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Show Monday, April 25, 2011 Page 2 WorldeiNatiOn Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com OarifyCorrect A photo caption in the Friday April 22 issue of The Utah Statesman stated that a hookah bar held on the TSC Patio was organized by the USU Wellness Center. The Wellness Center was a sponsor of the marijuana discussion panel held that day but not of the hookah bar, which was organized by students. Nat'/Briefs Wyo. skiers buried in avalanche found dead JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — A Grand Teton National Park official says the bodies of two skiers missing in Wyoming have been found buried in 15 feet of snow. Park spokeswoman Jackie Skaggs says investigators believe the two skiers were in their tents and inside their sleeping bags when they were swept up in an avalanche last weekend. Skaggs says rescuers found the bodies of 27-year-old Walker Pannell Kuhl and 31-year-old Gregory Seftick Sunday after a six-day search. Skaggs says Kuhl was from Salt Lake City, and Seftick was a Minnesota native who lived in Columbia Falls. Chinese Christians detained on Easter BEIJING (AP) — Chinese police detained at least 30 Christians belonging to an unregistered Beijing church as the congregation gathered Sunday for an Easter service, a church member said. Police stopped the worshippers from the unregistered Shouwang church as they gathered near a public plaza in the city's university district, then bused them to a local police station. The Associated Press saw about a dozen people taken away but a church member said at least 30 were detained. Shouwang members have been trying to meet at the plaza in Beijing's Haidian district every Sunday since the congregation was evicted from its usual rented place of worship three weeks ago, but they have been detained or put under house arrest each time. Lu Jia, a Shouwang member who was under house arrest from Saturday night until Sunday afternoon, said by telephone that he and his wife held a half-hour service at home using a sermon their pastor uploaded to the Internet. "Before hand, I went out and told the men guarding my door that I didn't want to argue with them but I had to tell them that what they were doing was illegal, that it violated my right to believe, to practice my faith," Lu said. "Then we had a short service reading the sermon together and selections from the Bible." Lu said all of the church's pastors and leaders were under house arrest and 30 Shouwang members were detained when they arrived at the designated meeting place. Lu and others were planning to go to the police station to try to negotiate their release, he said. While China's Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, Christians are required to worship in churches run by statecontrolled organizations — the Three-Self Patriotic Movement for Protestants and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association for Catholics. However, more than 60 million Christians are believed to worship in unregistered "house" churches, compared to about 20 million in the state churches, according to scholars and church activists. The growth of house churches has accelerated in recent years, producing larger congregations that are far more conspicuous than the small groups of friends and neighbors that used to worship in private homes that gave the movement its name. Their expansion and growing A CHINESE PLAIN CLOTHES OFFICER influence have unsettled China's CHECKS his walkie-talkie while on duty in an area rulers, always suspicious of any where members of a unregistered church planned to hold Easter service in Beijing Sunday, April 24. Police independent social group that stopped worshippers from gathering Sunday at a pubcould challenge Communist lic plaza in the city's university district. AP photo authority. Spring brings fundraising frenzy for GOP Pope urges diplomacy in his Easter message VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI offered an Easter prayer Sunday for diplomacy to prevail over warfare in Libya and for citizens of the Middle East to build a new society based on respect. He also called on Europeans to welcome refugees from North Africa. "In heaven, all is peace and gladness. But, alas, all is not so on earth!" the pope lamented as he delivered the traditional "Urbi et Orbi" message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to a crowd of more than 100,000 that overflowed from St. Peter's Square. "In the current conflict in Libya, may diplomacy and dialogue replace arms, and may those who suffer as a result of the conflict be given access to humanitarian aid," he said. LateNiteHumor Top 10 Signs You Are Headed For Summer School — Tuesday, June 7, 2005 10. You failed the Pledge of Allegiance. 9. You take notes with the eraser end of the pencil. 8. You identify more than half of the state capitals as "Funkytown." 7. Principal's final words before summer break: "See you tomorrow." 6. For your civics class project, you brought in several photos of Honda Civics. 5. Whenever you enter the room, your family stops talking about Disneyland. 4. Your history report was on President Martin Sheen. 3. In your physics final, you keep referring to "gravity" as "gravy." 2. Latest report card includes several G's. 1. You threw a phone at the principal. NEW YORK (AP) — Mitt Romney is organizing a phone bank fundraiser in Las Vegas next month. Tim Pawlenty is holding regular "friendraising" meetings in big-money California and elsewhere. Haley Barbour hunkers down soon with finance operatives in cash-rich New York and other lucrative places. Republican presidential hopefuls are in the midst of a fundraising frenzy as they seek to raise campaign cash and assemble influential donor networks. As the 2012 campaign ramps up, the contenders are under pressure to show they can bring in the dough before the slower summer season begins. "Money is hardly the only indication of a candidate's potential, but it's an important indication," said Lew Eisenberg, a Romney fundraiser. For now, the candidates are skipping many public appearances. Instead, they're scurrying between private meetings and dialing phone lists to persuade donors to come aboard. They're trying to prove that they are savvy money collectors and ready to challenge President Barack Obama, a record-breaking fundraiser who could raise as much as $1 billion. They also need to raise enough money to pay for full-fledged campaigns in early voting states such as Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Of those who have taken initial steps toward formal campaigns, Romney arguably has moved the quickest. He's secured pledges from top supporters to raise as much as $25,000 apiece. He's been meeting potential donors individually and in small groups, leading up to a major "phone day" event May 16. Pawlenty has been introducing himself to the Republican finance crowd at meetings that his aides describe as "friendraisers." Barbour, who's expected to join the field as early as this coming week, has met with potential donors while traveling to early voting states. He has an extensive fundraising network from his political and lobbying careers. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who won the 2008 Iowa caucuses but little else, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, are well-known national figures who may have an easier time raising cash than others if they decide to get in the race. Donald Trump, the real estate developer and reality show host, has said he will announce his plans in June. THIS IMAGE TAKEN FROM SURVEILLANCE VIDEO provided by the FBI shows a person of interest sought in a fire and the planting of a pipe bomb and two propane tanks near a food court at the Southwest Plaza Mall in Littleton, Cola AP photo Colo. mall fire suspect was freed from prison The FBI said Sunday that agents are looking for Earl Albert Moore after Wednesday's fire at Southwest Plaza Mall, about two miles from Columbine High School, where 13 people were killed 12 years ago. Federal Bureau of Prisons records show that Moore, 65, was released from prison April 13. FBI spokesman Dave Joly said Moore served time in a Georgia federal prison. Federal court records show that Moore pleaded guilty in May 2005 to robbing a bank in Crab Orchard, W.Va., of $2,546. A judge sentenced Moore to between 15 and 19 years in prison, but a federal appeals court in 2006 ruled his stiff sentence was unreasonable" and Moore's sentence was reduced to seven years. Authorities said they discovered a pipe bomb and two propane tanks in a hallway of the mall's food court after firefighters responded to a fire. The explosives, which did not detonate, were found after the fire in the hallway prompted an evacuation of the mall. No one was injured. Moore has an extensive criminal record and should be considered dangerous, federal officials said. Colorado Bureau of " Investigation records shows several arrests dating to 1984. He was arrested for possession of dangerous drugs, theft, and possession of burglary tools. Court records show that an arrest warrant had been issued for Moore in September 2004, six months before the West Virginia bank robbery, for his failure to appear at a court hearing related to a burglary case. Moore has used at least seven aliases that include variations of the names Earl Albert Buchannan, Donald Charles Morelli and Gary Steele, according to state arrest records. Investigators have exhausted all leads locally and have put out an alert to every FBI office the country, FBI spokesman Dave Joly said. "Last time we knew where he was locally was around noon Wednesday at the mall," he said, referring to the previously released surveillance photos showing a man believed to be Moore in a hallway accessible only to employees and the suspect carrying a plastic shopping bag while riding an escalator. Other photos show a man believed to be Moore riding a public bus leaving the mall the night before the fire. ta; .ffianetartal Eenie With hundreds of styles to choose from... 45 North Main Meenie MO! Miney How will you DECIDE? www.diamondgallerylogan.com 435-753-4870 |