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STATE
Some S.C. doctors
earn more than peers
Depending on the specialty,
some doctors in South Carolina
make more money on average than
their counterparts nationwide.
Obstetricians average $200,200
Jn South Carolina, for example,
'Compared with $176,630
nationally, according U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics numbers from
2003, the latest year for which
figures were available.
Group contests merit
of paneway contract
The contract for the Carolina
Bays Parkway was improperly
awarded, an attorney for a
government watchdog argued
before the state Supreme Court.
Jim Carpenter, the attorney for
Greenville resident and advocate
Edward Sloan, argued Wednesday
that state law does not allow for
any method of awarding contracts
other than taking the lowest bid
for a specific project.
NATION
Jobless benefit claims
dip after recent rise
WASHINGTON — The number
of Americans applying for
unemployment benefits dropped
by 19,000 last week, the largest
decline in two months, the
government reported Thursday.
The Labor Department said the
decline pushed the level of
unemployment benefits down to
334,000 after claims had
unexpectedly jumped by 23,000
the week before.
AIDS drug approved
despite reservations
WASHINGTON —
Controversial U.S. research in
Africa that violated federal patient
protection rules was nevertheless
conducted well enough to support
its conclusions that the AIDS drug
nevirapine could be used safely to
protect babies, an expert scientific
panel has concluded.
The report, released Thursday,
will have implications in both
Africa, where medical officials are
debating whether to withdraw the
drug, and in the United States,
where investigators are examining
whether U.S. research is complying
with federal law.
WORLD
Two die in explosion
at Egyptian bazaar
CAIRO, Egypt — An explosion
apparently set off by a bomber on a
motorcycle hit a tour group
shopping in a historic bazaar
Thursday, killing at least two
people and wounding 20 in the
first attack targeting foreign
tourists, in the Egyptian capital in
more than seven years.
The dead included a French
woman, officials said. Earlier a
Health Ministry official said the
other person killed was an
American man, but later Health
Minister Mohammed Awad Tag
Eddin said his nationality iad not
been confirmed.
iviexican omciais say
patrol stops migrants
AGUA PRIETA, Mexico — The
number of Mexican migrants
trying to sneak into the United
States through southeast Arizona
has dropped by half since
hundreds of U.S. civilians began
guarding the area earlier this week,
say Mexican officials assigned to
protect their citizens.
But that doesn’t mean the
migrants have given up. Most
remain determined to cross and say
they will simply avoid the 23-mile
stretch of desert between Agua
Prieta and Naco.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Witness
levels new
Jackson
allegation
SANTA MARIA, Calif. — A
former Neverland ranch
security guard testified
Thursday that in the early
1990s he saw Michael Jackson
perform oral sex on a boy who
later received a financial
settlement from the pop star.
Ralph Chacon was called by
prosecutors in Jackson’s child
molestation trial in a
continuing effort to show the
singer had a pattern of
molesting or inappropriately
touching boys, which would
support the current accuser’s
claims.
Chacon said he was making
his rounds at Jackson’s estate on
an overnight shift in late 1992
or early 1993 when he saw
KEVORK DJANSEZIAN/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Pop star Michael Jackson
leaves Santa Barbara County
Superior Court in Santa
Maria, Calif., on Thursday,
after another day of
testimony in his child
molestation trial.
Jackson and the boy in a
whirlpool bath. He said he later
saw them take a shower
together, then leave the shower
and stand naked across from
each other.
Chacon said Jackson caressed
the boy’s hair, kissed him on the
mouth and elsewhere and
engaged in oral sex.
The former guard testified
that at that point he left.
Chacon said that several
weeks or a month later he saw
Jackson kiss the boy. He said
that the kiss was “passionate”
and that Jackson then put his
hands near the boy’s crotch.
On cross-examination.
Jackson defense attorney
Thomas Mesereau, Jr. quickly
established that Chacon had
sued Jackson, claiming he was
improperly fired, and that
Jackson had countersued,
accusing Chacon of stealing
from him.
He also acknowledged that
he and others were ordered to
pay more than $1 million in
legal expenses to Jackson but
that he had not paid anything
because he had filed for
bankruptcy.
The boy Chacon referred to
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T-shirts from the Clothesline Project hang on Greene Street. The project offers sexual
violence victims and supporters a chance to design a T-shirt to promote abuse awareness.
received a multimiilion-doilar
settlement from Jackson in
1994 and refused to cooperate
in a police investigation.
Beckham’s family
can keep playhouse
LONDON — The playhouse
at Beckingham Palace is safe.
David Beckham and his
wife,- Victoria, were told by
local authorities they don’t have
to tear down the 16-foot brick
playhouse being built on their
property without permission.
The British soccer star now
with Real Madrid had been
warned he might have to
demolish the half-built
playhouse as well as a play
castle complete with mock
tower, drawbridge, slides and
rope swings at the family’s
“Beckingham Palace” mansion
north of London.
The East Hertfordshire
District Council said
Wednesday it had granted
retrospective planning
permission provided no one
Jived in the structures. The
playhouse for sons Brooklyn, 6,
Romeo, 2, and Cruz, 6 weeks,
must not be used for
“permanent habitable
occupation” or a “separate unit
of occupation.”
Mandela: London
deserves Olympics
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa — Former South
African President Nelson
Mandela supports London’s
bid to host the 2012 Olympics.
“There is no city like
London,” the 1993 Nobel
Peace Prize winner said
Wednesday. “It is a
wonderfully diverse and open
city providing a home to
hundreds of different
nationalities from all over the
world.”
“I can’t think of a better
place than London to hold an
event that unites the world.
London would offer something
very special to the Olympic
movement, including great
new sporting facilities and a
legacy for generations to
come,” he added.
London is competing against
New York, Paris, Madrid, and
Moscow. The International
Olympic Committee will select
the host July 6.
Gere tells Israelis
to work for peace
JERUSALEM — Richard
Gere told Israel’s foreign
minister that Palestinians and
Israelis must put the past
behind them and take
advantage of what he called a
“special moment” to make
peace.
Gere met Wednesday with
Foreign Minister Silvan
Shalom during his third visit to
the region in recent months.
“There is a great instinct
and need on both sides of this
conflict to find a peaceful
solution that is suitable, that is
genuine, that is real, and it can
be found and this is a
moment,” the 55-year-old
actor said.
Since his arrival earlier in the
week, Gere has met with
Palestinian leader Mahmoud
Abbas and Israel’s two vice
premiers, Shimon Peres and
Ehud Olmert.
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fairy-tale author
COPENHAGEN, Denmark —
Canadian director and
performer Robert Lepage will
perform a one-man show next
month in a tribute to Danish
fairy-tale writer Hans Christian
Andersen, the royal theater said
Wednesday.
Lepage will perform “The
Andersen Project,” based on
several of the 19th-century
writer’s works, for four days
starting May 18 at a theater in
Copenhagen.
Denmark last weekend
celebrated the 200th birthday
of Andersen, known for fairy
tale classics including “The
Emperor’s New Clothes" and
“The Little Mermaid.”
Lepage, who received an
honorary Andersen award last
year, already opened the one
man show in his native Quebec
on Feb. 22.
The play will be performed
in English at Turbinehallerne, a
former power station and annex
of the Royal Theater in
downtown Copenhagen.
Lepage is best known for his
work with Cirque du Soleil, the
Canadian circus company
known for its stunning aerial
acts.
COMING
UP@USC
TODAY
Spring 2005 Seminar
Series: 4 p.m. Jones Physical
Science Center 006.
Carolina Alive: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
Heather Doreen Larrabee
Master’s Percussion Recital:
7:30 p.m. School of Music 006.
“Mother Goose Tales": 8
p.m. Gambrell Auditorium.
SATURDAY
USC Showcase 2005: 10
a.m.-3 p.m. Horseshoe.
Eliza Hesse Senior Violin
Recital: 6 p.m. School of Music
206.
Mr/Miss USC Bodybuilding
& Figure Championships: 7
p.m. Blatt P.E. Center 307.
“Mother Goose Tales”: 8
p.m. Gambrell Auditorium.
MONDAY
USC Percussion Ensemble:
7:30 p.m. School of Music 206.
Brown Bag with Society of
Professional Journalists:
noon, Carolina Coliseum 3009.
Society of Professional
Journalists presents Hank
Gilman: “From Small Town
Newspaper Journalist to Fame
and Fortune”: 1:25 p.m.
Carolina Coliseum 3009.
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Del. poet laureate
to read latest work
Students are invited to
listen to Fleda Brown, poet
laureate of Delaware, read
from her work on Thursday at
6 p.m. in Nursing 127.
Brown has published widely
and well, and her work has
appeared in such publications
as Poetry magazine.
In her most recent
collection, “The Women
Who Loved Elvis All Their
Lives,” she explores the
relation and intersection of
critical reason and intuitive
creativity in art. |
Bow Tie Bus Tour
to travel upstate
USC President Andrew
Sorensen will visit Clinton,
Laurens, Anderson and
Spartanburg on Monday as
part of the third “Bow Tie Bus
Tour” to discuss the progress
of the USC’s research campus
with students, educators,
community leaders and USC
alumni.
Among his stops will be the
Clinton campus of USC
Union, the Martha Franks
Baptist Retirement Center in
Laurens and Laurens High
School. Other stops will
include Charleston on April
18 and Augusta, Ga., on April i
25. "
POLICE REPORT
Reports taken from the USC Police Department.
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
03 Violent
© Nonviolent
APRIL4
©Civil Dispute
Roost Residence Hall, 103
South Main St., Room 404-B
The victim said Nicole Wood
and Anna Reed posted a picture of
her on a Web site without her
knowledge or permission. The
case was referred to Student
Judicial Programs.
Reporting officer: P.I. Jones.
APRIL7
d Driving Under Suspension
^Capstone House, 902
Barnwell St.
While on routine patrol, officer
C. Taylor saw Ivory Haltiwanger
in the vehicle engaged in
suspicious activity. Reporting
officer D. Adams initiated a traffic
stop. Haltiwanger did not have a
driver’s license, and a check of
DMV files showed his license to
be suspended. Haltiwanger was
arrested and transported to Alvin
S. Glenn Detention Center.
©Assistance Rendered
Preston College, 1323
Greene St.
While on routine patrol,
reporting officer A. Mitchell
observed EMS. The victim was
said to have had a Seizure. EMS
transported the victim to Palmetto
Baptist hospital.
0 Lynching
Open Container
1400 Greene St.
The victim told reporting
officer J.M.H. Harrelson that he
was walking on the sidewalk when
Eric Basiliere and Jonathan Floyd
drove up beside him and began
using profanity toward him. The
victim said he told Basiliere and
Floyd to leave him alone. More
comments were made between the
victim and Basiliere and Floyd.
Basiliere and Floyd exited the
vehicle and physically assault the
victim. Patrick Williams saw what
was happening and proceeded to
stop and assist the victim. Basiliere
and Floyd got back in their car
and left the scene. Moments later,
officer D. Adams spotted the
vehicle and initiated a traffic stop.
The victim was brought to the
traffic-stop location to identify
Basilere and Floyd. The victim
said he did not want to press
charges. EMS responded to the
original location to give the victim
first aid. Adams issued a ticket to
Floyd for an open container. |
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