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August 5, 2002
Sara Fritz
With Gore, Democrats get same old tune
WASHINGTON -- The whole world, it seems to me, can be divided into two kinds of people -- those who admit their mistakes and those who don't.

Mideast erupts in fury
Fifteen die in a day of extraordinary violence that spills over into today.

Police retrained to act, not wait
Columbine teaches agencies that forming a perimeter and waiting for a SWAT team to move in may be outdated policies.

Waagner on the run
The story so far: In September 1999, Clayton Lee Waagner was arrested while traveling with his wife and children in a stolen Winnebago. Facing theft and firearms charges, Waagner pleaded insanity, claiming he was on a mission from God to kill abortion doctors. The jury didn't buy it. In February 2001, Waagner escaped from jail. Four months later the fugitive posted an Internet message threatening to kill clinic workers. Planned Parenthood wanted Attorney General John Ashcroft to proclaim the urgency of Waagner's capture. Ashcroft did not respond, but federal marshals were already hot on his trail.

U.S. loans $1.5-billion to stabilize Uruguay
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration announced Sunday it was providing an emergency $1.5-billion loan to Uruguay to help stabilize the small South American nation rocked by financial troubles in the region.

World in brief
Bolivian Congress picks president

Nation in brief
Lawyers describe deadly mob assaults

Bring in Congress on Iraq, lawmakers urge
WASHINGTON -- War against Iraq is likely, said a senator exploring U.S. options, and other lawmakers joined him Sunday in pressing the Bush administration to make the case to Congress before any attack.

Fighting terror notebook
World Trade Center loss estimated at $8.2-billion



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