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Lots of news moving on the DC sniper front in the last 24 hours, particularly this
morning...Richmond, VA law enforcement officials confirm that "two male subjects" are
in custody and are being questioned...
"The two people that we have in custody, at this time, are being questioned in regards
to the sniper shooting," Stuart Cook of the Hanover County Sheriff's office told
reporters. "We are continuing to investigate this case. They are being
questioned in regards to the investigation but have not been charged."
Also: Ballistics evidence from Saturday night's shooting match other
shootings...Police have also been in communication with someone who left a phone
number at the crime scene...A Rockville, MD presser was tentatively scheduled this
afternoon and now has been canceled and a federal official involved with the sniper
investigation tells NBC that the police did not find a gun in the van seized in
Richmond so the plot thickens...
By the time you read this there may even be more developments...We're going live for
the full hour on this one folks...We're even sending Shuster and Jamison into the
fray...We'll then come out with an all star panel to "slice and dice" the latest
news...What we know, what we don't know and where this is all may be headed...
This weekend I was at a community fair event thing in my neighborhood and they were
passing out pamplets entitled "Coping with sniper attacks." Such is life in the
Beltway these days...
Please join us...We've got the best folks in the news business covering this story
from all angles...Bellone, out.
Two men held in sniper investigation (MSNBC) http://msnbc.com/news/816566.asp
Police Preparing Response to Message...Statement Issued as Van Driver Is Taken Into
Custody Near Richmond (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58747-2002Oct21.html
Democrats air one commercial likening a Republican to a circus dog jumping through
hoops for HMOs and drug companies. Another ad says Republicans approved "tax
giveaways" for Enron and other companies. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021018/ap_on_el_ge/campaign_ads_2
Fun Clinton News:
'Soul brother' Clinton on road for fundraising (USA Today)
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021021/4550650s.htm
Actor Robert Redford wants more debate on the issues in North Carolina's Senate race.
(AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20021021/ap_on_en_mo/redford_senate_1
D.C.-Based Election Monitor Takes On Another Troubled Democracy: Miami
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56968-2002Oct20.html
Former President George Bush said Sunday in Des Moines that his son faces the toughest
times in the White House since the Civil War. (Des Moines Register)
http://www.dmregister.com/news/stories/c4789004/19520607.html
With 15 days to go until elections that will decide which political party controls
Congress and governors' offices, the flight path of Air Force One may be the best
gauge of Republican chances in key races.
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20021021/4550645s.htm
Juggling his domestic, foreign policy and political agendas, President Bush is taking
a step toward sanctions against war-ravaged Sudan, meeting NATO's chief on expanding
the alliance and hosting major Republican donors. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=544&ncid=703&e=5&u=/ap/20021021/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush
A Wide World of Trouble...While Bush pushes war against Iraq, new threats loom from Al
Qaeda and North Korea. Can we fight on all these fronts? (Newsweek)
http://www.msnbc.com/news/823460.asp
North Korea issue annoys Congress...Key Democrats kept in dark until after vote on
Iraq war (The Washington Post) http://www.msnbc.com/news/823175.asp
Iraqis would be much better off without Saddam Hussein as their leader, Secretary of
State Colin Powell says, seeming to back away from the long-held U.S. policy that
Saddam must go. (AP)
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&ncid=716&e=4&u=/ap/20021021/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_iraq
N. Korea open to talks on nukes...North Korea expressed willingness Monday to resolve
concerns over its nuclear weapons program through dialogue, South Korean officials
said.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/822193.asp
Two of the Bush administration's top foreign policy officials yesterday vigorously
refuted charges that the administration withheld North Korea's admission of a nuclear
weapons program from key congressional Democrats to ensure passage of its resolution
authorizing war with Iraq. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57148-2002Oct20.html
Orin: Saddam Hussein yesterday opened the doors of his jails and claimed he was
freeing most prisoners - common crooks and political foes alike - in a bid to rally
popular support as the United States presses for a possible military strike.
http://www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/60129.htm
Generic drugs get push from Bush...President Bush on Monday proposed new regulations
aimed at speeding consumer access to lower-cost generic drugs by limiting the ability
of drug companies to prolong patent protections,
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/823782.asp
GOP hopeful despite lag in polls...Polls show Democrat Frank R. Lautenberg ahead of
his Republican opponent, Doug Forrester, in the New Jersey Senate race. (The
Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021021-323003.htm
In his third trip to the Granite State this year, Sen. John Edwards is introducing
himself -- one household at a time -- to voters who will cast ballots in the country's
first presidential primary of 2004. (Charlotte Observer)
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/observer/news/local/4325731.htm
U.S. Sen. John Kerry, who is laying the groundwork for a possible White House campaign
in 2004, is an early favorite among South Carolina Democratic leaders. (Columbia
State) http://www.thestate.com/mld/state/news/politics/4326590.htm
Jeb Bush on offensive in Florida race...Gov. Jeb Bush assails his opponent as soon as
he walks out in front of an adoring audience on Lowell Stansberry's farm, and never
lets up. (The Washington Times) http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021021-65534.htm
Nickles Won't Take on Lott...Ending months of speculation he might run for Republican
leader in the 108th Congress, Senate Minority Whip Don Nickles (Okla.) told Minority
Leader Trent Lott (Miss.) last week he would not challenge him for the post. (Roll
Call) http://www.rollcall.com/pages/news/00/2002/10/news1021a.html
Arkansas Senate race neck and neck...Sen. Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas is in one of the
toughest races in the country, in a dead heat with his challenger, state Attorney
General Mark Pryor. (The Washington Times)
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021021-82837584.htm
N.C. Race Narrows For Dole, Bowles...In the final face-to-face confrontation of their
contentious Senate race, Elizabeth Dole and Erskine B. Bowles established one
irrefutable fact: They can walk and chew issues at the same time. (The Washington
Post) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56960-2002Oct20.html?referer=email
Foes gang up on Pataki at raucous gov debate...The emotions spilled over into the
lobby of a TV station here afterward, when Pataki's communications director Mike
McKeon and Golisano's media consultant Erick Mullen had an obscenity-laced shouting
match that forced a cop to intervene. (NY Daily News)
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/28874p-27312c.html
A Disarming Transition...Scott Ritter, who helped crush Hussein's army during the
Persian Gulf War and rooted out evidence of the dictator's deceit as a U.N. weapons
inspector, now claims the country has not been shown to possess weapons of mass
destruction and that American policy toward Iraq is immoral. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56950-2002Oct20.html?referer=email
Jackson stresses the 'struggle is not over'...Civil Rights leader takes on Bush
(Athens Banner Herald)
http://www.athensnewspapers.com/stories/102102/new_20021021032.shtml
Kurtz: Candidates Uncovered!...November's Elections Take a Back Seat to War
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56996-2002Oct20.html
Opinion/Editorial
Stu's Dangerous Baker's Dozen: Democrats Beware
http://www.rollcall.com/pages/columns/rothenberg/
Written in blood...The Korean War offers some lessons for how we deal with Iraq: No
matter how many bombs are dropped, it's impossible to change a regime from 30,000
feet, writes Ken Allard.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_infobeat.asp?/news/823044.asp
The Washington Post: Mr. Tenet Speaks
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57554-2002Oct21.html
May: Conflict Resolution 101...Tyrants revealed!
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-may102102.asp
The Wall Street Journal: The Trouble With Harry...Belafonte takes on Condi Rice, and
an Africa charity loses.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002498
Novak: Bush faces dilemma in Calif.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/novak/cst-edt-novak21.html
Bartley: Bill's Party Does What You Gotta Do...Democrats still have Clinton's election
ethics. http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110002499
Sweet: The Back Room
http://www.suntimes.com/output/sweet/cst-nws-back21.html
NJ: Landfield: A Liberal Speaks Conservatively...Against Proposed State Cell Phone Ban
http://www.practicalpolitics.net/landfield/10_19_02.html
Will: Liberal until liberalism threatens something dear
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/will.html
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
Mallard Fillmore http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/mallard.asp
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