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PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Kevin Bomback took off in his plane two weeks ago to escape Hurricane Ivan. No one has seen him, his plane or his family since.

Richard A. Clarke is a "terrorism expert" who doesn't consider Saddam Hussein a terrorist. Clarke's much-touted 60 Minutes interview last night aimed to expose George Bush's obtuseness. But it succeeded more in exposing his own. He came across as a "terrorism expert" more worried about provoking the terrorists than catching them. In a Time magazine column that appeared last week after the Madrid bombings, Clarke gave himself away as a softheaded liberal who seeks to understand the terrorists. "So, in addition to placing more cameras on our subway platforms, maybe we should be asking why the terrorists hate us," he...

<p>WASHINGTON - It was both an auspicious and ominous way to begin the week: Auspicious because of President George Bush's resolute demand that Saddam Hussein and his sons leave Iraq. There were also ominous noises from his predecessor in the White House, Bill Clinton, who bared not only his antagonism to the president but his horror at envisioning a strong America.</p>

<p>Officials have said they won't be needing your services, after all.</p> <p>The office that treats mental health patients in Multnomah County had included Klingon on a list of 55 languages that could be spoken by incoming patients.</p> <p>But the inclusion of the Star Trek language drew a spate of tongue-in-cheek headlines.</p>

AT THE MALL-- Is there honour to be won in the law courts of Man? The Klingons think so, because in an aggressive marketing move, a prominent Klingon law firm has opened a high-profile location near the corner of a suburban human mall. Lawyers at Kang & Company Law Practice hope to cash-in on walk-in traffic looking for quick settlements of legal disputes. "We fill fight to regain the honour our clients have lost," said Gorkon, partner in the firm. "These weak spineless humans let themselves be walked all over. We will help them, and gain honour and rewards for...