Chemistry on Democratic ticket remains a work in progress
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — John Edwards relies on a dusted-off primary election refrain: “Hope is on the way.” John Kerry falls back on a Dick Cheney line: “Help is on the way.”
( 08/02/2004 02:01 AM CDT)

IN BRIEF
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — As John Kerry worked Sunday toward a late-day appearance at a children's softball game in Michigan, aides to Kerry and President Bush began playing inside baseball with conflicting polls.
( 08/02/2004 02:01 AM CDT)

THE BUZZ
In a series of columns for the Mount Pleasant (Iowa) News in the 1990s, Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack derided black people, Southerners and Easterners as poor speakers because she couldn't understand them.
( 08/02/2004 02:01 AM CDT)

Crucial Pakistani arrest led to alert
‘Treasure trove' found in capture
WASHINGTON — The capture of an al-Qaida figure in Pakistan several weeks ago led the CIA to the information that prompted the terror alert on Sunday, according to U.S. officials.
( The New York Times, 08/02/2004 02:01 AM CDT)

Navy to look for remains from '62 crash
NORFOLK, Va. — More than 40 years after a Navy plane hunting Russian submarines during the Cold War crashed in Greenland, a Navy team is setting out to recover the victims' remains.
( The Associated Press, 08/02/2004 02:01 AM CDT)

Cruise ship hits rocks in Alaska
UNALASKA, Alaska — The cruise ship Clipper Odyssey ran hard aground on rocks in the Aleutian Islands.
( The Associated Press, 08/02/2004 02:01 AM CDT)

FDA approves 2 new combination AIDS drugs
Two new AIDS drugs, each of which combines two medications within a single tablet, have been approved by federal regulators, the Food and Drug Administration's acting commissioner said Monday.
( By DIEDTRA HENDERSON, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 03:53 PM PDT)

Nader fighting to get on battleground ballots
When a worker seeking voters' signatures to list presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the West Virginia ballot stationed himself outside a fund-raiser for Sen. John Kerry here recently on the banks of the Kanawha River, Democrats were angry.
( By MARIA RECIO, Knight Ridder Newspapers, 08/02/2004 03:45 PM PDT)

Detainee Information Prompts Terror Alert
The detailed surveillance photos and documents that prompted higher terror warnings came largely from a Pakistani computer engineer whose capture set Pakistani and U.S. officials searching for those planning to harm America, and what they intend to do.
( KATHERINE PFLEGER SHRADER, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 03:39 PM PDT)

5 people killed in Missouri plane crash
A small private plane crashed on takeoff Monday from an airport belonging to the College of the Ozarks, killing all five people aboard, a college spokeswoman said.
( Associated Press, 08/02/2004 03:34 PM PDT)

Polls mixed on Kerry post-convention gain
The jury is out on whether presidential nominee John Kerry got a 'bounce' in the polls after the Democratic National Convention. Some surveys suggest he did; in others, he did not.
( By WILL LESTER, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 03:25 PM PDT)

Airlines rescind fare increases
American Airlines has given up on its proposed fare increases after some carriers declined to match the hikes on all their seats. American is following United Airlines' lead in making a new round of price cuts on select routes.
( Associated Press, 08/02/2004 01:50 PM PDT)

More Evidence Links Flu to Schizophrenia
A new study adds more evidence to a body of research that suggests the children of some women who get the flu while pregnant are at higher risk of developing schizophrenia.
( LINDSEY TANNER, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 01:00 PM PDT)

Expert: Scott Peterson was going broke
A witness in Scott Peterson's murder trial presented evidence Monday that might support a motive - he was going broke and getting deeper into debt in the months before his wife was killed.
( By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 12:56 PM PDT)

Bad weather delays NASA spacecraft launch
Bad weather forced mission managers to postpone launching NASA's Messenger spacecraft on a Boeing Delta 2 rocket early Monday.
( Associated Press, 08/02/2004 12:17 PM PDT)

Flights vulnerable to computer system
It apparently took just one errant keystroke to foul up computers at American Airlines and US Airways over the weekend, grounding hundreds of flights while highlighting the vulnerability the carriers face by sharing a single system.
( By BRAD FOSS, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 11:53 AM PDT)

Fat activists see diet industry draining
Unashamed of their size, fed up with fat jokes, and angry at the national obsession with dieting, overweight activists are mounting a feisty protest movement against the medical establishment's campaign against obesity.
( By DAVID CRARY, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 11:26 AM PDT)

Maggots Make Medical Comeback
Think of these wriggly little creatures not as, well, gross, but as miniature surgeons: Maggots are making a medical comeback, cleaning out wounds that just won't heal.
( LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 11:24 AM PDT)

Police nab husband of missing Utah woman
A man whose credibility began crumbling the day he first reported his pregnant wife missing was arrested Monday in her death, just before his scheduled release from a psychiatric ward.
( By MARK THIESSEN, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 11:06 AM PDT)

Smarty Jones is retired, sent to stud
After a stirring Kentucky Derby victory in the mud, a record-breaking romp at the Preakness, and a near-miss at the Belmont Stakes that produced heartache across America, the ride is over. Smarty Jones is retired.
( By MIKE JENSEN and CRAIG DONNELLY, Philadelphia Inquirer, 08/02/2004 11:03 AM PDT)

Groups Challenge Fla. Abortion Measure
The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood sued Monday to block a Florida ballhot measure that would pave the way for a law requiring parents to be told when their minor daughters seek abortions.
( JACKIE HALLIFAX, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 10:52 AM PDT)

South Carolina prison escapees captured
Two inmates who escaped from a minimum security prison were captured early Monday after hiking about 30 miles over five days through the woods.
( Associated Press, 08/02/2004 10:40 AM PDT)

Wall Street Workers Show Little Concern
Financial employees threaded through concrete barriers and around machine gun-toting police officers as they returned to work Monday following a government warning that terrorists may be planning to strike "iconic" financial institutions.
( DESMOND BUTLER, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 08:36 AM PDT)

Experts try to save JFK assassination tape
Archivists are trying to preserve and copy the only known sound recording of the gunshots that killed President John F. Kennedy - a recording that has fueled conspiracy theories.
( Associated Press, 08/02/2004 08:03 AM PDT)

Supreme Court to settle sentencing rules
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to try to settle whether long-established rules for sentencing criminals in federal court are constitutional, a question the justices raised with a ruling in June that placed thousands of criminal cases in limbo.
( By ANNE GEARAN, Associated Press, 08/02/2004 07:15 AM PDT)