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...eventually prey upon the future citizen, a wary Virginian suggested, "The baby should also be worrying about the politicians who are ever willing to run up a tab on its yet-to-be-issued credit card." "I'm sure there are those who appreciate your parental concern," conceded a Californian who took offense at our youthful emblem of vulnerability, "but there are others who don't consider this a flattering mirror and who wonder if there is not just a little more contempt than compassion for those whom it is your ambition to inform." Or as a Minnesotan...
...woman with the healthy glow on our cover caused quite a stir among you. Not all the comment she inspired was complimentary. "Good health is not about being pretty," declared a Californian. "It means being fit and empowered, qualities that stereotypically pretty women do not necessarily embody." The majority of readers, however, were enthusiastic fans. "If Helen of Troy was blessed with such a face," wrote a Floridian, "then I sympathize completely with the behavior of Paris." Allowed an Alabaman: "She may be the healthiest person I've ever seen." Office workers in Indiana asked, "We're racking our brains...
...That ruling was just the latest in a string of damaging blows to Lindh's case, rounding out several days of setbacks. Tuesday, a federal grand jury indicted the native Californian on ten counts, including conspiring to kill U.S. nationals and using and carrying firearms during crimes of violence...
...native Californian is in the process of being transferred from U.S. military custody to that of the FBI. He has been advised of his Miranda rights, and has waived them, according to Ashcroft. Walker was officially charged in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia. He will also be tried there...
...estimated hard core of 400 fighters is heavily armed, and dangerous. And besides their historic links with al Qaeda, they continue to pose a terrorist threat to U.S. citizens - the organization currently holds hostage the Wichita, Kansas couple Martin and Gracia Burnham, and last year kidnapped and beheaded Californian Guillermo Sobero. Sending U.S. troops to help wipe out Abu Sayyaf may be part of a strategy to eliminate havens of lawlessness in which al Qaeda may attempt to regroup. It's a project enthusiastically supported by the Philippine government, which has made heavy weather of its own efforts to destroy...