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Show Celebs&People Today'sissue Today is Friday, April 17, 2009. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Kjersti Abraham, an undeclared freshman from Payson, Utah. *v' "*> -A. ,- ClarifyCorrect 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 orTSC105. A RUNNER W I T H A BALLOON MARKED I N REMEMBRANCE of Virginia Tech shooting victim Leslie Sherman talks to other runners prior to the start of a 3.2 mile run in honor of the 32 victims of the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech on the campus of the school in Btacksburg, Va., Thursday, April 16. The run marked the start of the second anniversary activities. AP photo Mystery donors give $45M to 8 schools DESMOINES. lowa(AP)-A mystery is unfolding in the world of college fundraising: During the past few weeks, at least eight universities have received gifts totaling nearly $45 million, and the schools had to promise not to try to find out the giver's identity. One school went so far as to check with the IRS and the Department of Homeland Security just to make sure a $1.5 million gift didn't come from illegal sources. The gifts ranged from $8 million at Purdue to $1.5 million donated to the University of North Carolina at Asheville. The University of Iowa received $7 million; the University of Southern Mississippi, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Maryland at College Park got $6 million each; the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was given $5.5 million. Talk of delaying WTC towers for decades NEW YORK (AP)Construction of several ground zero office towers could be put off for decades because of the failing real estate market, the site's owners said Thursday, citing an analysis that projected one skyscraper might not be built and occupied until 35 years after Sept. 11. Developer Larry Silverstein and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have been talking on and off for months about rewriting a 3-year-old agreement that gives the developer rights to build three out of five towers planned at the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attack site. Silverstein, unable to obtain financing for all the towers and with only about $1 billion left in insurance money to pay for them, asked the Port Authority last fall to guarantee financing for two of his towers, officials familiar with the negotiations say. Injured Va. Tech students mark 2nd anniversary BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) - Wounded by a gunman who sprayed bullets through their German class at Virginia Tech, Katelyn Carney and Derek O'Dell worked together to bar the door so he couldn't return. With memories of the worst mass shooting in U.S. history still fresh in their minds, they and many of the other students hurt that day returned to campus Thursday to mark the second anniversary of the slayings. Carney, who graduated in December, ran a 3.2mile race to honor the 32 people killed April 16, 2007, by student Seung Hui-Cho, who also took his own life. "This is where it matters " she said as she and a friend prepared to run. O'Dell, who walked the course, called the experience bittersweet. "We're celebrating their lives, but remembering, too," he said. "It's difficult, but I think it's important." i Engineering student Fred Cook jumped out a second-story window in Norris Hall as his professor, Liviu Librescu, was gunned down while he barred Cho from entering his classroom. He hurt his ankle, but took up running when he recovered and participated in Thursdays race. "Not a day goes by that we don't think about it," Cook said. "This increased sense of awareness by everyone certainly makes it more acute for us." Most of the 12 injured students still on campus joined about 4,300 people who raced around the main section of campus on the bright, sunny morning. The event began with the release of balloons - 32 white, followed by hundreds in the school colors of maroon and orange - and chants of "Let's Go, Hokies." The mood was upbeat as students crowded around a table to sign a message banner before the race. Suzanne Grimes, whose son Kevin Sterne was injured, was impressed that nearly ail of the runners were students, some of whom weren't on campus two years ago. "They Came out and showed their respect," she said. More than 2,000 people gathered later for a more somber event to remember the accomplishments of the 27 students and five faculty members killed. "While the tragedy of April 16,2007, touched us all, we know that 32 families continue to confront the deepest of all losses - the loss of a loved one, the loss of a life well-lived, and the loss of a bright and promising future," university President Charles Steger told the crowd. 16 killed in Mexican shootout MEXICO CITY (AP) - A shootout between Mexican troops and a convoy of gunmen left 15 assailants and one soldier dead hours before President Barack Obama arrived in the country to show his support for the fight against drug cartels. The shootout happened in a remote, mountainous region in Guerrero state, where the Pacific coast resort of Acapulco is located, Mexico's Defense Department said in a statement Thursday. Soldiers came under fire from a convoy of gunmen on Wednesday while patrolling the drug trafficking hotbed. One was killed and another wounded in the firefight near the town of San Nicolas del Oro. Troops later seized two .50 caliber Barrett rifles, 17 other rifles, eight grenades, two handguns, ammunition and eight vehicles. Obama met Thursday in the capital with President Felipe Calderon, who has sent more than 45,000 troops to drug hotspots since taking office in 2006. More than 10,670 people have died in drug violence since then, about 10 percent of them police and troops killed in the line of duty. The rest have been smugglers, many killed by rival gang members, the government said. Other deaths due to drug violence on the eve of Obama's visit included three young men whose bodies were stuffed into the trunk of a car abandoned along a highway between Acapulco and Zihuatanejo, another Pacific resort where traffickers have recently been attacking police with grenades and high-powered weapons. The men had been beaten, tortured and strangled to death, state police said. Elsewhere, a group of masked gunmen killed two men in military uniforms early Thursday in a remote jungle area near the Guatemalan border. Police in the nearby town of La Trinitaria said the victims were soldiers, but the defense department did not immediately confirm that. Traffickers sometimes wear military uniforms to avert security. LOS ANGELES (AP)-Gale Harold is back on Wisteria Lane. Six months after a serious motorcycle accident, the "Desperate Housewives" actor has returned to work. | His character, Jackson, is primed HAROLD to propose to Susan, played by Teri Hatcher. The 39-year-old Harold landed in intensive care as a result of the crash last Oct. 14. On the set of the show Wednesday, he said the accident taught him that "you can play hard, but you may have to pay a price." BOSTON (AP) - Berklee College of Music has announced that R&B legend Smokey Robinson, vocalist Linda Ronstadt and merengue pioneer Juan Luis Guerra will be awarded honorary degrees. Robinson also is scheduled to give the school's commencement address to 850 Berklee graduates. NEW YORK (AP) -Jamie Foxx has apologized to teen star Miley Cyrus for a radio routine in which he urged the 16-year-old to "make a sex tape and grow up." When the incident was brought up on the "Tonight" show Tuesday, Foxx apologized and said: "I didn't mean it maliciously." Foxx had started talking about Cyrus on his Sirius satellite radio show after someone brought up the singer's recent feud with Radiohead. Foxx said: "Who is Miley Cyrus? The one with all the gums? She needs to get a gum transplant!" Foxx noted to Jay Leno that he was doing a routine, saying: "Sometimes as comedians, you know, we go a little too far" LgfeMfeHumor David Letterman Wednesday, April 15,2009 Top Tat Things I've Learned From Being An Accountant 10. When you know the right people at the post office, it can be April 15th whenever you want. (Phil DeFalco) 9. Wite-out and 7-Up- surprisingly refreshing. (Andrew Ross) 8. If you're confused by something on the tax form, just write "Huh?" (John Fodera) 7. You do the taxes; don't let the taxes do you. (Richard Koenigsberg) 6. People will pay you a lot of money if you pretend to know how the tax code works. (Adele Valenzuela) 5. The only thing more satisfying than getting a client a sizeable refund is the garlic shrimp scampi at Red Lobster. (Doug Cohen) 4. Numers is hard. (Andrew Rubin) 3. After completing tax returns for 12 straight hours, your calculator starts talking to you. (Sandra Busell) 2. Always put your clients first... unless you get an offer to go on Letterman. (Roger Levenson) 1. Women want me. Men want to be me. 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