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Letter to the Editor: An Aggravating Newspaper Advertisement

By By Joanna Coolidge, Senior, Pre-Medical, By Joanna Coolidge, Senior, Pre-Medical, and By Joanna Coolidge, Senior, Pre-Medical • May 1, 2002

Editor: This letter is in regard to the April 30 Daily Utah Chronicle advertising insert, "Life is Full of Surprises." Please do not do this again. When I get an advertising supplement such as this in any daily paper, I roll my eyes and sigh at the waste of trees.

Bee Truck Crashes, Forces Evacuation

May 1, 2002

MEXICO CITY?A truck carrying 650 beehives crashed in northern Mexico, and the angry insects escaped, forcing officials to evacuate scores of nearby residents and set up road blocks to warn motorists. The truck overturned on a curve Tuesday in Santa Lucia, about 180 miles southeast of Presidio, Texas.

Bush Leaves Trade Dispute Unsettled

May 1, 2002

WASHINGTON?President Bush and European leaders sought to avoid touching off trans-Atlantic trade wars on Thursday but failed to reach an agreement on steel or other disputes. Both Bush and the European leaders stressed that they would intensify their efforts to find solutions for various contentious trade issues, including steel and a $4 billion U.

Musharraf Announces Terrorism Crackdown

May 1, 2002

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan?Gen. Pervez Musharraf promised a new crackdown on terrorism and called for an end to national divisions following fraud allegations about a referendum endorsing him for five more years as president. "In the days to come, a new campaign on terrorism will be announced," Musharraf said in a nationally televised speech Thursday, adding that Pakistanis want "an end to sectarianism and extremism.

Funds Questioned for TRAX Projects

May 1, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?One of the Wasatch Front's three major rail projects may be delayed for lack of federal funding. The agency that decides which communities will get the rail lines says it probably overestimated how much federal rail money it would receive.

FBI Experts Work in Vandalism Case

May 1, 2002

WEST JORDAN, Utah?FBI terrorism experts have joined the investigation into vandalism of equipment at a West Jordan project designed to protect the environment. The vandals?whose spray painted messages included "Lots of ELFs'' and "Hayduke Lives!''?caused about $50,000 damage, jamming dirt into the crankcase of a bulldozer and smashing windows.

Pro Cloning Ads Prompts Lawsuit

May 1, 2002

WASHINGTON?The health insurance industry has filed a lawsuit to block pro-cloning advertisements using the "Harry and Louise" characters created in 1993 during the debate over health care. The Health Insurance Association of America, which filed the lawsuit Thursday in U.

Wal-Mart Settles Over Suicide Suit

May 1, 2002

WILMINGTON, N.C.?Wal-Mart has agreed to pay $130,000 to the estate of a man who shot and killed himself after buying ammunition at the store. A lawsuit filed in a district court earlier this year accused the Ark.-based chain of negligence for selling bullets to Matthew John VanGraafeiland and for failing to supervise its employees.

End of Everything? It’s Just the Beginning

May 1, 2002

Endings are strange things. They tend to overlap with beginnings to leave us in limbo, trying to look backward and forward at the same time. The sun is literally setting as I finish my three-year career at The Daily Utah Chronicle and my six-year education at the U.

Extremists Threaten to Kill Missionary Couple

May 1, 2002

MANILA, Philippines?Muslim extremists holding American missionaries hostage ruled out further negotiations on Wednesday and threatened to kill the Kansas couple if U.S.-backed pursuit of the outlaws gets too close. The Philippine military vowed, meanwhile, to intensify its drive to wipe out the Abu Sayyaf extremists and rescue Martin and Gracia Burnham of Wichita, Kan.