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Wednesday, January 9. 2008 | The Red * Black
UGA TODAY
► Women In Businen meet
ing. Free food and prizes.
7:30 p.m. SLC2I3. Guest
speaker from PINK magazine.
All majors welcome. Professional
dress. Contact mdave@uga.edu
for more info
► Risk Communication Case
Presentation. Sponsored by the
Center lor Health and Risk
Communication. Thom Berry,
director ol the Division of Media
Relations for the South Carolina
Department of Health and
Environmental Control and for
mer president of the National
Public Health Information
Coalition presents on the hazard
ous and deadly 2005 train wreck
in Graniteville, South Carolina.
Mr Berry was heavily involved in
the response efforts. A reception
follows. Noon to 1 p.m. Paul D,
Coverdell Building, Coverdell
Auditorium, Room 175.
Contact: (706) 542-9360.
>- Annual Hoimes-Hunter
Lecture. Sponsored by Office of
Institutional Diversity and the
Office of the President Featured
speaker is Georgia Labor
Commissioner Michael
Thurmond. 2 p.m. The Chapel
>- Open Studio: Life Drawing.
Sponsored by the Georgia
Museum of Art. No instruction is
offered and participants must
provide their own supplies
Adults only. $3 5:30 to 8:30 p m.
Georgia Museum of Art, Ed and
Phoebe Fono studio
classroom Contact: collardj@
uga.edu.
>- CURO Symposium
Workshop: Fine Tuning Your
Abstract Sponsored by Center
for Undergraduate Research
Opportunities/Honors Program
For students planning to submit
an abstract for the CURO 2008
Symposium The workshop is
taught by official Symposium
abstract reviewers. 5:45 p.m to
645 p.m. 214 Student Learning
Center. Contact: (706) 542-4053,
rcheney@uga.edu.
► Men’s Basketball vs.
Georgia Tech. 7 30 p.m.
Stegeman Coliseum
Thursday, January 10
• Thursday iFilms. “Her
Name is Sabine." International
and Independent Film Series An
intelligent, moving and beautiful
portrait of Sabine a 38-year-old
autistic woman, filmed by her sis
ter, famous French actress
Sandrme Bonnaire Personal
footage filmed over 25 years
reveals that Sabine's growth and
many talents were crushed by
improper diagnosis and inade
quate care structure. 85 minutes,
not rated. Free and open to the
public 7 p.m, m the Athens-
Clarke County library's auditori
um,
► Guided Tour Redefining
the Modem Landscape in
Europe and America, ca.
1920-1940. Sponsored by the
Georgia Museum of Art. 2 p.m.
Georgia Museum of Art. Contact:
col!ard|@uga.edu
► Healthcare Provider “Save
a Life" CPR Training.
Sponsored by University Health
Center. CPR training for stu
dents, faculty and staff desiring
healthcare provider certification.
This advanced course for CPR
on adults, children and infants is
SSO. Certified by the American
Heart Association. Class size lim
ited; register in advance at (706)
542-8695 5 to 8:30 p.m
University Health Center
► UGA Alumni Association
Cobb County Chapter Interest
Meeting. The Alumni
Association is calling the 12,000
Cobb County alumni to help form
a local Alumni Association
Chapter to network and socialize,
take part in community service
projects, assist with the
University s admissions efforts
and gather for game watchings 6
p m Vmings Grille, 4480 S Cobb
Dr., Smyrna Contact: (706) 542-
2251,
tgardner@uga.edu
► Women’s Basketball vs. Ote
Miss. 7 p.m Stegeman
Coliseum.
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McCain, Clinton capture primaries
CONCORD, N.H.
Arizona Sen. John McCain
won the New Hampshire
primary Tuesday night,
completing a remarkable
comeback and climbing
back into contention for
the Republican presiden
tial nomination. Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
moved out to a startling
lead over Sen. Barack
Obama in the Democratic
race.
“We showed the people
of this country what a real
comeback looks like,”
McCain told The
Associated Press in an
interview as he savored his
triumph. “We’re going to
move on to Michigan and
South Carolina and win the
nomination.”
Later, he told cheering
supporters that together,
“we have taken a step, but
only a first step, toward
repairing the broken poli
tics of the past and restor
ing the trust of the
American people in their
government.”
The Arizona senator
rode a wave of support
from independent voters
to defeat former Gov. Mitt
Romney of Massachusetts,
a showing that reprised his
victory in the traditional
first-in-the-nation primary
in 2000.
It was a bitter blow for
Romney, who spent mil
lions of dollars of his
own money in hopes of
winning the kickoff lowa
caucuses and the first pri
mary —and finished sec
ond in both.
Even so, the business
man-turned politician said
he would meet McCain
next week in the Michigan
primary, and he cast him
self as just what the
country needed to
Autopsy reveals lethal trauma,
potential links to other cases
DAWSONVILLE The hiker
whose body was found in the
north Georgia woods days after
her disappearance was decapi
tated after she died of a blow to
the head, a medical examiner
reported Tuesday.
The body of Meredith
Emerson, who had been missing
since New Year's Day, was found
after a drifter accused of kid
napping her told authorities
where to look, officials said
Gary Michael Hilton, 61,
agreed to help investigators in
exchange for an agreement that
they not seek the death penalty
against him, Union County
District Attorney Stan Gunter
told The Associated Press.
The finding that Emerson
suffered a lethal blow to the
head was made by Kris Sperry,
the state’s chief medical exam
iner, said Georgia Bureau of
Investigation spokesman John
Bankhead, who declined to dis
cuss any other details of the
autopsy.
Hilton was charged Saturday
with kidnapping with intent of
bodily injury. He appeared
Monday before a judge who
denied his request for bail.
Hours later, Hilton led inves
tigators to a spot in a wooded
Rap star battles pneumonia over holidays
DETROIT Eminem is recov
ering from a bout with pneumo
nia that sent him to the hospi
tal.
“Over the holidays. Marshall
Mathers, aka Eminem, was
under doctor's care at a Detroit
area hospital for complications
due to pneumonia,” the rapper’s
publicist, Dennis Dennehy, said
Tuesday. "He has since been
released and is doing well recov
ering at home.”
Eminem’s illness first was
reported by celebrity Web site
TMZ.com.
Britney Spears’ car
towed near hotel
LOS ANGELES - It was just
another night on the town
Monday, and then another
headline in the tabloids on
Tuesday, for Britney Spears
after the pop star had her car
towed away and her visit to a
high-end hotel triggered a scuf
fle between a photographer and
a security guard.
The scuffle resulted in police
being called to the Four
Seasons Hotel near Beverly
Hills about 90 minutes after
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▲ Supporters of Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., react to election
results projected on a monitor at his election night headquarters in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday.
fix Washington.
“I don’t care who gets
the credit. Republican
or Democrat. I've got no
scores to settle,” he told
supporters.
Former Arkansas Gov.
Mike Huckabee, who won
the leadoff lowa GOP cau
cuses last week, was run
ning third in New
Hampshire.
Clinton, the former first
lady who finished third in
lowa, was mounting an
STATE
area where they found Emerson's
body, said John Cagle, an agent
for the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation.
Emerson, 24, had gone hiking
with her dog. Hilton was the last
person seen with
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trail and had
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FMFPChM Athens,
urntnaun Eme rson's god
mother, Peggy
Bailey, thanked law enforcement
agencies and the news media.
“We would also like to thank
the untold number of friends,
volunteers and family who
helped search and support all of
us at this tragic and troubling
time,” she said. Bailey declined
to answer questions.
Authorities have said that
Hilton could face more charges
and that they are exploring a
possible link between the disap-
NAMES & FACES
they had a private towing com
pany haul Spears’ car away. But
Officer Karen Smith said the
pop star wasn't to blame for the
Four Seasons dust-up.
“She was leaving the hotel
when one of the paparazzi and a
security guard at the hotel had
a scuffle,” Smith said.
Police took a battery report,
but the photographer had left
the hotel by the time officers
arrived, and no one was arrest
ed. The hotel’s head of security
did not respond to a message
for comment.
Police said Spears left her
2008 Mercedes-Benz on Sunset
Boulevard, near the University
of California, Los Angeles cam
pus, at about 8 p.m. Monday
because of a flat tire.
“She left it unattended and it
was blocking traffic, so it was
towed,” Smith said.
It was unlikely Spears would
be ticketed because the car was
disabled, but police said she
would have to pay a towing and
impound fee to get it back. The
vehicle was taken to Quicksilver
Towing, where an employee who
NEWS
unexpectedly stiff chal
lenge to Obama in the
nation’s first primary.
Polling place interviews
showed that the female
vote - which deserted the
former first lady when she
finished third in last week’s
lowa caucuses was sol
idly in her New Hampshire
column.
The former first lady
also was winning handily
among registered
Democrats. Obama led her
pearance of Emerson and the
presumed killing of a couple
from North Carolina in October,
as well as the December death
of a woman in Florida.
The agreement with Hilton
that led authorities to Emerson's
body covers only the prosecu
tion in that case, and other juris
dictions could seek the death
penalty for killings there if
they find connections, Gunter
said.
Georgia Bureau of
Investigation Director Vernon
Keenan said there could be a
connection to the case of John
and Irene Bryant, a couple in
their 80s who disappeared in
October while hiking in the
western North Carolina moun
tains.
Georgia officials met with
North Carolina authorities
Monday to discuss the case,
bureau spokesman Bankhead
said.
Sgt. Rob Reisinger, spokes
man for Leon County, Fla.,
Sheriff's Office, said that his
agency has requested informa
tion about the Georgia case but
that it is too early to determine
a connection.
Associated Press
answered the phone Tuesday
said he didn't know if it was still
there.
Former Idol’ star
sent to rehab clinic
TAMPA, Fla, A Judge is
sending Jessica Sierra to rehab.
The former “American Idol”
contestant was sentenced
Monday to a yearlong stint at a
California rehabilitation clinic
and three years' probation.
Sierra, 22, was arrested last
month for disorderly intoxica
tion and resisting officers. She
remained jailed Tuesday in
Tampa.
In July, she entered a
California rehab facility that
was to be documented on the
VHI reality show “Celebrity
Rehab With Dr. Drew,” hosted
by Dr. Drew Pinsky.
Circuit Judge Daniel Perry
said he didn't want the sentence
to be another screen test for
Sierra.
Perry said he doesn’t “want
anybody glamorizing the fact
that she’s a drug addict.”
Associated Press
TOP STORIES FROM AROUND
THE STATE, NATION AND WORLD
by an even larger margin
among independents.
By 10 p.m,, she had 39
percent of the vote in the
Democratic primary to 37
percent for Obama, who is
seeking to become the
nation’s first black
president. Former Sen.
John Edwards of North
Carolina trailed with 17
percent.
Despite running a dis
tant third to his better
funded rivals, Edwards had
no plans to step aside. He
pointed toward the South
Carolina primary on Jan.
26, hoping to prevail in the
state where he was bom
and where he claimed his
only victory in the presi
dential primaries four years
ago.
Clinton's performance,
based on the early returns,
surprised even her own in
ner circle.
Associated Press
WORLD
Scout saves
president,
‘grabs knife’
of assailant
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka The presi
dent of the Maldives was saved from
assassination Tuesday when a boy
scout grabbed the knife of an attacker
who had jumped out of a crowd greet
ing the leader, an official said.
President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
was not hurt, but his shirt was ripped
when the attacker tried to stab him
before the boy and security guards
intervened during the event on the
small island of Horafushi, said govern
ment spokesman Mohammad Shareef.
“This fellow in the crowd with a knife
in his hand attempted to stab the
president in his stomach," Shareef said
by telephone from Male, the capital.
“But a 15-year-old boy
came in the way and
grabbed the knife. One
brave boy saved the
president’s life."
The scout was iden
tified as Mohamed
Jaisham Ibrahim, who
had lined up to wel
come Gayoom, accord
ing to the president’s
Web site.
The boy was injured
in the hand by the knife, “His wound
was stitched, but later he complained
that he could not move some of his fin
gers, so he was down by a sea plane to
Male,” Shareef said.
“There was blood on the president’s
shirt, but it was not his but the boy's.
Still we got a physician to examine
him," Shareef said.
A photograph of the boy on the Web
site of the Haveeru daily showed him
wearing a blue scouting uniform with a
blue kerchief around his neck waiting
in line to greet the president.
The attacker had wrapped the knife
in a Maldives national flag as he stood
in a crowd waiting for Oayoom, 70.
A police Web site identified the
attacker as Mohamed Murshid. 20. No
motive was given, and other details
were not disclosed.
Shareef, speaking by telephone from
Male, said the assassination attempt
may have had a “political motive,” but
it was too early to say if Islamic mili
tants were involved. Opposition to
Gayoom’s three-decade rule has grown
in recent years, and there have also
been concerns about increased Islamic
militancy in the Muslim nation.
After the attack, Gayoom addressed
the nation by radio, thanking the teen
ager and calling for calm, according to
the Web site of the Minivan newspaper.
“We should not resort to violence
even if we have differences between the
parties," Gayoom said.
Associated Press
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