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CAROLINA 0 BRIEF
Collegiate Ministries
to dedicate building
Baptist Collegiate Ministries
will dedicate its new ministry
center Sunday.
The ceremony will take place
at the organization’s new
building, located at 819 Main
St.
An open house will be held
beginning at 2:30 p.m. At 4
p.m., a service will be held to
dedicate the building.
A dinner for alumni and
“friends of BCM” will take
place at 5:30 p.m.
Cost is $7* per person, with
the meal being catered by Sweet
Magnolia’s.
Those who wish to attend
must RSVP to BCM, 819
Main St., Columbia, SC
29201.
THIS WEEK © USC
TODAY
Last Lecture Series —
Thomas M. Hughes, “How
Would I Know ... ?”: 7 p.m.
Harper College Gressette
Room
THURSDAY
Career Forum — “What
Can I Do with a Psych
Degree?”: 4 p.m. Russell House
Theater
USC Swing Shift Jazz
Combo: 7:30 p.m. School of
Music 206
Statistics Colloquium —
Paul Schliekelman, “Power of
Expression QTLs for Mapping
of Complex Trait Loci”: 2 p.m.
LeConte 210A
FRIDAY
Rebecca Nagel oboe studio
recital: 4 p.m. School of Music
206
Katherine Kuhfuss senior
voice recital: 7:30 p.m. School
of Music 206
Murder suspect
tells of killing
as many as 14
The Associated Press
ATLANTA — Serial killing
suspect Jeremy Bryan Jones
told authorities he’s killed as
many as 14 people in several
states, including eight women
in the metropolitan Atlanta
area, an Alabama detective
said.
Mobile County sheriff’s
Detective Paul Birch told The
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
that he plans to detail the
deaths in a news conference
Wednesday.
Birch told the newspaper
that Jones said he killed as
many as five Atlanta-area
prostitutes while he lived in
Georgia, and has been linked
to the 2002 slaying death of
Tina Mayberry, a 38-year-old
who was stabbed to death
outside a Douglasville
restaurant.
Douglas County District
Attorney David McDade said
he plans to charge Jones in the
death of 16-year-old Amanda
Greenwell, who lived at the
Douglasville mobile home park
where Jones lived prior to
moving to Alabama. Jones also
has been called a suspect in the
2004 disappearance of Forsyth
County hairdresser Patrice
Endres.
McDade said he has not
sought charges against Jones in
the slayings of Mayberry or
. Endres. “Jones has said a lot of
things, but I’m going to make
certain we make decisions
based on facts we can prove,”
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Gerald Robbins of the Foreign Policy Research Institute speaks Tuesday about Turkish politics.
Two inmates escape
from Midlands prison
Two inmates have escaped
from a maximum security
prison here, according to the
state Corrections Department
Web site.
Jimmy Causey, 35, had been
at Broad River Correctional
Institution after being convicted
last year of kidnapping and
other charges.
Johnny Brewer, 39, was
sentenced to life in prison in
1999 after being convicted of
killing his sister-in-law in 1994.
The Corrections Department
said the’two men escaped about
10:45 Tuesday morning. No
details of their escape were
made available and agency
director Jon Ozmint was
unavailable for comment, his
assistant said.
Richland County
investigators said the two men
were seen heading east toward
Sumter around noon. They
were seen with a woman in a
champagne-colored
Oldsmobile Alero.
Causey was sentenced to life
without parole after being
convicted of holding a
prominent Columbia defense
attorney and his family at
gunpoint and robbing them in
2002. Jack Swerling had
represented Causey in at least
two previous criminal cases
before the incident.
Prosecutors had tried to get
Brewer sentenced to death for
killing 23-year-old Kelly
Burbage in Lexington. Despite
representing himself at both his
trial and sentencing phase,
Brewer was spared the death
penalty.
Nation *
Commission approves
postage rate increase
WASHINGTON — A 2-cent
boost in the price of a postage
stamp was approved Tuesday
by the independent Postal
Rate Commission.
Under the
recommendation, which now
goes to the Postal Service’s
Board of Governors for final
action, the cost of a first-class
stamp will go from 37 cents to
39 cents and the postcard rate
will rise a penny to 24 cents.
The Postal Service requested
the increase last April. It is
expected to go into effect in
January.
The increase is needed so
the post office can make a $3.1
billion escrow ' payment
required by Congress. A bill
that would eliminate that
payment ana maKe otner
changes in postal operations
was approved by the House
but has not yet passed the
Senate. The White House has
expressed reservations about
the bill.
The Postal Service had
requested a 5.4 percent
increase in all postage rates,
but the rate commission
altered some of the proposals.
The matter now goes back to
the Board of Governors, which
can agree to the commission’s
changes or ask for
reconsideration.
The rate commission said
its decision reduced proposed
increases for nonprofit
organizations and small local
newspapers, but would raise
the post office’s planned
charges for mailing books and
media materials.
World
Applications overrun
Seoul stem cell center
SEOUL, South Korea — A
stem cell research center in
Seoul was overloaded Tuesday
when it began formally
accepting applications from
patients seeking to benefit from
cloning technology.
The World Stem Cell Hub,
led by cloning pioneer Hwang
Woo-suk, had announced that
it would begin receiving patient
registration via the Internet and
in person Tuesday morning. Its
Web site, inaccessible for hours
due to a rush of applications,
returned to normal around late
morning.
“Our Web site was extremely
slow for about three hours from
8 a.m. as there were too many
access attempts,” said Yang
Sung-kee, an official in charge
of the Web site management at
Seoul National Hospital where
the stem cell research center is.
“It looked like the server went
down, but it didn’t.”
The official said his team had
two network experts on standby
in case of attacks on the site
from those who oppose cloning
technology, but there were no
such attempts.
Nearly 2,600 applications
were received as of Tuesday
morning, said Lim Jong-pil, an
official at the research center at
Seoul National University
Hospital.
The stem cell bank opened
Oct. 19 with the aim of serving
as the main center for providing
scientists around the world with
embryonic stem cells, seen as a
potential source of replacement
tissue for people with a variety
of ailments.
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POLICE REPORT
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FRIDAY, OCT. 28
Malicious injury to private
property, 7:30a.m.
Snowden, 600 Main St.
Someone removed a fire
hose from a hallway cabinet
and turned the water on on
the fifth and sixth floors,
damaging hallways and
rooms. A carpet was damaged
in one room, and speakers
and various textbooks were
reported damaged in another.
Estimated total value: $582
Reporting ojjicer:
M.J. Winnington
ABC violation, improper
lane change, 11:31 p-m.
Intersection of Blossom
and Assembly streets
Reporting officer J.M.
Harrelson stopped a Firebird
for improperly changing lanes,
nearly causing an accident
with another vehicle. Upon
approaching the vehicle,
Harrelson observed a half-full
liquor bottle behind the
passenger seat. He also
observed the passenger, Shane
Yip, 19, heavily intoxicated.
The driver, Curtis Hughes,
and Yip were arrested and
taken to Alvin S. Glenn
Detention Center. A further
search produced another
liquor bottle and an orange
juice bottle.
SATURDAY,
OCT. 29
Malicious injury
to real property, 2:55 a.m.
Someone damaged a water
fountain by kicking it from
the wall.
Estimated value: $300
Reporting officer: A. Mitchell
Possession of an open
container of alcohol,
minor in possession of beer,
3:03 a.m.
Intersection of
Green and Barnwell streets
Reporting officer J.M.
Harrelson stopped a silver
Chevrolet Blazer driving with
its headlights off. Upon
making contact with the
occupants, he noticed an 18
pack of Bud Light on the floor
board in the back seat. After
being asked to exit the vehicle,
Harrelson observed an open
container, three-fourths full of
beer, near the front passenger
seat. Molly Nye, 18, claimed
the container was hers.
Katherine Babcock, 18,
claimed possession of a
second open container found
in the back seat. The driver,
Victor Villegas, 19, claimed
possession of the 18-pack. All
three occupants were arrested
and transported to Glenn
Detention Center.
Larceny of an Xbox, 3 p.m.
West Quad, 438 Main St.
Someone took an Xbox,
DVD controller, wireless
remote and Adidas sneakers
from an unsecured room.
Estimated value: $330
Reporting officer: M.J.
Winnington
SUNDAY, OCT. 30
Disorderly conduct,
4:30 a.m.
rreston, vrreenc oi.
Reporting officer D. Davis
arrived and found Billy
Estrada, 18, lying on the
lobby couch. He refused to sit
up after several requests to do
so. First Responders and EMS
responded to evaluate Estrada,
but he refused their attention.
EMS noted a strong smell of
alcohol, and Estrada refused
to submit identification. He
was arrested and taken to
Glenn Detention Center.
Suspicious fire, 6:59 a.m.
South Quad, ^
500 Sumter St.
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401’s hallway sign. There was
minor damage to the carpet
and smoke damage to a wall.
Housing and other officers
were notified.
Reporting officer:
M.J. Winnington
Grand larceny ^
of computer, 4:45 p.m.
Snowden, 600 Main St.
Someone removed a Dell
Latitude D610 laptop and a
15-inch Magnavox flat screen
television from an unsecured
room. Estimated value: $2,200
Reporting officer:
M.J. Winnington
Larceny of microwave,
8:30 p.m.
South Quad,
500 Sumter St.
Someone removed a white
microwave from a room.
Estimated value: $150
Reporting officer: D. Davis
MONDAY,
OCT. 31
Possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute,
possession of marijuana
with intent to distribute
within a half-mile of a
school, improper standing
no proof of insurance,
2 a.m.
400 block
of Assembly Street
Reporting officer J.M.
Harrelson stopped a white^
Buick, stopped in the^^
intersection of Blossom and
Assembly streets while the light
was green. Upon searching the
vehicle, driven by Carnell
Foster, 23, Harrelson found a
green leafy substance believed
to be marijuana in nine dear
plastic bags inside a black ski
cap under the front seat. Foster
was arrested and taken to
Glenn Detention Center.
Malicious injury
to realproperty, 8 a.m.
Russell House,
1400 Greene St.
Facilities Management said^
someone damaged 15
sprinkler heads.
Estimated value: $420
Reporting officer: J.E. Silcox
Malicious injury
to real property, 8:40 a.m.
Thomas Cooper Library,
1322 Greene St.
Someone sprayed graffiti at
three different locations on
the fifth level and one location
on the third level.
Estimated damage: $100
Reporting officer:
J.M. Simmons
Auto break-in; Larceny
of cell-phone, 1:05 p.m. ^R
Bates House,
1423 Whaley St.
The victim, 18, said
someone entered her 2000
Jeep, causing damaged to the
driver’s-side lock, and stole
$224 in cash, an LG cell
phone and a Sony. CD
player.
Estimated value: $559
Reporting officer: J.E. Silcox
Malicious injury
to real property, 2:30 p.m.
McBryde,
1309 Blossom St.
Someone painted graffiti^
on five different locations in
the area.
Estimated damage: $300
Reporting officer: J.E. Silcox
TUESDAY, NOV. 1
Suspicious activity,
12:46 a.m.
Thomas Cooper Library,
1322 Greene St.
The victim, 18, said three
unknown subjects chased
him from the library to his
dorm.f
Reporting officer: _
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