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GAINESVILLE, Fla.
Student tasered at
college forum that
featured Kerry
The University of Florida asked
state investigators yesterday to
review campus officers' use of a
Taser during a forum with Sen.
John Kerry, on a persistent ques-
tioner who is known for posting
practical jokes online.
Video of Monday's takedown
of the 21-year-old student was
replayed extensively on TV and
the Internet. University President
Bernie Machen called the confron-
tation "regretful" and said two
officers were placed on adminis-
trative leave pending the outcome
of the probe.
The student, Andrew Meyer,
spent a night in jail before his
release yesterday morning on his
recognizance. He had no comment
when he left.
Some Florida students reacted
angrily to the arrest, planning pro-
tests and possible sit-ins against
alleged police brutality.
WASHINGTON
Diplomatic land
travel in Iraq
suspended
The United States yesterday
suspended all land travel by U.S.
diplomats and other civilian offi-
cials throughout Iraq, except in
Baghdad's heavily fortified Green
Zone. The move follows a weekend
incident involving private secu-
rity guards protecting a diplomatic
convoy in which a number of Iraqi
civilians were killed.
In a notice sent to Americans
in Iraq, the U.S. Embassy in Bagh-
dad said it had taken the step to
review the security of its person-
nel and possible increased threats
to those leaving the Green Zone
while accompanied by such secu-
rity details.
"In light of a serious security
incident involving a U.S. embassy
protective detail in the Mansour
District of Baghdad, the embassy
has suspended official U.S. gov-
ernment civilian ground move-
ments outside the International
Zone (IZ) and throughout Iraq,"
the notice said.
WASHINGTON
Bush asks
Congress to back
pullout plan
President Bush, cheered on by
Iraq war veterans and their fami-
lies on the White House's South
Lawn, urged lawmakers yesterday
to back his plan to withdraw some
troops from Iraq but keep at least
130,000 through next summer or
longer.
"Iaskthe United States Congress
to support the troop levels and the
strategies I have embraced," Bush
said, to loud cheers and chants of
"USA! USA!"
The president briefly addressed
about 850 members of military
support organizations who were
invited to the White House for cof-
fee, juice and pastries. With almost
everyone wearing red shirts, peo-
ple from several organizations
gathered at picnic tables set up on
the South Lawn in the morning
sun.
LAS VEGAS
0.J. charged with
seven felonies
O.J. Simpson was charged yes-
terday with seven felonies, includ-
ing kidnapping, in the alleged
armed robbery of sports memora-
bilia collectors in a casino-hotel
room.
The fallen football star was
arrested Sunday after a collector
reported a group of armed men
charged into his hotel room at
a casino and took several items
Simpson claimed belonged to him.
Simpson was booked on suspi-
cion of assault and robbery with
a deadly weapon. Clark County
District Attorney David Roger
filed those charges and added kid-
napping and conspjracy to commit
kidnapping, according to court
documents.
Simpson, who was accused
along with three other men, was
also charged with one misde-
meanor. He faces the possibility of
life in prison if convicted.
- Compiled from
Daily wire reports
AL L E .. A MEl 1 CA S
39787
Number of American service
members who have died in the
War in Iraq, according to The
Associated Press. The following
service member was identified by
the Department of Defense yester-
day:
Army Pfc. Brandon T. Thors-
en, 22, Trenton, Fla
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For theDaily
udents won't have to pay a
oanpany $35 or pester friends
cars to get to Detroit Metro-
an Airport anymore. '
ginning Oct. 1, Michigan
, an express luxury coach
ce, is expanding its service
clude a shuttle bus from the
Points hotel by Sheraton off
ate Street to Detroit Metro
ort and East Lansing.
udents can book a one-way
t online the Detroit airport
10 or to East Lansing for $15
a promotion that's in effect
until Dec. 31. Shuttles are scheduled to arrive
The Ann Arbor Transporta- in Ann Arbor from 4:25 a.m. to 11
tion Authority is partnering with p.m.
Michigan Flyer for the service. Moore said the busses will
Students will be able to take offer free water and wireless
the AATA's Wolverine Tower Internet.
shuttle for the two-and-a-half Michigan Flyer could take cus-
miles from Central Campus to tomers from the Michigan Stu-
the Sheraton. dent Assembly's, airBus service.
Starting on Oct. 1, the Wolver- AirBus provides $7 trips to the air-
ine Tower shuttle will stop next to port from campus, but the service
the Sheraton. "It'll be a change in is only available around holiday
the routing, but it shouldn't alter breaks from school.
too much," AATA spokeswoman "It'd be impossible to predict
Mary Stasiak said. what the Flyer will do to airBus,"
Diane Moore, Michigan Flyer's MSA President Zack Yost said.
director of sales, said the company "This just amounts to more stu-
had lots of requests to adda stop in dents having an affordable way to
Ann Arbor. get to the airport."
The Michigan Flyer service will Molly Cohen, an LSA freshman
make 11 trips between Ann Arbor from Philadelphia, said she plans
and Detroit per day and seven trips to use the service.
between Ann Arbor and East Lan- "The Michigan Flyer programs
sing. The service will also make sounds like a great way to get to
stops in Jackson. the airport cheaply," she said.
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House, Senate still
fighting over mix of
cuts, tax hikes
LANSING (AP) - Lawmakers
are making some progress toward
balancing the state budget and
avoiding a government shutdown
before the Oct. 1 deadline.
But they're still fighting over
how much of the $1.75 billion
problem should be resolved
through higher taxes, and how
much should be erased through
spending cuts.
Both the House and Senate
passed some budget-related bills
yesterday, but the showdown over
higher taxes isn't resolved. Demo-
crats want tax increases above
what Republicans are willing to
give. Republicans want spending
cuts too deep for Democrats to
accept.
And they're running out of time
to avoid a possible shutdown of
some government services if they
can't reach a compromise in less
than two weeks.
"We will get back at it again
tomorrow," Senate Majority Lead-
er Mike Bishop, a Republican from
Rochester, said after the Senate
adjourned last night. He said there
will be "tough votes" ahead for
lawmakers.
Republicans who control the
Senate offered to vote on a proposal
that would erase more than $1 bil-
lion of the deficit through spend-
ing cuts, while raising about $660
million by increasing the state's=
income tax rate from the cur-
rent 3.9 percent to 4.3 percent. It's
unclear how much support the pro-
posal would have among Republi-
can lawmakers, many of whom still
would prefer to try and balance the
budget without tax increases.
But Senate Democrats and Dem-
ocratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm
weren'thappy with the Senate GOP
proposal, and a vote was not taken
on it Tuesday. Leaders from both
parties were continuing' negotia-
tions to see if a compromise could
be reached.
Senate Minority Leader Mark
Schauer, a Democrat from Battle
Creek, said the GOP-proposed
cuts are too deep and jeopardize
education, health care and public
safety.
Granholm told reporters yester-
day afternoon that she can live with
about $300 million in budget cuts,
*but that the rest of the $1.75 billion
shortfall would have to be filled
with higher taxes or other mea-
sures, such as ending tax exemp-
tions for some businesses.
"Because we have cut for five
years, there is not ... $1 billion in
cuts without hurting people," she
said.
Senate Republicans have passed
a plan that would extend the cur-
rent budget year by 30 days past
Oct. 1, an effort to buy more time to
resolve the crisis.
Granholm has said she would
veto a continuation budget, howev-
er, unless it had a revenue increase
attached to it.
The governor said House and
Senate leaders had been confer-
ring with administration officials
throughout the day, and that she
was optimistic a solution would be
found soon.
The Senate late yesterday
passed bills that Republicans said
could cut government costs. One
bill that was approved unanimous-
ly would expand the state's prison
labor programs to include more
clothing and textile products, giv-
ing the state more items to sell to
raise revenue. The bill now goes to
the House.
Another bill passed unanimous-
ly would ban some former state
employees from "double dipping"
on pensions and health care cover-
age if they are rehired by the state
and already covered by behefit pro-
grams. The bill now returns to the
House, which already has passed a
similar bill.
ALLi ON GHAMAN/Daily
Talks between UAW, GM enter fifth day
DETROIT (AP) - As General too much factory capacity, but ing specific start and end times
Motors Corp. and the United Auto Ford may negotiate temporary for the talks, he said.
Workers enter their fifth day of wage cuts, for example, because UAW spokesman Roger Kerson
bargaining under hour-by-hour its financial situation is the most declined to comment on the talks.
contract extensions today, the dire, and Chrysler's status as a Negotiators were optimistic but
unique issues that each of the private company could affect its progress was slow as bargainers
Detroit Three automakers faces contract. dealt with the details of a major
could make it difficult to use an Bargainers for GM and the health care agreement as well
agreement with GM as a pattern UAW negotiated from midmorn- as changes to plant work rules,
contract for Ford and Chrysler. ing until Tuesday evening before according to a person who was
All three companies are grap- recessing for the night, GM briefed on the talks. The person
pling with dwindling market spokesman Tom Wickham said. requested anonymity because the
share, high health care costs and The company is no longer releas- talks were private.
Police nab
pair of
campus
thieves
Men accused of
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Daily NewuEditor
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Two men are on the hook for a
series of thefts from campus build- #"
ings, and police say the thieves
may have committed more crimes yuy yoltcadtma.
than those.
The men, identified by police as
David Small, 29, of Ann Arbor and
John Holbrook, 48, of Ypsilanti Fresh housemade tuna, mixed with celery, onions,
were each arraigned Saturday for and our tasty sauce, then topped with alfalfa sprouts,
allegedly moving from campus to cucumber,lettuce, and tomato.(My tuna rocks)
campus building stealing back- #4 TURKEY TOM*
packs and wallets.
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gal use of a financial transaction tomato,. sprouts, d mayw.heusrlgynea)
device - which usually means # IO aenr
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counts were for larceny in a build- The original Italian sub with genoa salami, provolone,
ing, Department of Public Safety capic'la, onion, lettuce, tomato, & a real tasty Italian
spokeswoman Diane Brown said. viaigrette.(ot peppers by rquest) YOU
As of Monday, the men hadn't #sO.
posted the $25,000 bond and were
still in jail, Brown said. Layers of provolone cheese separated by real
They were arrested on Thursday avocado spread, alfalfa sprouts, sliced cucumber,
afternoonafterstaffinthe Chemis- lettuce, tomato,andMayo.(Trulyagourmetsubnot
try Building and Palmer Commons for vegetarians only.......... peace dude!)
called the Department of Public
Safety to report that two men were
moving from floor to floor with no Bacon, lettuce, tomato, & Mayo.
apparent purpose, Brown said. (The only better OLT is mama's OLT)
Police made contact with men
matching descriptions of the sus-
pects outside Palmer Commons
and arrested them on outstanding
arrest warrants. While processing
the suspects, police found evidence *iant chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin cookie ... $1.50
that linked the men to thefts from Real potato chips or jumo kosher dill pickle.... $0.9
campus buildings.
The men were accused of com-
mitting three crimes in the last Extra cheese or extra avocado spread .......... $0.5
week. Police say they stole two
backpacks - one Sept. 10 from the
Medical Science Unit II building FREEBIES
and another Sept. 12 from the Elec-
trical Engineering and Computer Onion, lettuce, alfalfa sprouts, tomato, Mayo, sliced
Science Building. cucumber, Dijon mustard, oil & vinegar, and oregano.
A staff member from the Kresge
Hearing Research Institute called v WD E I R
DPS on Friday to report that her
wallet had been stolen the day V 2
before and that her credit card had
been used. Brown said the men are 1207 S. UNIVERSITY 342S
suspected of using the multiple
stolen credit cards. 913-9200 749200
Holbrook has several previ-
ous convictions for illegal use of a
financial transaction device as well i " YOjW NT O s ra1g n ntrn.SmlJa
a breakingand entering. Small has
a prior conviction for retail fraud.