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;., Thursday, September 4,2008 BULLETIN www.doilyutahchronicle.corr) Etstories and photos from The Associated Press 4 lalin casts herself as beltway outsider ST PAUL, MINN.— G££eted by thunderous appfifcise, Alaska Gov. Sarah PaEp presented herself to the; Republican National Convention on Wednesday, and millions of Americans watching from home, as a small-town outsider reiady to join John McCain's ticket in waging "a tojugh fight in this election against confident opponents at a crucial hour for oif country." O will be honored to a&ept the nomination fok'Vice president of the United States," she said invthe convention's most anticipated speech. The 4^year-old, self-described "Ijockey mom" still awaits formal nomination for the second spot on the ticket. With those words, the crowd roared—and the flashes of thousands of cameras reflected off her glasses. It was the crowning moment of a roller-coaster week in which the first woman ever on a Republican presidential ticket has faced questions about how closely the McCain campaign scrutinized her. She also has heard a wide range of inquiries about family issues, her policy positions and her record of public service. Palin took crowd-delighting swipes at Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and what she called the "Wash- Partly Cloudy 77/54 • 2008 Farmers Market: 10:00 a.m. to 2 p.m. @ Webster's Lawn, just east o f ^ Pioneer Memorial Theatre : ,| • Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art: all day @ UMFA "§, • UMFA's Monet to Picasso Mini Lecture: 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. @ UMFA i •, • A Fragile Empire: Rome and Her Glass: all day @UMFA *\ 5 Friday Mostly Sunny 76/54 , • Scientist in the Spotlight: Bugs Alive! with Christy Bills: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. @ Utah Museum of Natural History .._..] • Monet to Picasso from the Cleveland Museum of Art: all day @ UMFA <fvi • A Fragile Empire: Rome and Her Glass: all day @UMFA Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., greets his vice presidential running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as their families watch as he arrives in Minneapolis, where he attended the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Wednesday ington elite." "Here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve the people of this country," she said. Selected by McCain Aug. 29, Palin addressed the convention amid questions about her qualifications and relative lack of experience. The first-term governor had top billing at the convention on a night delegates also lined up for a noisy roll call of the states to deliver their presidential nomination to McCain. Watching her from inside the convention hall were members of Palin's family, including husband Todd, and their children, including 17-year-old Bristol Palin, whom the Palins disclosed earlier in the week was five months pregnant. Bristol Palin's 18-year-old boyfriend and apparent fiance, Levi Johnston, was seated with them. McCain shook up the presidential race by picking Palin, a little-known governor less than two years in office. Since then, a bright spotlight has "been trained on the life and record of the Republican governor who has bucked the state's political establishment. Days after Palin made her debut on the national stage with McCain, the campaign announced her unmarried daughter's pregnancy. Other disclosures followed, including that a private attorney is authorized to spend $95,000 of state money to defend her against accusations of abuse of power and that Palin sought porkbarrel projects for her city and state, contrary to her reformist image. "Our family has the same ups and downs as any other... the same challenges and the same joys," she said. U.S. confirms military raid inside Pakistan ISLAMABAD—American forces launched a raid inside Pakistan Wednesday, a senior U.S. military official said, in the first known foreign ground assault in Pakistan against a suspected Taliban haven. The government condemned an incursion that it said killed at least i5people. The American official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of cross border operations, told The Associated Press that the raid occurred on Pakistani soil about one mile from the Afghan border. The official didn't provide anyE other de- tails. Pakistan's Foreign Ministry launched a protest, saying U.S.-led troops flew in from Afghanistan for the attack on a village. An army spokesman warned that the apparent escalation from recent missile strikes on militant targets along the Afghan border would further anger Pakistanis and undercut cooperation in the war against terrorist groups. The boldness of the thrust fed speculation about the intended target. But it was unclear whether any extremist leader was killed or captured in the operation, which occurred in one of the militant strongholds dotting a frontier region considered a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida's No. 2 leader, Ayman alZawahri. U.S. military and civilian officials declined to respond to Pakistan's complaints. But one official, a South Asia expert who agreed to discuss the situation only if not quoted by name, suggested the target of any raid like that reported Wednesday would have to be extremely important to risk an almost assured "big backlash" from Pakistan. New Orleans reluctantly opens doors after Gustav NEW ORLEANS— Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced New Orleans to reluctantly open its doors Wednesday, but more than a million homes and businesses across three states were still without electricity and officials said it could take as long as a month to fully restore power. As residents came home to New Orleans, President Bush returned to the site of one of the biggest failures of his presidency to show that the government had turned a corner since its bungled response to Katrina. Faced with traffic backups on paths into the city, Mayor Ray Nagin gave up checking ID badges and automobile placards designed to keep residents out until early Thursday. Those who returned said if the city was safe enough for repair crews and health care workers, it was safe enough for them, too. "People need to get home, need to get their houses straight and get back to work," said George Johnson, who used back roads to sneak into the city. "They want to keep you out of your own property. That's just not right." But once back at home, inany people had no power and no idea when it might return. Outages Thursday were widespread across Louisiana and thousands more lost power in parts of Mississippi and Arkansas. "There is no excuse for the delay. We absolutely need to quicken the pace at which power is restored," Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said. Within hours of returning to his suburban home, Paul Braswell was sweating over an outdoor grill as he cooked the chicken and deer sausage he stored in his freezer alongside gallon-size blocks of ice before evacuating with his family to Mississippi. "We don't have any power, and we don't know when it'll come back on, so we're going to eat all we can until it does," he said. "Tomorrow, we're boiling shrimp my mom left in her freezer." Restoring power was critical to reopening schools, businesses and neighborhoods. Without electricity, gas stations could not pump fuel, and hospitals were running out of fuel for generators. Some places never lost power, including the Superdome, where the Saints planned to open their regular football season Sunday. In Jefferson Parish, which also reopened Wednesday, officials reported that most sewagetreatment stations were out of service because there was no power. The parish urged residents not to flush toilets, wash clothes or dishes, or even take showers out of concern that the system might backup and send sewage flowing in home and businesses. After touring an emergency center and flooded-out farmland, President Bush praised the government response to Gustav as "excellent," but he urged utility companies in neighboring states to send extra manpower to Louisiana if they could spare it. "One of the key things that needs to happen is that they've got to get electricity up here in Louisiana," Bush said. The administration's swift reaction was a significant change from its response three years ago to Katrina, a far more devastating storm. Roughly 1,600 people were killed, and the White House was harshly criticized for stepping in too late. To residents who lived through Katrina, that failure was still fresh. "What do I care if Bush is visiting? I'm still trying to get my house back together from Katrina," housekeeper Flora Raymond said. "This time things went better, but we still need help from the last time." ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE L 0 0 F A A M B• P R A L| A 1 0 A N T A]S T E BE S Y L A S T (sfl T W A S[A T A N • P; 1 L HIA C B E|R Is IM 1 1 1 A M 1 I I W1 IL 11 1 M A V E N D E G A T s| E L A T E I s L A U G A U D 1 I %• L E N T 0 M| l V 0 R Y A IN X T A L C A|N D | | N1 E E C A P & I E D G Y L 0 E | L W Rfl R 1 N S | SM A W|N I I I HA F T 0 1*1 E 1 R si R A E £ A L T R 1 0 T T E N 0 A N S P| | | P H D E1A T H E R 0 L 1 0 E | G 0 D s s| AX 1s I °l CROSSWORD ON CLASSIFIEDS 1'AGE Saturday 79/57 Mostly Sunny • Greek Fraternity and Sorority Recruitment begins • 3rd Annual Wasatch Woman Run: 9 a.m. @ Merrill Engineering Building • UNI Kids Health and Safety Fair: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. @ University NeuropsychiatricInstitute >.„ , • Football vs. UNLV: 6 p.m. @ Rice-Eccles Stadium 19-square-mile ice sheet breaks loose in Canada TORONTO—A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada's northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday. Derek Mueller, an Arctic ice shelf specialist at Trent University in Ontario, told The Associated Press that the 4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated in early August and the 19-square-mile shelf is now adrift in the Arctic Ocean. This comes on the heels of unusual cracks in a northern Greenland glacier, rapid melting of a southern Greenland glacier, and a near record loss for Arctic sea ice this summer. U.S. Bush announces $1 billion in aid for Georgia WASHINGTON—Pushing back against an increasingly aggressive Moscow, President Bush said Wednesday the U.S. will send an extra $1 billion to Georgia to help the pro-Western former Soviet republic in the wake of Russia's invasion. "Georgia has a strong economic foundation and leaders with an impressive record of reform," Bush said in a statement. "Our additional economic assistance will help the people of Georgia recover from the assault on their country, and continue to build a prosperous and competitive economy." UTAH Justice asked to weigh charges in Utah mine deaths WASHINGTON—Federal mining officials on Wednesday asked prosecutors to decide whether criminal charges are warranted in the deaths of nine people in last year's collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine in Utah. The Mine Safety and Health Administration has been investigating two caveins in August 2007 at Crandall Canyon that killed six miners and three rescuers. MSHA already has fined Genwal Resources Inc., a subsidiary of Ohio-based Murray Energy Corp., $1.34 million for alleged violations that directly contributed to the deaths of six miners and three rescuers. Corrections , , .^ . and Clarifications The policy of The Daily Utah Chronicle is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you find something you would like clarified or find unfair, please contact the editor at 801-581-8317. 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