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Show 1 Monday, Sept. 12,2005 Contact:'*** 797-1769 statesman@ccMSu.edu .K Today's Issue Rescuers recovering the dead and the die-hard Today is Monday, Sept.12, 2005. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Devin Weaver, a junior majoring in civil engineering from Sandy, Utah. Clarifications WMCorrectlans r\ The letter to the editor titled "ASUSU shouldn't change tradtion" that ran on Friday, Sept. 9, should have been preceded by information explaining it was submitted on Sept. 2. National Briefs Exorcism "possesses" weekend box office LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" bedeviled its competition in its box-office debut this weekend, hauling in $30.2 million with its mix of courtroom drama and classic horror. The film, inspired by true events, follows a Catholic priest on trial for negligent homicide following the death of a satanically possessed 19-year-old. Its PG-13 rating and cast, including Oscar nominees Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney and Shohreh Aghdashloo, helped give it wide appeal, bumping last week's newcomer, "Transporter 2," from the No. 1 spot, according to studio estimates. Threats made to Los Angeles and Austrailia NEW YORK (AP) - A tape delivered to ABC News in Pakistan this weekend features a masked man making terrorist threats against Los Angeles and Australia. ABC News reported that the man is believed to be Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American from California purported to be an al-Qaida member and wanted by the FBI. The CIA said Sunday it was aware of the report but had no immediate comment about the tape's authenticity. The latest tape was aired on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The man on the tape, wearing a black turban with most of his face covered, calls the attacks of four years ago "blessed events" before making a threat against the U.S. "Yesterday, London and Madrid. Tomorrow, Los Angeles and Melbourne, Allah willing. And this time, don't count on us demonstrating restraint and compassion," the man says during the 11minute tape. Photo courtesy AP EVA MATTHEWS, 8 1 , WHO IS BUND, is unloaded from a vehicle after being rescued from the Nazareth Inn assisted living facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Wednesday, September 7,2005. NEW ORLEANS - All that's left in this city now are the dead and the die-hards - the residents who refuse to leave their beloved, but beleaguered, homes. Rescue workers went door to door on foot and by boat Tuesday, desperately trying to persuade the living to leave. Other teams set out to continue retrieving the dead, a process with no end in sight". The confirmed death toll from Hurjicane. Kajrina ro.se_ . to 83 in Louisiana on Tuesday, but officials have warned that the number could reach into the thousands. The identification process hasn't begun on the victims, said Bob Johannessen, a spokesman for the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. He said families eventually would be asked to provide materials to help identify bodies. Fingerprints, photographs, X-rays and DNA samples will be used throughout the process. But on Tuesday, search rescuers continued to run across the living. In the Ninth Ward, where homes are still under water, rescue workers found an obese woman on her porch, lying on her belly, unable to walk. She refused to go with them. "Get her out of there," Sgt. Billy Gomillion, of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement, ordered his men. "If she is sick and can- not move -1 don't care whether she wants to or not - get her out of there. I'm not going to let her die." Chris Baker, a Metairie, La., schoolteacher and a volunteer rescuer with a boat, said he and other volunteers had to talk an elderly man into leaving the area. "He was afraid he was going to be placed in some kind of concentration camp. We had to convince him he was a free man," Baker said. •*-«—, Gomillion said his unit took about 150 people from their homes on Tuesday. Many more • RESCUERS People LAS VEGAS (AP) - Bronchitis has ". forced Kelly Clarkson to cancel ,; three more concerts in Nevada and ilt Washington. The ' Breakaway" singer called off two performances in California ••/ last week. Clarkson had hoped to be well enough to perform, but was stiLL .. feeling ill at a sound check Friday, according to a statement from RCA ,. Music Group. , Clarkson had been scheduled to perform Friday in Reno, Saturday in ( , Las Vegas and Monday in Spokane, . . Wash., as part of her "Hazel Eyes" ,: tour. . rl The canceled concerts will be rescheduled, and tickets previously . purchased will be honored for the new dates, the statement said. LOS ANGELES (AP) - Domestic diva Martha Stewart says her home „; confinement was tougher than doing time in federal prison. ;', "You have to watch the clock con- ; stantly because you're only allowed out of your home for a limited period, and for a busy person watching . the clock, and knowing other people '. are watching the clock, is extremely .' difficult," Stewart told Time maga- ',.. zine. . ., Stewart, 64, served five months . ,. behind bars for lying to authorities about a stock deal and nearly six more months in home confinement. .^ She has been free of her electronic , .ankle bracelet monitor since Sept. 1. •.; LONDON (AP) - John Lennon's ' •' first wife says the late Beatle had a . t" violent temper and once hit her in a , fit of jealousy, according to excerpts t from a new book published in a newspaper Sunday. Cynthia Lennon writes in "John," . • f that he was prone to violent tan, > trums, according to an excerpt pub- i lished in The Sunday Times, which ,.' is serializing the book. "I could put up with his outbursts, the jealousy and possessiveness but not the vio- . lence," she writes. }. Late Night see page 18 Top Ten Things You Don't Want To Hear From Your New Teacher Mickey Mouse stirs up controversy in Hong Kong HONG KONG (AP) - Many in Hong Kong are ready to give Mickey Mouse a big hug for bringing Disneyland to them. But not dog-lovers, shark-defenders and fireworks foes. The opposition may seem odd, in a Chinese city where fireworks are a fixture, shark fin soup is hugely popular, and stray dogs are summarily dealt with as health hazards. But eight years after the British colony was returned to China, the capitalist city is much freer than the Communist mainland, and advo- cacy groups are vocal. To start with the sharks: Disneyland said it was merely trying to honor local custom by selling shark fin soup at weddings in the park that opens Monday. But environmentalists protested that shark populations are being depleted by the fishing industry, which usually hacks off the fin before tossing the fish back into the sea to die. A top-level decision was made to take the soup off the menu, said Robert Iger, president of the Walt Disney Co. Disney made more headlines when it asked dog-catchers to round up dozens of stray mutts near the park, sending many of them to a certain death. And then there were the plans for nightly fireworks displays at the park on Lantau, Hong Kong's largest island. Neighbors said they were worried about the noise and smoke, but the park stuck with its original plans. In the months before the park's opening, the media sometimes sounded as though Disney were CATCH OF THE MY New Whirlpool and Kitchen Aid major appliances for up to: DISNEYLAND 10. "My name is Mr. Parker...but if the feds ask, I'm Mr. Johnson" 9. "Sorry I'm late...some bullies threw me into a locker" 8. "Anybody need lottery tickets or cigarettes?" 7. "My system is simple...I assign grades by height" 6. "I will learn your names when I sober up" 5. "Science, Scientology, what's the difference?" 4. "Today you'll be dissecting the person sitting next to you" 3. "Daddy is sleepy.-.wake me at 4" 2. "I'm gonna learn you all kinds of smart things" 1. "Show of hands...who has a single, slutty mom?" see page 7 9 Fast Facts toKri F A L L O U T F R O M T H E S T O R M Signs of hope emerging Numerous residents were able to visit their homes lor the first time on Sunday and crews cleared trees, debris and downed telephone poles Refrigerators, washers, gas and electric dryers; dishwasher gas & eletric ranges; cooktops, microwaves, built-in ovens. Minorfreightdamage. 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