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Show !MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1001 STATE KINGSTONS SPEAK AT NEWS CONFERENCE: Members of a polygamous Utah clan broke their tradition of silence Friday, calling a news conference to accuse reporters and Paul Kingston law enforcement officials of persecution hours before one of their children died of massive head injuries. Paul and Elden Kingston each read brief prepared statements at Primary Children's Medical Center, where 18month-old Rhoda Wright. Paul's daughter, suffered a 4-inch skull fracture. She died at 8:59 p.m. Friday. The child was hospitalized Tuesday, and investigators have questioned whether the family's religious beliefs and fear of exposure explain the 45-minute delay in calling paramedics after the girl reportedly was injured in a fall . BILL AIMS TO ATTRACT T EACHERS: Gov . Mike Leavitt's vision for boosting Utah's economy through education became more concrete Thursday _ Sen _Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan, introduced a bill that outlines how the state plans to · shore up the shortage of math and science teachers In pubhc school s and boost the number of engineering and computer science students in higher education . The bill sets aside $10.5 m1llron for higher educati.on and $19 million for public education. Leavitt says such initiatives are a way to rejuvenate the state's economy . H1llyard's bill establishes a Public Education Job Enhancement Program to attrac and retain "highly qualified" secondary teachers in math, physics , chemistry, physical scrence and information technology UTAH AIR QUALITY RANKED IN TOP 20: The cities along the Wasatch Front are among the nation's 20 most improved metropolitan areas for air quahty, the Foundation for Clean Air Progress said rn a report released Thursday. The foundation , a coalition of businesses which have made changes to improve air quality, released a study outlining the nation's progress in air quality during the past 20 years. In Utah , the number of days when air quality violated federal standards decreased 91 percent since 1980. That's a decrease from 11 .7 days a year to one day a year. NATION BUSH INAUGURATED AS 43RD PRESIDENT: George Walker ' Bush was inaugurated 43rd . President Bush president of the United States on Sa urday, only the second time in American history a son had followed his father to the White House. George W. Bush offered his "solemn UNIVERSITY JOURNAL FOCUS: THE WEEK THAT WAS pledge• to govern compassionately and ·work to build a single nation of justice and opportunity, "addressing the nation after one of the closest elections in American history. In his inaugural speech , Bush outlined his priorities, promoting what had been major campaign themes: educational reform , overhauling Social Security and Medicare, a stronger defense and a tax cut "to recover the momentum of our economy." Palestinian security officials said. Hisham Miki, a prominent figure close to Palestinian Authority President Vasser Arafat and affiliated with Arafat's Fatah movement, died on the scene. He had headed Palestinian TV since its founding in 1994. Officials said the gunmen walked up to Miki, who was sitting in the restaurant at the Beach Hotel, and shot him at close range in the head and chest No other injuries were reported. CALIFORNIA. STATE CAPI TOL CRASH BEING INVESTIGATED: A man with a criminal record was driving the truck that raced at high speed before slamming into California's state Capitol in a fiery crash that killed him and scorched the building, authorities said Wednesday. They did not identify the man but said it appeared he acted deliberately. "There are indications that this was an intent!onal act, unconfirmed, and the investigators are actively working this case now," said Lt. Doug Galbraith of the California Highway PatroL The truck, loaded with evaporaled milk. struck the Capitol at about 9: 15 p.m. Tuesday and burst into flames just as the Assembly adjourned an evening session. NATO MISSILES CAUSE PLUTONIUM FEARS: Fresh health fears have been raised over missiles used by NATO during conflicts in the Balkans and the Gulf after the United States confirmed some uranium-coated munitions may also have contained traces of plutonium NATO confirmed that faint traces of radioactive uranium 236 and plutonium could be present in some depleted uranium ammunition fired during the Balkans conflicts of the 1990s. But spokesman Mark Laity saJd in a statement that the traces were so small as to be meaningless in health terms. In a letter to NATO Secretary-General George Robertson. Portugal's prime minister, Antonio Guterres. called for a full explanation of where and why such ammunition was used . CLINTON ADMITS MISLEADING TESTIMONY: Brokering a deal with the independent counsel's office, President Clinton publicly admitted Friday that he gave m1slead1ng testimony m a 1998 lawsuit about his affair with Monica Lewinsky In exchange, the president will face no criminal charges upon leaving office. Under )he agreement with Independent Counsel Robert Ray, Clinton's law license will be suspended. but he will face no criminal charges once he leaves office. In return , Ray will end the 7-year-old Whitewater probe that has shadowed most of Clinton's two terms "I tried to walk a fine line between acting lawfully and testifying falsely, but I now recognize that I did not fully accomplish this goal and am certain my responses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky were false,· Clinton said in a written statement released Friday by the White House. WORLD ARROYO SWORN IN AS PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT: Philippine Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Saturday accepted what she called "the privilege and responsib lily to act as president of the republic." "I do so with both trepidation and awe ," she said, after she was sworn in as president following a declaration by Chief Justice Hilario Davide that the presidency was vacant, which effectively booted the embattled Joseph Estrada from office. Under the Philippine Constitution, the vice president takes the reins of power when the, president's office becomes vacant. PALESTINIAN STATE OF TELEVISION S.. OT: Three masked gunmen shot and killed the head of Palestinian state television as he sat at a hotel restaurant on Wednesday, SPORTS O'NEAL SCORES SEASON-HIGH 41 POINTS: Kobe Bryant and Shaqu1lle O'Neal were able to put their differences aside during Friday night's game which ended in a 114-101 win over the Houstor:i Rockets · O'Neal, who played Just 32 minutes , went 17-of-23 from the field , scored 41 points. had 11 rebounds and was 7-of-18 from the foul hne_The Lakers finally took control wlth a 20-6 run for a 91-73 lead with 25 seconds left jn the third quarter. Steve Francis scored 27 pornts for the Rockets , and Cuttino Mobley had 18, making 12 of 13 free throws while going 3-of-14 from the field . WOLVES FEED OFF GARNETT IN VICTORY: Terrell Brandon and Anthony Peeler were on target in the fourth quarter. And with Utah facing a shortage of big bodies to slow Kevin Garnett, he Garnett and was tough to stop all ·t night B eno, · Garnett scored 23 points and had 11 rebounds, while Terrell Brandon had 19 points and 11 assists as the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Utah Jazz 89-81 Wednesday night. Peeler had seven of his 17 points in the final period and Brandon scored nine points in the fourth quarter as the Timberwolves closed with a 9-1 run to end Utah's four-game winning streak. r-r-ir:::~l"IWI DUKE WINS NINTH STRAIGHT OVER YELLOW JACKETS: Jason Williams and Carlos Boozer combined for 34 points in the first half, then Shane Battier scored 30 of his 34 points in the second as the Blue Devils beat Georgia Tech 98-77 Saturday. Duke (17-1, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) built a commanding 52-33 PAGE9 lead by halftime against Tech (10-7, 2-4), with Williams accounting for 18 points and Boozer 16. Battier, held to four points before the break, took over in the second half. He scored 20 straight points for Duke , nearly doubling up the Yellow Jackets during the remarkable six-minute stretch_ Battier also had five blocks, continually swatting away shots by a Tech team that was hopelessly overmatched after 6-foot11 center Alvin Jones picked up four fouls in the first half. LEISURE JESSE JACKSON ASKS FORGIVENESS: Civil rights activist and CNN talk show host Jesse Jackson is asking for forgiveness after acknowledging Thursday that he had an extramarital affair that resulted in the birth of a Jesse Jackson daughter now 20 months old. "I fully accept responsibility and I am truly sorry for my actions," Jackson said In a wrrtten statement. Jackson, a Baptist minister and onetime aide to Martin Luther King Jr., admitted that he fathered the child and has provided "emotional and financial support" since her birth ''As her mother does , I love thrs child very much ," he said NEWMAN NAMED GREATEST ACTOR OF ALL TIME: Paul Newman , has been voted the greatest movie actor of all time , according to a survey of film experts The man with the most famous blue eyes in Hollywood topped the list. whicil was compiled by a group of experts for this week's edition of the Bnt1sh magazine, Radio Times Taking rnto account such criteria as box office success, Oscar nominations . acting range and marriage appeal , Newman topped the list beating the likes of James Stewart, Marlon Brando and Gary Grant. Newman, whose film credits rnclude Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Hustler, w~s nominated for the be.st actor Oscar seven times during his career, winni ng i in 1986 for The Colour of Money. PA M ELA ANDERSON GOES DIGITAL: Pamela Anderson debuted the "PortaPam" computer program Wednesday. This program enables a cartoon version of herself to be downloaded onto tiny digital organizers. Pamela "I think my fans will Anderson enjoy playing with PortaPam and helping manage her career on their hand-held computers ," the 33-year-old adress said . Users must keep the scantily clad caricature happy by clicking on a list of food , gifts and affectionale remarks , or the computerized Pam becomes grouchy or despondent. The right gifts and attention create a happy PortaPam who blows kisses and dances at a nightclub. |