National
Bush wants authority to overthrow Hussein
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush asked Congress Thursday for authority to "use all means," including military force if necessary, to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if he does not comply quickly with United Nations demands that he abandon all weapons of mass destruction. Separately, the White House pressed reluctant allies Russia and France to support a U.N. Security Council resolution authorizing force. The Iraqi president told the world organization in a written speech, read by Iraq's foreign minister, that his country has no chemical, biological or nuclear weapons - and was ready to welcome back inspectors.
Scientist ask for strong acetaminophen warning
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - Federal scientists urged stronger warning labels Thursday on every bottle of acetaminophen, based on evidence that thousands of Americans may unwittingly take toxic doses that could harm their livers. "You cannot allow more innocent men, women and children to suffer," Kate Trunk, whose 23-year-old son Marcus was one of about 100 people thought to die every year from unintentional overdoses, told a panel of Food and Drug Administration advisers. "Death is not an acceptable side effect."
Dow Jones down 230, further profit declines
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NEW YORK (AP) - Another spate of bad economic news, brokerage downgrades and profit declines further demoralized investors Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down 230 points and to their first close below 8,000 in nearly two months. "Investors' emotions continue to drive the market. ... All you see is negative news," said Thomas F. Lydon Jr., president of Global Trends Investments in Newport Beach, Calif., citing an earnings warnings by Electronic Data Systems, disappointing results at Morgan Stanley, a weak housing report and the possibility of war with Iraq.
Archdiocese pays out $10 million in settlement
BOSTON (AP) - A $10 million settlement between the Boston Archdiocese and 86 alleged victims of child-molesting priest John Geoghan won final approval Thursday, four months after the church backed out of a much costlier agreement. A $10 million check from the archdiocese was given to the plaintiffs' attorney, Mitchell Garabedian.
International
Suicide bomber kills 5, injures 50 in Tel Aviv
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - A Palestinian blew himself up on a crowded Tel Aviv bus Thursday, killing five other people, wounding nearly 50 and provoking a swift response - Israel sent tanks into Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank town of Ramallah. The tanks fired in the direction of the Palestinian leader's battered office as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon convened his Cabinet in emergency session, fueling speculation about whether he intended to confine Arafat to the building or perhaps to expel him from the West Bank.
