THE DAILY COLLEGIAN Record number of people riding Amtrak By Lemma Arnold ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRIER WASHINGTON, D.C. Amtrak regis tered the most successful summer in its 2,• year history, carrying more than 6.1 million riders from June through August. The railway reported yesterday that it broke a 21-year-old monthly record in August with 2,097,471 riders and set an all-time monthly mark in ticket revenue with $108.4 make. Those numbers followed a July in which Amtrak registered 10-year highs in riders and revenue With one month left in the fiscal year, Amtrak expects to break the all-time yearly record of 22.2 million passengers, set in 1990. olygamists pull hundreds of children from schoo By Reboot GNete ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER COLORADO CITY, Ariz. Hundreds of members of a polygamous Mormon splinter group have pulled their children out of the public schools along the Utah-Arizona state line preparing, perhaps, for the end of the world. Only about 350 students have enrolled in the four schools in the desert towns of Col orado City and }Male, Utah, compared with 1,400 last year. Dozens of teachers belonging to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have also quit. They acted at. the direction of Warren Jeffs, who speaks on behalf of his aged father, Rulon Jeffs, the church's prophet. In mid- July, Warren Jeffs ordered followers to take their children out of school and cut off contact with former church members. Netherlands' lawmakers approve gay marriage legislation Lawmakers thumped their desks in Under the bill, gay couples can convert approval when the vote passed 109-33 in the their current "registered same-sex partner lower house, and some of the scores of wit- ships" to full-fledged marriages, complete THE HAGUE, Netherlands The nesses in the packed public gallery applaud- with wider adoption rights and guidelines for Netherlands lawmakers yesterday gave ed and embraced. divorce. same-sex couples the right to marriage and The bill still needs approval by the upper However, they are barred from adopting all the trappings, including adoption and house, considered a formality, and is expect- children overseas because of potential con divorce approving legislation that gives ed to take effect next year. frontation with countries that don't allow gays rights beyond those offered in any other Opponents warned the legislation will iso- gays to many. country. late the Netherlands and said it threatens "We now have a choice," said Mark The new law will bring little change to the Dutch values. Wagenbuur who came to The Hague to wit daily lives of most gays in a country that has "We are going in the completely wrong ness the vote with his partner, Lei long been at the vanguard of gay rights. But direction," said lawmaker Kees van der Lennaerts, and two other gay friends. activists say it marks a bold step toward rec- Staaij of the Reformed Political Party. "We Wagenbuur, 34, and Lennaprts, 36, don't plan (gazing the equality of gay and heterosexu- are eadin, an age-old tradition anchored in any adoptions. al unions in the Netherlands. the Bible. " But the couple said they will formalize By Anthony Deubdt ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER "ETIPEMENT INSURANCE MOTU;-,L FUNDS TRUST SERVICES TUITION FINANCING It's a simple calculation: TIAA-CREF's low expenses mean more money working for you. The equation is easy. Lower expenses in managing a fund can equal better performance. Flow much? Just take a look at the chart. Then call us. 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Amtrak has consumed more than $22 bil lion in government subsidies since Congress formed it 1971 from a collection of failing pas senger railroads. It reports monthly revenues but not expenses. The railroad registered record revenue in fiscal year 1999. But it still lost $476 million. Even with record-breaking numbers, Amtrak will lose money again this year. their long-standing relationship with a for mal marriage. "Should I ask his father for his hand or should he ask mine?" Wagenbuur asked with a laugh. The law puts the Dutch at the forefront of the gay rights movement, a position held by Denmark since that country gave official sanction to gay marriages in 1989. Danish gay couples enjoy the same rights as heterosexuals except for the right to adopt children. In May 1999, they won the right to adopt their partner's children but adoption from outside the marriage remains forbidden. Sweden also allows gays to register as couples with most of the rights of marriage. 111 Ingersollfland September 13, 2000 Visit us on the web @www.irco.com WEDNESDAY, Sept 13, 2000 I Scientist's release prolonged Judge James Parker gave no reason for putting off Wen Ho Lee's hearing. By Indian! Beaks ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. The expect ed release of Wen Ho Lee was delayed Monday as prosecutors and Lee's defense team haggled over a plea deal that would release the jailed Los Alamos nuclear sci entist. U.S. District Judge James Parker gave no reason for putting off a scheduled court hearing until today. "I must regretfully say that we cannot proceed with the hearing this afternoon," the judge said. "There are some issues that may require some amendment to the plea agreement." Lee's daughter, Alberta, left the packed courtroom in tears and her mother, Sylvia, appeared dazed. Defense attorneys declined to comment on the delay. Justice Department officials in Wash ington, D.C. also refused to comment. Under the deal described Sunday by government sources, Lee was expected to drop allegations that he was targeted because he is Chinese, claims included in a lawsuit against the FBI and the U.S. Departments of Energy and Justice. His attorney in the case, Brian Sun, said Monday that the lawsuit is "still viable." According to the sources, Lee had agreed to plead guilty to only one of 59 counts accusing him of violating national security. His sentence was to be the nine months he has already served in solitary confine ment. In exchange for his freedom, Lee was expected to explain what he knows about seven computer tapes he was accused of downloading. Lee whose defense con tended he was targeted only because he is ethnic Chinese has insisted the tapes were destroyed at the lab. His willingness to explain in more detail what happened was described as the turning point in 2- month-old plea discussions. 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