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...Still hung up by bickering is a bill that initially had significant bipartisan agreement: the creation of a Homeland Security Department. No one is against it. It's just that the Democratic Senate's version offers civil-service protection to the department's 170,000 employees. But Bush, who wants flexibility to hire and fire, says that could trigger his first veto. These differences may evaporate quickly under Washington's fever to show it can get things done...
...face of an upturned blossom, but she was born under the sign of the lion and her heart belonged to Hercules. The first-grader adored Disney's version of the hero and hung a poster of him over her bed. So Samantha Runnion, 5, reacted as her idol would have when a stranger first asked her to help find his chihuahua and then--as she bent down to show how small the dog might be--carried her into his car. She fought with all the might of her tiny arms and legs, and screamed to her friend, "Help me! Tell...
DIED. COLONEL FLOYD J. THOMPSON, 69, the longest-serving prisoner of war in American history; of unknown causes; in Key West, Fla. After his plane was shot down in northern South Vietnam in 1964, Thompson endured physical and mental torture, including being hung by his thumbs, and five years in solitary. He stayed sane, he said, by building an imaginary house he and his wife would live in once he was freed by the Viet Cong--which he finally was, after nine years...
...Army House, Musharraf has hung a plaque with advice to help get him through tough times, an excerpt from the Tao Te Ching by Chinese philosopher...
...spent the following week and half with a bright, red blistering nose. It was rather embarrassing when I arrived in Denver for counselor training, looking like Rudolph. When we talked about reminding the kids to wear sunscreen, I sheepishly hung my head in shame. Every time I looked in the mirror I was reminded of the cold hard fact that Mom is always right and I still had much to learn...