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FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 20,2002
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NATION
Female bodybuilder suing WWE for sexual harassment
NEW YORK — Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon provided a verbal smackdown yesterday to a female bodybuilder who claimed in a lawsuit that she was sexually harassed while wrestling for his company.
"You're just trying to throw dirt against the wall,trying to make something stick," said McMahon, chairman of the board for World Wrestling Entertainment. McMahon later called the lawsuit "a smear" against his company.
McMahon was questioned for more than two hours by the attorney for 6-foot-2, 230-pound Nicole Bass, a plaintiff who can bench press 315 pounds. Bass alleged she was subjected to numerous sexual "indignities" while working for the WWE in 1999.
Her suit claimed that a male wrestler "graphically simulated a sexual act" behind her back; that male WWE employees accosted female wrestlers in locker rooms; and that she was sexually assaulted on an airplane by a WWE executive.
McMahon denied knowledge of any sexual harassment of Bass. He said the WWE had hoped to turn the bodybuilder into a star, but fired her after five months because she had "two left feet."
Mother, three children killed by suspected drunken driver
LOS ANGELES — A mother and her three little children were struck and killed by a suspected drunken driver as they crossed the street. The driver grabbed his vehicle registration papers from his van and ran away but was later caught, police said.
Martin Valadez, 39, was arrested and booked for investigation of vehicular manslaughter, hit-and-run and driving under the influence. His blood-alcohol level was measured at 0.20 percent, more than twice the legal limit of 0.08.
the California Highway Patrol said.
Rafael Sanchez, 2, and Carlos Sanchez, 3, were pronounced dead at the scene. Andrea Sanchez, 5, and Evelia Sanchez, 31, were pronounced dead at a hospital.
The scene was so disturbing that 15 firefighters will be given counseling, authorities said.
Authorities said the van struck the family about 7:20 p.m. at a crosswalk in South Central Los Angeles. The intersection had a 35 mph speed limit. It did not have a stop sign or a stoplight, but the crosswalk was brightly painted and easily visible, CHP Officer Joseph Pace said.
Witnesses told police that the van was traveling between 40 and 50 mph when it hit the victims. One said the van dragged some bodies 50 feet.
Suspect in anthrax mailings indicted in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA — A man who once claimed to be on a mission from God to kill abortion providers was indicted yesterday on charges he mailed hundreds of anthrax hoax letters to women's clinics in 24 states last fall.
Clayton Lee Waagner, 45, was on the FBI's most wanted list when he was captured in December, 10 months after escaping from jail in Illinois. He was caught at a copy shop outside Cincinnati after an employee recognized him from his wanted poster.
Waagner told The Associated Press in a telephone interview in April that he mailed the letters to disrupt abortions without hurting anyone.
"Would you sacrifice yourself for 2,000 babies? That's what I've done," he said.
waagner had not been charged in connection with the letters until yesterday, but had already been found guilty of other crimes committed while on the run. He was convicted on gun charges in Ohio and was sentenced to 30 years in prison in Illinois for the jailbreak and weapons offenses.
The Associated Press
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Camera on KU
Athletes and student multicultural organizations met last night in the Wagnon Center for the Evening of Diversity Reception. Tiffany Lopez president of the Hispanic American Leadership Organization; Robert Page, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Mark Dupree president of the Black Student Union,brought their groups together so members could get to know one another.
ON CAMPUS
KU Ki Aikido Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at Room 207 in Robinson Center, Contact Jason Ziegler at 843-4732.
KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at Room 207 in Robinson Center. Contact Samantha Nondorf at 218-3544.
School of Fine Arts will have a
Collage Concert at 7:30 p.m. tonight in the Lied Center. Contact the school at 864-3982.
Spencer Museum of Art will open the exhibition Milk & Eggs: The American Revival of Tempera Painting, 1930-1950 at noon tomorrow and N.C. Wyeth: Works from the Collection of the Brandywine River Museum all dav
tomorrow in the museum. Contact the museum at 864-4710.
Student Union Activities will have a comedy performance with Eric O'Shea at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $7 for the general public and $5 for students. Contact the SUA box office at 864-7469.
Et Cetera
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