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Show i % Irererererev i * _i _4 1 1 _j ii ^_i__.|__.Monday, /S.pri16, 2Q WW&KA ~t *— t ! 1I Today is Monday, April 6, 2009. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Jo Kemper, a junior majoring in environmental engineering from Jackson, Wyoming. ClarifyCorrect \ Briefs Media to witness return of war casualty N A V Y MILITARY POLICE walk past a homemade semi-submersible vessel seized on land by Colombian authorities from drug traffickers, at the Bahia Malaga Navy base, on Colombia's Pacific coast, Thursday, March 26. Though II semi-subs loaded with cocaine were interdicted last year in international waters, the US Coast Guard believes that dozens more have delivered their cargo. AP photo U.S. law fights submarine like boats hauling cocaine BOGOTA (AP) - It's a game played out reguDOVER, Del. (AP) - The media larly on the high seas off Colombia's Pacific will be allowed to cover the arrival coast: A U.S. Navy helicopter spots a vessel the Sunday of an airman killed overseas, size of a humpback whale gliding just beneath the first such opportunity since the the water's surface. Obama administration overturned A Coast Guard ship dispatches an armed an 18-year ban on news coverage of team to board the small, submarine-like craft returning war dead. in search of cocaine. Crew members wave and After receiving permission from jump into the sea to be rescued, but not before family members, Air Force officials they open flood valves and send the fiberglass planned to open Dover Air Force hulk and its cargo into the deep. Base for the media to observe the Colombia has yet to make a single arrest in return of the flag-covered coffin such scuttlings because the evidence sinks with carrying the body of 30-year-old Staff Sgt. Phillip Myers of Hopewell, the so-called semi-submersible. A new U.S. law and proposed legislation Va. Myers was killed April 4 near in Colombia aim to thwart what has become Helmand province, Afghanistan, South American traffickers' newest preferred after being hit from an improvised means of getting multi-ton loads to Mexico and explosive device, the Department of Central America. Defense said. Twelve people have been arrested under the Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of New Mormon apostle makes first address SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Newly appointed Mormon church apostle Neil L. Andersen says many modernday pioneers are helping to grow the church in countries around the world. In his first address since being named to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, Andersen says the new pioneers share the same spirit and commitment as early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints, who crossed the plains to settle Utah in the 1840s. "They don't push handcarts " said Andersen referencing the handpowered carts Mormons used to haul their possessions. "But they are exactly the same." Church president Thomas S. Monson named Andersen to the quorum on Saturday to fill a vacancy left when Joseph B. Wirthlin died in December at age 91. The quorum is the second-highest governing body of the church. Members serve for life and are in line for ascension to the church presidency. Church statistics show worldwide church membership grew to about 13.5 million in 2008, up from about 13.1 million in 2007. The data shows a contingent of more than 52,000 missionaries drew 265,593 converts last year. --, . • : • • - . . 11 ! 1 Celebs&People TMzy'slssue The policy of The Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find unfair, please contact the editor at 797-1762 or TSC 105. - • >i* • 2008 since it went into effect in October. It outlaws such unregistered craft plying international waters "with the intent to evade detection." Crew members are subject to up to 15 years in prison. "It's very likely a game-changer," said Jay Bergman, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's regional director, based in Colombia. "You don't get a get-out-of-jail free card anymore." The law faces legal challenges, though. The defendants have filed pretrial motions saying it violates due process and is an unconstitutional application of the so-called High Seas clause, which allows U.S. prosecution of felonies at sea. The vessels, hand-crafted in coastal jungle camps from fiberglass and wood.-have become H See SUBMARINE, page 14 Former Beatles 'Come Together' LOS ANGELES (AP) - A publicist says actor Josh Hartnctt has been released from a Los Angeles hospital after recovering from gastrointestinal problems. Publicist Susan Patricola said Friday that the 30year-old Hartnett was released earlier this week after undergoing tests to determine the HARTNETT cause. He had been transported Monday to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Patricola says Hartnett had a flare-up of a gastrointestinal issue last year that affected him while he was starring in an onstage production of "Rain Man" in London. Hartnett has appeared in the films "Black Hawk Down," "Sin City," "40 Days and 40 Nights" and "The Black Dahlia." WASHINGTON (AP)-Levi Johnston says ex-fiance Bristol Pal in, daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, allows him to visit their 3month-old son but won't let him take the baby out. In an interview to air Monday with talk show host Tyra Banks, Johnston, 19, said he and 18-year-old Bristol don't always get along. "Some days we can have regular conversations without fighting," Johnston said. "Most of the times, I don't know what's wrong with her. She's in a pretty bad mood, she's short, she doesn't want me around, I don't think. She says that I can come see the baby and that kind of thing, but won't let me take him anywhere." The two are the parents of an infant son, Tripp, born on Dec. 27. Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said Bristol Palin was unaware Johnston would be appearing on "The Tyra Banks Show," along with his mother, Sherry, and sister, Mercede. LgfeMfeHumor David Letterman, Friday April 3, 2009 Top 10 Signs Your Kid Is In Al Qaeda 10. His name: Mike Jenkins- now goes by Mike Bin Jenkins. 9. Runs inside for cover whenever a satellite flies overhead. 8. His chemistry tutor? Chemical Ali. 7. If he doesn't like what's for dinner, he throws a shoe at you. 6. On invitation to his birthday party, he wrote "No Kurds". 5. Hides in his room and communicates through randomly-released audiotaped messages. 4. Yearbook declares him "Most likely to defeat the American jackals in the name of Allah". 3. Asks to go to sleepaway camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. FORMER BEATLES PAUL MCCARTNEY A N D RINGO STARR, the surviving members of the Beatles, perform at the Change Begins Within Concert, Saturday April 4 in New York.The reunion of McCartney and Starr, the first time in seven years, was the highlight of the "Change Begins Within" concert on Saturday night The event was held at Radio City Music Hall to benefit the David Lynch Foundation, which aims to teach at-risk youth meditation techniques. AP photo When Your Family and Friends Reserve Friday and Saturday night, they can also stay Sunday night for Freel Offer vahd only through FritfaylprTaif- May 2. 2. Happiest day of his life: when Ayman Al Zahahiri showed up at his BarMitzvah. 1. Instead of Hannah Montana, he has a crush on Pooja Fallujah. Call and Reserve Today! |