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Show Page 2 Monday, Aug. 27, •: I - Celebs&People Today'slssue Today is Monday, Aug. 27. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Lauren Phillips, I a freshman majoring in pre-med from Salt Lake City, Utah. ClarijyCorrect THL* policy ofThe Utah Statesman is to correct any error made as soon as possible. If you (intl something you would like clarified or find unfair, please contact the editor at 797-1762 or TSC 105. NatWriets Search to go on for trapped Utah miners HUNTINGTON.Utah(AP) - Despite three weeks of drilling and digging that have revealed no signs of life from six men trapped inside a collapsed coal mine, officials said Sunday the search was continuing. Federal and mine company officials said a seventh borehole was being punched into the Crandall Canyon mine and that a special robotic camera was being lowered into a hole drilled during previous efforts to find the men. Utah woman killed in crash BULLFROG, Utah (AP) - A powerboat traveling more than 30 mph slammed into the canyon wall on Lake Powell, killing a 20-year-old passenger, the National Park Service said Sunday. Rangers tried CPR, but Danielle Sorensen of Delta did not respond Saturday and was declared dead by a nurse who was flown to the scene. Six other people on the boat, including the driver, were seriously injured but were expected to recover, the Park Service said. Warner may back Dems' bill on withdrawal WASHINGTON (AP) - GOP Sen. John Warner, who wants U.S. troops to start coining home from Iraq by Christmas, said Sunday he may support Democratic legislation ordering withdrawals if President Bush refuses to set a return timetable soon. "I'm going to have to evaluate it," Warner said. "I don't say that as a threat, but I say that is an option we all have to consider." BLAZES A R E SEEN OVER A M O U N T A I N next to the village of Theologos in Evia island on Monday Aug. 27,2007. Firefighters backed by aircraft prevented the birthplace of the ancient Olympics from being consumed by flames Sunday as Greece's worst wildfires in memory blazed across the country. AP photo Massive Greek fires reach site of ancient Olympics ANCIENT OLYMPIA. Greece (AP) - Firefighters backed by aircraft dropped water and foam on the birthplace of the ancient Olympics Sunday to stop wildfires from burning the 2,800-year-old ruins, one of the most revered sites of antiquity. But the fires burning for three straight days obliterated vast swathes of the country and the death toll rose by 11 on Sunday to 60. New fires broke out faster than others could be brought under control. Desperate residents appealed through television stations for help from a firefighting service already stretched to the limit and many blamed authorities for leaving them defenseless. "Fires are burning in more . than half the country," said fire department spokesman Nikos Diamandis. "This is definitely an unprecedented disaster for Greece." Government and firefighting officials have suggested arson caused many of the blazes, and several people had been arrested. The govern- ment offered a reward of up to $1.36 million for anyone providing information that would lead to the arrest of an arsonist. Forest fires are common during Greece's hot, dry summers - but nothing has approached the scale of the last three days. Arson is often suspected, mostly to clear land for development. No construction is allowed in Greece in areas designated as forest land, and fires are sometimes set to circumvent the law. The front of one fire Sunday reached Ancient Olympia in southern Greece, burning trees and shrubs just a few yards from the museum at the site. Although the pristine forest around the site was burned, none of the ruins were damaged. Ruined temples of Zeus, king of the ancient Greek gods, and his wife Hera stand on what was a lush riverside site - a flat stretch of land [I See Fires, page 3 Cleanup begins in soggy Midwest after storms hit COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio residents removed piles of waterlogged carpet, couches and upended refrigerators from their homes Sunday as they began the cleanup from recent flooding that Gov. Ted Strickland called "devastating." Strickland and Federal Emergency Management Agency officials surveyed damage in the heavily flooded northwest Ohio village of Ottawa, where he walked through the muddy streets. "It's difficult to exaggerate or embellish upon what's happened here. It's absolutely devastating," Strickland said in a telephone interview. The governor wants the federal government to declare a major disaster in the parts of north-central Ohio inundated by the past week's powerful storms and record floods that were blamed for at least 18 deaths in the Midwest. In southern Michigan, utility crews had restored power to all but 26,000 of 427,000 homes and businesses left without power two days earlier. The National Weather Service confirmed that tornadoes touched down in six areas Friday along an 80-mile line in the state, destroying at least 250 homes and businesses in Fenton. "Fenton sustained the greatest amount of damage where the tornado path widened to approximately one-quarter mile including the snapping and uprooting of hundreds of trees," the weather service said in a statement. Emergency shelters shut down Sunday because almost all Fenton residents whose houses were destroyed or damaged apparently found shelter with relatives, said Dick Beauchamp, damage assessment officer for the Genesee-Lapeer Chapter of the American Red Cross. JEFF SCHULTZ looks Saturday, Aug. 26, 2007, for anything salvageable from his uncle's house that was destroyed in a tornado Friday near Potterville. Mich. Residents were allowed to gather their belongings Sunday by the Eaton County Sheriff after all electric and gas lines were disabled. NEW YORK (AP) - Hot dogs from a Times Square street vendor? Helicopter to a Hurricane Katrina benefit in the Hamptons? All part of Brangelina's whirlwind New York weekend. Megastars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were spotted Friday with kids Maddox, Zahara and Pax shopping at Lee's Art Shop in midtown Manhattan. Baby Shiloh was not there. According to the New York Post, the family then headed toward Times Square, where Pitt ordered five hot dogs from a street vendor, three with ketchup and mustard, two with just ketchup. "I didn't know who he was," said vendor Mahmoud Omer, who added that Pitt wanted relish but he didn't have any. The "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" stars enjoyed a culinary upgrade Saturday when they attended a fundraiser at the home of Tribeca Film Festival co-founders Jane Roscnthal and Craig Hatkoffin Watermill, N.Y. KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Gloria Estefan brought tears to the eyes of older Cuban-Americans who gathered Saturday to hear the first live performance of songs from her new album, "90 Millas." Amid frenzied, unsubstantiated rumors that ailing Fidel Castro has died, Estefan performed "Esperando (Cuando Cuba Sea Libre)" - Waiting (For Cuba to be Free). The title of her new album is Spanish for 90 miles - the distance from Key West to Cuba. Her performance with the Miami Sound Machine was taped Saturday at the Westin Key West Resort, just blocks from the city's famed concrete buoy proclaiming it the southernmost point in the continental United States. The segment will air Sept. 17 on Univision's morning news program, "Despierta America," about a week before "90 Millas" hits stores. After the performance, Estefan recalled the seeds of her passion for Cuban music. "My grandmother would shanghai pilots at the Havana airport so they'd bring me cartons of mango baby food - the only kind I'd eat. 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