Militants numbering in the dozens remained holed up in the Red Mosque complex, even after reports that the arrested leader had called for an end to the siege.
As police today worked to untangle the connections among the suspects in last week?s failed car bombings, four other Muslims were convicted of terrorist offenses in two trials.
President Bush reached a new low on Independence Day in an incredible speech to an invitation-only crowd of Air National Guard families in West Virginia. That kind of gathering ensures no protesters inside the hall to disrupt our leader's line of thought.
Bush talked again about victory in Iraq. He meant military, of course, and not a political settlement. He is almost alone in sticking to the military solution. He then went further in declaring that the United States must defeat "al Qaeda in Iraq."
A new study presents what may be a more accurate model for predicting breast cancer in women diagnosed with a condition that often presages that malignancy. The finding is good news for doctors seeking to develop risk-reduction strategies for the condition, called atypical hyperplasia or atypia, which causes an abnormal increase in the number of cells in breast tissue.
Here's more proof that NASCAR is king in Republican politics. During one of his regular race-day wrap-ups for KMLE-FM in Phoenix, Republican Sen. Jon Kyl was flashed a sign by an aide that prompted him to cut his analysis short. It said: "President Bush on phone. Air Force One." Kyl told host Dave Prat he had to go, adding, "I've got a good excuse." Kyl says Pratt was wowed when told the reason was a Bush call from the president's bird. But when Kyl explained to Bush why he was a bit delayed getting on the phone, the president, a big race fan, immediately realized his faux pas and dashed off a handwritten apology to Pratt. Kyl tells us that Pratt loved the note and has been bragging about it ever since.
AP - The White House on Thursday made fun of former President Clinton and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for criticizing President Bush's decision to erase the prison sentence of former aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
AP - When two doctors crashed a Jeep Cherokee into Glasgow's Airport and then set it on fire in a desperate attempt to ignite crude bombs it was clear to a policeman on the scene that they were on a suicide mission.
AP - Sweltering residents across the West headed for lakes and rivers on Thursday, seeking relief from triple-digit temperatures expected to set records through at least Friday.
The White House fired back at Bill Clinton after he said the Bush administration believes the law is a "minor obstacle" in the "Scooter" Libby case. "I don't know what Arkansan is for chutzpah, but this is a gigantic case of it," White House spokesman Tony Snow hit back.
Former Vice President Al Gore's son is getting treatment following his arrest on suspicion of drug possession on Wednesday in Los Angeles, according to a Gore spokesman.
The prescription drugs allegedly found in Al Gore III's possession Wednesday are favorites among young people, according to drug abuse experts, who say prescription drugs may soon overtake street drugs in popularity.
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