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WASHINGTON -- Some 17,000 General Electric workers staged a nationwide strike last week to protest increases in their medical copays. Two days later, they returned to work without winning any concessions from the company. Iraq reveals 4 more warheads BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Top U.N. officials said Baghdad disclosed it found four more empty chemical warheads like a dozen others discovered last week, and said there had been "some progress" Sunday in talks to win greater Iraqi cooperation with arms inspectors. Fighting terror: Paper attributes letter to bin Laden CAIRO, Egypt -- A statement purportedly written by Osama bin Laden urges Muslims to stop fighting each other and unite against the "crusader coalition" that is attacking the Islamic world, according to excerpts published Sunday in a London-based Arab newspaper. Powell differs on affirmative action case WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday he disagrees with President Bush's position on an affirmative action case before the Supreme Court, as the White House called for more money for historically black colleges. King family: Don't wait for next leader ATLANTA -- In the 34 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, people have watched for a new leader to emerge who could carry the banner for political and social justice with as much influence among American blacks. Astronauts set small fires for soot study CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts set small fires inside their orbiting laboratory Sunday in a scientific study of soot. Astronauts set small fires for soot study CAPE CANAVERAL -- Space shuttle Columbia's astronauts set small fires inside their orbiting laboratory Sunday in a scientific study of soot. World in brief: Cable cars plunge into hill, killing 7 PAWAGADH, India -- Cables snapped Sunday and three cable cars carrying the faithful to a hilltop temple in western India fell to the ground, killing seven passengers and injuring 24, police said. S. Korea: Media distorted meaning of attack remark SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's president-elect did not intend to suggest this weekend that U.S. officials had debated attacking North Korea, a spokesman said Sunday. Widow of Civil War veteran dies BLAINE, Tenn. -- Gertrude Janeway, the last widow of a Union veteran from the Civil War, has died in the three-room log cabin where she lived most of her life. She was 93. Mystery visitor leaves roses for Poe BALTIMORE -- With his face hidden beneath a dark hood, a man crept into a bitterly cold downtown graveyard before dawn Sunday and raised a solitary birthday toast to Edgar Allan Poe. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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