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Sales of drugs for kids increase
Use of prescription medicine is growing faster among children than it is among senior citizens and baby boomers, a new study finds. Attack clues ignored, panel says In a one-two punch, one woman releases a report detailing intelligence lapses, while another describes the pain that resulted from them. 13 killed in Kashmir violence SRINAGAR, India -- Days before a second round of voting in disputed Kashmir, suspected Islamic rebels gunned down political workers and clashed with security forces in a surge of violence that left 13 people dead, police said Wednesday. Court frees old, ailing war criminal from French prison PARIS -- Frail but now a free man, wartime collaborator Maurice Papon walked out of prison Wednesday and into a storm of public outrage after judges ruled him too old and sick to finish his 10-year sentence for helping send Jews to Nazi death camps. Gubernatorial races set in Mass., Okla. Democrats in both states pick candidates to try to win the state's top spot back from Republicans. Nation in brief Agriculture chief has breast cancer Health and medicine in brief Study: Dirt may help kids battle asthma Fighting terror: notebook Bulletin warns of al-Qaida hijack plan Spy games entrap both sides in Cuba embargo debate MIAMI -- It's hard to know whom to believe these days in the debate over U.S. policy toward Cuba. What we knew and when Eleanor Hill, the staff director of the congressional inquiry into the Sept. 11 attacks, released a 30-page report Wednesday that details numerous previously classified terrorist threats collected by U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials. Sri Lanka rebels give ground in talks SATTAHIP, Thailand -- Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels Wednesday gave their clearest commitment yet to peacefully settling the nation's 19-year civil war, demanding only self-determination -- not independence -- for the Tamil minority. Colombia turns to citizen informants to fight rebels VALLEDUPAR, Colombia -- To friends and neighbors he's a mildly successful lottery agent working near this northeastern Colombian city. To police, he's Informant No. 147, one of as many as 1-million civilians Colombia's new government hopes to enlist as secret agents in the nation's long-running civil war. From AP: special links on the terrorist attacks and aftermath • Sharon and Arafat: Old foes on parallel paths • FBI's Most Wanted terrorists • Afghanistan in Depth • Panoramic view of tragedy • Satellite view of Ground Zero • Flashpoint: Afghanistan • Multimedia Coverage of the Terror Attacks • Latest News on the Terror Attacks • Updated List of Victims • Terror Attack Multimedia Gallery • Terror's Path: An Interactive Map • Missing: A Multimedia Essay • Terror Attack: Minute by Minute • Terror Attack: Tower Collapse • Terrorists Attack: Video Gallery • Aftermath Photo Gallery • Day of Terror Photo Gallery National headlines [an error occurred while processing this directive]
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