- The Daily Utah Chronicle

Agents Stop Drug Ring in Chicago

January 10, 2002

WASHINGTON?Federal drug agents smashed a drug smuggling and distribution ring run by Middle Easterners Thursday, charging more than 100 people with selling common-cold tablets smuggled from Canada for conversion to methamphetamine. Sixty-seven people have been arrested and another 54 arrest warrants were issued in Chicago, Detroit and 10 other cities, Drug Enforcement Administration officials said.

Bush to Push for Pakistan Action

January 10, 2002

WASHINGTON?President Bush assured India's home minister on Thursday that the United States will press Pakistan for tougher action against those suspected in terrorist attacks against India. Home Minister Lal Advani, a top adviser on security issues to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, said India appreciated Bush's pledge but would otherwise reserve judgment.

First Taliban Prisoners Head for Cuban Camp

January 10, 2002

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan?The first planeload of al Qaeda prisoners departed a Marine base at Kandahar's airport Thursday night, flown to a U.S. military detention camp in Cuba, a spokesman said. Small-arms fire erupted from the northern edge of the base as the plane took off, and the Marines responded with heavy fire, Marine Lt.

A Brief History of Fort Douglas

January 10, 2002

From the foothills overlooking the young city of Salt Lake, soldiers carved a place for themselves in Utah lore. They prospected for ore, fought American Indians and kept a watchful eye on the Mormon settlement in the valley below. After its establishment in 1862, the fort encompassed a tidy corner of the Salt Lake Valley?much larger than it now does.

U Women Look for New Start

January 10, 2002

Remember that vitriolic rant Rick Pitino went on a few years back when he was coaching the NBA's Celtics about how the negativity from the fans and community sucked, and how people should reconcile themselves to the fact that Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish would not be walking through the locker room door anytime soon to save the troubled franchise? Well, U women's basketball coach Elaine Elliott doesn't rave like a histrionic banshee, but she can appreciate Pitino's sentiment.

MWC Women’s Basketball Preview

January 10, 2002

BYU Cougars Every game is a shootout for the Cougars, who score 76.7 ppg (third, MWC) but allow a league-worst 70.4 per contest. Leading the way offensively is junior guard Erin Thorn, with 18.8 points per game. The Cougars are second in the conference in field goal percentage (.

My Predictions Weren’t Totally Correct

January 10, 2002

As my colleague, Rory Brunner, did several days ago, I will give people a chance to laugh at the NFL predictions I made at the beginning of the season. Although I didn't do as poorly as Brunner did, I probably wouldn't have been able to make bank in Las Vegas had bet on my predictions.

MWC Men’s Basketball Preview

January 10, 2002

BYU Cougars The boys from Provo lost a lot of top-tier talent from their NCAA Tournament team from a year ago?MWC Player of the Year Mekeli Wesley, First Team All-Conference Terrell Lyday and Second Teamer and U transfer Trent Whiting. But they still don't seem to be missing a step.

Greek Ruler’s Visit Sign of Relations

January 10, 2002

WASHINGTON?Brightening U.S.-Greece relations were on full display at the White House Thursday as President Bush thanked Prime Minister Costas Simitis for being a friend in the fight against terrorism. Before news cameras in the Oval Office, Bush also credited Simitis for easing longtime tensions with rival Turkey.

National Chief OKs Olympic Security

January 10, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Even before Tom Ridge stepped onto a helicopter Thursday for a tour of Olympic sites, he was convinced everything possible had been done to make next month's Winter Olympics safe. Nothing the nation's domestic security chief saw on his morning fly over ski slopes and ice arenas changed his mind.