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Show Wedding Info; Send the dood JNews to o}tice@statesman.usu.eau Do You KNOW THE CODE? Possession, consumption, sale, purchase, distribution, manufacture, and/or storage of any alcoholic beverage and/or illegal drugs anywhere on campus is Prohibited by the USU Student Code. For a complete copy of the USU Student Code, go to http:// www.usu.edu/stuserv/scode/index.html. Distribution to minors is illegal and is subject to federal, state and local laws. 9 out of 10 USU students know that USU has an Alcohol/Drug Policy. DA defends arrest of Karr in JonBenet Ramsey slaying BOULDER, Colo. (AP)-The prosecutor in the JonBenet Ramsey case Tuesday defended her decision to bring John Mark Kanhalfway around the world to Colorado for investigation, saying it was difficult to separate fact from fantasy in his lurid account because every detail of the slaying is public knowledge. District Attorney Mary Lacy said that in addition to Karr's graphic account, his obvious predilection for little girls forced her hand. "We felt we could not ignore this. We had to follow it," she said. "There was a real public safety concern here directed at a particular child" in Thailand, and a forensic psychologist said Karr "was dangerous, this person was escalating." In the day since Lacy s office announced it was dropping the case against Karr, the district attorney has been bitterly criticized by defense attorneys and by Gov. Bill Owens, who accused her of wasting thousands of dollars on the "most expensive DNA test in Colorado history." For 90 minutes, Lacy patiently explained why authorities spent at least $9,300 to bring Karr back from Thailand after he balked at a more sophisticated DNA test that could have ruled him out as a suspect in the 1996 slaying of the 6-year-old beauty queen at her Boulder home. Lacy said she wanted the investigation done quietly, but details leaked to the media. She said her office has checked out some 200 suspects over the years and dealt with "dozens" of false confessions. The problem, she said, is that there is nothing left that only the killer would know. "As far as we can tell, there is no physical evidence in this case that has not been in the public domain," Lacy said. "The ability of our office or any law enforcement to connect this kind of a person _ based on something they know about it that no one else knows _ was gone a long time ago." Lacy said she has received calls from people calling for her to be "tarred and feath- ered" and "run out of town." "The decisions were mine," said Lacy, who will be forced out by term limits in 2008. "The responsibility is mine, and I should be held accountable for all decisions in this case." Karr was being held at the Boulder jail until he can be sent to Sonoma County, Calif., to face five misdemeanor child pornography charges dating to 2001. District Judge Roxanne Bailin on Tuesday ordered Karr sent to California by Sept. 13, saying he had violated terms of his bond in that state by failing to show up for a hearing on the pornography charges. If convicted, Karr could get a year in prison on each count. Karr's father and brother, Wexford and Nate Karr, were at the Boulder jail on Tbesday, but left without commenting. Karr spent years corresponding by e-mail and talking by phone with a Colorado journalism professor, who tipped off authorities. Karr claimed that he accidentally killed JonBenet during a ritualistic sexual encounter. SioMi4 Achieving Wellness Through Balance in All Areas of Life True Aggie Survival Kit AP Photo/Paul Aiken, Pool Boulder County District Attorney Mary Lacy, left, looks at investigator Thomas 8ennett, left, as he talks about John Mark Karr being cleared in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case during news conference at the Boulder County Justice Center in Boulder, Colo., Tuesday, Aug. 29,2006. Karr was a school teacher who claimed to have been present when Ramsey was killed in 1996. 3 more persons charged in British terror plot (For Breakfast) (For Studying) (For Class) FREE COLLEGE STUDENT CHECKING usu< CREDIT UNION (For Survival) USU Charter CREDIT UNION we're with you! Phone: 753-4080 www.usuccu.org Downtown: 198 North Main Campus Branch: 695 East 1000 North Smithfleld: 890 South Main LONDON (AP)-British anti-terrorist police charged three more people late Tbesday with conspiring to commit murder in the alleged plot to blow up U.S.bound airliners. The three _ Mohammed Yasar Gulzar, Mohammed Shamin Uddin and Nabeel Hussain _ were also charged with preparing to commit terrorism by helping in an alleged plan to smuggle explosives aboard the planes, police said. Eleven people have now been charged on those two counts. Four others were charged with lesser offenses, including having knowledge of a terrorist activity but not disclosing information about it. A Scotland Yard statement said Gulzar, Uddin and Hussain conspired with eight other suspects in the alleged plot and had intended to commit "acts of terrorism engaged in conduct to give effect to their intention to smuggle the component parts of improvised explosive devices onto aircraft and assemble and detonate them on board." All three men will be arraigned on Wednesday. Of 25 people originally arrested, 15 have been charged and are being held by police, five others remain in custody without charge and five have been released. Chief Magistrate Timothy Workman earlier ordered Nabeel Hussain's brother Mehran Hussain held in custody until Sept. 19. Mehran Hussain, and his other brother, Umair, are charged with failing to tell police about Nabeels alleged involvement in what prosecutors say was a plot to down airliners using plastic and liquid explosives. Workman also ordered Cossar Ali, 24, held in custody until Sept. 5, when her lawyer David Gottlieb said he intends to apply for bail. Ali, the only woman charged so far in connection with the alleged plot, is accused of failing to disclose information about a possible terrorist attack. Her husband, Ahmed Abdullah Ali, also is among the 15 people charged in the case. Earlier in the day, a 17- Western Wats Western Wats has increased wages, and we are still willing to work around your schedule. We still offer weekly pay, a fun work environment, and we'll give you time off for school events, tests, and holidays. Call Cody 753-1303 or stop by 22 East Center in Logan, or apply online: surveynetwork.com/application. year-old accused of storing an explosives manual and other documents connected to an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners was denied bail during a court appearance. The teenager, who cannot be identified, was remanded until a Sept. 19 hearing at City of Westminster Magistrates' Court. His attorney, Gareth Peirce, said the teenager intended to plead not guilty. He faces up to 10 years in jail if convicted, prosecutor Colin Gibbs told the court. Gibbs told the court the teenager is accused of storing an explosives manual, a map of Afghanistan and five wills made out by people planning to commit suicide bombings _ items police consider likely connected to planned acts of terrorism. A deadline for the detention of the remaining five suspects held without charge expires on Wednesday, but a police spokesman said it was not yet decided whether they would be charged or if police would seek further time for questioning. Senior police officers said last week they were analyzing thousands of pieces of evidence seized in searches of dozens of properties and two stretches of woodland. Investigators have found chemicals that can be used to make bombs, including hydrogen peroxide, and electrical components during their searches, said Peter Clarke, head of Scotland Yard's anti-terrorist depart-* ment. |