Two aides to Donna Hanover resigned rather than be reassigned as part of the escalating divorce battle between Hanover and her husband, New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. With flags flying at half-staff and the mournful song of a solitary bagpipe, Joe Moakley came home one last time. Saying he's tired of seeing beaches used as ashtrays, a New York state lawmaker wants to end smoking in most public parks and on beaches. Baby bath seats linked to the deaths of 78 infants since 1983 must be made safer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday, announcing it will create a government standard for the product. Police investigate whether she and her sister tried to buy drinks, and she used a fake ID, at a Texas restaurant.
Authorities say they'll wait it out.
Pictures from space show haze's spread. A researcher says that everyone 'is downwind of something. A high-altitude helicopter plucked four climbers and their five rescuers off Mt. Rainier on Wednesday evening, two days after the climbers lost gear in an avalanche. As punishment phase begins in the embassy bombing case, prosecutor says Al-'Owhali showed a 'total lack of remorse. The beleaguered chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that he was not fazed by California Gov. Gray Davis' threat to sue the agency for failing to cap wholesale electricity rates.