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STATE
Governor to review
lawsuit limitations
Legislation limiting lawsuit
awards in medical malpractice
cases is expected to be ratified and
sent to Gov. Mark Sanford on
Wednesday.
The legislation sets a $350,000
cap on pain and suffering awards
in medical malpractice lawsuits. If
a doctor, hospital and another care
provider were involved in an
incident, the award limit would
reach a total of more than $1
million.
Greer plant to build
sporty BMW model
GREER — A new BMW model
to be assembled at the company’s
Upstate plant will have sporty
handling and a coupe-like exterior,
a company official says.
Burkhard Goeschel, a BMW
board member, told Automotive
News the vehicle would seat five
but wouldn’t be as tall as the X5
sports activity vehicle, which is
also assembled at the Greer plant.
NATION
U.N. cannot connect
Annan to oil scandal
NEW YORK — Investigators of
the U.N. oil-for-food program in
Iraq said Tuesday there was not
enough evidence to show that
Secretary-General Kofi Annan
knew of a contract bid by his son’s
Swiss employer.
The report released Tuesday
also accused the company,
Cotecna Inspection SA, and
Annan’s son, Kojo, of trying to
conceal their relationship after the
contract was awarded.
Investigations hinder
highway construction
BOSTON — Boston’s troubled
Big Dig highway project has
become the intersection between
investigations and political
amhitions.
At least three potential
candidates for governor of
Massachusetts have launched
investigations into the $14.6
billion construction job, which has
been beset by colossal cost
overruns, delays and a myriad of
water leaks that have led some
motorists to question the safety of
the tunnels.
WORLD
Deposed president
considers resignation
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan —
Ousted President Askar Akayev
surfaced in Russia after fleeing this
Central Asian nation and said
Tuesday he would resign if given
legal protections — the first sign he
is willing to yield power.
Akayev, who fled after protesters
seized government headquarters last
week, also accused his foes of
plotting his overthrow for months.
Interim leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev
said the storming of the
government headquarters was never
planned, and he called for an
official inquiry.In an interview with
Russia’s state-run Channel One
television, Akayev emphasized he is
Kyrgyzstan’s legitimate leader.
Settlers threaten riot
after political battle
JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers
said Tuesday that they’ll take their
fight to the streets, and militants
among them threatened violence
and civil war, inflammatory
comments a day after they lost the
final political battle against Israel’s
planned Gaza withdrawal.
Settlers pledged to mobilize
thousands of protesters this summer
to prevent troops from evacuating
all 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip
and four in the West Bank.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Superstar
attorney
Cochran
dies at 67
LOS ANGELES—JohnnieL.
Cochran Jr., who became a
legal superstar after helping
clear O.J. Simpson during a
sensational murder trial in
which he uttered the famous
quote “If it doesn’t fit, you
must acquit,” died Tuesday. He
was 67.
Cochran died of an
inoperable brain tumor at his
home in Los Angeles, his family
said. Cochran, who was
diagnosed with the tumor in
December 2003, was
surrounded by his wife, Dale,
and two sisters when he died.
With his colorful suits and
ties, his gift for courtroom
oratory and a knack for coining
memorable phrases, Cochran
JENNIFER GRAYLOCK/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Famed defense lawyer
Johnnie Cochran Jr., is shown
in this Dec. 7, 2000, file photo
in New York.
was a vivid addition to the
pantheon of America’s best
known barristers.
‘Sin City’ gives life
to graphic novels
NEW YORK —When Robert
Rodriguez approached Frank
Miller about adapting “Sin
City," he knew he needed a great
pitch.
“I told him we shouldn’t
insult it by turning it into a
movie. We gotta take cinema
and turn it into this book,"
Rodriguez recalls.
But to adapt Miller’s black
and-white 2-D world of tough
guys in trench coats and back
alley crooks, the duo thought
they had to go to extreme
lengths of digital mimicry.
The movie is based on three
of Miller’s “Sin City” comic
books, an extravagant noirish
world of fantastical
ultraviolence.
Famous among comic book
readers for his “Elektra” and
“Daredevil” series, Miller always
said Hollywood would never get
its hands on “Sin City."
“WTien it comes to adapting
material, very, very rarely do you
get 'The Silence of the Lambs,’"
says Miller. “Usually you end up
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“I want more young
people to say, 1 want to
be a professor.’”
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with 'Catwoman’ — something
that just uses the title and
throws out the source material."
Rodriguez, who directed the
“Spy Kids” films and the
famously inexpensive “El
Mariachi," felt simpatico with
Miller.
The author of the book
“Rebel Without a Crew," which
inveighs against large,
specialized film crews, likes to
operate his own camera, do his
own editing and create many of
the effects.
“When I looked at the books
and it said, 'Drawn by Frank,
inked by Frank, lettered by
Frank,' 1 was like, 'I think I
know this guy,"’ says Rodriguez.
So Rodriguez convinced
Miller of his dedication to
faithfully recreating “Sin City."
He even wanted to co-direct it
with Miller — a move that
made him drop out of the
Director’s Guild of America
since it forbids multiple
directors.
Jackson judge OKs
past accusations
SANTA MARIA, Calif. —
Prosecutors in the Michael
Jackson case have waited
more than a decade for what
a judge has how granted
them: the chance to tell
jurors about past sexual abuse
allegations that never led to
criminal charges.
In a blow to Jackson’s
defense, Judge Rodney S.
Melville ruled Monday that
prosecutors can introduce
evidence that the pop star
molested or had designs on
five boys, including actor
Macaulay Culkin and two
youngsters who reached
multimillion-dollar
settlements with the singer.
Prosecutors say the
evidence will show Jackson’s
behavior with his current
accuser follows a pattern of
abuse that included molesting
one boy in 1990 and another
in 1993.
Both received settlements
in 1994.
“I think there’s probably a
feeling that at least there will
be some justice in regards to
the events from ‘93 and ‘94,”
said Jim Thomas, an NBC
News analyst and former
Santa Barbara County sheriff
who investigated the cases.
“It will show the jury and
other people that there’s more
to this than what has been
portrayed in this case so far.”
Jackson appeared upbeat as
he returned to court Tuesday,
waving to screaming fans and
raising a fist.
The day’s witnesses were
expected to include Stan J.
Katz, the psychologist who
interviewed Jackson’s current
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accuser.
CNN knocks off
MSNBC in ratings
NEW YORK — CNN
Headline News has supplanted
MSNBC as the third-place
cable news channel.
CNN’s sister network
recently started a new prime
time lineup that has gotten off
to a strong start, particularly a
legal-oriented talk' show with
Nancy Grace.
The new format replaced
the continuous half-hour
newscasts that CNN Headline
News still carries for most of
the day.
But in its first month, the
changes enabled the network
to eclipse MSNBC in the
prime-time ratings, according
to Nielsen Media Research.
The numbers are relatively
miniscule — Headline News’
prime-time average was
337.000 viewers to MSNBC’s
328.000 — but they’re
important for perception and
for the business of television
news.
Fox News Channel remains
far and away the most popular
cable news outlet, and its
prime-time average of nearly
1.9 million viewers for the
first quarter is up 14 percent
over the first three months of
2004 — an impressive
increase considering last year
was an election year.
Blockbuster agrees
to refund late fees
DALLAS - Blockbuster Inc.
agreed to make refunds to
consumers after officials in 47
states charged that the
nation’s largest movie-rental
chain deceived the public with
advertisements that
proclaimed the end of late
fees.
Dallas-based Blockbuster
also agreed to pay the states
about $630,000 to reimburse
them for the costs of their
investigations into consumer
complaints and said it would
change the advertising of its
late-fee policy.
Blockbuster, however, said it
would not scrap the fees —
only do a better job of
disclosing them.
Fallwell in hospital
with pneumonia
LYNCHBURG, Va. — The
Rev. Jerry Falwell was
hospitalized in critical
condition Tuesday, battling his
second case of viral pneumonia
in just five weeks, hospital and
church officials said.
Falwell, 71, was admitted
to Lynchburg General
Hospital shortly before
midnight Monday suffering
from “respiratory arrest," the
hospital said in a statement,
meaning his breathing had
slowed or stopped.
“His cardiac status is stable
and there is no evidence of a
heart attack," said hospital
spokesman Tom Urtz, reading
from a statement.
“He is alert and responding
to questions,” Urtz said. “Rev.
Falwell is clinically stable, but is
still critically ill."
Ron Godwin, .Falwell’s
executive assistant, said Falwell
was “on a respirator and he’s
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
Andrew Stewart Allen
Composition Recital: 6 p.m.
School of Music 206.
THURSDAY
Roger J. Keane Junior Tuba
Recital: 4:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
Julie Ann Neuberger
Graduate Chamber Recital:
5:30 p.m. School of Music 206.
Rebecca L. Pannell MM
Vocal Recital: 6 p.m. School of
Music 006.
Alice Ann Robertson Senior
Cello Recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
USC Concert & Symphonic
Bands: 7:30 p.m. Koger Center
for the Arts.
“Strings, Dipoles and Fuzzy
Spaces”: 4 p.m. Jones Physical
Science Center 409.
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J-school to hold
newspaper job fair
Journalism students in the
print and visual
communications sequences are
encouraged to sign up for
interviews during the 10 a.m.
noon and 1:30-3 p.m. Job Fair
on Wednesday, April 13, at
the USC School of Journalism
and Mass Communications in
the Carolina Coliseum.
Representatives from The
State, The Post and Courier,
The Greenville News, and
other S.C. newspapers will
interview interested students,
who should bring resumes and
work samples to the job fair.
Sign-up sheets for interviews
are posted beside Room 4004.
McKissick to sell
original artwork
Original art by more than 56
artists from South Carolina will
be sold at McKissick Museum’s
11 th annual gala Friday.
•Aptly named “A Fool for
An,” the gala will feature
music, magic, and festive foods
and cocktails. Magicians will
rove through the crowd, and
Little Cat Z will perform
during the gala, which runs
7:30-10 p.m. Foolishly festive
attire is encouraged.
The art will be on display
today through Sunday to allow
guests a sneak peak. Tickets are
$45 per person or $80 per
couple. A portion of the sale’s
proceeds will benefit McKissick
programs and exhibits.
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Pickens streets
Reporting officer G. Kerwin
initiated a traffic stop because
Alexander Winters made an illegal
right turn on red. During the
stop, the officer observed Winters
to be nervous. The officer asked
Winters if there was anything
illegal in the vehicle. The officer
asked permission to search the
vehicle. The officer found a clear
plastic bag containing a green
leafy substance believed to be
marijuana. There was a glass pipe
beside the bag. An additional pipe
was found under the center
console. Winters and Jessica
Bruner were placed under arrest
for simple possession of
marijuana. Officer Winnington
searched Bruner and found a
small clear bag of a green leafy
substance. Both subjects were
transported to Richland County
Detention Center. The vehicle
was towed to City Garage.
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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 am.)
■ Violent
• Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
E3 Violent
® Nonviolent
MARCH 26
©Public Disorderly Conduct
900 Barnwell St.
Reporting officer M.P. Weiss
responded to a report of subjects
placing a bicycle in a tree. Upon
making contact with the subjects,
Joseph Baker had a strong odor of
alcohol and was somewhat
unsteady on his feet with slurred
speech. He was cooperative and
admitted placing the bicycle in
the tree. The bicycle was removed
and placed into evidence for
safekeeping. Baker was arrested
and transported to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Centen
•improper Start from
Stop/DUS/Habitual Offender
Corner of Blossom and
Assembly streets
Reporting officer M.L.
Gooding observed John
McCummings make an improper
start from stop by squealing his
tires. The officer stopped
McCummings, and driving
record check showed him to be
under suspension and that he had
been declared a habitual offender.
McCummings was arrested and
transported to Richland County
Detention Center.
HI Assault and Battery
Douglas Dorm, 614 Main St.
Officers K. Adams and B.
Baker responded in reference to
an assault. The victim said he was
standing in the hallway talking
with friends near the elevator on
the third floor when Timothy
Stanton assaulted him. The victim
said Stanton picked him up and
threw him on the floor twice. The
victim said he sustained small
bruises on his right knee and left
elbow, and he complained of his
right wrist and left hip area
hurting.
©Right Turn on Red/Simple
Possession of Marijuana
Corner of Greene and
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