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Show Celebs&People Today'sksue Today is Friday, March 28,2008. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Alisa Woodbrey, a junior in parks and recreation from Taylorsville, Utah. NEW YORK (AP) - Grammynominated rapper Remy Ma was led out of a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, weeping and in handcuffs, after being convicted of shooting a woman outside a nightclub last summer. The defense had conceded that Remy Ma, whose real name is Remy Smith, fired a shot toward a friend she suspected of stealing $3,000, but said it was an REMY MA accident. Smith, 26, faces up to 25 years in prison following her conviction in state Supreme Court for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion. CHINESE PARAMILITARY POLICE patrol on a street in Lhasa, capital of China's Tibet Autonomous She was nominated for a Grammy Region, Thursday, March 27. A government-managed visit by foreign reporters to Tibet's capital backfired as part of the Terror Squad for the Thursday when Buddhist monks disrupted the tour, screaming there was no religious freedom and that the 2004 hit "Lean Back." She also has Dalai Lama was not to blame for Lhasa's recent violence. AP Photo appeared on recordings with Busta Rhymes and Eminem. Smith quietly wiped away tears as the verdict was read, then wailed \ loudly and sobbed openly after she was outside the courtroom. Many of her supporters also cried. *. A few supporters of Makeda Barnes. LHASA, China (AP)-The reporters to shops, clinics, a school monks filed upstairs. Joseph, the woman who was shot, stage-managed tour of Tibet's and a jail to interview victims Hours later, the temple and the cheered and wept when they heard the" holiest temple was going and rioters, many of them already large square in front that is usually verdict. Some chanted "bye, bye" in an. according to the government widely interviewed by state media. thronged with worshippers were almost taunting singsong as Smith left script. Suddenly, 30 young closed again by paramilitary police the courtroom. Those who tried to break away Buddhist monks pushed their in helmets and plastic shields. from the pack were followed by Justice Rena Uviller, denying a way in, slammed the door, and car and on foot, making all but The three major Buddhist request by defense lawyer Ivan Fisher, began shouting and crying to the the most fleeting of contact with monasteries that ring Lhasa ordered Smith jailed without bail while foreign reporters that there was no ordinary Tibetans risky. Sera, Drepung and Ganden - and awaiting sentencing on April 23. freedom in the riot-torn region. Only the monks at the Jokhang a fourth, Ramoche, where the She was acquitted of witness March 14 rioting started, remain "What the government is Temple, Tibet's holiest site, tampering and gang assault, charges • sealed off by police. Investigators saying is not true," shouted one managed to upend the official related to a nightclub attack in the > were gathering evidence against monk, first in Tibetan until the stage-managed event. New York City borough of the Bronx • monks who took part in protests, confused reporters asked them As reporters were ushered toward oh the boyfriend of a witness who officials said. to speak in Chinese. Then a the temple's inner shrine by a ultimately testified against her. A man" wellspring of grievances poured senior monk and administrator, Even as China seeks to show who tried to help the boyfriend also out before government officials the 30 young monks began that Lhasa's protests have subsided was beaten. abruptly ended the session and shouting to them. The monks said and worldwide concern should Joseph was shot after a party at told the journalists it was "time the believers then in the shrine not affect the Aug. 8-24 Beijing a nightclub in Manhattan's Chelsea to go." were fake - members of China's Olympics, the government neighborhood on July 14, 2007. ruling Communist Party. seems to be rejecting appeals for The emotional, 15-minute Assistant District Attorney Michael impartial outside observers and outburst by the red-robed monks They complained that troops Mclntosh said the defendant "took relying on old methods that have decrying their lack of religious had ringed the monastery and an illegal .45-caliber automatic and inflamed Tibetan anger. freedom was the only spontaneous kept it shut with all 117 monks loaded it with hollow-point bullets," moment Thursday in an otherwise inside since March 10 - the day The protests and rioting in then used both hands to cock the tightly controlled government trip the protests began - and were only Lhasa touched off widespread weapon as she got into the car. "She to the Tibetan capital for foreign removed Wednesday, when foreign demonstrations in Tibetan took every step you had to take to reporters following this month's journalists arrived. communities in other parts of shoot somebody," the prosecutor said. deadly riots. Tibet and across western China — "Tibetans have no freedom," The rapper demanded that Joseph-; the broadest challenge to Chinese dump the contents of her purse; Joseph On the second day of the tour, one monk said. "We want the rule since the failed 1959 uprising denied she had taken the rapper's officials hewed to the government Dalai Lama to come back," said that sent the Dalai Lama into exile. money and refused. Fisher said the gun line - that the most violent antianother, adding that they were Chinese protests in nearly two certain to be detained. Lhasa remains scarred by the went off accidentally as the women I decades was plotted by the exiled The government officials then rioting that spread over two days, struggled over the bag. Dalai Lama and his supporters. tugged at the journalists to leave with at least 22 people dead by Joseph, who was shot in the Officials escorted two dozen and shouted: "Time to go." The official count. abdomen, testified that she underwent three operations during a three-week hospital stay. "Remy's taking this very, very hard," Fisher said after the verdict. "She SALT LAKE CITY (AP)-If U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn.. and succeeded in taking state didn't anticipate this." states are willing to accept foreign andU.S.Rep.EdWhitefield, lawmakers out of the approval Fisher said he plans to appeal. nuclear waste, there's no reason R-Ky., is a direct response to process for accepting more waste the federal government should EnergySolutions' proposal. than its license allows at the Clive, prohibit them from handling it, The company's plan has drawn Utah, site. says a Utah congressman whose opposition from environmental Matheson, who has received district could get tons of Italian groups and politicians upset over nearly $11,000 in campaign Top Ten Signs You're Watching Too Much leftovers. foreign waste when this country contributions from the NCAA Basketball "I don't see it as a federal issue," still is trying to deal with its own EnergySolutions PAC and its U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop told The nuclear waste. executives since 2006, contends Associated Press. "It is incumbent upon us to the U.S. has no business accepting 10- At dinner party, you make guests tip . ; "If the state of Tennessee wants insist that other countries take foreign waste because its domestic off for every pork chop to take it, and if the state of Utah responsibility for the disposal disposal sites are so limited. nts to take it, I'm going to punt of their own nuclear waste and The company has an agreement 9- You got a tattoo of Jim Nantz where a' • it back to them. It is within their not attempt to utilize the United with Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman that tattoo of Jim Nantz shouldn't be purview," the Republican said. States as a dumping ground," prohibits it from seeking a license 8- You name your child "Gonzaga" EnergySolutions Inc. wants to reads part of a resolution being to expand the volume of waste import about 20,000 tons of waste considered by the South Carolina it can accept. The agreement, 1- Just checked into rehab to kick $500-afrom Italian nuclear plants for Legislature. however, is valid only as long day nacho cheese addiction processing in Tennessee. South Carolina lawmakers have as Huntsman, who is up for reAfter processing, about 8 closed that state's radioactiveelection this year, is in office. 6- Got a 35-second shot clock in your bedpercent, or some 1,600 tons, waste dump to any waste that EnergySolutions officials say room - it's an oldie but a goodie, folks ' ' would be shipped to the doesn't originate from there, New Matheson's bill isn't necessary, company's facility in Bishop's Jersey or Connecticut, leaving the and they insist the company has 5 - Constantly asking, "What would ' district, about 70 miles west of Utah site as the only one to accept no plan to become the primary Michigan State coach Tom Izzo do?" Salt Lake City, for disposal. It low-level radioactive waste from disposal source for the world's is the largest and only privately outside the region. nuclear waste. 4 - Snack plus lack of activity equals swee^ owned radioactive-waste dump in There's concern in South Bishop said his position boils sixteen chins the U.S. Carolina because the Italian down to local control. The company's application waste could come through the "I wanted to lose power in ,s at the Nuclear Regulatory Charleston port. Washington and make sure states 3 - You're so caught up in basketball, you ' don't even care that "The Hills" Audrina is "ommission, which is taking Bishop is a former lobbyist have the right to make more and public comment through June 10. for Envirocare, EnergySolutions' more decisions " he said. "I really about to go on her first date since breaking up with Justin Bobby ; Bishop differs from U.S. Rep. predecessor, and has received don't want to take away their im Matheson, a Utah Democrat more than $20,000 in campaign options. Utah should be able to say 2 - Kick everyone's ass in Scrabble by putwho is co-sponsoring a bill that contributions from the company's what it will and will not accept." ting "Krzyzewski" on triple word score . would ban nuclear-waste imports executives and its political-action But when it comes to whether unless it originated in the U.S. committee since being elected in the U.S. should accept foreign or came from an overseas U.S. 2002. waste, Huntsman's office recently 1- You'll watch anything leathery and ; *^ military facility. The company has also spent said the issue should be decided at orange on CBS - even Letterman The bill, co-sponsored by heavily on legislative races the federal level. ClarifyCorrect 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. /Briefs Bush says critics have bullied Iraq's leaders DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - President Bush said Thursday that congressional critics have bullied Iraq's leaders and ignored political progress achieved at the cost of U.S. lives. He also praised Iraq's prime minister for making what Bush said was a decisive move to take on Shiite militias despite violent resistance and mounting protests. Bush's latest defense of the war took aim at a principal frustration in Democratic-run Congress that Iraq's politicians have squandered time while U.S. troops are dying. "Some members of Congress decided the best way to encourage progress in Baghdad was to criticize and threaten Iraq's leaders while they're trying to work out their differences," Bush told a military audience at the cavernous U.S. Air Force museum. "But hectoring was not what the Iraqi leaders needed," Bush said. "What they needed was security and that is what the 'surge' has provided." Police search for suspects after overnight gunfire CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - Gunfire struck several vehicles along an 11-mile stretch of Interstate 64 early Thursday, injuring two people and forcing police to shut down a portion of the road for nearly six hours. The highway reopened around dawn, but Col. Steven Flaherty told reporters at a news conference that the shooter or shooters could still be in the area. Investigators were looking for suspects, but did not tell motorists to avoid the interstate. "We're certainly going to put additional resources out," Flaherty said. The shootings began around midnight, when police received an emergency call reporting gunfire. Authorities shut down a 20-mile stretch between Charlottesville and Waynesboro as they investigated the shootings, which were reported at on onramp at the 114 mile marker at Ivy and an overpass in the Afton area. Two cars, a van and a tractor-trailer - all traveling westbound - were struck by bullets, Flaherty said. An unoccupied, parked Virginia Department of Transportation vehicle also was shot. Authorities said they are trying to determine exact details. FDA reviews safety of taking HIV drugs WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday recent data show patients taking HIV drugs from GlaxoSmithKline and BristolMyers Squibb may have increased risk of heart attack. FDA said data pooled from a 33,000patient study of HIV patients showed those taking Glaxo's Ziagen and BristolMyers' Videx had a greater chance of heart attack than patients on other medications. Labeling changes could be needed for the drugs, FDA said, though it stressed it is still working with incomplete data. The agency does not have information on heart attack risks of two other drugs in the class of virus-fighting medications. In an announcement posted to its Web site, FDA said it would make recommendations on the drugs after it | completes its review. Tightly scripted media tour of Tibet disrupted by monks Foreign waste in Utah not afederal issue |