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Page 5 Tuesday • April 15, 1997 >we Hall By JED V'x JZ2- r. s r »ctri'r see t SoMeo*4e eo^es. ^o u eeps By Michael V \ V' \ fwmcAti spdks ' N rrtUST T^UU/ Be &u£5T!0N£b 'TofvW/ Kl tFfAE^ Starts BfisraBALL^^S! ll ^..r.,?T.;; lk®(t(ch By Quatro p HELLO ANP WELCOME TO THE WONPERFUL. WO?LP OF INDULGENCE 1 LET ME 8£ THE FfRST TO APP TO YOUR WA1STUNE.,. TRUE TO FORM, HARY CHERRY WAS QUITE CORPIAL UP TO THE 6ITTER END. c HeKRY n I SSL. ■viss zvmi v Police discover source of prank call confession CHARLESTON (AP) — A cryp tic message left on an answering machine from a man who seemed to confess to murder was a prank call from California, po lice said Monday. The caller left a message at a home in Isle of Palms, an island near Charleston, on April 5 say- Tm not sure, but I might have killed her.” The 19-year-old man who ad mitted placing the call has made several prank calls to 800 num bers in the past, said Detective Jim ‘Fin not sure, but I | might have killed her.” Unidentified prank caller Bacca in Turlock, Calif., a town of 50,000 about two hours east of San Francisco. “He was just dialing 1-800 numbers and the individual he called had a 1-800 number, so it Was just by random chance,” Bacca said. He said the caller was sur prised when the number had an answering machine. Bacca said no charges have been fded against the caller, but the case has been turned over to prosecutors. Making an annoying telephone call is a misdemeanor in California. The person who got the mes sage turned the tape over to po lice, who traced the call to Cali fornia on Friday. Turlock police went to the house where the phone was list ed and discovered it was a portable phone that had been Used by a family friend. Bacca said the family and the caller co operated with police. Isle of Palms police released the tape to the media last week hoping die publicity would solve the case, e ven though they said there was a Possibility the call was a prank. Law agencies as far away as Rhode Island called asking about the voice. Coffee fights cancer ► The combination of chemicals in coffee forms antioxidants similar to those found in fruits and vegetables. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — What makes that morning whiff of cof fee so alluring? It could be your nose telling you, “Drink up, it’s good for you.” A University of California- Davis chemist found that the be guiling smell of freshly brewed coffee is caused in part by chem icals that form potent cancer fighting antioxidants. Individually, the chemicals are not potent. But when com bined, as in brewed coffee, the activity increases and is compa rable to antioxidants found in fruits and vegetables. Takayuki Shibamoto said his preliminary study shows that chemicals in fresh-brewed coffee might be equal to the amount found in three oranges. “That’s not a very scientific comparison, but it makes it easier to understand,” said Shibamoto, who presented his findings Mon day at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society. Shibamoto cautioned that the chemicals detectable in coffee’s aroma escape rapidly into the air. “You have to drink it in about 20 minutes after it is brewed,” he said. Shibamoto warned that the research is preliminary, restrict ed to test-tube analysis. If he gets funding, he hopes to take a look at how animals might be affected by coffee. Sara Risch, a Chicago-based consultant who has studied an tioxidants and holds a doctorate in food science, called Shibamoto’s work “an exciting start.” “It’s fascinating that he’s found a new category of com pounds that can serve as antiox idants,” she said. “If there’s a caution, it’s that this is a laboratory study. The next step is to find out if there is truly any biological activity — if you take it into an animal sys tem, do we still see the antioxi dant activity?” We've Moved Aggieland Awards & Discount Trophies are now under one roof @ 209 S. Main, Downtown Bryan Cast bronze A&M ring Crest® weight 20% off thru June 1, 1997 Makes the perfect graduation gift LAST KYLE TRIP (or Elephant Walk, 1997) Through these North Kyle Field portals pass a last Texas Aggie Senior Class. Only Seniors in the land who’ll experience finality what proud once began. 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