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Show DAILY Morning Briefing Compiled from Daily Herald wire services who shot through office POMPANO BEACH, Fla. A gunman chased his through her office Friday, shooting at her over the cubicles and critically wounding her before fleeing, authorities said. Police quickly tracked down the car they believe Roger Dean Murray fled in, but it was empty, Broward County sheriff's spokesman Elliott Cohen said. Derica Edwards-Clark- , 26, Mom charged for pushing son to beat up boy SACRAMENTO, Calif. Police and parents are aghast over the purported actions of a mother who allegedly transported her son to a fight with another student this week across from a local middle school. The mother then reportedly cheered her son on as he pounded his smaller opponent and she then told another mother to mind her own business as the woman attempted to all break up the fight the action being caught on video by another student. Police took the video as evidence. Police school resource officers pieced together the story, and Folsom police arrested Renee Ann Honnold, 37, at her home. Honnold was booked into Sacramento County jail on suspicion of endangering the life or health of a child and criminal conspiracy, both felonies. She also was booked on suspicion of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor. Her son was cited on suspicion of misde- meanor battery. Both boys have been suspended from school for five days, said Officer Kurt Knudsen, spokesman for the Folsom Police Department. was working at Florida Builder Appliances when she was struck by at least two shots in the hip and arm. Murray, 27, then held the semiautomatic handgun to his head and pulled the trigger, but it didnt fire, the sheriffs office said in a small-calib- Saturday, THE ing them that we stay together as a big family and rise above it," said Rhonda Slade, the new treasurer. The troop of 18 boys, ages 6 to 10, learned that $2,231 was missing last month when the bank called about overdraft fees. statement. The illegal withdrawals Edwards-Clarwas taken to started last year, taking $1,231 a hospital in critical condition, the pack had earned from its Pompano Beach city spokespopcorn sales in November woman Sandra King said. and December. Cohen said a second man, The pack's account had an whose identity was not readditional $ 1,000 carried over from last year, but that vanleased, was in the car with ished with a check written for Murray and entered the buildcash Dec. 6, Rhonda Slade said. ing with him. He said both show up on surveillance video, Jim Shires of the Jefferson which was not immediately County Sheriffs Office said released. the theft, a felony, was under "Both of them may have eninvestigatioa He couldn't protered the business, but Murray vide additional information. was the gunman," Cohen said. I "We were robbed didn't know what to think," Court: D.C's handgun said Preston Slade, 10, a pack ban is unconstitutional member and Rhonda Slade's son. "No one should do that to A federal appeals court over- Cub Scouts." The troop closed turned the District of Columthe drained bank account, and bia's handgun began to deal with operating ban Friday, rejecting the city's costs and no money. argument that the Second Amendment right to bear arms Ariz, company raided applied only to militias. for illegals; In a decision, the judges held that the activities protected others charged Federal by the Second Amendment "are TUCSON, Ariz. not limited to militia service, authorities on Friday raided a nor is an individual's enjoyment construction company accused of the right contingent" on enof hiring illegal immigrants, rollment in a militia detaining eight undocumented The ban on owning handworkers and arresting several other employees. guns went into effect in 1976. The U.S. Court of Appeals Scores of agents fanned out for the District of Columbia in Douglas, along the Mexico Circuit also threw out the border, and in Sierra Vista, district's requirement that about 50 miles northwest, in the raid on Sun Dry Wall & registered firearms be kept Stucco Inc's offices, a foreunloaded, disassembled and under trigger lock. man's home, the home of a susIn 2004, a lower-coujudge pected counterfeiter and eight told six city residents that they work sites. did not have a constitutional Company president Ivan Hardt, 44, the firm's human right to own handguns. The resources manager; Carol Hill, plaintiffs include residents of e neighborhoods who 42; and four other employees wanted the guns for protecwere taken into custody on tion. federal counts of conspiring to "The district's definition of knowingly hire illegal workers the militia is just too narrow," and harboring illegal workers, said Lauren Mack, a spokesJudge Laurence Silberman wrote for the majority Friday. woman for Immigration and "There are too many instances Customs Enforcement. of 'bear arms' indicating priImmigration officials were vate use to conclude that the processing the eight detained drafters intended only a milworkers, all from Mexico. Three other people were itary sense." charged in state court with Pack leader empties supplying workers with counterfeit work documents, ofCubs' bank account ficials said. DENVER There's no Cub A message left at the Sierra Vista-baseScout merit badge for being firm was not imripped off, but Troop 459 is mediately returned. Federal authorities in Arilearning to deal with the news that a former pack leader emp- zona set up a hot line to help tied the bank account. families inquire about relatives "It's tragic, but we are show- - who may have been arrested. k long-standi- president 2-- 1 rt high-crim- d The WORLD Mxdi 10. 2007 Regents OK 4 percent tuition increase in Utah Brock Vergakis The Nation Police look for gunman HERALD Proposed additional increases on individual campuses: ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY The State Board of Regents approved a 4 percent tuition increase for the state's public colleges and universities on Friday. Students at those schools will also vote whether to approve as much as a 5 percent increase on top of that, saifl board spokeswoman Amanda Covington. The University of Utah is proposing an additional 3.5 percent tuition increase, or about $70, according to the board. The College of Eastern Utah is proposing no additional tuition increase. The tuition increase the State Board of Regents approved goes to paying for faculty salaries, including health insurance. The tuition increase students at each school will vote on can go toward whatever administrators choose, Covington said. Student fees will also increase an average of 4.22 percent to about $506 each year, although the board has not yet approved fee increases at Weber State, Dixie State College and Utah Valley State College. The increase in tuition and fees comes as the state's colleges struggle to grow, with all but Utah Valley State College and Southern Utah University seeing a decline in enroll' ment this year. State lawmakers have acknowledged that rising tuition plays a factor in declining enrollment and are searching for ways to lessen costs. 3.5 3 I University of Utah I Utah State University I Weber State University I Southern Utah University 3 3 I Snow College I Dixie State College I College of Eastern Utah 1.5 5' 0 2.7 I Utah Valley State College I Salt Lake Community College 2 The Legislature increased funding for higher education by about $68.4 million this year. The average proposed tuition increase of 6.6 percent is the lowest since 2001. The Legislature made a serious commitment to helping students this year and that is reflected in lower tuition increases," said Board of Regents Chairman Jed Pitcher. Legislators also appropriated $4 million for financial aid. This fall some students will also qualify for resident-rat- e tuition who wouldn't have in the past. Lawmakers reduced he amount of time a, student is required to live in Utah to qualify for the reduced tuition from three years to one. need-base- d ' States struggle to reign in college textbook prices Brian Bakst college students spend $644 annually on books; a 2005 government report put the figure at about $900 per year, but that figure ST. PAUL, Minn. includes supplies, too. Winona State UniAt one legislative hearing in Minnesota, versity senior Rick Howden, a business administration major, figures he knows a d student leaders displayed a bad deal when he sees it. A $4,500 tab for his bundle of materials for a single Spanish, college textbooks by the time he graduates? course. The tab: $193. Bad deal. The Minnesota bill would require that bunThat includes a $142 business text he had to dled material also be available as individual buy that he has barely opened. pieces; that pubkshers disclose planned revi"It ends up sitting on the floor next to my sions; and that schools give students itemized cost information before they register for a desk," Howden said. "It's hard for me to jusclass. tify." Lawmakers around the country share Around the country, some students hate book-rentHowden's concern about the heavy expense explored the idea of school-ru- n of college textbooks. services as a cheaper alternative. Lawmakers In Minnesota, legislators are considering in Florida, Indiana and Nebraska are considmore tightly regulating the textbook pubering doing away with sales taxes on textlishing industry and requiring professors to books, something 18 states have done. in choosing course be more Bruce Hildebrand, an official with the Asmaterials. At least a dozen other statehouses, sociation of American Publishers, said the from California to Connecticut, are taking up most successful textbooks are lucky to reach the issue. 40,000 copies in sales, while "This is the hidden cost to higher educacan sell millions of copies before tion," said Democratic Rep. Frank Moe, the they even hit paperback. Minnesota's bill sponsor, who also teaches at Then, after a textbook's debut year, students can pick them up on the resale market. Bemidji State University. "Reasonable profit makes sense. But the margins they are makThat makes it hard for publishers to recapture their investment. ing on these textbooks is just absurd." Publishers have argued that such proposThe publishing industry estimates that the als interfere with their constitutional rights, average textbook edition has a four-yethreaten the academic freedom of faculty lifespan and a price tag of $52. Hildebrand was in Arkansas this week members, and ignore the economics of textbook publishing. Textbooks are costly, in fighting a bevy of textbook bills after hitting Illinois and Minnesota earlier this year. He part, because relatively few copies are sold, they say. disputed allegations that the nation's 4,500 The textbook industry pulls in more than textbook publishers are hiding costs, passing $6.5 billion a year at college bookstores, and cosmetic changes off as new editions or packcollege books which have tripled in price aging books with extra materials for the sake since 1986. The industry estimates four-yeof making money. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS shrink-wrappe- mass-mark- et best-seller- s ar ar Pakistani president removes chief justice ISLAMABAD, Pakistan Pakistan's president has I 9. hi' f " removed the Islamic nation's ' chief justice for "misuse of i authority," a minister and state v.media reported Friday. Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, chief judge of the I Supreme Court since 2005, had a enjoyed reputation for taking a tough line against government misdeeds and human rights abuses. Opposition groups, lawyers and former judges expressed PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAISAssoclated surprise over the dismissal, which underlined the power of President Bush plays a percussion instrument as he joins the executive dominated by in playing with students during a performance at the President Gea Pervez Mushcommunity center Friday in Sao Paulo, Brazil arraf over the judiciary. t; ... 4 A I ill jraais say top figure in arrested al-Qai- da BAGHDAD The shadowy leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an group that challenged the authority of Iraq's government, was captured Friday in a raid on the western outskirts of Baghdad, an Iraqi military spokesman said. Abu Omar was arrested along with several other insurgents in a raid in the town of Abu Ghraib, said Brig. Bush spars at a distance with Chavez SAO PAULO, Brazil Taunted by leftist President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, President Bush on Friday insisted the United States is not neglecting Latin America and celebrated an alternative-fuel- s pact with Brazil as proof. "I don't think America gets enough credit for trying to help improve people's lives," Bush said at a joint news conference with Brazilian Gea Qassim President Luiz Inado Lula da Silva. "My trip is to explain as spokesman for the Baghdad security operatioa U.S. ofclearly as I can that our nation ficials had no confirmation of is generous and compassion th mrsiwrm onI enM tHmr tuara ate." Bush shrugged off fresh looking into the report. said attacks from Chavez, his pri dadi admitted his identity,as mary South American tormendid another "of the terrorfcts" tor. The Venezuelan leader is who confirmed "that the one in staging a tour of the region to our hands Is rival Bush's weeklong, visit. The arrest of would be a major victory for On Friday, in Buenos Aires, U.S. and Iraqi forces in their Argentina about 1,000 miles fight against Sunni insurgents, southwest of here Chavez caDcd Bush's travels an atespecially the hardcore relito divide and confuse who have extremists tempt gious shown no interest In negotiatLatin American nations. The future belongs to us," ing an end to their struggle. five-count- ry Press Chavez told reporters, adding "Oh, ho ho! Gringo go home!" The two were even closer later Friday, when Chavez ad- dressed an rally in a soccer stadium in Buenos Aires while Bush arrived in Montevideo, Uruguay, across the River Plate. Chavez is using his country's vast oil wealth to reach out to ordinary Latin Americans and to court other leftist leaders. Ethiopia: Tourists with unknown kidnappers MEKELE, Ethiopia A Eu- ropean tour group that disappeared last week near the disputed border of Ethiopia and Eritrea appeared to be "safe and secure" but was in the hands of unknown kidnappers, Ethiopia's foreign minister said Friday. The group five employees of the British Embassy in Addis Ababa or their relatives was abducted along with 13 Ethiopian drivers or translators March 1 In Afar, a remote border area with ancient salt mines and a spectacular volcanic landscape Clubs Straight Alliances or similar clubs.. "Some people have stated the requirements of the Equal Access Act and the First Amendment. We ask that Continued fromAl that. I have yet to have one you counter HB 236 S7's, amLisa Roskelley, a spokesvalid argument on how it biguity with a dear statement woman with the governor's does that. Nobody's been able in favor of students' constituoffice. to explain that," TiKon said. tional rights by vetoing this Not everyone agrees. On Rep. Aaron Tiltoa unnecessary legislation" ' who sponsored its Web site, the American For some school districts, the bill, said he thinks the CM Liberties Union of Utah the legislation win not change said the federal Equal Access much, if anything. Provo governor came to the right conclusion Act and the first amendment School District already has "Parents' rights are paraguarantee students' right policies in place requiring , mount in any case, in any to form GayStraight Alliparents to be notified and situation when it comes to ances, and the organization give consent for their chiltheir child's education and dren to join school clubs or expressed concern that the what they participate in at legislation may adversely aforganizations, according to fect such groups. school," Tilt on said. "I'm just Greg HudnaU, the district's thrilled that we've got this The organization urged director of student services. bill signed, that the governor Huntsman to veto the legisla"We think our poUcy win understood what the issues tion in a letter last week. fan right in line with the rewere at hand." "Our primary concern with quirements that are signed in Tilt on said that the purpose1 the legislation is that school with this bin," he said. "We of the legislation is not to ban administrators and faculty fed pretty confident that the specific dubs, but to give may interpret it to mean policy we have in Provo win parents more control. School that Gay Straight Alliances meet the standard set by the boards can discipline or (GSAs), or similar student state." disband dubs, he said, if the dubs, may be prohibited," A GayStraight Alliance dubs violate the law. the letter stated. "No matter dub was formed in Provo in He also reiterated that how creative their attempts, 2005 but has since disbanded the biU does not target Gay legislators cannot get around for lack of interest. Gingrich, who frequently campaigned on family values issues, divorced his second Continued from A I wife, Marianne, in 2000 after 1994 elect ions, Gingrich rehis attorneys acknowledged mains wildly popular among Gingrich's relationship with his current wife, Callista many conservatives. He has Bisck, a former congressiorepeatedly placed near the top of Republican presidential nal aide more than 20 years polls recently, even though he younger than he is. has not formed a campaign. His first marriage, to his Gingrich has said he is wait- former high school geometry ing to see how the Republican teacher, Jackie Battley, ended field shapes up before decidIn divorce in 1381. Although ing in the faQ whether to run. Gingrich has said he doesn't remember it, Baltlry has said Reports of extramarital affairs have dogged him for Gingrich discussed divorce years as a result of two messy terms with her while site was divorces, but he has refused to recuperating In the hospital discuss them publicly. from cancer surgery. Gingrich .1 Gingrich married Marianne months after the divorce. "There were times when I was praying and when 1 felt I was doing things that were wrong. But I was still doing them," he said in the interview. "I look back on those as periods of weakness and periods that I'm not proud of." Gingrich's congressional career ended in 1998 when he abruptly resigned from after poor showings from Republicans In elections and after being reprimanded by the House ethics panel over charges that he used funding to advance his political goals. Con-gre- st ss |