Metro Briefs

NO ARRESTS IN GIRL'S SHOOTING

Chicago Police detectives have strong leads but no arrests inThursday night's apparent drive-by shooting of an 11-year-old girl,who remained hospitalized Friday in serious but stable condition. Thegirl was not the intended target in the South Side shooting, saidpolice spokeswoman Monique Bond. Shots were fired about 8:15 p.m.from a passing car in the 11400 block of South Prairie, hitting thegirl in the abdomen. In the wake of the shooting, Ald. Anthony Beale(9th) called Friday for Police Supt. Phil Cline to step down,charging the department has been ineffective in stemming violence onthe South Side and particularly in his ward. However, Bond …

OBITUARIES: ADRIAN MARROQUIN, 1943-2003

Adrian Marroquin passed away on 30 September 2003 from complications of cancer after about a half-year of chemotherapy. Almost to the end, Adrian managed to come in daily to the Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL), where he had worked as a CIRA research scientist for 18 years.

Marroquin's work at FSL was concentrated in three main areas: 1) formulating and implementing numerical weather prediction (NWP) models, of one to three dimensions, both hydrostatic and nonhydrostatic; 2) developing and verifying diagnostic turbulence prediction algorithms, convection and radiation parameterizations, and boundary layer formulations for NWP models; and, 3) applying dynamical meteorology and …

Ancient Phoenician pottery found in Lebanon

Archaeologists say they have unearthed pottery up to 3,000 years old in southern Lebanon that ancient Phoenicians used to bury the remains of the dead after cremation.

Archaeologist Ali Badawi tells The Associated Press that a team of Lebanese and Spanish experts discovered more than 100 earthen jars at an excavation site in the southern port city of Tyre.

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`Gladiolas' humor wide awake // Play's poingnant scenes hit home

Amidst the Gladiolas Francine Defanie Mary Marro Sammy Lucchesse Daniel Ruben Bernard Gus Buktenica Connie Barbalottio Josette DiCarlo Maryanne Carolyn Kodes Phyllis Gilmary Doyle Rosa Patti Hannon Jenny Mary Potts A play by Vito A. Gentile Jr., directed by Joyce Fox. With sets byAnn Dillon and sound by Zachary Gass. Presented by Human MediumEnsemble at the New Lincoln Theater, 3443 N. Lincoln, 525-5104.Performances through Aug. 23. When a playbill gives as much credit to a casket as it does itsstars, you know you're in for a good time.

"Amidst the Gladiolas" is a good play on two levels. While itprojects genuine humor, the production also is poignant with …

LA Cardinal Apologizes to Plaintiffs

LOS ANGELES - Cardinal Roger Mahony, leader of the nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese, apologized Sunday to the hundreds of people who will get a share of a $660 million settlement over allegations of clergy sex abuse.

"There really is no way to go back and give them that innocence that was taken from them. The one thing I wish I could give the victims ... I cannot," he said.

"Once again, I apologize to anyone who has been offended, who has been abused. It should not have happened, and it will not happen again."

Mahony said that he has met in the past 14 months with dozens of people alleging clergy abuse and that those meetings helped him understand the …

Saudi women sue male guardians who stop marriage

CAIRO (AP) — Year after year, the 42-year-old Saudi surgeon remains single, against her will. Her father keeps turning down marriage proposals, and her hefty salary keeps going directly to his bank account.

The surgeon in the holy city of Medina knows her father, also her male guardian, is violating Islamic law by forcibly keeping her single, a practice known as "adhl." So she has sued him in court, with questionable success.

Adhl cases reflect the many challenges facing single women in Saudi Arabia. But what has changed is that more women are now coming forward with their cases to the media and the law. Dozens of women have challenged their guardians in court over adhl, and …

Lahontan Cutthroat Trout

Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi

Status	Threatened
Listed	Endangered: October 13, 1970
Reclassified	Threatened: July 16, 1975
Family	Salmonidae (Trout)
Description	Green to greenish blue with a bright red cutthroat mark.
Habitat	Cool, well-oxygenated water.
Food	Aquatic insects.
Reproduction	Spawns in April and May.