Posted on 09/16/2003 9:23:57 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speaks in the East Garden of the White House, September 16, 2003. Bush pitched his 'Clear Skies' pollution control initiative as good for the economy, but ran into Democratic criticism that the plan served 'corporate polluters.' Photo by William Philpott/Reuters
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) walks along the South Lawn of the White House on his way to the East Garden event, September 16, 2003. The U.S. Senate defied a second White House veto threat in as many weeks as Republicans displayed a willingness to break ranks with an embattled Bush on selected fronts. The Senate repealed new FCC (news - web sites) regulations on media ownership, while last week the chamber voted against new rules that foes say would deny overtime pay to millions of Americans. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
First lady Laura Bush waves to members of the crowd at St. Lukes Hospital while standing next to Dr. Tracy Stevens, left, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003, in Kansas City, Mo. The first lady spoke about the issue of heart disease in women. The new symbol for women and heart disease awareness is a red dress. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
First lady Laura Bush listens to reporters questions during a news conference following her speech at St. Lukes Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. The first lady spoke about womens heart disease awareness. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
President Bush (news - web sites) speaks in the East Garden of the White House Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 in Washington. President Bush called on Congress to pass his 'Clear Skies' legislation to cut air pollution. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speaks in the East Garden of the White House, September 16, 2003. Bush called on the U.S. Congress to pass the 'Clear Skies' legislation. The Bush administration contends its proposal would cut power plant emissions of the three worst pollutants -- nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and mercury -- by 70 percent. REUTERS/William Philpott
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) speaks in the East Garden of the White House, September 16, 2003. Bush called on the U.S. Congress to pass the Clear Skies legislation. The Bush administration contends its proposal would cut power plant emissions of the three worst pollutants -- nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and mercury -- by 70 percent. REUTERS/William Philpott
President Bush (news - web sites) walks towards the East Garden of the White House to make a speech Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 in Washington. Bush called on Congress to pass 'Clear Skies' legislation to cut air pollution. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Bush (news - web sites) speaks in the East Garden of the White House Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 in Washington. President Bush called on Congress to pass 'Clear Skies' legislation to cut air pollution. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
The Republican-led U.S. Senate on September 16, 2003 defied Bush administration opposition and voted to rescind new regulations allowing large media companies to grow even bigger. The Senate approved, 55-40, a resolution that would roll back the Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites) rules allowing television networks to own more local stations and permitting conglomerates to own a newspaper, television stations and radio outlets in a single market. FCC (news - web sites) Chairman Michael Powell (R) and FTC Chairman Timothy Muris join President Bush (news - web sites) at a June 27 White House news conference. Photo by Larry Downing/Reuters
President Bush (news - web sites) speaks at a fund-raiser for his re-election campaign in the Philadelphia suburb of Drexel Hill, Pa., Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Bush (news - web sites) waves before getting into the presidential motorcade after exiting Air Force One at Philadelphia Interrnational Airport Monday, Sept. 15, 2003, in Philadelphia. Bush visited Pennsylvania to attend a fund-raiser in the Philadelphia suburb of Drexel Hill. (AP Photo/Douglas M. Bovitt)
President Bush (news - web sites)'s speaks to workers at the Detroit Edison Monroe Power Plant in Monroe, Mich., on his energy agenda, Monday, Sept. 15, 2003. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The Bush administration signaled its intent on September 16, 2003 to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites) a ruling requiring Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites) to divulge information about his energy task force. In papers filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia, Cheney's Justice Department (news - web sites) lawyers said they intend to file a petition with the Supreme Court no later than Sept. 30. Cheney speaks on NBC's 'Meet the Press' Sept. 14during a taping at the NBC studios in Washington. (Alex Wong/Meet The Press/Reuters)
Former NATO (news - web sites) commander, retired General Wesley Clark, has decided to join the 2004 White House race, sources close to Clark said. Clark, shown at a June 16 address, would become the 10th candidate in the Democratic field. (Evan Vucci/Reuters)
Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD), meets with reporters inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 16, 2003. Daschle said that the Bush administration needs to address many questions on Iraq (news - web sites) and said those responsible for failures in developing the policy ought to be held accountable. (Mannie Garcia/Reuters)
U.S. Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) greets supporters as he arrives at the old Milliken Mill in Robbins, North Carolina, September 16, 2003. Edwards officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. (Ellen Ozier/Reuters)
U.S. Sen. John Edwards(D-NC) talks to the crowd gathered at the old Milliken Mill in Robbins, North Carolina, where he officially announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president, September 16, 2003. (Ellen Ozier/Reuters)
Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) (L) greets California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) at opening ceremonies for William Jefferson Clinton Elementary School in Compton, California, September 15, 2003. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an preliminary injunction September 15, postponing California's October 7 gubernatorial recall election, citing that it is unacceptable that six counties would be using outdated punch-card ballots, the type that sparked the 'hanging chads' litigation in Florida during the 2000 presidential election. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
Democrat John Edwards headed home to formally launch his presidential campaign on September 16, 2003, promising to be a 'champion for regular people' and break down barriers to opportunity for all Americans. At a rally in the shadow of the textile mill where his father worked for decades, Edwards plans to paint President George W. Bush (news - web sites) as a pawn for special interests and the rich. Edwards, trying to breathe life into a campaign that has struggled to make headway in the crowded race for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, will echo many of the populist themes he has sounded while campaigning for the last nine months. Edwards is seen at a town hall meeting in Merrimack, New Hampshire September 8. (Brian Snyder/Reuters)
Republican gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger addresses the crowd during his appearance at the California Firefighters' Association Convention, in Costa Mesa, September 14, 2003. Schwarzenegger discussed comments he made about sex years ago, prompting wife, Maria Shriver, to put her hand across his mouth to stop him. 'My mother is watching the show. My mother is watching the show. My God,' she said, laughing but appearing a bit flustered by the body builder actor-turned-politician's remarks during an appearance by the two on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show (news - Y! TV).' (Jim Ruymen/Reuters)
U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) shakes hands with leading Cuban dissident Osvaldo Paya (L) at his home in Havana, September 14 2003. Baucus, the highest-ranking U.S. politician to visit Cuba since a crackdown on dissent in April, also signed a trade agreement between his state and the Havana government. (Rafael Perez/Reuters)
Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) speaks against the California recall and in support of California Governor Gray Davis (R) at a service at the First AME Church in Los Angeles, September 14, 2003. Clinton urged voters to forgive the mistakes Davis may have made in handling California's economy and the 2000 energy crisis, and to vote against the Oct. 7 recall election. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
U.S. trade representative Robert Zoellick speaks after the collapse of World Trade Organization (news - web sites) ministerial talks in Cancun September 14, 2003. The talks collapsed because many poor countries had unrealistic ideas about how much they could extract from rich countries without making concessions of their own, Zoellick said. (Eliana Aponte/Reuters)
Former President Bill Clinton (news - web sites) (L) shakes hands with Democratic California Governor Gray Davis after speaking against the California recall election and in support of Davis during a service at the First AME Church in Los Angeles, September 14, 2003. Davis faces a recall election October 7. (Pool via Reuters)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) attends a meeting with Israeli police chiefs in Jerusalem. Israel dismissed as a deceptive "honeytrap" a proposal made by a top aide to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) for an indefinite ceasefire.(AFP/Menahem Kahana)
The Palestinian flag flutters as a bearded woman shouts her support of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) in the grounds of the partially destroyed Muqataa compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah.(AFP/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)
An armed Palestinian youth holds up a portrait of Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) during a demonstration in support of the Palestinian leader, organized by the committee of national and Islamic forces in Gaza City.(AFP/Mohammed Abed)
Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian U.N. observer, right, refuses an offer by Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Dan Gillerman to speak first to the media outside the Security Council Chamber after the United States vetoed an Arab-backed resolution on the Middle East crisis at the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. The United States vetoed a resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda)
In this photo made available from the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites), Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), bottom, talks to hundreds of Palestinians gathered to support him outside his battered compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, late Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. the United States vetoed an Arab-backed resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Yasser Arafat from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas. (AP Photo/Palestinian Authority, Hussein Hussein, HO)
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) attends a meeting with an Italian delegation at his headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, September 15, 2003. The United States on Sept. 16 vetoed a U.N. resolution demanding that Israel not harm or deport Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, saying the text failed to name Palestinian groups blamed for suicide bombings. Photo by Goran Tomasevic/Reuters
Palestinian U.N. observer, Nasser al-Kidwa, bottom left, Israeli ambassador to the U.N. Dan Gillerman, second row from top right, deputy ambassador Arye Mekel, top row left, and counsellor David Govrin, top row right, prepare to leave the security council meeting after speaking about the failed resolution demanding that Israel halt its threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters in New York. The United States vetoed an Arab-backed resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Yasser Arafat from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) delivers his speech during a ceremony to mark the 50 years of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem late Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas. (AP Photo/Zoom 77/Nili Bassan)
The United States ambassador to the United Nations (news - web sites) John Negroponte, far right, raises his hand to vote against a resolution on the Middle East at the Security Council Chamber at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas. (AP Photo/Osamu Honda)
Palestinian ambassador to the U.N. Nasser Al-Kidwa speaks to the Security Council about the failed U.N. resolution demanding that Israel halt its threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Dan Gillerman Israeli ambassador to the U.N. responds to the failed U.N. resolution demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) during a security council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters. The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
United States ambassador to the U.N., John Negroponte casts his vote against a Middle East resolution during a security council meeting Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters in New York. The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
United States ambassador to the U.N. John D. Negroponte, far left, looks around the security council table as Angolan ambassador to the U.N. Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins, far right, votes in favor of a Middle East resolution, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003 at the United Nations (news - web sites) headquarters in New York. The United States vetoed an Arab-backed U.N. resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel halt threats to expel Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) from the West Bank, because it did not contain a condemnation of terrorist groups such as Hamas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
A general view of the security wall in the southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites) refugee camp of Rafah(AFP/File/Mahmoud Hams)
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites), right, shakes hands with ultra-Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, left, after their meeting at Arafat's office in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Hirsch, who was born in New York City, belongs to a branch of ultra-Orthodox Judaism called Neturei Karta which advocates Palestinian statehood. Hirsch also serves in Arafat's cabinet as Minister for Jewish Affairs. (AP Photo/Muhammed Nasser)
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s guard escort ultra-Orthodox Jewish Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, center, before a meeting with Arafat in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Hirsch, who was born in New York City, belongs to a branch of ultra-Orthodox Judaism called Neturei Karta which advocates Palestinian statehood. Hirsch also serves in Arafat's cabinet as Minister for Jewish Affairs. (AP Photo/Muhammed Nasser)
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) kisses a child wearing a Kefiyeh bandana on the cheek, as hundreds of people gather at his partially destroyed Muqataa compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah in a show of support.(AFP/Jamal Aruri)
A Jewish settler carries her child past an Israel flag at the West Bank settlement of Eli, September 16, 2003. The Bush administration said it would withhold some funds from Israel because of its settlement activities in Palestinian areas, but they have yet to decide whether to penalize Israel over the construction of a security fence, which President George W. Bush (news - web sites) called 'a problem' for U.S. efforts to build trust between Israelis and Palestinians. REUTERS/Nir Elias
The Eli Jewish settlement is seen in front of a Palestinian village (rear) in the West Bank, September 16, 2003. The Bush administration said it would withhold some funds from Israel because of its settlement activities in Palestinian areas, but they have yet to decide whether to penalize Israel over the construction of a security fence, which President George W. Bush (news - web sites) called 'a problem' for U.S. efforts to build trust between Israelis and Palestinians. REUTERS/Nir Elias
Palestinian men carry the body of Majed Abu Dosh, a senior Islamic Jihad group fugitive, shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid at a house, in the southern West Bank town of Dura, near Hebron Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. Israeli troops surrounded the building, believed to be a hideout for Palestinian militants, early Tuesday and called residents to come out. Among those emerging was Abu Dosh, who was armed, according to military officials. He began to flee, so soldiers called on him to stop and then shot and killed him. (AP Photo/Saed Shiyoukhi)
Israeli soldiers take cover behind a military vehicle as they detonate explosives at a house in the southern West Bank town of Dura, near Hebron, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Israeli troops surrounded the building, believed to be a hideout for Palestinian militants, early Tuesday and called residents to come out. Among those emerging was an armed Palestinian man, military officials said, that began to flee, so soldiers called on him to stop and then shot and killed him. The man was identified as Majed Abu Dosh, a senior Islamic Jihad group fugitive, according to military officials. (AP Photo/Saed Shiyoukhi)
Israeli Prime MInister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), left, shakes hands with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, right, in Sharon's office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Snow is on an official visit in the region. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites), pauses during a meeting with visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow, unseen, in Sharon's office in Jerusalem, Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Palestinian President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) attends a meeting in his office in the West Bank town of Ramallah September 16, 2003. Despite a U.S. veto threat, the U.N. Security Council was poised to vote on a resolution put forward by Arab nations demanding that Israel not harm or deport Arafat. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A Palestinian woman waves a handgun as she shouts during a pro-Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) rally at Gaza International Airport near Rafah in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. Workers rallied in support of the Palestinian leader. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Palestinian boys search through the rubble of a house that was demolished by the Israeli Army during a nighttime operation in the Rafah Refugee Camp near the border with Egypt in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. Palestinian homes located on the border are often demolished by the army, who defends the practice as necessary to maintain security. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
Angry Muslim Airport workers chant during a pro-Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) rally at Gaza International Airport near Rafah in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. Workers rallied in support of the Palestinian leader at the facilty which was closed by the Israeli Army. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
A Palestinian woman holds a picture of Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) during a rally at Gaza International Airport near Rafah in southern Gaza Strip (news - web sites), Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003. Workers rallied in support of the Palestinian leader at the facility which was closed by the Israeli Army. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, also known as Abu Ala, arrives during a pro-Arafat rally at Palestinians leader Yasser Arafat (news - web sites)'s compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Arafat wants to reach a truce with Israel but Israeli officials brushed aside the offer, demanding instead that the Palestinian Authority (news - web sites) crack down on militant groups. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
An Israeli border police officer, right, guards Palestinian workers that were detained trying to cross into Jerusalem, waiting to have their identification documents checked by the police between east Jerusalem and the West Bank village of Abu Dis, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Israeli authorities are currently building a barrier, that drew U.S. opposition, and Israel says is necessary to keep suicide bombers from crossing over, having already completed about 150 kilometers (90 miles) of fences, trenches, razor wire and concrete walls; it could eventually run more than 600 kilometers (375 miles), depending on the final route. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Aaron Michael Hammer, 24, who is being held without bail in connection with the killing of Yetunde Price, the oldest sister of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams (news - web sites), listens to his court appointed attorney Excel Sharrieff (R) as he appears in a Compton, California courtroom, September 16, 2003. (Pool/Reuters)
Former National Hockey League and U.S. Olympic coach Herb Brooks' death in a car accident last month was caused by his falling asleep at the wheel while not wearing a seat belt, Minnesota police said September 16, 2003. Brooks is shown during a press conference in St. Paul, Minnesota, in this November 1, 2000 file photo. (Eric Miller/Reuters)
ABC Television said September 16, 2003 it was going ahead with its comedy '8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter' despite the sudden death last week of its star, actor John Ritter (news). This undated file photo shows Ritter with the cast of the show (L-R) Martin Spanjers, Kaley Cuoco (news), Ritter, Katey Sagal (news) and Amy Davidson (news). (Robert Trachtenberg/ABC via Reuters)
A model wears a white and silver pin stripe embroidered skirt and a lavender satin top at the presentation of the Badgley Mischka Spring 2004 Collection in New York, September 16, 2003. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
A model wears a black beaded tulle strapless dress with ruffle hem at the presentation of the Bill Blass collection by Michael Vollbracht in New York on September 16, 2003. (Peter Morgan/Reuters)
Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, speaks at a news conference in Washington, September 16, 2003. Bono joined representatives from several U.S. religious groups to urge President Bush (news - web sites) and Congress to keep America's promise to Africa by fully funding AIDS (news - web sites) and anti-poverty initiatives in the Foreign Operations Appropriations bill. (Hyungwon Kang/Reuters)
U.S. illusionist David Blaine looks out from his box suspended from a crane near Tower Bridge in central London September 16, 2003. Blaine faced the severest attempt yet to derail his planned 44 days' fast in a glass box, when a man climbed nearby scaffolding and tried to cut through water pipes and power cables attached to the box, police said. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)
A pair of new songs, including a cover of Cat Stevens (news)' 'The First Cut Is the Deepest,' will bolster the track list of 'The Very Best of Sheryl Crow (news),' which goes on sale in the United States November 4, 2003. 'First Cut' will be released as a radio single around the time of the album's U.S. release, according to Crow's official Web site. Previously, a cover of the song by Keith Hampshire reached No. 70 on Billboard's Hot 100 in 1973, while Rod Stewart (news)'s version made it to No. 21 in 1977. Crow is seen performing at the Grammy Awards in New York February 23. (Gary Hershorn/Reuters)
Showing the stamina of a group half their age, the Rolling Stones hit the home straight on September 15, 2003 on a world tour that has attracted almost 1.5 million fans. Critics may mock the 'Strolling Bones' of these wrinkly rockers who boast a combined age of 237 years. Jagger (C) jumps across the stage in front of Ron Wood (L) and Keith Richards (news) while performing an outdoor concert dubbed 'SARS (news - web sites)-stock' at Downsview Park in Toronto, July 30, 2003. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)
Avant-garde artist Yoko Ono (news), widow of John Lennon (news), watches as son Sean Lennon (news) cuts a piece of her dress at a Paris theatre, September 15, 2003. Ono watched on as dozens of strangers cut her clothes off piece by piece in a Paris theater, leaving the artist on stage wearing nothing but her underwear. (John Schults/Reuters)
Hollywood celebrity couple Jennifer Lopez (news) and Ben Affleck (news) have split, at least temporarily, sources close to Affleck told Reuters on September 15, 2003. The couple is shown at a 'Gigli' premiere July 27. (Fred Prouser/Reuters)
Pop star Madonna (news - web sites) laughs as she is met by a young fan at her French publisher's house in Paris, September 15, 2003. Madonna is here to promote her children's book 'The English Roses' which is published simultaneously in 100 countries and 30 languages in an unprecedented publishing blitz. (Jack Dabaghian/Reuters)
With a little nudge from his wife, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (news), and an itch to get onstage, John Stamos (news) is going back to Broadway. On Oct. 7, 2003 Stamos takes over top billing from Antonio Banderas (news) as Guido Contini in the hit David Leveaux-directed musical 'Nine.' The Stamoses are shown at the Toronto Film Festival Sept. 14, 2002. (Mike Cassese/Reuters)
Hurricane Isabel pictured from a plane operated by the Hurricane Hunters, September 15, 2003. Hurricane Isabel weakened on September 16 but thousands of people on the North Carolina coast were urged to evacuate their homes as the storm threatened a large swath of the heavily populated U.S. eastern seaboard. REUTERS/Soren Larson
Patrick Higgins covers a window with plywood on a friends house in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Local residents boarded up windows as they prepared for the arrival of Hurricane Isabel, which is forecast to impact the area Thursday. (AP Photo/Alan Marler)
Hurricane Isabel is shown off the east coast of the U.S. in this satellite image taken Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Isabel's winds weakened Tuesday to around 105 mph from a peak of 160 mph over the weekend. But forecasters said the hurricane could strengthen when it crosses the warm waters of the Gulf Stream on a projected course that could take it straight into North Carolina's Outer Banks early Thursday. (AP Photo/ORBIMAGE)
This NASA (news - web sites) image shows a view of Hurricane Isabel taken by one of the Expedition 7 crewmembers onboard the International Space Station (news - web sites) (ISS).(AFP/NASA-HO)
This graphic released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows the predicted path of Hurricane Isabel for the next several days.(AFP/NOAA)
John Simpson, Manager at Great Atlantic Pool & Spa, fastens the last sheet of protective plywood over the large windows of his store in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.(AFP/Paul J. Richards)
US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld briefs reporters at the Pentagon (news - web sites) in Washington, DC.(AFP/File/Luke Frazza)
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gestures during a Pentagon (news - web sites) news conference Tuesday, Spet. 16, 2003 where he discussed the situation in Iraq (news - web sites). Six people claiming to be Americans and two who say they are British are in U.S. custody on suspicion of involvement in attacks on coalition forces. They would be the first Westerners reported held in the insurrection against the U.S.-led occupation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld gestures during a Pentagon (news - web sites) news conference Tuesday, Spet. 16, 2003 where he discussed the situation in Iraq (news - web sites). Six people claiming to be Americans and two who say they are British are in U.S. custody on suspicion of involvement in attacks on coalition forces. They would be the first Westerners reported held in the insurrection against the U.S.-led occupation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question during a press briefing, September 16, 2003 at the Pentagon (news - web sites). Rumsfeld, answering criticism that the reconstruction of Iraq (news - web sites) is marked by chaos and progressing too slowly, noted that post-war Germany took many years to establish a national government, police force and issue currency. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld answers a reporter's question during a press briefing, September 16, 2003 at the Pentagon (news - web sites). Rumsfeld, answering criticism that the reconstruction of Iraq (news - web sites) is marked by chaos and progressing too slowly, noted that post-war Germany took many years to establish a national government, police force and issue currency. REUTERS/Mike Theiler
The new Iraqi soldiers answer some questions during a course to qualify them for the new duties in an Iraqi military camp in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Cpt Nathan Self, right, and Lt Matthew Pezzullo, center, of U.S. 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division give salary to Samir Zia a new Iraqi soldiers in an Iraqi military camp in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq , Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
An Iraqi policeman stands guard while the new Iraqi officers and soldiers stand in line up to get their monthly salary in an Iraqi military camp in Mosul, 400 kms (250 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
US soldier Capt. Warren Ferdinandsen from Ft. Totten, New York walk through the empty prison cells used as torture chambers, Tuesday, Sept 16, 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison just outside Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). The United States is holding in Iraq six prisoners who claim to be Americans and two who say they are Britons, the general in charge of detention centers said Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, commander of the 800th Military Police Brigade, said the eight were considered security detainees _ those whoattacked or helped carry out attacks against coalition troops _ and were being interrogated by military intelligence. Karpinski said they are being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, 12 miles west of Baghdad, one of the most potent symbols of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime. It was the first time the U.S. military has acknowledged the detention of Westerners in connection with attacks on American troops in Iraq. (AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
American soldiers walk past prison cells refurnished by coalition forces,Tuesday, Sept 16, 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison just outside Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). The United States is holding in Iraq six prisoners who claim to be Americans and two who say they are Britons, the general in charge of detention centers said Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, commander of the 800th Military Police Brigade, said the eight were considered security detainees _ those who attacked or helped carry out attacks against coalition troops _ and were being interrogated by military intelligence. Karpinski said they are being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, 12 miles west of Baghdad, one of the most potent symbols of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime. It was the first time the U.S.military has acknowledged the detention of Westerners in connection with attacks on American troops in Iraq.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
US soldiers catch some sleep at their living quarters, Tuesday, Sept 16, 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison just outside Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites). The United States is holding in Iraq six prisoners who claim to be Americans and two who say they are Britons, the general in charge of detention centers said Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, commander of the 800th Military Police Brigade, said the eight were considered security detainees _ those who attacked or helped carry out attacks against coalition troops _ andwere being interrogated by military intelligence. Karpinski said they are being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, 12 miles west of Baghdad, one of the most potent symbols of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime. It was the first time the U.S. military has acknowledged the detention of Westerners in connection with attacks on American troops in Iraq.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
US soldiers Spcl. Lucas Sidegel, left, and Lt. David Axtman both from Ft. Totten, New York in their living quarters under a Saddam Hussein mural , Tuesday, Sept 16, 2003 at the Abu Ghraib prison just outside Baghdad, Iraq . The United States is holding in Iraq six prisoners who claim to be Americans and two who say they are Britons, the general in charge of detention centers said Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, commander of the 800th Military Police Brigade, said the eight were considered security detainees _ those who attacked or helped carry out attacks against coalition troops _ and were being interrogated by military intelligence. Karpinski said they are being held at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison, 12 miles west of Baghdad, one of the most potent symbols of Saddam Hussein's regime. It was the first time the U.S. military has acknowledged the detention of Westerners in connection with attacks on American troops in Iraq.(AP Photo/Karel Prinsloo)
Soldiers from the "New Iraqi Army" march after a shooting exercise at the US military base of Kirkush east of Baghdad. Paul Bremer, the US overseer in Iraq (news - web sites), said earlier this month three battalions had been recruited for an Iraqi civil defence corps, some 2,500 border personnel had been signed up, and one battalion of the new Iraqi army was in training. Overall, he said, nearly 60,000 Iraqis were currently in uniform(AFP/Thomas Coex)
Iraq (news - web sites) soldiers, newly recruited as part of the "New Iraqi Army," attend a course at a US military base. French Ambassador to the United States Jean-David Levitte said any transfer of power to representatives of the Iraqi people should be "symbolic" at first(AFP/Thomas Coex)
An American soldier walks through a doorway as two fellow soldiers guard outside during a raid to locate Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Twelve men were taken into custody during the raid that was a joint effort between the U.S. Military and the Iraqi police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
American soldier Sgt. James Furguson, of Fort Hood Texas, from the 720th Military Police battalion, leads the way to a roof top during a raid to locate Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Twelve men were taken into custody during the raid that was a joint effort between the U.S. Military and the Iraqi police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
While children sleep outside, American soldiers from the 720th Military Police battalion, raid a house to locate Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, 16, Sept. 2003. Twelve men were taken into custody during the raid that was a joint effort between the U.S. Military and the Iraqi police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
American soldier Sgt. Rocknee Gardner left, of Fort Hood Texas, from the 720th Military Police battalion, points to a door being opened during a raid to locate Saddam loyalists in Tikrit, Iraq (news - web sites), Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2003. Twelve men were taken into custody during the raid that was a joint effort between the U.S. Military and the Iraqi police. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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