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Show Pointedpaintings litter walk of TehranCelebs&Peopte Today'slssue Today is Friday, April 10, 2009. Today's issue of The Utah Statesman is published especially for Mercer Owen, a sophomore majoring recreation resource management from Rupert, Idaho. NEW YORK (AP) - "South Park" may have accomplished the impossible-getting Kanye West to check his ego. The Comedy Central show skewered the famously selfimportant rapper on its show Wednesday night. WEST OF West 'SOUTH PARK1 responded Thursday on his blog, saying the show was funny, but that it also hurt his feelings and has helped him realize that maybe he needs to stop saying how great he is. Said West in his typical all-caps mode: "I JUST WANT TO BE A DOPER PERSON WHICH STARTS WITH ME NOT ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE HOW DOPE I THINK I A N I R A N I A N M A N WALKS PASS A N A N T I - U . S graffiti painted on the wall of the AM." former U.S. Embassy on the anniversary of freezing Iran-U.S. diplomatic ties, in Tehran, on Thursday.The VANCOUVER, British Columbia United States and Iran have not had diplomatic relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution and subsequent hostage taking at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. AP photo (AP) - The new and improved Britney Spears apparently isn't a fan of cigarette smoke - or any other kind of smoke, for that matter - while she's performing. The 27-year-old pop star left the stage for about 30 minutes during a concert in Vancouver on Wednesday night, apparently because of smoke in the audience. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Somali pirates and destination - and was expected to arrive Saturday According to The Vancouver their hostage American sea captain were adrift in night, said Joseph Murphy, a professor at the Sun, Spears' concert was halted a lifeboat Thursday off the Horn of Africa, shadMassachusetts Maritime Academy whose son, about 15 minutes into her perforowed by a U.S. destroyer with more warships on Shane Murphy, is second in command of the vesmance, and an announcer told conthe way in a U.S. show of force. sel. The elder Murphy said he was briefed by the certgoers to put out their cigarettes. The U.S. brought in FBI hostage negotiators shipping company. Some audience members grew to work with the military in trying to secure the A U.S. official, who asked not to be identified impatient while waiting for Spears release of Capt. Richard Phillips of Underhill, Vt. because of the sensitivity of the situation, said and her troupe to return to the An official said the bandits were in talks with the a Navy team of armed guards was aboard the stage, the Sun reported. Navy about resolving the standoff peacefully. Alabama. After she returned and ended As the high-seas drama stretched into a second Earlier in the day, the USS Bainbridge arrived the show. Spears - who has been to day, the freighter that was the target of the pirates near the Alabama and the lifeboat with the pirates rehab and is on the comeback trail steamed away from the lifeboat under armed U.S. and Phillips. Maersk shipping company spokesafter a long stretch of troubles - told Navy guard, with all of its crew safe - except for man Kevin Speers told AP Radio the lifeboat was the crowd, "Don't smoke weed." the captive captain. out of fuel and "dead in the water." Spears' publicist, Holly Shakoor, The pirates tried to hijack the U.S.-flagged The U.S. Navy sent up P-3 Orion surveillance issued a statement apologizing to Maersk Alabama on Wednesday, but Phillips aircraft and had video of the scene. fans about the delay. thwarted the takeover by telling his crew of about Gen. David Petra'eus, head of the U.S. Central 20 to lock themselves in a room, the crew told Command, said more ships would be sent to the stateside relatives. area because "we want to ensure that we have The crew later overpowered some of the pirates, ail the capability that might be needed over the but Phillips, 53, surrendered himself to the bancourse of the coming days." dits to safeguard his men, and at least four of the President Barack Obama was getting regular David Letterman's Top Ten Little Somalis fled with him to an enclosed lifeboat, the updates on the situation, said spokesman Robert Known Facts About Queen Elizabeth relatives said. II, April2,2009 . Gibbs. Attorney General Eric Holder says the On Thursday, the Alabama began sailing United States will take whatever steps are needed 10. From 1978 to 1980, was the center toward the Kenyan port of Mombasa - its original to protect U.S. shipping interests against pirates. square on "Hollywood Squares." ClarifyCorrect The policy of The Utah Statesman is lo 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 orTSClOS. Nat '/Briefs Utah accountant fined in alleged Ponzi scheme SALT LAKE CITY (AP)- Federal regulators have obtained a $2 million judgment against a Utah man they accuse of participating in a Ponzi scheme. William D. Perkins of St. George says he's an accountant who, along wilh his clients, got taken by a larger scheme. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission says Perkins and his bookkeeping service must pay a $354,000 fine and return more than $1.6 million lo investors. Regulators say Perkins took a commission putting investors' money in a bogus fund that promised to double their returns in a year with the trading of commodities futures. Police identify body of man found in Tooele County U.S. warship watches Somali pirates with U.S. hostage TOOELE, Utah (AP) - Police have identified the man whose body was found earlier this week wrapped in a tarp on the side of Interstate 80 in Tooele Countv. Authorities say the man is 28-yearold Jose Guadalupe Alvarado-Ortez. They are still looking for information about why the man's body was wrapped up and left near Delle. Tooele County Sheriffs Lt. Travis Scharmann says the death is suspicious but it's not clear yet how he SINGAPORE (AP)-Oil died. prices rose to above $50 a barrel Alvarado-Ortez's body was found Thursday in Asia as strongerMonday by a Union Pacific worker than-expected results from U.S. who saw what he initially thought was retailers suggested the worst of a duffel bag. a plunge in American consumer spending may be over. Care arrives for pets lost, Benchmark crude for May deliver)' rose 82 cents to $50.20 injured in Italy quake a barrel by midday in Singapore L'AQUILA. Italy (AP) - Help start- in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. ed to arrive Thursday for the more than 2,000 cats and dogs believed to The contract rose 23 cents oh have been left homeless by the earth- Wednesday to settle at $49.38. Oil has traded near $50 for quake in Italy. the last week as investors have The national animal protection struggled to glean the health of agency, EN PA. said seven tons of feed the U.S. economy as it reels from had been delivered to L'Aquila for its worst recession in decades. both domestic and farm animals. So far this week, home decor Many pets and farm animals chain Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. are believed to have died in houses and restaurant Ruby Tuesday and barns that collapsed during the Inc. have reported better-thanquake Monday. LflfeMfeHumor Oil rises above $50 on signs U.S. consumption 9. Holds weekly talks with her United expected first quarter results while teen retailer Hot Topic Inc. said same-store sales rose more than analysts' forecasts. Still, some traders are skeptical that the world's largest economy has turned the corner toward recovery. "I still have to see more to convince me that the economy is turning around," said Clarence Chu, a trader at market maker Hudson Capital Energy in Singapore. "I see oil trading between $45 and $50 for a while." U.S. crude inventory numbers were mixed. For the week ended Friday crude supplies increased by 1.7 million barrels to 361.1 million barrels, 15.2 percent above year-ago levels, the Energy Department's Energy States counterpart. Queen Latifah. Information Administration said in its weekly report on Wednesday. Analysts expected a boost of 2.3 million barrels, according to a survey by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos. Gasoline inventories rose by 600,000 barrels to 217.4 million barrels, 1.4 percent below year earlier levels. Analysts expected stockpiles of the motor fuel to fall by 1.5 million barrels "Crude inventories are still building and were in the ballpark of what was expected," Chu said. Inventories of distillate fuel, which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 3.4 million barrels to 140.8 million barrels. Analysts expected distillate stocks to slip 600,000 barrels. 8. On Facebook lists her romantic status as "it's complicated." 7. Her middle name: Beyonce. 6. Worked her way up to Queen after starting in Buckingham Palace mailroom. 5. Throws left, bats right. 4. Considered a master of the five-fingered clawhammer banjo technique. 3. Takes her afternoon tea with two sugar cubes and a splash of malt liquor. 2.Constantly walking up to horses and saying, "Charles?" 1. Sold iPod Obama gave her for a quick three bills. "The best class I've ever taken" lancing Work & Fa mi FCHD 1010 Meets BSS Gen. Ed. requiremei • Relationship Readiness • Marriage & Family Relations **a'•e* «*> 3/ltf'91 r *P« • Family Finance • Parenting •kill Great course for any major ? |