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EXTENDED FORECAST ♦ TODAY ■) High 55 Low 35 ♦ SATURDAY High 61 . Low 35 ♦ SUNDAY High 58 Low 42 ♦ MONDAY High 64 Low 43 ♦ TUESDAY High 68 Low 46 I STATE Clemson dorm fees, SAT scores increase Clemson University students will pay more to live on campus next year. The increases will boost housing fees beginning in the fall semester for two freshman dorms by $75 and three upper-class dorms by $80-$ 100. Clemson apartments will see increases ranging from $85 to $115, officials said. In-state applications to Clemson are up by 16 percent this year compared with •2004. The average SAT scores for .applicants also is up 16 points this year to 1198. Casino to advertise on pregnant woman MYRTLE BEACH — A Myrtle Beach woman selling advertising on her pregnant belly will receive $4,050 from the highest eBay auction bidder, Golden Palace Casino. Amber Rainey will have the online casino’s Web site temporarily tattooed to her stomach Thursday. It will remain until she delivers her first child, due on March 21. Rainey has received national attention as her eBay auction page received more than 50,000 hits. Rainey said Golden Palace officials would like her to expose her belly at concerts and the Super Bowl, though no final decisions have been made. NATION Army, Halliburton resolve payment tiff VYAbMINUIUN — I he Army said Thursday it will not withhold any of the payments due Halliburton in a contract providing services to U.S. troops in Iraq and elsewhere. The Army flip-flopped several times last year on whether it would withhold 15 percent of the payments, which could have cost Vice President t)ick Cheney’s former company $60 million a month. The potential withholding was related to billing disputes for work orders in which requirements may change. ‘Crazy For You’ bear pulled from market MONTPELIER, Vt. — To the relief of advocates for the mentally ill, the Vermont Teddy Bear Co. said Thursday that its straitjacketed “Crazy For You” bears are sold out and that it will not make any more. For weeks, advocates and Republican Gov. James Douglas have criticized the toy as insensitive. The $69.95 bear, marketed as a Valentine’s Day gift, came with a straitjacket and commitment papers. The company said it had decided weeks ago that it would stop rfnanufacturing the bears but would ^continue selling them through Valentine’s Day. ■C WORLD *1 Prime minister dead after heater gas leak TBILISI, Georgia — Georgian Prime •Minister Zurab Zhvania was found dead •Thursday following an apparent gas leak Trom a heater, dealing a blow to the J^oung government’s efforts to wipe out Corruption and resolve two simmering ^separatist conflicts in the former Soviet •republic. ^ Authorities played down any hint of loul play, but many Georgians were Skeptical, given the impoverished Country’s history of often violent apolitical intrigue. One lawmaker linked -Zhvania’s death and a car bombing in a town west of the capital two days earlier •and hinted at Russian involvement. U.S. considering sale of F-16s to Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A senior U.S. defense official said Thursday that Washington is considering an appeal from Pakistan for F-16 fighter aircraft. Pakistan is a key ally of the United States in its war on terrorism. ^Washington recently agreed to sell $ 1.2 Million in weapons to Pakistan, but the deal doesn’t include the F-16 aircraft -that Islamabad has long desired. • BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Shanley rape trial heads to jury phase CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A jury on Thursday began deliberating the fate of defrocked priest Paul Shanley, who is charged with raping a boy at his church outside Boston in the 1980s. The jury got the case after lawyers clashed over the validity of the repressed memories Shanley’s accuser said came to him three years ago, when the Boston church abuse scandal broke. The jury of seven men and five women deliberated for all of 30 minutes before the judge sent them home for the day. They were to return Friday. The defense earlier presented a sole witness: a psychologist who argued that some people’s repressed memories are really false. Shanley’s lawyer said the accuser’s claims of sexual abuse were lies orchestrated by personal injury lawyers. But prosecutor Lynn Rooney said the accuser had no reason to lie, particularly since he was required to endure three days of intense questioning on the witness stand. School photographs of the accuser as a little boy were put on display as Rooney told jurors: “Remember what happened to him on those Sunday mornings.” The lone remaining accuser in the case, now a 27-year-old firefighter in a Boston suburb, testified Shanley began raping him MIKE ADASKAVEG/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Defrocked priest Paul Shanley listens to testimony during his trial in Cambridge, Mass., on Jan. 28. The man accusing Shanley of sexually abusing him as a child finished his testimony Friday. while he was in the second grade, taking him out of Sunday school classes for discipline and raping him in the confessional. He says memories of the abuse came flooding back three years ago after he heard a friend’s account of similar abuse. " But Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, a psychologist from the University of California at Irvine, testified that her DAY Friday, February 4, 2005 “I was pissed off. I got up that morning and looked at the computer to see if it was cancelled and went to class anyway.” SARA CRAIN SECOND-YEAR HISTORY STUDENT. ON THE DELAYED CANCELLATION OF SATURDAY'S CLASSES DUE TO WEATHER ADVISORY. ’BACKS BALK__' * NICK ESARES/THE GAMECOCK Sophomore forward Renaldo Balkman plays tough defense on an Arkansas shooter in the second half of the Gamecock’s win over the Razorbacks on Wednesday. Balkman and Carolina will now travel to Georgia on Saturday to try to win their first road game of the year. I research shows people can wind up convinced that implanted ideas or suggestions are real. “Many people who have false memories have a lot of confidence and have a lot of detail about their memories,” Loftus said. “False memories can be held with a lot of emotion.” Loftus spent about two hours on the stand before Shanley’s attorney, Frank Mondano, rested. Culkin to seek plea in delayed hearing OKLAHOMA CITY — A court hearing for former child star Macaulay Culkin on his drug possession case has been delayed until April so that lawyers can work on a plea bargain, court officials said. v^uiKin naa Deen scneauiea to appear in Oklahoma County District Court Thursday, but the hearing was moved to April 6. His lawyer, Catherine Burton, couldn’t be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon. Culkin, best known for his role in the “Home Alone” movies, was arrested Sept. 17 during a traffic stop on Interstate 44 in Oklahoma City. Police said officers found about 17 grams of marijuana and 16 milligrams of Xanax, a prescription drug used to treat depression and panic disorders. Culkin, 24, wasn’t driving the vehicle. Oklahoma County prosecutors charged Culkin with misdemeanor counts of possession of marijuana and possession of the Xanax. He pleaded not guilty to the charges in October. Keys leads singers for tsunami relief BANGKOK, Thailand — R&B star Alicia Keys led an array of singers and other international celebrities who entertained an enthusiastic audience of thousands 4to raise money for tsunami relief work. The MTV Asia Aid event in Bangkok Thursday night brought together Western musicians and actors from India’s Bollywood film industry to aid relief efforts in countries devastated by the Dec. 26 disaster. Thailand’s own sultry pop singer Tata Young was an early performer on a bill that included India’s Asha Bhosle, Good Charlotte from the United States and Taiwan’s Jay C.hmi Sting, 50 Cent and Robbie Williams voiced their support in taped messages. The crowd also saw a tape of Ricky Martin touring the devastated areas of southern Thailand last week. Jennifer Lopez gave a performance on video, as did Irish pop star Ronan Keating, which showed him singing and playing guitar last week on Thailand’s tsunami-hit Phuket island, accompanied by Thai children. Chester Bennington of rap-rock band Linkin Park, who just - returned from visiting Phuket, was among the presenters. MTV Asia Aid will be available free to broadcasters globally to raise money for UNICEF, the primary recipient of the funds, and local charities. Matthews charity to aid sick children SAN FRANCISCO — The $1 million that the Dave Matthews Band raised during a charity concert at Golden Gate Park will go toward a summer camp for children with life-threatening illnesses, building a playground at a San Francisco public housing project and the city’s programs for the homeless. The Sept. 12 concert was free, but the 60,000 fans who jammed the park were encouraged to make voluntary donations. Concession sales and VIP tickets provided more of the money that was distributed this week by the Charlottesville, Va.-based band. Some $250,000 will be used to replace the run-down playground at the Sunnydale housing project, while $500,000 has been earmarked for homeless programs, Mayor Gavin Newsom said. Reggae artist jailed for profanity use KINGSTON, Jamaica — Popular reggae dancehall singer Sizzla was sentenced to 15 days in prison for using profanity during a Christmas Day performance. Sizzla, whose real name is Miguel Collins, began serving the prison term immediately after a court sentenced him Wednesday in Yallahs, just east of Kingston, the Jamaican capital. He was arrested Dec. 25 after swearing while performing at the East Fest concert in St. Thomas parish in eastern Jamaica. He was released on bail pending the court hearing. COMING UP@USC TODAY “The Merry Wives of Windsor”: 7:30 p.m. Keenan High School Spring 2005 Seminar Series: 4 p.m. Jones Physical Science Center SATURDAY Annual Student Leadership Conference: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Russell House second-floor lobby SUNDAY Brown v. Board of Education Panel Discussion: 3 p.m. McKissick Museum Women’s Basketball vs. Auburn: 3 p.m. Colonial Center MONDAY Vibrations Dance Company “Experience in Rhythm” Person: 7 p.m. Russell House Ballroom WEDNESDAY MTV “Real World" Stars: 8 p.m. Russell House Ballroom use BRIEFS NAACP to hold hair, beauty show The college chapter of the NAACP will play host to a Hair & Beauty Expo Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Russell House Ballroom. This program will consist of highlighting the importance of hair and beauty in the black community. The show will include a mini-hair show, free makeovers, giveaways and door prizes. The tickets are $3 for students, $2 for non-students and $ 1 for. NAACP members. Medicine school to play host to gala The School of Medicine will host a Black-Tie/White-Coat Gala Sunday from 7 to 11 p.m. at The Zone at Williams-Brice Stadium to benefit the Free Medical Clinic and the Alumni Scholarship Fund. There will be a silent auction, food and entertainment. For ticket information call Alumni Coordinator Debbie Truluck at 803-733-1568 or register online at http://alumni.med.sc.edu. Opera performs ‘Merry Wives’ Opera at USC will perform Otto Nicolai’s comedic adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” tonight and Sunday. Curtain times are 7:30 p.m. tonight and 3 p.m. Sunday at Keenan Theater on Pinebelt Road in Columbia. Student tickets are $5. POLICE REPORT Reports taken from the USC Police Department. tacn numDeron 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 E3 Violent ® Nonviolent JAN. 31 O Petit Larceny, Parking Meters Malicious Injury to Real Property BA Building, 916 Barnwell St. Someone removed seven BA building parking meters along with monetary contents. The estimated value of each parking meter is $75. Reporting officer: J.M.H. Harrelson. FEB. 2 0 Illegal use of Telephone, Threatening WUSC, 1400 Greene St. The victim said someone called her workplace and made threatening remarks of bodily harm because of the music she was playing. Reporting officer: P.l. Jones. FEB. 3 0Suspicious Activity, Blossom Garage, 1300 Blossom St. The subject was riding his bicycle inside Blossom Street Garage. He had no identification on him, but he said his name and date of birth. It matched up with DMV files. It was found that the subject’s driver’s license is suspended for DUI. He was on the second floor of the garage and was also observed riding on the 11 th floor. The officer ran a rap sheet on the subject and found that he has had prior charges in Colorado and Illinois. 0 Verbal Harassment, Maxcy Dorm, 1400 Greene St. Reporting officer K. Adams spoke with the complainant, an RA in the building, who said he is being harassed by one of his residents. The RA said that for several months the resident has violated several rules in Maxcy and has been written up for the violations. The RA said that each time he writes the resident up, the resident harasses him. Adams tried to make contact with the resident, but was not able to. The RA said no further assistance was needed at the time. 0 Trespass after Notice, Columbia Hall, 918 Barnwell St. Shortly after midnight the subject was seen riding a bike on Barnwell Street. Because of a high volume of parking meter coin thefts, reporting officers M.P. Weiss and K. Adams observed the subject for a few minutes. Adams was in a place of concealment overlooking the BA parking lot. The subject appeared to be panhandling, and she approached several people along the roadway and in the Columbia Hall parking lots. When subject left, she was stopped on Senate and Henderson streets where she was identified by the officers. The subject was checked through in-house records and was found to have a prior trespass notice on July 20, 2003, in the BA Building. She was in possession of a Raleigh mountain bike that was sent to headquarters (or safekeeping. • Fuel Leak V.A. Medical School, 6450 Garners Ferry Road Reporting officer G. Kerwin and CFD responded to a call at the medical school because of a diesel fuel leak. Not pictured on map. |aSETj°A»Es^ENs Cultural Fact' h a GIFT CERTIFICATE Vtttl>tiliL> B !*”* to hold a patent?’ | ,__Brought to you hv -<p- .iimaiifr s„uie„< Anm.y ,, s