- The Daily Utah Chronicle

U Blockers Lose to Eventual Champion

By and • January 3, 2002

Many boundaries were crossed this season, and the U volleyball team took its next step in becoming one of the elite programs in the nation. Never had the team won a second-round NCAA Tournament matchup until this season, which saw the Utes land in the Sweet 16.

Women’s Basketball Slumped on the Road

By and • January 3, 2002

After scoring two consecutive victories over a pair of Pac-10 opponents?including an 89-42 thrashing of UCLA?the U women's basketball team seemed in good shape heading into the winter break. However, the Utes' six-game road trip did not yield the hoped-for results, as they went just 3-3 in the span and dropped to 7-5 overall?giving them more losses already this season (with the conference schedule not even beginning until Jan.

Former KKK Man Judged Completent

By and • January 3, 2002

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.?A judge ruled Thursday that former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry is mentally competent to stand trial on murder charges in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four black girls. Circuit Judge James Garrett had initially ruled Cherry mentally incompetent last year.

Somalia May Have Al Qaeda Memebers

By and • January 3, 2002

WASHINGTON?The United States is conducting reconnaissance flights over Somalia to help determine whether the al Qaeda terrorist group is rebuilding in the largely lawless East African country. "We are working to ensure that Somalia is not a haven for terrorists," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Thursday, acknowledging that the country could be a potential hideout.

SLOC Anticipates Many Traffic Jams

By and • January 3, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?Expect delays. Olympic transportation planners say that's their most important message to Games spectators. The longest delays will be on a steep stretch of Interstate 80 connecting Salt Lake City with mountain venues. "I-80 in the [morning] peak period will be the most complicated and difficult place to get through on any given day," said John Njord, executive director of the Utah Department of Transportation.

Helicopter Animal Rescues Stopped

By and • January 3, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?The Division of Wildlife Resources has stopped all helicopter animal captures following a crash that killed three men. Thursday's decision comes after the Dec. 27 accident in which a Division of Wildlife Resources employee and two members of Helicopter Capture Services died.

The Future of Book Buying

By and • January 3, 2002

Publishing companies have started to release e-books with the hope that tech-savvy students will move away from the large volumes to a slender metal sheet that will contain all the works of Shakespeare or chemistry equations depending on what you study. McGraw-Hill has released 225 e-books in the last year, most of which cover introductory courses, and are available on their Web site, www.