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- PUBLIC EYE'S WEEK IN REVIEW
Couture and tents
Beverley Mitchell, 27, of “7th Heaven” wore a Melissa Sweet gown to swap sacred vows Wednesday with Kenneth Cole-attired accountant Michael Cameron, 27, in Ravello, Italy.
- In hometown for fundraiser, Bush tarries briefly on memory lane
MIDLAND, Texas – The last time George W. Bush came here, on Jan. 17, 2001, an estimated 10,000 people clogged the downtown to cheer a hometown hero who was about to be inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.
- This day in history
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- Army turning page on usual warfare role
WASHINGTON – The Army will unveil an unprecedented doctrine tomorrrow declaring that nation-building missions probably will become more important than conventional warfare and defining “fragile states” that breed crime, terrorism, and religious and ethnic strife as the greatest threat to U.S. national security.
- Reports tie Karzai's brother to Afghanistan heroin trade
WASHINGTON – When Afghan security forces found an enormous cache of heroin hidden beneath concrete blocks in a tractor-trailer outside Kandahar in 2004, the local commander quickly impounded the truck and notified his boss.
- Pittsburgh diocese splits from Episcopal Church
MONROEVILLE, Pa. – Clergy and lay members of the theologically conservative Pittsburgh diocese voted overwhelmingly yesterday to break from the liberal Episcopal Church, with which it differs on issues ranging from homosexuality to biblical teachings on salvation.
- GEORGE CONDON | A CAPITAL VIEW
Populist label isn't for everyone in Congress
Rep. Darrell Issa didn't care that he was bucking his own president and party leadership when he led a rump group of back-bench Republicans against the financial bailout package last week.
- Photo: Suspected U.S. airstrike
- In Las Vegas, 13 proved Simpson's unlucky number
LAS VEGAS – In a city where luck means everything, O.J. Simpson came out the big loser – and his unlucky number in a case full of bizarre twists was 13.
- Some East L.A. residents want city to call their own
LOS ANGELES – East L.A. – birthplace of the lowrider, Los Lobos and Oscar de la Hoya – is to Mexican-Americans what Harlem is to the black community. Now, it wants to become its own city.
- What caused Fossett crash won't be easily answered
RENO, Nev. – That morning, the sky was clear, the wind light. Steve Fossett took off alone from hotel magnate Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch, about 70 miles southeast of here, in a blue-and-white stunt plane with orange stripes.
- REGION UPDATE
Rescued hiker dies in Truckee
TRUCKEE – A Sierra Nevada hiker has died at a Truckee hospital after being rescued by the Placer County sheriff's search and rescue team.
- Elderly gays, lesbians gaining more help, attention amid challenges
NEW YORK – Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.
- NATION UPDATE
Mormon church will build temple in Rome
SALT LAKE CITY – Mormon church President Thomas S. Monson said yesterday that the church will build a temple in Rome, the home of the Roman Catholic Church.
- Two of Ike's victims waited too long
GALVESTON, Texas – The final hours brought the awful realization to victims of Hurricane Ike that they had waited too long. This storm wasn't like the others, the ones that left nothing worse than a harrowing tale to tell.
- Man wounded in Civil War re-enactment
Thomas Lord, a Bronx-born Yankee, is the latest casualty of the Civil War.
- Wachovia's collapse leaves Charlotte reeling
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – No sooner had construction begun in the late 1980s on the 42-story bank headquarters – the tallest building in North Carolina – than its biggest rival announced that it would build a taller building right up the street.
- Wells Fargo deal for Wachovia temporarily halted
NEW YORK – Citigroup announced late yesterday that it had persuaded a New York judge to temporarily block Wells Fargo from acquiring Wachovia, firing the first shot in what could be a prolonged legal battle.
- Muslim cleric's victory in deportation fight short-lived
HACKENSACK, N.J. – What was expected to be a day of jubilation at the Islamic Center of Passaic County in Paterson yesterday turned into one of bitterness as news spread that the mosque's spiritual leader must renew his fight against deportation.
- Man held in Riverside County in slaying of Ohio girl 40 years ago
TOLEDO, Ohio – Their paths crossed at Sunday dinner, a police officer and a man in the early stages of Alzheimer's, when the story of a girl's disappearance 40 years ago unfolded.
- FBI rules may invite abuses, foes say
WASHINGTON – Justice Department officials released new guidelines Friday that empower FBI agents to use intrusive techniques to gather intelligence within the United States, alarming civil liberties groups and Democratic lawmakers who worry that they could help bring about privacy violations and other abuses.
- Kim appears in public, N. Korea says
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Il, who is believed by South Korean and U.S. officials to have suffered a stroke, recently made his first public appearance in more than a month, the North's state-run news agency reported yesterday.
- Pakistan says Arab militants among dead in suspected U.S. strike
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – Militants yesterday buried the bodies of Arab comrades who were among at least 20 people killed when suspected U.S. missiles hit a house near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said.
- WORLD UPDATE
Thai police arrest movement leader
BANGKOK, Thailand – A one-time Bangkok mayor and key leader of a months-long anti-government movement that spearheaded the ouster of a Thai prime minister was arrested today on charges of insurrection, police said.
- The week in Mexico
Mexican soldiers found five small planes stolen by 20 heavily armed men last week. Security officials say the planes were found on a ranch in the Pacific coast state of Sinaloa. The planes had been seized this year in an anti-narcotics operation.
- THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
2 U.S. helicopters collide; Iraqi dies, 2 Americans hurt
BAGHDAD – Two U.S. helicopters collided while landing at a base in Baghdad yesterday, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding four people, including two Americans, the military said. It was the second helicopter crash in two weeks.
- U.S. halts plans for presence in Iran
WASHINGTON – The Bush administration has shelved plans to set up a diplomatic outpost in Iran, in part over fears it could affect the U.S. presidential race or be interpreted as political meddling, The Associated Press has learned.
- Deadliest attack by Kurdish rebels in a year kills 15 Turkish soldiers
ISTANBUL, Turkey – Fifteen Turkish soldiers were killed and at least 20 wounded in an attack by Kurdish separatist rebels in the mountainous border area of eastern Turkey, Turkish officials said yesterday.
- President of Haiti asks U.S. to postpone return of deportees
MIAMI – Haitian President Rene Preval said his storm-ravaged country will no longer be able to accept U.S. deportees and has called on the Bush administration to allow undocumented Haitians living in the United States to remain until their homeland recovers.
- Special U.S. status sought for Haitian storm victims
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Even though Rijoberto Ayala came here illegally, after Hurricane Mitch had devastated his homeland, the United States gave him permission to stay temporarily. That was 1999.
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