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Show Saturday Utah Valley December 29, 2007 Edition wwwJieraldextra.com 50 CENTS - YOUR TOWN '!''' - itwwi Bush vetoes defense bill juijiu-- .ii.iii ii.iii.mi. mm YOUR NEWSPAPER .j uaiuw i. wg'" uiu . W' il u . 11 taws flare in Pakistan Musharraf claims alQaida behind Bhutto murder Munir Ahmed THE would leave Iraq open to lawsuits PRESS : left 27 dead. Ben Feller ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED Pakistan's governISLAMABAD, Pakistan was behind ment asserted Friday that the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and offered the transcript from a phone tap as proof. Hundreds of thousands mobbed her funeral as the army tried to quell rioting across the nation that Caims a provision THE iwi.iiuiw wmu YOUR NEIGHBORS PRESS PresiCRAWFORD, Texas dent Bush on Friday used a "pocket veto" to reject a sweeping defense bill because he dislikes a provision that would expose the Iraqi government to expensive lawsuits seeking damages from the Saddam Hussein era. In a statement, Bush said the President Pervez Musharraf s government also said Bhutto was riot killed by gunshots or shrapnel as originally claimed. Instead, it said her skull was shattered by the force of a suicide bomb blast that slammed her against a lever in her car's sunroof. The new explanations were part of a rapidly evolving political crisis triggered by the death of Bhutto, Musharraf's most powerful foe in the elections. The rioting by Bhutto's furious See BHUTTO, A3 , Z' : ANJUM Angry supporters of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto chant slogans protest rally, Friday in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. NAVEED Associated Press after burning tires during a legislation "would imperil billions of dollars of Iraqi assets at a crucial juncture in that nation's reconstruction efforts." The president's objections were focused on a provision deep within legislation that sets defense policy for the coming year and approves $696 billion in spending, including $189 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also in the legislation were improved veterans benefits and tighter oversight of contractors and weapons programs. The pocket veto means that troops will get a 3 percent raise Jan. 1 instead of the 3.5 percent authorized by the bill. Bush's decision to use a pocket veto, announced while vacationing at his Texas ranch, means the legislation will die at midnight Dec. 31. This tactic for killing a bill can be used only when Congress is not in session. The House last week adjourned until Jan. 15; the Senate returns a week later but has been holding brief, often seconds-lon- g pro forma sessions every two or three days to prevent Bush from making appointments that otherwise would need Senate approval. Brendan Daly, spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, ., said, "The House rejects any assertion that the White House has the authority to do a pocket veto." When adjourning before Christmas, the House instructed the See VETO, Getting back to Normal V , , : ..fw; v A3 ' JOHNSTONDaily Herald MARK he sun sets on Little Rock Canyon above Springville on Friday. Recent storms have brought snowpacks to near normal levels. As of Friday, Provo River snowpack was at 77 percent with the entire state of Utah at 86 percent; : -- 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. A4 EDITORIALS A5 OUR TOWNS B1 OBITUARIES B3 BUSINESS B4 SPORTS CI WEATHER C8 LIFE & STYLE COMICS 6 P1 04 A bit of snow HIGH 32 LOW 22 VOLUME 85 ISSUE 151 . "'"dlOSS" 0005 0""8 Fire guts Orem workshop Michelle Roberts ( THE Rose INSIDE BRIEFING Mothers of war wounded also make sacrifices ASSOCIATED PRESS Lage swears it is true: Suddenly, in midst of a fitful night of sleep last she knew that her son had in Iraq. "I heard my son's voice," she recalls. "It might sound weird, but I heard him holler 'Mama!' " In fact, Staff Sgt. Michael Lage was the only survivor of a blast that killed four others. Lage e suffered burns to nearly half his body; part of his nose and ears were missing, and his face, scalp, arms and torso were seared. His left hand had to be amputated. Rose Lage, 54, understood her son's life would change. But she didn't understand how much her own quiet life a life spent playing with grand-kid- r DAILY third-degre- " I r See WOUNDED, A6 . ERIC BAY Associated Press Sot Michael Lage is assisted by his mother Rose Lage, Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. , Staff t HERALD from welding and grinding may be to blame for a fire that destroyed a workshop in Orem Friday. At 8:50 am., the Orem Fire responded t6 a report of a blaze at Alamo Business Park and Storage at 986 N. Industrial Park Drive. Firefighters arrived to find smoke and flames pouring out of two units at the complex, . s, fishing and preparing for her husband's retirement would change, as welL She would exchange her two-stor-y house in Atlanta for a hotel room on an Army post, Jeremy Duda at : '. ' ' - ' See FIRE, A3 |