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Bill Clinton Makes Appearance At Wall Street Bookstore

'My Life' in London
Book doesn't take city by storm, but Clinton's appeal still strong • FULL STORY

CONFLICT IN IRAQ
• U.S. envoy hopes for positive trend
• Roadside blast kills 3 in Baghdad
• DOJ disavows ‘torture memo’

Sven Nackstrand

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• U.S. OFFERS PLAN TO END N. KOREA NUKE CRISIS
The United States presented a plan to end the North Korea crisis Wednesday, pledging to consider incentives and security assurances while offering the North three months to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons program.

• U.S. considers troop increase in Iraq• U.S. officials questioned interrogations• Roadside blast kills 3 in Baghdad• Conflicting reports over British sailors in Iran

POLITICS

• NADER THREAT TO KERRY COULD GROW THIS WEEKEND
The Green Party’s convention this weekend in Milwaukee may be as important to the outcome of the November election as either the Democratic or Republican conventions later this summer. At stake: a potential 22-state boost for Ralph Nader.

• Nader urges Kerry to pick Edwards• Kerry holds slight edge over Bush in N.J.• Colleagues say Ryan misled them• Moore premieres anti-Bush movie in D.C.

U.S. NEWS

• LANDMARK SETTLEMENT FOR WOUNDED OFFICERS
A judge on Wednesday approved a landmark $1 million settlement between two New Jersey police officers and the West Virginia store that sold the gun used to shoot them. Both officers were disabled in the 2001 shootings.

• General: U.S. air dominance may wane• Food-bank comment causes furor• Search for Rainier climber scaled back• Child poet Mattie Stepanek dies at 13

TERRORISM & SECURITY

• SAUDIS OFFER LIMITED AMNESTY TO MILITANTS
Saudi Arabia offered Islamic militants a limited amnesty Wednesday, saying their lives would be spared if they surrendered but they would face the “full might” of state wrath if they did not.

• More airlines gave out passenger data• Farmer sentenced for tractor standoff• NBC: Did Ashcroft ignore terrorism warnings?• State Dept. revises flawed terror report

ENVIRONMENT

GREEN MACHINES | MORE

• HYDROGEN CARS READY TO ROLL — FOR A PRICE
If you can’t wait five, 10 or 20 years for the much-touted "hydrogen economy," then step right up: Several companies are ready to sell you hydrogen powered sports cars, pickups and even Hummers.

• Toxic chemical releases show increase• U.S. to lobby Iceland to end whale hunts• Toxic chemical found in California milk• California sues tuna canners over mercury

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

• JUROR NO. 5 REMOVED FROM PETERSON TRIAL
One of the jurors in Scott Peterson's murder trial was removed on Wednesday.

• L.A. police beating under investigation• ABA criticizes strict sentencing laws• Farmer sentenced for tractor standoff• Passenger killed on Manhattan subway

PECULIAR POSTINGS

• WOMAN SETTLES 'TOILET PHOBIA' LAWSUIT
A South African woman has settled a lawsuit in which she claimed to have developed a phobia about toilets after falling off one at a hotel.

• Immigrants wash up on nudist beach

SPECIAL REPORT

• U.S. OFFICIALS QUESTIONED INTERROGATIONS
The Bush administration did not ease its interrogating tactics until after State Department and military officials raised concerns that the tactics could violate the law, White House memos show.

• NBC: Clerics apologize for Abu Ghraib

WASHINGTONPOST.COM HIGHLIGHTS

• QUALITY OF NEW JOBS A MATTER OF DEBATE
A MoveOn.org political ad, and a furious counteroffensive by President Bush's reelection campaign, are crystallizing a burgeoning election-year debate over the quality of jobs being added to the nation's payrolls.

• Rev. Moon honored at Hill reception• A young soldier's last battle• Polio on the rise in Africa• Embedding their hopes in RFID

SPECIAL REPORT

• ROMNEY URGES BAN ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE
Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, whose state is the only one to recognize gay marriages, urged passage of a constitutional amendment banning same sex unions.

NEWSWEEK NATIONAL NEWS

• 9/11: WHO WAS REALLY IN CHARGE?
Did Bush know Cheney had given orders to down airliners on September 11? The commission staff wonders—and remains at odds with both men over alleged Saddam-Al Qaeda ties.

• Politics: Agent Provocateur• Under the Hot Lights• 'My Life': Bill Clinton’s Self Portrait• Justice: Not-So-Hallowed Halls

SPECIAL REPORT

• Technology, politics behind elections

• CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PRESSES NADER
Ralph Nader had a tense, angry meeting Tuesday with black members of Congress and rejected their request that he quit the presidential race.

• Black host charges QVC with discrimination• Colleges find affirmative action isn’t easy• WashPost: Black, white Split in Elder Care

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