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Monday, April 07, 2003 During their tour at Fort Bliss, a sprawling military base on the western tip of Texas, Jessica Lynch and Lori Ann Piestewa had little choice but to spend time together. As logistics and supply specialists, their military duties constantly intertwined. When Private First Class Lynch needed to stock up on toilet paper or shaving kits for deploying troops, she ordered the gear from Private First Class Piestewa, stationed in a nearby warehouse. When they were not at work -- a rarity in the weeks leading up to the Iraqi war -- the pair shared a tiny...

  Nebraska Highway Patrol trooper kills himself day after deadly heist         MADISON, Neb. (AP) -- A state trooper committed suicide Friday, apparently upset because he botched a background check involving a man who one week later allegedly killed five people in a bank robbery, authorities said. Mark Zach, 35, shot himself with his service revolver just outside Norfolk, the site of Thursday's deadly heist.  

        Deputy Shoots, Kills Defendant In Milwaukee Courtroom Posted: 11:51 a.m. CDT May 29, 2002 Updated: 12:05 p.m. CDT May 29, 2002 MILWAUKEE -- There has been a shooting on the third floor of the Milwaukee Public Safety building in downtown Milwaukee. WISN 12 News was told that a defendant pulled a gun and shot a sheriff's deputy in the abdomen/groin area. A bailiff in the courtoom shot and killed the defendant. The defendant, a 20-year-old male, was on trial for felony murder and armed robbery.        

PA Security Chief Jibril Rajoub: Israel has no diplomatic vision; the occupation is the basis of terror (Channel 2)

        Authorities: Anthrax Test Negative Authorities Investigate Second Package Brent Suyama, Staff Writer Posted: 12:30 p.m. HST October 23, 2001 Updated: 2:29 p.m. HST October 23, 2001 HONOLULU -- Tests done by Navy teams showed that a package delivered to a Honolulu office did not have anthrax as first determined by field tests. Teams responded to the fifth-floor offices of Group 70 International at 925 Bethel St. at about 10:15 a.m. The package in question was postmarked from Saudi Arabia, according to sources. An initial field test done by city hazardous materials teams registered a positive ...

        Anthrax Detected In Honolulu Office Authorities Investigate Second Package Brent Suyama, Staff Writer Posted: 12:30 p.m. HST October 23, 2001 Updated: 1:35 p.m. HST October 23, 2001 HONOLULU -- Response teams detected anthrax in a package delivered to a Honolulu architectual firm Tuesday morning. Teams responded to the fifth-floor offices of Group 70 International at 925 Bethel St. at about 10:15 a.m. The package in question was postmarked from Saudi Arabia, according to sources. An initial field test done by city hazardous materials teams registered a positive reading onsite. A second test also gave a ...

        Anthrax Detected In Honolulu Office Authorities Investigate Second Package Brent Suyama, Staff Writer Posted: 12:30 p.m. HST October 23, 2001 Updated: 1:35 p.m. HST October 23, 2001 HONOLULU -- Response teams detected anthrax in a package delivered to a Honolulu architectual firm Tuesday morning. Teams responded to the fifth-floor offices of Group 70 International at 925 Bethel St. at about 10:15 a.m. The package in question was postmarked from Saudi Arabia, according to sources. An initial field test done by city hazardous materials teams registered a positive reading onsite. A second test also gave a ...

The Taleban security chief said in an interview with the Iranian newspaper Entechab that Al-Qaida had decided to "renounce terror attacks and to fight militarily against the US." This had been decided by Osama Bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. If there is any part of truth in the statement, it could only mean a shift to a propaganda campaign, portraying Afghans and Muslims as "victims" of the US attacks. Besides, another Taliban leader said that there were "confidential assurances" by some allied states to support Afghanistan's regime, that had interest in keeping the US embroiled in the ...

U.S. national anthem sparks angry reaction at Brazil rock show RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Oct. 5 Kyodo - A crowd of Brazilian rock fans reacted angrily and booed Swiss guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and his band off the stage Tuesday when they started playing the U.S. national anthem at their opening show in the country, a local daily reported Friday. (11 :24)

  Inside Politics Robert Stacy McCain June 5, 2000   'The judgment of God'           President Clinton's proclamation of June as "Gay and Lesbian Pride Month" has not met with universal acclaim. The proclamation "shames our nation," the Rev. Donald Spitz, director of Pro-Life Virginia declared in a news release yesterday, accusing the president of "promoting . . . perverted sodomy as being normal when God proclaims sodomites are reprobate sinners who deserve to be punished." Citing Bible verses from Leviticus and Romans as authority, Mr. Spitz added, Mr. Clinton "in his misguided pandering to ...