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STATE
Teen blames killings
on medicine, ‘voices’
A teenager who blamed the
antidepressant Zoloft after killing
his grandparents said in a
television interview that aired
Saturday that he couldn’t control
himself and voices in his head told
him to kill almost four years ago.
Christopher Pittman was
convicted in February of shooting
Joe Pittman, 66, and his wife, Joy,
62, in 2001 and burning down
their Chester home.
Pittman discussed the case with
“48 Hours” while he was out on
bond during his 2 1-2 week trial.
Racism allegations
follow beach Bikefest
MYRTLE BEACH — Lawyers for
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
said race was the sole reason Myrtle
Beach treated tourists differently
during the predominantly black
Adantic Beach Bikefest.
A judge will determine whether
to block Myrde Beach’s traffic
plans for Bikefest on Memorial
Day weekend.
NATION
Governors’ mansion
up for grabs in S.D.
PIERRE, S.D. — A mansion
that was home to more than half of
South Dakota’s governors now sits
in three pieces, nearly forgotten on
a storage lot.
If you want it, it’s yours.
There is one catch — the 5,200
square-foot, 18-room structure
must be used for a public purpose.
The residence is being replaced
by a $3.25 million home where the
old one once stood along Capitol
Lake.
Florida sex offender
confesses to murder
RUSKIN, Fla. — A registered
sex offender confessed to killing a
13-year-old girl who disappeared a
week ago, saying he got into an
argument with her and he choked
her to death in her home, the
sheriff said Sunday.
David Onstott, 36, was charged
with first-degree murder Sunday, a
day after investigators found Sarah
Lunde’s partially clothed body in an
abandoned fish pond, Hillsborough
County SherifFDavid Gee said.
WORLD
Basque nationalists
win seats in election
VITORIA, Spain — Ruling
Basque nationalists pushing for
more autonomy from Spain won a
key regional election Sunday but
fell short of a majority, losing seats
as a banned pro-independence
party drew unexpectedly high
support, according to government
figures.
An obscure pro-independence
party endorsed by Batasuna, the
party seen as the political wing of
the armed Basque separatist group
ETA, won eight seats, the results
showed.
Space station crew
receives new supplies
MOSCOW, Russia —
Cosmonauts and astronauts
exchanged joyful embraces Sunday
and began loading the
international space station with
scientific equipment and fresh
vegetables after their successful
docking of the Soyuz cargo ship.
Russian Sergei Krikalev,
American John Phillips and
Italian Roberto Vittori, who
blasted off Friday from the
Baikonur cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan, met face-to-face with
the two men who have spent the
past six months aboard the
orbiting station.
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Rocker
Nugent
promotes ;
gun rights
HOUSTON — With an
assault weapon in each hand,
rocker and gun rights advocate
Ted Nugent urged National
Rifle Association members to
be “hardcore, radical extremists
demanding the right to self
defense.”
Speaking at the NRA’s
annual convention Saturday,
Nugent said each NRA
member should try to enroll 10
new members over the next
year and associate only with
other members.
“Let’s next year sit here and
say, ‘Holy smokes, the NRA
has 40 million members now,’”
he said. “No one is allowed at
our barbecues unless they are an
NRA member. Do that in your
ARLENE RICHIE/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ted Nugent attending The
2005 International
Consumer Electronics Show
at the Las Vegas Convention
Center in January 2005.
life.”
He drew the most cheers
when he told gun owners they
should never give up their right
to bear arms and should use
their guns to protect themselves
if needed. <
“Remember the Alamo!
Shoot ’em!” he screamed to
applause. “To show you how
radical I am, I want carjackers
dead. I want rapists dead. I
want burglars dead. I want
child molesters dead. I want the
bad guys dead. No court case.
No parole. No early release. I
want 'em dead. Get a gun and
when they attack you, shoot
'em.”
‘Sideways’ actress
to divorce husband
LOS ANGELES —
“Sideways” co-star Sandra Oh
has filed for divorce from
husband Alexander Payne,
who directed and co-wrote the
film.
Oh, 34, filed a petition for
divorce Friday in Los Angeles
“He just started
screaming at us and
told us the pope is
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- SECOND-YEAR PRINT JOURNALISM STUDENT
ON A VISITING EVANGELIST
GONNER WITH THE WIN
KATIE KIRKLAND/THE GAMECOCK
From left, Antoine Tisby, Josh Gonner and Stephen McDowell are honored with the rest of the
basketball team for their NIT championship win during Saturday’s Garnet and Black Game.
Superior Court and asked for
spousal support. She and
Payne, 44, were married in
January 2003 and have no
children, court records said.
The couple met five years
ago and announced their
separation last month.
Payne won an Oscar for the
screenplay of “Sideways,”
about two friends’ wine-tasting
trip through Santa Barbara
County vineyards. He also
directed “Election,” “About
Schmidt”* and “Citizen Ruth.”
Oh stars in ABC’s television
series “Grey’s Anatomy.”
Actor Carradine
to channel Bush
LOS ANGELES — Keith
Carradine as George W. Bush?
Carradine, who appeared in
such cult Robert Altman films
as “Nashville” and “Thieves
Like Us” as well as on
Broadway in “The Will Rogers
Follies,” will portray the
president in the American
premiere of David Hare's play
about the lead-up to the
American invasion of Iraq in
2003.
The drama, which will open
•June 5 at the Mark Taper
Forum, also stars Julian Sands
as British Prime Minister Tony
Blair. Preview performances
begin May 25.
“Stuff Fiappens” had its
world premiere last September
at London’s National Theatre,
where it opened to positive
reviews.
Hare, who based the play on
public documents as well as his
own imagination, has written
such dramas as’ “Plenty,”
“Racing Demon,” “The Blue
Room,” “Amy’s View” and
“The Judas Kiss.”
The title comes from a
comment made in April 2003
by Rumsfeld in response to
looting in Baghdad: “Stuff
happens ... and it’s untidy, and
free people are free to make
mistakes and commit crimes
and do bad things.”
R.I. senator weds
in weekend service
WEST POINT, N.Y. —
Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed
married Julia Hart in a
ceremony at the United States
Military Academy, the
senator’s alma mater.
The 55-year-old Democrat,
a former Army Ranger, wed
39-year-old Hart on Saturday
in a ceremony officiated by the
Rev. Raymond MaJm_ of St.
Michael’s Church in
Providence, R.I.
Reed met Hart on a trip to
Afghanistan in 2002 — she is a
coordinator in the office that
handles the Senate’s
international travel and other
contact with foreign
governments.
They didn’t begin dating
until the next year after a
chance meeting in Rhode
Island, where Hart was visiting
family.
They were engaged Nov.
24, 2004, during a visit to New
York City. It was the first
marriage for both.
The couple was not
planning an immediate
honeymoon trip. Reed was
expected back at work in the
Senate in the coming week.
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Tillman had choice
to return to NFL
PHOENIX — Four months
before he was killed in
Afghanistan, Pat Tillman was
told that he could opt out of
extending his military service
because National Football
League clubs were clamoring
for him.
Tillman chose to stay in the
Army Rangers, and on April
22, 2004, he was shot by a
fellow . U.S. soldier who
mistakenly fired on a friendly
Afghan soldier in Tillman’s
unit. Other U.S. soldiers then
fired in the same direction.
Tillman had an exceptional
college football career and was
a starter for the Arizona
Cardinals. But he didn’t
capture national attention until
he walked away from a $1.2
million-a-year contract to join
the Army after the Sept. 11,
2001, terrorist attacks.
In UecemDer zuuj, when
Tillman was back home from
his initial tour overseas, in Iraq,
his agent had begun fielding
calls from teams suddenly
interested in acquiring his
client for the 2004 season.
“And they all said the same
thing: ‘Frank, this kid can get
out of it. He’s already served in
a war. Just file his discharge
papers,”’ the agent, Frank
Bauer, told The Arizona
Republic.
He urged Tillman to
consider seeking a discharge.
“He said ‘No, I’m going to
stay. I owe them three years. I’ll
do one more tour,”’ Bauer said.
“And that’s the last I ever heard
from Pat.”
COMING
UP@USC
TUESDAY
“Isospin-Breaking Nuclear
Forces”: 4 p.m. Jones Physical
Science Center 409.
USC Symphony Orchestra:
7:30 p.m. Koger Center for the
Arts.
WEDNESDAY
Coramae L. Phillips
Graduate Cello Recital: 6 p.m.
School of Music 206.
USC Jazz Combos: 7:30
p.m. School of Music 206.
THURSDAY
Left Bank Big Band: 7:30
p.m. School of Music 206.
Sarah Maureen Jackson
Junior Cello Recital: 5 p.m.
School of Music 206.
FRIDAY
Julie Ann Neuberger
Graduate Piano Recital: 4:30
p.m. School of Music 206.
“Cheating with Technology
and How to Stop It": 1:30 p.m.
Computer Services 320.
Online Teaching Interest
Group: noon, Computer
Services 312.
use BRIEFS
Rwandan genocide
topic of screening
USC’s African Studies
Program will show “Hotel
Rwanda” at 7 p.m. Thursday
in Callcott Oil as part of an
event to mark the 11th
anniversary of the Rwandan
genocide.
The event will feature a short
presentation by Bill Spink, a
third-year international studies
student who lived in Rwanda
for three years.
The event is free and open
to the public .
For more information,
contact African Studies
Coordinator Ron Atkinson at
777-6619.
Book association
to hold conference
USC will play host to the
first conference of the
Southeast Association of Book
Arts May 19-21.
Some of the nation’s most
celebrated book artists will be
on hand 5:30-7:30 p.m. May
21 at McMaster Gallery. The
free event will feature an
exhibit of book arts.
Many of the books will be
for sale, a refreshments will be
served.
McKissick Museum will
play host to a reception at 5:30
p.m. Thursday that will
feature S.C. Honors College
students’ work from this
semester’s “The Art of the
Book” class.
POLICE REPORT
tacn numoer 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 a.m.)
■ Violent
# Nonviolent
CRIMES AT
UNKNOWN
HOURS
□ Violent
© Nonviolent
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
OMalicious Injury to Personal
Property
1400 Wheat St.
The victim told reporting
officer J.E. Silcox that someone
slashed three tires on his vehicle.
Estimated damage: $240.
THURSDAY, APRIL 14
0 Accidental Damage
Capstone, 902 Barnwell St.
The complainant told
reporting officer J.E. Silcox that
while operating a vehicle he hit a
trash dumpster, causing damage
to the driver-side doors.
HArmed Robbery
Recovered Property
1300 Wheat St.
The complainant said Brian
Samuel approached him as he was
walking and attempted to take a
photograph. Samuel pulled out a
gun and demanded the victim
turn over his laptop bag (estimated
value: $30). The bag contained an
iPod (estimated value: $200) and
headphones (estimated value:
$50). The victim handed over the
bag, and Samuel fled. The
property was recovered in the
listed vehicle. Thomas Batiste and
Todd Scott were arrested after
brief investigative detention.
Reporting officer: M.P. Weiss.
Qlnformation/Civil Dispute
Med Park Four, Suite 100
The complainant said Teresa
Sowell became angry with her and
her staff in reference to an
appointment for her daughter.
Sowell said to the staff that if
Sowell could not be seen by a
regular optometrist, that there
would be “hell to pay.” The
complainant said she could be seen
at 4:30 p.m., and Sowell hung the
phone up. While reporting officer
R-B. Baker was gathering
information for the report, Sowell
showed up for the daughter’s
appointment.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
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The victim was found passed
out and intoxicated with several
cuts on his hands. First Responder
and EMS responded, and the
victim was transported to
Palmetto Health Baptist hospital.
Reporting officer: J.E. Silcox.
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Bates House second-floor
bathroom, 1423 Whaley St. V
The victim was found passed
out and intoxicated. First
Responder and EMS was notified.
EMS transported the victim to
Palmetto Health Baptist hospital.
Reporting officer: J.E. Silcox.
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