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Obesity adds
more notches
to Bible belt
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Like a lot of
people, the nations weight
problem is settling below its
waistline. The states with the
highest percentages of obese adults
are mostly in the South:
Mississippi, Alabama, West
Virginia, Louisiana and Tennessee.
In the entire nation, only
Oregon isn’t getting fatter.
Some 22.7 percent of American
adults were obese in the 2002-04
period, up slightly from 22
percent for 2001-03, says the
advocacy group Trust for America’s
Health, citing data from the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
Alabama had the biggest
increase. There, the obesity rate
increased 1.5 percentage points to
27.7 percent.
Eight states came in under 20
percent: Colorado, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Vermont, Montana, Utah and
New Hampshire.
But their figures were all rising.
Oregon held at 21 percent.
THIS WEEK © USC
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TODAY
Last day to change schedule or
drop course without receiving "W”
Student Organization Fair
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Davis Field
Jason LeVasseur
6 p.m. Russell House pario
First SG Senate meeting
5 p.m. Russell House 322
Poster sale
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Russell House
lobby
THURSDAY
The Alfred & Seymour Hip
Hop Show
7 p.m. Russell House Ballroom
Brian Berg guitar recital
7:30 p.m. School of Music 206
Poster sale
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Russell House
lobby
FRIDAY
Flick & Float Dive-In Movie
Event: “Jaws"
8 p.m. Strom* Thurmond
Wellness & Fitness Center
“Collateral”
8 p.m. Russell House Theater
Fall2005 Seminar Series
Manfred Schiosser —
“Symbiotic Relationships Between
Organofluorine & Organometal
Chemistry”
4 p.m. Jones Physical Science
Center
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State
Report: Tenenbaum
wonDt seek 3rd term
State Education
Superintendent Inez Tenenbaum
has told allies that she will not
seek a third term, a Columbia
newspaper reported Tuesday.
The Democrat made a round
of calls Monday night to several
people, including former U.S.
Education Secretary and former
Gov. Richard Riley, to talk
about plans expected to be
announced at a Tuesday
afternoon news conference, The
State reported.
Tenenbaum lost a U.S. Senate
to Republican Jim DeMint last
year by a 54-44 margin in a bid to
replace retiring U.S. Sen. Ernest
“Fritz” Hollings.
Republicans had set taking
back the education
superintendent post as a top 2006
goal.
Nation
Televangelist calls
for Chavez’s head
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. —
Religious broadcaster Pat
Robertson suggested that
American agents assassinate
Venezuelan President Hugo
Chavez to stop his country from
becoming “a launching pad for
communist infiltration and
Muslim extremism.”
“We don’t need another $200
billion war to get rid of one, you
know, strong-arm dictator,”
Robertson said Monday on the
Christian Broadcast Network’s
“The 700 Club,” “It’s a whole lot
easier to have some of the covert
operatives do the job and then get
it over with.”
In Caracas, pro-Chavez legislator
Desire Santos Amaral accused
Robertson of shedding. his
Christian values. “This man cannot
be a true Christian,” Santos said.
!
World
Last Israeli occupants
leave Gaza settlement
NETZARIM, GAZA STRIP —
The last Jewish settlers left Gaza
on Monday aboard armored buses
for Israel, ending decades of
turbulent occupation long
denounced as a stumbling block
to Mideast peace.
Before dawn Tuesday,
thousands of Israeli troops moved
toward two settlements in the
West Bank, where some 2,000
extremists have holed up with an
arsenal of stun grenades, gas
canisters and automatic weapons,
defying orders to leave.
Israel has occupied the
overcrowded Mediterranean
coastal strip since capturing it
from Egypt in the 1967 Mideast
war.
Gaza has been devastated by
frequent battles between Israeli
forces and Palestinian militants.
POLICE REPORT
SUNDAY, AUG. 21
Driving under suspension,
first degree, 1 p.m.
Russell House, 1400 Greene St.
Reporting officer D. Davis
saw the suspect make an illegal
left turn from Bull Street to
Greene Street. Upon pulling over
the suspect and asking for a
driver’s license, it was discovered
the license was suspended. The
man was handcuffed and
transported to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Center.
Grand larceny of motor
vehicle, 9:10 p.m.
Gibbes Court Cafeteria, 1313
Gibbes Court
Lawrence Tisdale said
someone entered his unsecured
vehicle and drove away. Tisdale
said his key had broken off in the
ignition and was not needed to
start the vehicle.
Reporting officer: D. Adams.
Threatening e-mail, 9:58p.m.
East Quad, 1400 Blossom St.
The complainant said
someone sent her a threatening e
mail.
Reporting officer: C. Taylor.
Suspicious activity, 10:30p.m.
East Quad, 1400 Blossom St.
The victim said that between
2100 and 2300 someone wrote “I
see you” and the victims name on
a dry-erase board adjacent to her
room in a common hallway.
Reporting officer: L. Welch.
Petit larceny, 11 p.m.
1423 Whaley St.
The victim said someone stole
his unsecured gray car cover.
Estimated value: $200.
Reporting officer: K. Adams
MONDAY, AUG. 22
Suspicious activity, 3j20 p.m.
Corner of LindBh and
Blossom streets W
The complainant said a white
Honda Civic was closely ^B
following her along the parking
lot on Blossom Street. She turned
and gave a long look at the driver,
who sped away. The driver was
described as a white male in his
early 20s with a shavedliead and
wearing a green shirt and glasses.
His car had a licensejtag with
South Carolina nu richer 114
UBB.
Reporting officer: L. Welch.
Information report (Clary
Act)
Gibbes Court and" Laurens
Street
The victim said he was robbed
at gunpoint.
Reporting officer: S. Wilcox.
Suspicious activity, 11:45p-m.
743 Green St.
Sandra Thomas said two
people called an employees cell
phone and reported two
instances at Gambrell Hall: an
electrical box smoking and a
broken window, both on the
second floor. The calls were
investigated, and nothing was
found.
Reporting officer: T. Brewster
Gooding.
These reports are taken directly from the USC
Police Department.
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