The Battalion EBRIEFING Friday • January 24,1* ► People in the News President hopeful of star’s apology NEW YORK (AP) — President Clinton is urging Dennis Rodman to just do it: Just say I was wrong. “I’m sure in his heart of hearts he regrets doing that, but I would hope that at some point in addition to pay ing this enor mous fine, and also trying to pay the gentle man he kicked ... that he’ll find a way to say, ‘I Rodman shouldn’t have done it and I re ally regret it,’ ’’ Clinton told New York’s WBIS-TV in an interview air ing Thursday. “I think it will only make him big ger, and it will make his fans think more of him. It will send a who- knows-what signal to some young person out there who, like Dennis Rodman, has enormous abilities and terrific imagination and a little bit different from the run-of-the-mill person and therefore really identi fies with Dennis Rodman." Rodman told ABC’s “PrimeTime Live” this week that his kick of a courtside cameraman during a game in Minnesota was only a “tap.” “I apologized,” said the Chicago Bulls forward, who has agreed to pay cameraman Eugene Amos $200,000. “But most people in the world would say, ‘He’s acting.’ ” The National Basketball Associ ation has fined Rodman $25,000 for the incident and suspended him for 11 games. The suspension, the second-longest in league history, will cost Rodman more than $1.1 million in lost pay. Cisneros to head Univision network DALLAS (AP) — Henry Cisneros is becoming president of the Span- ish-language television network Uni vision next month, which he thinks will allow him to continue to offer a public service. “It is the offering of information services and entertainment ser vices, news services, to a commu nity that needs them and hopefully that can use them in making its way into the mainstream of this coun try,” the former San Antonio mayor and Department of Housing and Ur ban Development secretary told The Associated Press. Univision reaches 92 percent of U.S. Hispanic households, with an 80 percent audience share of Span- ish-language viewership overall. Cisneros said he needed a job that paid more than his Cabinet post, with one daughter in college and another in law school. He con firmed that he will be making more with Univision than his $148,000 annual salary at HUD. Cisneros, 49, is the subject of an investigation into allegations he lied to the FBI during a background check about payments he made to a former mistress. He declined to answer questions about that. Sinatra’s art up for grabs at auction RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Frank Sinatra is drawing fans from all over the world for his art. A signed lith ograph of one of the crooner’s ab stract paintings is part of the ninth annual Frank Sinatra Celebrity Golf Tournament Silent Auction that begins Jan. 31. Other autographed celebrity items include a boxing glove from Sinatra ► This day in history Today is Friday, Jan. 24, the 24th day of 1997. There are 341 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1848, James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern California, a discov ery that led to the gold rush of 1849. In 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organized in England by Robert Baden-Powell. In 1922, Christian K. Nelson of Onawa, Iowa, patent ed the Eskimo Pie. In 1943, President Roosevelt and British Prime Min ister Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco. In 1965, Winston Churchill died in London at age 90. In 1972, the Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year. In 1978, a nuclear-powered Soviet satellite plunged through Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated, scatter ing radioactive debris over parts of northern Canada. In 1986, the Voyager 2 space probe swept past Uranus, coming within 50,679 miles of the seventh planet of the solar system. In 1993, retired Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall died in Bethesda, Md., at age 84. ► Today's birthdays Today’s Birthdays: Actor Ernest Borgnine is 80. Ca jun musician Doug Kershaw is 61. Singer-songwriter Neil Diamond is 56. Singer Aaron Neville is 56. Singer Warren Zevon is 50. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 46. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 37. Country musician Keech Rainwater (Lonestar) is 34. Olympic gold-medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton is 29. Oscar De La Hoya, a moon-landing photo of Buzz Aldrin, a blue se- quined jacket worn by Wayne New ton and a Sharon Stone-signed script from the movie “Casino.” The tournament and auction ben efit the Barbra Sinatra Children’s Center for abused youngsters in Palm Springs. Mrs. Sinatra said Tuesday night that her 81-year-pld husband “is do ing great” since his return home af ter hospitalization. Bullock’s career full speed ahead NEW YORK (AP) — Sandra Bullock is feeling the need for speed again. After starring in “A Time To Kill” last summer and “In Love And War” which opens Friday, she’s working on the sequel to “Speed,” the hit movie she made with Keanu Reeves. “The last two films were very heady and internal and I wanted to do something that was fun and physical to balance things out,” she says in the February issue of US magazine. The 32-year-old actress says, “this is the last time I’ll do some thing like this.” Ever? “Ever,” she replies. “Probably.” Weather Today Surprise witness' testimor will point to staged crime KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — The prosecution in Darlie Routier’s cap ital murder trial introduced this morning an FBI agent who said he would testify that the crime scene was staged and her two sons were killed by someone they knew. Prosecutors presented the sur prise witness outside the presence of the jury. Defense attorneys ob jected strenuously, but state District Judge MarkTolle called a morning recess to consider the testimony. Agent Alan Brantley said he had affidavits, newspaper articles and 975 crime scene photographs to support his testimony. Assistant District Attorney Greg Davis on Wednesday demonstrated in front of the jury box how he con tends Mrs. Routier killed her sleep ing sons: by holding a knife over his right shoulder and flailing away. Later, an expert on bloodstains testified that the prosecutor’s move ments corroborate how both boys’ blood could have gotten on the back of Mrs. Routier’s nightshirt. Mrs. Routier, 27, is charged with two counts of capital murder in the June 6 deaths of her sons Damon, 5, and Devon, 6. She could face the death penalty if convicted. Mrs. Routier says she was at tacked after her sons were stabbed by an unknown assailant whcl carded her kitchen knife iift laundry room before fleein'® Rowlett home. Jurors stood and leanedo\t:« railing to get a better view ofD:« demonstration, which canieai® prosecution began wrappingt:! capital murder case after 13a. per week