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Show & d l a r e H X u l i Da YOUR TOWN * YOUR NEIGHBORS. YOUR NEWSPAPER SPORTS Side eae DANCING IXING AFIRST PEEK AT SOCCERIN — 4&7 UOMO ELE COL Mene UT ee U Meee mule vdet| LHE GREAT DIVE no effect = In Arizona and across the nation,political parties cross-pressured on immigration of praylng Ron Fourni ® including Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano and liberal icon Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massa- “You'll find every view in Arizona,”jokes Rep. Jeff Flake, a conservative Republican Arizona's junior senator, Republican Jon Kyl,also wants to help the estimated 11 million Ina word,it's a a rizona’s leadersarein a tizzy over immigration, pressured by political seek Ritter RESS Does praying for a sick per- son's recovery do any good? In thelargestscientific test of its kind, heart surgery patients crosswinds that reflect the growing national debate over how to control US. borders. Republicans are bashing Republicans. The Democratic governoris in cahoots with a GOPsenator. Both parties fear voter backlash. Bordering Mexico, Arizona may be the per- showedno benefit when strangers prayed for their recovery. Andpatients who knew they were being prayed for hada slightly higher rate of complications. The researchers could only guess why. Severalscientists questioned the concept of the study. Science “is not designed to study the supernatural,” said Dr. Harold G. Koenig, director of the Center “We have to fect spot to show we state of policy and = of U.S. immigratio: from Mesa. In the House,he has backed the approach of the state's most notable politician, GOP Sen. John McCain, who wants to giveillegal immi- grants a clear path to citizenship through work. McCain's position puts him onthe side of President Bush and the U.S. Chamber of Com- ne chusetts, be sensitive illegal immigrants remain in the United States aboutthis | . issue. ...These legally, but his approach would makeit harder aresensitive for them. He wants illegal immigrantsto returnto their native countries before returning z i times. as so-called guest workers. Another conservative Arizona lawmaker, merce — and many prominent Democrats, Sen.John McCain See IMMIGRATION, A8& R-Arizona PUTTING OUT THE BLAZE for Spirituality, Theology and Health at the Duke University Medical Center. Kent Brown,a Brigham Young University professorof religious studies, said he shares similar concerns aboutthe study. Otherfactors should be taken into consideration, Brownsaid, suchas whetherthepatients share the samefaith as those praying for them.If there was a testing sample taken from specific religious group,it might be more meaningful,he said. “I would think that I would knowsort of an innerspiritual strength for those who were praying for me,” he said. Cheryll May, head curator of the BYU museum,sharessimilar doubts about the study. “Studies that I've readindicate religious faith does tend to make peoplehealthier and stronger,” she said, “and prayeris usually a part ofthat.” But Maysaid she doubtsthat any study can be done to measure the impact intercessory prayerhas onpatients. The researchers who tested the powerofprayer emphasized that their $2.4 million study could not address whether God exists or answers prayers made on another's behalf. The study could look only for effects from the specific prayers offered as part of the research, they said. Thehighly anticipated study See PRAYER, A8 e MARIO RUIZ/Daily Herald volunteer firefighters Kory Hjorth, left, and Josh Olsen spray downthe remains of the old City Council building, belonging tofilmmaker Richard * Dutcher, that caughtonfire early Thursday.Firefighters arrived at the scene after smoke began leaving the building around 7 a.m. Mapleton Fire partially destroys filmmaker’s new office Alan Choate DAILY HERALD An early morningfire Thursday partially destroyed the Mapleton office belonging to Richard Dutcher, the filmmaker whose worksi “God's Army,” “States of Gra #yand “Brigham City.” Fireofficials estimate the areis between $150,000 and $200,000. Fortunately,firefighters were able to respond quickly oncethe fire was reported at 7:25 a.m. — because Dutcher’s office adjoins the Mapleton volunteer fire department's garage. “I can imaginethe firemen getting the call and saying, ‘35 East Maple? That's our fire station!’” Dutcher said Thursday. “Probably their first concern was to get their fire trucks out so they'd have een to fight the fire with. ‘They really did a good job.Pretty much everything that we were ableto _salvage'was because the firemen were on the ball,” he said. Assistant Fire Chief Derald Olsen saidthefire most likely started in a pile _ofoil rags used earlier ona tongue-and- they're not laid out to where they can air properly, youjust get internal heat buildup to where they’lactually get to an auto-ignition point,” Olsen said. That process happens overseveral hours. “With the remodeling, they had everything arranged — they were getting ready to lay carpet, so the fire grooveceiling. The cause was “sponta- load was extremefor what they had neous combustion,”he said. “Once they've been used for that and { See FIRE, A8 Reporter speaks out after captivity Students to protest the Life Magazineis on a oneweekhiatus. The magazine will return in the Friday, April 7 edition of the Daily Herald. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. fringofBYUSAadviser BAGHDAD,Iraq — Her room AnnaChang-Yen Mariam Fam neeenees Gate me was tiny, with a small adjoining bathroom and shower. couldn't hear any sounds from outside. And the windowswere frosted and covered with drapes. On one occasion in Jill Carroll's 82 daysin captivity, the kidnap- automo Tow aa another, Jet her watch little television. hadlittle idea what was going on in the outside world. she says,“It’s important people know thatI was not OBITUARIES D4) INSIDE WEATHER SPORTS urease COMICS MOVIES B a 81 a B ose OS OPINIONS” AG On. Daye Sunny, breezy voumess ISSUE 243 A, DAILY HERALD. group ofstudentswill protest the firing of BYU employee Todd Hendricks today, the same day he has beeninvited backto the university to discuss an appeal he filed overhis termination. Hendricks was fired on March17 after he wrote a letter to the student newspaper asking for more transparency in student elections for the Brigham Young University Student Service Association. He refused to sign a documentallowing him toresign pers brought her a newspaper, On his position, get one month of pay and three months of health benefits that would have required him to keep quiet about his firing. He said BYU also asked “ him to write a retraction and provide names of people he had discussed the matter with. The 28-year-old American In his letter, he complained that a 10-member she was left on a Baghdad street in front of a Sunni political party office. Wearing a green Islamic head Baghdad Channel/APTV American reporter Jill Carroll speaks during an interview with Baghdad See CARROLL, A4 Channel after herrelease, Thursday, in Baghdad, Iraq. commission made upof nine students and one employee, which has the power to disqualify candidates for election, remains anonymous and is See PROTEST, A4 | ear Ww 4 |