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Jenna Bush launches book tour

By Times Wires
Published September 30, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, MD.   

Jenna Bush looked poised as she stepped to the podium, but she couldn't quite hide the butterflies as she stood before an eager bookstore crowd Saturday to introduce her new book, Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope.

"This is my first day, so I'm a little nervous," the 25-year-old first daughter admitted.

The subject of her nonfiction narrative is a teenage mother with HIV whom she met during an internship with UNICEF in Latin America.

"Ana changed my life. She's only 17 years old, but she's lived the life of somebody so much older," Bush said. "Despite her hardships, Ana is so much like the teenagers here in the United States. She reminds me of myself at that age."

Bush embarks this weekend on a two-month national book tour.

RENO, NEV.

Man in sex assault sought in Las Vegas

The search for the suspect in the videotaped sexual assault of a little girl shifted Saturday from a rural county to Las Vegas, where the man was last known to live and where it is believed the tape was made. Chester Arthur Stiles, 34, was referred to Friday as a suspect as investigators concluded he was the man seen molesting a 3-year-old girl. The girl, who is now 7, was found safe in Las Vegas with her mother, who was unaware of the assault, Nye County sheriff's Detective David Boruchowitz said Friday in Pahrump. Stiles' most recent address was in Las Vegas.

DURHAM, N.C.

Apology offered in Duke lacrosse case

Duke University president Richard Brodhead apologized Saturday for not better supporting the men's lacrosse players falsely accused in last year's highly publicized rape scandal. Brodhead, speaking at the university's law school, said he regretted Duke's "failure to reach out" in a "time of extraordinary peril" after a woman accused three players of raping her at a March 2006 party thrown by the team. Brodhead spoke at a school-sponsored forum on legal and ethical issues in high-profile cases, and he received a standing ovation following his speech.

TRENTON, N.J.

Company expands ground meat recall

The Topps Meat Co. on Saturday expanded its recall of frozen hamburger patties that may be contaminated with the E. coli bacteria and sickened more than a dozen people in eight states. Topps said it was recalling 21.7-million pounds of ground beef products, up from the 332,000 pounds it recalled on Tuesday. The recall covers all Topps products with either a "sell by date" or a "best if used by date" between Sept. 25 this year and Sept. 25, 2008. Possible E. coli cases were found in Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. More information is available at www.toppsmeat.com.

RENO, NEV.

New clues boost search for Fossett

Dozens of searchers set off into the rugged Nevada backcountry Saturday after Air Force analysts scanning radar and satellite images spotted what may be clues to the whereabouts of missing adventurer Steve Fossett, who disappeared after taking off in his plane 27 days ago. The formal aerial search ended Sept. 19 after pilots spent more than two weeks scouring an area twice the size of New Jersey.

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