Rumsfeld: Target will be Saddam, not Iraq
Says U.S. has never had problems with Iraqi people
By Robert Burns
Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — If the U.S. military attacked Iraq it would target Saddam Hussein’s thin power base while avoiding widespread harm to the civilian population, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Sunday.
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Jury convicts second man of murder in yogurt shop killings

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man was convicted of capital murder Sunday for killing a 13-year-old girl at a yogurt shop 11 years ago.
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Fear and loathing in Hershey, Pennsylvania
By Chris Moore
Staff Writer

When I was young, my grandmother took me to the cavity capital of the world, Hershey, Pa. The vague memories I gathered on that trip left behind a child-like awe of the town. Whenever I thought of the place in later years, I imagined free chocolate on every corner, candy cane lampposts ripe for licking and rainstorms of Hershey’s Kisses.
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Our Perspective 
Abusive parents can be found outside the headlines
wo recent reports of child abuse in Illinois and Florida raise a question that seems incomprehensible: Why do adults take their problems and frustrations out on children?
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Trapped deftly avoids cliché
By Chris Moore
Staff Writer

Your child is kidnapped and will be killed unless you fork over $250,000. A scary thought, especially if you’re a filmmaker. Any writer or director who takes on this storyline runs a risk of falling into boring clichés. Director Luis Mandoki’s latest film, Trapped, is mildly successful in this respect, but good old-fashioned characterization and intense action are the highlights of this psychological thriller. 
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Women continue to roll
By Scott Castleman
Sports Writer

The No. 11-ranked women’s soccer team made a convincing argument to move up in the polls on Sunday by knocking off undefeated Villanova.
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