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Phrases that sound innocent as well as dirty--depending on your mindset: Petra told Ingrid, "You have a lovely rug." Let's grab something at the golden arches. St. Louis was once known as Mound City. She was caught raising the flag this weekend. The cavernous hole is wet with dew. She favored wood as a golfer. No one ever confused Lance as a wine sipper; hard stuff was his passion. There was ecstatic joy as Marc Spitz lapped the pool several times in triumph, until he accidently fell into the mud. We were in a tight spot as our camels' toes...

The director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the nuclear watchdog for the United Nations, said today that he hoped an agreement could be reached with Iran on its nuclear program. Mohamed ElBaradei spoke before a meeting of the nuclear agency's board of governors in Vienna. The board, which is reviewing Dr. ElBaradei's latest report on Iran this week, voted in February to refer Iran's nuclear case to the United Nations Security Council amid growing suspicions that Iran is determined to develop nuclear weapons... "Regrettably, however, after three years of intensive verification, there remain uncertainties with regard to both the...

LONDON (AP) -- Terrorists tried to attack London eight times between the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States and last July 7, when suicide bombers killed dozens on the city's transport system, London's mayor said Monday. Ken Livingstone said there had been two attempted attacks since July 7, including a failed attack on the transport network on July 21. Livingstone did not provide details of the attempted attacks, but said those who threaten London comprise small groups of disaffected people who are fairly disorganized.