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Show THE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL · SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY· MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1998 STATE. SENATOR HATCH HAILS RULING AGAINST MICROSOFT: Senate Judiciary Committee Orrin Chairman O rrin Hatch Hatch hailed a federal judge's ruling against Microsoft Corp. in favor of Sun Microsystems Inc. The Utah Republican, who has been a frequent critic o f Microsoft, said the ruling issued Tucsdaybolstered the separate antitrust case being argued in Washington and showed the software g iant was not above the law. U.S. District Judge RonaJd Whyte said Sun was "likely to prevail on the merits" of its lawsuit over its Java programming language and issued a preliminary injunction. office is likely to issue two or three "mino r" indictments in the coming weeks and must still pursue the Webster Hubbe ll case, Myers repo rte d. Of Starr's resignatio n , Myers said, "it d oesn 't mean he'll necessarily be able to do it, but it's what's he 'd like to do." In 1997, Starr said he was going to leave to teach at Pepperdine University hut later rescinded his plans in the wake of widespread c ritic ism . responded cautiously today when asked about Iraqi reluctance. "I think it's important we not o verreact here on the first day," he said at a news conference during his visit to Seoul, South Korea. "I want to make sure that I know exac tly what the facts are. " POLICE DIG FOR MORE BODIES AS GACYHORROR FLARES ANEW: Despite last-minute glHches, Israel withdrew troops from parts of the Madeleine northern West Albright Bank Friday, fulfilling the first step of the new Mideast peace accord and moving the Palestinians a step closer to statehood. U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright expressed approvaJ Friday at how the Wye River peace accord is being carried out. She said she was confident Israel eventually would release political prisoners de manded by Palestinians. The withdrawal was already well under way when Palestinians raised questions about c hanges Israel made in the redeployment map. The pullback was put on hold and only resumed two hours later, after a mee ting between PalestinJan leader Yasser Arafat and the Israeli troop commander in the West Bank. The pullback gives Arafat full or partial control of an additional 9.1 percent of the West Bank, o r a 204-square-mile c hunk of land the size of Chicago. On Friday, Utah Attorney General Jan Graham heralded a $206 billion settlement between 46 states and big tobacco as "a monumental win for each and every state. " Utah stands to recover $836 million - 6 1/ 2 times what it sued four major tobacco companies for in 1996. The settlement will be paid over 25 years, with the first payment of$ IO million expected early in 1999. The reafter, payments to Utah w ill range about $ 30 million a year. The state's next step is to submit the settleme nt agreement to U.S. District Judge Dee Benson and ask that the court e nter the final consent decree. Prompted by new evidence, police plan to begin digging today for possible bodies hidden by serial killer John Gacy outside a brick apanment building where Gacy's mother once lived o n Chicago's Northwest Side. Police were looking for just one missing hoy on the winter day in 1978 when they went to Gacy's house. "But there were bodies under the garage floor, bodies under the concrete, bodies unde r the base ment," recalled prosecuto r Colin Simpson. Investigators have long suspected they didn't find all of John Wayne the victims. Gacy Ground· penetrating radar suggests something lies hidden under a blacktopped parking lo t; possibly a rib cage, tennis shoes, o r a complete hody maybe several. Experts say that what police find could add to the toll of 33 known victims of the amateur clown and building contractor. And that could be important to families who have never learned the fate of boys missing at the time. NATION WORLD GRAHAM HAILS 'WIN' FOR STATES: STARR PLANS TO QUIT OFFICE INNEW YEAR: ' Indepe ndent Counsel Ke nneth Starr intends to Kenneth leave his office in Starr January or February 1999, sources said Friday evening. News of the prosecuto rs' plans came the same day his ethics adviser, Sam Dash , resigned and a day after Starr testified for 12 hours before the House Judiciary Committee defending his impeachment inquiry of President Bill Clinton. Starr's plans to resign do not mean the Office of Independent Counsel would shut down o r that the investjgation of the Clinton administration would end. IDs CLINTON URGES CAUTION OVER IRAQ: A week after calling off -airstrikes against Iraq, President Ointon Saturday cautioned against overreacting to Baghdad's hesitation to turning sensitive documents over to U.N. weapons inspectors. Iraq averted the airstrikes by pledging to cooperate with inspectors. But on Friday, Iraq's deputy foreign minister told chiefU.N. weapons inspector Richard Butle r that many d ocuments he seeks were destroyed, never existed o r already had been turned over. Riyadh AI-Qaisi also placed conditions on viewing a particularly contentious air force documenL The United States maintains the Iraqi letters are insufficient responses to Butler's requests. However, President Clinton ALBRIGHT UPBEAT ON ISRAELI PULLBACK: U.S. SOFTENS CLAIMS OF NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR SITE: u.s. Ambassador Charles Kartman o n Saturday tempe red his earlier statement about a suspected nuclear development s ite in North Korea, bringing his comments in line with those of President Bill Clinton, who is on an official visit to South Korea. The U.S. government has no "conclusive evidence" that North Korea has established a nuclear facility no rtheast of Pyongyang, according to a statement released by the U.S. Embassy. Earlie r this week, Kartman had said Washington had "compelling evidence" that such a facility existed . The latest words from Clinton's special envoy on North Korean affairs confirmed onJy that U.S. officiaJs are suspicious of the site, mirroring Kim DaeJung what Clinton said in a joint news conference Saturday with South Korean President Kim Dae-jung. SPORTS BYU WINS AS UTAH MISSES FIELD GOAL I N FINAL SECONDS: Everything was on the line with everything to win or everything to lose when the Cougars faced Utah Saturday in Rice-Eccles Stadium. Ryan Kaneshiro's 32-yard field goal attempt with five seconds left bounced off the right upright, and Brigham Young clinched the Western Athletic Confere nce Pac ific Divisio n championship with a very harrowing 26-24 win over archrival Utah. BYU (9·3, 7·1 WAC) finish ed its regular season with seven straight wins and advanced to the WAC championship game in Las Vegas on Dec. 5 against Air Force. The Utes G-4, 5·3 WAC) ended a heartbreaking season with four losses by a total of nine points. Utah had won four of the previous five meetings between the· two teams, but Brigham Young has won the last two in Salt Lake City. SOSA AND GONZALES NAMED MVPsLGLAVINE AND CLEM1:.NS WIN CY YOUNG: After losing to Mark McGwire in the race for the home run, Sammy Sosa overwhelmed his friendly rivaJ Thursday, getting 30 of 32 firstplace votes and 438 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Associatio n of America. "I Sammy Sosa would have voted for Mark," Sosa said in Chicago. "In my heart, Mark Mc.Gwire is still the man." Juan Gonzales was voted the American League's Most Valuable Player in a landslide. "A special moment for aU Latin America," Gonzalez said a day before Sosa received the award. The Texas Rangers outfielder, whose 157 RBIs were the most in the AL in 49 years, beat Nomar Garciaparra 357·232 Wednesday to win the MVP for the second time in three seasons. Gonzalez, speaking from San Juan, said anticipation hadbeen building in both Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, where Sosa lives. Gonzalez said he was having friends and family over for dinner and he anticipated a "big celebration here in Puerto Rico, especially my hometown, in my neighborhood, my people there." Tom Glavine edged reliever ===:;;~ Trevor Hoffman to win his second NL Cy Young Award, the sixth time in eight years an Atlanta Braves pitche r has earned the hono r. It's a good feeling to he pare of a pitching staff that has won as many awards as we have," Glavine said. "Jt'sgreat to get il back in the organization after Pedro [Martinez) won it last year." In the closest balloting for the award since 1987, Hoffman received the most fi rst-place votes hut fell 11 points short of Glavine , who appeared o n three more ballots. The 32-ycar-0ld left-hander became the first Cy Young winner not to receive the most first-place vores. Roger Clemens blew away the competition away for most of the season leading him co his record fifth Cy Young Award. Clemens was a unanimous selection for the American League honor by the Baseball Writers Association of America today. He was named first on all 28 haJJots-.t wo writers from each AL city-for a totaJ of 140 points based on a 5·3· 1 scoring system. LE-ISURE 'STAR WARS' TRAILER GETS SNEAK PREVIEW: Star Wars junkies were eager to catch a glimpse of the first prequel due to be re leased in 1999. Seventy-five theaters in North Ame rica got to show a sneak preview of the trailer for Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace among the trailers shown before o ther full · length feature movies. The pr~view appeared nationwide on Friday. But loyal fans who paid c lose atten tion to the offic iaJ Star Wars Web site learned there would he a sneak preview Tuesday in some theaters across the country. _ Some people are apparently paying the full price of a movie ticket Just to see the two-minute preview. WIDOW BLAMES SONNY BONO'S DEATH ON PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: Sonny Bono's widow blames his death in a skiing accident last January on his use of prescription drugs. Mary Bono, who has been elected to ftll Bono's California Sonny congressional seat, Bono told 7V Guide that ~ - - - - her husband was taking up to 20 pills a day for back and neck problems and that the pills badly impaired his judgment. Bono died after he hit a tree while skiing in Nevada. ,. |