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Show Wednesday, April 27, 2011 Page 2 World&NatiOn Utah State University • Logan, Utah • www.utahstatesman.com OarifyCorrect An article that ran April 25 stated that a meeting would be held for the Great Work Great Career class on April 29. The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 27, in BUS 211 at 7:30 p.m. Nat'l Briefs Dozens detained in Syria after deadly raid BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian human rights group says dozens have been detained across the country, a day after the army's deadly raid on a southern city at the center of the uprising against President Bashar Assad. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the arrests occurred early Tuesday in several Damascus suburbs and in a northern coastal city ofJableh. SOHR's chief Rami Abdul-Rahman didn't provide a precise figure. The arrests follow Monday's raids on Daraa, where the uprising started last month. At least 11 died there Monday. The raids reflect the regime's effort to impose military control on the centers of the protests. NFL could resume play after lockout MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL is a long way from playing football again — even if players are welcomed back to work with no lockout to stop them. U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson granted the players' request for an injunction to lift the lockout on Monday, ending the NFL's work stoppage in its 45th day but prompting an immediate notice from the league that it will appeal. And players? They were told to show up ready for work — or workouts — on Tuesday. Bills safety George Wilson confirmed that the NFLPA emailed players after Nelson's ruling suggesting they show up at team facilities. He said players were told if they are denied access that teams would be in violation of the judge's ruling. LateNiteHumor Monday, April 25, 2011 — Top 10 Apple Excuses 10. It's not "spying," it's "iSpying." 9. So ... you don't want us doing that? 8. Just downloaded the anti-spying app for only $9.99. 7. Who doesn't like to be tracked like a wild animal? 6. I just wanted to know where you were 24 hours a day because I love you. 5. Maybe you should be asking why Obama won't show his birth certificate. (This joke is sponsored by Trump for President 2012.) 4. No number 4 — writer Lee Ellenberg is home with "Royal Wedding Fever." Hey, that's not a real ailment! 3. Relax, we were just taking your private information and selling it. 2. Wanted to know where the party's at, yo! 1. That's nothing — we also take photos of you in the shower. Suspect in mall bombing apprehended BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — A man suspected of leaving a homemade bomb at a Colorado shopping mall was captured without a fight outside a grocery store some 30 miles away Tuesday following a nationwide alert in which the FBI warned he should be considered armed and dangerous. Federal and local officials allege 65-year-old Earl Albert Moore planted a pipe bomb and propane tanks in the Southwest Plaza Mall in the south Denver suburbs last week. The explosives were found April 20 after a fire in a hallway at the mall's food court, but they didn't detonate. The discovery — on the 12th anniversary of the Columbine shootings just two miles away — initially raised concerns about whether it was connected to the school attack because they both occurred around the same time of day and because a pipe bomb and propane tanks were also found at Columbine, where teenage gunmen killed 12 students and a teacher. But authorities now say the bomb had nothing do with Columbine. FBI agents have said they have found a motive, but they refused to reveal it Tuesday. Police arrested Moore after a shopper spotted him having a cup of coffee in a Starbucks inside a King Soopers grocery store in Boulder. Authorities said he was unarmed and officers didn't have to AFTER BEING SUSPECTED OF LEAVING a pipe bomb and two propane tanks at a Denver-area shopping mall on April 20, Earl Albert Moore, 65, was captured Tuesday, April 26, at a grocery store. AP photo draw their weapons. Officials identified Moore as the suspect on Sunday after viewing surveillance video showing him in the mall and on a bus. The FBI then alerted its field offices covering all 50 states and Puerto Rico to be on the lookout for Moore, who was released from prison a week before the explosives were found. It's unclear where Moore spent the past six days but FBI spokesman Dave Joly said he was homeless. He's due to appear in court Wednesday. Kelli McGannon, a spokeswoman for the King Soopers supermarket chain, said the shopper who spotted Moore alerted a store manager and then dialed 911. McGannon said a police officer inside the store began watching Moore, but it wasn't clear if the officer had identified Moore independently or was reacting to the 911 call. Moore was in the store for about an hour, McGannon said. Moore left through a side door, possibly suspecting he was being watched, McGannon said. He was arrested outside 6 more bodies near Mexican border; total at 183 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Security forces have unearthed six more bodies in a northeastern Mexican border state where a drug gang is believed to be kidnapping passengers from buses and hiding their victims in secret graves, authorities said Tuesday. A total of 183 bodies have been discovered in a month. The horrific discoveries have intensified criticism that lawlessness reigns in Tamaulipas state, where the Zetas drug gang has terrorized migrants trying to make their way north to the United States. It is the same region where authorities say the Zetas killed 72 Central American migrants in August. Federal Attorney General Marisela Morales said at a news conference Tuesday that six more bodies had been discovered in the past week. She said a total of 183 bodies from 40 graves have been found. Security forces began exhuming corpses in the town of San Fernando on April 1 after they were led to the site by suspects who confessed to kidnapping and killing bus passengers traveling through the area. The motive for the bus abductions remains unclear, though prosecutors have suggested the gang may be forcefully recruiting people to work for it. Morales said the Zetas have also been extorting migrants for up to $2,000. Those whose families pay are led across the border to the U.S. by the Zetas themselves, she said. The discoveries of the mass graves have sparked sporadic protests by citizens. Alejandro Poire, the government spokesman for security issues, insisted "the government is in control of Tamaulipas." He said the government has sent more federal police to the state and is aggressively investigating the mass killings and working to prevent more deaths. He said the increased federal presence has led to the rescue of 119 kidnapped people in the northern Tamaulipas city of Reynosa in recent days, including Mexican, Central American and Chinese migrants. Morales said 74 suspects have been arrested in the Tamaulipas killings, including 17 officers in San Fernando's municipal police force who were identified as collaborators of criminals by some of the detainees. Only two of the 183 victims have been identified, Morales said. Mexican authorities have declined to reveal their identities, but the Guatemalan government has said one was a Guatemalan national. Authorities in the northwestern state of Durango have been conducting a similar search over the past week for bodies in the town of Las Fuentes. Hair braider: Utah cosmetology law is unfair SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A part-time hair braider sued Utah on Tuesday, claiming the state's requirements to obtain a cosmetology license are irrelevant to her job and an unconstitutional infringement on her right to earn a living. Jestina Clayton learned how to braid hair as a 5year-old in her West African home country of Sierra Leone. Now living outside Salt Lake City, the 28-yearold said she braids hair as a side business to support her two children while her husband finishes school. Last year, Clayton discovered her business was illegal without a license. Utah law requires anyone working with hair, including hair braiders, to take about 2,000 hours of coursework in order to obtain a cosmetology license. Industry representatives say tuition for such classes could cost between $9,000 and $19,000 nationwide. Clayton, who makes up to $4,800 on a good year, said that even if she could afford the classes, the courses in Utah do not specifically address hair braiding. "It is ridiculous to force people trying to put food on the table to go into debt just to do so," said Clayton, who fled her war-torn home country for a better life in America. "I can understand if the state required us to take some health and sanitation courses, but taking cosmetology classes that don't even involve hair braiding doesn't make any sense." Her lawsuit alleges that the requirement unnecessarily threatens her livelihood and infringes on her right to earn a living free from unreasonable government interference. Clayton said the law is archaic and stems from a misunderstanding of safe African hair braiding practices, which do not include the use of chemicals or heat that can damage hair or cause injury. Paul Avelar, a lawyer for the Arlington, Va.-based Institute for Justice, which filed the federal lawsuit with Clayton, said state laws requiring the arduous licensing process were born "out of ignorance." Several states have laws regulating cosmetology and barbering that include hair braiding. Eight states, such as Utah and Iowa, require full cosmetology licenses, according to the Institute for Justice. A dozen states, including Texas and Florida, require specialized training, such as more than 30 hours in the classroom. In 2005, Mississippi removed a requirement that African-style braiders complete 1,500 hours of cosmetology classes or 300 hours of wig course work. Professional braiders there now must take a selfguided test and pay a $25 fee. Up to 10 states, including California and Arizona, exempt braiders from such laws. Cosmetology industry representatives say the licensing requirements protect the public. "If they don't have a license, then anyone can say they are a hair braider, and it's hard to say that person is only going to be braiding hair in a private business," said Brad Masterson, spokesman - BRESLAW • STONELEIGH Student Apartments r CLARKSBURG STONELEIGH --'1011111Pw• 677 EAST Goo NORTH by officers responding to the 911 call. Police and store security searched the supermarket after Moore's arrest and said they didn't find anything suspicious. Moore has an extensive criminal record and public records show he lived in Colorado at least part time from the mid-1980s to 2004. Federal Bureau of Prisons records show that Moore was released from prison April 13 after serving time in a federal prison in Atlanta and Estill, S.C. Federal court record 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 18 years in prison for the bank robbery, but a federal appeals court in 2006 ruled his stiff sentence was "unreasonable" and Moore's sentence was reduced to seven years. Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesman Edmond Ross said Moore received a "good conduct" release from prison after serving six years of his sentence. Moore also served a year in Danbury, Conn., federal prison in 1983, according to Ross. 679 EAST 600 NORTH 675 EAST 600 NORTH For more information call Dada • (435) 755-8525 • Pager (435) 206-1926 • darladclark@pcu.net or go online at www.cbsapartments.com JESTINA CLAYTON BRAIDS THE HAIR of her daughter, Esther Clayton, 5, at her home Monday, April 25, in Centerville, Utah. Clayton and the the Institute for Justice have filed a federal lawsuit seeking changes to Utah's hair braiding regulations. AP photo for the Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Professional Beauty Association. In recent years, there have also been accusations from the braiding community that governments were unfairly targeting the African art. Gov. Gary Herbert's office refused to comment Tuesday, saying the law is a legislative issue. Single Student Apartments Across the Street from Campus Fully Furnished Private Bedrooms and Bathrooms Desk, Bed, Bookshelves in Bedrooms Large Closets - Vacuum Living Room with TV, DVD, and VCR Modern Fully Equipped Kitchens Digital Cable TV with Outlets in Bedrooms Washer and Dryer in each Apartment Central Heating and Air Conditioning High Speed Wireless Internet Service Private Parking - No Hassles Fire Places |