A crisis becomes his cause
There was a time when David Kaczynski's wife hung blankets on their windows to shelter them from prying reporters. Kaczynski thought he would never want to talk about turning in his brother to break the Unabomber case.
( By Michael Hill, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

$79 billion in extra spending OKd
Congress approved the funds to pay for homeland security and the war in Iraq, and help the ailing airline industry.
Congress approved a $79 billion supplemental spending package yesterday, most of it to pay for the war in Iraq, after restricting President Bush's freedom to decide how to use the money and removing millions in special-interest provisions.
( By James Kuhnhenn, Knight Ridder News Service, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

One year later, pain lingers
A 10-day battle in the Jenin refugee camp left ruined homes - and ruined lives.
One year ago last week, Palestinian and Israeli lives were crushed, a neighborhood fell to a bulldozer's blade, and Jenin, the northernmost city on the West Bank, entered the lexicon of bitter conflict and became a rallying cry for both sides.
( By Michael Matza, Inquirer Staff Writer, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Newsmakers | Video game stakes its claim to 'shock and awe'
We're a little shocked and awed by the shamelessness of entertainment companies. War may still be raging in Iraq, but electronics giant Sony has already patented the term "shock and awe" for a video game, British newspaper the Guardian reports.
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An about-face for Cuban 'dissidents'
The spies' identities were revealed apparently to show the reach of the government's intelligence.
For years they were familiar faces in Cuba's opposition movement: the elderly man with a black beret, the reporter who used a cane, the efficient secretary.
( By Anita Snow, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Airline may stop flights over SARS
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said yesterday it was considering the grounding of its passenger services next month as fear of the deadly SARS virus has kept its planes largely empty.
( By Rico Ngai and Juliana Liu, Reuters, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Bush's reelection comes to the fore
The President's advisers are hoping to exploit his wartime popularity amid a stalled economy.
President Bush pushed his war with Iraq past the doubters at the United Nations and everywhere else, and the cheers of the Iraqi people at Saddam Hussein's downfall seem to vindicate his resolve.
( By Ron Hutcheson, Inquirer Washington Bureau, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Millions die in war-torn Congo, with global attention elsewhere
Most have perished from malnutrition and treatable diseases amid a 41/2-year conflict.
The battlefields in Congo's civil war are shrouded mainly by dense jungle, far from the glare of television crews like those that have swarmed into Iraq and Afghanistan.
( By Davan Maharaj, Los Angeles Times, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Russia vows to keep space station supplied
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - President Vladimir V. Putin guaranteed yesterday that Russia would provide rockets and funds to keep the International Space Station going as long as U.S. shuttles remain grounded.
( Reuters, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

N. Korea softens stance on talks
Fearing a U.S. invasion, it said it would be willing to participate in multilateral discussions.
After months of insisting on direct talks with Washington, North Korea signaled yesterday that it would be willing to accept U.S. demands for multilateral discussions over the communist country's alleged nuclear weapons program.
( By Daniel Cooney, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Millions may be wasted in airport security
Faced with terrorism fears, a federal agency spent too much, too quickly, critics say.
Nestled in farm country near Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop estate, the Charlottesville, Va., airport handles about 470 departing passengers a day.
( By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Mark Fineman, Los Angeles Times, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Interior Dept. to limit wilderness acreage
The Interior Department plans to limit Bureau of Land Management lands eligible for wilderness protection to 23 million acres nationwide, a figure that environmental groups say leaves millions of pristine acres vulnerable to development.
( Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Iraqi Shiites experience sprinkling of freedom
Mazen Abbas carries his father's death certificate in a pocket just above his heart. The frayed document reads: Hanged till death. When Abbas' family went to collect his father's tortured body, they were ordered to hand over 30 Iraqi dinars - a month's salary - for what the executioners said were the bullets used to kill him.
( By Sudarsan Raghavan, Inquirer Staff Writer, 04/13/2003 10:04 AM EDT)

N.J. couple's son killed in Iraq blast
Army Staff Sgt. Terry Hemingway, 39, formerly of Willingboro, died when a car exploded.
Like any soldier about to face the heat of war, Army Staff Sgt. Terry Hemingway tried to soothe his mother's fears about fighting in Iraq.
( By Nora Koch and Leonard N. Fleming, Inquirer Staff Writers, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Fox leads cable ratings
Covering the war with an optimistic, patriotic view is winning viewers.
One night last week, Fox News Channel ran a story looking at how television news coverage of the war in Iraq differs from country to country.
( By Larry Eichel, Inquirer Staff Writer, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Hussein's top science adviser turns himself in Amer Hammoudi al-Saadi, who was on the most-wanted list, still denies that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.
The top scientific adviser to Saddam Hussein turned himself over to U.S. forces in Baghdad yesterday, providing the Bush administration with a potentially valuable source of information about the status of Iraq's proscribed-weapons programs.
( By Walter Pincus, Washington Post, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Rescued soldier back in U.S.
Jessica Lynch, the soldier rescued in a daring commando raid in Iraq, returned to the United States yesterday to recover from her head-to-toe injuries at the Army's premier medical center.
( By Larry Margasak, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

A measure of calm in northern Iraq
U.S. troops and Kurds stepped up presence in Mosul. But arson and gunfire persisted.
Waving in friendship but still wearing full combat gear, U.S. soldiers streamed into the heart of Iraq's third-largest city to help take control after President Saddam Hussein's forces disappeared without a fight.
( By Brian Murphy, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Mayhem roils Baghdad as U.S. troops look on
Helter-skelter gunfire crackled through the streets of Baghdad yesterday as frenzied looters trashed stores, schools, and the national museum, leading some Iraqis to urge U.S. troops to do more to protect the five million residents of this ruined city.
( By Nancy A. Youssef, Carol Rosenberg and Tom Lasseter, Knight Ridder News Service, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Search for political prisoners is fruitless
Hundreds of anguished Iraqi citizens roamed a notorious compound for clues to lost loved ones.
Hundreds of men, women, and teenage boys roamed the grounds yesterday of the notorious Istikhbarat military intelligence headquarters, searching for clues about loved ones who disappeared under Saddam Hussein's reign.
( By Drew Brown, Knight Ridder News Service, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Playing diplomat for a day
A N.J. Army captain out to secure a compound on Kurdish turf ended up a man in the middle.
He has never set foot in the State Department, but 30-year-old Capt. Eric Baus, of Collingswood, N.J., was the man conducting diplomacy for the United States in this strategically important northern city yesterday.
( By Ken Dilanian, Inquirer Staff Writer, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

U.S. troops discover Hussein safe houses
The doors of the townhouse opened to reveal a playboy's fantasy straight from the 1960s: mirrored bedroom, lamps shaped like women, airbrushed paintings of a topless blonde and a mustached hero battling a crocodile.
( By Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Carriers, airplanes heading for home
The U.S. is slowing down its air campaign against Iraq, allowing the crews some time to recuperate.
The allied air campaign that tore into Iraq's best defenses and targeted its top leaders is winding down, and U.S. war commanders are preparing to send some planes home.
( By Robert Burns, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

U.N. leadership in Iraq stressed
Russian President Vladimir V. Putin, French President Jacques Chirac, and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder emphasized yesterday that the United Nations, not the United States, should play the key role in rebuilding Iraq.
( By Vladimir Isachenkov and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Gun cache bearing Odai Hussein's name discovered at Baath Party site
U.S. troops walked into a two-story house in an enclave of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party on Friday and discovered boxes of Italian pistols, Soviet-era Kalashnikovs, and American-made rifles, along with an inventory that said they belonged to the president's son, Odai.
( By Chris Tomlinson, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

How to Get Involved
How to help American Jewish World Service Seeks donations for humanitarian aid for Iraqi refugees. Send to AJWS, 45 W. 36th St., New York, N.Y. 10018. Information: 1-800-889-7146 or www.AJWS.org.
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U.S. Losses in Iraq
This list of American deaths related to the Iraq war includes only those identified by the military or confirmed by family members during the last week. The date listed is the day they died. The Department of Defense will not release an identification until the next of kin has been notified; this list may not agree with numbers in news accounts.
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Deaths, POWs And MIAs in the Gulf
Since the war began 24 days ago, U.S. and British troops have been engaged in battle with Iraqi forces. The numbers below, from the U.S. and British governments, are for troops who have been captured, are missing, or died in battle or accidents or by friendly fire.
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The Weather in Iraq
BAGHDAD / Central Iraq Today: Sunny High: 86 Tonight: Clear Low: 57 BASRA / Southern Iraq Today: Partly cloudy High: 86 Tonight: Partly cloudy
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Questions about state grant money follow Rep. Rieger's aide
Barbara Landers has failed to provide details. Also, she is paid $575 monthly for office rent.
Pennsylvania taxpayers may want to know more about a certain house on North Ninth Street in Hunting Park. After all, they keep sending checks there.
( By Mario F. Cattabiani, Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

News in Brief
Study examines hospitals and victims of heart attack Heart-attack victims who sought care at Veterans Affairs hospitals had higher death rates than Medicare patients treated at community facilities, according to a VA study. The study also found that veterans treated at VA hospitals were less likely than Medicare patients to have such procedures as angioplasty, angiography or surgery. "The findings... are unacceptable, and immediate action is required and will be taken," VA Secretary Anthony Principi...
( 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Pelicans protected at hideaway in Florida
The birds thrive at the first U.S. wildlife refuge, begun by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Boaters see them coming and can't help but smile. There is something irresistible, something endearing and just a bit goofy about the big, gawky birds with the fabulously inflatable beaks.
( By Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

Red Cross agrees to blood-safety standards
The conditions are part of a settlement with the FDA. Violations could mean substantial fines.
The American Red Cross, accused by the government of "persistent and serious violations" of blood-safety rules, promised in a court settlement Friday to meet all safety requirements and pay substantial fines if it failed to do so.
( By Randolph E. Schmid, Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)

'Dolphin-safe' tuna definition is affirmed
A federal judge has upheld the current definition of the "dolphin-safe" tuna label and barred the Bush administration from altering it, handing a victory to environmentalists.
( Associated Press, 04/13/2003 03:01 AM EDT)