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Show 2 Friday, Dec. 9,2005 797-1769 statesman@cc.usu.edu Today's Issue Wedfcations Today is Friday, Dec. 9, 2005. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Brock Neagle, a sophomore majoring in engineering from Farmington, Utah. Clarifications Air marshals kill a passenger at a Miami airport; no terrorist link MIAMI (AP)-Shortly after boarding an Orlando-bound plane, passengers say, they saw a man bolt from his seat and run down the aisle, with his screaming wife and man in a Hawaiian shirt behind. "My husband! My husband!" one passenger said she heard the wife cry. The chase ended moments later Wednesday in a Miami International Airport jetway, when authorities say Rigoberto Alpizar appeared to reach for his bag. He was shot to death by the 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 Gulf oil, natural gas won't recover until summer 2006 WASHINGTON (AP) - Oil and natural gas production in the Gulf Coast area probably will not recover from this year's hurricanes until next summer, Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said Thursday, urging conservation as the cost to heat homes is expected to soar this winter. "The infrastructure of our country took a real blow with Hurricanes Rita and Katrina," Bodman told reporters outside the White House. "Even to this day, we have about a third of the natural gas and a third of the oil that is produced in the Gulf of Mexico still shut-in due to the damage that was done," he said. "That's not going to be back up and online, my guess is, until summertime." The latestfiguresby the Interior Department's Minerals Management Service, however, indicate a somewhat brighter picture, saymg"about a quarter of the Gulfs daily natural gas production remains shut in, not a third. • ,. ... Breast cancer drug looks even more promising SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The drug Herceptin, already viewed as promising for women with both early and latestage breast cancer, got another boost Thursday with new research showing the heart damage it sometimes causes might be avoidable. It also might still be effective when given for a shorter time, a finding that could drastically lower the cost of the pricey treatment. At a meeting of more than 7,000 breast cancer experts on Thursday, Finnish doctors said nine weeks of Herceptin instead of the usual year prevented recurrences and didn't raise the risk of heart failure. A second study found that pairing it with novel chemotherapy gave good results and avoided much of the risk of heart damage. They make a convincing case for using Herceptin earlier in breast cancer treatment, said Dr. Robert Carlson, a Stanford University breast cancer expert who had no role in the studies. "The jury is in and the jury has a very strong verdict" _ that virtually all women whose tumors are the type targeted by Herceptin should get the drug, he said. AP Photo JEANNE JENTSCHE, left, and Steven Buechner, holding umbrella, the sister-in- law and brother-in-law of Rigoberto Alpizar, make a statement for reporters in front of Alpizars home in Maitland, Fla., Thursday. r U1 J u u ; •• • • •• " ' Alpizar was shot to death on a jetport in Miami, Wednesday. Alpizar was shot to death on a jetport in Miami, Wednesday. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defense Donald Defense Secretary Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday he expects some 20,000 U.S. troops to return home from Iraq after next week's elections, and he suggested that some of the remaining 137^000 forces could pull outnext year. "If conditions permit, we could go below that," he said in the latest administration hint of at least a modest reduction next year. nage 7 7 see page 77 5 e e The Pentagon chief also said he he believed the White House and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., would "end up working something out" during negotiations over legislation standardizing interrogation-techniques and banning,mistreatmeat of foreign terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. Congressional bargainers were nearing completion of a defense bill that is expected to include the McCain provisions, and aides said vote and votes on the mean« week Still, sure could come next GOP leaders haven't blessed the bill because they are waiting the result of the White House's negotiations with McCain. £Rumsfeld made his comments between closed-door meetings on Capitol Hill with House members, part of an effort by the Bush administration to communicate •TROOPS see page 7 4 Patriot Act reauthorized by House, Senate WASHINGTON (AP) - House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement Thursday to extend the USA Patriot Act, the government's premier anti-terrorism law, before it expires at the end of the month. But a Democratic senator threatened a filibuster to block the compromise. "I will do everything I can, including a filibuster, to stop this Patriot Act conference report, which does not include adequate safeguards to protect our constitutional freedoms," said Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., who was the only senator to vote against the original version of the Patriot Act. Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., announced that the negotiating committee had reached an agreement that would extend for four years two of the Patriot Act's most controversial provisions - authorizing roving wiretaps and permitting secret warrants for books, records and other items from businesses, hospitals and organizations such as libraries. Those provisions would expire in four years unless Congress acted on them again. "All factors considered it's reasonably good, not perfect, but it's acceptable," Specter said of the agreement. Also to be extended for four years are standards for monitoring "lone wolf" terrorists who may be operating independent of a foreign agent or power. While not part of the Patriot Act, officials considered that along with the Patriot Act provisions. The Republican-controlled House had been pushing for those provisions to stay in effect as long as a decade, but negotiators decided to go with the GOP-controlled Senate's suggestion. Most of the Patriot Act would become permanent under the reauthorization. The White House applauded the agreement. "The Patriot Act is critical to winning the war on terrorism," White House press secretary Scott • PATRIOT ACT see page 14 HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaiian crooner Don Ho was moved out of intensive care at a Thailand hospital Wednesday and was doing well after an experimental procedure on his ailing heart, his doctor said. Ho, known for his signature tune, "Tiny Bubbles," could be singing again by Christmas, said Dr. Amit Patel, a heart surgeon from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center who oversaw the procedure in Bangkok. The 75-year-old performer underwent the new treatment in Thailand Tuesday that has not been approved in the United States. It involves multiplying stem cells taken from his blood and injecting them into his heart in hopes of strengthening the organ. NEW YORK (AP) - David Schwimmer will make his Broadway debut in a revival of "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," Herman Wouk's stage adaptation of his bestselling novel that later became a hit movie. The courtroom drama will open May 7 at a theater to be announced, with preview performances to begin April 14. Schwimmer will play the role of Lt. Barney Greenwald in the production, which will be directed by Jerry Zaks. Zeljko Ivanek will co-star as the infamous Lt. Com. Philip Francis Queeg, a role played in the movie version by Humphrey Bogart. Schwimmer, one of the stars of the long-running television series "Friends," has extensive stage credits, particularly in Chicago where he was a co-founder of the Lookingglass Theatre Company. PARIS (AP) - Jazz great Sidney Bechet's soprano saxophone sold at auction in Paris for more than $140,000. Late Night David Letterman Top Ten Dr. Phil Tips For Interviewing Oprah % 10. "Keep the questions short...the less you talk the better." 9. "Don't take too long in the welcoming hug; Stedman is huge and he could kick your butt." 8. "You two can start a club of people •< -jwho won't marry their mates." * 1. "Don't bother asking - She ain't giving you a car." 6. "Create a safe emotional space where __ she can express any conflicted feelings that - Oh hell, I don't even know what I'm saying." 5. "Is it too late to get Koppel to interview her?" 4. "Grovel." 3. "Try not to be 'all handsy" backstage." 2. "Don't humiliate her by asking her to read a lousy Top Ten List." 1. "Dave, for once in your life try not to be a dumbass." Make Reservations Now: 752-8384 Itatian TamiCy 'Dining homemade (Exceffence Congratulations on another successful semester! Come enjoy our great Italian food with Cfief S "Dinner SpeciaCs Wends and family! Trime <Ri9 and bailed C P" HOOTING >• SSHOOTING Rumsfield says fewer troops may be in Iraq next year \ n man in the Hawaiian shirt and a second pursuer, both undercover air marshals. Before he ran off the plane he "uttered threatening words that included a sentence to the effect that he had a bomb," said James E. Bauer, agent in charge of the Federal Air Marshal Service field office in Miami. No bomb was found, and federal officials later concluded there was no link to terrorism. Witnesses said his wife, Anne, frantically tried to explain he was bipolar, a mental illness also known as manic-depression, and was off his medication. "She said it was her fault, that he was bipolar," said Mike Beshears, a Flight 924 passenger who works for a vacation club in Orlando. "He was sick and she had convinced him to get on the plane." It was the first time since the Sept. 11 attacks that an air marshal discharged a firearm at a passenger or suspect, Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said. People C L CC Salmon plus full menu. Party trays, 2-6 foot sandwiches USU Women's Basketball vs. Utah Valley State Saturday, December 10th 3 PM • Dee Glen Smith Spectrum Graduation Weekend hours: Friday and Saturday the I6th & I7th i h n-4 Dinner 2-10 Sunday Brunch 10am- 2pm r ' DAILY SPECIALS 119 S. Main St. Reservations • Information 752-8384 KOATS FOR KIDS DAY! Donate a Coat to Koats for Kids and receive FREE ADMISSION to the game! For more information or to pick up your tickets, contact the Utah State Ticket Office at 797-0305. |