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Show 2 U T A H-#£ WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2,2005 S T A T E S M A N Contact: 797-1742 statesman@cc.usu.edu •Mb Uruguay inauguratesfirstsocialist president •GfellSSL Today is Wednesday, March 2, 2005. Todays issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Matthew Brown, a freshman in Aerospace Engineering from Dugway, Utah. Latin America continues to tilt leftward as doctor takes office BY KEVIN CRAY Associated Press Clarifications The policy of The Utah Statesman 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 797-1762 or TSC 105. ' National Briefs - • ^ Utah homeland security awarded $20 million SALT LAKE CITY - The Utah Division of Emergency Services and Homeland Security has been awarded more than $20 million in funding for training, equipment, exercises and planning to help local public safety agencies respond effectively to potential acts of terrorism. The funds are part of $2.5 billion in federal counterterrorism grants awarded by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security this-year, according to a news release. The state's Grant Advisory Board, which makes decisions on how federal funds are doled out, now has 60 days to prioritize and coordinate distribution of the funds to the state's seven established regional response teams. "Its usually an 80-20 split, with 80 percent of the money going to local agencies around the state " said division spokesman Derek Jensen. "We already know what the priorities are for some of the agencies." BTK suspect charged with 10 counts of murder WICHITA, Kan. — Dennis Rader, the churchgoing family man and Cub Scout leader accused of leading a double life as the BTK serial killer, was charged Tuesday with 10 counts of first-degree murder. Rader made his first court appearance by videoconference from his jail cell. During the brief hearing, Rader stood behind a podium, his hands folded at times, at others leafing through a copy of the charges against him. He told the judge he is married and was employed with the city of Park City, and said "Thank you, sir" at the end of the hearing. About a dozen family members of victims were in the courtroom, but they did not speak to reporters. Rader was accompanied by a temporary attorney, and the judge appointed the state's public defender office to represent him. MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - A doctor took office as Uruguay's first socialist president Tuesday, joining the ranks of left-leaning leaders in Latin America — now six in all — governing a majority of the region's people with a cautious approach to U.S.-backed free-market policies. In one of his first official acts, Tabare Vazquez restored full diplomatic ties with communist Cuba, more than two years after a diplomatic row divided the countries. Thousands of Uruguayans — many waving flags and chanting "Ur-u-guay!" — filled Montevideo's streets for the inauguration of Vazquez, a 65-year-old cancer specialist whose swearingin ended more than 170 years of power by two moderate parties. Vazquez, elected Oct 31 to replace Jorge Batlle, is part of a reinvorgorated — but far less ideological — leftist movement in Latin America whose leaders have come to power amid economic turmoil. He took the oath of office for his five-year term with many of South America's new generation of leftists leaders looking on. "I have not come alone," Vazquez said at the packed ceremony at Congress. "I take office as president of the republic with the support of hundreds of thousands of compatriots who expressed AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko SUPPORTER OF URUGUAY PRESIDENT-ELECT TABARE VAZQUEZ holds a poster which reads "Tabare, Uruguay and Argentina are America Latina" Tuesday, in Montevideo, Uruguay, as they wait for the inauguration of new Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez. their democratic wishes last Oct. 31 for a better country for all Uruguayans." Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentina's Nestor Kirchner and Chile's Ricardo Lagos all looked on as the crowd cheered. Vazquez climbed into an antique car to leave the ceremony, then jumped onto the back of a pickup truck, blowing kisses to a crowd of thousands who turned out for a street fiesta. Confetti flew and occasional fireworks boomed overhead as his motorcade slowly made its way to the presidential offices. Blue-and-white Uruguayan flags emblazoned with their signature sun in the upper left corner hung from the balconies of many apartment buildings, where people craned to get a glimpse of their new leader. Carpenter Hugo Folena, 40, waved the red-white-and-blue flag of Vazquez's Broad Front coalition and smiled as he talked of his hopes for the new president "I'm praying this means we will URUGUAY PRFSIPFNT See page 7 Supreme Court strikes down juvenile death penalty BY HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON - A closely divided Supreme Court ruled Ibesday that it's unconstitutional to execute juvenile killers, ending a practice in 19 states that has been roundly condemned by many of America's closest allies. AP Photo/Texas Dept of Criminal Justice The 5-4 decision throws out THESE PHOTOS provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice show four of the death sentences of 72 murthe 12 Texas death row inmates who were under age 18 when they committed their derers who were under 18 crimes and have been executed. They are from left, Glen McGinnis, Napoleon when they committed their Beazley, TJ. Jones and Toronto Patterson. crimes and bars states from seeking to execute minors for Tuesday's ruling prevents states from making 16future crimes. and 17-year-olds eligible for execution. The executions, the court said, violate the Eighth Officials in Prince William County, Va., said Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment Tuesday they will not prosecute a murder case there "The age of 18 is the point where society draws the against teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo, who is already line for many purposes between childhood and serving life in prison in two of the 10 sniper killings adulthood. It is, we conclude, the age at which the that terrorized the Washington area in 2002. Prince line for death eligibility ought to rest" Justice William County Commonwealth's Attorney Paul Anthony Kennedy wrote. Ebert had hoped to get the death penalty for Malvo, who was 17 at the time of the killings, but said The ruling continues the court's practice of narrowing the scope of the death penalty, which justices another trial would now be an unnecessary expense. reinstated in 1576. Executions for those 15 and Juvenile offenders have been put to death in recent younger when they committed their crimes were years in only a few other countries, including Iran, outlawed in 1988. Three years ago justices banned Pakistan, China and Saudi Arabia. Kennedy cited death sentences for the mentally retarded. international opposition to the practice. CATCH OF THE MY international 25 YEARS y*NOT having a sale LOS ANGELES (AP) - The marriage between Rebecca Romijn and John Stamos is officially over. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Harvey A. Silberman signed off on the family law judgment Thursday, nearly a year after the couple announced they were separating after five years of marriage. The marriage was officially terminated as of Tuesday, according to the document. The couple have no children. Romijn, 32, is filming "Man About Town" with Ben Affleck. Her screen credits include "RollerbalT and "Femme Fatale." Stamos, 41, starred on television's "Full House" from 1987 to 1995. He has a new ABC comedy, "Jake in Progress." LOS ANGELES (AP) - A drifter accused of stalking Mel Gibson said he will serve as his own lawyer in a trial in which the actor-director is expected to appear as a witness. Zack Sinclair, who was arrested for allegedly violating an order to stay away from Gibson, announced that he will be representing himself as jury selection began Monday in what is expected to be a six-day trial. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge John S. 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