- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Braves Game Made My Vacation Complete

By By Eric Walden, By Eric Walden, and By Eric Walden • June 11, 2002

You haven't lived until you've tried to engage someone in conversation and had them reply, "Hoobedy mow! Binkety ho lo bibbezy koo!" The first time I heard some New Orleans native babble at me in Cajun, I was about as confused as a Sacramento Kings player stepping up to the free throw line in a Game 7 when trailing by two.

House Democrats To Sue Pres. Bush

By and • June 11, 2002

WASHINGTON?Thirty-one House members filed suit against President Bush Tuesday in an effort to block the president from withdrawing from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The United States officially leaves the treaty on Thursday, six months after Bush announced his intentions to do so.

Police Continue Search For Kidnapping Victim

June 11, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Police say they are refocusing their investigation into the kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl, taking a closer look at those who knew Elizabeth Smart, while not ruling out a stranger abduction. "We believe that it is possible that we have already talked to or will soon talk to the suspect that is responsible for this crime," said Salt Lake Police Chief Rick Dinse.

Arabian Museum Destroyed by Fire

June 11, 2002

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia?A huge fire in the kingdom's largest private museum has destroyed many pieces of art, police said Tauesday. The fire on Monday gutted two of the three buildings housing the Abdul Rauf Hasan Khalil Museum in the Red Sea city of Jiddah, police said, adding that they were investigating the cause.

UN World Summit Addresses Hunger

June 11, 2002

ROME?Led by Cuba, developing countries on Tuesday demanded greater access to international markets and an end to export subsidies, saying fairer free trade is the only way to end world hunger. On the second day of the U.N. World Food Summit, leaders of the world's poorest countries called on the United States, European Union and other exporting nations to give poor farmers a competing chance to sell their wares.

Former KY Mayor Indicted for Porn

June 11, 2002

ASHLAND, Ky.?The former mayor of Ashland was charged Tuesday with receiving and possessing child pornography. Paul R. Reeves was charged in a federal indictment with conspiring to receive child pornography, receiving child pornography and possessing child pornography.

Car Hits Cougar in Small Community

June 11, 2002

SMITHFIELD?A car hit and killed a cougar during the weekend as the animal darted across a road. The cougar was later measured at 81 inches long, or 6-feet 7-inches tall if standing on its hind legs, with a chest width almost 3 feet thick, police said. The collision occurred at 10:38 p.

Ski Season Not as Bad as Predicted

June 11, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Utah's 2001-02 ski season saw 9 percent fewer skiers as compared to the record season the year before, according to the final count on skiers released by Ski Utah this week. Fearing shock waves from Sept. 11 and a flood of non-skiers during the Olympics, pre-season predictions said the count could be down by as much as 30 percent.

U Involved With Enron Investigation

June 11, 2002

The U may soon have deep impact on the investigation of the now defunct energy company Enron. U finance professor Hendrik Bessembinder will aid federal investigators in determining if Enron and other energy giants followed fair competition rules. Bessembinder, the Blaine Huntsman presidential chair in finance at the School of Business, is part of an investigating committee appointed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission assessing whether Enron and other power traders fairly sold electricity in California and other parts of the West.

ASUU Appoints New Supreme Court Justices

June 11, 2002

It appears Mike Nelson can't pull himself away from student government. Only a few short months off the job as student body vice president, Nelson received an appointment to serve as Associated Students of the University of Utah's Supreme Court chief justice next year.