A U.S. pilot and four South Koreans sustained injuries Sunday after the pilot's reconnaissance plane crashed 30 miles south of Seoul in the town of Hwasung, according to a New York Times report.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
The pilot, who was the only person on board the aircraft and was ejected before the crash, which exploded into a house and a motor vehicle repair center.
A United States Seventh Air Force spokeswoman said the pilot was treated for minor injuries and released from an American military hospital. The four injured South Koreans were treated for minor injuries at a different hospital, according to a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman.
The U.S. military quickly said it regretted the incident. Brig. Gen. Mark G. Beesley, vice commander of the Seventh Air Force, said claims for personal injuries and property damage would be processed \quickly and effectively.""
Madison Gas and Electric will have to tweak the design of a proposed 150-megawatt power plant on the UW-Madison campus to bring the plant into compliance with federal Clean Air Act standards, The Capital Times reported Friday.
State Department of Natural Resources officials said Thursday the plant would produce more emissions than the standards would allow, but MGE project manager Don Peterson said the problem could be solved by raising the exhaust stacks 10 to 25 feet.
Students in residence halls experienced difficulty this weekend with ResNet, the dorm Internet service. A computer worm, which has been affecting computer networks nationwide, has affected a database used with administrative software.
The worm has been infiltrating business and government around the country since Saturday. Experts are calling it the most damaging attack on the Internet in the past 18 months. While most worms circulate via e-mail, this one has infiltrated the server network.
Division of Information Technology support specialist and UW-Madison junior Brian Golembiewski said technicians had to shut down ResNet after experience problems Friday night. He said he was not sure when the system would be working again, but expected it would soon.
Two provisions tied to the U.S. Senate's budget bill for the 2003 fiscal year will impact Wisconsin.
The first measure requires the Secretary of Interior to release a plan within 90 days for assisting states, tribes and federal agencies to combat chronic wasting disease. Currently the Departments of Interior and Agriculture have not released a plan to manage the disease, which has been found in two additional states, Illinois and Minnesota.
The second measure granted $5.92 million of funding for Madison-area projects, including economic development, crime prevention, public health research and conservation projects. The bill will now move on to a House-Senate conference committee.
