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Highway Patrol has busy week during fall harvest
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah Highway Patrol troopers had a busy week, confiscating hundreds of pounds of marijuana as drug traffickers try to move the illegal fall harvest across the country. During a three-day span last week, UHP officers arrested 19 people and confiscated more than $2 million in drugs in Summit County alone. “Thursday night, they had four stops within four hours,” Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Steve Winward said. Interstate highways are popular routes to ship drugs, which are often disguised or hidden in an effort to throw off police during traffic stops. UHP is trying to keep as little contraband as possible from making it through Utah along Interstate 80. Officers trained specifically to search for drugs pulled over hundreds of vehicles for traffic violations between Tuesday and Friday. Sixteen of the stops resulted in 213 pounds of confiscated marijuana, 55 pounds of cocaine and about $11,000 in cash. The drugs were found in garbage bags, hidden in spare tires and in not-quite secret compartments. “One tried to mask the smell of the marijuana by putting it in containers of grease,” Winward said. “Drug transporters are getting more and more savvy and are trying to conceal drugs in compartments.”
Utah liquor laws to face possible changes SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – State liquor regulators are scheduled to discuss possible changes to ease some of Utah’s alcohol laws and hear public comments about new labeling for flavored malt beverages. Commissioner Bobbie Coray said loosening the state law that limits what can be served over the bar at a restaurant is on the agenda for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission meeting Thursday, but will be postponed until commissioners can spend more time on it. “That should be something we discuss and do right,” Coray said. The so-called “Zion Curtain” law keeps servers from passing food and drinks to customers over the bar at restaurants licensed to serve liquor and wine. Customers who have ordered food can be served at their table. And bars are often lined with a clear, glass partition that does little to hide what is on the other side.
Broadway stage hands remained on strike for a second day, reaffirming their commitment Sunday to remain off the job until producers start acting “honorably” at the negotiating table. The workers are asking to get some respect when negotiating. AP photo
Broadway workers on strike over pay NEW YORK (AP) – It was a second day of dark Broadway theaters and disappointed audiences as striking stagehands reaffirmed their commitment Sunday to remain off the job until producers started acting “honorably” at the negotiating table. James J. Claffey Jr., president of Local One, said the League of American Theatres and Producers needs to make a “constructive” adjustment to its counter offers. “We want respect at the table,” he said at a somber news conference. “If there’s no respect, they will not see Local One at the table. The lack of respect is something we are not going to deal with.” Twenty-seven shows remained closed Sunday, the day after stagehands went on strike, shutting down such popular productions as “Wicked,” ‘’The Phantom of the Opera,” ‘’Hairspray,” ‘’Jersey Boys” and “Mamma Mia!” Among the shows canceled Sunday was a gala 10th-year anniversary performance of “The Lion King,” although a party celebrating the Disney musical’s decade-long run was still being held. Producers of “August: Osage County,” a play by Tracy Letts from Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company, said they may postpone its scheduled Nov. 20 opening. And the producers have offered to pay for the cast members’ return to Chicago during the work stoppage. Pickets again walked quietly in front of the struck theaters around Times Square, and few pedestrians were seen on normally crowded side streets in the area. Eight shows, which have separate
contracts with the union, remained open and did strong, often sold-out business on Saturday, a two-performance day. Among the attractions still running are “Young Frankenstein,” ‘’Mary Poppins,” ‘’Xanadu” and “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” as well as four shows “Pygmalion,” ‘’The Ritz,” ‘’Mauritius” and “Cymbeline” — playing at nonprofit theaters. The same-day discount tickets booths in Times Square and at the South Street Seaport remained open, serving the Broadway shows unaffected by the walkout as well as all offBroadway productions, which were up and running. On Sunday, there were lines at the Times Square location, but it was not as crowded as usual. A sign said there were no Broadway shows available and suggested off-Broadway options. Perry Welch, in town from Seattle, was in line hoping to get tickets to “The Fantasticks” or “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” “We had tickets for ‘Rent,’ (but) that’s not going to happen,” he said. No new negotiations have been scheduled between the union and the league, and resumption of talks appears uncertain. Mayor Michael Bloomberg again offered his assistance on Sunday, saying “the city will do everything it can to help (reach an agreement).” But both sides are standing firm, however. “We’re fighting for our lives,” Claffey said at the news conference. “We’re fighting for the people out there, the middle class. A middle-class job we’re trying to protect.” On Saturday, Charlotte St. Martin’s
the league’s executive director charged, “The union chose to strike without notifying us rather than to continue negotiations. But our members are united in their commitment to achieving a fair contract. Our goal is simple: To pay for workers we need and for
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“We want respect at the table. If there’s no respect, they will not see Local One at the table. The lack of respect is something we are not going to deal with.” –James J. Claffey Jr. President of Local One
Top 10 signs you’re obsessed with “Lost” 10–After each episode, you do an all-kitty reenactment in your basement
9–You refer to your in-laws as “The Others” 8– While visiting New York, you stood over every manhole and screamed, “Good God a secret hatch” 7– You’re halfway to your goal of licking every cast member
work that is actually performed.” The two sides have been involved in lengthy, tension-filled negotiations since last summer. Much of their disagreements involve work rules and staffing requirements, particularly rules governing the expensive process of loading in and setting up a show. The producers want more flexibility in hiring; the stagehands don’t want to give up what they say are hard-won benefits without something in return. Claffey has enlisted the support of other theatrical unions, including those representing musicians and actors.
6– Your friend phoned during “Lost.” Next day you beat him to death with a hot poker 5– You pitched NBC a show about 12 people stranded backstage at “Saturday Night Live” 4– Co-workers affectionately refer to you as “That loser who’s obsessed with ‘Lost’” 3– Renamed dental practice “Flost” 2– Your wife is getting sick of playing the bedroom game “Find the castaway” 1– You sat through all 10 of these lame
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BOSTON (AP) –The Roman Catholic priest accused of stalking talk show host Conan O’Brien was admitted to a hospital for evaluation Saturday after briefly going missing. The Rev. David Ajemian was reported missing by his father at about 3:15 p.m. after he had not been seen O’BRIEN for nearly three hours, police said in a statement. Police were told that Ajemian’s “mental health may be of concern.” He returned to his parents’ home in Boston at about 7 p.m. and voluntarily went to a hospital, police said. Ajemian, 46, was arrested in New York City while trying to enter a taping of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” despite being warned to stay away by NBC security personnel, prosecutors said Wednesday. He is charged with aggravated stalking and harassment. A judge Friday found him fit to stand trial despite a psychological condition. Ajemian, who allegedly began writing O’Brien in September 2006, has been placed on leave by the Boston Archdiocese. He was removed in June from his last posting at St. Patrick Parish in Stoneham after two years. Ajemian attended Harvard University at the same time as O’Brien, but it is unclear whether the two crossed paths there. NEW YORK (AP) – If it weren’t for her mother, Alicia Keys might have a radically different image. Keys, who has a new album titled “As I Am,” says that when she was trying to choose a professional name she went through a dictionary and stopped on the word “wild.” She tells Newsweek in the magazine’s Nov. 19 issue that she asked her mother how Alicia Wild sounded to her. “She said “It sounds like you’re a stripper,’” Keys said. After that, she decided to use Keys.
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