2A - The Michigan Daily - Thursday, February 1, 2001 NATION/WORLD Skier sent to EAGLE, Colo (AP) - A skier was sentenced to 90 days in jail yesterday for a deadly collision on the slopes at Vail four years ago that prompted a crack- down on reckless skiing. Nathan Hall, 21, who was convicted of negligent homicide, wept in court as he apologized to the family of Alan Cobb, the 33-year-old Denver man who was killed in the collision. "I stand before you guys knowing I've taken a human life, a life obviously very special and valued by a lot of people, said Hall, who stopped several times to compose himself. "I in no way feel I've suffered even a small fraction of what I've put you guys )jail, barred through. Now that I've had a chance to explain my feelings and express my apologies I feel like I can finally start a new beginning with my life." Hall, who had faced up to six years in prison, remained free on $15,000 bond. Hall also must perform 240 hours of public service - about a month's worth of eight-hour days - and is barred from drinking alcohol and recreational skiing as part of a probationary term. Hall's lawyer promised to appeal, saying the judge should have given jurors the option of convicting his client of a misdemeanor. "I was absolutely appalled and shocked at their deci- a r rom slopes sion to appeal," said Christi Neville, Cobb's fiancee. "I was very satisfied with the sentence of 90 days and probation but their decision to file an appeal negates everything they said today." The case has been closely watched by the ski indus- try. Ski safety experts said Hall was the first person to be convicted at trial of killing another skier. In 1989, Texas skier Howard Hidle hit and killed an 11-year-old girl at Colorado's Winter Park resort. Hidle, who pleaded no contest to criminally negligent homicide, later committed suicide. Vail earlier settled a lawsuit by Cobb's family for about $300,000. . *. . NJI;1AJ';, TX Tt 1i NASA to try landing on asteroid WASHINGTON (AP) - Mission controllers, in history's first attempt to land a spacecraft on an asteroid, hope to drop the NEAR Shoemaker craft to a soft landing on Eros, a barren space rock. The Feb. 12 maneuver will not be easy: The craft was not designed to land. If all goes perfectly, the 1,100- pound craft will drop from its aster- oid orbit and slide gently onto Eros' rocky surface, perhaps bouncing slightly before resting on its side. If the landing maneuver should fail, officials said the NEAR could smash into Eros and be forever silent. CAMP ZEIST, Netherlands Libyan convicted in Lockerbie triaL A Scottish court, in a verdict that linked Libya to terrorism, yesterday gave a life sentence to a Libyan intelligence agent for the murder of 270 people-in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 but allowed a second Libyan to walk free. Tears and jubilation from victims' relatives greeted the guilty verdict read out by presiding judge Lord Ranald Sutherland. The three-judge court convicted* Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, 48, and sentenced him to a minimum of 20 yeas, in a Scottish prison before he would be eligible for parole. The court found that al-Megrahi "was serving a foreign government." The statement bolstered claims of victims' relatives that Libyan Col. Moammar Gad-, hafi and his government are responsible for the bombing of the New York-bound. flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The conviction could also give impetus to civil actions that the relatives have filed against Libya. The verdict was the climax of an $80 million trial and nearly nine months of hearings at a special court in the Netherlands. The White House said U.N. and U.S. sanctions on Libya would remain in place, and U.S. and British officials said they will keep investigating the bombing. President Bush said at a Cabinet Room meet- ing with members of Congress that Libya should remain isolated until Gadha* agrees to "accept responsibility for this act and to compensate the families." WASHINGTON Bush meets with black lawmaker caucus Black lawmakers aired a list of grievances to President Bush yesterday, reiter- ating their deep opposition to John Ashcroft as attorney general and reminding Bush of the wounds inflicted by the Florida election deadlock. Thirty-one members of the Congressional Black Caucus discussed more than 20 issues with the Republican president, including racial profiling, electio9 reform, AIDS, Africa, education and civil rights. The meeting, which Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer described as "cordial," lasted 90 minutes - twice as long as scheduled. Bush pledged a high level of sensitivity on civil rights, and promised to make Africa a high priority, Fleischer and participants said. Bush opened the meeting by telling his visitors, "I will remind you all that I understand the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I only get to suggest, and you all pass the laws." The Republican president told the caucus that he saw the gathering as "the beginning of hopefully a lot of meetings." No single issue dominated the meeting, said Fleischer, who attended. But Rep. Eli- jah Cummings (D-Md.) said the Ashcroft nomination took up "quite a bit of time." ---__-_---------_ * Activate a Cingular Home' plan with access of $29" and higher and get unlimited mobile to mobile calling and mobile to mobile messaging to any Cingular customer within your local calling area. 1$2.9 1 _ $3999 s .99 Home Plan: 250 minutes 400 minutes i 600 minutes Long Distance Included. Other Home plans are available. Offer available to new and existing customers. 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Haren Pandya, the Gujarat home min- ister, said his toll of 25,000 dead was based on reports gathered from govern- ment agencies of bodies recovered, peo- WASHINTON Federal Reserve cuts interest rates The Federal Reserve, pledging a "rapid and forceful" response to the economy's dramatic slowdown, cut interest rates on yesterday by another half percentage point. It was the second rate reduction this month and was viewed as a strong sig- nal the central bank plans to move as aggressively as it can to fight the growing threat of a recession. The widely expected rate cut drew a far more muted response on Wall Street than the Fed's surprise announcement of its first half-point reduction on Jan. 3. That move had triggered the biggest one-day rally in Nasdaq's history. The Fed said it was lowering its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, to 5.5 percent. 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