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NEWS BRIEFS
LONDON
Suspects in train
bombing arrested at
airport
British counter-terrorist police
said yesterday they arrested three
suspects in the deadly suicide bomb
attacks on the London transit sys-
tem in 2005.
No one has ever been charged in
connection with the July 7, 2005,
bombings, which were the deadli-
est attack on London since World
War II. The four bombers and 52
commuters died in blasts on three
subway trains and a bus.
The Metropolitan Police said two
men, ages 23 and 30, were arrested
at Manchester Airport in north-
west England as they prepared to
board a flight to Pakistan. The third
man, 26, was detained at a house in
Leeds, a city in northern England
where police were searching five
houses.
BAGHDAD
Rocket hits outside
Green Zone near
visiting U.N. chief
A rocket landed near the prime
minister's office yesterday during
the first visit to Iraq by the head
of the United Nations in nearly a
year and a half, sending Secretary-
General Ban Ki-moon ducking
unharmed behind a podium at a
news conference.
The attack came as Prime Min-
9 ister Nouri al-Maliki's government
said it had been negotiating with
Sunni insurgents for months, and
the U.S. military said that it had
released a senior aide to Shiite cler-
ic Muqtada al-Sadr on al-Maliki's
request.
The rocket caused no injuries but
rattled the building in the heavily
guarded Green Zone.
WASHINGTON
Despite wife's
cancer, Edwards
campaign goes on
- Democrat John Edwards said
yestersday that his presidential
campaign "goes on strongly" in the
face of a repeat cancer diagnosis
for his wife, Elizabeth, a somber
development that thrust his White
House bid into uncharted territory.
0 The couple revealed that Eliza-
beth Edwards' breast cancer had
spread to her bone during a news
conference designed to reassure
the public about the prognosis for
her health and his candidacy.
"The bottom line is, her cancer is
0 back," said John Edwards, the 2004
vice presidential nominee and for-
mer senator, at a news conference
in their hometown of Chapel Hill,
N.C. "We are very optimistic about
this, because having been through
some struggles together in the past,
we know that the key is to keep
your head up and keep moving and
be strong."
KINGSTON, Jamaica
Police: Pakistan
cricket coach
strangled after loss
Authorities said yesterday that
Pakistan's cricket coach was stran-
gled in his hotel room the day after
his team suffered a humiliating
World Cup loss - a murder that
has shocked the proper world of
cricket.
Bob Woolmer, 58, was found
unconscious in his blood- and
vomit-splattered hotel room in
Jamaica on Sunday after his team's
defeatto Ireland onSt. Patrick'sDay
sealed Pakistan's ouster from the
tournament. He was later declared
dead at a hospital.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
39218
Number of American service
members who have died in the War
in Iraq, according to the Depart-
ment of Defense. The following
service members were identified
late Wednesday:
Army Lt. Col. Peter E. Winston,
56, of Plant City, Fla.
Army Staff Sgt. Gina R. Sparks,
35, of Drury, Mo.
The following service members
were identified yesterday:
Army Pfc. Joey T. Sams II, 22,
of Spartanburg, S.C.
Army Spc. Curtis E. Glawson
Jr., 24, of Daleville, Ala.
FASHION FORWARD
Senate GOP cuts school
funds, votes down tax hike
LANSING (AP) - Senate Repub-
licans yesterday passed a $34-per-
student cut for schools, then voted
for hundreds of millions of dollars
in cuts to local governments, com-
munity corrections, health care
and other programs after deciding
Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposed
spending rollbacks didn't go far
enough.
The cutbacks are unlikely to pass
the Democrat-controlled House
or be approved by the Democratic
governor. The GOP cuts are "bad
for Michigan citizens," Granholm's
spokeswoman said.
Senate Republicans also voted
down Granholm's proposed 2 per-
cent tax on most services. Gran-
holm wants to bring in more tax
revenue through the tax, which
would start June 1 and raise about
$1.5 billion a year.
"We've been listeningto the citi-
zens of the state who've repeatedly
said 'no' to new taxes," said Sen-
ate Majority Leader Mike Bishop
(R-Rochester).
The Senate took up the tax bill
yesterday and defeated it on a 22-
16 vote. Sen. Glenn Anderson of
Westland was the only Democrat
to side with the Republicans voting
against it.
About the only place where Gra-
nholm and Senate Republicans saw
eye-to-eye was on an executive
order she issued yesterday after-
noon. It included $344 million in
cuts and other changes, which
would cover more than one-third
of the $940 million shortfall in the
state budget.
The Senate Appropriations Com-
mittee approved the order yesterday
afternoon. It includes cuts in day
care services for children of welfare
recipients, long-term care services,
training for new prison guards,
foster care payments, job training
grants and the state library.
Senate Republicans didn't pres-
ent their final list of $255.3 million
in cuts and other changes until 7:30
p.m. yesterday, drawing the ire
of Democrats who said they were
being given no time to study the
cuts before being forced to vote on
them.
It was the first time Senate
Republicans had revealed their
entire list ofrcuts after insistingthat
the shortfall be dealt with through
spending cuts and other changes.
Granholm criticized Republi-
cans for relying only on cuts and
accounting changes to fill the gap, a
criticism echoed last night by Sen.
Liz Brater (D-Ann Arbor).
"I'm not surprised it took you so
long to unveil these cuts," she told
GOP senators. "I'd be embarrassed,
too."
The Republican plan would
restore money to avoid state police
layoffs, but took aim at other pro-
grams that have drawn GOP ire:
An investment fund intended to
encourage the growth of high-
tech and biotech businesses; the
Healthy Michigan Fund intended
to improve residents' health; and
state subsidies for adult home care
workers in some counties.
Second-year law student Corie Ann D'Angelo and Martini the Chihuahua show of f
traditional Chinese attire during Origins, a fashion show sponsored by the Universi-
ty's Asian Pacific American Law Students Association held last night in the Mendels-
sohn Theatre. The event also featured dance and music performances as well as a
karaoke competition
RIAA
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to a website.
Bernard said he has forwarded
the notices to accused students.
Only Bernard and one other staff
member know the names of all the
students.
Alhough some students haven't
responded to Bernard's announce-
ment, he said most told him that
they are surprised by the allega-
tions. Bernard has also spoken to
some students' parents and attor-
neys.
"Most students are pretty upset,"
Bernard said.
Steven Marks, the RIAA's execu-
tive vice president and general
counsel, said in a written statement
Wednesday that he was pleased
with university responses to the
letters.
"We're encouraged by the
response of universities that are
forwarding the pre-litigation set-
tlement letters to students," he said.
"Not every student will take advan-
tage of this opportunity, but these
that do get the benefit of a discount-
ed settlement and no public mark
on their record."
Bernard said the University
makes an effort to quickly notify
students of their infractions.
"We want to help members of
our community," he said.
He said the University wants to
give each student as much time as
possible to process the information
and make a decision.
The University of California sys-
tem received notices on March 2
- one day before the University of
Michigan received its notices. But
while the University of Michigan is
still waiting for settlement letters,
the University of California cam-
puses at Berkeley, Los Angeles and
Santa Cruz received 57 pre-litiga-
tion letters on Wednesday.
Jennifer Ward, a spokeswoman
for the University of California
system, said the campuses didn't
pass the letters along to students.
"At the time we didn't have a pro-
cess for passing the letters on," she
said.
The University of California
adopted a policy to forward notices
after the campuses received their
first letters.
Bernard said many students
who have received notices from the
RIAA haven't been aware that they
were guilty of illegal file-sharing.
"One student said, 'I downloaded
two songs - how could that be so
bad?'" Bernardsaid. But the student
was uploading several songs with-
out knowing it, he said. Bernard
said that one University of Michi-
gan student who will receive a pre-
litigation letter had purchased a
service for downloading music that
she thought was legal. As it turned
out, the service was a fraud.
The University will not disclose
students' names to the RIAA, Ber-
nard said. It is the student's respon-
sibility to contact the organization.
RIAA General Counsel Steve
Marks said inan online chat March
1 that a pre-litigation letter will not
be issued unless the RIAA intends
to sue.
It is possible, Bernard said,
that a University student may
not receive a notice if the RIAA
doesn't request the information
soon enough. IP address data is
deleted occasionally and may be
impossible to retrieve.
Under federal law, penalties for
copyright infringement range from
$750 to $150,000 per violation.
Bernard said the RIAA has not
disclosedtheterms of the recentset-
tlements, though. He said the RIAA
will not disclose how it decides
which IP addresses to target.
"They are clearly doing some-
thing different," he said. "We don't
know what it is."
YAF
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Grand Rapids.
Beirich said the MSU chapter's
proposals to cut funding to minority
student organizations and establish
anall-whitestudentcouncilonMSU's
student government prompted the
center to include it on the new list.
"We generally deem a group a
hate group if they have an ideol-
ogy that denigrates an entire class
of people for their inherent traits,"
she said.
MSU spokesman Terry Denbow
said MSU has no plans to end the
University's recognition of its YAF
chapter, although campus life offi-
cials may review the group's activi-
ties.
He said MSU won't make a deci-
sion based on the recommendation
of an outside organization.
"I know of no violation of the
criteria at this time," Denbow said,
referring to MSU's requirements
for recognition as an official stu-
dent organization. "Once you start
allowing external groups to estab-
lish criteria, that begins a slippery
slope within the free marketplace
of ideas."
Kyle Bristow, the chairman of
MSU's YAF chapter, said in a writ-
ten statement that the center is
only out to discourage conservative
activism.
"The SPLC is extremely left-
wing,"Bristowsaid."Theydon'thave
a right to compare us to groups like
the KKK when we're not like that"
Berich said the center began con-
sidering adding the MSU chapter of
YAF to the hate group list after its
November protestofaLansingordi-
nance to prohibit the harassment
of individuals based on criteria
including race, sexual orientation,
gender identity and religion.
During the protest, several mem-
bers held up signs with slogans
such as "Straight Power" and "End
Faggotry."
The University of Michigan's
chapter of YAF drew protests when
it held "Catch an Illegal Immigrant
Day" on campus last fall.
University of Michigan YAF Co-
Chair Clark Ruper said he disagrees
with the SPLC's decision to start
calling the MSU chapter of YAF a
hate group.
"The SPLC hate group list serves
a good purpose, but unfortunately
they often overstep their bounds,"
Ruper said.
He said the MSU chapter stands
out to the SPLC because of the con-
troversial statements it makes.
"While MSU YAF's actions may
seem extreme, they are necessary
to get the conservative message
across on predominantly liberal
campuses," Ruper said.
Beirich said the MSU chapter
doesn't represent the ideals and
actions of other YAF branches.
"The national YAF organization
doesn't have any of these principles
or beliefs at all," Beirich said. "I
don't even understand the relation-
ship between the two groups."
Ruper said the national YAF
organization has no control over its
chapters. Although it has the same
name, it isn't sanctioned by the
national organization, he said.
"However, we all follow the Sha-
ron Statement," Ruper said.
YAF adopted the Sharon State-
ment at a conference in 1960. The
statement advocates individual
freedom and limitations ongovern-
ment power.
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