The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com Monday, December 3, 2012 - 3A The Michigan Daily - michigandailycom Monday, December 3, 2012 - 3A NEWS BRIEFS CONSTANTINE, Mich. Michigan cases tied to meningitis outbreak hit 197 Michigan health officials say the number of state residents infected during a national out- break of fungal meningitis has risen by nine to 197, with 13 deaths. The Michigan Department of Community Health says that as of Friday, there have been 68 meningitis cases, 116 epidural abscesses, one stroke and 13 joint infections. The total of 197 infec- tions is up from 188 in Wednes- day's count. The totals include three Mich- igan residents who died after contracting meningitis infec- tions in Indiana. The fungal meningitis out- break is linked to contaminated steroids produced by a Massa- chusetts pharmacy used in injec- tions for neck or back pain. ANCHORAGE, Alaska Man charged in barista death linked to 7 killings A man charged in the death of an Alaska barista was found dead inhisjail cell Sunday, and authori- ties announced hours later that1 investigators have linked him in recent months to seven other pos- sible slayings in three other states. Israel Keyes died of an apparent suicide, U.S. Attorney Karen Loef- fler said at a hastily assembled news conference that also includ- ed the FBI and Anchorage police Keyes was facing a March trial in Anchorage federal court for the murder of 18-year-old Samantha Koenig, who was abducted from a coffee kiosk in the city last Febru- ary. He was later arrested in Texas after using the victim's debit card. MILWAUKEE "Woman spends $12 on $9K piece at Goodwill "Red Nose" just meant a reindeer named Rudolph to Karen Mallet until she bought a print by that name for $12.34 at a Goodwill store in Mil- waukee. It turned out to be a lithograph by American artist Alexander Calder worth $9,000. Mallet's good fortune is at least the fourth time in six months that valuable art has turned 'up at Goodwill, where bargain-hunters search for hid- den treasure among the cof- fee cups, jewelry, lamps and other household cast-offs. Last month, a Salvador Dali sketch found at a Goodwill shop in Tacoma, Wash., sold for $21,000. Last summer, a North Carolina woman pocketed more than $27,000 for a painting she bought for $9.99 at Goodwill. And last spring, a dusty jug donated in Buffalo, N.Y., was discovered to be a thousands-of- years-old American Indian arti- fact - it was returned to its tribe instead of being offered for sale. HANOI, Vietnam Mortar shell left from Vietnam War explodes, kills four A mortar shell left from the Vietnam War has exploded in a southern village, killing four chil- dren and seriously injuring five other people. Hieu Nghia village official Le Van Giang says three children aged 4 to 11 died at the scene Sun- day afternoon and a 6-year-old boy died at the hospital. The blast seriously injured two other chil- dren and three men. Giang said the shell exploded when the children who found the shell from bamboo brush were playing with it. A villager found the shell five years ago when dredging a canal. The village in Vinh Long prov- ince was a communist stronghold during the war. -Compiled from Daily wire reports Chiefs team stunned by .sUZETTELABOY/AP A bus lodged into an overpass at the Miami International Airport on Saturday. The vehicle was carrying over 30 people. Two dead in bus crash at Miami International Airport Charter crash into overpass left many injured MIAMI (AP) - At Miami International Airport, two large signs warn drivers of large vehicles not to pass beneath the 8-foot-6 inch concrete overpass. Authorities say two passengers are dead and others' have been critically injured after a too-tall charter bus smashed into the overpass, crumpling metal. One of the. signs attached to the top of the concrete barrier reads: "High Vehicle STOP Turn Left." The other, placed to the left of the driveway and several feet in front of the barrier, says all vehicles higher than the 8-foot-6 threshold must turn left. Authorities said the large, white bus carrying 32 members of a church group hit the overpass after the driver got lost Saturday, killing two male passengers and leaving three other passengers critically injured. Airport spokesman Greg Chin said the bus was too tall for the entrance to the arrivals area and that buses are supposed to go through the departures area because of its higher clearance. The bus was going about 20 mph when it struck the overpass Saturday morning, Chin added. News photographs showed the front of the vehicle's rooftop crumpled beneath the overpass. Osvaldo Lopez, an officer with the Miami-Dade Aviation Department, said he heard a loud noise Saturday morning and rushed to help. He said he went inside the bus and found several passengers tossed into the cen- ter aisle. He said the passengers, many of whom were elderly, remained calm. "It was just very bloody," he added. Police said that one man, Sera- fin Castillo, 86, of Miami, died at the scene. A second man identi- fied by authorities as Francisco Urana, 56, also of Miami, died later at a hospital. Chin said passengers told him they were partof a group of Jeho- vah's Witnesses headed to West Palm Beach. Police said in a news release that the group had char- tered the bus to take them to a church convention there. The group was made up of congregation members of Sweet- water's Kingdom Hall of Jeho- vah's Witnesses, said Sweetwater Mayor Manny Marono. "This is a tragic accident that has affected many families, as well as, our Sweetwater family," Marono said in a statement. A phone number listed for the center in Sweetwater went unan- swered in the hours after, the crash. suicide Player killed note frien girlfriend before M. P killing himself at frTh Arrowhead 3-mo ArrOW11eacared Th KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - that It began like any other Saturday after: for the Kansas City Chiefs dur- Panty ing the NFL season, their gen- uled,{ eral manager and coach at work to co early to put final touches on this nessc weekend's gameplan. Thenthey "T got a call to hurry to the park- is de ing lot. event The two men rushed through heart the glass doors of Chiefs head- thy, t quarters and came face-to-face the fa with linebacker Jovan Belcher, ed by holdinga handgun to his head. Chief Belcher had already killed said i his girlfriend and sped the A short distance to Arrowhead told I Stadium, right past a secu- Crent rity checkpoint guarding the day. entrance. Upon finding his "I bosses, Belcher thanked gener- absol al manager Scott Pioli and head like t coach Romeo Crennel forgiving selves him a chance in the NFL. Then Sly J he turned away and pulled the short trigger. "Y The murder-suicide shocked night a franchise that has been deal- know ing with controversies now and g made trivial by comparison: three eight consecutive losses, inju- kill tI ries too numerous to count, like," discontent among fans and the omab prospect that Pioli and Crennel Ch could be fired at season's end. Quin Authorities did not release a Star, possible motive while piecing later together the case, other than to nel bt that Belcher and his girl- d, 22-year-old Kasandra erkins, had been arguing ently. .e two ofthemleft behind a nth-old girl. She was being dfor by family. e Chiefsissued a statement said their game Sunday noon against the Carolina hers would go on as sched- even as the franchise tried me to grips with the awful- of Belcher's death. he entire Chiefs family eply saddened by today's :s, and our collective s are heavy with sympa- thoughts and prayers for amilies and friends affect- this unthinkable tragedy," fs chairman Clark Hunt n brief a statement. spokesman for the team The Associated Press that nel plans to coach on Sun- can tell you that you have utely no idea what it's to see someone kill them- s," said Kansas City Mayor ames, who spoke to Pioli ly after the shootings. ou can take your worst mare and put someone you 'and love in that situation, give them a gun and stand feet away and watch them themselves. That's what it's " James said. "It's unfath- ble." iefs quarterback Brady n told The Kansas City that when the team met Saturday morning, Cren- roke the news to them. Palestinian pres. returns to West Bank triumphantly Abbas praised the Palestinian position on future border arrangements for people's with Israel and an overwhelm- ing condemnation of Israeli set- acceptance to U.N. tlements in the areas claimed by the Palestinians. RAMALLAH, West Bank Israeli Prime Minister Ben- (AP) - The Palestinian presi- jamin Netanyahu rejects a dent returned triumphantly return to Israel's 1967 lines. to the West Bank on Sunday, Israel remains in control in receiving a boisterous welcome parts of the West Bank and con- from thousands of cheering siders east Jerusalem, the Pal- supporters at a rally celebrating estinians' hoped-for capital, an his people's new acceptance to integral part of its capital. the United Nations. Israel also continues to An Israeli decision to cut off restrict access to Gaza. Israel a cash transfer to the finan- withdrew se'ven years ago from cially troubled Palestinian the coastal strip, and it is now Authority, following an earlier ruled by Hamas Islamic mili- decision to build thousands of tants who regularly fire rockets new homes in Jewish settle- at Israel. ments, failed to put a damper Israel, backed by the U.S., on the celebrations. campaigned strongly against But Palestinian officials the statehood measure, accus- acknowledged they were unde- ing the Palestinians of trying cided on what to do with their to bypass direct peace nego- newfound status, and were tiations, which it said were the waiting for upcoming Israeli only viable path to a Palestinian elections and new ideas from state. President Barack Obama before The Israeli lobbying efforts deciding how to proceed. failed miserably. Just eight Outside the headquar- other countries voted with ters of President Mahmoud Israel, and even its closest allies Abbas in the West Bank city of in Europe, including Germany, Ramallah, some 5,000 people Italy, France and Britain, either thronged a square, hoisted Pal- abstained or voted with the estinian flags and cheered their Palestinians. leader's return from New York. Israel responded strongly Large posters of the Palestinian and swiftly. The following day, leader, whose popularity had it said it would start drawing plummeted in recent months, up plans to build thousands of adorned nearby buildings. settlement homes, including "We now have a state," the first-ever development on Abbas said to wild applause. a crucial corridor east of Jeru- "The world has said loudly, 'Yes salem. to the state of Palestine."' Although the project is likely The United Nations Gen- years away, if it happens at all, eral Assembly last week over- the announcement struck a whelmingly endorsed an defiant tone. independent Palestinian state Building in the area, known in the West Bank, east Jerusa- as E1, would sever the link lem and the Gaza Strip, territo- between the West Bank and ries Israel captured in the 1967 east Jerusalem, the sector of war. the holy city the Palestinians The move to upgrade the claim for a future capital, and Palestinians to a nonmember cut off the northern part of the observer state does not change West Bank form its southern much on the ground, but it car- flank. The Palestinians claim ries deep potential significance. such a scenario would essen- The vote amounted to an tially kill any hope for the cre- international endorsement of ation of a viable state. -l ERNST&YOUNG C1IQaiyM0wyhn eU