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Show Monday, Nov. 15, 2010 Page 2 ttr"r › r% FP; World&N Tr. Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com 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 or TSC 105. Nat'lBriefs Man once thought dead arrested in kidnapping JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The FBI says a Mississippi man who was once considered legally dead has been arrested in the kidnapping of a slain Las Vegas girl whose body was found in the woods of central Louisiana. FBI spokeswoman Sheila Thorne said Thomas Steven Sanders was arrested early Sunday in Gulfport, Miss. The arrest capped a massive manhunt in a bizarre case that stretched across the country. Court documents obtained by The Associated Press show Sanders abandoned his family in 1987 and was declared dead by a Mississippi court 1994. He lived unnoticed for years despite being arrested several times. Sanders was wanted in the kidnapping 12-year-old Lexis Roberts, whose skeleton was found by hunters. Dog stuck on cliff rescued by deputy PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A springer spaniel stuck overnight on a cliff ledge in Lake Pueblo State Park is OK after a sheriffs deputy rappelled down a canyon to retrieve him. The dog named "Doc" went over an 80-foot cliff Thursday morning while training to become a hunting dog. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the spaniel became trapped after sliding down a shale canyon side. The pup landed on a ledge about 80 feet down a 200-foot ravine. Master Deputy Dylan Jacketta says it was too dark Thursday to attempt a rescue, so rescuers passed blankets down to the ledge. On Friday morning, Jacketta rappelled down the canyon and rescued Doc. LateNiteHumor Top 10 Ways To Make The G20 Summit More Exciting — Nov. 11, 2010 10. More exciting?! Are you mad?! 9. Change focus from global economy to movie and television trivia. 8. Legalize helmet-to-helmet hits. 7. No one allowed to speak until they've thrown back a couple of Jager shots, dude. 6. More exciting?! Are you mad?! That joke was Number 10. Who checks these things? 5. Replace elegant buffet spread with tray of McRibs. 4. Puppets. 3. Rename it OMG20. 2. Bottomless cups of General Foods International Coffee. 1. Strand world leaders on a Carnival Cruise liner 150 miles at sea. Arizona voters say yes to medical marijuana PHOENIX (AP) — A measure that would legalize medical marijuana in Arizona pulled ahead for the first time Friday, with both supporters and opponents saying they believed the proposal that went before voters on Election Day would pass. Proposition 203 was ahead by 4,421 votes out of more than 1.63 million votes counted. The measure started out losing by about 7,200 votes on Nov. 2 and the gap gradually narrowed in the following 10 days. Only about 10,000 early and provisional ballots remain to be counted in the state, and all are in Maricopa County. If the measure passes, Arizona would be the 15th state with a medical marijuana law. "We were optimistic that this is what the result was going to be today, and we're thrilled that it came to reality," said Andrew Myers, campaign manager for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project. "Moving forward it's our responsibility to help implement a program that Arizona can be proud of." Opponents of the initiative, including ALLAN SOBOL, OPERATIONS MANAGER at Marijuana Marketing Strategies, LLC, stands in his store while holding up replica samples of marijuana. AP photo all Arizona's sheriff's and county prosecutors, the governor, attorney general, and many other politicians, came out against the proposed law. "All of the political leaders came out and warned Arizonans that this was going to have very dire effects on a number of levels," said Carolyn Short, chairwoman of Keep AZ Drug Free, the group that organized opposition to the initiative. "I don't think that all Arizonans have heard those dire predictions. "Election night and this entire week has been a very exciting time for us — we just didn't know we had actually lost," Short said. "I am incredibly proud of our small but dedicated army of volunteers who worked very, very hard for months to educate voters about Prop 203." Backers of Proposition 203 argued that thousands of patients faced "a terrible choice" of suffering with a serious or even terminal illness or going to the criminal market for pot. They collected more than 252,000 signatures to put the measure on the ballot — nearly 100,000 more than required. The measure will allow patients with diseases including cancer, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and any other "chronic or debilitating" disease that meets guidelines to buy more 2.5 ounces of marijuana every two weeks or grow plants. The patients must get a recommendation from their doctor and register with the Arizona Department of Health Services. The law also allows for no more than 124 marijuana dispensaries in the state. "Our law is written to be incredibly restrictive. We're talking only about seriously or terminally ill patients," Myers said. "There are 14 medical marijuana states, and for political reasons they decided to narrow in on (problems in) California because they don't believe that marijuana is medicine at all." The measure began Friday losing by about 1,500 votes. The vast majority of outstanding votes were in Maricopa County, which includes Phoenix, on Friday morning. About 30,000 provisional ballots during the day, and those went heavily for medical marijuana backers. The county also processed 5,024 early ballots. Maricopa County has 8,000 early and 2,000 provisional ballots still to count. Outstanding ballots will be counted. . Colo. police investigate, protect Amazon author DENVER (AP) — Police are investigating whether the author of a guide for pedophiles did anything illegal even as they try to protect him from a threat posted on a local website. Phillip Ray Greaves II of Pueblo has drawn national attention because his self-published book for sale on Amazon offers advice to pedophiles on how to make a sexual encounter with a child as safe as possible. Pueblo police heard news reports about the book and went to Greaves' home Thursday morning to interview him. Pueblo Detective Dustin Taylor described Greaves as cooperative and said he gave detectives a copy of the book when they asked for one. "He was just a normal man. He didn't seem unnerved by us being there," Taylor said. Police told Greaves that he'd been threatened on a local website and they would monitor his home for his safety. Taylor said the author didn't seem fearful. Police would not elaborate on the threat, and the mes- sage was removed from the website, Taylor said. Greaves, 47, has no criminal record and is not a registered sex offender, Taylor said. Taylor said authorities kept the book but don't expect criminal charges at this point. "At this point we're still reviewing it, though there's still no indication of any crime being committed," Taylor said. The book, "The Pedophile's Guide to Love and Pleasure: a Child-lover's Code of Conduct," includes first-person descriptions of such encounters, purportedly written from a child's point of view. Greaves argues that pedophiles are misunderstood, as the word literally means to love a child. He adds that it is only a crime to act on sexual impulses toward children, and offers advice that purportedly allows pedophiles to abide by the law. Greaves also self-published other books on Amazon and was a frequent writer to the Pueblo Chieftain editorial page. His letters to the editor were mostly about local matters and the role of government. Last month, Greaves wrote a letter calling for criminal fines to go to "randomly selected charities" instead of the government. Amazon has declined comment to The Associated Press. Greaves also declined an interview but told The Smoking Gun website on Wednesday that he suffers from depression and that he had sexual contact with children while still a child himself. The website said that when asked if he had engaged in sexual acts with children as an adult, Greaves first said "could have" before saying that he hadn't. He also said he suffered a mental collapse about three years ago while working as a nursing home aide. Greaves said he had only sold one book and insisted it doesn't advocate for adults to harm children. "The best advice I can give a pedophile is, accept that masturbation is your best friend," Greaves told The Smoking Gun. Media analysts discuss Conan viewership NEW YORK (AP) — Conan O'Brien has finished his first week on TBS with a hefty sampling by a remarkably younger-skewing audience. Thursday's show drew 2 million viewers, less than half the number who gathered for his muchawaited, much-promoted debut on Monday, according to the Nielsen Co. But of those 2 million viewers, nearly 1.4 million were in the 18-to-49 age group that many advertisers want to reach. All this week, cable network TBS has crowed about the median age for "Conan" viewers — about 30 years old. By contrast, the median audiences for late-night talk shows on the broadcast networks crack the 50-year-old mark, or push past it. For "Conan" — which airs Mondays through Thursdays at 11 p.m. EST — the big question becomes: How many more viewers will fall away as his new show's core audience reveals itself? The answer could be coming as soon as next week. "I never take the first week seriously," industry analyst Shari Anne Brill said Friday. "I think Week Two is the indicator. That's when you start looking at who the audience is." "I think by then, Conan will be close to where he's going to end up," media analyst Steve Sternberg agreed. "And if he maintains an audience of 1 million 18-to-49-year-olds, I think TBS will be happy with him." After eight months on the sidelines after his brief stint hosting The Tonight Show," and his bitter exit from NBC last January, O'Brien returned to late night amid much media attention as viewers flocked to welcome him back. "He was almost like a folk hero," said Brill. "A lot of people were tuning in for curiosity's sake." Looking rested, ready and typically self-skewering, O'Brien greeted guests, who included "Mad Men" star Jon Hamm; Julie Bowen of "Modern Family"; and the clearly-game-for-anything Tom Hanks, who, while chatting with O'Brien on Tuesday's show, was drenched by a diving whale (you had to be there). On Wednesday's "Conan," the host shared with viewers a list of rejected titles for his new show. Among them were "Plan B With Conan O'Brien," "One Hour to Lopez" and "One Night Closer to Death." "We've been having a great first week here at TBS," he said during Thursday's monologue. "But if this doesn't work out, you can catch me next fall on my new VH1 show, 'Coning for Love." It may not come to that. Audience-wise, "he may stay about where he is now," Sternberg says. "And if he does, he's a hit." CONAN O'BRIEN DEBUTED his new late-night show on TBS Monday, Nov. 8. By Thursday, less than half of Monday's viewers tuned in. AP photo 45 North Main Street Logan Utah Across from the Tabernacle |