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A Longer Vacation or None at All: The Olympic Spring Break

January 7, 2002

For college students across the country, the words Spring Break conjure thoughts of hot sandy beaches, perfect tans and parties that go all night long. But not this year. With the Spring Semester schedule thrown into disarray by the Winter Olympics, U students are looking at quite a different picture.

Argentina in State of Financial Stress

January 7, 2002

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina?His hands tied by an economy near collapse, Argentina's finance minister deeply devalued its currency as the country braced for an era of uncertainty in which one peso will no longer buy $1. Overriding the worries of foreign investors and citizens alike, Economy Minister Jorge Remes Lenicov broke the news late Sunday that "one-to one"?as the dollar-peso rate was known?is history.

Stem Cell Research Helps Parkinson’s

January 7, 2002

WASHINGTON?Researchers used embryonic stem cells to relieve symptoms of Parkinson's disease in rats, demonstrating the cells can be turned into neurons that make dopamine, a key brain chemical. The researchers at Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

Police Shoot Man At Amtrak Station

January 7, 2002

SPOKANE, Wash.?Police shot and wounded a man they said "fired wildly" at them with an assault rifle in a crowded bus and train station after he fled from a traffic stop. Nobody else was hurt in the shootings. There were an estimated 250 passengers aboard an Amtrak train and another 100 were on two Greyhound buses at the time, in addition to an unknown number of people in the terminal, police spokesman Dick Cottam said.

4 Men, 2 Children Face Murder Trial

January 7, 2002

ST. GEORGE?Six people, including two juveniles, have been charged in the shooting death of a Southgate Golf Course mechanic. The six, ranging in age from 15 to 26, were charged Monday in 5th District Court. One of those arrested was a former maintenance worker at the golf course, said Assistant City Manager Marc Mortensen.

Poll Shows Utahns Don’t Want Layoffs

January 7, 2002

SALT LAKE CITY?A new poll shows that most Utah residents want lawmakers to trim state budgets, but not at the expense of more state employee layoffs. Lawmakers start budget hearings Tuesday in preparation of the 2002 session that begins Jan. 21. They must trim $200 million from the current state budget as a result of the economic downturn and unrealized tax revenues.

Mayor Navigates Local Airline Security Turbulence

January 7, 2002

Call me a traitor. Call me a bum. Call me a bleeding heart, pot-smoking, never done-an-honest-day's work-in-his-life, long haired, no good liberal. I like Rocky Anderson. When the Salt Lake City mayor first won election in 1999, my moderate democrat's heart sank.

USU Space Dynamics Laboratory Helps Navy

January 7, 2002

LOGAN?Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) has developed a real-time digital reconnaissance system equipped with the technology to effectively plan a mission during wartime. This system?partly funded by the U.S. Navy?will leave no time for enemies or targets to escape or relocate.

U.S. Bombers Wipe Out Taliban Tanks, Weapons

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Fired Parking Employee Gets Her Job Back

January 7, 2002

Elisabeth Wilkinson went back to her job Monday. After firing her for talking to the media, parking officials rehired her as an appeals officer. She was fired in early December following a dispute with the son of prominent U donors. She said she was fired for reporting the event to The Chronicle.

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