computer, Moore Dorm Someone stole a Hewlett-Packard laptop worth $1,500 and a Palm Pilot ml30 Handheld worth $100. The laptop was chained to the wall, but the lock had been broken. | Reporting officer: G. Kerwin ^ Vs*pCgfiS£>