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10-25-2004

Clinton Campaigns With Kerry Today

Workers prepare the stage at Love Park in Philadelphia, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2004, where former president Bill Clinton will appear with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., for a campaign rally on Monday. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Former President Clinton plans to attend a rally with John Kerry today in Philadelphia, then travel to Florida for a rally tonight. Kerry and President Bush continue their campaigns through swing states today with the election a week from tomorrow. Bush is charging Kerry with having a limited vision of the war on terror that won't keep America safe, in a campaign speech revamped to call attention to the central argument of his re-election bid.

IAEA Says Tons of Iraq Explosives Missing

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei is shown in Vienna Sept. 13, 2004. Several hundred tons of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that once played a key role in Saddam Hussein's efforts to build a nuclear bomb, the U.N. nuclear agency confirmed Monday, Oct. 25, 2004. ElBaradei will report the materials' disappearance to the U.N. Security Council later Monday, according to a spokeswoman. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha, File)

VIENNA, Austria (AP) _ Several hundred tons of conventional explosives are missing from a former Iraqi military facility that once played a key role in Saddam Hussein's efforts to build a nuclear bomb, the U.N. nuclear agency confirmed Monday. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei will report the materials' disappearance to the U.N. Security Council later Monday, spokeswoman Melissa Fleming told The Associated Press.

Schilling Pitches Red Sox to Game 2 Win

Boston Red Sox' Orlando Cabrera, center, hits a two-run single in the sixth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in game two of the World Series in Boston, Sunday Oct. 24, 2004. At left is Cards catcher Mike Matheny. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

BOSTON (AP) _ Pitching again through so much pain it put his start in doubt, Curt Schilling helped Boston move halfway to snaring its most elusive prize: a first World Series championship since 1918. Backed by another big hit from surprising Mark Bellhorn and unfazed by a defense that still had trouble getting a grip, the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 Sunday night to take a commanding 2-0 lead.

Security for Internet Users Deemed Weak

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Internet users at home are not nearly as safe online as they believe, according to a nationwide inspection by researchers. They found most consumers have no firewall protection, outdated antivirus software and dozens of spyware programs secretly running on their computers. One beleaguered home user in the government-backed study had more than 1,000 spyware programs running on his sluggish computer when researchers examined it.

Iraq Suspects Infiltrators for Massacre

Abdul-Razzak Yousif arrives to a Baghdad hospital for treatment after a bomb exploded Monday, Oct. 25, 2004 near a U.S. military convoy in central Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least three people and injuring several, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. The bomb was targeting the U.S. convoy when it detonated in the Karrada neighborhood of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Mohammed Uraibi)

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) _ Iraqi officials suspect that about 50 U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers slain by insurgents _ many of them execution-style _ may have been set up by rebel infiltrators in their ranks. Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group claimed responsibility for the weekend attack, the deadliest ambush of the 18-month insurgency. The claim was posted Sunday on an Islamist Web site but its authenticity could not be confirmed.

Egypt Arrests Alleged Sinai Bombers

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walks through the halls of his Jerusalem office to attend the weekly cabinet meeting, Sunday Oct. 24, 2004. Sharon asked his Cabinet Sunday to approve legislation authorizing him to carry out his Gaza withdrawal plan and was expected to win approval, setting the stage for a parliamentary vote later this week. Sharon hopes to carry out the withdrawals next summer. (AP Photo/Jim Hollander, pool)

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Eight Egyptians have been arrested and accused of plotting the nearly simultaneous car bombings of a hotel and tourist camp in the Sinai that killed at least 34 people earlier this month. In a statement Monday, the Interior Ministry also said the mastermind of the attacks, identified as Palestinian Ayad Said Salah, died in the Oct. 7 explosion at the hotel along with a fellow plotter, Egyptian Suleiman Ahmed Saleh Flayfil. The statement said the two had been trying to leave the scene but their timed explosives went off prematurely.

Did 'SNL' Gaffe Expose Simpson Vocal Aid?

Ashlee Simpson arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in Miami, on Aug. 29, 2004. Simpson's "extra help" may have been exposed when a "Saturday Night Live" audience heard her voice _ singing the wrong song _ while she held a microphone at her waist. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)

NEW YORK (AP) _ Singer Ashlee Simpson's "extra help" may have been exposed when a "Saturday Night Live" audience heard her voice _ singing the wrong song _ while she held a microphone at her waist. Her record company blamed a computer glitch and she blamed her band for Sunday morning's incident, which cut off her planned performance of the song "Autobiography" on the network comedy show.

Stocks to Open Lower on Falling Dollar

NEW YORK (AP) _ U.S. stocks appear headed for a lower opening as investors continue to mull the falling dollar and the rampant price of oil. The budget deficit, marginally disappointing outlooks for fourth-quarter earnings and questions over the outcome of the Presidential election makes for a fairly heady cocktail which could give investors an excuse to give equities a wide berth for a while. Dow Jones futures fell 50 points recently, while Nasdaq futures were down 9.50 points and Standar & Poor's futures decreased 5.90 points.

Hendrick Motorsports Plane Crash Kills 10

Jimmie Johnson, center, winner of the NASCAR Subway 500 race, is escorted to a NEXTEL Cup trailer after the race at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va., Sunday Oct. 24, 2004. Johnson's series-high sixth victory of the season was tempered by word that a plane carrying members of the Hendrick Motorsports organization was missing. NASCAR officials informed Johnson and three other Hendrick drivers that a plane carrying members of the organization had disappeared en route to the race. Johnson was excused from Victory Lane. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) _ One of auto racing's most successful dynasties was in mourning after a plane owned by Hendrick Motorsports crashed in thick fog en route to a NASCAR race, killing all 10 people aboard, including the son, brother and two nieces of owner Rick Hendrick. The Beech 200 King Air took off from Concord, N.C., and crashed Sunday in the Bull Mountain area seven miles from the Blue Ridge Regional Airport in Spencer, near the Martinsville Speedway, said Arlene Murray, spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration.

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