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Patriots Will Win It Because They Shouldn’t

January 23, 2002

Last Saturday when Raiders cornerback Charles Woodson blitzed off the defensive left end and knocked the ball out of the hands of New England quarterback Tom Brady, all of the street-wise educated football folk I was watching the game with at the Chinese Gourmet figured the game to be over.

Bush Wants $50 Billion For Terrorism War

By , , and • January 23, 2002

WASHINGTON?President Bush called Wednesday for nearly $50 billion in additional military spending for the war on terrorism, the largest increase for the Pentagon in two decades. Privately, he assured Republican and Democratic leaders that he has "no ambition whatsoever" to exploit the war on terrorism for political gain in this election year.

Senators Support Enron Inquiry

January 23, 2002

WASHINGTON?Four top Democratic senators Wednesday gave their full support to a General Accounting Office inquiry into meetings between the Bush White House and industry leaders on Bush's energy policy. The senators, including Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Carl Levin of Michigan, are spearheading the Senate probe of energy trading company Enron.

Prisoner Wants to Return to Mexico

January 23, 2002

POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN?Filomeno Ruiz, serving a sentence of five years to life for his part in the slayings of two fellow ranch hands, wants the Board of Pardons to waive $20,000 in restitution to expedite his return to his native Mexico. Ruiz, 37, and his boss, Duchesne County rancher John Pinder, were sentenced for the slayings of Rex Tanner, 59, and June Flood, 48, in 1998.

6 Men Charged for Recent Shooting

January 23, 2002

CALCUTTA, India?Police arrested three Bangladeshis and three Indian teachers at an Islamic school and charged them in an attack on a U.S. cultural center that left four policemen dead, officials said Wednesday. The Indian government appeared to back down from its earlier assertion that the shooting in Calcutta was a terrorist attack, saying it was too early to tell the motive, after the United States said it was not certain the attack was political.

Powell Asks Arafat To Curb Fighting

January 23, 2002

WASHINGTON?With the Islamic militant group Hamas threatening to unleash "all-out war," Secretary of State Colin Powell telephoned Yasser Arafat Wednesday to urge him to curb attacks on Israel. The fighting has sidetracked mediation efforts by Anthony Zinni, a former Marine general who has made two unsuccessful attempts to restore a cease-fire.

The Chronicle’s View: Black Sheep Shouldn’t Represent the Flock

January 22, 2002

A collective groan came from Greek Row this weekend after fraternity Kappa Sigma received 52 alcohol citations from the Salt Lake City Police Department. Of the citations, 40 were for consumption of alcohol by minors. The other 12 were for serving alcohol to minors.

Gunmen Kill 4 at U.S. Government Center

January 22, 2002

CALCUTTA, India?Heavily armed gunmen killed four Indian police officers Tuesday at a U.S. government cultural center, and Indian officials called the slayings a "terrorist attack," saying a Pakistan based Islamic militant group claimed responsibility. Eighteen officers, one pedestrian and one private security guard were wounded, said state Home Secretary Amit Kiran Deb.

International Community Looks At Prisoner Treatment

January 22, 2002

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba?The treatment of detained terrorist suspects from the Afghanistan war is getting more scrutiny from the international community. A federal judge in Los Angeles, meanwhile, delayed ruling on a petition that alleges the prisoners are being held in violation of the Geneva Conventions and U.

Letter to the Editor: Shooting Holes in a Pro-Gun Argument

By By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology, By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology, and By Daniel J Gorrell, Senior, Psychology • January 22, 2002

Editor: I'd like to respond to Wilson Fatongia's Jan. 22 letter to the editor, "Weapons at U Detrimental to Focus" in which he argues against the logic of permitting guns on campus. Far be it from me to poke fun at a well thought-out or cohesively delivered argument.

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