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STATE
Mental Health to
keep services for kids
The state Mental Health
Department will continue to serve the
state’s most severely mentally ill
children, but it won’t be at the historic
downtown campus.
The agency’s commission voted
Tuesday to continue caring for a group
of children and adolescents who might
not be able to find care elsewhere in the
state. The vote is another step in the
department’s quest to completely vacate
the sprawling downtown property,
which has been a Columbia landmark
since the 1820s, so the state can sell the
178 acres that, include hospitals,
administration buildings and a chapel.
NATION
Rail regulators advise
reporting switches
WASHINGTON — The government
told railroads on Tuesday they should
require their crews to report and
document changes to manual switches
like the one suspected of causing the
derailment of a train carrying chlorine
gas.
Though they haven’t finished their
probe, National Transportation Safety
Board investigators are focusing on
whether the crew of the parked train
failed to flip a switch to keep othep trains
on the main track hours before the
wreck.
The Federal Railroad Administration
expressed concern about other accidents
caused when railroad employees didn’t
return hand-operated track switches to
their normal position.
High court considers
spies’ support claim
WASHINGTON — The Supreme
Court considered Tuesday whether spy
deals should ever end up in federal
court, hearing the case of former Soviet
bloc spies who claim the CIA stiffed
them on a pledge of lifetime support.
At issue is a 130-year-old Supreme
Court ruling that said former spies may
not Sue the U.S. government because of
the 'secret nature of their pacts, which
are made with the understanding that
“the lips of the other were to be forever
sealed.’’
The case is Tenet v. Doe, 03-1395. A
ruling is expected by late June.
FTC moves to stop
Internet advertising
WASHINGTON — Claiming a victory
against X-rated spam, the Federal Trade
Commission said Tuesday it had won an
order to shut down illegal Internet
•advertising for six companies accused of
profiting from sexually explicit e-mail.
A federal judge in Las Vegas granted
the commission’s request for a
temporary restraining order against the
companies, their executives and an
affiliate for allegedly violating federal
laws regulating commercial e-mail,
commonly known as spam.
Pornographic spam is especially
nettlesome because it can be delivered to
the electronic mailboxes of children.
WORLD
Areas of Iraq may be
excluded from voting
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Some areas of
Iraq will probably be too unsafe to take
part in the Jan. 30 elections, Prime
Minister Ayad Allawi said Tuesday in
his first acknowledgment of limited
voting, and he promised to increase the
size of the army in the face of a bloody
insurgency, whose latest victims
included 13 Iraqis killed by two
bombings.
In a news conference, Allawi said the
government had allocated $2.2 billion
to expand the army from 100,000 to
150,000 troops and provide it with new
weaponry.
Israel’s Sharon to call
Abbas, plan meeting
JERUSALEM —r Israeli Prime
Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet
Tuesday that he hopes to meet newly
elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas in the “near future” — the latest
sign that the two sides are trying to work
toward peace after years of stalemate.
Abbas offered peace talks to Israel on
Monday just as Sharon was installing a
new, dovish government that favors
withdrawing from Gaza and part of the
West Bank.
^ BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NY cruise
to set sail
withTrump
send off
NEW YORK — Two words sum
up a trip being offered to fans of
“The Apprentice”:
You’re sailing!
An eight-night cruise with the
theme of the hit NBC show will sail
from New York to the Caribbean on
Sept. 26, after a bon voyage party in
Manhattan with a send-off from
Donald Trump.
Cast members from the show —
including Bill Rancic, the first
Apprentice, and Stacie Jones
Upchurch, Jennifer Crisafulli and
Raj Bhakta from the second season
— will be on board. The trip will
take place on the Carnival Legend
cruise ship.
Guests can meet and talk to cast
members, but there also will be
onboard competitions involving
teams and tasks, just like there is on
the TV show, which is hosted by
Trump. Participation will be open to
all passengers.
In addition to cash prizes, one
person will win the grand prize,
spending a day as chief, executive
officer of Expedia.com, the online
travel agency that is co-sponsoring
the cruise. The CEO-for-a-day will
get a $15,000 paycheck for all that
hard work, first-class airfare to New
York and ground transportation by
limousine, plus a stay in a five-star
hotel.
Onboard events also will include
lectures on business and career
topics, a masquerade ball, singles
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“The Apprentice" cast
members prepare for a Sept.
26 Caribbean cruise during
which they will compete to
become the CEO of
Expedia.com for a day.
only events and a poker tournament.
Regular cruise amenities will be
offered as well.
“We want people to have a great
time when they’re on board,” said
Mark Kammerer, vice president,
cruises, for Expedia. “We really
believe you can bring a popular TV
show down to the personal level so
people can actually see, feel, touch
and be around the people they’ve
seen on TV.”
The third season of “The
Apprentice” begins Jan. 20.
Singer Isley pleads
not guilty to evasion
LOS ANGELES — Isley Brothers
lead singer Ron Isley pleaded not
guilty to charges of failing to report
performance and royalty income.
*
“I have no doubt that
this campus
community can come
together to help those
in need.”
ADAM HARK
PRESIDENT OF RHA. ON RELIEF EFFORTS FOR
TSUNAMI VICTIMS
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BOOKED
- JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
Students wait in line Tuesday at the Russell House Bookstore . With classes back in session,
customers are crowding the aisles of USC bookstores.
Isley, who entered the plea
Monday, was indicted in October
for allegedly evading taxes from
1997 to 2002 by depositing his dead
brother’s royalty checks, buying cars
for his personal use with money
from a business account and paying
his band members cash to keep
them off the books.
He is charged with five counts of
tax evasion and one count of failing
to file an income tax return.
Isley, 63, was ordered to stand
trial March 8. If convicted, he could
face up to 26 years in prison.
According to the indictment, the
R&B singer avoided paying taxes
numerous times in the past three
decades and declared bankruptcy
after the Internal Revenue Service
seized his yacht, cars and other
property in 1997.
He was discharged from
bankruptcy four years later, but then
allegedly didn’t file tax returns for
the years 1997 to 2001 and in 2002
didn’t sign his return and failed to
pay all taxes due.
‘Development’
actor becomes dad
LOS ANGELES —
Congratulations to new father, and
grandfather, Jeffrey Tambor of
“Arrested Development.”
Tambor, 60, who plays the
patriarch of a dysfunctional family
on the Fox comedy, and his wife,
Kasia, 35, welcomed son Gabriel
Kasper on Dec. 10, spokeswoman
Amy Zvi said Monday.
. Four days later, Tambor became
a grandparent when his daughter,
Molly, gave birth to son Mason Jay
Moore.
Tambor, who played talk-show
sidekick Hank Kingsley on
television’s “The Larry Sanders
Show,” will appear on Broadway in
“Glengarry Glen Ross” beginning in
April, his spokeswoman said in a
statement.
Tejano singer flips
SUV, lands in jail
SAN ANTONIO, Texas —
Grammy-winning Tejano recording
artist Emilio Navaira was free on
bond Tuesday following his arrest
on a drunken driving charge.
Navaira was charged after his
sport utility vehicle rolled over early
Monday as he tried to make a turn,
a police report said.
Navaira was treated at University
Hospital, where he refused to give a
blood sample. He was then taken to
a magistrate’s office for booking and
released on a $3,500 bond.
According to the police report,
Navaira failed a sobriety test that
t officers administered after noticing
his bloodshot eyes and slurred
speech. The musician told officers
he had consumed “only three
drinks” and lost control of his SUV
because the road was slick.
A phone number for Navaira’s
agent, Alan Baxter, wasn’t listed.
In 2002, Navaira pleaded no
contest to a drunken driving charge
and completed probation.
The San Antonio native won the
Grammy Award in 2003 for best
Tejano album for “Acuerdate.”
Rather tarnished
after investigation
NEW YORK — As his anchor
career nears its end in March, Dan
Rather’s reputation as a hard
charging news reporter took some
damaging blows from the
independent panel that probed
CBS’s discredited story on President
Bush’s National.Guard service.
Three CBS News executives and
the producer of last September’s “60
Minutes Wednesday” report were
fired Monday by CBS chief Leslie
Moonves for rushing the story to air
and then blindly defending it.
Rather was portrayed by the
panel — retired Associated Press
chief executive officer Louis D.
Boccardi and former GOP Attorney
General Dick Thornburgh — as
“pushed to the limit” by coverage of
the Republican National
Convention and Hurricane Frances
as final reporting on the story was
done.
“He’s had a distinguished
television news career, he’s one of
the largest figures in this industry
and this event doesn’t erase the
other things that he has
accomplished,” Boccardi said
Tuesday in an interview on CBS’s
“The Early Show.”
The veteran anchorman did not
appear to have participated in any of
the vetting sessions or even seen the
story before it aired, Boccardi and
Thornburgh found.
“The panel has found that his
unwillingness to consider that CBS
News and his colleague were in the
wrong was a mistake, and that the
broadcast would have benefited
from a more direct involvement on
Rather’s part,” Moonves said in a
statement.
Given Rather s voluntary
retirement as anchor, a decision that
Rather said was unrelated to the
National Guard story, Moonves said
he decided not to discipline him.
Rather will move then to “60
Minutes,” where Moonves said he
will have “more time to concentrate
on his reporting.”
Fired were Mary Mapes, the
story’s producer; Josh Howard,
executive producer of “60 Minutes
Wednesday”; Howard’s top deputy,
Mary Murphy; and CBS News
senior vice president Betsy West.
Bush nominates
new security chief
WASHINGTON — President
Bush nominated federal judge
Michael Chertoff as the new
Homeland Security chief Tuesday,
completing the second-term
Cabinet with a former prosecutor
who recently called for a new look at
the tough terrorist detainee laws that
he helped craft after Sept. 11.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
THE GAMECOCK NEWSPAPER
INTEREST MEETING: Russell House
third-floor lobby, 7 p.m.
SPJ MEMBERS MEETING: Davis
College 209, 7 p.m.
SPRING ROOM CHANGE BEGINS
THURSDAY
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL vs.
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON:
Colonial Center, 7 p.m.
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OF
SERVICE FORUM
CHARLES GREG JEBAILY
JUNIOR VOCAL RECITAL: School of
Music 206,6 p.m.
“COMMUNICATING WITH THE
QUANTUM WORLD USING A
CLASSICAL DYNAMICAL
BIFURCATION”: Jones PSC 409, 4
p.m.
FRIDAY
DEANNA CASH MOORE
DOCTORAL PIANO RECITAL: School
of Music 206, 6 p.m.
LAST DAY TO CHANGE
COURSES WITHOUT A “W"
SATURDAY
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL vs.
FLORIDA: Colonial Center, 2 p.m.
MEN'S BASKETBALL vs.
TENNESSEE: Colonial Center, 7
p.m.
MONDAY
DR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
SERVICE DAY: NO CLASS
TUESDAY
GARNET & BLACK INTEREST
MEETING: Russell House 322/326,
8 p.m.
use BRIEFS
Newspaper to hold
interest meeting
The Gamecock will hold an
interest meeting to recruit new
writers, designers and copy editors
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Russell
House room 305.
No experience is necessary, and
positions are open to students of all
majors.
The Gamecock is seeking three
paid staff writers and one paid copy
editor. The design staff is seeking
one full-time, paid designer and a
part-time designer.
Students interested in writing
columns or covering USC sports
are also encouraged to apply.
Journalist group
holds induction
The USC chapter of the Society of
Professional Journalists will have its
monthly members meeting
Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Davis
College room 309.
The meeting will include a short
ceremony inducting new members
into the society, as well as an update
on the chapter’s plans for the
semester that include conferences,
workshops and professional
mentoring projects. All are
welcome.
POLICE REPORT
Each number on
the map stands
fora 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
[Ij Violent
© Nonviolent
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
I !
MONDAY, DEC. 27
©Accidental damage, Russell
House, 1400 Greene Street
The complainant reported that one
of his employees broke out a window
with a forklift-type vehicle. The
window was cleaned up and secured
with plywood. Damage estimate is
pending.
Reporting officer: M. Weiss.
TUESDAY DEC. 28
©Animal complaint/information,
Cliff Apartments, 1321 Whaley
Street
The victim stated she was scratched
by a black cat in the lobby. Reporting
officer J. Silcox could see no injury on .
the victim. The victim declined EMS.
© Armed Robbery, E5 Lot, 1400
Wheat Street
The victims said a black male
between the ages of 18 and 24 in a gray
hooded sweatshirt approached them
demanding they give him something.
I
They gave him some'money and a blue
cell phone. Investigating the crime
scene, officers found five $20 bills on
the ground near the victims’ vehicle.
Reporting officer: C. Knoche.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 29
® Possession of tools of crime,
1700 block of College Street
Reporting officer A. Mitchell was
on a routine patrol when he observed
Nigel Holman tampering with the lock
of a bicycle, which was secured to a
bike rack. Making contact, Mitchell
observed a pair of wire cutters in
Holman’s jacket pocket. The subject
attempted to flee the location on foot,
but he was caught and placed under
. arrest.
$ Assistance rendered, 631 Sumter
Street, Graduate Research Science
Center
Reporting officer R. Millhouse was
dispatched to check out a small
chemical spill. The victim told
Millhouse that he had mistakenly
spilled a small amount of Butyl
Lithium, and, attempting to rectify the
situation, a small fire ignited. The
victim sustained burns to both hands in
an attempt to put it out.
THURSDAY, DEC. 30
8 Auto-breaking, larceny of
sunglasses, 1323 Greene Street
The subject entered the victim’s
Porsche by way of an unlocked door.
The victim said he was having
problems with the door and was
planning to fix it in the near future.
Once inside, the subject removed a pair
of sunglasses worth $50 and some
miscellaneous items such as candy bars
and a tire gauge. The victim was only
concerned with the sunglasses, though.
Reporting officer: M. Weiss.
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