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STATE
Committee approves
stoplight camera bill
GREENVILLE — Cities with
20,000 or more residents could
install cameras at traffic lights to
catch those running red lights
under a bill approved by the Senate
Transportation Committee.
The committee voted down a
similar bill a week ago because
opponents said it might be a
tempting revenue source for small
towns. Some also said the accused
wouldn’t have enough protections.
Study says tax credits
would help students
South Carolina school districts
would be able to spend more money
on each student if a legislative
proposal to give tax credits to
parents whose children attend
private schools is implemented,
according to a study released
Wednesday by a conservative
Columbia-based think tank.
It’s the latest study to try to
determine the economic impact of
the tax credit bill that Gov. Mark
Sanford says will give parents more
control over their children’s
education.
NATION
House Republicans
cut Bush’s aid plan
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers
from President Bush’s own party
balked Thursday at foreign aid
included in his spending request
for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars,
eliminating money for Afghan
reconstruction projects and State
Department programs.
Bush would get most of what
he asked for in his $81.9 billion
war-funding proposal under the
version House Republicans made
public Thursday. Its price tag is
only slightly lower at $81.1
billion.
More states require
financial education
WASHINGTON — More states are
requiring students to learn about
managing money, but personal
finance remains a fringe topic in
schools and a major source of
federal concern.
Seven states mandate that
students take a course about basic
finances to graduate from high
school, according to 2004 survey
results released Thursday by the
private National Council on
Economic Education. That’s up
from 2002, when just four states
required such courses.
WUKLLI
Vatican announces
Pope’s near-recovery
VATICAN CITY — Pope John Paul
II may be out of the hospital in
three weeks and in time for Easter,
his spokesman said in a cautious
declaration Thursday, stressing
that the frail pontiff s health
continues to improve as he leads
the Roman Catholic Church from
his hospital room.
The Vatican said John Paul is
eager to leave the hosj. tal but
accepts his doctors’ advice not to
rush his discharge.
Pearl killing suspect
to face questioning
KARACHI, Pakistan — A
convicted Islamic militant was
turned over Thursday by a court to
police for questioning into the
killing of Wall Street Journal
reporter Daniel Pearl and two
failed assassination attempts
against President Pervez
Musharraf, authorities said.
Sohail was wanted in the killing
of Pearl, who was kidnapped Jan.
23, 2002, in Karachi while
researching a story on Islamic
militancy.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
King of Pop
did not earn
noted medal,
Austria says
VIENNA, Austria — Austrians
recognized Michael Jackson’s
star — the one he wore on his
chest, that is.
The pop singer has been
photographed before recent
court appearances in Santa
Maria, Calif., wearing what
experts say is the Order of
Vienna, a medal awarded to
artists, businessmen or others of
merit, Austria Press Agency
reported recently.
The gold star with an eagle in
the center has been given to
about 50 people a year for their
contributions to society.
Jackson, 46, who is accused of
molesting a now-15-year-old
cancer survivor at his Neverland
ranch in 2003, hasn’t been
among the recipients.
DAMIAN DOVARGANES/
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Entertainer Michael Jackson
blows kisses to his fans as he
leaves court following the
fourth day of his child
molestation trial at the Santa
Barbara County Superior
Court Thursday in Santa
Maria, Calif.
Jackson’s staff bohght the
medal at an antiques shop in
downtown Vienna, APA
reported.
It is illegal in Austria to wear
such medals if one hasn’t earned
them, and Jackson theoretically
could face a $919 fine.
Filmmaker deletes
donkey death scene
COPENHAGEN, Denmark —
Lars von Trier has cut a scene
from his latest film that showed
a donkey being butchered for
food.
Von Trier said he cut the
scene from “Manderlay” not
because he thought it was cruel,
but out of concern that it
would draw attention away
from the movie’s political and
social content.
“I feel that my conscience is
clean in regard to animal
welfare,” the filmmaker said in
a letter he sent to several
Danish animal rights groups
who had protested the scene.
H "Y, 4k T “I don’t view my role as
a policeman. My role is
to teach people
economics.”
Friday, March 4, 2005 JAMES BRADLEY
ECONOMICS PROFESSOR ON THE EFFICIENCY
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His production company,
Zentropa, said Thursday that
the Danish director had
received more than 300 letters
from groups and individuals in
the United States, Germany,
Britain and Denmark about
the scene, which was shot in
Sweden last year.
“The charge made in many
of the letters of killing a donkey
‘for entertainment’ is one that I
refute on the grounds that such
charges can only originate from
ignorance of my films,” he said.
“Manderlay,” expected to be
released this summer in Europe,
is the second film in von Trier’s
trilogy about evil in small-town
America during the Depression.
The first, “Dogville,” which
starred Nicole Kidman, won
much acclaim.
Fleming to sing at
opera house debut
DENVER — Ren^e Fleming is
scheduled to sing a new work
by Jake Heggie and Terrence
McNally at the opening of the
city’s new $86 million Ellie
Caulkins Opera House on
Sept. 10.
“Heggie, McNally and
Fleming are hard at work on
the piece. And although they
are keeping the subject matter
under wraps, we know that
Renee is enthusiastic about it,”
said Peter Russell, Opera
Colorado’s general director.
McNally is writing the
libretto and Heggie is writing
the music. Their “Dead Man
Walking,” based on the book
by Sister Helen Prejean about
death row, premiered at the
San Francisco Opera in 2000.
The new piece for Denver
will include a 10-minute vocal
work for Fleming.
“With a work by a significant
American composer we’re out to
make a statement,” Russell said
recently. “This commission
connects all the dots to honor
the past achievements of all
three artists involved; at the
same time it focuses attention
both on the present and future
of opera in Denver.”
‘Deadwood’ makes
history come alive
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A
visit to the dingy Western set of
“Deadwood” makes you
wonder: What century is this,
anyway? — until director Ed
Bianchi yells “Cut!” and the
scruffy miners put on
sunglasses and haul out cell
phones to check their messages.
For creator David Milch,
“Deadwood” is not a TV show;
it’s living history.
“This is where the Chinese
prostitutes were kept,” he says,
pointing to small bamboo
cages along the Chinese Alley
section of the set, one of the
largest ever built for a TV
series. “They were kept in these
‘cribs,’ dressed in burlap sacks,
and literally sexed to death.”
Disturbing stuff, yet it’s just
one of the many gritty details
depicted with unvarnished
realism on “Deadwood,” the
HBO series about life in a
Black Hills mining town that
begins its second season 9 p.m.
EST Sunday.
“‘Deadwood’ is really about
individuals coming here and
finding their own way to live,
wherever they came from,” says
lan McShane, who portrays
foul-mouthed saloon keep and
town boss A1 Swearengen.
That story is told, says Milch,
“by bringing alive the process of
evolution of a society,” and,
most importantly, by making
the characters and their
surroundings authentic.
“It’s precious to me to get the
world right. The realities of a
time are not an inconvenience,
but the door into its reality.”
The world of “Deadwood”
is filled with the history of
South Dakota’s Deadwood in
1876, which Milch and his
production team researched
over a two-year period.
More than half the characters
on the show are historical
figures, including Swearengen,
though “they’re sometimes
drawn in bold colors,” says
Robin Weigert, who plays the
rough-and-tumble and equally
foul-mouthed Calamity Jane.
Some of the actors have
done their own research into
their roles.
John Hawkes, who plays the
Jewish character Sol Star,
points to a “Deadwood library”
of books in his dressing room
with titles like “Pioneer Jews.”
“The Jewish experience is
typically viewed through New
York,” he notes. “Being
someone whose people had
been chased throughout
history, [Milch] and 1 agreed
that Sol would have been
someone who would have
wanted to pass, to try to
assimilate, to fit in.
COMING
UP@USC
FRIDAY
Erin E. Fisher Senior Vocal
Recital: 6 p.m. School of Music
206.
use BRIEFS
Service program
seeks nominations
The Office of Community
Service Programs is accepting
recommendations for the
annual USC Service Learning
Awards. These awards are
given to students, faculty, staff
and community leaders for
their outstanding dedication
to community service and
service learning. To complete
the recommendation form, go
to www.sa.sc.edu/ocsp/.
Recommendations can also be
dropped off at Community
Service Programs suite 227.
Student awards will be given at
the annual Leadership and
Service Awards Ceremony.
Faculty recognition will be
announced at the General
Faculty Meeting.
Educational fund
lauds fire marshal
The Environmental Health
& Safety Department mourns
the death of Joe Maxheimer, a
USC fire marshal. An
educational fund for
Maxheimer’s daughter is being
established at the Carolina
Collegiate Federal Credit
Union. For more information,
contact Alison Rosenberg at
777-5269.
Law school to hold
recruitment day
The USC School of Law’s
Minority Recruitment and
Information Day will be held
1 to 3 p.m. today at the School
of Law. The program includes
information about the school’s
admission process and LSAT
preparation. Refreshments will
be served.
Sorensen to make
Bow Tie Bus Tour
USC President Andrew A.
Sorensen will visit Sumter,
Kingstree and Lake City on
March 14 as part of the third
Bow Tie Bus Tour to discuss
the progress of the university s
research campus with
students, educators,
community leaders and USC
alumni. Among Sorensen’s
stops are Shaw Air Force Base
in Sumter and a meeting with
students and teachers at
Williamsburg Academy in
Kingstree. He also will speak
at 12:30 p m. at the Kingstree
Rotary Club.
POLICE REPORT
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
0 Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
@ Nonviolent
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
MARCH 2
OAccidental Damage
Bull Street Garage, 611 Bull St.
The victim told reporting
officer M. Winnington that the
gate arm came down and
damaged her vehicle.
MARCH 3
[HSimple Assault
1423 Whaley St.
Reporting officer C. Knoche
responded to a complaint of an
assault. Upon his arrival the victim
had left the scene while the subject
waited for an officer. Officer
Simmons made contact with the
subject at a different location.
Statements and pictures were
taken. The victim and the subject
refused medical treatment. There
were visible injuries on the victim,
but the officer did not see any on
the subject. The subject is an RA.
Photos were taken of the injuries.
©Malicious Injury to Real Property
McBryde first floor, 615 Sumter St.
Reporting officer J.M. Simmons
responded to a fire-alarm call. The
officer observed what appeared to
be smoke coming from a fire
extinguisher coming from a room.
The glass from the cabinet that
contains the fire hose was busted
out, and the fire extinguisher had
been placed back in the glass
cabinet. Estimated value: $250.
Odui
600 Bull St.
The officer stopped the driver of
a silver toyota SUV for driving
erratically. When the officer made
contact with the driver, he could
smell an alcoholic beverage coming
from inside the vehicle. The officer
asked the subject if she had been
drinking alcohol and she said “yes.
The subject was 20. The officer also
noticed the subject had extremely
slow response time when answering
questions and had slurred speech.
When the officer ran the subject’s
vehicle information, it was verified
that the vehicle tag was suspended
for failing to pay property taxes.
During the alphabet test the subject
was supposed to start with the letter
“e” and go to the letter V but the
subject missed several letters in
between. During the countdown
test, the officer asked the subject to
start with the number 68 and count
back to the number 53- The
subject missed several numbers
during the test, and when the
subject got to the number 69 she
said 64” instead. The subject was
placed under arrest for DUI and
transported to Forest Acres Police
Department for a breath test. The
test results were .015 percent. The
subject was then transposed t0
Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.
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