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Elizabeth Smart's little sister, the sole witness to the teen's abduction, waited two hours to tell her parents about the kidnapping because she feared the kidnapper was still in the house. Salt Lake City Police Chief Rick Dinse said Wednesday that the girl, Mary Katherine, got out of bed soon after the abduction and headed toward her parents' bedroom. But she saw the man still in the house, so she went back to her room and waited for two hours. On Tuesday, police changed a key detail in the case. Their initial report, based on secondhand accounts, stated that Mary...

A man claiming to be the brother of a Hollywood actor befriended Gov. Jesse Ventura's son, Tyrel, and lived in the governor's mansion in the summer of 2000 before state police concluded he was an impostor and kicked him out. State police acknowledged the incident on Tuesday, and although they did not identify the man, Stewart Peters, 22, a Twin Cities man, admitted the ruse in an interview with the Star Tribune. "It was a wonderful experience," said Peters, who describes himself as a rap artist. "If you sneak your way in there, I would recommend it. They had great...

Washington --- Fast-food consumers who spend a few extra cents upgrading their value meal also might be supersizing their health risks, a coalition of nutrition organizations said Tuesday. The study by the National Alliance for Nutrition and Activity found that Americans are substantially increasing their calorie and fat intake as chains make it more economical and enticing to order larger serving sizes. The group said the resulting rising rates of obesity, responsible for 300,000 deaths annually, can lead to diseases such as cancer and diabetes. ''Americans are quite literally eating ourselves into an early grave,'' said Carol Tucker Foreman, director...

Jun. 19, 2002THE JERUSALEM POSTSUICIDE BOMBER KILLS AT LEAST 6 IN JERUSALEMBy THE JERUSALEM POST STAFFhttp://www.jpost.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=JPost/A/JPArticle/Full&cid=1023716521118A suicide bomber blew himself up shortly after 7:00 p.m. near a hitchhiking stop in the French Hill neighborhood of northern Jerusalem killing six people and wounding some 40 others.Two of the fatalities died in surgery after the attack.Four of the wounded are listed in critical condition, according to Magen David Adom Spokesman Yerucham Mendola.The Fatah's "Raed Karmi Branch" of the Aksa Martyrs Brigades took responsibility for the attack, in a statement sent to press agencies.Karmi was a terrorist killed in an IDF targeted interception...

There was just a BIG Double Sonic her in L.A.(rattle the house big time) Was there a shuttle up?

The STS-111 and Expedition Four crews are headed to Edwards Air Force Base in California. STS-111 Commander Ken Cockrell and pilot Paul Lockhart fired Space Shuttle Endeavour's engines at 12:50 p.m. EDT today to begin the descent. Endeavour is scheduled to touch down at 1 :58 p.m. EDT. This is the 49th landing at Edwards. (Full Story)(06/18/2002)

Introduction by James C. Holland John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, as you probably all know, was born on January 10, 1834. You are less apt to know that he was born not in England as becomes a proper English Lord, but in Naples. The fact that he was born in the Palazoo Acton all'chiaja in Naples is not without significance, nor is the fact that he died and was buried in Tergensee, just south of Munich in Bavaria; for surely aside from Prince Albert, Acton must have been the most un-English of any prominent Englishman in the nineteenth century.Lord Acton's grandfather,...

By Ian JohnsonLeigh, Lancashire * UK [Posted 19 June 2002]NOTE: For audio of 'trial' go to http://hague.bard.edu/video.html For transcripts, go to http://www.un.org/icty/latest/index.htmIntroduction: Ian Johnson recounts an incident that occurred while he was attending the Milosevic 'trial' at The Hague on June 7th: "During the morning break I met a young Dutch lad in the lobby. He was studying medicine in Vienna but was staying for the summer with his grandfather in Holland. He was curious about the Milosevic case. Of course he couldn't find it on the television. So he'd come over to watch with his own eyes. He saw...

LOS ANGELES—It's time for the GOP to put its money where its mouth is. Everyone from George W. Bush on down knows that grabbing a larger share of the Hispanic vote is crucial to the Republican future. But of the eight congressional districts with the greatest possibility of producing new Latino members of Congress—Arizona 7th, Colorado 1st, Nevada 3rd, New Mexico 1st and 2nd, Florida 25th, and California 18th and 39th—only two have GOP Hispanic hopefuls. Florida's 25th is one of them. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Cuban-American state legislator whose brother is in Congress, helped to draw the map of this...

Researchers at the UCLA School of Engineering have created an organic, nonvolatile memory device that is cheaper and faster than those currently in use. Associate Professor Yang Yang from the Materials Science and Engineering Department, who leads the research at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, will present his findings to the International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals in Shanghai on June 29. According to Yang, such devices "have tremendous potential" for use in personal computers, personal digital assistants and digital cameras because of their lighter weight and faster response times. They are up...

From the June 19, 2002 Dallas Morning News: As Congress repurposes the FBI, it should also look at what constitutes a federal crime. by Terry Eastland 06/19/2002 10:00:00 AM IT TURNS OUT that on the morning of September 11, 2001, two FBI agents were monitoring phone calls from the home of a madam of a New Orleans brothel. Yes, the prostitution supervised by one Jeannette Maier so concerned the feds, who suspected it involved drug trafficking and organized crime, that wiretap authority had been duly secured. But with the terrorists attacking back East, the agents shut down the wiretap. They...

They are not "willing sellers..." River owners balk at selling By Sue Forde Editor, Citizen Review Online During the last week of May, 2002, property owners along the Dungeness River in Washington State, were offered the opportunity to sell their land to the county by way of grant money - taxpayers' money. Clallam County agencies called a meeting of River's End landowners to discuss the buyout of their properties with a federal/state Salmon Recovery Fund Board (SRFB) grant of $1.5 million.[1] River's End is near the mouth of the Dungeness River - the end of a 10.8 mile section...

Dad shoots son, 47, with Father's Day gift By Bill Toland, Times Staff 06/18/2002 CORAOPOLIS - Two days after a Coraopolis father accidentally shot his son with the handgun he'd just received as a Father's Day gift, the son remains in serious condition in a Pittsburgh hospital. Robert Kleindienst, 47, was injured around 5 p.m. Sunday when the gun he'd given to his father discharged as it was being removed from its packaging. The accident happened in the Kleindiensts' home along Fleming Street in Coraopolis, police said. "Apparently, the son was having difficulty getting the gun out of the...

Tim Revell / Dispatch Some Ohio State students found ways to get their political points across last week at commencement. President Bush was the speaker. Ohio State University's high-profile commencement last week continues to grab national attention. But not the kind the university wants. Held in Ohio Stadium with President Bush as speaker, the event has become a rallying cry for free-speech protection. Ohio State has received more than 1,000 e-mails criticizing its handling of graduation -- mostly complaints that officials tried to silence protesters and took a blatantly pro-Bush stance. University spokesmen say the cyber chatter has spun out...

A Senate bill is being introduced to reinstate the federal business tax that pays for the Superfund program, a highly dubious environmental program to clean up toxic-waste sites. Lead sponsor Lincoln Chafee (R., R.I.) warns, "We are running out of the fund in Superfund." The Bush administration, though, has not supported reauthorization of the tax, which expired in 1995. If President Bush stands firm, he will win an important victory for federalism, the Bill of Rights, the environment, and public safety. Superfund is a failure, perhaps the most ineffective of all federal environmental programs.The Superfund law (formally known as...

THE TEST To ensure we Americans never offend anyone - particularly fanatics intent on killing us - airport screeners will not be allowed to profile people. They will continue random searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification, secret Service agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winning former Governors. Let's pause a moment and take the following test: In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped & massacred by: (a) Olga Corbutt (b) Sitting Bull (c) Arnold Schwartzeneger (d) al Qaida-type male extremists...

Last week marked nine months since the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington and the week went off without a hitch. Well sort of. But there are some who have failed to grasp the obvious: there is a war going on. On Friday there was no warnings to report, and it is shameful to think that we don't even blink when another 12 people die, this time in a suicide bomber attack in Pakistan. But there was something worse. The Guardian printed a statement entitled "We won't deny our consciences" signed, apparently, by some "prominent" Americans. "In our name,"...

11 youths sue S.C. juvenile prison system Plaintiffs claim state failed to protect them from physical and sexual abuse By RICK BRUNDRETT Staff Writer Eleven youths are suing the state juvenile prison system for nearly $27 million, contending prison officials didn't protect them from sexual or physical abuse by other youths or staff members. The lawsuits against the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice, filed separately Tuesday in Circuit Court in Richland County, are another legal blow to the department, which has been battling a federal lawsuit for 12 years. The suits filed Tuesday contend the agency, under federal court supervision...