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October 12, 2002
Mortgage company to pay millions
States accused Household International of abusing customers. Many were minorities or elderly.

Decades of peace work culminate in Nobel for Carter
The former president is awarded the peace prize for his efforts in the White House, and since leaving it.

Missing pilot's status changed
A Florida officer shot down in the Gulf War was captured in Iraq, the Navy has decided. There is no evidence he died in the crash, officials say.

With another victim, hunt hits highways
The gunman may be getting more daring, as the eighth death happens across the street from a state trooper.

Vote spurs new push for Iraq resolution
UNITED NATIONS -- Buoyed by congressional approval of an attack on Iraq, the Bush administration attempted Friday to break an impasse over a toughened weapons inspections regime at the U.N. Security Council and began to talk publicly about American plans for Iraq -- including the possibility of U.S. military rule -- should President Saddam Hussein be overthrown.

Politics in brief
As Election Day nears, Democrats try to change focus to economy

After long public absence, Cardinal Law re-emerges
BOSTON -- Cardinal Bernard Law practically dropped out of sight in the wake of this year's church sex scandal, making few public appearances other than Mass and answering demands for his resignation largely with silence.

Nation in brief
Wis. collision kills 10

Obituaries
JOHN LUKACS, 77, a real estate lawyer with oral and bladder cancer, died in Coral Gables on Monday, less than three months after winning a $37.5-million jury award against three major cigarettemakers. He testified in June knowing that he wouldn't live long enough to see any tobacco money. He got special permission to be the only one to have his compensatory damages claim heard after Big Tobacco appealed a $145-billion punitive verdict covering sick Florida smokers. The former Navy fighter pilot had a three-packs-a-day habit when he quit in

Fighting terror notebook
Italian police dismantle alleged cell in Milan

Iraq erects new obstacles to arms inspections
The regime says it can't guarantee security for weapons inspectors.

Explosion at Finnish mall kills 6, hurts 55
Police don't rule out a bomb in the blast 10 miles north of Helsinki.

Falwell remarks spur Indian riots; 5 killed
The evangelist called the founder of Islam "a man of war."



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