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The five senior leaders of the U.S. intelligence community told a Senate panel Tuesday they are "certain" that terrorists will attempt another attack on the United States in the next three to six months. The warning came during the annual threat briefing to Congress in response to questions from Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat and the chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, who asked, "What is the likelihood of another terrorist-attempted attack on the U.S homeland in the next three to six months? High or low?"

Florida health officials are drawing up guidelines that recommend barring patients with incurable cancer, end-stage multiple sclerosis and other conditions from being admitted to hospitals if the state is overwhelmed by flu cases.

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Urinetown Vets Star in New Monica! The Musical, About a Certain Intern By Robert Simonson 18 May 2005 Monica Lewinsky, the only intern in the history of humankind to be universally known by her first name, is the subject of the long-in-development show Monica! The Musical, which will a limited run at Manhattan's Theatre Three May 20-27. Directed by Casey Hushion, the new musical features book and lyrics by Daniel J. Blau and Tracie Potochnik, music by Adam Blau and musical direction by Nadia DiGiallonardo. Potochnik and the two Blau brothers have been dealing with Monica! The Musical almost as...

SACRAMENTO -- With the FBI and a federal grand jury reportedly investigating him, incoming Democratic state Senate leader Don Perata of Oakland almost certainly faces a coup attempt by a Southern California senator who narrowly lost that leadership post to him, sources said Thursday. The ouster attempt might even be staged by another lawmaker as a new, post-election upper house begins work next month, numerous Capitol sources said on the condition their names not be used. Removal of Perata from the post of president pro tem -- the second-most- powerful elected job after the governor -- would leave the Bay...

Big quake 'certain' in San Francisco by 2032 By Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles 23 April 2003 San Francisco is almost certain to suffer a severe earthquake in the next 30 years, which could uproot tens of thousands of buildings and kill hundreds of people in California's densely populated Bay Area, a detailed study by the United States Geological Survey predicts. The study, compiled by 100 geologists, disaster management experts, politicians and academics, said there was a 62 per cent chance of a devastating quake with a magnitude of 6.7 or greater on the Richter scale between now and 2032....