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Airline Ticket Agent Recalls Atta on 9/11 Monday, March 07, 2005 SCARBOROUGH, Maine — A former U.S. Airways ticket agent who issued boarding passes to the terrorists who later hijacked a plane out of Boston on Sept. 11, 2001, says he felt guilty afterward. Michael Tuohey, of Scarborough, said he was suspicious of Mohamed Atta (search) and Abdulaziz Alomari (search) when they rushed to make their flight out of Portland International Jetport early that morning. Atta's demeanor, his angry-looking eyes and the pair's first-class, one-way tickets to Los Angeles made Tuohey think twice. "I said to myself, 'If this guy...

Fla. County Makes '23' a Passing Grade Thu May 30,12:34 PM ET WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - You can get three-quarters of the answers wrong and still pass this test. Palm Beach County high school students taking a new history exam this week need to answer just 23 of 100 multiple-choice questions correctly to pass. To get an A, they need to get just over half the answers right. A B grade requires only 39 correct answers. The new final exam for American and world history classes was developed by school district officials to ensure students learn state- required...

Dear Friends, I have just read and signed the online petition: "ARM Our Airline Pilots NOW" hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition service, at: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/apsa/ I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too. If you can spare a moment, please take a look, and consider signing yourself. Best wishes, Brad W. Steeples

RIGA, Latvia (AP) - A 16-year-old girl slapped Prince Charles' face with a red carnation Thursday as he stopped during a tour of downtown Riga to talk with a group of children. ``I'm against the Afghan war,'' the teen-ager said in Russian to reporters as police took her away. The girl, who gave only her first name, Alina, was still in police custody late Thursday afternoon. Police spokeswoman Krists Leiskalns would not say whether she would be charged. Prince Charles, who is on a five-day tour of the Baltics, had stopped to talk with schoolchildren waving British flags when the ...

My wife and I were thinking about taking the kids on a vacation to Afghanistan. Does anyone know of any nice resorts in or near Kabul? I'm looking for a place with first-class accomodations, of course. I appreciate any help or advice that you can give me. Thanks!

...I thought I'd post a short list of American women who I'd like to see get the Taliban treatment - i.e. wear a bedsheet at all times. Please add to this list as appropriate... Hillary Clinton Rosie O'Donnell Roseanne Barr Sandra Bernhard

The Front Page Fast or feast? Student groups differ at KU Thursday, October 25, 2001 It was fasters vs. feasters Wednesday at the Kansas Union. In the fourth-floor lobby, 20 students were fasting to raise awareness of starving Afghan refugees and promote peaceful alternatives for fighting terrorism. Most were members of the KU Green Party. Just feet away, members of KU Objectivists were serving slices of a cake with an American flag depicted in red, white and blue icing. They were supporting the U.S. military action in Afghanistan — and protesting the fasting. "The idea of fasting we completely ...