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DETROIT
* GM plans to build
Cadillac small car
at Lansing plant
General Motors Co. plans to
build a new Cadillac small car at a
plant in Lansing, adding 600 jobs,
the city's mayor said yesterday.
Virg Bernero said the automaker
plans to invest $190 million at the
Grand River Assembly plant to pro-
duce the new Cadillac ATS, a com-
pact version of the Cadillac CTS
luxury car.
"GM said Chief Executive Offi-
cer Dan Akerson and United Auto
Workers President Bob King will be
atthe plant this morning to make a
"positive news announcement for
Lansing Grand River."
IBernero, who is the Democratic
nominee for governor, said he and
his staff have been working with
GM since May to bring the new
investment to the plant.
One of the keys to making it
a reality, Bernero said, was an
offer to the company of a 25-year,
100-percent personal property tax
exemption.
WASHINGTON D.C.
Virginia man
charged in fake
subway bomb plot
A Virginia man has been arrest-
ed'and indicted on charges he tried
to help people he believed were
aklQaida operatives in planning
to bomb subway stations in and
around the nation's capital.
The FBI says the public was
never in danger because its agents
were aware of the man's activities
before the alleged planning took
place and monitored him through-
out.
Farooque Ahmed, 34, a natural-
ized citizen born in Pakistan, was
arrested yesterday. He was indicted
on charges of attempting to provide
material support to a designated
terrorist organization, collecting
information to assist in planning a
terrorist attack on a transit facility
and attempting to provide mate-
rial support to carry out multiple
bombings to cause mass causalities
at Washington-are metro station.
STOCKTON, Calif.
Judge rules against
venue change in
* ken torture case
- A judge presiding over the
trial of a man accused of tortur-
ing a 16-year-old boy in a Central
California home has denied a
change-of-venue request, setting
* ie stage for opening statements
to begin.
,Thirty-one-year-old Anthony
Waiters has pleaded not guilty
t0 aggravated mayhem, torture
and false imprisonment charges
involving the teen allegedly held
captive at the home of Waiters'
neighbors for more than a year.
Waiters faces a potential life sen-
tehee.
'Judge Terrence Van Oss yester-
dhy turned down a request from
Waiters' attorney to move the
proceedings outside San Joaquin
County Superior Court.
The boy escaped in December
2008 by scaling a fence and seek-
ing help at a fitness center.
. Three other defendants have
pleaded guilty to charges that
included use of a deadly weapon
and causing great bodily injury to
a child.
VEXICO CITY
* exican car wash
attack kills 15
"Gunmen killed 15 people at a
car wash yesterday in a Mexican
'Pacific coast state where drug-
' bang violence has risen this year.
It was the third massacre in Mex-
ieS in less than a week.
C The gunmen in three vehicles
drove up to the car wash in the
city of Tepic and opened fire with-
but provocation, said Fernando
Carvajal, public safety secretary
of Nayarit state, where the city is
located. Fifteen men were killed
And three people were injured.
The motive was not immedi-
ately clear but investigators sus-
Vr'ect it was the work of organized
trime, Carvajal told reporters.
He said most of the victims
were recovering drug addicts and
worked at the car wash. One vic-
tim, however, had just driven up
to* the business in a motorcycle
and appeared not to have worked
there, and another body was
f6und at a nearby fruit stand.
Compiled from
Daily wire reports.
Bin Laden threatens
France over veil ban
I *~ ' 1MEL
In recording, Bin
Laden criticizes
French involvement
in Afghanistan
CAIRO (AP) - Al-Qaida leader
Osama bin Laden threatens in
a new audio tape to kill French
citizens to avenge their co6ntry's
support for the U.S.-led war in
Afghanistan and a new law that
will ban face-covering Muslim
veils.
In the tape obtained by satel-
lite television station Al-Jazeera
and then posted on its website
yesterday, bin Laden said France
was aiding the Americans in the
killing of Muslim women and
children in an apparent reference
to the war in Afghanistan. He
said the kidnapping of five French
citizens in the African nation of
Niger last month was a reaction
to what he called France's oppres-
sion of Muslims.
"How can it be right that you
participate in the occupation of
our lands, support the Ameri-
cans in the killing of our women
and children and yet want to live
in peace and security?" said bin
ATHLETES
From Page 1A
data set released underthe NCAA's
stricter academic requirements,
which were adapted in 2003.
Though he said he couldn't com-
ment on any specific reasons why
the University's student-athlete
graduation rate dropped from 1999
to 2003, Ablauf said a possible rea-
son for the decrease could have
been coaching changes in various
sports.
"I do know that during that 2000
to 2003 time frame we did have
some coaching changes, which
would've affected the graduation
rate numbers overall," Ablauf said.
The men's sport with at the
Laden, addressingthe French.
"It is a simple and clear equa-
tion: As you kill, you will be
killed. As you capture, you will
be captured. And as you threaten
our security, your security will
be threatened. The way to safe-
guard your security is to cease
your oppression and its impact on
our nation, most importantly your
withdrawal from the ill-fated
Bush war in Afghanistan." '
The authenticity of the tape
could not be immediately verified
but the voice resembled that of
the terror group leader on previ-
ous tapes determined to be genu-
ine.
French Interior Minister Brice
Hortefeux told the parliament
hours after the message was post-
ed that the risk of a terror attack
against the country was real and
authorities' vigilance is "total,"
according to a report on newspa-
per El Figaro's website.
But he added that the threats
"would merely fit into the pat-
tern of different threats that have
already been made against our
country and our citizens, at home
and abroad. It currently appears
that these comments don't do
more than justify our keeping up
our response in the face of the ter-
highest GSR graduation rate at
the University, according to the
mostrecent data, was men's tennis,
with alOO-percentgraduation rate.
While women's field hockey, golf,
softball and tennis all share top
marks with a 100-percent gradua-
tion rate.
The men's and women's bas-
ketball programs - at 36 and 53
percent GSR graduation rates,
respectively - are each the men's
and women's sport with the lowest
graduation rate at the University.
Both programs also have the low-
est graduation rate in the Big Ten in
their respective sports.
The football program boasted
a 72-percent GSR graduation rate,
ranking 5th in the Big Ten. North-
western University's football pro-
rorist threat."
Tapes by bin Laden and his top
lieutenant, Egyptian-born Ayman
al-Zawahri, have recently been
posted on Al-Jazeera website
rather than on sites run by mili-
tant Muslims as has been done for
years. The shift appears to reflect
the unexplained technical dif-
ficulties or closures experienced
by the militant sites in recent
months.
France has about 4,000 troops
deployed in and near Afghani-
stan.
"You need to think of what
happened to America as a result of
that unjust war," bin Laden said,
again addressing the French and
referring to the war in Afghani-
stan. "It's on the verge of bank-
ruptcy ... and tomorrow it will
retreat to beyond the Atlantic."
France passed a law this month
that will ban the wearing of face-
covering burqa-style Muslim veils
in public starting in April. Many
Muslims have expressed fears the
law would stigmatize them.
"If you deemed it your right to
ban (Muslim) women from wear-
ing the hijab, then should not it be
our right to expel your invading
men by striking their necks?" bin
Laden said.
gram ranked first in the Big Ten,
graduating 95 percent of its mem-
bers.
Though the GSR data is only
broken down by sport, the Depart-
ment of Education FGR figures are
broken down by ethnicity and gen-
der as well.
According to the FGR data
released yesterday, for student-
athletes who enrolled in the Uni-
versity between 2000 and 2003,
66 percent of male student-athletes
graduated, while 86 percent of
female student-athletes earned
their degrees.
The FGR data also shows 81
percent of white student-athletes
graduated, compared to 69 percent
of Hispanic student-athletes and 55
percent of black student-athletes.
STEELE
From Page 1A
AM talk-radio host, fired up the
crowd by speaking out against the
Democrats.
"If it's got a 'D' after its name,
drive a stake through the heart of
it," Thayrone X said to the crowd.
Thayrone X spoke about issues
like closing the border to Mexi-
co, improving the economy and
reforming the country's health
care.
Wendy Day, founder of Com-
mon Sense in Government told
the crowd "You have to believe
in common sense to vote for Dr.
Steele." Common Sense in Gov-
ernment identifies as a non-parti-
san organization and according to
its website, Day helped organize
the first Tea Party rally in Lansing
in February last year.
"We cannot change Washing-
ton unless we change the people
that are there," Day said.
Michigan state Senate Majority
Leader Mike Bishop (R-Roches-
SAVAS
From Page 1A
that if we found a market and peo-
ple that wanted to go and do those
kinds of things we would prob-
ably be having them."
Aside from the dance parties,
Sava's has also implemented a
new drink list with offerings for
the novice drinker, a happy hour
and awine list.
Nkosi Booi and DJ Cisco, the
promoter for Salsa Detroit - the
company that is hosting the Latin
nights at Sava's - said they think
the dance nights have helped
business by targeting the late-
night and after-dinner crowds.
"After dinner, she would have
a really light crowd," Booi said.
"But after us, she would have
some people who would stay."
"Some actually planned hav-
ing dinner here so they could
come to salsa night," DJ Cisco
added.
Bertsos agreed saying that
sincethe license was issued Sava's
"businesshas changed alot."
Sava's dance nights encour-
age people to stop by the restau-
rant at later hours and hopefully
will appeal to the younger stu-
dents, not just local Ann Arbor
residents, Bertsos said.
"I think the climate will
change over time but right now
it is mostly grad students, med
school students and profession-
ter) said he was surprised*by the
strong turnoutand hoped to "take
back our country."
Michael Bouchard, Oakland
County sheriff and former Repub-
lican candidate for governor,
echoed Bishop's sentiments, say-
ing that it was time for someone
to replace Dingell.
"If you can't get it done in 55
years, (it's) time to go home,"
Bouchard said.
Greeted by loud cheers of sup-
port from the crowd, Steele took
the stage and began to outline his
qualifications for the position and
the policies he would push for if
elected.
"I'm not a politician," he said.
Steele said he's the best can-
didate to bring accountability to
Washington, adding "we need to
stop the out of control spending."
Steele told the crowd that he's
grown frustrated with Dingell
during the congressman's tenure
in Washington.
"We need representatives that
will represent," Steele said. "We
need transparency."
als," said Paul Arias, a mechani-
cal engineering graduate student,
who's attended dance events at
the caf6. "But as for undergrads,
they might start to know about it
over time."
Environmental engineering
graduate student Angelica Perez
added that the Friday night time
slot encourages people to come to
dinner and stay for dancing.
Day-time waiter Steve Brad-
ley said he also noticed a change
in business since the restaurant
finally got its liquor license. He
added that Sava's regular custom-
ers were the most excited about
the restaurant finally getting a
liquor license.
Steele added that youth stand
to suffer the greatest losses from
a Congress that doesn't represent
its constituents.
"The youngpeople on this cam-
pus are in the greatest danger," he
said.
In an interview following the
event, Steele said he was disap-
pointed in the student turnout for
the event but hopes that students
will still come out and vote on
Tuesday.
"We hope the students par-
ticipate in the process," he said.
"It's always disappointing when
they're not here learning about
what's going on. The spending
that is killing the students is what
they need to wake up to."
Steele added that his campaign
is focused on curbing the cost of
higher education for students.
"The costs are absolutely out of
control, and unfortunately one of
the main reasons the costs are out
of control is the federal govern-
ment," he said. "It wouldbe better
for them to just cut down to the
price at cost."
He said he serves a lot of wine
and beer during happy hour but
that the mixed drinks are popular
too.
In addition to the new licens-
es, Sava's revamped its appear-
ance and made efforts to reach
out to the community to keep its
business booming, Bertsos said.
The restaurant was painted and
redecorated, and the floors are
being redone.
"I know that one of Sava's top
priorities is to make a home away
from home for students," she said.
"We realize Ann Arbor is mostly
made up of students, and we want
to givethem a place they can come
and feel comfortable."
Do Sports Impact World A ffairs?
Join U of M's Andy Markovits (Golden Apple Winning,
Prof. of Political Science & German) and
Lars Rensmann (DAAD Visiting Prof. of Political Sci.)
as they discuss their new book: Gaming the World:
How Sports are Reshaping Global Politics & Culture
7:30 pm Tue., Nov. 2nd
JCC of Greater Ann Arbor (734) 971-0990
2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann Arbor
Free - Students, Faculty, & Community Welcome