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...trees and mantelpieces around America in a new collection of holiday ornaments and decorative accessories designed for Hold Everything, the Williams-Sonoma--owned home-accessories resource. "It's a modern take on Christmas, with lots of groovy geometry and improbable interpretations of traditional holiday colors. Instead of red and forest green, we did pink and lime," says Adler. The Hold Everything line includes needlepoint ornaments, left, stockings, felt gift bags and colorful glass votives. Prices range from $6 to $148, and products are available in the catalog and in stores...
...asserting that Bush has a secret plan to gut Social Security and revive the draft, which inspired Bush to accuse his rival of exploiting the politics of fear. The Democrats threw the charge right back when the Bush campaign launched the "Wolves" ad, which shows a pack prowling a forest like terrorists hunting their prey and implicitly suggests the country can't afford to choose Kerry under such threatening conditions...
...wanted bandit, in a jungle shootout with police; near Chennai, India. Regarded by the poor as a Robin Hood who fought the ruling classes on their behalf, he was accused of murdering 130 police officers, slaughtering elephants and smuggling illegal sandalwood and ivory. The outlaw, who lived in the forest, was reportedly lured to his death by his doctor, who talked him into an ambulance by telling him he needed eye surgery...
...DIED. KOOSE MUNISWAMY VEERAPPAN, 60, India's most wanted bandit; in a 20-minute jungle shootout with police; near Madras, India. Regarded by the country's poor as a Robin Hood who fought the rulers on their behalf, he was accused of murdering 130 forest officials and police officers, slaughtering 2,000 elephants, and smuggling millions of dollars' worth of illegal sandalwood and ivory. The outlaw, who lived in the forest, was ambushed after he was reportedly lured by disguised police into a makeshift ambulance, believing he was on his way to see a doctor for his ailing eyes...
...million Amount the USDA Forest Service says it plans to bill a teenager who inadvertently started a 16,000-acre wildfire in Washington State in August...