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"J 's ' ?' tf' 'V - 't 4i ' ':! f ' ' Ml fi i M ' ' ' ' ' ’V ' - ' n ' ' 's 4 m kf" V( W ' “ m i r'"i‘ ' ' r The Herald Journal Loganj Utah Wednesday July 10 2002 — AS " Nation In brief i?'- D Hormone study ends after risks revealed House panel adds $700 million for battling nation’s wildfires WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee voted Tbesday to provide an extra $7(tt bullion for battling wildfires that have raged across more than3 million acres this year mostly in the Wwt i- ' ' i The Republican-le- d House Appropriations Committee approved the funds by voice vote even though lawmaker! and aides said the Bush administration opposes the extra money The White House believes federal agencies have all the resources they need legislators said “I’d suggest to OMB (the White House Office of Management and Budget) that they smell die smoke and recognize this is a serious problem" said Rep David Obey of Wisconsin the committee’s top Democrat The full House meanwhile passed by voice vote a measure that extends legal protections to foreign firefighters enlisted in the battle in one of tbe worst wildfire seasons in history WASHINGTON (AP) — Government scientists abruptly ended the nation’s biggest study of a type of hormone m : Court rejects plea to name detainees NEWARKNJ (AP) —The New Jersey Supreme Court on m Thesday rejected an ACLU request to force the government to release the names of Muslims and Arabs being held in jail as part of die terrorism investigation The court denied the request without comment The American Gvil Liberties Union said it may go to die US Supreme Court Gvil liberties advocates have been seeking names of detainees since the fall in an attempt to moaitor their treatment in custody and ensure they have adequate legal representation The ACLU sued Passaic and Hudson counties in January claiming the names of people arrested and held in New Jersey are public information under the state’s law Last month a state appeals court ruled that die federal government can keep the names secret The panel ruled that releasing the information could jeopardize the safety of the detainees and hurt criminkl investigations w right-to-kno- Pastor brother charged in beating AUSTIN — Texas (AP) A church pastor and his twin brother have been charged with severely beating an 1 1 year-old boy with a stick: as punishment for cheating during his Bible studies According to police the pastor beat Louie Guerrero for an hour on July 3 white the brother held him down ait one point allowing the boy a bathroom break The boy remained hospitalized Tuesday where a nurse told investigators that his kidneys had failed and that he required a blood transfusion The family’s attorney Bobby Tfcylor said the boy was in fair condition Joshua Thompson pastor at Capitol City Baptist Church and his brother Caleb turned themselves in to police Tuesday Both men are charged with felony injury to a child punishably by up to life in prison “Anybody can make these allegations” said Jerald Finney the men’s attorney “That’s what the criminal justice system is for to sort out truth from fiction” : -- APphoto Inglewood Police officers are ahown In this Image taken from video holding a handcuffed boy against a squad car on Saturday in Inglewood Calif A police spokesperson said Inglewood Officer Jeremy Morse center who was videotaped pushing the boy onto the back of a car and then striking him during an arrest has been relieved of duty teen’s auresti being examined Police condluicfi visa holders WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal investigators have rounded Up 31 of 71 Middle Easterners suspected of entering the country by bribing US Embassy officials in Qatar for visas Two of the men are believed to have lived with Sept 1 1 hijackers dm summer before the attack said a US official er : ar j: i speaking on condition of anonymity Tbe bribery scheme included payoffs of more than $13000 the official said Frederick Jones a State Department spokesman said the Diplomatic Security Service launched Operation Eagle Strike late last year to investigate allegations of visa fraud in die US Embassy in Doha Qatar and to appre- bend people with illegal visas The investigation found 7 1 people received visas for which appropriate written records were not found he said Of those 31 have been taken into custody 29 are being sought six left the United States'and five are dependents — children andor spouses he said All visa issuance posts are also bring checked Jones sod imi The police and sheriff’s departments began separate internal investigations The district attorney’s office was also investigating spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said “What occurred within the video is extremely disturbing to the Inglewood Police Department and to the administrators of die city” she said The videotape was taken by a tourist Saturday at a motel across the street from the gas station where the arrest took : place It shows the teen hoisted to his feet by Morse and slammed onto the trunk of a police car The officer put is hand on the back of die teenager’s heck slugged him with his INGLEWOOD Calif (AP) — The mayor police department and district attorney have pledged to investigate the arrest of a teen-agwho was videotaped bring slammed onto a police car and punched in die face while he was handcuffed Police Officer Jeremy Morse a three-yepolice veteran was relieved of duty and placed on administrative leave following die arrest of 16-Donovan Jackson year-ol- d Lt Eve R Irvine said police Monday “It was wrong” Jackson said at his attorney’s office The youth whose right eye was red and swollen and who had a mark arioss his neck said nothing else - FBI looks for fraudulent replacement therapy saying long-teruse of estrogen and progestin significantly ' increase women’s risk of breast cancer strokes and heart attacks Six million American women use this hormone combination either for short-terrelief of hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms or because of doctors’ long- standing assumptions that long-teruse would prevent heart disease and brittle bones and generally keep women healthier longer In fact there are serious risks to using the hormones for years risks that far outweigh the few benefits the National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday The hormones harm not protect the heart — they actually increase previously healthy women’s risk of a healrt attack by 29 percent and a stroke by a stunning 41 percent They also increase women’s chances of breast cancer by 26 percent On the good side the hormones cut by a third the risk of colon cancer and hip'frac-ture- s other hand and then appeared to choke him Two officers appeared to intervene with at least one trying to pull away the first officer’s atm Sheriff's spokesman Sgt Richard Myers said the teen- age passenger became “combative” and was subdued with force and taken into custody Jackson was booked for asiuult on a police officer The family's lawyer Joe Hopkins said the teen is developmen tally 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