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DNA links convicted Marathon Marty remembered felon to 1998 SM murder BY CAROLYN SACKARIASON County Deputy District Daily Press Staff Writer Attorney Ellen Aragon last week filed charges against Wright, who was homeless and living DNA evidence has put the “cold” four- on the streets of Santa Monica before being year-old murder case of a Santa Monica arrested, according to police. woman back under the spotlight. Wright was a twice convicted felon before The Los Angeles County District Attorneys the murder and has an extensive arrest record, office has charged David Thomas Wright with said DA spokeswoman Jane Robinson. capital murder in the killing of Aviva Labbe Labbe’s murder had been classified as a on June 14, 1998 in Santa Monica, said Sandi “cold case” and remained unsolved for nearly Gibbons, a spokesman for the DA’s office. four years. Wright, 47, is already in the state There were no suspects until a sampling of prison system serving a 6-year sentence for Wright’s DNA linked him to the murder battery of a Santa Monica police officer during through the US Department of Justice data- an unrelated incident, authorities said. In base system, police said. January, a jury found Wright guilty of battery, “The DNA evidence we recovered was ulti- resisting arrest, and failing to register himself as a sex offender. See DNA, page 3 City takes step closer to banning smoking in parks BY ANDREW H. FIXMER the only municipal body with the power to Daily Press Staff Writer enact new ordinances. Committee member Neil Carrey said the Some say it’s now merely a faux-paus to vote was intended to send a strong message to publicly light up in Santa Monica. It may soon the city council on the importance of the issue. get worse. “I don’t know how anyone could defend Hoping to protect children from the harm- what the city council and the city itself stands ful effects of second-hand smoke, the city is for and then not support this,” he said. “If you moving forward with a plan to ban cigarette are going to have a sustainable city it makes Andrew H. Fixmer/Daily Press smoking entirely in all of its 15 parks. sense to help sustain the people living in it.” Friends of Marty Lipstein, who is known locally as Marathon Marty The Recreation and Parks Committee voted for running 119 of the races, gathered around the Tree of Life in The committee’s chair, Frank Schwengel, unanimously Thursday night to recommend Palisades Park near the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier Friday to at one point during the meeting asked that the city council ban smoking from “curb to remember his life. Some, like Elani Curtis, sang Lipstein’s favorite curb” in every public park, including the Palisades Park be spared from the ban because songs while others, like Gerald Condon (pictured), spoke of running long distances together. Lipstein died June 9, he was 82. forthcoming Airport Park. The city council is See SMOKING, page 4 Santa Monica small claims collection a big headache BY JOHN WOOD Judge Bonita Churney, an attorney. “But getting payment “Getting the judgment is one thing,” he said. Special to the Daily Press can become very acrimonious as well. If someone wants “Collecting is the more important and difficult issue. to make themselves scarce, it can become very difficult “Once you get the judgment you’re on your own,” he Despite a $3,250 judgment in her favor, Amy Ruppert (to collect a small claims judgment).” added. “First, you contact the defendant and say ‘pay.’ left the Santa Monica Small Claims Court last Monday Attorney and Pro Tem Judge Norman Axe said just no richer than when she arrived. because a plaintiff wins doesn’t mean the battle is over. See CLAIMS, page 4 Like dozens of others each week who prevail in small claims court, Ruppert must now pursue the money she is legally owed. It could be a long chase. She is rapidly find- Collection is cumbersome, but not impossible ing out that winning a judgment may be only half the battle. Cheryl Noda, the Santa Monica landlord who accepted BY JOHN WOOD can do if you’ve won a small claims Order a court examination, where Ruppert’s check as down payment on an apartment for Special to the Daily Press judgment and the defendant doesn’t the defendant is questioned about his pay up within 30 days: or her assets and earnings under Rupert’s June 1 move-in, deposited the check into her moth- Sheriff’s deputies have an arsenal Find out where the individual oath. er-in-law’s bank account, where it was promptly spent. of tactics they can use to collect cash works and lives. Get his license plate Armed with this information, one However, the apartment is still occupied and Ruppert from those who refuse to pay their and driver’s license numbers. can turn to the sheriff for help. never moved in. But Noda now claims to be broke and debts even after a judge orders it. Retrieve bank account information won’t refund the deposit. 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American flags or wearing them, gathered Americans were riding a two-week at the Britannia Arms tavern in San Jose to patriotic wave that came crashing down cheer on the U.S. team. when the Germans scored off a header in Johnny Moore, general manager of the the 39th minute. Hundreds of people professional soc- packed bars across the state, many of cer team, was on hand along with some whom stayed up all night waiting for the of his players. Moore said the U.S. had a much-anticipated game. chance to upset the favored Germans if At Cock n’ Bull Pub in Santa Monica, they took advantage of their high-speed about 200 people huddled around televi- playing style. sions chanting “U-S-A, U-S-A,” ponder- “We are at our best when we’re attack- ing their team’s chances. The U.S. squad ing,” said Moore, whose team includes had several chances to score, but was forward Donovan. unable put the ball in the net. Although the team fell short of its goal, When U.S. striker Landon Donovan fellow soccer stars such as missed a good scoring opportunity in the said the overachieving team will be greet- 17th minute, the crowd let out a collec- Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press ed warmly when they return home. tive gasp. U.S. soccer fans, front left, Eric Johnson, Josh Maxson, a napping Ashley Travis “No matter what happens, these guys Steve Laubeth, 31, of Los Angeles just and Nick Waltz express their frustration early Friday morning at Staples Center come home heroes and they have played returned from Korea where he watched while watching the last minutes of the televised World Cup quarterfinal match well,” said Lalas, who has previous three of four U.S. World Cup matches. between Germany and USA. experience in World Cup matches for the Draped in an American flag, Laubeth said squad. She liked the U.S. chances to beat sat at tables festooned with American U.S. “Despite the result, this team played the U.S.-Germany game will have a Germany but she was keeping the faith in flags. Victorine said soccer fever was so well and, not necessarily just in terms major impact on soccer back at home her team. spreading across the nation and would of results, but in terms of bringing soccer despite the outcome. “I’m keeping a low profile here probably hold no matter what the outcome to people.” “If we win it’s a great day for U.S. soc- tonight,” said Schuster, 24. “I think the cer,” he said. “If we lose, we will lose the United States stands a good chance of momentum we’ve been building since the winning, and I’m not just saying that beginning of this tournament.” because I’m surrounded by Americans.” Homeless murderer suspect Exchange student Daniela Schuster Los Angeles Galaxy player Sasha from Bonn, Germany was the only one at Victorine was among a throng of support- the bar quietly supporting the European ers gathered at Staples Center, where fans has a long history of crime DNA, from page 1 prosecution of the case or the investiga- mately compared to a data bank,” said tion,” Lt. Cooper said. Smaller, wind swell waves show at northwest exposures The murder case against Wright is today. Waves hover around waist high, some inconsistent chest SMPD Lt. Ray Cooper, a homicide detective handling the case. considered a “special circumstance” highs on good sets. Expect glassy conditions during the morn- Wright was officially charged with the because Labbe was sodomized. A panel ing. Typical windy afternoon will create blown out conditions. murder on June 13, one day before the 4- will review the case against Wright to determine whether the state will seek the Look for a late, nice glass off at northwest exposures at sunset. year anniversary of Labbe’s death, who death penalty, Robinson said. Southwest facing breaks will be the flat. was 20 years old when she was found Water is warm, low 60s, and beach advisories look good, except for Surfrider. Wright’s rap sheet goes back to at sodomized and murdered in a walkway of least 1990 when he pleaded no contest to (Information compiled by Jesse Haley) a vacant home in Santa Monica. petty theft. In 1993, he was convicted of Lt. Cooper said Labbe had just moved possessing a dagger and given probation. to Santa Monica shortly before she was Location Saturday Sunday Water Quality In 1994, he was given a two-year prison murdered. Police did not say where sentence in an assault case. In 1999, he County Line 2-3’/Fair 2-3’/Fair A Labbe had moved from or where her was acquitted for possessing a deadly Zuma 2-3’/Fair 2-3’/Fair A family was located. weapon. Surfrider 1-2’/Fair 1-2’/Fair D Had she not been brutally murdered, Earlier this year he was sentenced for Topanga 1-2’/Fair 1-2’/Fair A Labbe would have celebrated her 25th assaulting a police officer and failing to reg- Breakwater 2-3’/Fair 1-3’/Fair A birthday on June 20. ister as a sex offender. The charges stemmed El Porto 1-3’/Fair 2-3’/Fair A Authorities are not revealing the cir- from a conviction in another state. 12:57am 6:48am 12:13pm 6:49pm cumstances surrounding the murder. Wright is being held without bail and “We don’t want to compromise the is scheduled to be arraigned on June 28. Tides: Low / 0.6’ High / 3.7’ High / 3.7’ High / 6.0’

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He was smoking has been banned in office buildings, commer- recent study suggests second-hand smoke contains far also worried the proposal to ban smoking may interfere cial airplanes, and in California, at restaurants and bars. more chemicals that are suspected carcinogens than pre- with the city’s tourist-friendly image. viously believed. “I think we need to ask ourselves if this will hamper Two years ago, Beverly Hills banned smoking in its tourism,” he said. parks entirely. And the Los Angeles City Council is cur- But Carrey convinced Schwengel that tourists would- “I have no reason to believe it rently considering legislation that would ban smoking n’t avoid Santa Monica if its only sin was preventing within 25 feet of children at play. The Los Angeles ordi- them from lighting up while enjoying the park’s ocean would be illegal. The time is right nance would even forbid smoking at dog runs, public views. to consider other spaces where we swimming pools and golf courses. “When we banned smoking in bars and restaurants Both cities were convinced of the ban by the everybody said no one will come to Santa Monica, but don’t want smoking.” Committee for Smoke-free Zones, which broached the they did,” he said. “The same will happen when we ban issue with Santa Monica’s Recreation and Parks smoking in parks. They’ll still come.” — MARSHA MOUTRIE Committee. The organization is currently working with City Attorney Marsha Moutrie said creating smoke- Santa Monica City Attorney 10 other municipalities in Southern California on creat- free zones in the city’s parks would uphold the city’s tra- ing bans in their cities as well. dition of limiting smoking zones. The city’s Consumer Robert Berger, a Smoke-free Committee member, said Protection Bureau runs stings in local restaurants and recent polls taken by the committee show that while bars to enforce the state’s current non-smoking laws. And the state has enacted legislation that took effect in below 20 percent of the state smokes, 93 percent of the “I have no reason to believe it would be illegal to ban January which forbids smoking in playgrounds. The law population agrees with more restrictive smoking prohibi- smoking,” Moutrie said. “The time is right to consider also allows municipalities to extend smoke-free zones to tions. other spaces where we don’t want smoking.” entire parks or just certain areas. “Even the people that smoke tell us they would agree to The practice of banning smoking in public areas has Public officials worry about the effects of second- more restrictions,” he said. Small claims collection continues to be problematic CLAIMS, from page 1 Ruppert, but she doesn’t have any money right now. Now if they don’t pay, the big problem “It’s very irritating. It’s like I’m financing $3,000 for a Ruppert isn’t holding her breath. you’ve got is you have to find their assets.” “Here she is with a big home in the That’s when the sheriff’s department can complete stranger. It’s ridiculous.” step in. For a nominal fee, the department Marina and three new cars in the drive- —AMY RUPPERT way,” Ruppert said. “It’s very irritating. will collect the money the plaintiff is owed. Santa Monica small claims plaintiff But first, he has to find out where it is. It’s like I’m financing $3,000 for a com- “State code does not allow the taxpay- examinations, where the defendant is Then there are defendants who are plete stranger. It’s ridiculous.” er to shoulder the burden of collecting a asked about his or her earnings and assets accustomed to losing small claims cases Ruppert might take heart from a judgment,” said Los Angeles County under oath, often fail, although they are and become experts in making themselves Colorado man who once sued a small Sheriff’s Deputy Gary Gray, who over- available to every small claims victor. “judgment-proof” — by putting assets in commuter airline over some lost baggage. sees the levy crew in Santa Monica. “The “So someone comes in and says, ‘I relatives’ names or simply hiding them. After pointing to a plane waiting to leave code puts everything on the judgment don’t have a job. I don’t have a bank the airport there, the man persuaded the creditor to do all his own investigation.” Meanwhile, Ruppert is still looking for account.’ What are you going to do? A lot local sheriff to padlock it — until the air- By having to pay all fees up front and housing. of the time, someone who doesn’t want to Noda said she intends to repay line paid the $175 in question. doing the leg work themselves, many peo- pay will be one step ahead of you. ple are deterred from trying to collect at all. “Unfortunately, the average person “It’s an expensive and cumbersome often can’t (gather all the necessary infor- process,” said attorney and Pro Tem Judge mation). But there are always collection Sheriff’s department can Ed Schaffer. agencies. They’ll handle everything for a Axe added that even court-ordered chunk (of the judgment).” aid in the collection process “Now’s the time to give your home that spring-fresh TACTICS, from page 1 with individuals, we just show up.” feeling only Surfside Chem-Dry™ can provide” If the owing party is an individual, the And then there are auctions. The levy sheriff can demand that his or her crew can, for a substantial moving, stor- employer remit 25 percent of wages until age and deposit fee ($850 to $1500-plus), the debt, and the associated $25 fee, are seize property and sell it to the public. repaid. The sheriff also can garnish an “We seize tangible personal property, individual’s bank account for a $30 fee. In everything from boats, jet skis, motorcy- some auto-accident related judgments, the cles and vehicles to office equipment,” creditor can even have the debtor’s driv- Gray said. The property is then auctioned ing license suspended. to the public, and proceeds go towards the If the debtor is a business, a “keeper,” judgment. who collects all incoming funds until the For a $10 fee, one also can file a form debt is paid, can be placed on premises for called an “Abstract of Judgment,” which puts a lien on any land, house or other eight, 12 or 24 hours a day, for up to 10 90 NIGHT TRIAL Exclusive Swedish Technology property in the county where the form is days. Sheriff’s deputies will literally sit in Billions of viscoelastic memory cells automatically filed. The county then requires payment sense weight and temperature to conform exactly a business and collect money each time a before any escrow can proceed. to your body shape, relieving counter-pressure and transaction is made and will ensure that promoting deep-REM sleep. “That’s what I call the waiting game,” the owner does not remove any assets. 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Jury rejects woman’s claims of sex abuse against judge By The Associated Press

SANTA ANA — Jurors on Friday rejected a woman’s claim that she was coerced into having sex with a judge in exchange for a favorable ruling in her ex- husband’s criminal case. The Orange County jury deliberated for two days before deciding against Pifen Lo, 42, of Monrovia, who had filed a civil claim alleging sexual battery and emo- tional distress. The jury found the state was not responsible — as the judge’s employer — for $ the alleged actions. 50 OFF Lo alleged she was sexually abused in 1996 by Los Angeles County Superior ANY DENTAL SERVICE Court Judge George W. Trammell III, who was presiding over her ex-husband’s expires 7/15/02 money laundering and kidnapping case. She testified that Trammell told her she would never see her ex-husband out of prison if she didn’t have sex with him. Attorneys for the state told jurors Lo was not coerced. Lo willingly entered into a sexual relationship with the judge in hopes of using his position to help her ex- Dharma Art.LLC husband get a lighter sentence, the attorneys said. “We thought (the sex) was consensual,” juror Connie Cura said. asian art & decorative accessories The case was moved to Orange County because Trammell was so well known by judges in Los Angeles. Trammell, who retired from the bench in 1997, was sentenced in 2000 to more Arts and Antiques from than two years in prison for a federal conviction stemming from his sexual rela- Tibet • India • Nepal tionship with Lo. A federal court ruled Trammell abused his power as a judge because Lo was vul- 2443 Main Street • Santa Monica • 310.392.9035 nerable as a defendant in his courtroom. Behind Peet’s Coffee [email protected] Summer arrives with hint of rainy season that never was By The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — June gloom thickened to mist and drizzle on the first day of summer, giving parched Southern California a dose of dampness as the water-year entered its final days with rainfall far below normal. Friday’s rain from a deep marine layer blanketing the south coast did nothing to halt Los Angeles’ skid toward its driest season on record, with rainfall more than 10 inches below normal. The season ends June 30. CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT and CONSULTING The clouds, however, did make a wash of the summer solstice — when the sun reaches its highest elevation of the year, the day is at its longest and shadows are at ✻ Project Management ✻ Value Engineering their shortest. NASA noted on its Web site that 7-foot-1 Lakers center Shaquille O’Neal would ✻ Claims Evaluation ✻ Retention Processing have only a 1-foot-4 shadow if he stood in the noon sun in Los Angeles, but the ✻ ✻ kept shadows from being cast. Damage Analysis Insurance Negotiation ✻ Litigation Technical Support & Analysis Martin Scorsese, Kermit get Hollywood stars By The Associated Press [email protected] 818-386-1300 Fax: 818-386-1811 LOS ANGELES — Martin Scorsese, Etta James, Kevin Bacon, Susan Sarandon, Carmen Zapata and Kermit the Frog are among entertainers who will be enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame next year. 17609 Ventura Blvd., #218, Encino, CA 91316 The 2003 Walk of Fame recipients in the film category included Bacon, Robert Duvall, Sarandon and Scorsese. Television honorees included Beau Bridges, Drew Carey, Kermit, Larry McCormick, the Osmond Family, Isabel Sanford and Suzanne Somers. Michael Bolton, James, Carole King, Israel Lopez “Cachao” and Earl Scruggs will be honored in the recording category and live theater performers included Betty Garrett, Doris Roberts and Zapata. Los Angeles radio personality Gil Stratton was BANKRUPTCY selected in the radio category. Posthumous stars will be dedicated in honor of Gilda Radner, for television, and Relief for Personal and Business Debt Richard Rodgers, for live theater. “We are especially proud of the criteria that the nominees have made significant contributions to the community. We take that requirement very seriously when (310) 664-9969 choosing a star,” Grant said. Recipients were chosen from hundreds of nominations to the committee at a PISARRA & GRIST meeting held June 14 and ratified by the Chamber’s Board of Directors. Attorneys at Law Page 6 ❑ Saturday, June 22, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press STATE Bankruptcy costing nearly $1M in weekly legal fees BY DAVID KRAVETS “This is an expensive proposition — Associated Press Writer bankruptcies always are when there is this much at stake,” said David Huardo, a SAN FRANCISCO — It’s payday for president of the international Energy Bar the lawyers and consultants in the 14- Association. THIS SATURDAY, 6PM month-old Pacific Gas and Electric Co. Even so, the case is expected to be liti- bankruptcy case. gated more cheaply than some other big- In what is shaping up as one of the most money bankruptcies. Consider the Enron LIVE! from the MGM expensive cases in U.S. bankruptcy histo- Corp. bankruptcy. It has generated $69 ry, the legal fees are more than a combined million in legal bills but is half as old as ONLY $10 COVER $900,000 per week, or about $90 per the PG&E case. minute, according to court documents. • 8 TV’s 2 big screens In the PG&E case, U.S. Trustee Linda Ultimately responsible for paying for Stanley is trying to thwart hundreds of • 6 tap beers these services — with some experts thousands of dollars in new bills, includ- billing as much as $750 an hour — are • Philly Cheese Steaks ing a $48,000 postage tab by a research the utility’s 4.6 million California group to mail its invoices. ratepayers. And many of the same • Burgers Other discrepancies include unex- lawyers are working on a bankruptcy plained increases by as much as 62 per- reorganization plan for the utility that at cent in attorney fees, allegations of unnec- least one ratepayer watchdog group essarily prolonging the litigation and thinks could ultimately raise electricity rates, a position the utility disputes. billing for too many lawyers at court pro- “It’s absolutely outrageous that they’re ceedings, according to Stanley. SPORTS GRILL The San Francisco firm of Howard, (Next to 14 below) spending almost $1 million a week on lawyers and the ratepayers will pay for it,” Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabin, said Mindy Spatt, a spokeswoman for the which is PG&E’s main counsel, dispatched watchdog group Utility Reform Network. a total of nine attorneys and staff to two 1333 Santa Monica Blvd. separate court dates and 11 to another. (corner of 14th and Santa Monica) A hearing is set in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for July 2 in which a judge is All told, at the Jan. 25 proceedings (310) 899-0076 expected to approve the latest round of before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis legal and consulting bills. The court’s Montali, the Howard Rice firm billed public watchdog, the U.S. Trustee’s $17,771 for 11 attorneys and secretaries to office, is urging the court to reduce them attend a hearing and to prepare for it. The ADVERTISE! Santa Monica Daily Press by hundreds of thousands of dollars. 11 billed for a combined 60 hours, an The trustee’s office squelched a average of nearly $300 per hour, accord- 310-458-7737 $10,000 airfare ticket and a $4,000 com- ing to court records. puter printer, among other bills, in previ- Howard Rice attorney James Lopes, ous billing cycles. who bills at $550 an hour as PG&E’s lead From April 6 of last year when the case counsel, said the attorneys and staff were was filed to March 31 of this year, $46.1 necessary for the three court days in million has been billed in legal and con- which the firm was defending dozens of sulting expenses, according to court objections to PG&E’s bankruptcy pay- records. Expenses since March 31 have ment proposal. not been submitted to the court. Bankruptcy expert Ivan Kallick defend- DEGRADABLE* DISPOSABLE DIAPERS The expenses are a fact of life for ed Howard Rice’s decision to send multi- American corporate bankruptcy, in which ple attorneys to bankruptcy hearings. company executives, private attorneys “If I was sitting as a judge or a client • High Quality and and consultants are enriched. paying the bill, I’d rather have the most High Performance Diaper In March, the utility gave about $64 knowledgeable lawyers in the courtroom million in retention bonuses to PG&E for a couple of hours rather than delay the managers to keep them from quitting proceeding for a week,” Kallick said. • No Leakage (Great for while it works itself out of bankruptcy Stanley also accused the Howard Rice Night Time Sleeping) protection. 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ABOARD THE RESEARCH PLAT- That stability is key for experiments on FORM FLIP — Nine miles off San sound’s behavior in water, something Diego, in water 500 feet deep, it’s hard to influenced by temperature, salinity and avoid that sinking feeling as you watch the shape of the ocean floor. Seward & Flood Printing Co. the stern dip down, down, down into the Navies have been keenly interested in ‘For All Your Business and Social Printing Needs’ deep blue ocean. tracing sounds back to their source since You’re going down, but that’s OK: the British first used sonar in the 1920s to You’re aboard Flip, a unique vessel that’s track noisy enemy submarines. 712 Santa Monica Blvd. • Santa Monica been sinking, safely, for science for 40 years. Scientists now routinely deploy arrays On a recent cruise, Flip took 20 min- of hydrophones from Flip, allowing them Tel: 395-2206 • Fax: 394-0952 • Email: [email protected] utes for its bow to slowly rise out of the to study the sounds produced not only by water as 700 tons of ocean water submarines, but whales and dolphins as swamped tanks in the stern. As it lay well. Flip scientists also study waves and cocked at a 45-degree angle, air, pushed the exchange of heat between the water from the sinking tanks, rushed out with a and atmosphere. deafening screech. The idea for Flip came from Allyn Vine, It paused and then, in just seconds, Flip a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Got lurched forward, flipping completely ver- scientist who observed the stability of an tical. upright mop floating in choppy water. The screech stopped and Flip performed The first proposal was to sink a subma- a delicate pirouette. The dozen aboard rine on end. When that proved undoable, stood on decks that had been bulkheads, News? work on Flip began. like extras in a nautical remake of the 1951 Since its maiden voyage from the musical “Royal Wedding,” in which Fred Portland, Ore., shipyard where it was built Astaire danced his way onto the ceiling. If you see news happening for $440,000, the unpowered Flip has Just 55 feet of the baseball bat-of-a- or have something to report, call been towed throughout the Pacific and vessel remained poking above the waves. Atlantic oceans. It was overhauled for the the Santa Monica Daily Press Below, 300 feet more pointed straight first and only time in 1995 for $2 million. at our NEW tipline! down to Davy Jones’ locker. It’s a process the vessel has done — There are no plans to retire Flip; replacing and undone — 355 times since it was it would cost $30 million, Gaines said. launched 40 years ago Saturday. Flipping and unflipping involves noth- “All right! 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FLoating Instrument Platform — becomes ship sinking for good. *as quoted in USA Today* a base for science experiments, primarily Its interior is simply odd, with doors on on the propagation of sound in water. the deck and portholes on the ceiling. While ships bob on the waves, Flip Twin sinks, one horizontal, one vertical, remains stable, the bulk of its mass hidden crowd the head. The toilet bowl rotates, as beneath the waves, iceberglike. The enor- do bunks, the washer and dryer and the mous spar buoy can survive 80-foot waves. entire galley. Narrow rooms with strange- “It’s like a landmass sitting in the ly high ceilings become spacious labs ocean, which means it doesn’t ride up and once flipped on side. down in the waves; they wash over it,” “It’s a sort of different shape than most said Capt. Bill Gaines, assistant director of ships,” Spiess said.

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Page 8 ❑ Saturday, June 22, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press SPORTS USA team loses this years chance for World Cup title BY RONALD BLUM “America put a lot of pressure on us,” he said, “and we AP Sports Writer just didn’t get the combination play going as I would have liked to.” ULSAN, South Korea — The best United States Before Germany scored, the Americans dominated the soccer team in 72 years finally met its match. three-time champions, outshooting them 5-1. After rousing fans back home to get up in the middle Germany twice had open headers but couldn’t con- of the night to watch their inspired play, the Americans nect. And four minutes after the Germans took the lead, lost to Germany 1-0 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the they nearly got another goal when Miroslav Klose hit the World Cup, although they outplayed their taller, stronger post off a cross from Oliver Neuville. opponents for much of the night. The goal came after Lewis fouled Torsten Frings “I think we demonstrated to the world that the United about 25 yards out on the right side. Christian Ziege States belonged here,” U.S. coach said. crossed the ball and Ballack got between Tony Sanneh “We expected to be the best team tonight. We weren’t and Gregg Berhalter, outjumped them and headed the surprised at our performance.” ball past a diving Friedel. Unlike four years ago, when Germany manhandled Donovan had the best U.S. scoring chance in the 17th the Americans during a 2-0 first-round victory in Paris, minute, going around Thomas Linke and sending a low the U.S. players shoved back. shot that Kahn, one of the world’s top goalies, deflected The United States dominated for much of the first half wide with his fingertips. and had numerous scoring chances, with Landon Kahn stopped Donovan again in the 30th minute, get- Donovan leading the way. But in the 39th minute, ting his right hand on a shot by the 20-year forward, who German midfielder Michael Ballack scored on a header, Christof Stache/Associated Press was isolated 1-on-1. rising between two American defenders. USA's Gregg Berhalter, left, and Germany's Miroslav Neuville had the most artistic shot of the first half, a German goalkeeper Oliver Kahn twice came up with Klose fight for a header during the World Cup quar- bicycle kick from the middle of the penalty area — and diving saves in the first half to deny Donovan, and the terfinals soccer match at the Munsu Football it bounced right off the head of Lewis, who was only a Americans nearly tied the score four minutes into the sec- Stadium in Ulsan, South Korea on Friday. Germany few yards away. ond half. won 1-0 to advance to the semifinals. Lewis had a good shot from the center in the 36th A shot by Eddie Lewis bounced off Kahn and hit the years ago, it lost all three of its games and finished last in minute, but Kahn again came up with the save. left hand of defender Torsten Frings, who was standing the 32-nation field. The fast-paced game also featured a lot of physical on the goal line. The ball almost crossed the line before This World Cup started better right away for the play, with hard tackles from both teams. bouncing back to Kahn, who smothered it. Americans. They opened with a 3-2 win over heavily Reyna even got some payback on Jeremies, who Scottish referee Hugh Dallas didn’t call a penalty, favored Portugal, then tied 1-1 against South Korea — kneed him in the back early in the teams’ World Cup awarding Germany a goal kick. which hasn’t lost yet. While they lost 3-1 to Poland, they game four years ago. Then, with only minutes left in the game, the United backed into the second round and upset Mexico 2-0. Jeremies entered as a substitute in the 60th minute, States had another great chance, but defender Tony But instead of the Americans advancing to the semifi- and eight minutes later he and Reyna pushed each other Sanneh just missed a goal on a header. He hit the side of nals for the first time since the first World Cup in 1930, as the Americans prepared to take a free kick near the the net off a cross from Clint Mathis, who had entered the Germans will go there for the 10th time — their first German goal. Both tumbled and Reyna stomped on early in the second half. since winning their last championship in 1990. Jeremies’ left leg as they got up, earning a yellow card. Moments later, Mathis’ hard shot in the penalty box Germany will play the winner of Saturday’s quarterfi- The Germans were a 5-1 favorite coming in, and had was blocked by German midfielder Jens Jeremies as the nal between Spain and South Korea. 51 World Cup victories to the Americans’ six. The Americans tried desperately to score the tying goal. Coach Rudi Voeller acknowledged his team did not United States has never won a World Cup game in which At the end of the game, half a dozen players from each play its best against the United States. it trailed. team collapsed to the ground, exhausted. The fans gave the Americans a standing ovation, and captain held up a U.S. flag, saluting the Davis Love III grabs his share of crowd that was chanting “U-S-A! U-S-A!” “We have had a great ride,” U.S. goalkeeper said. “The satisfying thing is we can go home knowing we could have gone a little further. We never lead at the Greater Hartford Open once got played off the park here, and we can go home BY JOHN NICHOLSON last week at Bethpage Black. “I’m River Highlands. Scott Hoch (66) with our heads held high.” AP Sports Writer tournament sharp and tough ... and a and Kaname Yokoo (68) were a It was a stellar showing for an American team expect- little bit mad. stroke back at 7-under, and Len ed to struggle just to get out of its first-round group. Four CROMWELL, Conn. — Davis He holed a 27-foot birdie putt on Mattiace (64), David Peoples (65), Love III put his U.S. Open prepara- the short par-4 15th after a poor chip Peter Lonard (68) and Hidemichi tion to good use Thursday in the Tanaka (70) were 6-under. Greater Hartford Open. from the swale in front of the green, and made four other birdies putts Defending champion Phil Love shot a bogey-free 6-under- Mickelson and Sergio Garcia shot par 64 in breezy afternoon condi- from 12-to-15 feet. 67s to reach 4-under and Ernie Els tions for a share of the second-round He has 14 PGA Tour titles, but was 1-under after a 70. lead with Briny Baird and Jonathan only one in the last four years — the Kaye, playing in the morning ses- Kaye at 8-under 132. 2001 Pebble Beach National Pro- sion before the wind picked up, was “I spent three or four weeks get- Am. 9-under after 11 holes, but bogeyed CONSTRUCTION ting ready for the U.S. Open,” said Baird and Kay, both winless on No. 4 — his 13th of the day — and & HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICES Love, coming off a 24th-place tie the tour, shot 67s on the TPC at missed an 8-foot birdie putt on No. 8.

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Circuit City Stores, the Charles Van Horn, presi- And even after it does, the nation’s second-biggest dent of the International two products will coexist W electronics chain, is phasing Recording Media Associat- in most homes for years to NEEDED! out movies on videotape ion, a trade association come, he said. altogether in favor of DVDs. based in Princeton, N.J., Van Horn said other “The people who are said Circuit City’s move is retailers are trimming their buying movie titles these premature. He noted that VHS movie inventory to days want to buy them on about 90 percent of U.S. make room for more Come join Santa Monica in the launch DVD,” Circuit City households have at least one spokesman Jim Babb said VCR, while only about 30 DVDs, just as music stores of the American Cancer Society’s Friday. “People have percent have a DVD player. cut back on music cas- embraced the technology “Circuit City will disap- settes to expand their CD in a big way, and we’re point the 60 percent of con- selection. However, he Relay for Life! responding to that by sumers who have a VCR but said he does not expect increasing the space given no DVD,” Van Horn said. other retailers to phase out to DVD titles.” He said that while the VHS tapes any time soon. Teams are made up of 10-15 members and will relay a 24 Some of the chain’s hour walk around the Santa Monica College track. Enjoy stores already have cleared their shelves of all VHS music, entertainment and refreshments and build team spirit movies. The Richmond- in this local, powerful fundraiser to find the cure for cancer. based company will con- tinue to sell VHS movies Teams are forming now! on its Web site and stock blank tapes and videocas- Call Maxine Tatlonghari for sign ups sette recorders in its more (213) 368-8537 than 600 stores, Babb said. Circuit City has no timetable for eliminating City of Santa Monica VHS tapes from all of its Relay For Life Police Department Santa Monica Daily Press stores, Babb said. Similarly, Borders is A Team Event to Fight Cancer largely phasing out VHS Wayne Scarberry/Associated Press tapes except for sports and Mike Colvin of Chesterfield, Va., browses through exercise videos, said Ann the DVD section of the Circuit City store at Binkley, a spokesman for Chesterfield Town Center near Richmond, Va. on the Ann Arbor, Mich.- Friday. Richmond-based Circuit City, the nation's based music, movies and second-largest electronics chain, announced it book retailer. would no longer stock movies in VHS format, opt- “For a big title, like ing instead for the digital format of DVDs. Horse-and-buggy accident kills two Amish children Internet Connections By The Associated Press but other charges could be filed later, police said. LEACOCK, Pa. — Two Amish chil- Nine-month-old Rebecca Sue Starting at dren were killed after the horse-drawn Ebersole, of Bird-in-Hand, was found buggy in which they were riding was $59.45/mo! dead at the scene of the crash, police said. struck by a sport utility vehicle, police said. Her 12-year-old aunt, Rachel Anne The buggy was equipped with a reflec- Stoltzfus, of Kinzers, was pronounced always on, tive triangle as required on all vehicles always fast that travel at night and that don’t exceed dead at Lancaster General Hospital about 25 mph. The buggy also had lights which 90 minutes later. “Since LA Bridge installed “It’s tragic, especially when you con- are not required, police said. DSL at my home, I have sider the driver had no right to be on the The accident came weeks after a judge found the flexibility roadway,” Lancaster County District ruled that the ultraconservative to use the Internet in Swartzentruber Amish sect must use the Attorney Donald Totaro said. Both vehicles were traveling west on a whole new way.” orange-and-red reflective triangles on __ state Route 340 when the SUV struck the Bill Foster, their buggies. The group had argued in Apple Computer court that the gaudy decorations were back of the buggy and then hit a utility offensive and violated their beliefs. pole, police said. All four occupants of the It was not clear to which sect the vic- buggy were ejected, police said. tims in Wednesday’s crash belonged. Rebecca Ebersole’s parents were hos- each account includes: pitalized. Samuel S. Ebersole, 31, was Mark Anthony Tomassetti, 22, of Gap, • 24/7 Internet connection fled the scene, but was arrested about seven listed in fair condition, and Anna Mary Ebersole, 26, was in serious condition • 7 days/week tech support hours after the accident while trying to • 6MB personal web space make calls from a pay telephone outside a Thursday. Police said Rachel was the sis- • free local dial-up acct restaurant. He was being held on $100,000 ter of Anna Ebersole. bail at the Lancaster County prison. Jack Meyer, of Leacock Township, • over 4000 worldwide dial-up Authorities say his license was sus- drove up to the accident scene minutes locations for laptop users who pended for 60 days on May 10. after the collision. travel. (a metered service). Tomassetti was charged with felony “It was horrific,” Meyer said. “It counts of causing an accident involving looked like someone had set off an explo- 786k to 7.1M Now Available LABridge death or personal injury and causing an sive inside the buggy. There were pieces Internet accident while not properly licensed, as everywhere.” well as other offenses, police said. He State police said the horse also was was not charged with fleeing the scene, killed. Sign-up online at LABridge.com or call 310.823.6416 Page 10 ❑ Saturday, June 22, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press NATIONAL Looking for the Bush boosts fund-raising Daily Press? tally over $100 million BY SANDRA SOBIERAJ “From the $100 million man comes the The Santa Monica Daily Press is circulated throughout all Associated Press Writer $150,000 workout,” McAuliffe said. “Today, President Bush flew 800 miles, to six commercial zones within the Santa Monica city limits, ORLANDO, Fla. — President Bush raise (more than) $2 million, and expects and select areas of West LA, Venice and Brentwood. put the 2002 fund-raising tally for himself the taxpayers to pick up the $150,000 tab and Vice President Dick Cheney over the because he watched an eight-minute $100 million mark Friday with a Florida workout.” Hundreds of copies can be found in news racks at these local businesses: dinner boosting brother Jeb Bush’s guber- natorial re-election. The president, told by a reporter that Pico Blvd. Locations: his White House team has far outpaced “Today, President Bush Bill Clinton in the money chase, replied: • Super Style • Winerschnizels “Thank you. I appreciate that compli- flew 800 miles, to raise ment.” (more than) $2 million, • SM Youth Center • Trader Joe’s He said his younger brother, the incumbent governor being challenged by and expects the taxpayers Clinton’s attorney general, Janet Reno, is • Gigi’s Liquor • Airport Rx “one of the great candidates in the history to pick up the $150,000 of Florida.” Bush made the trip, his 10th to Florida tab because he watched • Goodyear Tire • UnUrban Coffee House since the state’s disputed 2000 ballots an eight-minute workout.” gave him the presidency, under the offi- • Ultra Mart • McCabe’s Guitar cial banner of a national physical-fitness — TERRY MCAULIFFE initiative. His brief stop at a senior citi- Democratic National Committee chairman zens’ recreation center, where he dropped • Foster’s Freeze • Nancy’s Nails in on a cycling class, was the day’s “offi- cial business” and allowed the Florida Bush and his brother headlined the • Santa Monica College • Rae’s Restaurant state Republican Party to split the cost of fund-raising dinner at a Universal Studios Bush’s travel with taxpayers. theme park hotel. The Florida GOP, which In a business suit, Bush nodded his is doing plenty to promote Jeb Bush’s • Union 76 on 20th • Kentucky Fried Chicken approval at a dozen seniors pedaling sta- individual campaign, was the beneficiary tionary bikes. One of the exercisers, of Friday’s appearance by the president. Julian Washington, boasted it was his 86th Its take marked the $100 million mile- • A&E Liquor • Discount Tires birthday. stone in campaign fund raising by Bush “You gotta be kidding me,” said Bush, and Cheney this year alone. The total • Lazy Daisy • Virginia Park shaking his head. “Well, you make my includes money raised not only for the point that if you exercise, you stay young Republican Party but also for individual and healthy.” candidates. By contrast, it took Clinton 10 • Cloverfield Chevron • Pizza Hut Nearly 70 percent of Americans years — from 1992 to the present — to between the ages of 65 and 74 do not bring his Democratic Party total to $113 engage in regular physical activity, Bush million. • Jiffy Lube • Eddie’s Jr. Mart said on the second of a four-day campaign Florida’s Sen. Bob Graham, the highlighting fitness and nutrition. Democrat leading a congressional inquiry • Toma’s #1 • Karla’s Hair Fresh off Air Force One, where the into the Bush administration’s intelli- lunch menu offered corned beef, steak gence failures pre-Sept. 11, accompanied fries and cheesecake, Bush warned the Bush from Washington but only as far as • Yoshinoya • Abbot’s Pizza nation against “loading up with fatty the Marks Street Senior Recreation foods all the time.” Complex. • Sunset Plaza Liquor • A&R Books He joked that he’s nagging his own Graham faces re-election here in 2004, family, too, including the famously broc- the same time Bush will be counting on coli-averse former President Bush: “I’ve Florida to fulfill any hopes he has for a • Auto Zone • BBQ Garden been working on Dad for a while on the second term in the White House. broccoli issue.” Noting that the president has been to Jeb Bush teased that brother George the Sunshine State five times already this • Mandarin Chinese • Moor’s Liquor wasn’t always the fittest in the Bush fam- year, Graham quipped: “I think he’s going ily. to have to start paying property taxes.” • Classic Pizza • Hungry Pocket Back in Washington, Democratic Florida is Bush’s second-most visited National Committee chairman Terry state as president, after Pennsylvania, McAuliffe called Bush’s recreation center which has seen him 11 times in the past 18 • Yum Yum Donuts • Ed’s Liquor drop-by a sham. months. • McDonalds • Four Points Hotel Judge throws out conviction of This is not a complete list. You can find more copies in these areas: youth who confessed to murder • Montana Avenue Commercial Zone • Santa Monica Boulevard By The Associated Press In her ruling, Pallmeyer said authori- ties didn’t question the boy in the pres- • the Downtown Commercial Core CHICAGO — A federal judge threw ence of his parents or a youth officer and (including Third Street Promenade) out a teenager’s murder conviction in the there were inconsistencies between his killing of an elderly neighbor, saying the • Wilshire Boulevard statement and the evidence. The victim’s boy’s confession, made when he was 11 throat had been slashed, and she had been • Lincoln Commercial District. years old, was coerced by authorities. bound with telephone cord and apparently Additional circulation points include: U.S. District Court Judge Rebecca dragged through the apartment, yet no fin- Pallmeyer ruled Wednesday that the boy’s • Major Hotels on Ocean Avenue gerprints at the scene matched the boy’s. arrest was illegal and that his confession At a hearing two years ago, the boy • Retail businesses on the Boardwalk should have been thrown out. said he broke down during a police inter- and Santa Monica Pier districts The boy was referred to only by initials view because a detective was yelling at • Commercial zones on Pico and Ocean Park Boulevard. A.M. because of his age when 84-year-old him. He has otherwise maintained his If you are interested in becoming a distribution point (it’s free and gives your customers Anna Gilvis was killed in 1993. He was innocence, said his lawyer, Steven Drizin. sentenced to five years’ probation, which just one more reason to come in), please call 310-458-PRESS (7737) x 104 Drizin said his client was ecstatic about he has completed. He is now 19. the ruling. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Saturday, June 22, 2002 ❑ Page 11 Page 12 ❑ Saturday, June 22, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press INTERNATIONAL Israel admits error in deaths of four BY MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH nearby Hawara said settlers returning Associated Press Writer from the funeral rampaged through their village, burning cars and a house and , — Israel said shooting randomly. Adnan Odeh, 22, died its forces erred Friday in firing tank shells of a gunshot to the chest, Palestinian hos- on curfew violators in the West Bank, pital officials said. killing three children and a teacher. Angry Jewish settlers also killed a Palestinian during a rampage after a funeral for an Israeli family slain by infiltrators. Four days of Palestinian suicide bomb- “I heard an explosion. I ings, settlement infiltrations, Israeli mili- tary retaliation and other violence has left didn’t think that it was my 33 and 12 Palestinians dead. It also has delayed plans by President Bush children and I didn’t go to deliver a speech outlining U.S. recom- out immediately.” mendations for Mideast peacemaking, now expected Monday. Senior Israeli ministers, meanwhile, — YUSEF GHAZAWI decided to act “more intensively, more Father of victims deeply” in Palestinian areas to root out those behind terror attacks. Children from both sides in the north- ern West Bank were victims of the latest Israeli police said it appeared a settler violence. was responsible for the shooting, but that Israeli fire on Palestinians violating a the investigation was hampered because curfew Friday in Jenin killed Ahmed Palestinians wouldn’t turn over the body. Ghazawi, 6, and his 12-year-old brother Phones weren’t answered at the settle- Associated Press Jamil, as well as Sajedah Famahwi, 6, and ment administrative office. An unidentified injured boy is carried from an ambulance into a hospital in Helal Shetta, a school teacher who was Jenin, West Bank on Friday. Israeli tanks opened fire Friday on the market in the In line with Israel’s new reoccupation northern West Bank town of Jenin, killing four Palestinians, including three chil- about 50. policy, about 50 Israeli tanks entered Yusef Ghazawi, father of Ahmed and dren, hospital officials said. The Israeli army said soldiers had mistakenly fired Nablus, the West Bank’s largest city, after on a group of curfew violators. The extent of this boy's injuries is unknown. Jamil, said his children went outside to the attack. Israeli forces had settled ride their bicycles after rumors spread — in to Jenin after a suicide bombing three separate areas: two market streets Israel Radio reported the military was falsely, it turned out — that the curfew Tuesday in , the deadliest there and a nearby neighborhood. As with the planning a “wide offensive, but smaller” had been lifted for a few hours. “I heard in six years. deaths, many children were among the 24 than the six-week military campaign that an explosion. I didn’t think that it was my Rumors of a brief break in the Jenin people wounded, hospital officials said. began in March. Then, Israel’s army shat- children and I didn’t go out immediately,” curfew sent residents rushing to the mar- Mohammed Abdullah, 63, said he went tered Palestinian infrastructure, kept he said, crying. ket to replenish supplies when tanks fired to buy medicine for his back after he’d Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat imprisoned Late Thursday, a Palestinian infiltrated on them. heard the curfew was lifted. Near the mar- in his battered headquarters and arrested or a Jewish settlement house in Itamar, The army spokesman’s office said an ket, he saw a tank fire then spin its turret killed scores of wanted militiamen. killing Rachel Shabo, 40, and her sons initial inquiry “indicates that the force his way. “Just as I moved back, I heard a The government also reportedly was Neria, 16, Zvi, 12, and Avishai, 5, as well erred in its action,” and that an investiga- shell hit the second floor of a nearby looking into the legality of exiling as the settlement’s security chief. Israeli tion was continuing. house,” said Abdullah, who was hit by Palestinian militants, families of suicide commandos stormed the house and killed The army said soldiers conducting shrapnel in his leg and hand. bombers and members of the Palestinian the man, identified by the radical Popular house-to-house searches for an explosives Asked about the shooting in Jenin, leadership from the West Bank to the Gaza Front for the Liberation of Palestine as laboratory spotted a group of Palestinians Arafat aide Nabil Abu Rdeneh lashed out Strip. Gaza is more isolated, surrounded Iyad Amin Ramaha, 19, of the Bet el-Ein who had broken the curfew heading at Israel’s policy of reoccupying by a fence, and all of the 71 suicide refugee camp in nearby Nablus. toward them. Soldiers fired two tank Palestinian areas, saying it endangered bombers who attacked Israelis in the past Religious, bearded wearing skull- shells to deter them, the army said. peace prospects. He urged Washington to 21 months have come from the West Bank. caps gathered Friday around four open Palestinian residents, security and hos- step in. “Israel is taking advantage of this Ahmed Abdel Rahman, a senior advis- graves of the family. They cried as a pital officials said tanks fired shells and American absence and this American er to Arafat, said trying to force Arafat to prayer of mourning echoed over the hill- Israeli soldiers fired with machine guns in green light,” Abu Rdeneh said. go to Gaza would violate signed agree- side cemetery. Soon after, Palestinians in Sharon’s Security Cabinet upheld a ments with the Palestinians. major policy decision made earlier this Abdel Rahman was vague, however, week to gradually reoccupy Palestinian about whether ultimately other Large asteroid has a land until terror stops. Palestinians might end up sent to Gaza. ‘close shave’ with Earth Bahamian man sentenced 25 By The Associated Press years for killing American LONDON — An asteroid the size of a football field hurtled past the Earth a week BY TOSHEENA ROBINSON-BLAIR tourist, Joanne Clark, was found on the ago, missing what could have been a catastrophic collision by a mere 75,000 miles — Associated Press Writer same beach. Police said Clarke was stran- less than a third of the distance to the moon. gled and raped. The miss was one of the nearest ever recorded for an object of that size, scientists NASSAU, Bahamas — A Bahamian In February 2000, a jury acquitted said Thursday. “It was a close shave,” said Brian Marsden of the Harvard- man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in McIntosh in Clarke’s death, despite what Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. prison for the slaying of vacationing prosecutors said was a videotaped confes- The asteroid would have caused “considerable loss of life” if it had struck Earth in American schoolteacher Lori Fogleman. sion and DNA evidence showing semen a populated area, said Grant Stokes, the principal investigator for the Lincoln Near Tennel McIntosh, who was convicted on her clothes that matched McIntosh. Earth Asteroid Research Project, whose New Mexico observatory spotted the object of manslaughter last week, hung his head McIntosh’s first trial in the Fogleman last week. after the judge read the sentence. killing ended in March 2001 with a hung The asteroid was not detected until three days after it sped past Earth on June 14. “What they made these decisions on, I jury. In the second trial, which began When such asteroids are detected, they are usually spotted far from Earth, when they think it is wrong. Because I didn’t do April 29, prosecutors were allowed to are approaching or on their way out. nothing. Because I wasn’t here,” the 22- present evidence in the Clarke case. Light in weight but with a diameter of between 50 and 120 yards, 2002 MN was year-old told the court moments earlier. Prosecutors showed a videotaped inter- big enough to have caused the kind of devastation wreaked in Siberia in 1908, when “All I can do is throw myself on the view with police in which McIntosh an asteroid that exploded above Tunguska flattened nearly 800 square miles of for- mercy of the court.” admitted to arguing with Fogleman after est. That asteroid’s air blast was believed to have done the damage, since no crater His lawyer said he would appeal. selling her a coconut. He said she drank was found. Fogleman, 32, from Richmond, Va., half the milk, then refused to pay for it. Such asteroids could theoretically hit Earth every million years, or at longer inter- disappeared in July 1998. Her decom- McIntosh, in the videotape, said he got vals. Asteroids the size of 2002 MN are estimated to hit the Earth every 100 to sev- posed body was found on a Paradise angry and hit Fogleman with a rock. eral hundred years, causing local damage but no disaster to civilization or the plan- Island beach that August. On the same The defense argued that police beat and et’s ecosystem. day, the body of a 24-year-old British coerced the statements from McIntosh. Santa Monica Daily Press ❑ Saturday, June 22, 2002 ❑ Page 13 COMICS

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Christian tenants accused of praying too loudly Born-again-Christian roommates Derrick Mitchell, 38, and Teresa Tafawa, 58, were served eviction notices in May by their landlord in Cornwall, Ontario, because of complaints that they pray loudly and often around the apartment complex. Mitchell says he can't help himself when he receives "visions," especially the holy alerts about local devil worship; he said he is moved to speak in a high, quivering voice that Tafawa calls "the ecstasies" and that the pair may pray and sing for several hours a day, even in the laundry room and the parking lot. Said Tafawa, "We try to walk with the Lord all day." Page 14 ❑ Saturday, June 22, 2002 ❑ Santa Monica Daily Press CLASSIFIEDS Rent it out. Classifieds for $1 per day. up to 15 words, 20 cents each additional word call 310-458-7737 and rent your apartment to local, tenants who actually READ

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Juror’s snoring leads to mistrial p.m. Friday. Everyone on the other side of the street is spirited festival. By The Associated Press to come over and say hello. “I think (current Mayor Michael Bloomberg) has a Then, on Saturday, everybody is to switch sides and different view of bare breasts than Mayor Giuliani,” KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A juror’s loud snores reverse roles. Kuby said. proved too much for a judge, who declared a mistrial in Ken Ewing, 83, said his neighbors usually just wave a first-degree murder case. when they see each other and go inside. They didn’t lose their marbles Wyandotte County District Judge John J. McNally “This isn’t what you’d consider the friendliest neigh- By The Associated Press questioned the female juror before dismissing her borhood in the world,” Ewing said. “And that’s OK. Wednesday, on the third day of the trial. Typically, the People are just busy with their lives.” WILDWOOD, N.J. — The marbles kingdom has a judge would have seated the alternate juror, but that Another resident, Margaret Real, found it odd that new king — and queen. juror was being used already. city officials would try to intervene. Jonathan Hulse, 14, of Washington County, Md., and With only 11 jurors left, the judge had no choice but “I think people should meet under more normal cir- Morgan Kellman, 13, of Middletown, Md., were to halt the trial. He rescheduled it for Aug. 19. cumstances,” she said. crowned Thursday after outlasting 57 other contestants “It was pitiful,” said Dorothy Holst, a jury member. in the 79th annual National Marbles Tournament. “I just feel so sorry for the family.” Mermaid sues over exposure arrest In doing so, each won a $2,000 college scholarship McNally questioned the dozing juror after he and By The Associated Press — and a permanent place in the Marbles Hall of Fame several others noticed that she slept continually, some- here. times emitting loud snorts, as witnesses testified. The NEW YORK — A woman who wore nothing but a Hulse defeated Christopher Miller, 13, of Pittsburgh, juror said she had a medical condition. thong and body paint at last year’s Mermaid Parade in 8-6 in the boys’ final and Kellman posted an 8-3 victo- Melvin Harris, 23, of Kansas City, Kan., is on trial Coney Island has sued the city, charging police wrong- ry over Carly Miller, 10, of Allegheny County, Pa., in for first-degree murder, theft and forgery in the Jan. 19 fully arrested her for exposing her chest. the girls’ final. slaying of Shane Knudtson, 27, of Independence, Mo. Amy Gunderson, a 30-year-old model, filed the law- The tournament, held on the beach in Wildwood suit on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court alleging since 1960, features children 10 to 14 years old who A neighborhood mixer police violated her First Amendment rights when they have conquered local competitions to win the right to By The Associated Press arrested her last June 29. play here. The 19-year-old parade, which will be held again this They play on 10-foot square concrete pads that have WORTHINGTON, Ohio — Officials in this Saturday, traditionally features floats with topless been permanently installed on the beach, as family Columbus suburb want neighbors to be more neighbor- women dressed as surf-tossed sea creatures. members and boardwalk passers-by look on. ly. But last year, police issued Gunderson a criminal The game is called “ringer,” in which a player takes So they declared Friday and Saturday nights “Hi summons for exposure, and other topless women quick- his shooter marble between the thumb and forefinger Neighbor” nights. ly covered up with seashells, beads and Band-Aids, said and flicks it across the ring at an object marble, hoping The City Community Relations Commission posted Gunderson’s lawyer, Ron Kuby. to knock it out of the ring. fliers urging residents to take part in the icebreaker this The charges against Gunderson were eventually dis- If the shooter marble stays in the ring, the player weekend. missed by a judge. shoots again. If not, it’s the other player’s turn. The first The rules are simple: Residents whose addresses are Kuby, a longtime judge at the parade, accused then- player to knock out seven of the 13 marbles in the rack odd numbers are to sit in their front yards from 6 to 7:30 Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of overreacting to the free- wins the game.

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