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STATE
Metal Products vows
100 new Aiken jobs
SC Metal Products LLC will
invest more than $7 million and
create up 100 jobs in Aiken
County over the next three years,
company officials said in a release
Monday.
SC Metal Products is a new
company created by McGregor
Brothers Holdings. It will make
metal stampings, split steel pulleys,
sprockets and welded assemblies.
Court rules against
property tax limit law
The South Carolina Supreme
Court says a state law letting
counties impose a limit on how
much property values can increase
for tax purposes is
unconstitutional.
The court released its ruling
Monday in a case from Charleston
in which the county had tried to
put a 15-percent limit on
increases in assessed property
values.
NATION
Trade deficit reaches
record monthly high
WASHINGTON — The U.S.
trade deficit hit a record monthly
high of $61.04 billion in February
as imports of oil and textiles surged
while American exports barely
budged.
The deficit figure sent tremors
through Wall Street with investors
worrying that the huge amount of
foreigners' money America needs
to finance the deficit could at some
point trigger a freefall in the dollar
and aggravate U.S. inflation
problems.
Wal-Mart to buy land
in conservation effort
WASHINGTON — Wal-Mart,
the world’s largest retailer, pledged
Tuesday to spend $35 million
compensating for wildlife habitat
lost nationwide beneath its
corporate "footprint."
Acre for acre, Wal-Mart Stores,
Inc. said it would buy an amount
of land equal to all the land its
stores, parking lots and
distribution centers use over the
next 10 years.
WORLD
Gaza withdrawal foes
chain schools’ doors
JERUSALEM — Activists
chained shut dozens of schools
Tuesday to protest Israel's plans to
withdraw from the Gaza Strip, and
the army confined one Jewish
extremist to his home until the
pullout is complete.
Activists shut 167 Tel Aviv-area
schools and nursery schools,
placing chains and small locks on
the doors of the buildings from Bat
Yam, south of Tel Aviv, to
Herzliya, an affluent coastal area
north of the city, police spokesman
Yossi Avendi said.
India, China reach
diplomatic accord
NEW DELHI — India and China
agreed Monday to form a
"strategic partnership," creating a
diplomatic bond between Asia's
two emerging powers that would
tie together nearly one-third of the
world's population.
The agreement, announced
during a South Asia tour by
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao,
reflects a major shift in relations
between the two nuclear countries,
whose ties have long been defined
by mutual suspicion. It also is
another step in a charm offensive
by Beijing, which is trying to build
ties with its neighbors and ensure
regional stability for economic
growth.
BRIEFS FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Trump:
next finale
to be short
and sweet
NEW YORK — The next
“Apprentice” finale won’t be
huuuuge.
During a news conference
Tuesday, Donald Trump
announced that the live finale
of the third season of NBC’s
“The Apprentice” will be held
at the Skirball Center for the
Performing Arts at New York
University on May 19. Unlike
the second season’s much
bemoaned three-hour finale
and reunion last December,
this swan song will only last an
hour.
“At my insistence, I wanted
it to be a one-hour finale,” said
Trump. “We ended up with a
reunion and all of this
nonsense. Nobody wants that.
What they want is a finale
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Donald Trump arrives for
'The Apprentice' after-party
last April in New York.
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where somebody gets fired.”
The real estate mogul and
“Apprentice” star also said he
felt “very badly” for Chris
Shelton, the 22-year-old
“Apprentice” candidate who
was arrested early Sunday for
disorderly conduct at the
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel &
Casino in Tampa, Fla. Trump _
even offered to “be there” for
Shelton.
“He’s got a problem,” said
Trump. “He’s got an anger
management problem. We
talked about it on the show. He
truly is an angry guy.”
On the competitive reality
show, real estate millionaire
Shelton frequently screams
during boardroom sessions.
During a pizza-selling task on
the March 31 episode, Shelton
engaged in an expletive-filled
spat with teammate Alex
Thomason. Trump said
Shelton’s fired-up temperament
will again be on display during
Thursday’s episode.
“By circumstance, it happens
DAY
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
“The people who really
know what happened
don’t live in Columbia.”
ARIEUS ALCIDE
OMEGA PSI PHI GRADUATE ADVISOR
ON THURSDAY NIGHT'S FRATERNITY FIGHT
NICK ESARES/THE GAMECOCK
Left Bank Big Band plays a concert on the Horseshoe on Saturday
to involve Chris to a large
extent,” said Trump. “He has a
very interesting time on the
show.”
Shelton was arrested in
Florida after “causing a scene”
over being asked to pay a $20
cover charge to enter the hotel
bar. After several attempts by
staff to calm Shelton, he
continued to yell and curse, a
police report said. He was
released after posting $250 bail.
“You’ve got to cut him a
little slack because he’s young,”
first-season winner Bill Rancic
told The Associated Press.
“He’sjust got to chill out.”
During the press conference,
Trump also announced that
Rancic, who was “hired” live a
year ago, will continue to work
in sales and marketing on
Trump International Hotel &
Tower in Chicago.
baion says rapper
assaulted workers
NEW YORK — Foxy Brown
says she didn’t beat up two nail
salon workers over a $20
pedicure.
“A $20 pedicure? Are you
serious?” she joked to reporters
Monday outside the courtroom
where she pleaded not guilty to
assault over the August 2004
incident.
“I mean, look at me!” she
said.
Brown, whose real name is
Inga Marchand, pleaded not
guilty to using her cell phone
and fist to attack the
manicurists on Aug. 29.
The 25-year-old rapper said
she had asked for a manicure
and a pedicure just as the salon
in the Chelsea neighborhood
was about to close.
“I got the pedicure, but they
didn’t give me the manicure,”
she said outside court.
Prosecutors charge that
Brown kicked and hit a
manager, Sun Ji Song, causing
“bruising and swelling to the
face, as well as substantial
pain.” They said the salon’s
employees ran out to Brown’s
car and stood in front of it to
block her. At one point, they
said, the rapper slugged One of
the workers with a cell phone.
She is charged with
misdemeanor assault and
attempted assault.
Court denies tapes
to French rock star
PARIS — An appeals court
rejected an effort by French
rock star Johnny Hallyday to
recover the master tapes of his
recordings from Universal
Music Group.
The ruling by the Paris
court Tuesday marked a
victory for the record label,
which had argued in court that
for it to pay restitution to
Hallyday would set a
“dangerous” precedent in the
music industry.
France has closely followed
the legal battle by Hallyday,
61, who broke off his contract
with the label in January 2004.
Hallyday is an icon in France,
recognized for his piercing
blue eyes and guttural singing
voice.
Neither Hallyday nor his
lawyers appeared in court for
Tuesday’s decision, and it
wasn’t immediately clear
whether the singer planned to
appeal.
The ruling overturned an
August decision by a Paris
labor tribunal ordering
Universal to hand back all
master tapes that Hallyday
recorded during his four
decade career.
Hallyday, born Jean-Philippe
Smet, still has to produce one
final album for Universal by the
end of the year, when the
contract with the label will end,
according to Tuesday’s ruling.
He will also be required to help
market the album.
Ex-Gucci designer
to start new brand
NEW YORK — Tom Ford
couldn’t stay away.
A year after Tom Ford and
his business partner, Domenico
De Sole, departed from the
Gucci Group, they announced
the creation of the Tom Ford
brand.
“I’m inching toward a
return to fashion,” the designer
said Tuesday.
The first project is a
partnership with Estde Lauder.
A small group of beauty
products will be in stores by
Christmas. Those likely will be
items from the archives that
Ford will update.
“I want to find a great
compact like my mother’s
that’s much more luxurious
than we see today,” he said. “I
want to find a great lipstick
color from 1972 and then I
want to put them together.”
He also has his sights set on
Youth Dew, the perfume that
his grandmother wore.
TODAY
French Day I
Peter Howe on “Paparazzi
and Our Obsession with
Celebrity”: 11:15 a.m. Carolina
Coliseum 3001.
Jeff' Ryan Porter Junior
Saxophone Recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 006.
THURSDAY
University Awards Day
ceremonies: 2 p.m. Horseshoe.
“Matter Under Extreme
Conditions: From Cold Atoms
to Quark Matter”: 4 p.m. Jones
Physical Science Center Rogers
Room 409.
Wellness Happy Hour: 4-8
p.m. Strom Thurmond
Wellness & Fitness Center.
Thomas H. Hammond Junior f
Saxophone Recital: 4:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
Andrew Justin Reich Senior
Trombone Recital: 6 p.m.
School of Music 206.
Marina Lomazov Faculty
Piano Recital: 7:30 p.m.
School of Music 206.
FRIDAY
Spring 2005 Seminar
Series: 4 p.m. Jones Physical
Science Center 006.
Christy Anne Jolly Senior
Flute Recital: 4:30 p.m. School
of Music 206.
use BRIEFS
Musicians to give
State House snow
The fifth annual S.C. Beach
Music Day festivities will be
held at noon today on the •
State House steps. The •
celebration will include
performances by the Swingin’
Medallions, The Catalinas, '
Maurice Williams of the •
Zodiacs, Bill Pinkney of The
Original Drifters, Second
Nature and »The Tams. The ‘
S.C. General Assembly •
declared beach music the •
official popular music of South !
Carolina in 2001. , |
Advertising staff
wins two awards
The Gamecock advertising
department was recognized at
the annual College Newspaper
Business and Advertising
Managers Inc. conference in
New Orleans, La. Two
students from the advertising
staff attended the national
conference from March 30 to
April 3. Seventy-four member
schools submitted about 800
entries. The Gamecock won
second-place black-and-white
for schools with a weekly !
circulation of more than
40,000, and third-place best
orientation issue for Discover
Carolina. *';,p
POLICE REPORT
Each number on
the map stands
for a crime
corresponding
with numbered
descriptions in
the list below.
DAY CRIMES
(6 am.-6 p.m.)
□ Violent
O Nonviolent
NIGHT CRIMES
(6 p.m.-6a.m.)
■ Violent
0 Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
H Violent
® Nonviolent
FRIDAY, APRIL8
•Malicious Injury to Personal
Property .
Arnold School of Public
Health, 921 Assembly St.
The complainant told
reporting officer D. Davis that
someone broke or cut off the lock
of a toolbox belonging to the
complainant. No items were
taken. Estimated damage: $30.
MONDAY, APRIL 11
•Grand Larceny of Laptop (X2)
Bates West 808A, 1405
Whaley St.
The victims told reporting
officer J.M.H. Harrelson that
someone entered their room and
took a Gateway laptop (estimated
value: $1,900) and a Dell laptop
(estimated value: $1,300).
•Auto Break-in/Larceny of
equalizer
Bates House, 1423 Whaley
St.
The victim said someone broke
out the driver-side window and
removed two equalizers
(estimated value: $250) and a
black Pioneer CD player
(estimated value: $200).
Reporting officer: C. Taylor.
D Assault and Battery
Strom Thurmond Wellness &
Fitness Center, 1200 Blossom
St.
The victim said he was struck
in the back of the head with
nunchaku after a verbal
altercation with the subject, “J,”
who fled the scene. EMS and First
Responder were notified and
responded to the scene. The
victim was transported to
Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital.
The victim was given an impact
statement and refuses to press
charges. Investigator Gallman was
notified and responded.
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell. ■
©Auto Break-in/Petit Larceny
of CD player
1200 Catawba St.
The victim told reporting officer '
J.M.H. Harrelson that someone
broke out the rear passenger-side .
window of her vehicle and removed
a black CD player (estimated value: ;
$200). The victim said her vehicle
was secured.
©Trespass after notice
Russell House, 1400 Greene
St.
Reporting officer J. Widdifield
was dispatched in response to an
individual stopping students and
asking for money. The officer W
interviewed Jerome Richardson,
and he admitted to a prior trespass
notice on USC property. A record .
check indicated the subject was
issued a trespass notice in
November 2004.
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