The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Tuesday, January 22, 2008 -- 3A NEWS BRIEFS LONDON Int'1 stocks fall sharply on U. S. recession fears Stocks fell sharply worldwide yesterday following declines on Wall Street last week amid inves- tor pessimism over the U.S. gov- ernment's stimulus plan to prevent a recession. U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but the downbeat mood from last week's market declines there cir- cled through Europe, Asia and the Americas. Britain's benchmark FTSE-100 slumped 5.5 percent to 5,578.20, France's CAC-40 Index tumbled 6.8 percent to 4,744.15, and Germany's blue-chip DAX 30 plunged 7.2 percent to 6,790.19. In Asia, India's benchmark stock index tumbled 7.4 percent, while Hong Kong's blue-chip Hang Seng index plummeted 5.5 percent to 23,818.86. ATLANTA Mike Huckabee, Bill Clinton honor King in Atlanta More than 2,000 people crowd- ed Ebenezer Baptist Church yes- terday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s commitment to peace and equality and note the importance of his legacy in this election year. Former President Bill Clinton, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin were amongthose attending the service. King's birthday is Jan.15, but the federal holiday bearing his name is observed on the third Monday in January. It has been a national holiday since 1986, but his birth- day has been observed at Ebenezer Baptist every year since his assas- sination in Memphis, Tenn., at age 39 on April 4,1968. WASHINGTON Clinton, Obama clash in S.C. debate Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama clashed bitterly yesterday over Bill Clin- ton's role in his wife's campaign and Obama's recent praise for Re- publicans in a presidential debate five days before the pivotal South Carolina primary. After a brief discussion of the nation's economic woes, the debate devolved into an angry exchange between the two senators, with Clinton noting Obama had taken campaign contributions from a po- litical patron facing fraud charges and Obama calling Clinton a "cor- porate lawyer sitting on the board of Wal-Mart." As Obama tried to defend his comments about Republicans and Ronald Reagan, Clinton interrupt- ed and said she has never criticized his remarks on Reagan. "Your husband did," said Obama, who has accused the for- ier president of misrepresenting his record. "I'm here. He's not," she snapped. AUCKLAND, New Zealand About 500 pay final respects to climber Sherpas laid prayer scarves on the coffin of Edmund Hillary Tuesday as thousands across New Zealand bid farewell to the Mount Everest con- queror. About 500 New Zealand and international dignitaries joined the Hillary family at a state funeral in St. Mary's Anglican Church in this northern city, while thousands gath- ered at big screen venues in cities nationwide to pay respects to Hill- ary. - Compiled from Daily wire reports 3,929 Number of American service mem- bers who have died in the war in Iraq, according to The Associated Press. The following service mem- bers were identified yesterday: Sgt. Justin R. Whiting, 27, Han- cock, N.Y Spc. Richard B. Burress, 25, Naples, Fla. SHOOTING From Page 1A the Ann Arbor Police Depart- ment. At this point, it's unclear whether Myrick will be charged for his role in the shooting death. The Detroit Free Press reported that police have stoppedsearchingforMyrick, saying that the Washt- enaw County Prosecutor's Office declared the shoot- ing a "justifiable homicide." The Washtenaw County Prosecutor's Office could not be reached for comment yes- terday. Police added that they have been in contact with Myrick's family to per- suade Myrick to cooper- ate in the investigation. "We still want to talk to him and it's still under investigation," Sgt. Paul Curtis of the AAPD said. While there may be no criminal charges stemming from the shooting death, Myrick was charged with a misdemeanor possession of marijuana in the case, police said. "Normally, residential robberies have more to them than just a robbery. Somehow the victim is targeted," Kin- sey said. "Robbers don't just knock on a door and decide to rob a house randomly. They're going to have some information or some reason. Many times that involves some type of illegal activ- ity they've got information about." On Saturday evening, a person claiming to be Andrew Myrick left a com- ment on an article posted on The Michigan Daily's web- site expressing remorse for the shooting. "I would give ANYTHING to have not been home at the time," the message says. The message also says that PRYOR Myrick is "NOT some crazed lunatic" and that he doesn't From Page 1A have any ill intentions. The message writer Office of Compliance, which claims to be unarmed and to monitors athletic depart- be making arrangements to ment activities and reports approach the police with the violations to the appropriate assistance of Student Legal governing body - either the Services. Myrick posted the Big Ten Conference or the same letter on his Facebook NCAA. profile. Judy Van Horn, associ- Doug Lewis, the director ate director of athletics, told of Student Legal Services, Breece that the party, as said he couldn't disclose advertised, should be can- whether Myrick was a client celed. or not. "We felt like it was a bad The AAPD was informed concept," said Matt Stolberg, of the comment and plans to assistant athletic director for begin investigating it today, compliance. police said. The NCAA implemented DPS issued a third crime tighter recruiting practices alert yesterday, saying that in 2005 after the University the AAPD was still seeking of Colorado football program both Myrick and Bailey. It was accused of engaging in also said there were several illegal recruiting practices. reported sightings of Myrick Theseincluded casesinwhich on campus, but none of the Colorado football players had reports resulted in correctly bought alcohol, drugs and identifyinghim. hired strippers for recruits. Numerous female students at Colorado also filed lawsuits, accusing Colorado football players of rape while recruits were visitingthe campus. Stolberg said it was the first time in his memory that students at the University of Michigan have planned a party for a recruit. Rather than scrapping the party altogether, Breece worked with the athletic department to change the party's theme to be "in sup- port of Michigan football" so it wasn't specifically aimed at Pryor. Frey said he was willing to cooperate with the Athletic Department because he didn't want to do anything to jeopardize Pryor's eligibil- ity should he decide to come to Michigan. "The original intent was to show him how much support the Michigan communityhas for the football team and its players," Frey said. Breece and Frey tried sev- eral times to cancel the origi- nal Facebook events, but the site wouldn't allow them to delete the listings. Breece created a new group called, "Greenwood Block Party Showing Support for Michi- gan Football" and posted messages on pages for the previous events, explaining that the events were can- celled and that the new event would take its place. BreecealsosentaFacebook message to members of the event explaining the NCAA policies and the changes to the party. In the end, though, the block party wasn't the blow- out Breece and Frey envi- sioned. The bitter, 10 degree weather kept most party- goers home and confined the few who showed up to a cou- ple of houses along the block. Breece admitted that he failed to take the weather into account when he planned the party. so that every row, column b 713 8 i 9 1 3 6 7 5 1 1 6 2 2 8 9 2 8 3 3 1 7 5 i 5 4 7 BEAR STEARNS bearaluarns tom/careers v 7 1 A