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Show l SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE NEWS IN BRIEF Page 2 www.dnilyutahchronicle.com Wednesday, June 8, 2005 E Today % Isolated T-Storms"!;^ Thursday •Lecture scries on Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biodefense 4 p.m. No Events No Events • Red Butte Garden's Outdoor Concert Scries: Chris Isaak 7p.m.-10p.m. No Events Partly Cloudy .^ 64/47 * 'Mja»-.«u«: T , . All events located on campus. 6/10 Saturday .6/11 Sunday 6/12 Isolated T-Storms 69/53 Mark Hacking sentenced six years to life for killing his wife Scattered T-Storms 70/54 Partly Cloudy 70/54 SUNRISE 5:5«a.m. SUNSET 8:57 p.m. OF THE DAY •>in it ^Thankfully, once the killing starts, • •f f-ttialogue is pretty much reduced to ; ^V^impers and screams-the universal :; " *" J ' language of the slasher film." ;] .i •'""' • -Aaron Allen on the film "High Tension"/ SEE FULL REVIEW PAGE 4. High school shortstop Justin Upton goes with No. 1 in MLB draft -nw rJo '£ lJl NEW YORK—Justin Upton, a slugging f high school shortstop from Virginia, was 'Mrfken by the Arizona Diamondbacks with **Hi£-No. i pick in the baseball draft Tuesday. --* Upton and his brother B.J., the second 1<5 YficK in 2002 by Tampa Bay, are the high"^st-drafted siblings in draft history. The "ju^tihger Upton was generally considered the best all-around athlete in this year's vrbo.r^jie 6-foot-i, 195-pound Upton was ^—wainly a shortstop at Great Bridge High —School in Chesapeake, Va., but also played |Third base and could move to the outfield 1 in the pros. He has great power potential, 1 solid defensive skills and is speedy on the {bases. I Arizona picked No. 1 overall for the jfirsttime. The Diamondbacks' previous j highest selection was No. 4 in 1999, when 1 they took another high school shortstop, 1 Corey Myers. ! With the second pick, Kansas City se] lected Nebraska third baseman Alex Gor(don. Undrafted out of high school, the j two-time Big 12 player of year and Golden • Spikes Award finalist is hitting .382 with 18 1 home runs and 68 RBIs for the Huskers. ; Scientists find that i women's ability to reach j orgasm is genetically I influenced I LONDON—A woman's ability to have lan orgasm is at least partly determined 1 by her genes and can't be blamed entirely ! on cultural influences, new research suggests. j Experts say that's likely to be interpretjed as both good and bad news. 1 "It'll be upsetting because some women 1 will think, 'Oh my God, maybe I just can't' I On the other hand it takes away a kind of J guilt or pressure," said Dr. Virginia Sadock, ] director of the human sexuality program at ' New York University Medical Center. 1 Either way, specialists say the findings don't 1 mean women who inherit an unfortunate ! gene package are doomed They just mean I that more work, or patience, is required j The main benefit of discovering the ge[netic elements of sexual function, experts 1 say, is to help scientists find better treat1 ments for sexual problems. The study was ! reported this week in Biology Letters, a J journal of the Royal Society, Britain's in| dependent academy of science. j In the study, scientists from SL Thomas' (Hospital in London sent questionnaires to 14,037 women who are part of the British twin [registry. About half of them were identical (twins and half were non-identical twins. ' \ One in three of the women reported ' [never or hardly ever reaching orgasm I 1 during intercourse and 21 percent said * (they hardly achieve climax during mas; iturbatiorL Those figures are consistent ', ] with other surveys conducted over the last ; [few decades. » » * 1 « 1 1 1 1 t ;J i <I SALT LAKE CITY—In graphic detail, a Utah man told a court he shot his pregnant wife in the head and dumped her body in a trash bin. What Mark Hacking couldn't explain Monday is why he did it. Mark and Lori Hacking's families, however, said the 27-year-old woman was unraveling years of deception by her husband, starting with his lies about having been accepted to medical school. On Monday, a judge listened to nearly two hours of emotional, angry and sometimes bitter testimony from Mark and Lori Hacking's families before handing down the stiffest sentence she could under Utah law: six years to life in prison. Only the parole board can decide how long Hacking stays locked up. "I want him to rot in his cell every day—to know he killed a beautiful thing and threw her in the garbage," said Lori Hacking's father, Eraldo Soares. Her mother, 67-year-old Thelma Soares, said Hacking had been a "brilliant" liar who "had us all fooled for so many years." She recalled sharing jokes with her son-in-law about a supposed college anatomy class he was attending. "It still amazes me he was able to pull the wool, over so many eyes for so long with such detail and expertise," she said. Hacking's family blamed depression and a brain ' injury from a roofing accident years before they said left him unable to concentrate in college, from which—to his family's surprise—he never graduated. He bought a cap and gown but feigned sickness on the day of his graduation ceremony. All along, Hacking felt intense pressure to measure up to older brothers who became a doctor and an engineer, his siblings and parents testified Monday. Protecting drug trade was sergeant's motive in killings FORT RILEY, Kan.—Military prosecutors argued that an Army sergeant shot two of his fellow soldiers because he had grown paranoid and angry over the possibility they might reveal his drug trafficking. SgL Aaron Stanley has acknowledged the shootings at his home in Clay Center, about 30 miles from Fort Riley, but his attorneys said he acted to defend himself and a fourth soldier. Stanley's court-martial on two counts of premeditated murder went forward Monday after he pleaded guilty to drug use, drug possession, being _ absent without leave and adultery. The trial was to resume Tuesday. Greenspan's comments on economy boost stocks NEW YORK—Investors encouraged by a bullish outlook from Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan sent stocks sharply higher Tuesday, relieved by his continued belief that the economy would not slip into a recession. The Dow Jones industrials surged more than 107 points. In a speech broadcast at a meeting of central bankers in Bejing, Greenspan said the economy would remain strong, even as global long-term interest rates are low, and intimated that the Fed could soon stop raising the nation's benchmark rate, at least for the short term. He also encouraged China to unpeg its currency, the yuan, from the U.S. dollar; some investors believe the yuan has unfairly weighed on the greenback in international markets. Wall Street had been worried that economic slowdown would accelerate, given a recent spate of mixed economic news, and had been looking to Greenspan and the Fed for reassurance. The Fed's Open Market Committee meets June 29-30. "I think people are looking to Greenspan's comments and reading a lot into them, but in the end there's still a fair amount of confusion on the economy that needs to be sorted out," said Brian Pears, head equity trader at Victory Capital Management in Cleveland. "But unlike the past, when people got confused and sold, they're sitting there and thinking that as long as rates are low, I'm going to buy. People are thinking positively about the market." Five bombings kill 18, wound dozens in Iraq BAGHDAD, Iraq—A string of four apparently coordinated bombings in seven minutes Tuesday killed 18 people in northern Iraq, ending a relative lull in violence, and a television station aired a video showing gunmen threatening to kill a Turkish hostage. Hundreds of U.S. and Iraqi soldiers descended on the remote northern city of Tal Afar near the Syrian border, launching a major operation against insurgents, military officials said. A Sunni politician, meanwhile, claimed two insurgent groups were ready to open talks with the government and eventually join the political process. Two U.S. Marines died Monday after separate roadside bombings near Fallujah, 40 miles west of Baghdad, the military said. A U.S. soldier also died of non-combat related injuries Sunday at Camp Dublin, near Baghdad International Airport. At least 1,673 U.S. military members have died since the Iraq war began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Tuesday's attacks in northern Iraq, which also left at least 39 wounded, appeared aimed at checkpoints manned by Iraq's fledgling army, a constant target of militants opposed to the new U.S.-backed government. Editor in Chief Steve Gehrke sgehrkc@chronicle.utah.edu Asst. News Editor Patrick Muir pmuir@chroniclc.utah.edu Managing Editor Danyellc White dwhite@chronicle.utah.edu A&E Editor Eryn Green egreen@chronicle.utah.edu News Editor Tyc Smith lKmith@chronicle.ulah.edu Opinion Editor RuthAnne Frost rfrost@chronicle.utah.edu Asst. Sports Editor Chris Bellamy cbellamy@chronicle.utah.edu Asst. News Editor Andrew Kirk akirk@chronicle.utah.edu Sports Editor Joe Beatty jbeatty@chronicie.utah.edu Photo Editor Lonny Danler photo@chronicle.utah.edu Prosecutors told an eight-member military panel Monday that Stanley's drug use made him paranoid and that he and a co-conspirator manufactured methamphetamine and grew marijuana. The two lay in wait for their victims, believing they were informants, prosecutors said. Tony Weingartner, senior special agent with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, testified Tuesday that at least five rifles, one handgun and several knives were found in Stanley's home. Weingartner said he srnelled ether when he first walked through the house, but didn't know where it was coming from. Ether is an ingredient used in manufacturing methamphetamine. North Korea is 'committed' to six-party nuclear talks . WASHINGTON—The White House said Tuesday that North Korea is "committed" to six-nation talks on halting Us nuclear weapons program, but gave no indication as to when they would return to the negotiating table. The two sides met in New York on Monday, theirfirstmeeting in a month. The U.S. aim is to resume six-party negotiations after a yearlong impasse. The meeting came as the United States withdrew a threat to try to punish the North Koreans soon with U K sanctions. "They expressed then- commitment to the six-party talks, but we did not get any indication that they were yet ready to return to the talks," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said. "They didn't give any date of when they were going to return to the talks." "We're hopeful that they will return to the six-party talks soon," President Bush's chief spokesman said. He said the meeting in New York was a forum to exchange messages, not to negotiate. Even with the meeting, the situation has not changed, said a senior Bush administration, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the diplomacy involved. Another U.S. official said no further talks in New York were scheduled. The U.S. position calls on North Korea to return at an early date without any preconditions. County looks at drug treatment as an alternative to jail SALT LAKE CITY—Salt Lake County officials are considering drug and alcohol treatment as an alternative to jailing for offenders. "Let's see if we can't take care of the fundamental problems," said Ron Gordon, chairman of the county's Criminal Justice Advisory Council. "Everyone is saying we need this pressure release right now, but in the meantime, let's invest in this long term." The $2 million proposed program calls for increased community treatment programs and a Day Reporting Center. The center could take up to 300 offenders out of the jail and put them on a strict regimen of drug testing, group therapy and daily checkups, said Gary Dalton, director of the county division Answers to today's puzzle are on page 7. gtlje £fcUr JJork Sitnes Crossword ACROSS 65 Have coming 6 Gathering clouds, say 66 Some produce 68 Floored it 14 Fuzzy 66-Across 69 Little dent 15 Whatever she wants, she gets, in song 70 Journalist Ellerbee 16 Shrek, e.g. 72 Substitute spread 17 Betting odds, for example 73 Beaverlike? 71 White knight 18 Speaker's place DOWN 19 Overwhelm with humor 1 Kind of financing 20 Start of a quip 2 Political prize 23 Uke a churl 3 It's trodden 24 Way of the East 4 Not so congenial 25 Hitched, so to speak 5 Repeated part 26 Notable time 6 Ancient Mariner, e.g. 7 Complain 29 Do a salt's job 31 Caterer's vessel 35 Matinee 37 Full of substance 44 Con game 53 i>U 64 titi 8 T h e Sacred Wood" essayist, 1920 33 Something to pick? 41 Part 2 of the quip No. 0427 Edited by Will Shortz 64 Prefix with -crat 1 Mold-yfood? 10 Picnic racer's gear of criminal justice. The center also would place misdemeanants in job training programs and life skills courses focused on integrating criminals into society. "They're getting services for what is getting them into the criminal system in the first place," Dalton said. "There are a number of people that don't have good life skills—how you cook breakfast, how you get up and go to a job." The center would only be an alternative for criminals convicted of misdemeanors, not violent offenders or felons. The final criteria for who would be eligible for the center has not yet been established, Dalton said. 9 Bahamian capital 10 Just O.K. 11 Lit up 32 Lepidopterists1 gear 50 Iron product 34 Europe's highest volcano 52 Up to one's ears 36 Title happening in a much-discussed 1973 film 54 Script direction 53 Hosiery shade 45 Bs oversentimental 12 The Hula Hoop, once 46 Dig for 13 Excited, with "up" 47 Part of a dish's name 49 Be anxious 21 Buzz Aldrin's birth name 51 Salon supply 22 Bellini opera 39 Unnamed ones 60 Fuss 52 Noshed 26 Falls back 40 Farm link 61 Fish-eating raptor 55 One with pointy-toed shoes 27 Lopsided win 42 Makes eyes at 62 Like some telegrams 57 Nationals, again 28 Prefix with lock or knock 67 Blacken 59 End of the quip 30 Extra SSS 43 Brashness 48 Reflecting power of a planet 56 Hardly robust 58 A Shriver 38 Dumbfounded 63 Cause of shore erosion Art Director Brooke Behunin bbehunin@chronide.utah.edu Director of Advertising Jacob K. 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