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Show TV Qt JSj Thursday September 2, 2004 J. Utah Valley EDITION EC www.harktheherald.con 50 CENTS 1i I Youirrz: YOUR NEWSPAPER J IN UV TODAY PAGE A8 KIDNAPPER OF ELIZABETH SMART FORMALLY INDICTED II J l I J PL C I ru i 1 1 Muii.il Read about Festival Latinoamericano in UV, inside Militants with explosives seize Russia school on a top floor of the three-stor- y school, and hours into the stand. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS off Russian security officials used a phone number they were given BESIAN, Russia Armed militants with explosives strapped to and began negotiations with the hostage-taker-s their bodies stormed a Russian widely believed linked to Chechen rebels suspectschool in a region bordering ed in a string of deadly attacks Chechnya on Wednesday, corthat appeared connected with last ralling hundreds of hostages Sunday 's presidential election in many of them children into a d the republic. gymnasium and threatening to More than 1,000 people, includblow up the building if surrounding many distraught parents, ing Russian troops attacked. At crowded outside police cordons least two people were killed, indemanding information and accluding a school parent. Camouflage-cla- d special forces cusing the government of failing to protect their children. carrying assault rifles encircled ' Middle School No. 1 in the North Tve been here all day, waiting for anything,1' said Svetlana Gssetian town of Beslan. Earlier, a little girl in a flowered dress Tskayeva, whose grown daughter and three grandchildren aged fled the school holding a soldier's 10, 6 and six months were among hand; officials said about a dozen the captives. They're not telling other people managed to escape by hiding in a boiler room. A militant sniper took position See RUSSIA, A 7 Mike Eckel "In essence, war has been declared on us, where dropped against war-ravage- the enemy is unseen and there is no " front" Sergei Ivanov Russian defense minister Bryant Jon Sarche Associated Press no names available, cry as they stand near the school seized by ot facfeers in Beslan, Russia, on Wednesday. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION VP, Georgia senator slam Kerry IJ "-- ' f ii "M JIIM I V' vS J i. ... ... .i ...mum .v. Charges .at.. j 4 tJ-- -- " -i h 'r-'- f M& ASSOCIATED PRESS The Kobe EAGLE, Colo. Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge against the NBA star because his ac cuser no longer wanted to participate. Bryant, whose trial had tsji m in been days from opening arguments, responded with an apology to the woman who had accused him. "Although I Kobe Bryant truly believe this encounter be-tweenus was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this ' incident the same way I did," Bryant said. "I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter." With the parents of the alleged victim looking on, District Judge Terry Ruckriegle threw out the case under a deal that means no charges will be refiled. District Attorney Mark Hurlbert told Ruckriegle the woman did not want to testify or1 otherwise participate in the trial -- HIM,). - THE V':- - t See BRYANT, A8 iii .... fWfgw .riWrWjmlMwa-MIMil)i- - ... Newly found virus linked to 2SIDS cases ' Marilynn Marchione THE CHARLIE Vice President Dick Cheney Press HEIBEROALLAssociated A virus recentMILWAUKEE ly discovered in Japan is suspected in two "crib deaths" in Wisconsin, and his wife Lynne, stand together after he addressed delegates at Madison Square Garden in New York on Wednesday. Democrat Miller: Kerry more wobbly thafi any other leader David Espo THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Vice President Dick Cheney unleashed a stinging attack on Sen. John Kerry Wednesday night, rtdV culing him as a politician who has made a career out of changing his mind. "Mc wrong, more weak and rnore wobbly than any other national figure agreed Sen. Zefl Miller, a Democratic - keynoter at the Republican National Convention. "As a war protester, Kerry blamed our military, said the Georgia senator in a fiery speech that drew repeated ovations from the GOP delegates in the hafl. "As a senator, he voted to weaken our military." The vice president hailed President Bush as a "superb commander in chief who has helped restore the economy since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and will lead the nation to victory in the war on terror. Bush "does not deal in empty threats and halfway measures," Cheney said in a prime-tim-e speech at the convention podium delivered to a nation- wide television audience- .Republicans launched their double-barreled attack on Bush's Democratic See CONVENTION, A7 raising new questions about how many of these mysterious tragedies might be caused by germs. , The cases mark the first time the virus has been identified in the United States. Whether it killed the babies is not dear, but both were sick before they died and had signs of disease in their lungs. Sudden infant death syndrome also called "crib death" for the devastating way it is usually disis a catch-al- l term for' covered unexplained deaths in children less than a year old. About 2200 occur r i 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS T 0 Sen. Zefl Miller, 5eeSIDS,A8 Hal rides thenewLTTA Express route shortly after getting on at the Wilkinson UTA premieres new express route to TRAX EmBy . Student Center atBYU.The new 817 route fromProvoto the 10000 South TRAX station in Sandy has only six stops and completes its Provo-to-Sand- JEREMY : ' HARMON ' B8 OBITUARIES CI BUSINESS C5 OPINIONS A6 HOROSCOPE UV MOVIES UV Provo-to-Sand- . Daly Herald WEATHER SPORTS Bt COMICS UV , y route inless than an hour. q LOCAL y completes its route fa Lilian an hour, comDAILY HERALD pared to other TRAX connectors A new kind of transit has come that have twice as many stops and a total travel rime nearly 30 to Utah County. Utah Transit Authority officials r minutes longer, said Ken Anson, on Monday debuted a new kind f transit planner for UTA. ' of express bus route designedto , And despite its express bus serreduce crowding on buses that vice, the new 817 bus will cost the , same as a regular bus ticket, ' connect to TRAX, which are ofhe said Traditional express v. v ten standing room only. bus fare is $2.70. The new 817 route from Provo i to the 10000 South TRAX station See TRAX, A8 in Sandy has only six stops and Caleb Wamodc ', INSIDE r KATON&WORLD Partly sunny HIGH&S LOW 52 VOLUME 82 ISSUE 33 AA1 m 0005 0""8 |