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STATE
Left slams Sanford
on unemployment
The state Democratic Party
went on the offensive Tuesday,
saying that during Governor
Mark Sanford’s term in office,
the state's unemployment rate
has become the nation's third
highest while South Carolina was
close to the bottom in income
growth.
Democrats will hold their state
convention and fund-raising
Jefiferson-Jackson Dinner the
weekend of April 22.
Gay marriage debate
delegated to voters
The Senate Judiciary
Committee approved a bill 16-2
Tuesday to let voters decide
whether the state constitution
should be changed to bar same-sex
marriages, despite harsh criticism
from Senate President Pro
Tempore Glenn McConnell that
the measure is vague and
unconstitutional.
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Philip Morris plans
Va. research center
RICHMOND, Va. — Philip
Morris USA announced plans
Tuesday to build a $300 million
research and development center
in Richmond that will focus on
reducing the hazards of smoking.
Virginia offered the cigarette
maker $ 15 million in incentives to
beat out North Carolina for the
project, which will be built in the
Virginia BioTechnology Research
Park in downtown Richmond and
create about 500 jobs. Philip
Morris said it is the company's
largest building project since the
1980s.
Returning citizens
will need passports
WASHINGTON — Americans
will need passports to re-enter the
United States from Canada,
Mexico, Panama and Bermuda by
2008, part of a tightening of U.S.
border controls in an era of
terrorist threat, three
administration officials said
Tuesday.
Canadians will also have to
present a passport to enter the
United States, the officials said.
WORLD
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Saudi forces capture
militants’ compound
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—
Security forces seized a walled
compound Tuesday where Islamic
militants had been barricaded for
days, ending the kingdom's largest
gun battle with armed extremists.
At least 14 of the militants were
killed, including top leaders of the
Saudi branch of al-Qaida, state
television said.
Six others were captured in the
three days of fierce firelights in the
desert town of Rass, state TV said,
citing security officials after the
battle was over.
Monaco’s new leader
hears memorial Mass
MONACO — Prince Albert made
his first official appearance
Tuesday since assuming Monaco's
royal duties from his critically ill
father, attending Mass for the late
Pope John Paul II.
Albert, the only son of ailing
Prince Rainier III and the late
movie star Grace Kelly, was
accompanied at Monaco's cathedral
by his sister, Princess Caroline, his
nephew, Andrea, and his niece,
Charlotte. They all wore black.
The palace did not say why
Rainier's youngest daughter,
Princess Stephanie, was not at the
Mass, attended by about 1,000
people.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Physician
plans book
on steroids
in football
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The
South Carolina doctor linked
to possible steroid use by
members of the Carolina
Panthers is writing a book
about the drugs and his
involvement with professional
football players, his agent says.
Dr. James Shortt, an
alternative medicine physician
in West Columbia, is under
investigation by state and
federal authorities. Recent news
report said three Carolina
Panthers players filled
prescriptions from Shortt for
banned steroids less than two
weeks before the team played in
the 2004 Super Bowl.
Columbia-based literary
agent Doug Ames says Shortt
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Carolina Panthers' Jeff
Mitchell, Todd Sauerbrun,
and former player Todd
Steussie appear in 2004
NFL hand-out photos.
wants to write a book telling
the story of his life and career,
including information that will
jolt the NFL.
Shorn’s attorneys, Ward
Bradley and Dave Thomas, did
not return several messages left
by The Associated Press on
Tuesday.
“It’s going to blow a lot of
people’s minds,” Ames told
The Charlotte (N.C.)
Observer. “The NFL and their
drug-testing policies, they think
they are so good. ... It will be an
eye-opener for the NFL.
“It will definitely be a
shocking story on who has been
using them and what doctors
have been prescribing.”
Ames said he planned to
meet with book publishers in
New York.
“I’m taking the good doctor
up there to sign a book deal,”
said Ames, who represents Jose
Canseco, the former Oakland
Athletics slugger and Major
League Baseball MVP whose
recent book about steroid abuse
in the major leagues sent shock
waves through the sport.
Ames said Shorn plans to
name players who have been his
patients.
ADsoiuteiy, Ames saia.
“You can’t do a book without
it.”
Asked how Shorn could
name patients without violating
federal privacy laws, Ames said:
“You get release forms and
stuff. You’re assuming he has
done more harm than good for
these players. He’s done a lot
“That’s news to me if we
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more good. But it will be up to
the athlete. We’re not going to
break the law.”
Panthers officials have
confirmed they , were
subpoenaed by the Drug
Enforcement Administration
for information so agents could
contact some current and
former Carolina players about
Shortt.
Ames said the story Shortt
plans to tell will explain that he
prescribed steroids in moderate
doses to help patients—not just
athletes—recover from injuries, **'
fatigue and stress.
"As a doctor, you prescribe
what's needed," Ames said.
"This was not done so they
could play better at a position.
It was done so they could play
the position."
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Minutes Wednesday” reported
last week that two current
Panthers players, center Jeff
Mitchell and punter Todd
Sauerbrun, and former
Carolina tackle Todd Steussie,
had filled prescriptions for
banned steroids written by
Shortt.
Ames said he would not
make Shortt available for
interviews.
"When I signed him last
Friday, 1 gave him advice not to
speak to anyone until the book
comes out,'.' Ames said.
New studio scores
latest Kidman film
NEW YORK — A new film
starring Nicole Kidman and
Robert Downey Jr. about the
life of photographer Diane
ArbUS will be shot at
Brooklyn’s new Steiner
Studios.
“We’re thrilled to have ’Fur’
and Nicole Kidman at Steiner
Studios,” Douglas C. Steiner,
chairman of the Hollywood
style complex in the borough’s
former Navy Yard, said
Tuesday.
“With 'The Producers’
going full blast on the adjacent
four stages, and 'Fur’ moving
in, we’re completely full even
before we’ve finished building
and officially opened,” Steiner
said in a statement.
The 15-acre Steiner Studios
is rising as the largest modern
production facility east of Los
Angeles.
cl—“E,., ”
directed by Steven Shainberg
(“Secretary”), is set to begin
next month and continue
through July.
The movie will be based on
Patricia Bosworth’s “Diane
Arbus: A Biography.”
Shields to hit stage
in U.K.’s ‘Chicago’
LONDON — Brooke
Shields will make her British
stage debut next month in
“Chicago,” starring as the
hard-boiled jailbird Roxie
Hart.
Shields will appear for nine
weeks starting April 26, Peter
Thompson Associates said
Tuesday.
Her previous stage
appearances include the New
York productions of
“Cabaret,” “Exonerated” and
“Grease.” Last year, the actress
starred in the Broadway
musical “Wonderful Town.”
The London run of
“Chicago” marked its seventh
anniversary in November.
Eminem, 50 Cent
plan 2-month tour
DETROIT — Eminem and
50 Cent are teaming up for a
two-month tour that will end
with two August shows in
Eminem’s hometown of
Detroit.
The Aug. 12-13 concerts at
44,000-seat Comerica Park
come two years after Eminem
and 50 Cent played a pair of
gigs at neighboring Ford Field,
home of the Detroit Lions.
The third installment of the
Anger Management Tour kicks
off July 7 in Indianapolis. It’s
the first road show Eminem has
undertaken since the
November release of his latest
album, “Encore,” which has
sold 4 million copies in the
United States.
50 Cent, whose new album
“The Massacre,” was released
last month, joins Eminem for
all but the first two dates on the
tour. Ludacris will fill in on the
first two shows.
“We’ve been waiting for the
right moment to go on tour,
and it all finally clme
together,” Eminem said
Monday in a statement. “We
wanted to put together the
best lineup we could. ... I’m
always trying to top the last
tour whenever I go out. I
think we’re really doing it this
time.”
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY l
Merrell M. Young Senior
Vocal Recital: 4:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
Grant A. Jones Junior Piano
Recital: 6 p.m. School of Music
206.
John Williams Faculty
Piano Recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
John Stossel: 8 p.m. Koger
Center for the Arts.
THURSDAY
Annual Classics Lecture: 4
5 p.m. Harper College
Gressette Room.
Bridging the Digital Divide:
Beyond Access in Rural
Communities: 4-5:30 p.m.
Davis College. .
What's Beyond the Digital'
Divide? Effective Use and
Democracy in Cyberspace:
7:30 p.m. Swearingen
Engineering Center 1 CO 1.
Palmetto Pans Concert:
7:30 p.m. School of Music 206.
FRIDAY
Carolina Alive Jazz Vocal
Ensemble: 7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206.
Annual French Play: 8 p.m.
Gambrell Hall Auditorium.
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Professor to speak
about study time
The final Faculty Teaching
Seminar for the spring
semester will be held at 3:30
p.m. Thursday in Russell
House 205. James Roberts,
professor in the Department
of Mathematics and 2004
winner of USC’s Amoco
Outstanding Teaching
Award, will speak about
“Helping Students to Get the
Most Out of Their Study
Time.” Call the Office of the
Provost at 777-2808 for
reservations.
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 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 South Carolina
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.
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POLICE REPORT
Each number on
the map stands
fora 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
0 Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
© Nonviolent
APRIL4
©Driving left of center/DUS
third
600 block of Bull Street
Reporting officer M.L.
Gooding was enforcing parking
regulations when Lance Fair
crossed the left of center and
began going up Bull Street the
wrong way. As the officer
approached the vehicle, it backed
up and parked, and Fair ran and
refused to stop. When units
responded, witnesses told police
where they saw Fair run to.
Officers caught Fair hiding in the
bushes in front of Park Circle
Condominiums. Fair refused to
give the officers any information
about himself.
® Threatening Phone call
3555 Harden St.
The victim said Beryel
Middleton called her and used
vulgar language toward her in
reference to a past-due-bill letter
sent to her address. Middleton
told her that if she did not pick up
her phone he would be waiting
outside for her.
Reporting officer: R.B. Baker.
APRIL 5
©Housing Violation
LaBorde Residence Hall room
320,615 Sumter St.
Reporting officer C. Knoche
responded in reference to possible
drug materials. Upon arrival,
Philip Davanzo willingly gave the
officer items that were placed into
evidence.
@lnformation/Civil Dispute
McBryde Quadrangle F, 611
Marion St.
Reporting officer M.P. Weiss
responded in reference to an
argument about a plastic Santa.
The officer spoke with Joshua
Kline, who smelled of alcohol.
Kline said the complainant,
Heather Stier, carried away his
Santa and hung it outside his
window. He said he was angry
about “this and that,” just wanted
to be left alone and wanted his
Santa Claus back. There was no
physical evidence to substantiate
either person’s story.
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