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Show 1 Friday, April 13,2007 797-1769 statesman@cc.usu.edu 8 killed in deadliest ever attack in Iraq Green Zone Today's Issue Dedications Today is Friday, Aprill3, 2007Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Jason Schane, ajunior majoring in political science from Syracuse, Utah. Clarifications And Corrections "~~';7\ In the Wednesday, April 11 issue of The Statesman in the story entitled, "Picture Perfect," the paintings in the photo were by Jerry Furriman. Proper attribution was not included with the original story. National Briefs A Quick Look Utah man tries to claim $156 million inheritance SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - It's not over for Melvin Dummar, the frozen-meat deliveryman who insists he rescued the late billionaire Howard Hughes from a Nevada ditch and was left $156 million in a handwritten will. A lawyer for the Brigham City, Utah, resident is asking a Nevada state court for a new trial on claims Dummar was denied his rightful share of the Hughes estate. Dummar's claims were tried before a Las Vegas jury that rejected the will as a fake in 1978, and the case languished for decades. Then, last year, Dummar sought to reopen it based on the account of anew witness - a pilot who says he routinely flew Hughes to brothels in rural Nevada and confirmed parts of Dummar's improbable story. But a Utah federal judge rejected Dummar's petition in January, ruling the dispute had been "fully and fairly litigated" in Las Vegas in 1978. U.S. District Judge Bruce Jenkins refused to rule on the merits of Dummar's claims and told his lawyers they should be "rapping at the door" of the Nevada district court. Now Dummar's lawyer is doing just that, claiming the jury trial was rigged by false testimony by Hughes associates who said their boss never left the Desert Inn between 1966 and 1970. World Bank Pres takes blame for 2005 favortism WASHINGTON (AP) - World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz is taking "full responsibility" for helping a close woman friend get transferred to a high-paying job. Wolfowitz's comments - contained in an e-mail message Monday to the bank's employees - were aimed at defusing outrage and accusations of favoritism from the bank's staff association. The case involves the transfer of a bank employee, Shaha Riza, who has been romantically linked to Wolfowitz. She was detailed to an outside assignment to the State Department in September 2005, shortly after Wolfowitz became bank president. To avoid a conflict of interest, Wolfowitz said he sought the advice of the bank's Board of Directors once he took over the World Bank in the summer of 2005. AP Photo/Asaad Mouhsin THE BLOODIED BOOTS OF A POUCEHAH who was killed while on guard duty at the al-Sarafiya bridge are seen at Karkh hospital yard in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, April 12,2007. The policeman tried initially to diffuse the bomb after a driver parked the truck in the middle of the bridge and ran away. At least 10 people were killed and another 26 were injured. BAGHDAD (AP) - A suicide bomber slipped through the tightest security net in Baghdad and blew himself up in the midst of lawmakers having lunch in the parliament dining hall Thursday. U.S. officials said eight people, including parliament members, were killed in the deadliest-ever attack in the American-guarded Green Zone. The stunning breach of security in the Green Zone, home to the U.S. Embassy and the Iraqi government, laid a cloud of heavy doubt about progress in the latest U.S.-Iraqi bid to clamp off violence in the capital. The drive has put thousands of troops on the streets in a massive operation to round up militants and their weapons. A news video camera captured the moment of the blast, about 2:30 p.m. - a flash and an orange ball of fire causing Jalaluddin al-Saghir, a startled parliament member who was being interviewed, to duck. Smoke and dust billowed through the area, and confused and frightened lawmakers and others could be heard screaming for help and to find colleagues. A woman was shown kneeling over what appeared to be a wounded or dead man near a table and chairs. The camera then focused on a bloody, severed leg - apparently that of the suicide bomber. Three miles north and seven hours earlier, a massive bomb sent a major bridge linking east and west Baghdad plunging into the Tigris River. Several cars plummeted into the murky, brown water, and at least 10 people were known to have died. Many more were believed miss- Christopher Paul paints a disturbing picture of an American who traveled overseas to train as a violent jihadist, joined the ranks of al-Qaida and provided military instruction and support to radical cohorts both here and abroad," Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein said in a statement. Bill Hunt, first assistant U.S. attorney, declined to say whether any of the alleged plots were carried out. People whom Paul associated with in Europe have been arrested, he said. Paul, who was arrested Wednesday outside his apartment, is charged with providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to provide support to terrorists and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, which carries the most serious penalty of up to life in prison. In court Thursday, Magistrate Judge Terence Kemp asked Paul if he understood the charges. Paul replied: "Yes, sir." in The News NEW YORK (AP) - In books such as "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle," and "Hocus Pocus," Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funay with a touch of the profound. Vonnegut, regarded | by many critics as a key influence in shaping 20th-century American literature, VONNEGUT died Wednesday at 84. He had suffered brain injuries after a recent fall at his Manhattan home, said his wife, photographer Jill Krementz. In a statement, Norman Mailer hailed Vonnegut as "a marvelous writer with a style that remained undeniably and imperturbably his own.... I would salute him - our own Mark Twain." "He was sort of like nobody else," said another fellow author, Gore Vidal. "Kurt was never dull." Vonnegut's works - more than a dozen novels plus short stories, essays and plays - contained elements of social commentary, science fiction and autobiography. Hours after his death, "SlaughterhouseFive" had jumped to the top 10 on Amazon.com, while "Cat's Cradle" and the nonfiction "A Man Without a Country" had reached the top 40. Vonnegut's longtime friend and manager, Donald Farber, said there would be no public memorial, only a private gathering of family and friends. He also said that other Vonnegut books were likely to come out, but declined to offer specifics. A self-described religious skeptic and freethinking humanist, Vonnegut useda protagonists such as Billy Pilgrim ( Slaughterhouse-Five") and Eliot Rosewater ("God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater") as transparent vehicles for his points of view. Late Night Culture >IRAQ seepage 14 Ohio man charged with joining al-Qaida to plan bombing of U.S., European resorts COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - A federal grand jury indicted an Ohio man on charges ofjoining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and military bases overseas, officials announced Thursday. Christopher Paul, 43, a U.S. citizen and resident of Columbus, spent time learning hand-to-handfightingand how to use grenades and assault rifles at an al-Qaida camp in Afghanistan in the early 1990s, according to a federal grand jury indictment. He then joined the terrorist group in Pakistan and told al-Qaida members he was dedicated to committing violent jihad. The investigation into Paul and his activities spanned four years, three continents and at least eight countries, FBI agent Tim Murphy said Thursday, shortly before Paul appeared before a federal judge. "The indictment of People Prosecutors asked that he be held without bond, and Kemp set another hearing Friday on the issue. Paul's lawyer, Don Wblery, declined comment after the hearing. A friend of Paul's, Hisham Jenhawi, 32, said he found the charges hard to believe.' "I don't think it's even close to his personality to act upon something like that," he said at the courthouse. "He's a very kind person. You would meet him on the street and he would want to hug you with the heart that he has." The indictment says Paul traveled to Germany about April 1999 to train co-conspirators to use explosives to attack European and U.S. targets, including government buildings and vacation spots frequented by American tourists. It does not name specific • AL-QAIDA seepage 14 45.1-11 L Monday - Friday 1O am - £> pm Saturday 12 pm — & pm 1115 N 2,00 E Suite 21O 4-3 5-755-3171 ww.bead lesorigi nals.com David Letterman, April 27, 2007 Top Ten Ways To Make Tax Time More Fun 10. Everything that goes to the IRS, I lick. 9- Everytime I write the number "8," I draw a hat on top to make it look like a snowman. 8.1 try to deduct items that don't exist, like jimrod... They'll be figuring that one out for years. 7- With each tax return, include some of your favorite "Yo accountant's so fat" jokes — like "Yo accountant's so fat, he gets to claim his giant ass as a dependent." 6. This time of year, I don't wear underpants. 5.1 don't think it would be possible to make tax time more fun. 4. Aww crap - it's tax time? 3. The big stacks of papers on my desk? I pour some maple syrup and eat 'em like pancakes. 2. Every year I get to leave the office for five minutes to be part of this stupid Top Ten list. 1. When I finish my work for the season, I treat myself to a whore. |
