SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Merlot can be a variety of grape or a type of red wine, but not an acceptable personalized license plate in the state of Utah.
Russian’s Account Further Clouds a Poisoning MysteryBy STEVEN LEE MYERS and ALAN COWELL
An interview with the only possible suspect in the poisoning of Alexander V. Litvinenko only deepens the mystery.Free-Speech Case Divides Bush and Religious Right
By LINDA GREENHOUSEA Supreme Court case about the free-speech rights of high school students has opened a fissure between the Bush administration and its usual allies on the religious right. 
For publishers, every day is Mother's Day
The women who so identified with Bridget Jones a decade ago have now settled down and had children. The book industry noticed - and the current glut of 'yummy-mummy lit' is the result.
Conflict between Hispanic and black gangs spreading across LA.
Full US coverage A meeting of great minds
Notebook: Some of our greatest mathematical minds are chatting when the topic turns to money, and Hollywood.
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Iraqis: life is getting better <== whatever it is they are smoking, I want some
The survey of over 5,000 Iraqis found most optimistic despite suffering sectarian violence since the invasion four years ago
From Shock & Awe to the 'surge' without endIndependent - Four years ago this Tuesday, George Bush began his ill-fated Iraq campaign. Today's news that the US is sending an extra battalion to Baghdad will push troop levels to 160000 - 10000 more than at the time of the invasion.***today's ORA***
Agent Zigzag (Hardcover)
by Ben Macintyre (Author)
***addenda***
March 18, 2007
Shaken And Stirred
Welcome to the Club
By JONATHAN MILES
DO not be fooled. The Poona Club is just a state of mind. Duly forewarned, you may now peruse the newly added cocktail menu at Fatty Crab on Hudson Street, which recently received its liquor license and has this to say about its Poona Club cocktail: “Back in the days of British India, the Poona Club was famous for its — well, you’ll have to look it up.” . . . .
