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Show BYU men's basketball defeats Hartford i sports Wednesday Utah valley NOVEMBER 21, 2007 edition www.heraldextra.cora 50 CENTS YOUR TOWN YOUR NEIGHBORS YOUR NEWSPAPER SENTENCE HANDED DOWN Skin cells Warrem Jeffs gets made to mimic i 5-to-- life J stem cells Malcolm Ritter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YOR K Scientists have created the equivalent of embryonic stem cells from ordinary skin cells, a breakthrough that could someday produce new treatments for disease without the explosive moral questions of embryo cloning. Research teams in the United States and Japan showed that a simple lab technique can rival the complex and highly controversial idea of extracting stem cells from cloned embryos. It was a landmark achievement on all fronts, defusing one of the most divisive debates in modern medicine and religion. It was lauded by scientists, ethicists and religious groups. "This work represents a tremendous scientific milestone the biological equivalent of the Wright Brothers' first airplane," said Dr. Robert Lanza, whose company, Advanced Cell Technology, has been trying to extract stem cells from cloned human embryos. "It redefines the ethical terrain," said Laurie Zoloth, a bioethi-cis- t at Northwestern University. See A3 CELLS, Stem cell progress Human skin cells have been turned into the rough equivalent of embryonic stem cells without using unfertilized eggs or destroying embryos, repeating the feat first performed in mice. Embryonic "SI - Stem cells stems cells in isolated from - Dolly the ( JUD Warren Jeffs left sits as his attorneys, Richard Wright and Walter F. Bugden, confer during Jeffs's sentencing Tuesday inSt. BURKETTAssociated Press George, Polygamist leader sentenced for rape as an accomplice Jennifer Dobner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A judge sentenced a polygamous-sec- t leader Tuesday to two consecutive terms of five years to life in prison for his role in the arranged marriage of teenage cousins. Warren Jeffs, 51, was convicted of two counts of rape as an accomplice'fof his role in the folmarriage of a cousin lower and her in 2001. It will be up to the Utah parole board to decide how long he actually stays behind bars. As the verdict was read, Jeffs was stoic, as he was throughout the trial. His attorney, Wally DOUGLAS C. PIZACAssociated Press Bugden, asked the judge for concurrent sentences but lost Prosecutor Brock Belnap is surrounded by the argument. the media as he leaves court after the "This was all about religion," Warren Jeffs. of sentencing ST. GEORGE Bugden said outside court. "The Jeffs won't pay for security foundation of this case was the prosecution of. Mr. Jeffs because of placement marriage." Jeffs is head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, whose members practice polygamy in arranged marriages that have often involved placing girls with older men, Most FLDS members live in the twin communities of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., about 350 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. Washington County prosecutors said Jeffs enticed Elissa Wall into marriage and sex against her will by telling her that the relationship was commanded by God and that See JEFFS, A judge rejected a request that polygamous-sec- t leader Warren Jeffs pay $111,000 in security costs related to his case. The request came from St. George police and the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Fifth District Judge James Shumate said no, but he did order Jeffs to pay $1,000 for his transfer to Utah from Nevada. That's where he was captured in August 2006. A3 Mouse Hwang Wco-su- k H discredited for bogus human stem cell cloning Stem cells Mouse cells reprogrammed to mimic f cloning Human stem cells isolated embryonic stem cells I ' stem cells created by sheep cloned by Ian Wilmut and colleagues Researchers announce cloning a cat- -. the human adult brain mouse blastocysts : ) ; 'os "06 "07 grown from cloned monkey embryos SOURCE: The National Academies AP UNACCOMPANIED MLNORS Parents say nied minor," said Teresa Laraba, the airline's vice president for ground airlines should do more for children traveling alone operations. Each year across the United States, hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors take to the skies. Airline officials say the holidays are second only to summer in numbers of solo children, making David Koenig it a time of year that tests anxious THE ASSOCIATED PRESS parents and airline policies. It's hard to know just how often Cole wanted to fly her things go wrong with unaccompanied minors. Airlines aren't required son, Danny, from to report such incidents, although Maryland home to Houston so he could catch a football parents sometimes tell the federal Transportation Department. An game with his dad, who was there on a business trip. agency spokesman said there were 36 complaints through last week, Danny had only flown once or twice, and never alone. So Susan, compared to 47 in the same period last year. The most complaints plenty nervous herself, last month this year have been lodged against took Danny to Baltimore-Washingto- n TIMOTHY JACOBSENAssociated Press US Airways, 9; Delta Air Lines, 8; International Airport three Cole and her son, Danny, are photographed at their Mt. hours early and accompanied him to Susan Northwest Airlines, 4; and AmeriAiry, Md., home. The Coles ran into difficulties at a local airport when can Airlines, 3. the gate. told be by a Southwest Airlines ticket agent that Danny would they were "I assumed Southwest would let In June, Northwest put two chiltreated as an adult and not given any special attention during a flight by dren on the him on early, before the herd of wrong flights in Memhimself to Texas. phis. Both were reunited with family passengers gets on, because I'm not 12 hours late, in one members even sure he's tall enough to reach case and the airline said it was the overhead luggage," Cole said. Cole said a succession of SouthSouthwest escorts children 5 his father. taking steps to avoid similar events. west employees not only refused to Last December, a A Southwest executive says the through 11 who are traveling alone, boy but "once you hit 12, you're considlet Danny board early, but wouldn't employees were just following com' ered a youth and not an unaccompa See MINORS, A3 pany policy. promise to help him meet up with ' Susan PHOTOS FOR SALE See a photo you would like to have in your home or office? Daily Herald photos now are available online at heraldextra.comgallery. : Past could haunt Giuliani's presidential bid . They keep coming, don't they? Those THE WASHINGTON POST hauntings from the past. First, his friend and ' former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik indictment last week Before deciding to run for president, Rudy was hit with a Giuliani might have consulted the late William on various charges of corruption and mail and Faulkner, who studiously said: "The past is not tax fraud. Then Judith Regan, once a Kerik mistress and former publisher of Regan-Bookdead. In fact, it's not even past." If America's he that know didn't claiming in a lawsuit that two execubefore, certainly mayor tives at her imprint's parent company, Rupert knows it now. Sridhar Pappu s, Murdoch's News Corp., told her to lie when investigators questioned her about Kerik. The lies, she says, were meant to protect Giuliani's presidential bid. Not that he's unaccustomed to it, but news of the tawdry once again is nipping at Giuliani's heels. 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