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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Secretary of State Colin Powell stepped up the Bush administration's attack on the Iranian government on Monday, saying that "hidebound clerics" had dragged Islam into "the political gutter." Powell, following up on President Bush's speech on democracy in the Middle East last Thursday, mixed criticism of Iran with encouragement for conservative Arab monarchies that cooperate with U.S. policy. "The Iranian people want their freedom back," he told an audience at his alma mater, City College of New York. "They do not want to banish Islam from their lives. Far from it. They want to be free...

LEGENDARY LAWMAN TO RETIRE AFTER 33 YEARS By: JACQUE HILBURN, Staff Writer May 07, 2002 CALLING IT A CAREER: Texas State Trooper Wayne Hellen retires after 33 years on the job. (Staff Photo By Herb Nygren Jr.) Heralded as a shoot-out legend among law enforcement, Tyler THP Cpl. Wayne Hellen, 58, is hanging up his hat after 33 years with the agency. (May 8, 2002) Troopers with the Texas Highway Patrol are saying goodbye to a man known for extremes.Heralded as a shoot-out legend among law enforcement, Tyler THP Cpl. Wayne Hellen, 58, is hanging up his hat after...