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STATE
Congress overrides
three Sanford vetoes
Three bills are heading to the law
books after the House and Senate
overrode Gov. Mark Sanford’s vetoes.
First, property owners will be able to
designate their land as a fireworks-free
zone.
The second bill mandates that
franchise automobile dealers, mostly
used car dealers, will have to complete at
least eight hours of education courses
before they get sales licenses.
The third bill creates new
acupuncture advisory committee. The
bill setting that up also sets billing
practices for anatomic pathology services
and registration requirements for
cardiovascular invasive specialists.
Seat belt bill revived
in Senate committee
A bill calling for more stringent
enforcement of the state’s seat belt law
passed a Senate Transportation
subcommittee Thursday and could
come up for debate on the floor later this
month. 0
It’s the same type of legislation that
stalled in the Senate for weeks last year
and was killed when supporters
wouldn’t break a filibuster.
The bill gives police authority to stop
adult drivers for not wearing seat belts.
Under current law, adult drivers not
wearing seat belts can be cited only if
they are stopped for another offense or if
children in the car are not properly
restrained.
NATION
Defense rests in case
of undercover agent
LUBBOCK, Texas — Attorneys for a
former undercover agent who sent
dozens of blacks to prison on phony
drug charges rested their case Thursday
in the agent’s trial on perjury charges.
Prosecutors were scheduled to
present a brief rebuttal Friday before
both sides made closing arguments.
Tom Coleman is accused of two counts
of perjury for allegedly lying about his
1998 arrest for allegedly using a
government-issued gasoline card to fill
his personal vehicle while he was
working as a Cochran County deputy.
Group says military
dismissed gay linguists
SAN FRANCISCO — The number of
Arabic linguists discharged from the
military for violating its “don’t ask,
don’t tell” policy is higher than
previously reported, according to
records obtained by a research group.
The group contends the records
show that the military — at a time when
it and U.S. intelligence agencies don’t
have enough Arabic speakers — is
putting its anti-gay stance ahead of
national security.
' Between 1998 and 2004, the military
discharged 20 Arabic and six Farsi
speakers, according to Department of
Defense data.
WORLD
Turkish businessman
kidnapped from hotel
BAGHDAD, Iraq — Ten assailants
sprayed gunfire at a minibus at a
Baghdad hotel Thursday, killing six
Iraqis and kidnapping the Turk, who
reportedly ran a construction company
working with Americans.
The gunmen swarmed the bus as it
pulled up to the Bakhan Hotel at dawn
to pick up the man, identified by police
as Abdulkadir Tanrikulu. The gunmen
opened fire, killing the bus driver and
five of Tanrikulu’s employees, police
said. The attackers then sped off with
their captive.
Mad cow disease
could strengthen ban
TORONTO — The announcement by
Canadian authorities of another case of
mad cow disease could strengthen the
case of a group of U.S. cattlemen who
want a ban against cross-border cattle
trading to remain in place.
Authorities on Tuesday confirmed
. the case of the deadly brain-wasting
disease in the western province of
Alberta, the second animal found to
have mad cow since U.S. officials
announced last month they would
resume the cattle trade with Canada in
March.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Queen
Latifah
to reign
at awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. —
Oscar-nominated actress Queen
Latifah is presiding over the music
industry’s biggest annual event, the
47th annual Grammy Awards.
She also will perform during
CBS’ Feb. 13 broadcast from the
Staples Center in Los Angeles, the
National Academy of Recording
Arts & Sciences said.
“Queen Latifah is an extraordinary
renaissance artist with unparalleled
style and substance, and her passion,
talent and personality make her an
excellent choice as host for our show,”
NARAS President Neil Portnow said
in a statement Thursday.
Latifah debuted in 1989 with her
album, “All Hail the Queen.” Her
latest release, “The Dana Owens
Album,” is nominated for a
Grammy this year in the best jazz
vocal album category.
She earned a supporting-actress
Oscar nomination for her role in the
2002 film “Chicago.”
Campbell wardrobe
malfunctions in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil —
Wardrobe malfunction or fashion
statement?
That’s what Brazilians were left
wondering Thursday, a day after
Naomi Campbell paraded with her
breasts bared at Fashion Rio, a
! THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Naomi Campbell walks down
the runway in Rio di Janeiro.
weeklong event of fall/winter
collections, which ends Friday.
Campbell kicked off the fashion
show for the TNG label in a simple
white flower print dress, topped with
a white mink stole.
Less than hallway down the
runway, the sleeveless deep V-neck
dress proved more revealing than
perhaps designer Tito Bessa had
intended. It wasn’t clear if a strap or
button had come undone or whether
it simply fit Campbell loosely.
Following the fashion show, neither
Campbell nor Bessa were talking.
“The people (in Brazil) are happy,
I have great friends and the clothes
make me look younger, too,” was all
the 34-year-old Campbell had to say.
Thatcher pleads
guilty in coup plot
Friday, January 14, 2005
“It was the wrong time for it
to be down, because I didn’t
even know my schedule.”
RYAN WILSON
FIRST-YEAR CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENT. ON
CAMPUS INTERNET’S FAILURE ON THE FIRST
DAY OF CLASSES.
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A BREAK FROM VIDEO GAMES
JASON STEELMAN/THE GAMECOCK
Michael Kerr, a third-year psychology student, shops for books at the South Carolina
Bookstore. Kerr shops there because he says it offers better prices than the University
Bookstore in the Russell House, but admits “the Russell House is more convenient.”
CAPE TOWN, South Africa —
The son of former British Prime
Minister Margaret Thatcher pleaded
guilty Thursday to unwittingly
helping bankroll a botched coup plot
in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, and in
exchange he received a fine, a
suspended jail sentence and the right
to rejoin his family in the United
States.
Within hours of agreeing to the
$506,000 fine, Sir Mark Thatcher
checked in for a flight out of South
Africa.
‘There is no price too high tor
me pay to be reunited with my
family, and I am sure all of you who
are husbands and fathers will
understand that,” Thatcher told
journalists outside court. Across the
street, a poster reading “Save me
mummy” hung from a window.
The bizarre coup plot drew
mercenaries from elite British
schools into an attempt to take over
Africa’s third-largest oil producer,
which is led by a dictator with
reported cannibalistic tendencies.
Mark Thatcher admitted in the
Cape High Court that he paid
$275,000 in two installments last
year to charter an Alouctte III
helicopter to be used in the takeover
attempt. But he said in court
documents that he was told it
would -be used for commercial
purposes.
Lady Thatcher expressed relief
Thursday that the case against her
son was concluded.
*This has been a difficult time for
all of the family,” she told Britain’s
Press Association. “Obviously I am
delighted that it has been brought to
an end.”
Airline officials said her son
would be flying to London, but his
ultimate destination was believed to
be the United States. Thatcher’s
wife, Diane, the daughter of a
wealthy Texas auto dealer, flew to
Dallas with their two children
shortly after his August arrest.
Mark Thatcher, who has lived in
South Africa since 1995, was
Thatcher’s friend, Simon Mann,
a former British special forces
commander accused of
masterminding the plot,
approached Thatcher in November
2003 to join what he described as a
transport venture in West Africa,
according to court documents.
Mann was arrested and
convicted with 67 alleged
accomplices in Zimbabwe on
weapons and other minor charges. A
Zimbabwe judge agreed Thursday
to reduce Mann’s seven-year prison
sentence by three years.
“It should be noted that Sir
Mark was not charged with any
involvement in the attempted coup
d’etat in Equatorial Guinea,”
Thatcher’s lawyer, George van
Niekerk, said in a statement. “The
plea bargain was entered into solely
as a result of his financing of the
charter of a helicopter in
circumstances where he should have
exercised more caution.”
King files lawsuit
for ESPN portrayal
NEW YORK — Boxing promoter
Don King filed a defamation
lawsuit claiming he was portrayed
in a false light in an ESPN
“SportsCentury” segment that aired
last May, and his lawyer said King
is entitled to damages of more than
$2.5 billion.
The lawsuit says the program
accused King of being “3 snake oil
salesman, a shameless huckster and
worse,” claimed the flamboyant
promoter underpaid Muhammad
Ali by $1.2 million and claimed
King “killed not once, but twice.”
Most of the material in the
program had been printed or
broadcast earlier about King, who
has spent much of his career in
court, but he said he had just had
enough.
Prince Harry takes
fire for Nazi outfit
LONDON — Jewish groups and
lawmakers criticized Prince Harry
on Thursday for wearing a Nazi
uniform to a costume party, with
one group urging him to visit the
Auschwitz death camp, despite an
apology from the grandson of
Queen Elizabeth II.
The 20-year-old prince
apologized Wednesday in a
statement after a British newspaper
printed a picture of him clutching a
cigarette and a drink and wearing a
swastika armband.
“I think a lot of people will be
disappointed to see that photograph
and it will cause a lot of offense,”
said Michael Howard, leader of
Britain’s main opposition
Conservative Party.
“I think it might be appropriate
for him to tell us himself just how
contrite he now is,” added Howard,
who is Jewish.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center in
Los Angeles expressed outrage and
urged Prince Harry to travel to
Poland later this month to
commemorate the 60th anniversary
of the liberation of the Ausehwitz
death camp.
“There he will see the results of
the hated symbol he so foolishly and
brazenly chose to wear, said Rabbi
Marvin Hier, dean and founder of
the center.
POLICE REPORT
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
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tacn 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
(3 Violent
® Nonviolent
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 5
©Burglary and Grand Larceny,
1714 College Street, USE Financial
Aid Office
Unknown intruders broke in
through a rear window of the
basement. They carried off a Dell
flatscreen monitor and computer
valued at $1,230 from the reception
desk on the main floor.
Reporting officers: Adam and
Baker.
FRIDAY, JAN. 7.
0 Larceny of tires, 1000 George
Rogers Boulevard (Not on map)
A man reported to officer D. Davis
that he had noticed the tires and rims
missing from his vehicle. Salvage value
for tires and rims was estimated at
$ 130 dollars.
SATURDAY, JAN. 8
©Vehicle Fire, 305 Greene Street
The Columbia Fire Department
extinguished a burning Bobcat
bulldozer behind Woodrow. The
operator said he was driving and the
back engine caught fire. DHEC cleared
the scene.
Reporting officer: D. Davis.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 12
^Assistance rendered, 1600
Hampton Street
A seemingly intoxicated male
student explained to officers T
Widdifield and C. Monport that he
had fallen down and injured himself
while walking back from a Five Points
restaurant. Officers noted lacerations
on his upper lip and lower chin, and a
smell of alcohol.
THURSDAY, JAN. 13
©Indecent exposure, 615 Sumter
Street
In the early morning hours, a
female student called in a jomplaint
that a man in gray sweat pants and a
arrested at his suburban Cape Town
home on Aug. 25 and charged with
violating this country’s anti
mercenary laws.
He also faces charges in
Equatorial Guinea, where 19 other
defendants are on trial in
connection with an alleged plot in
March 2004 to overthrow President
Teodoro Obiang Nguema, who has
ruled for the past 25 years.
Officials there have said they will
seek Thatcher’s extradition. The
South African court ordered
Thatcher to answer questions
submitted by Equatorial Guinea
under oath in November, but that
appearance was postponed until Eeb.
18 to give his lawyers time to appeal.
COMING
UP@USE
TODAY
DEANNA CASH MOORE
DOCTORAL PIANO RECITAL: School
of Music 206, 6 p.m.
LAST DAY TO CHANGE
COURSES WITHOUT A “W”
SATURDAY
MEN'S BASKETBALL vs.
TENNESSEE: Colonial Center, 7
p.m.
SUNDAY
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL vs.
FLORIDA: Colonial Center, 2 p.m.
MONDAY
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
SERVICE DAY: NO CUSS
TUESDAY
CHARLES FUGO FACULTY
PIANO RECITAL: School of Music
206,7:30 p.m.
GARNET & BUCK INTEREST
MEETING: Russell House 322/326,
8 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
ELECTIONS INFORMATION
MEETING: Russell House
THURSDAY
JULIE MAE LICATA
PERCUSSION RECITAL: School of
Music 206,6 p.m.
USC BRIEFS
Grad student wins
sociology award
USC doctoral student Pamela
Emanuelson has received an award
for the Best Graduate Student
Paper in Rationality and Society
from the American Sociological
Association.
She is the first USC student to
receive the award.
Emanuelson, who grew up in
Charleston and earned her
bachelor’s degree in biology and
sociology from Converse College,
has worked primarily on Network
Exchange Theory.
“Pamela is a brilliant
theoretician and one of the most
promising young sociologists in the
country,” Dr. David Wilier, a USC
sociology professor, said. “The
award is highly selective, as there
are thousands of sociology students
in the country and many who
submit papers, but there is only one
chosen as the best graduate student
paper for the Rationality and
Society section of the ASA.”
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Jennifer Freeman at
gamecockfeatures@gwm.sc.edu
dark shirt had exposed himself and fled
in the direction of Main Street.
Reporting officer: D. Davis.
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