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CAROLINA m BRIEF
Physicists uncover
neutrino role at lab
Two University of
South Carolina physicists
are part of an international
team of scientists who
have uncovered the role
that neutrinos have in
the evolution of the
universe.
USC’s Sanjib Mishra
and Carl diosenfeld are
on the research team
that conducted the
Main Injector Neutrino
Oscillation Search
(MINOS) experiment,
part of a $170 million
research effort under way
at the U.S. Department of
Energy’s Fermi National
Accelerator Laboratory.
By sending a high
intensity beam of muon
neutrinos from the
lab’s site in Batavia, 111.,
to a particle detector'
in Soudan, Minn.,
scientists observed
the disappearance of a
significant fraction of
these neutrinos. The
observation is consistent
with an effect known
as neutrino oscillation,
in which neutrinos
change from one kind to
another.
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Cutting a rug for charity
Katy Blalock / THE GAMECOCK
Students dance at RHA’s Spring Charity Bail on Friday at the Columbia Conference
Center. About 120 people attended, and the event raised more than $4,000.
State
Chinese vice premier
addresses outsourcing
Amid pressure from the
United States to loosen her
country’s currency controls
and let the yuan trade freely
on world markets, Chinese
Vice Premier Wu Yi arrived
Sunday on a two-day visit to
South Carolina to talk trade
and investment.
South Carolina is one
of several Southern states
that have lost thousands
of textile industry jobs to
intense Chinese competition
in recent years.
“That’s one of the reasons
we’ve gone after them so
aggressively,” said Jenny
Sanford, who greeted the
delegation on behalf of
her husband, Gov. Mark
Sanford.
i
Nation
Intruder apprehended
on White House lawn
A screaming intruder
made it onto the front lawn
of the White House Sunday
while President Bush was
at home before being
apprehended by Secret
Service officers.
Secret Service spokesman
Eric Zahren described the
man as “someone who has
come to our attention in the
past as a fence jumper.”
The bearded manj,
wearing blub jeans and a
white T-shirt that said “God
Bless America,” jumped the
fence outside the White
House, and ran across the
north lawn while repeatedly. ,
yelling, “I am a victim of
terrorism!”
World
Israel advised against
Palestinian relations
JERUSALEM - Top Israeli
security officials on Sunday
recommended cutting all
ties with the Hamas-led
Palestinian government and
ruled out peace talks with
the Palestinian president,
Mahmoud Abbas, as long
as the Islamic militant
group refuses to renounce
violence.
The recommendation,
which essentially approved
■what has been Israeli policy
since Hamas won elections
in January, raised the
likelihood that Israel will
push forward with acting
Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert’s plan to impose a
border in the West Bank by
2010.
Police Bulletin
USCPD is seeking your assistance.
If you were in the vicinity of Five1 Points (Jungle Jim’s), or any
area between Five Points and the Coker Life Sciences building
or Towers area between 2 and 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 1,
please call Capt. Streater at 777-5102.
You might have information that would be helpful in an
investigation.
Weather Forecast
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CRIME REPORT
THURSDAY,
APRIL 6
Malicious injury
to real property,
9 a.m.
School of Ncursing,
-1621'College: Sr.
The complainant, 29,
said someone drew a
symbol on the elevator
wall.
Estimated value: $50
Reporting officer:
W. Guyon
Larceny of wallet,
noon
Speech arid Hearing,
2718 Middleburg Dr.
The complainant, 26,
said someone removed a
black wallet.
Estimated value: $22
Reporting officer:
W. Guyon
Assistance rendered,
i p.m.
Russell House,
1400 Greene St.
The victim, 20, said she
was feeling lightheaded
and was about to faint.
Reporting officer:
IV. Guyon
Auto break-in, .
petit larceny of stereo,
10 p.tn.
Coliseum Lot B, .
BOO Devine St.
The complainant, 23,
said someone broke out
the passenger side rear
vent window and stole a
JVC CD player and a car
seat.
Estimated value: $850
Reporting officer:
N. Peter
FRIDAY, APRIL 7
Assault,
2:45 a.m.
Moore Dorm,
The victim, 18, said a
known subject touched
her inappropriately
several times.
Reporting officer:
M.A. Winnington
Labor shortages, rising cost
of materials hinder roads
Kelli Kennedy
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ORLANDO, Fla. — The
cost of building roads
has gotten so high, even
dirt isn’t cheap. And that
spike is causing Florida
and other states to delay
the construction of
highways, increasing traffic
congestion.
Engineers say
reconstruction from the
eight hurricanes that have
hit the United States
since 2004 combined with
a population boom in
Florida and elsewhere is
forcing road builders to
compete with construction
companies for workers,
material and equipment.
surging ruei prices,
China’s insatiable demand
for concrete and steel and
the reconstruction of Iraq
are also pushing U.S. road
construction costs higher.
“It’s certainly been
challenging. We plan for
cost increases but this
has been a situation that
a lot of events have come
together all at one time,”
said Lowell Clary of the
Florida Department of
Transportation.
Until 2004, national
highway material costs
were steady, with a 12-year
average increase of only
1.8 percent, according
to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Now they’re
rising nationwide.
In Florida, concrete is
up 32.8 percent a unit,
from $564 in 2004 to $749
last year.
Prices for reinforced
steel and asphalt have
also jumped, according to
the Florida Department
of Transportation. Even
a cubic yard of dirt or
“earthwork” cost $7.24
on average in 2005, up
65.3 percent from $4.38 in
2004. W
Florida has about 8,000
projects in various stages
in its five-year work
program, but was forced
to defer 62 of them when
its highway budget came
up short about $1 billion,
Clary said.
Seven projects were
deferred in booming
Miaini-Dade County,
totaling $140.6 million.
Ricky Leme often sits in
bumper to bumper traffic
in an area where one of
the projects has been
postponed.
He said delaying the
work will only increase
congestion.
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