the survey ranked how young respondents viewed a career in politics: Only farming ranked worse than the prospect of a career as a state lawmaker, member of Congress or president.

Los Alamos National Laboratory equipment buyer Lillian Anaya thought she was ordering $30,000 worth of transducers. But she dialed a number that had been changed from an industrial equipment dealer to an auto parts shop, and wound up buying a Mustang with government money instead.

Conservatives Against Bush

North and South Korean scholars, hope it can be accomplished in time for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, when the estranged countries intend to field a joint team.

To many she is a humanitarian, but in the eyes of the US Government she is a criminal.

A television report by Pilger aired on British screens overnight said US Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice confirmed in early 2001 that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had been disarmed and was no threat.
Pilger uncovered video footage of Powell in Cairo on February 24, 2001 saying, "He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional power against his neighbours." Two months later, Rice reportedly said, "We are able to keep his arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt."

W: "I mean, Senator Kennedy, who I respect, and with whom I have worked, should not have said we were trying to bribe foreign nations," Bush said, according to a partial transcript made available last night by the network. "I mean, my regret is -- I don't mind people trying to pick apart my policies, and that's fine and that's fair game. But, you know, I don't think we're serving our nation well by allowing the discourse to become so uncivil that people say -- use words that they shouldn't be using."
mr ed: cute that they dont actually deny anything - but its wrong to *say* anything about it...

Democrat Wesley Clark, in the presidential race for less than a week, is tied with President Bush in a head-to-head matchup

w: The action of the coalition "had acted to defend the peace, and the credibility of the United Nations", he claimed in a speech to the UN General Assembly in New York.

Children find violence on TV news more disturbing than anything else on screen, a study has suggested. / Children are most worried by scenes involving other children or that are closer to home - while other, more remote stories have less impact, it said.

IRAQ'S Governing Council today banned the Arab satellite television stations Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya from covering official activities here for two weeks