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Show Monday, March 1, 2010 Page 2 World&NatiOn Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.aggietownsquare.com Clarify Correct 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. Celebs&People LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marie Osmond's 18year-old son Michael Blosil has died, the entertainer said Saturday. Osmond said in a statement through her publicist that her MARIE OSMOND family is devastated by the "tragic loss." She did not provide details on the death. Entertainment Tonight reported on its Web site that Blosil jumped to his death Friday night from a downtown Los Angeles apartment building. Officers responded to an apparent suicide jump in the area, but the victim was not identified Saturday, Los Angeles Police Officer Gregory Baek said. NatflBriefs Unpaid $68 dental bill dogs Utah homeowner SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who lost title to her house over an unpaid $68 dental bill has been given a reprieve. The Utah Court of Appeals ruled Capri Ramos is entitled to another opportunity to void the sale of her house at a county auction for $1,550. The collection agency North American Recovery sued Ramos in 1995 over the dental bill. She didn't contest the lawsuit, not realizing the consequences. Her house in the Salt Lake City suburb of Glendale was sold the next year to a group of investors. Nearly 200K still without power after storm PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses were still without power Sunday as restoration efforts continued days after a slow-moving storm battered the northeast with heavy snow, rain and high winds. More than 83,000 utility customers still lacked electricity late Sunday afternoon in New Hampshire, the hardest-hit state. New York had about 87,000 outages and Maine 23,000. At the peak of the storm, more than a million utility customers throughout the region had lost power. Hundreds of utility crews from as far away as Michigan and Maryland continued removing trees that knocked down power lines and replacing utility poles that snapped during last week's storm. Dozens of shelters provided warmth and food at fire departments, schools and other places. Even after spending three nights at a shelter in New Paltz, N.Y., 28-yearold Keith Crum of Marlboro, N.Y., said he was understanding of the ongoing power outage. He recently moved back to the area from South Carolina, where he worked cutting trees away from power lines. "They're trying to do the best they can with the power," he said. "You got to take into account there are a lot of lines down." Bryan Bush lost electricity Thursday, but he used a power genera- for he owns to turn the lights back on in his home in Kittery, Maine. Neighbors without that option have been stopping in for showers, warmth and cups of coffee. But with three utility poles still down in front of his house and wires crossing his driveway, he wasn't too confident about getting power back anytime soon. "I wouldn't expect much before the middle or the end of the week," he said. Deep snow in New York has made it hard for people to get around. "A lot of people cannot honestly get out of their house and get to the shelters," said John-Anthony Bruno, executive director of the Ulster County, N.Y., chapter of the American Red Cross. "A lot of people are resourceful," she added. "If their neighbor has power, they go down the street rather than shelter with us." In southern New York, the weather was linked to a death in Warwick, where a 60-year-old man was found dead after he went outside to shovel snow on Friday, said Walter Koury, the Orange County emergency services commissioner. Governors in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts visited storm-struck areas Sunday to meet with emergency responders and view storm damage. Officials said it could be several days before power is fully restored in New Hampshire, while A SNOW-COVERED MOTORCYCLE is parked next to a slot in New York late Friday night Feb. 25 as a solitary figure walks down the snowy sidewalk. A winter storm lumbering up the Atlantic coast is delivering a powerful dose of wet snow, heavy rain and damaging winds near 50 mph in the northeast for a second straight day. AP photo Maine's largest utility hoped to restore power to all of its customers by the end of Monday. In New Hampshire, Gov. John Lynch activated 50 National Guard members who went door-to-door in Allenstown on Sunday to check on residents without power. "This continues to be a difficult situation for many New Hampshire families and I continue to urge people to put their safety first," Lynch said. The storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow in New York, dropped 8 Chile quake death toll hits 708 as rescue ramps up CONCEPCION, Chile (AP) - Heroism and banditry mingled on Chile's shattered streets Sunday as rescuers braved aftershocks digging for survivors and the government sent soldiers and ordered a nighttime curfew to quell looting. The death toll climbed to 708 in one of the biggest earthquakes in centuries. In the hard-hit city of Concepcion, firefighters pulling survivors from a toppled apartment block were forced to pause because of tear gas fired to stop looters, who were wheeling off everything from microwave ovens to canned milk at a damaged supermarket across the street. Efforts to determine the full scope of destruction were undermined by an endless string of terrifying aftershocks that continued to turn buildings into rubble. Officials said 500,000 houses were destroyed or badly damaged, and President Michele Bachelet said "a growing number" of people were listed as missing. "We are facing a catastrophe of such unthinkable magnitude that it will require a giant effort" to recover, Bachelet said after meeting for six hours with ministers and generals in La Moneda Palace, itself chipped and cracked. She signed a decree giving the military control over security in the province of Concepcion, where looters were pillaging supermarkets, gas stations, pharmacies and banks. Men and women hurried away with plastic containers of chicken, beef and sausages. Virtually every market and supermarket had been looted - and no food or drinking water could LateNiteHumor David Letterman, Feb. 11, 2010 Top 10 Surprises in "The Wolfinan" presented by Benecio del Toro 10. Ten percent of my dialogue is (makes growling sound). 9. Wolfboy is bar mitzvahed and becomes a wolfman. 8. Transformation into werewolf triggered by peanut allergy. 7. To save money on fake blood and dummies, we actually killed people. 6. It's about a tax attorney named "Greg Wolfman." 5.1 don't know what this means, but they told me to say it's in 4 D. 4. At the end of the movie, I realize I'm not a wolfman, I needed the Mach 3 razor. 3. Based on a true story - well, everything except the wolfman part. 2. My howling at the moon sounds like Regis singing. 1. Town finally kills wolfman by giving him a new Toyota. inches of rain in southern Maine and brought wind gusts of up to 92 mph off the New Hampshire coast. Another storm, this one from the east, was expected to bring more snow and rain into parts of New England on Sunday night into Monday. Maine stood to get the brunt of the latest front with 3 to 6 inches of snow expected in much of the state, and lesser amounts in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, said Michael Cempa, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Gray, Maine. - PEOPLE SURVEY A DESTROYED HOUSE after an earthquake in Curanipe, some 389 km., about 241 miles, southwest Santiago, Sunday, Feb. 28. A 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile Saturday. AP photo EDINBURGH & HIGHLANDER be found. Many people in Concepcion expressed anger at the authorities for not stopping the looting or bringing in supplies. Electricity and water services were out of service. "We are overwhelmed," a police officer told The Associated Press. Bachelet said a curfew was being imposed from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. and only security forces and other emergency personnel would be allowed on the streets. Police vehicles drove around announcing the curfew over loudspeakers. As nightfall neared, hundreds of people put up tents and huddled around wood fires in parks and the grassy medians of avenues, too fearful to return to their homes amid continuing strong aftershocks. Bachelet, who leaves office on March 11, said the country would accept some of the offers of aid that have poured in from around the world. She said Chile needs field hospitals and temporary bridges, water purification plants and damage assessment experts - as well as rescuers to help relieve workers who have been laboring frantically since the magnitude-8.8 quake struck before dawn Saturday. To strip away any need for looting, Bachelet announced that essentials on the shelves of major supermarkets would be given away for free, under the supervision of authorities. Soldiers and police will also distribute food and water, she said. Although houses, bridges and highways were damaged in Santiago, the national capital, a few flights managed to land at the airport and subway service resumed. More chaotic was the region to the south, where the shaking was the strongest and where the quake generated waves that lashed coastal settlements, leaving behind sticks, scraps of metal and masonry houses ripped in two. In the village of Lloca, a beachside carnival was caught in the tsunami. A carousel was twisted on its side and a ferris wheel rose above the muddy wreckage. In Concepcion, the largest city in the disaster zone, a new, 15-story apartment building toppled onto its side. 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