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Today in History
Today is Wednesday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2005. There are 59 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
Nov. 2, 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (popularly known as the "Spruce Goose"), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California.
1783, Gen. George Washington issued his Farewell Address to the Army near Princeton, N.J.
1875 Mississippi Democrats institute the so-called “Mississippi Plan”. The Plan calls for the use of fraud, violence, and a literacy test to keep Blacks from voting and to toss out Reconstruction governments in other southern states.
1930, Haile Selassie was crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
1948, President Truman surprised the experts by being re-elected in a narrow upset over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey.
1954 Charles C. Diggs is elected Michigan's first black Congressman. He will join U.S. Congressman William Dawson and Adam Clayton Powell in the House of Representatives.
1959, game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted to a House subcommittee that he'd been given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the NBC TV program "Twenty-One."
1976, former Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter became the first candidate from the Deep South since the Civil War to be elected president as he defeated incumbent Gerald R. Ford.
1983 President Ronald Reagan signs a bill to create a national holiday to pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr
1994, a jury in Pensacola, Fla., convicted Paul Hill of murder for the shotgun slayings of an abortion provider and his bodyguard; Hill was executed in September 2003.
2003, in Durham, N.H., V. Gene Robinson was consecrated as the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church.
Ten years ago: A man claiming to have a bomb hijacked a school bus with 13 learning-disabled children aboard, leading authorities around Miami-area highways for 1 1/2 hours before being fatally shot by police.
The United States expelled Daiwa Bank Ltd. for allegedly covering up $1.1 billion in trading losses.
Five years ago: An American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts became the first residents of the international space station, christening it Alpha at the start of their four-month mission.
One year ago: President Bush was elected to a second term as Republicans strengthened their grip on Congress.
Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was slain in Amsterdam after receiving death threats over a movie he had made criticizing the treatment of women under Islam.
Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins pleaded guilty to deserting the U.S. Army in 1965 to avoid duty in Korea and Vietnam; he was court martialed, stripped of his rank and discharged from the Army.
2005 Rosa Parks was memorialized for a life dedicated to equality.
Missing in Action
66 KLINE ROBERT E. INDIANA PA
1967 KNAPP FREDRIC W. HUNTINGTON NY
1967 MORROW RICHARD DAVID SAN FRANCISCO CA 08/23/78 REMAINS RETURNED MONTGOM HANOI CACCF/CRASH/PILOT
1967 WRIGHT JAMES J. MERCED CA 08/23/78 REMAINS RETURNED MONTGOM HANOI
1969 CHIRICHIGNO LUIS G. 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1969 CARROLL PATRICK H. ALLEN PARK MI "FAMILY STATES BERKLEY, MI"
1969 NOWICKI JAMES E. WINTER PARK FL 03/27/73 RELEASED BY PRG ALIVE IN 98
1969 PETERSON MICHAEL TERRY REDMOND WA 12/10/69 SOME LISTS SAY REMAINS RECOVERED RETURNEE ALIVE 1998
1969 SHEPARD VERNON C. TALMADGE OH 12/10/69 RELEASED
1969 WHITFORD LAWRENCE W. JR. CEDAR FALLS IA
The New York Times
Bush Faces Tough Time in South America
By LARRY ROHTER
Published: November 2, 2005
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 1 - If George W. Bush is expecting some respite from his troubles at home during a four-day visit to Argentina and Brazil that begins Thursday, he is in for a very rude awakening.
Polls show Mr. Bush to be the most unpopular American president ever among Latin Americans, and thousands of demonstrators, led by the soccer idol Diego Maradona, are flocking to the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata to protest his presence at a summit meeting of Western Hemisphere leaders. The greeting from his fellow heads of state, who have been complaining of his administration's neglect of and indifference to the region for five years, does not promise to be especially warm, either.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/international/americas/02latin.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1130920592-FikVYRGSnnT9VWouxvPp1g
Detainee Policy Sharply Divides Bush Officials
By TIM GOLDEN and ERIC SCHMITT
Published: November 2, 2005
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 - The Bush administration is embroiled in a sharp internal debate over whether a new set of Defense Department standards for handling terror suspects should adopt language from the Geneva Conventions prohibiting "cruel," "humiliating" and "degrading" treatment, administration officials say.
Advocates of that approach, who include some Defense and State Department officials and senior military lawyers, contend that moving the military's detention policies closer to international law would prevent further abuses and build support overseas for the fight against Islamic extremists, officials said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/02/politics/02detain.html?hp&ex=1130994000&en=e02d460ad9cf6bdb&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Seattle Post Intelligencer
White House ducks prewar intel questions
By LIZ SIDOTI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan answers questions Monday, Oct. 31, 2005 during his daily briefing. McClellan would not answer questions about the CIA leak investigation due to the fact that the investigation is still ongoing. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
WASHINGTON -- The White House sought to deflect politically charged questions Wednesday about President Bush's use of prewar intelligence in Iraq, saying Democrats, too, had concluded Saddam Hussein was a threat.
"If Democrats want to talk about the threat that Saddam Hussein posed and the intelligence, they might want to start with looking at the previous administration and their own statements that they've made," White House press secretary Scott McClellan said.
He said the Clinton administration and fellow Democrats "used the intelligence to come to the same conclusion that Saddam Hussein and his regime were a threat."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1151AP_Senate_Iraq.html
Death of five children devastates tiny Mennonite community
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
SPOKANE, Wash. -- A tiny community of Mennonites who live north of here was in mourning Wednesday after all five children in a family were killed in a head-on collision of two pickup trucks.
The eight-student Mennonite school in Chewelah, attended by three of the dead children, will be closed for the rest of the week, said Dan Hertzler, who was speaking for the nine families of the small religious sect.
"They have been a real and active part of the congregation since they were born," Hertzler said the five children of the Schrock family, who ranged in age from 2 to 12. "They were very lively, active children, and they will be missed."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Children_Crash.html
Boeing machinists strike, satellite launches could be delayed
By GARY GENTILE
AP BUSINESS WRITER
LOS ANGELES -- Boeing Co. officials have not yet decided whether to scrub upcoming satellite launches or hire replacement workers after machinists went on strike in California, Alabama and Florida, a company spokesman said Wednesday.
About 1,500 workers joined the walkout that began at 12:01 a.m. after last-minute talks broke down between their union and Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems unit that operates the Delta rocket program.
A federal mediator was unable to broker an agreement. No new talks were scheduled. The unit services mainly NASA and the Air Force.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_Boeing_Machinists.html
Washington paratrooper dies after Afghan firefight
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT BRAGG, N.C. -- A 24-year-old paratrooper from St. John, Wash., died from injuries he received when his patrol was fired on in Afghanistan, the 82nd Airborne Division said Wednesday.
Staff Sgt. Travis W. Nixon died after he was evacuated to Forward Operating Base Salerno following the Saturday attack. He was a squad leader in B Company, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the 82nd.
Nixon was on a joint Afghan-U.S. patrol north of Lwara near the Pakistan border with eastern Afghanistan. A memorial service was held for him Tuesday in Afghanistan.
"He died while checking to ensure his soldiers were OK. He was our brother and will be remembered forever," said Capt. Brandon Teague, his company commander.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_Soldier_Killed.html
Mountain resorts report good snowpacks, early openers
By GREG JOHNSTON
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
You'd better get those rock-gouged skis out of the closet and to the shop for tuning and wax. Thanks to an early blast of mountain snow, Crystal Mountain ski area is opening its Green Valley area Friday and Whistler Blackcomb is opening much of its Blackcomb Mountain on Saturday.
Operators of other ski areas were watching the snow pile up and waiting for enough base to build before announcing any openings. Mt. Baker Ski Area operators said Tuesday that they are expecting 3 to 4 feet of snow over the next week and would likely open next Tuesday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/246761_ski02.html
Students plan walkout against war, recruiting
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF
An anti-war group is planning a citywide students' walkout today, the anniversary of President Bush's re-election. Students from more than 25 high schools in the region are expected to attend. Organizers from Youth Against War and Racism have been passing out fliers advocating the walkout and are hoping as many as 2,000 students show up to protest the Iraq war and military recruiting in schools. The plan is for students to leave their classes at noon and meet up at Westlake Center at 1 p.m. for the rally before marching to The Premier club, 1700 First Ave. S., for anti-war workshops, music and movies.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/246731_tl102.html
Rape suspects sought; public's help requested
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF
Police are seeking three men who snatched a woman off the street during the summer and raped her for several hours before leaving her in the downtown area.
On Tuesday, police released sketches of two of the men and a photo of a third suspect in the case.
The woman told police that on July 1, she took a bus home from work and was walking on 18th Avenue South near South Jackson Street when a car stopped in front of her. The vehicle was described as an older American sedan, burgundy or maroon, possibly a 1980s Buick, Chevrolet or Pontiac. The rear lights were horizontal across the rear and the passenger taillight was broken and taped over, the woman told police. It also had a dent in the front passenger panel and oily newspapers and tools on the rear floorboard.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/246786_kcbriefs02.html
Father spots and corners fugitive charged with molesting daughter
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARKLAND, Wash. -- A 75-year-old man sought on child molesting charges has been spotted, run down and cornered by the father of a young girl he is accused of fondling, authorities said.
Roy William Parkison pleaded innocent to four counts of first-degree child molestation Tuesday in Pierce County Superior Court, a day after he was arrested by sheriff's deputies who were alerted by the father. Bail was set at $1 million.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_WA_Molestation_Arrest.html
James Scott Barnard, 1955-2005: Firefighter helped at ground zero of 9/11
By HECTOR CASTRO
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
When Seattle firefighter James Scott Barnard traveled to New York City after Sept. 11, 2001, he found himself in a field of rubble, trying to recover human remains, working by night in the glow of artificial light.
"He felt like he was walking on holy ground," said his wife, Jeanette Barnard. "There were dead in there, and he just felt like what he was doing was holy."
Barnard, whom friends called "Scotty," spent two weeks at ground zero recovering remains, encompassing in his efforts two of the most important aspects of his life: service to others and his spiritual beliefs.
"He was just honored to be a part of it," his wife said.
Scott Barnard, a 14-year veteran of the Seattle Fire Department, died Oct. 26 after a yearlong bout with cancer. He would have been 50 Saturday.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/246763_barnardobit02.html
Dismal October for U.S. auto sales
By DEE-ANN DURBIN
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
DETROIT -- U.S. auto sales fell sharply in October, dampened by hurricanes, fidgety consumers and high gas prices. Demand was down after a summer of heavily hyped discounts, and automakers warned that they don't expect an upswing in November.
General Motors, Ford and Nissan reported big declines Tuesday. Toyota's U.S. sales edged up slightly, Honda's sales rose and DaimlerChrysler's sales were flat. Sport utility vehicles took the biggest hit -- sales of the Ford Explorer, Lincoln Navigator, GMC Yukon, Hummer H2 and Toyota Land Cruiser were all down 50 percent or more.
General Motors Corp., the world's biggest automaker, said its U.S. sales fell 22.7 percent in October from a year ago, led by a 30.3 percent decline in sales of trucks and SUVs. GM's car sales fell 10.6 percent for the month. Overall, GM's sales fell 2.7 percent for the first 10 months of the year.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/246736_autosales02.html
Jessica Simpson saw therapist over rumors
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Music recording artists Jessica Simpson, left, and Ashlee Simpson pose backstage at a rock concert, Oct. 11, 2003 in Carlsbad, Calif. The sisters posed for the cover of Teen People and were interviewed for its December-January issue on newstands Friday, Nov.4, 2005. Both talk about the difficult challenges of the past year.(AP Photo/Chris Weeks)
NEW YORK -- Jessica Simpson says the relentless gossip about her marriage to Nick Lachey drove her to visit a therapist.
"Yes I have," the singer-actress tells Teen People in its December-January issue, on newsstands Friday. "I respect knowledge of the psyche. I would be a therapist if I weren't an entertainer."
Jessica, 25, posed for the cover of the magazine with her sister, Ashlee. Both talk about the difficult challenges of the past year.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pop/1403AP_People_Jessica_and_Ashlee_Simpson.html
Monorail, propositions 1 and 2: High-speed transit at its best
By PETER SHERWIN
GUEST COLUMNIST
It costs only 25 cents a day to build and operate the monorail. Despite all the monorail opponents' shouting and exaggerations, that's how much the monorail will cost. Just 25 cents a day.
For that quarter, this city will get a safe, modern and environmentally sound rapid transit system serving Seattle's west side, our downtown core and all our professional sports' arenas and stadiums. The city will get a much-needed mass transit system, at just a fraction of the proposed costs to tunnel on the waterfront or Capitol Hill. At about $160 million per mile for monorail, the cost of the 10.6 miles of the first phase of this monorail line would buy only three to four miles of tunneled transit.
Don't be mistaken; if we don't build rapid transit in this city now, it will be decades before we have another shot. Should we increase our investment in transit or succumb to statewide pressures and build more roads? The state proposes building roads that do not address congestion relief in Seattle; in fact, they will only increase the number of cars on city streets.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/246703_yesmonorail02.html
Appeals court tosses N.J. death sentence
By JEFF LINKOUS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
TRENTON, N.J. -- A federal appeals court Wednesday threw out a former insurance salesman's death sentence for arranging his wife's murder 22 years ago in a case that was the subject of a true-crime book and a TV miniseries.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia found that Robert O. Marshall's lawyer did not adequately represent him during the death penalty phase that followed his 1986 conviction. The court ordered that he receive a new death penalty hearing or a life sentence.
Robert Bonapietro, a deputy attorney general for New Jersey, said an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was under consideration.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Jersey_Death_Sentence.html
White House menu for royal visit dinner
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The menu for President Bush's dinner Wednesday for Britain's Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, as released by the office of the first lady:
Celery Broth with Crispy Rock Shrimp
Newton Chardonnay "Unfiltered" 2002
Medallions of Buffalo Tenderloin
Roasted Corn
Wild Rice Pancakes
Glazed Parsnips and Young Carrots
Peter Michael Pinot Noir "Le Moulin Rouge" 2002
Mint Romaine Lettuce with Blood Orange Vinaigrette
Vermont Camembert Cheese and Spiced Walnuts
Petits Fours Cake
Chartreuse Ice Cream, Red and Green Grape Sauce
Iron Horse "Wedding Cuvee" 2002
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Table settiing:
Clinton China
Vermeil flatware
Gold pintuck silk tablecloths
Sprays of white phaeleanopsis orchids with camellia foliage in the historic White House vermeil candelabras
Details emerge of al-Qaida figure's escape
By DANIEL COONEY
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Prison doors and cells have been fortified at the U.S. military jail in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said Wednesday as details emerged of a breakout by a suspected al-Qaida leader and three others who picked locks and evaded a mine field.
The Pentagon's belated confirmation of the identity of one of the four who escaped in July, Omar al-Farouq, sparked anger in Southeast Asia where he was one of Osama bin Laden's top lieutenants.
Some officials in Indonesia, where he was captured in 2002 before being handed over to U.S. authorities, accused Washington of failing to inform them of the escape.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_Afghan_Al_Qaida_Escape.html
Death toll in Asian quake jumps to 73,276
By SADAQAT JAN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Kashmiri boy Omer whose legs are fractured by the Oct 8 earth quake, plays with toys presented to him for the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr, to celebrate the end of Ramadan, Wednesday, Nov 2, 2005 at local hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Pakistan's official earthquake death toll jumped by 16,000, and the country's top relief official warned Wednesday that it is likely to rise. The announcement, which puts the official toll at 73,000, brings the central government figures closer to the number reported by local officials, who say the Oct. 8 quake killed at least 79,000 people in Pakistan.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1104AP_Quake_Death_Toll_PK1.html
Winners of Katrina contracts defend deals
By HOPE YEN
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Visitors to the Lakeview area in New Orleans walk through a portion of the area where homes were destroyed or heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina more than 2 months ago when the 17th Street Canal was breached flooding the area. Dozens of breaches continue to mar the city's levee system. (AP Photo/James A. Finley)
WASHINGTON -- Winners of some of the largest Hurricane Katrina contracts defended their government deals, telling skeptical lawmakers at a hearing Wednesday that the costs are justified.
"We displaced over 120,000 passenger to make this happen," said Terry Thornton, vice president of marketing-planning at Carnival Cruise Lines, which signed a controversial $236 million deal to provide temporary housing for six months.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Katrina_Contracts.html
Israeli rabbis issue guidelines for names
By LAURIE COPANS
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
JERUSALEM -- A group of Israeli rabbis has put together a list of names they say should be off-limits to Jewish children - including Ariel and Omri, the given names of Israel's prime minister and his eldest son.
Uttering the name Ariel is problematic because it could beckon an angel namesake instead, drawing down his wrath, they caution.
Omri - the name of an evil biblical king - should be taboo because of the highly negative connotation.
And naming children after dismantled Gaza settlements, like Katif, is another bad idea, they say, because of the controversy involved. Jewish settlers, who are predominantly religious, unsuccessfully opposed the withdrawal.
The rabbis' list, presented on an Internet site, http://www.moriya.org.il, also offers preferred names.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Israel_Forbidden_Names.html
Syria pardons 190 political prisoners
By DONNA ABU-NASR
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Syrians wave their country's flag in al-Rawda square near theUS embassy during a sit-in in Damascus Nov.2, 2005. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has freed 190 political prisoners as part of 'overall reforms' in Syria, the official SANA news agency reported.(AP Photo/ Bassem Tellawi).
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Syrian President Bashar Assad gave amnesty to 190 political prisoners Wednesday to mark the Muslim feast of Eid al-Fitr, the official Syrian Arab News Agency said.
SANA said that the amnesty was intended to bolster national unity and that similar measures would follow.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Syria_Amnesty.html
Iran continuing purge of reformers
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Iranians shout slogans, as they burn a likeness of a U.S flag during a demonstration in front of the former U.S Embassy in a ceremony commemorating 26th anniversary of seizure of U.S. Embassy by militant students, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005. Militant students stormed in the embassy on Nov. 4, 1979, and held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's government announced Wednesday that 40 ambassadors and senior diplomats, including supporters of warmer ties with the West, will be fired, continuing a purge of reformers as the regime takes an increasingly tough stance at home and abroad.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Iran_Purge.html
Seventh day of violence erupts near Paris
By JOCELYN GECKER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Clichy-sous-Bois residents walk past the wreckage of a burnt car, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005, east of Paris. French President Jacques Chirac called for calm and a firm hand Wednesday in response to six nights of rioting in Paris' troubled suburbs, warning of a "dangerous situation.". The violence, sparked initially by the electrocution deaths of two teenagers, has laid bare the despair, anger and deep-rooted criminality in France's poor suburbs, some of them ghettos where police hesitate to venture despite evidence they are fertile terrain for Islamic extremists. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)
CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS, France -- Menacing youths smoked cigarettes in doorways Wednesday and hulks of burned cars littered the tough streets of Paris' northeastern suburbs scarred by a week of riots that left residents on edge and sent the government into crisis mode.
In a seventh consecutive night of skirmishes, young people threw rocks at police Wednesday in six suburbs in the Seine-Saint-Denis region north of Paris - about a 40-minute drive from the Eiffel Tower. In one of them, Le Blanc-Mesnil, about a dozen cars burned and curious residents, some in slippers and bathrobes, poured into the streets.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_France_Rioting.html
France: Troops killed Ivory Coast prisoner
By JOHN LEICESTER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
PARIS -- French troops in Ivory Coast suffocated a prisoner, and commanders knew of the killing but did not report it to their superiors, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday.
The ministry also gave an official warning to Gen. Henri Poncet, who commanded France's 4,000-strong peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast at the time of the May 13 killing, as well as Poncet's deputy. Poncet already was suspended.
The prisoner, Firmin Mahe, "was killed by suffocation by French soldiers in an armored vehicle," the ministry said in a statement summarizing findings from an investigation begun last month.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_France_Ivory_Coast.html
Conservatives may sit out N.J. gov race
By ANGELA DELLI SANTI
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
U.S. Sen. Jon Corzine, D-N.J., right, walks behind the Linden High School marching band in a Halloween parade in Linden, N.J., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2005. Corzine, the Democrat candidate for governor of New Jersey, faces Republican Douglas Forrester in Nov. 8 election. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
TRENTON, N.J. -- Conservative Republican Dave Pawson agrees with GOP candidate Doug Forrester on most issues in the New Jersey governor's race. But when Pawson goes into the voting booth next Tuesday, he won't pull the lever for Forrester - or for the other guy, either.
Forrester's increasingly vocal support of abortion rights in his campaign against liberal Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine has so alienated Republican conservatives that they are threatening to withhold their votes on Election Day
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1134AP_New_Jersey_Governor.html
Infection-control key to U.S. flu plan
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP MEDICAL WRITER
President Bush speaks,Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. Bush outlined a $7.1 billion strategy Tuesday to prepare for the danger of a pandemic influenza outbreak, saying he wanted to stockpile enough vaccine to protect 20 million Americans against the current strain of bird flu. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
WASHINGTON -- A flu pandemic that hits the United States would force cities to ration scarce drugs and vaccine and house the sick in hotels or schools when hospitals overflow, unprecedented federal plans say.
The Bush administration's long-awaited report Wednesday on battling a worldwide super-flu outbreak makes clear that old-fashioned infection-control will be key.
Signs that a super-flu is spreading among people anywhere in the world could prompt U.S. travel restrictions or other steps to contain the illness before it hits America's shores.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/health/1500AP_Bush_Flu.html
Missing teen's mother presses Arubans
By MARGARET WEVER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
ORANJESTAD, Aruba -- The mother of an Alabama teenager who vanished in Aruba more than five months ago has returned to the Dutch Caribbean island to press authorities to solve her daughter's disappearance.
Beth Holloway Twitty left Aruba in early September after a court ordered the release of three local youths who were the last people seen with her daughter, Natalee Holloway.
The honors student was last seen early on May 30 leaving a bar with Dutch national Joran van der Sloot and Surinamese brothers Deepak and Satish Kalpoe. They were arrested on June 9 but released after a court ruled there was not enough evidence to hold them.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1102AP_Aruba_Missing_Teen.html
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