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Rather than welcoming those talks, though, Mr. Kurti wants them stopped -- and he seems to have a large following. He doesn't want an internationally negotiated road map to independence, he wants a mass popular uprising -- bloody if necessary -- that will instantly free Kosovo not just from Serbia but from the UN's clutches. Dressed fashionably and surrounded by rapt followers, Mr. Kurti calmly denounced the United Nations Mission In Kosovo. "UNMIK made sense for the first two years, the postwar recovery stage, but when it came to the development stage, they failed us," he says. "And now UNMIK's...

Napa, Calif. -- Police and safety officials are investigating an accident that claimed the life of a roadway laborer who died when he was run over by a street roller. Christopher Meeks, of Escalon, was helping resurface a Napa road when a 10-wheel Caterpillar street roller ran over him Saturday morning. Fellow workers called 911 as Meeks lay injured beneath the tractor. He was rushed to a local hospital with major head and upper body injuries and was pronounced dead a short time later.

MIDI - FLIPPER He is a man...a most silly man Hurting this nation all that he can He wants a new job...what should he do?...make pancakes for me and you We call him Flipper, Flipper...he's not a leader This girly man...would say "No" to force We call him Flipper, Flipper...what's on top his pancakes? That one is easy...ketchup, of course His staff is gone...he's in disarray "We're gonna win" you still hear him say He wants a new job...what should he do?...make pancakes for me and you We call him Flipper, Flipper...he's not a leader...this girly man...would say "No"...