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Show _ THE SUMMER UTAH CHRONICLE _ _ NEWS IN BRIEF Today u Today I; 6/17 •t •'"'.: Saturday '^6/18 • Su* Sunday '*' ^tJNRrSE 5 : ? 6 a m 1 Mostly Sunny 83/62 • & jp Friday Partly Cloudy 82/61 Partly Cloudy 80/61 _ 9:0 ? P-5L^ fr QUOTE OF THE DAY - ? •i , ,•• I /•' . | ^ ; - " l f (thaEarth) didn't have a tilt, | •jpwawoOldn't have John Denver songs, j God musfve been a poet." jj (j'•'• j JJ -Fred Montague lecturing on EcologicaN Principles of Organic Gardening. SEE FULL STORY ON PAGE 1. "Prominent Senate ~£- Republicans: -closing Guantanamo 1 'IT' not the answer ; "WASHINGTON—Prominent Senate -Eteptiblicans said Tuesday that closing the Guantanamo Bay prison will not fix a U.S. •image tarnished by allegations of American troops mistreating terrorism suspects. * l"To cut and run because of image problerps is the wrong, wrong thing to do," rSfi4te Majority Leader Bill Frist said. / ; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said there's -no-doubt that the United States has an image problem because of allegations of aEuse and torture at the prison in Cuba. He added: "The key to this is to move the judicial process forward so that these individuals will be brought to trial for any crime that they are accused of rather than residing in Guantanamo facility in perpetuity." '. A few of their GOP colleagues are raising questions about keeping the prison in Cuba open, arguing that it has given the country a bad name abroad and undermined the war on terrorism. "Answering the critics, Vice President t>ick Cheney on Monday said that warpn-terror detainees would continue to be held at Guantanamo, even as the White - &ouse said all options for prison's future ' were on the table. Clintons finally pay off all •; Whitewater legal bills : WASHINGTON—The Clintons' long financial hangover from Whitewater and impeachment has finally ended, thanks to millions of dollars in postWhite House payments for speaking appearances and book contracts. ! More than four years after Bill Clinton left office, financial filings released Tuesday show he and his wife. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., have paid off the last of their debts from the investigations that spanned both his 'terms in office. ; "They are both pleased that it's been paid," said Jim Kennedy, a spokesman for the former president. An independent counsel spent more than six years investigating the Clintons business dealings, beginning with their involvement in the Whitewater land deal in the 1980's, and later the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky. ; By the time the Clintons left the White House, they owed millions of (dollars to private lawyers in Washington and New York, and have been paying off the debts since. As expensive as their legal defense was, the documents show their earning ability far outstrips those costs. The couple had asked the govern: ment to pay some $3.5 million of thencosts, but a court granted them only a • tiny fraction in payment, about 385,000. They reported owing $1.7 million to $6.5 million at the end of 2002, and between $500,000 and $1 million to a New York law firm by the end of 2003. A year later, all of those debts have been paid. THE • Last day to reverse CR/NC for first session classes: Summer 2005 Academic Deadline. • 'True West," a play by Sam Shepard 730 p.m.-9:30 p.m. @ LAB Thcatrfi Studio 115. • Biology Seminar Series 4 p.m.-5 p.m. @ James Talmage Building Room 140. Speaker: Don Court. • 'True West," a play by Sam Shepard 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. @ LAB Theatre Studio 115- SANTA MARIA, Calif.—A raucous welcome greeted Michael Jackson as he returned to his Neverland Ranch after being acquitted on all counts in his child molestation trial—a total legal victory that triggered jubilation among the pop star's fans and embarrassment for the district attorney's office. As a convoy of black SUVs carrying the entertainer and his entourage pulled through the gates of Neverland, his sister La Toya rolled down a window, smiled widely and waved. The crowd responded with a wild, euphoric cheer. "All of us here and millions around the world love and support you," proclaimed a banner strung across a fence by the amusement park-like compound in Los Olivos that Jackson said he created to provide himself with the childhood he never enjoyed. "It's victory," said Tracee Raynaud, 39. "God is liL South African pres. dismisses deputy and heir apparent Oil-for-food investigators reviewing new memo suggesting links with Annan alive and well." The acquittals marked a stinging defeat for Santa Barbara County District Attorney Tom Sneddon, who displayed open hostility for Jackson and had pursued him for more than a decade, trying to prove the rumors that swirled around Jackson about his fondness for children. Sneddon sat with his head in his hands after the verdicts were read. "We don't select victims of crimes and we don't select the family. We try to make a conscientious decision and go forward," Sneddon said afterward, adding "I'm not going to look back and apologize for anything that we've done." Jurors may have acquitted Jackson of all charges of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor, but not all of them were convinced the King of Pop had never molested a child. UNITED NATIONS—The committee probing the U.N. oil-for-food program announced Tuesday it will again investigate Secretary-General Kofi Annan after an email suggested he may have known more than he claimed about a multimillion-dollar U.N. contract awarded to the company that employed his son. The e-mail describes a brief encounter in which officials from the Swiss company Cotecna Inspections SJV. discussed its bid for the contract during a summit in Paris in late 1998. Through his spokesman, Annan said he had no recollection of such a meeting. If accurate, the e-mailed memo would contradict a major finding the Independent Inquiry Committee made in M a r c h that there wasn't enough evidence to show that Annan knew about efforts by Cotecna, which employed his son Kojo, to win the Iraq oil-for-food contract. In a statement, the Independent Inquiry Committee said it was "urgently reviewing" the memo. "Does this raise a question? Sure," said Reid Morden, executive director of the probe. The memo is a major blow to Annan, who had claimed he was exonerated by the committee's March interim report. While the investigation into his actions was never officially closed, he clearly hoped that the committee was done with him after it announced its finding in the report. CAPE TOWN, South Africa—President Thabo Mbeki dismissed his deputy Tuesday after he was caught up in a corruption scandal, throwing wide open the question of who will become the next leader of South Africa. Deputy President Jacob Zuma, who retains widespread support, had been groomed to succeed Mbeki at the helm of Africa's economic and diplomatic powerhouse when he stands down in 2009. Mbeki noted that Zuma, 63, has not been charged, but said a high court judge's ruling that he had a "generally corrupt" relationship with his financial adviser required the president to act. "I have come to the conclusion that the circumstances dictate that in the interest of the honorable deputy president, the government, our young democratic system and our country, it would be best to release the honorable Jacob Zuma from his responsibilities as deputy president of the republic and member of the Cabinet," Mbeki told a special joint session of Parliament. Zuma bowed out gracefully, telling a news conference that "freedom and democracy are more important than us as individuals." He retains his post as deputy president of the governing African National Congress. 4-year-old boy dies after riding Epcot's 'Mission: Space' LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.—A 4-year-old boy died after passing out aboard Walt Disney World's "Mission: Space," a ride so intense that it has motion sickness bags and several riders have been treated for chest pain. Daudi Bamuwamye passed out Monday afternoon on the attraction, which simulates a rocket launch and trip to Mars. The Orange County Sheriff's Office said his mother carried him off the ride and employees helped her place him on a bench. Paramedics tried to revive him, but he died at Celebration Hospital. The sheriff's office, said the boy did meet the minimum 44-inch height requirement for the ride at the Epcot theme park, which uses centrifugal force to simulate twice the normal force of gravity. An autopsy was expected Tuesday to determine the cause of the boy's death. Officials said the boy from Sellersville, Pa., was on the ride with his mother, Agnes, and a sister. All stories from the Associated Press. has served in the important post of Senate legal counsel, as general counsel at a major university and in private practice. I look forward to the Senate's prompt consideration and up-or-down votes for my other judicial nominees." Former Judiciary chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, called Griffith "an excellent nominee for this extremely important federal court." "As Senate legal counsel he impressed many in this body for being hardworking, fair-minded and honest. I am aware of no one who believes he carried out his responsibility as senate legal counsel in a partisan manner," Hatch said. Democrats have opposed Griffith, although Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada offered to bring his nomination up for a vote during the chamber's deadlock over whether to ban the judicial filibuster. 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Griffith, to sit on the U.S. Appeals Court, the sixth judge it has elevated to the federal appellate court in the last month. With a 73-24 vote, Griffith becomes the newest judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal for the District of Columbia, taking a seat that the Bush administration originally wanted for filibustered Hispanic lawyer Miguel Estrada. Estrada dropped out in September 2003 after being blocked by Democrats and President Bush replaced him in June 2004 with Griffith, who was the chamber's general counsel during President Clinton's impeachment before joining Brigham Young University as general counsel in 2003. "Tom is an accomplished and experienced lawyer who will bring a broad range of legal experience to the court," Bush said in a statement. 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