" The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com NEWS BRIEFS M LANSING 0 Senator upset with ma shutterbug DemS Republican state Sen. Tom eXp George, a mild-mannered doc- tor who often gives upbeat talks Buil on the Senate floor about healthy lifestyles or Michigan history, was uncharacteristically angry when he stood up to talk this week. The target of his ire was the By fact that a Democratic staff mem- ber, during a politically sensitive vote giving immediate effect to an Police expanded salestaxonserviceshad who has taken photos of the voting board bating in even though it wasn't a recorded in the las vote. The D "It was a serious violation that ty issue can only be interpreted one way warning - as an attempt to collect infor- dent. mation which, when taken out of Two f context, could be used in a politi- yesterda cal attack on any member of this the man chamber," the Portage lawmaker the Intra said Wednesday. The Senate's Democratic leader, Mark Schauer of Battle Creek, denied the photo-taking he I'* ordered had anything to do with partisan politics. "We have no right as senators to castvotes in secret," he said. 1a- WASHINGTON W Sen. Craig says he'W Husp J1 ouse pm complete term worlg zones su Idaho Sen. Larry Craig defi- U.S. cou antly vowed to serve out his term response in office yesterday despite losing a shooting court attempt to rescind his guilty Blackwa plea in a men's room sex sting. Demo "I have seen that it is possible for vote an i me to work here effectively," Craig which le said in a written statement certain Senate I to disappoint fellow Republicans they pla who have long urged him to step similar I down. to Presid Craig had earlier announced he sible. would resign his seat by Sept. 30, "Ther but had wavered when he went to the de f court in hopes of withdrawing his tens oft plea. working Thethird-termlawmakerissued the Units his statement not long after Idaho Jackson-I Gov. CL. "Butch" Otter relayed The F word he has selected a replace- ment for Craig in the event of a res- ignation. "He is ready to act should we receive a letter of resignation," said Jon Hanian, Otter's spokes- man in Boise, in what seemed like a calculated signal that home-state Republicans want Craig to sur- render the seat he has held for 17 years.. MYANMAR Potential sanctions influence talks Hoping to deflect outrage over images of soldiers gunning down protesters, Myanmar's hard-line leader announced yesterday he is willing to talk with detained democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi - but only if she stops calling for international sanc- tions. Senior Gen. Than Shwe also insists Suu Kyi give up urging her countrymen to confront the military regime, state television and radio said in reporting on the conditions set by the junta leader during a meeting this week with a special U.N. envoy. The surprise move is aimed at staving off the possibility of economic sanctions and keep- ing Myanmar's bountiful natu- ral resources on world markets, while also pleasing giant neighbor China, which worries the unrest could cause problems for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. CONGO Plane crashes in * Congo's capital In a thunderous blast, a cargo plane slammed into an impover- ished residential neighborhood in Congo's capital seconds after takeoff yesterday, leaving at least 25 people dead in a smoky wreck- age of concrete blocks and twisted debris. The fiery crash underscored the dangers of flying in Congo, which has experienced more fatal air crashes than any other African country since 1945, according to the Aviation Safety Network. The Russian Foreign Ministry said three Russians were among the dead: the pilot, the co-pilot and a flight engineer. Cargo planes in Congo are fre- quently flown by pilots from for- mer Soviet states. - Compiled from Daily wire reports Friday, October 5, 2007 - 3A An twice4 sturbati ;uspect seen osing self at IM ling, Elbel Field, police say CHRIS HERRING Daily News Editor are searching for a man twice been seen mastur- public on South Campus st week. epartment of Public Safe- d a crime alert yesterday students about the inci- emale students called DPS y and told police they saw masturbating in front of mural Sports Building on 1 would e do Iraqc IINGTON (AP) - The assed a bill yesterday that ake all private contractors in Iraq and other combat ibject to prosecution by rts. It was the first major by Congress to a deadly in Baghdad involving ter USA security guards. crats called the 389-30 ndictment of the incident, ft at least 13 Iraqis dead. Democratic leaders said nned to follow suit with egislation and send a bill ent Bush as soon as pos- e is simply no excuse for acto legal immunity for thousands of individuals in countries" on behalf of ed States, said Rep. Sheila Lee (D-Texas). BI arrived in Baghdad spotted For Great ng in public Lakes muck, Hoover Street at about 7 a.m., DPS no sim ple spokeswoman Diane Brown said. The first incident occurred Sat- sOlUtion urday afternoon at Elbel Field, when a different set of female stu- TRAVERSE CITY (AP) - dents saw the man, Brown said. When runaway algae killed fish Brown said police are taking the and fouled beaches in the Great matter seriously. Lakes region decades ago, gov- "There's the potential that this ernments ordered cutbacks of will become a pattern," she said. phosphorus - a key algae nutri- "It could escalate to an attack on ent - from laundry detergents another person, and there's the and sewage treatment plants. It possibility that something could worked, for a while. happen." But scientists acknowledge As of now, though, Brown said there are no simple solutions for the man isn't known to have had a recent algae outbreak that is any contact or any discussion with littering shorelines with stinky any of the victims. muck, and it may be responsible The crime alert describes the for die-offs of loons and other man as Hispanic, 30 to 40 years water birds. old, between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 "We've done all the easy feet 5 inches tall, wearing a base- stuff," Harvey Bootsma, a Uni- ball hat, a button-down shirt and versity of Wisconsin at Mil- dark pants. waukee scientist, said during a conference this week on Lake Michigan environmental prob- lems. , .. TT SN Another crackdown on phos- xtendU U 3 phorus from sources such as livestock farms and urban lawn fertilizer would help, he said. ~om ntr actors But there's a catch. While areas C, 1_ "near shore have too much phos- phsorus, some deeper waters Thursday to investigate the Sept. dont have esougs to support 16 shooting. Bush administration plankton, a crucial link in the officials acknowledge they are food chain. So fish are going unsure whether U.S. courts would hungry. have jurisdiction in the case or oth- "We have almost two eco- ers like it. systems in the lake," Bootsma In a separate incident, a drunken said. "And we don't have one Blackwater employee left a Christ- nice, handy management strat- mas Eve party in Baghdad and fatal- egy that will work in both ly shot the guard of one of Iraq's cases." vice presidents. That contractor An even bigger complica- was fired, fined and returned home tion is the presence of zebra to the United States; no charges mussels and their cousins, have been filed. quagga mussels - invasive The current law, called the species that reached the Great Military Extraterritorial Juris- Lakes in the late 1980s. They diction Act, covers personnel sup- promote algae growth by fil- porting the mission of Defense tering water and making it Department operations overseas. clearer, allowing sunlight to But because Blackwater's primary penetrate deeper. mission is to protect State Depart- Shoreline algae, known as ment officials, defense lawyers cladophora, fastens itself to probably would argue the last mussel shells and feeds on their does not apply. waste. JOB FAIR KELLYNJACKSON/Daly LSA senior Rohit Narayan talks with Geneva Edwards, a job recruiter for Huron Con- suting Group. Hundreds of students flooded Michigan Union to talk with employers yesterday to take part in the second day of the Career Fair DPS warns drivers about car break-ins By CHRIS HERRING Daily NewsEditor Seven car break-ins have been reported to the Department of Pub- lic Safety in the past week, campus police said. Three of the incidents took place on Wednesday, three on Saturday and one on Sunday. Thieves took numerous items, including an iPod and two Global PositionSystems, fromfour ofthe cars after breaking the cars' windows. DPS spokeswoman Diane Brown said that the doors were locked on the cars that were burglarized. Brown said that in each theft, the victim had left a valuable with- in sight. "All the stuff had been laying right there for someone to see," Brown said. Brown said keeping valuable items hidden is the best way to pre- vent theft. "The best thing would be to lock it in the trunk," she said. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn come alive in this Tony Award-winning musical i Music and lyrics by Roger Miller Book by William Hauptman Directed by Mark Madama Musical Direction by Catherine Walker Adams Department of Musical Theatre Oct. 11 at 7:30 PM * Oct. 12 & 13 at 8 PM Oct. 14 at 2 PM *Mendelssohn Theatre Tickets $24 and $18 " Students $9 with ID League Ticket Office 734-764-2538 Music eatre&Daiice -Karen Durbin, ELLE MAGAZINE "SENSE AND SEXUALITY! A CELEBRATION!" -Roger Ebert, CHICAGOSUNTIMES 3,809 Number of American service members who have died in the War in Iraq, according to The Associated Press. The Department of Defense reported no additional deaths yes- terday.