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HERNDON, Va. (AP) - A passenger with a knife got through a security checkpoint at Dulles International Airport on Saturday, causing about 30 flights to be delayed as 5,000 passengers were re-screened. Some flights were delayed for as long as 2 1/2 hours, airport spokesman Tom Sullivan said. A screener who spotted a suspicious object at about 7 p.m. didn't immediately report it to a supervisor, Sullivan said, allowing the passenger to get onto a mobile lounge that carries travelers from the main terminal to concourses. Officials used security tapes to identify the people who passed through the checkpoint when...

<p>A 26-year-old New York man was charged yesterday as an accomplice in the execution-style murder of a 72-year-old Englewood man, and a third suspect remained at large as Bergen County authorities tried to piece together a burglary and slaying they say may have been linked to the victim's criminal past.</p>

MIDI - THE LETTER Listening to him is so trying…once again Davis is lying Pledge under attack…he's a worthless hack Gray Davis had gotten the letter He's acting like he's a hero…we know he's really a zero Pledge under attack…he's a worthless hack Gray Davis had gotten the letter Well, he lied when he said that he just didn't know California was sued If we have to suffer through six more years of this clown, man, we're really screwed Lying scum He steps up like he's a savior…more of his rotten behavior Pledge under attack…he's a worthless hack Gray...

COSTA MESA, California, Jun 29, 2002 (AP WorldStream via COMTEX) -- Arthur "Spud" Melin, co-founder of the toy company that introduced the world to the Frisbee, Hula Hoop and other faddish gems of American pop culture, has died. He was 77 and had Alzheimer's disease. Melin, who started toy giant Wham-O in 1948 with his boyhood friend Richard Knerr, died Friday. "No sensation has ever swept the country like the Hula Hoop," author Richard Johnson wrote in his book "American Fads." "(It) remains the standard against which all national crazes are measured." Melin and Knerr started with slingshots and...

This past week, at least 200 families lost their homes in Arizona because the of the terrible forest fires there. Who is to blame? Arizona Gov. Jane Hull and U.S. Forest Service chief Dale Bosworth condemned bad forest management by government agencies. I couldn't agree with them more. Notice that forests owned by private companies rarely have dangerous fires. Private forests usually are hurt only when fires in national parks spread into them. But the problems aren't just with forest fires. Any government ownership is a recipe for disaster. Have you noticed that almost all major pollution occurs on government...

AP World Politics Report: Little impact from Sept. 11 attacks seen on global pattern of drug trafficking Fri Jun 28, 9:45 AM ET BRUSSELS, Belgium - The Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States appear to have had not impact on global drug flows last year, the World Customs Organization said Friday in an annual report. "The only effect noted was a drop in the number of seizures of drugs in air traffic bound for the (United States) in September and October," the organization said in its "Customs and Drugs" report, released at its annual meeting. "But the figures...

Torricelli's message resonates with blacksSaturday, June 29, 2002By PAUL H. JOHNSONStaff Writer NEWARK - Despite lingering questions about his fund-raising practices and poll numbers suggesting his candidacy may be in trouble, Sen. Robert G. Torricelli received a warm reaction from members of the Black Ministers' Council of New Jersey on Friday.Torricelli, a Democrat seeking reelection in November, has long been popular among African-Americans, and the council has remained in his corner as his ethics came under question."He has the connection and he works it," said the Rev. Reginald Jackson, executive director of the council.In separate appearances at a Sheraton hotel,...

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - The State Senate passed a California budget Saturday after a lone Republican Sen. crossed over party lines and voted for the state spending plan.</p> <p>It marks the end of weeks of partisan bickering in the Senate over tax hikes and spending cuts needed to fill a $23.6 billion budget hole.</p>

from the June 25, 2002 edition SPORT VS. FAITH: Hakan Sukur leads the Turkish World Cup team. DAVID LONGSTREATH/AP Who's in charge on Turkish team: coach or Islam? As Turkey prepares to face Brazil Tuesday, a national debate swirls in the country over role of Islam on team. By Nicholas Birch | Special to The Christian Science Monitor ISTANBUL, TURKEY – Has Turkey, with its embattled economy and its bedridden prime minister, finally found a panacea in football? Judging by the scenes on Saturday following the Turkish team's first-ever qualification for the World Cup semifinals – yes. In Ankara and...

The weather was surprisingly balmy in London that day. Bundles of thick clouds scudded across the skies above the National and the Tate Modern on the South Bank, but on the other side of the river, the sun, perched in a gash of blue, painted the leaves of the new trees and the grass in the squares a lush green. Four elderly gents sat on a wooden bench in Berkeley Square, their eyes closed to the sun's pleasant warmth, though they occasionally watched the toddlers perking along next to their mothers. One of the small-fry, who was just learning how...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) - A major battle was under way Friday against the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group in the southern Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said. Arroyo prefaced a major policy speech on utility reform with a brief statement that troops were going after the group's top two leaders and already had overrun four Abu Sayyaf camps. "We are now having a major battle in Sulu, right in the camp where the Abu Sayyaf was born," Arroyo said. A military source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the fighting was a continuation from a clash Thursday between 200 Philippine army...

So God's really in the details?By EMILY EAKINNew York Times Economists use probability theory to make forecasts about consumer spending. Actuaries use it to calculate insurance premiums. Recently, Richard Swinburne, a professor of philosophy at Oxford University, put it to work toward less mundane ends: He invoked it to defend the belief that Jesus was resurrected from the dead. "For someone dead for 36 hours to come to life again is, according to the laws of nature, extremely improbable," Swinburne told an audience of more than 100 philosophers who had convened at Yale University for a conference on ethics and...

Dealing with deities: Hindus do it on the Net Associated Press BANGALORE, India -- When an astrologer warned Anasuya Dhanrajgir that bad luck was on her horizon, she took the road increasingly traveled by modern Hindus looking to appease ancient divinities. Anasuya, a professional stage designer and mother of three, logged onto the Internet. In the old days, the astrologer's advice might have pushed the 39-year-old Anasuya to take a 900-mile journey to a temple on the southern tip of India. There, she'd pay respects to Shani -- the Hindu god the astrologer said she had angered. "I surfed the...

The Lebanon-based Hezbollah organization, one of the world's most formidable terrorist groups, is increasingly teaming up with al Qaeda on logistics and training for terrorist operations, according to U.S. and European intelligence officials and terrorism experts. The new cooperation is ad hoc and tactical and involves mid- and low-level operatives. It mutes years of rivalry between Hezbollah, which draws its support primarily from Shiite Muslims, and al Qaeda, which is predominantly Sunni. It includes coordination on explosives and tactics training, money laundering, weapons smuggling and acquiring forged documents, according to knowledgeable sources. Click here for the entire article.

Jun 29, 2002 Facing U.S. Threat to End Bosnian Peacekeeping, Council Members Keep Talking By Edith M. Lederer Associated Press Writer UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Security Council members tried Saturday to resolve a U.S. demand for immunity for American peacekeepers and avert a Washington veto that would end U.N. peacekeeping operations in Bosnia at midnight Sunday. Washington has said it will vote not to extend the mandate of the peacekeeping force in Bosnia unless American participants are exempt from arrest and prosecution by the International Criminal Court, which comes into existence on Monday. The United States says it fears a...

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Cyber technology brings Hindu message to HoustonBy RICHARD VARACopyright 2002 Houston Chronicle Religion Editor An interactive marriage of modern communications and ancient spirituality cost more than $400,000 and five years for the Hindu faithful of Chinmaya Mission Houston. The Journey to the Truth, a multi-media CD-ROM set, contains not only the Bhagavad Gita, one of Hinduism's most sacred writings, but presents the Scriptures in user-friendly formats suited for children, adults and even for those who can manage only a few minutes a day. It also includes a Sanskrit glossary with English definitions, meditation instructions, cyber notebooks for spiritual journaling and...

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Fred Thompson, a star of Hollywood movies and real-life political dramas, played the leading man again on Saturday. This time it was at his own wedding.</p> <p>Taking a big step toward life after politics, the retiring Republican senator married political and media specialist Jeri Kehn in a small, private ceremony in Naperville, Ill.</p>

Council for the blind suing for more distinguishable currency 06/29/2002 Associated Press HOUSTON – Compared to the wide variety of colors and sizes other countries offer in their paper currency, U.S. greenbacks are comparatively boring in their sameness, even after recent redesigns. The problem is more than monotonous money, according to the American Council of the Blind. It's quality of life. "Time has come in this country where blind people should not have to ask, 'What bill is this?' or 'What bill is that?"' said Chris Gray, the council's president, Saturday in his report to the group's board at...