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THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2002
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Starring Guest Artist
Walter Coppage as Othello
Walter Coppage's appearance is particularly
sweet in the Theatre's Lewin
Alexander Spiritualist.
Directed by Paul Meier
Scenic and Lighting Design by Dennis Christies
Costume Design by Elinor Parker
Choreography and Fight Direction by Marlanne Kubik
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HOUSTON — Andrea Yates told no one about the voices or delusions she experienced after the birth of her first son because she feared Satan would hear her and harm her children, a psychiatrist testified yesterday.
Yates fearful of Satan hurting kids
Associated Press
The 37-year-old mother who drowned her five children in the bathtub last June is on trial on murder charges that could bring the death penalty. She has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
LUCYPURYEAR psychiatrist
"On the day of the drownings, she was not rational. She was psychotic." LUCY PURYEAR
Othello deals with adult issues and has some violent scenes
Psychiatrist Lucy Puryear testified that Yates worried some of her doctors might be Satan or be influenced by Satan.
"She believed that if she said them out loud, Satan would hear them and make them happen." Puryear said.
In a videotaped interview played in court, Yates did not discuss her fears about Satan but did talk to the psychiatrist about how she tried to block thoughts of harming her oldest child. Noah.
Puryear testified: "On the day of the drownings, she was not rational. She was psychotic."
She also talked about feeling overwhelmed as her family continued to grow while living inside a converted bus and how she attempted suicide in 1999 hoping it would prevent her from harming her children.
During the interview with Puryear, Yates said she expected to go to jail for her children's deaths.
Yates wore an orange jail jumpsuit during the interview. Her long brown hair was stringy.
She talked about how she was a "bad mother."
On the tape, Yates said she felt overwhelmed in 1999 after Luke, her fourth son, was born. Her husband, Russell, tried to make things better by moving the family into a house, she said.
Yates said less than three months after she got out of the hospital and had started feeling better, she became pregnant with her fifth child, Mary.
"They weren't progressing the right way in school," Yates said of her children, whom she began homeschooling after her two suicide attempts.
Puryear asked what Yates thought about all the pregnancies and if she tried to prevent them.
"They were planned," Yates responded. "I was letting it happen."
Groups sue government to open Sept.11 trials
Associated Press
The papers' reporters tried to cover court hearings involving detainees, but were barred from courtrooms, along with the rest of the public.
NEWARK, N.J. - Civilrights groups and three newspapers sued the federal government yesterday, seeking to ban secret court hearings for detainees arrested in the Sept. 11 investigation.
The suit challenges the constitutionality of a Sept. 21 memorandum by the nation's chief immigration judge which mandates closed hearings for detainees whose cases have been designated of "special
interest" to the FBL. The memo also prohibits court administrators from listing the cases on dockets, or confirming when hearings are to be held.
The American Civil Liberties Union and the New-York based Center For Constitutional Rights filed the suit in federal court on behalf of North Jersey Media Group, which publishes The Record of Hackensack, the Herald News of West Paterson, and the New Jersey Law Journal.
"America and Americans have a long history of distrust and disdain for secret proceedings," said Ed Barocas, the ACLU's legal director. "What transpires in court is public
property."
Federal law generally directs that immigration court hearings be open to the public, with only a few exceptions, including cases in which secrecy is needed to protect the public interest
The suit names immigration Judge Michael Creppy and Attorney General John Ashcroft as defendants. Immigration court spokesmen referred inquiries to the Justice Department, which did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Federal officials have said the secrecy was necessary to keep information about detainees with possible links to terrorism from America's enemies.
Adult stem cells may treat diseases, injuries
Associated Press
Researchers have found evidence that stem cells circulating in the bloodstream can grow new tissue in the liver, gut and skin.
The study is the latest to suggest the versatility of adult stem cells, the body's manufacturing equipment for new tissue. In adults — unlike in embryos — they have long been thought to be programmed to make just one kind of cell, such as liver or brain, depending on where they are located.
Stem cells found in the bone marrow were once believed to make only new blood cells. But
recent studies have upset this dogma, finding that they apparently develop into a variety of cells throughout the body.
Stem cells in the blood are virtually identical to the bone marrow variety. The latest work, published in today's New England Journal of Medicine, suggests they, too, can morph into many different kinds of tissue.
The finding boosts scientists hopes of one day using stem cells to repair injuries and treat diseases.
Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston examined tissue samples collected from 12 cancer patients after stem cell
transplants and found evidence they manufacture new tissue in unlikely places within two weeks.
Six women got transplants from a brother, so the researchers looked for male cells in tissue taken from the women's liver, gastrointestinal tract and skin. They found cells with a male Y chromosome accounted for up to 7 percent of the female samples.
"The school of thought for many years was that stem cells only make cells of their own tissue. This has changed and things are pretty much upside down now," said Martin Korbling, one of the researchers.
Debt stops frivolous spending
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Tamara Weber, 200, saddled with $22,000 in college loans and $6,500 in credit card debt, has stopped impulse spending and postponed buying a car and other big-ticket items so she can pay down her debt.
Jessica Coleman, 23, faced with $4,500 in credit card debt and a $300 monthly car payment, has put off buying a computer and an armoire. She's scouring for bargains at TJ Maxx and Ross Stores and eats salads at TGI Fridays instead of dining on steaks at fancy French restaurants.
"I really have to budget now," said Coleman, a Santa Monica, Calif., resident, who used to splurge on a new outfit with each paycheck.
Weber, a Tampa, Fl., resident who hopes to be debt-free by 2007, said, "Spending on
frivolous items is not my biggest concern right now."
Weber and Coleman, both of whom got caught up in credit card companies' marketing pitches on college campuses, are among the growing ranks of recent graduates who must bid farewell to their days of liberal spending.
But there are plenty of other consumers under age 30 who continue to rack up credit card debt, jeopardizing their financial future, industry observers said.
Some analysts wonder about the impact young consumers' rising debt will ultimately have on this generation's future spending power, and consequently what it will mean to merchants counting on them to keep sales churning.
"It will be very interesting to see how these young people manage their debt levels while at the same time making investment in their future, such as buying a house," said Jennifer Black, a retail analyst at Wells Fargo Securities LLC.
Black believes retailers including AnnTaylor Loft, TJ Maxx, Target, Express, Hennes & Mauritz and Kohl's should continue to do well, meeting consumers' desire for low-priced goods. Higher-priced stores including Banana Republic, BCBG and J. Crew could face some challenges, she said.
Manning and others are closely watching college seniors, who face a recessionweakened job market as they carry heavy debt loads.
C. Britt Beemer, chairman of Charleston, S.C.-based America's Research Group, estimates that the under-30 age group has an average credit card debt of $10,000 to $12,000, up 50 percent from five years ago.
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