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STATE
EPA finds pollution
at Pickens plant site
PICKENS — Contaminated
groundwater has been found at a
former industrial site a decade
after the Environmental
Protection Agency began clearing
the property.
New wells and additional
pumping power likely will be
added underground at the former
Sangamo Weston plant to help
reduce the remaining
contamination, according to an
EPA official.
Divers recover body
from Upstate river
GREENVILLE — Divers have
removed a body from the Reedy
River that authorities think could
have been dead for a month.
A couple walking on a path
along the river found the partially
submerged body Monday
afternoon.
The identity of the body has
not been released. A cause of death
could not immediately be
determined, but the person
appeared to have been dead for
about a month, authorities said.
NATION
Inflation fears spur
interest rate increase
WASHINGTON — The Federal
Reserve Board on Tuesday pushed
a key interest rate up by a quarter
point to 2.75 percent as it
continued its campaign to
gradually nudge rates high enough
to make sure that a rebounding
economy does not trigget
unwanted inflation.
The increase in the federal
funds rate marked the seventh
time the central bank has pushed
'rates higher since it started its
current credit tightening campaign
last June.
Tobacco companies
see stock values rise
NEW YORK — Tobacco stocks
mostly rose Tuesday in the wake of
a published report that the
nation’s largest cigarette makers
and prosecutors have met secretly
at least once with a court
appointed mediator to try to reach
a settlement of the government’s
civil fraud and racketeering case
against the companies.
The talks follow a ruling last
month by a federal appeals court
that narrowed the remedies
available to the government in the
case.
WORLD
Israel turns over city
to Palestinian forces
TULKAREM, West Bank — Israel
completed the handover of the
West Bank town of Tulkarem to
Palestinian control Tuesday,
ceremonially unlocking a gate that
had blocked traffic between the
town and main points in the West
Bank.
Israeli and Palestinian
commanders sealed the handover
with a handshake at the gate,
which was later hauled off by an
Israeli truck. The transfer of
control to Palestinian forces, which
began Monday night, has nudged
along a conciliation process that
has proceeded fitfully since leaders
announced an end to four years of
bloodshed.
Kyrgyzstani groups
unite against protests
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan —
Opposition supporters and police
formed joint patrols to keep order
in a southern city of Kyrgyzstan
where protesters have seized
government offices, and President
Askar Akayev pledged Tuesday he
would not impose a state of
emergency despite demonstrations
over alleged election fraud.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ex-child star
pleads guilty
to driving
intoxicated
VENTURA, Calif. — Former
“Growing Pains” actress Tracey
Gold was placed on three years’
probation after she pleaded
guilty to a second felony
drunken driving charge in a
rollover crash that injured her
husband and two of their three
children.
On Monday, a Superior
Court judge decided to reduce
the charge to a misdemeanor,
but Deputy District Attorney
Jeff Gorrell objected and said
an earlier plea bargain was off
and he wouldn’t drop the child
endangerment charges against
Marshall.
To avoid those charges, she
pleaded guilty to the second
felony drunken-driving charge.
Judge Bruce Clark then
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tracey Gold Marshall, 35,
stands with her husband
Roby Marshall, 39, at the
Ventura County, Calif.
Courthouse
placed Marshall on three years’
probation, ordered her to
complete 30 days of work
release supervised by the jail
and 240 hours of community
service.
Marshall, who starred on
“Growing Pains” from 1985 to
1992, was behind the wheel of
a sport utility vehicle on Sept.
3, 2004, when it went off a
highway in Moorpark and
rolled down an embankment.
Marshall and her 4-month
old son weren’t hurt, but her
husband, Roby Marshall, and
the couple’s 5- and 7-year-old
sons were injured.
Since the crash, Marshall has
spoken to high school and
college audiences about the
hazards of driving while drunk.
‘Housewives’ actor
welcomes baby girl
LOS ANGELES — It’s a girl for
“Desperate Housewives” actor
James Denton and his wife, Erin
O’Brien Denton.
Malin O’Brien Denton was
born early Tuesday at a Los
Angeles area hospital, publicist
Susan Madore said. The baby
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DAY
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
“As long as you’re not in
the building, and
nobody complains
about it, nobody really
cares.”
DANIEL BALINT
FIRST-YEAR PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT ON USC
HOUSING’S NO SMOKING POLICY
CHURCH AND SLATE
NICK ESARES/THE GAMECOCK
Former Alabama Judge Roy Moore’s controversial Ten Commandments monument was
displayed at the State House on Tuesday as part of the Ten Commandments Tour.
1
weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces.
“They are really great, really
great,” Madore said.
Denton, 42, plays Mike
Delfino on ABC’s “Desperate
Housewives.” The couple have
a 22-month old son,
Sheppard.
Police free Sizzla
after questioning
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sizzla
was released from custody after
police questioned him in
connection with alleged
involvement in gunrunning
and gang violence, his lawyer
said Tuesday.
The 28-year-old dancehall
reggae singer was among 33
people arrested Thursday after
police and military raided the
community of August Town
in Kingston. Authorities
seized six AK-47 rifles, three
sniper rifles, a submachine
gun and 58 rounds of
ammunition.
Sizzla, whose real name is
Miguel Collins, was released
Monday, his lawyer, Glen
Cruickshank, said.
“They questioned him
(Sizzla) about violence in
August Town and the guns,
and he denied knowledge of
both. They could not carry
that to court,” Cruickshank
said.
1 nree men nave been
charged with illegal possession
of weapons and ammunition.
Police said others were still
being questioned.
Some August Town
residents have accused Sizzla of
inciting violence between
gunmen from Judgement Yard,
the August Town section
where he lives, and Jungle 12, a
neighboring section.
Last year, Sizzla’s Jungle 12
home was fire-bombed,
allegedly by Judgement Yard
residents.
Bollywood actress
begins U.S. career
OAKLAND, Calif. — The
actress known as the Queen of
Bollywood is trying to make
the transition from Indian
sensation to Hollywood star.
Aishwatya Rai, whose first
English-language movie was
2004’s “Bride & Prejudice,”
was in downtown Oakland
filming scenes for her new
movie, “Mistress of Spices,”
about a shop owner trained in
the art of healing with spices.
Rai, a former Miss World, is
a superstar in India. She has
made more than 30 movies
and has served on the Cannes
Film Festival jury.
“It’s kind of like an ode to
the Bay Area,” Rai, 31, said of
“Mistress of Spices.” The
filmmakers spent Sunday
shooting joggers and murals
around Lake Merritt for
background scenes for
“Spices,” which is based on the
novel by Chitra Banerjee
Divakaruni.
Minister convicted
in Angelil extortion
LAS VEGAS — A minister
from California has been
convicted of trying to extort
millions of dollars with his
wife’s rape allegation against
singer Celine Dion’s husband.
Ae Ho Kwon, 52, could face
probation or up to 12 years in
prison and deportation to
South Korea following his
conviction Monday on felony
charges of extortion,
conspiracy and soliciting a
bribe.
Kwon’s wife, Yun Kyeong
Kwon Sung, 49, was convicted
last year. In January, she was
sentenced to 28 months to five
years in prison in the plot to
extort as much as $20 million
from Rene Angelil. Sung had
accused Angelil of raping her at
a Las Vegas Strip hotel in
2000.
Clark County District
Court Judge Jackie Glass
ordered Kwon, a Presbyterian
minister from Pasadena, taken
into custody pending
sentencing on May 12.
Kwon’s lawyer, Lisa
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appeal.
Through his lawyers, Angelil
has denied any wrongdoing.
His lawyer, David Chesnoff,
praised the verdict.
Angelil paid Sung and
Kwon $2 million in 2000 as
part of a confidential
settlement, but authorities said
Kwon and Sung demanded
more money two years later.
Chesnoff has said the
payment wasn’t -an admission
of guilt, but rather was made
out of Angelil’s concern for his
and Dion’s health and public
images.
Sung and Kwon were
arrested in January 2003 at a
Las Vegas meeting among
lawyers that involved an
undercover detective and was
secretly taped by police.
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
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
© Nonviolent
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
MARCH 19
©DeSaussure College, 902 Sumter
St.
Malicious Injury to Real Property
Someone called the USCPD
headquarters and told them to
come to the back of the college,
where a picnic table was broken.
The cause of the damage is
unknown. Estimated damage:
$100.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor.
9 Bates House 207A, 1423 Whaley
St.
Assistance Rendered
The victim was found on the
floor, intoxicated and incoherent.
First Responders and EMS were
notified. EMS transported victim
to Palmetto Health Baptist for
further evaluation.
Reporting officer: D. Adams.
©Bull Street Garage, 611 Bull St.
Disorderly Conduct
While reporting officer
Widdifield was on routine patrol,
he observed a white Dodge van
parked with the headlights on.
The subject was sleeping in the
back of the van under several
blankets. The van was locked and
the keys were in the ignition.
Numerous attempts by
Widdifield and officers Wheeler,
Millhouse and Davis to wake the
subject were not successful. The
subject, Michael Mitchell, finally
woke up and was ordered from
the van. The subject was very
unstable on his feet and had a
strong smell of alcohol on his
person. Mitchell did not have any
form of identification on him
except a business card. Mitchell
became agitated and started to use
profanity and abusive language
directed at officers Widdifield and
Wheeler. Mitchell was not
cooperative during the interview.
He was arrested for disorderly
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY C
Craig N. Buying Clarinet
Recital: 4:30 p.m. School of
Music 206.
Former defense secretary
William S. Cohen: 8 p.m. Koger
Center.
THURSDAY
The Charles W. Knowlton
Lecture featuring Professor G.
Edward White of the University of
Virginia: 5 p.m. Law Center.
FRIDAY
Spring 2005 Seminar Series: 4
p.m. Jones Physical Science
Center 006.
Maureen J. Mullaney Junior
Oboe Recital: 4 p.m. School of <
Music 206. V
Christopher Luke Gratton Junior
Cello Recital: 5:30 p.m. School
of Music 206.
Alan Michael Rudell Graduate
Piano Recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206.
use BRIEFS
Alumni group calls
backers to capitol
The Carolina Alumni
Association invites all USC
alumni, faculty, staff members
and friends to Carolina Day at
the State House 2005 today at <j
the Capital City Club and the ’
S.C. State House. Registration
begins at 9:30 a.m., advocate
training will begin at 10 a.m.
and State House visits will
begin at 10:30 a.m. USC
President Andrew Sorensen
will speak at lunch at noon.
The event is free. Register at
http://www.carolinaalumni.or
g/advocacy/.
Professor emeritus
to give WWII talk
The African-American
Studies Program will feature
John Hope Franklin in the
Eighth Annual Robert Smalls
Lecture.
The lecture topic is “Days
of Infamy: Personal
Reflections on World War II,”
and will take place Thursday at
7 p.m. in the Belk Auditorium
of the Moore School of
Business. Franklin is the James
B. Duke Professor Emeritus of
History, and for seven years
was a legal history professor at
the Duke University School of
Law.
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conduct and searched. He was
transported to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Center.
MARCH 22
(I'Carolina Gardens Apartment A1,
101 Pickens St.
Information/Civil Dispute
Reporting officers Adams and
Winnington responded in
reference to a dispute between the
complainant and James Nick III.
Upon arrival the officer spoke
with the complainant, who said
Nick, her boyfriend, just arrived
home and she wanted him to
leave. The officers spoke with
Nick, who said he had just arrived
home and the complainant got
upset with him. Nick said he
would voluntarily leave the
residence for a while to avoid any
further problems. Nick left
without further incident.
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