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Show 2 Tuesday, March 11,2008 BULLETIN www.dailyutahchronide.com All stories and photos from The Associated Press WORLD Obama: I'm not running for V.P. Fraud case endangers U.S.-Guatemala adoptions GUATAMALA CITY—Luciany Ball's adoption file says she was born 14 months ago to a single mother who gave her up. But-now some of the documents appear to be fraudulent, part of a slew of irregularities at the agency handling Luciany*s adoption that have left dozens of babies in danger of being seized from their anguished American adoptive parents. The probe also casts a cloud of uncertainty over some 2,900 pending U.S. adoptions. Prosecutors describe their probe as their first serious attempt to investigate a $100 million industry that has made Guatemala the largest source of American babies after China. Frontrunnerridiculesidea of spot on a Clinton ticket COLUMBUS, Miss.—Democrat Barack Obama ridiculed the idea of being Hillary Rodham Clinton's running mate Monday, saying voters must choose between the two for the top spot on the fall ticket. The Illinois senator used his first public appearance of the week to knock down the notion that he might accept the party's vice presidential nomination. He noted that he has won more states, votes and delegates than Clinton so far. "I don't know how somebody who is in second place is offering the vice presidency to the person who is first place," Obama said, drawing cheers and a standing ovation from about 1,700 people. Saying he wanted to be "absolutely clear," he added: "I don't want anybody here thinking that somehow, 'Well, you know, maybe I can get both.' Don't think that way. You have to make a choice in this election." "I am not running for vice president," Obama said. "I am running for president of the United States of America." Obama aides said Clinton's recent hints that she might welcome him as her vice presidential candidate appeared meant to diminish him and to attract undecided voters in the remaining primary states by suggesting they can have a "dream ticket." Obama had never suggested he might accept a second spot on the ticket. But until 1 Monday he had not ridiculed the notion so directly, even if he did not completely rule it out in Shermanesque terms. He told the audience that it made no sense for Clinton to suggest he is not ready to be president and then hint that she might hand him the job that could make him president at a moment's notice. • "If I'm not ready, how is it that you think I should be such a great vice president?" he said, as the crowd laughed and cheered. Vatican: Thou shalt not pollute the environment VATICAN CITY—In olden days, the deadly sins included lust, gluttony and greed. Now, the Catholic Church says pollution, mind-damaging drugs and genetic experiments are on its updated thou-shalt-not list. Also receiving fresh attention by the Vatican was social injustice, along the lines of the age-old maxim: "The rich get richer while the poor get pdorer." U.S. Democratic presidential hopefuls. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Barack Obama, D-lll., stand together before a Democratic presidential debate in Los Angeles in this Jan. 31,2008 file photo. Many Democrats see the two as potential running mates and an unstoppable dream ticket. Mississippi holds it primary Tuesday, the last contest before the Pennsylvania primary six weeks from now. Clinton and her husband, the former president, had suggested recently that a Clinton-Obama ticket would be popular and formidable. "A lot of Democrats like us both and have been very hopeful that they wouldn't have to make a choice, but obviously Democrats have to make a choice and I'm looking forward to getting the nomination," Clinton said Monday in Scranton, Pa. "And it's preliminary to talk about whoever might be on whose ticket." Many political activists discounted the notion all along. They noted that the two senators lack a warm relationship and, more important, that Obama would be ill-served by hinting he might accept the vice presidential slot when he holds the lead in delegates and hopes to win the presidential nomination. In the latest Associated Press count, Obama leads Clinton, 1,579-1473. He has won 28 contests to her 17. Moreover, many insiders feel the ambitious and fast-rising Obama would chafe in the vice president's job, especially in a White House where Bill Clinton would almost surely play a huge advisory role. Utah settles Tasered motorist lawsuit SALT LAKE CITY, Utah—A stubborn motorist who became an Internet celebrity after video of him being stunned with a Taser by a Utah Highway Patrolman appeared on YouTVibe will receive $40,000 as part of a lawsuit settlement with the state, the Utah attorney general's office said Monday. Jared Massey claimed in a civil lawsuit filed in January that his civil rights were violated because TVooper Jon Gardner fired his Taser before telling him Massey was under arrest. The confrontation was widely viewed on the Internet after Massey obtained a copy of a video taken by the cruiser's dashboard camera. The video has been viewed on Youibbe at least 1.7 million times and shows Gardner drawing his stun gun after the 28-year-old Massey — outside his vehicle to proclaim his innocence — refused to accept a speeding ticket. Massey's attorney, Bob Sykes, said he's pleased with the settlement offer. "They made what we consider to be a very fair offer of a significant amount of money," he said. The Highway Patrol said the trooper's use of the Taser was justified, but that his attitude was a problem. They put Gardner on administrative leave for a few weeks and said he received training in conflict resolution. Gardner was primarily put on leave for his own safety after state officials received numerous complaints. Sykes said state attorneys offered to settle the lawsuit before ever officially responding to it, probably because of the video evi- dence. "It's pretty damaging," he said. "The force used under these circumstances was nothing less than outrageous." The Utah Highway Patrol has declined to make Gardner available for comment. As part of the settlement, the lawsuit against Gardner and potential claims against the Utah Highway Patrol, Utah Department of Public Safety and the state of Utah are being dismissed. "We think this is a legally defensible case because Trooper Gardner acted reasonably to avert a volatile and potentially dangerous confrontation on the side of a busy highway. We recognize, however, that this is a close case," Assistant Attorney General Scott Cheney, who represented Gardner, said in a statement. China says suspicious liquids involved in plane incident BEIJING—China disclosed Monday that suspicious liquids were found on a flight headed to Beijing from a far western Muslim region, and Olympic organizers tried to dismiss A paramilitary unit surrounds China Southern Airlines passenger plane during a drill in China's northeastern Heilongjiang Province, in this Saturday, April 28,2007 file photo. China said on Sunday a flight crew prevented an apparent attempt to fears that the summer games were under threat. The government announced over the weekend that authorities had foiled a plot by Islamic terrorists targeting the August games and also said there was an apparently unrelated attempt to crash a passenger jet on Friday. Scant details were initially released about the reported plot or the airplane incident. However, China's head of civil aviation said Monday that the flight from the far western Xinjiang region to Beijing had been diverted after some pas-sengers were found with suspicious liquids. China Southern Airlines CZ6901 landed in Lanzhou, in western Gansu province, to safeguard the passengers, the authority said in a notice on its Web site. No other details were given. 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U The head of Xinjiang's regional government earlier described the incident as an attempt to crash the plane. Olympic organizers voiced confidence Monday about security arrangements for the games in Beijing. "An efficient Olympic security command system is in place," Sun Weide, a spokesman for the organizing committee, told The Associated Press. "We're confident of holding a peaceful and safe Olympic Games." The International Olympic Committee also said it believed proper security measures were in place. Most experts say the actual threat to the Beijing Games from terrorism is low, although the event has become a magnet for critics of the government, ranging from free-speech advocates to activists over Sudan's troubled Darfur region. U Tuesday Partly Cloudy 54/39 •Activism Embodied: Women in Politics: 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. @ Hinckley Caucus Room, • 255 O5H •Jazz Guitar Ensembles: 7:30 •" p.m. @ Libby Gardner Concert : Hall •How We Look: New and Old Ways of Seeing Disability. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. @ Eccles Health Sciences Education Building 3515B . •WRC Discussion: What ' prevents us from being our- . selves and engaging our passion? Noon to 1 p.m. @ Union <, Room 161 N.Y. Governor Spitzer linked to prostitution ring NEW YORK CITY—Gov. Eliot Spitzer's political career teetered on the brink of collapse Monday after the corruption-fighting politician once known as "Mr. Clean" was accused of paying for sex with a highpriced call girl. The scandal drew immediate calls for the Democrat to step down. At a news conference before about ioo reporters, a glassy-eyed Spitzer, his shellshocked wife at his side, apologized to his family and the people of New York. Congress to investigate drugs in drinking water WASHINGTON, D.C.—Two veteran U.S. senators said Monday they plan to hold hearings-in response to an Associated Press investigation into the presence of trace amounts of Pharmaceuticals in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz, D-Pa., has asked the EPA to establish a national task force to investigate the issue and make recommendations to Congress on any legislative actions needed. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., and Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-New Jersey, said the oversight hearings would likely be held in April. UTAH TRAX up and running after severed power cable Law enforcement agencies across the state are finding the main north-south line of TRAX is up and running again in time for Monday's evening commute. One of the line's two railways had been down for most of the day due to a severed power cable near 2800 South, where Interstate 80 crosses over the tracks. The other railway had been operational during the outage, but riders were delayed by 35 minutes. Utah Transit Authority officials say the route has resumed its regular schedule with trains running every 15 minutes. Man charged with stealing boards, lift passes A Salt Lake City man is accused of stealing 32 snowboards and hundreds of ski lift passes as part of a burglary spree that included at least six business between October and January. More than 536,000 in merchandise was stolen, including the snowboards and 291 ski lift passes from one sporting goods store. The 27-yearold man was arrested during a traffic stop, when police discovered some of the stolen goods in his car. The man has been charged in 3rd District Court. Court documents indicate he has admitted to committing the burglaries. This day in U history... March n, 1955: The Chronicle reported that the following was proposed as a potential amendment to the constitution of the Associated Students of the University of Utah: "There shall be a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer for each of the colleges at the University of Utah. It shall be their duty to supervise the activities of their respective colleges and to represent their college members in all matters pertaining to student affairs in their colleges." Corrections , , . , , . and Clarifications The policy of The Daily Utah Chronicle is to correct any error made as soon as possible. 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