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tuesday,may 4,2004
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Seven military officers reprimanded for abuse
BAGHDAD, Iraq—The U.S. military has punished seven officers in the alleged abuse of inmates at Baghdad's notorious Abu Ghraib prison, the first known punishment in the case, an official said Monday. Two of the officers were relieved of their duties
The American officer who oversaw the prison said many more troops might have been involved.
The soldiers were reprimanded on the orders of Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq. Six of them officers and noncommissioned officers received the most severe administrative reprimand in the U.S. military, a military official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. A seventh officer received a more
lenient admonishment.
Two of the six were "released for cause," meaning they were relieved of their duties and re-signed "with prejudice," said Larry Di Rita, spokesman for Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
"There may well be additional decisions" about disciplinary action against others as a result of the investigation," DI Rita added.
The official said he believed the seven officers would not face further action or court martial, but the reprimands could mean the end of their careers.
Another six U.S. servicemembers all military police also may face criminal charges.
President Bush called Rumsfeld before a campaign trip Monday and urged him to make sure the U.S. soldiers are punished, White House spokesman Scott McCillan said.
The Associated Press
RIAA: File sharing continues
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The RIAA's recent legal action is another round of numerous lawsuits against people who download music files for free using file-sharing software. No lawsuits have gone to trial yet. An RIAA spokesperson said that 437 lawsuits have been settled.
The legal action could mean serious trouble for the KU students.
"Federal copyright law allows anywhere from $750 to $150,000 foreach work, song in this instance, that is infringed," said an RIAA spokesperson.
Settlements in the cases typically rewards the RIAA $3,000 per song. The RIAA did not comment on how it selected which offenders to sue.
"There is also a complementary need for enforcement by copyright owners against the serious offenders, to remind people that this activity is illegal," Cary Sherritt, RIAA president, said in a news release.
The RIAA also refused to comment on the specifics of the lawsuits against the KU students.
The University of Kansas was not the only university to receive
lawsuits against its students in the recent wave of litigation. Fourteen other colleges and universities were recipients of complaints.
The threat of legal action might not deter every KU student from downloading free music.
Mike Corry, Elmhurst, III, freshman, said he had and probably would continue to use his file-sharing software.
"I'll download an album to see it's good," Corry said. "There's really no other way because the radio just plays one or two songs that are good."
Corry, who has downloaded numerous music files in the past, said some defendants deserved to be sued, but others might not necessarily know they are doing anything illegal.
"Someone might have 10,000 songs on the Internet if they're a DJ and they might not even know it," Corry said.
Students worried they might be named in the suits can only sit and wait until subpoenas are received from the RIAA.
— Edited by Ashley Arnold
The majority of those e-mails were from people supporting the ban, she says. She read them all, trying to get a feel for the environment the people of Lawrence want in their bars and restaurants.
HACK: Commissioner considers many factors before vote
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She sips coffee with cream and sugar from a fat white mug in her daughter's barbershop, slipping her brown sandals on and off her feet.
"My father died of heart disease, you know," Sue says, blowing steam from her coffee. "He died 34 years ago to the day we voted."
that was April 20, when Sue voted to not support the full smoking ban. The week before the commission voted, she thought about her father, about what smoking meant to her when he died.
Sue had just graduated from the
University of Kansas the year her father died. She smoked back then. When she moved back to her parents' house, she thought they would never catch on to her smoking.
"That's until I opened my suitcase and my pack of Marlboros had exploded inside," she says, laughing.
Three months later, her father died. Sue doesn't know if it was the smoking, but, she says, it couldn't have helped.
Thirty-four years later, just days before the anniversary of her father's death, everyone told Sue how she should vote.
Business owners told her it would cost them business in an already competitive Lawrence industry.
She didn't know what to do. She paced her West Lawrence neighborhood for hours at a time, turning the decision over in her head.
She talked it over with her husband, Al.
Her family doctor sat her down, telling her about the culture of smoking and its effects on the health of young people.
"I need to talk these things through." she says.
Sue didn't want people to smoke, she knew it was dangerous. That's why she quit years ago.
But—despite her father's death, her doctor's advice, her constituents' letters—she heard the words of her daughter.
And she made her decision for one person:herself.
"I have to be true to myself," she says, leaning forward in the black barbershop chair. "I have to look at myself in the mirror in the morning."
She looks up over her cup of coffee, at her daughter. "I have to make
a conscious decision," she says. "That's to give people the choice, to let people decide on their own."
So tonight the commissioner will cast her vote again. She knows it might be in vain. This time it looks like the ban will pass, she says.
But she won't waver, she says. She will vote with her conscience, for what she believes is right.
"That's right," Anne says, nodding. "That's the right way to think about it."
"There are lots of things we could ban — drinking, tanning," she says. "But how far can government go to control what people do?"
Sue takes a long pull from her coffee cup. When she puts it down, she looks at Anne and smiles.
And Anne smiles back.
Edited by Danielle Hillix
ORDINANCE: Bar owners have mixed feelings about smoking ban
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render pointless if citizens, who have not studied the task force's findings, vote, he said.
Ben Troja, manager at Johnny's Tavern, 410 N, 2nd St., said he could quit lighting up his Marlboro Lights if Lawrence enacted a ban.
For now, he is tempted to smoke, because 60 to 70 percent of his customers smoke.
On a personal level, Troja said he would vote for a ban. On a professional level, a ban is not necessary at bars and taverns because the majority of customers smoke, he said.
"There's so much hoopla going
Other bar owners agree.
around between bar owners." Troja said. "I guarantee communication between bar owners has increased, and they are definitely going to organize themselves as a voice."
Other bar owners. Stu Lonnie, owner of Stu's Midtown Tavern, 925 Iowa St., has handed out anti-ban bumper stickers. Dave Boulter, owner of Henry's on Eighth, 11 E. 8th St., has passed out anti-ban petitions and banded with bar owners on Eighth Street against a ban. More bar owners have spoken at City Hall against a ban.
Rob Farha, owner of The Bella Lounge, also at 925 Iowa St., may own the only non-smoking bar in Lawrence, but he has taken a stand against a ban.
His stance has nothing to do with the welfare of his bar, he said. A ban could hurt his bar by sending non-smokers to other
oars, or help his bar by attracting smokers who have no choice in smoking venues.
In his stand against the ban, Farha said five people should not be able to vote on this issue. Citizens should have the freedom to choose, he said.
But even if a ban does pass, people will get used to the smoking ban, Wildgen said.
"We're not blazing any new terrain," he said. "There won't be a mass exodus of Lawrence."
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ALLERGIES: Antihistamines can help allergy sufferers
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reaction results in a runny nose, a sinus headache and possibly a rash. For those with asthma, mucus can fill the lungs and the windpipe can swell up, causing serious problems. Brown said.
"If the lungs fill with fluid, our muscles are not strong enough to squeeze our lungs properly, and we are then unable to breathe," he said.
Merrion, take antihistamines to lessen the blow of an overreacting immune system.
Most allergy sufferers, including
Olson said antihistamines may prevent some symptoms, but they usually can't prevent a stopped-up nose. It may be necessary to take a decongestant or a nasal spray in addition to the antihistamine.
Merrion, who took allergy shots for 11 years during childhood, is on four allergy medications. In addition to an antihistamine pill, a
decongestant pill and a nasal spray,
he also has prescription eye drops.
He said allergy symptoms and the
drowsiness from taking antihistamines have affected his academic performance in past years, but he will not let that happen again.
"I'm fine at tests now if I take my Claritin religiously," he said, of the non-drowsy drug.
Windy conditions the past few weeks have not been good for Merrion, however Oak trees, which are responsible for the dominant
pollen in the air right now, spread their pollen primarily through the air. They must release huge amounts of pollen in order to fertilize a seed. Most flowers rely on bees and other creatures to transport the pollen.
According to the National Institutes of Health, Merrion and others whom oak pollen affects can expect their symptoms to fade away during the first few days of June.
Edited by Danielle Hillix
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