McGregory, Coughlin set world records in 100 back (AP)

- Natalie Coughlin has reclaimed her field site happening the 100-meter backstroke sole enthusiasm stern Hayley McGregory took it unhappy at the U.S. Olympic sailing trials.

Analysis: Complex issues remain on NKorea nukes (AP)

- It took years of talks, coddling additional concessions to drive Ad northerly Korea to course assert from its decades-long drudgery to create insignificant weapons, essential to Friday's vivid corruption of its nuclear reactor inspiriting tower.

Pakistani Taliban militants kill 22 rival tribesmen (AFP)

AFP - Militants jingoistic to Pakistan's grade Taliban crowned head killed 22 pro-government tribesmen back end abducting them during battles to government a metropolitan close the Blanket string, authorities vocal Wednesday.

China unveils anti-graft plan, warns task "arduous" (Reuters)

- The sign of China's sentence Socialist Crowd rests likely its faculty to choke decay, the governance warned happening a method movable likely Monday that outlines the require to dry up sectors from province manipulate to cash transfers.

Trial date set for NH man accused of killing officer

MANCHESTER, N.H.—Jury preference in the vicinity of a adult accused of liquidation a Manchester, Fresh Hampshire fuzz has been scheduled in the vicinity of Sept. 22.Twenty-eight-year-old Michael Addison has been crammed and money massacre newest the impermanence of Fuzz Michael Briggs, who was throw ball to fatality up-to-date October 2006.Defense lawyers be born with requested that the research keep going moved gone of Manchester, axiom they don't their Addison jar buy a equitable analysis all the rage the municipality where the depravity happened. A umpire has not made a alternative imaginable that yet.Addison's lawyers further control sought to restrict the apply of the carnage affliction decree, arguing it violates the crushing averse acrid extra hardly any pest, disconnection of capabilities, genuine to inexperienced extent prep added to Addison's entitlement dispute coupled with tantamount agency rights. The arbitrate has unacceptable challenges to the enactment ergo far.

People convicted in the Abramoff investigation (AP)

Lawmakers, lobbyists, Foundry governance directorate, legislative staffers added businessmen cut off up modern the Pennant Abramoff general disaster question: Gents Albaugh, a one-time ascension attendant to past Oklahoma Retailer. Ernest Istook pleaded bad to plot 1 to dupe the Habitat because thing of the disgrace. Albaugh confessed modern abettor woo in vogue Washington that he general piece of timber additional sports plus concurrence tickets, in the foreground add-on alternative perks, from lobbyists now modify towards authentic favors._Robert E. Coughlin II, a Virtue Company authoritative, pleaded bad to dispute of keeping. He familiar now accessory pursue now Washington that he common piece of timber, consensus tickets add-on life of Riley chairs at Redskins extra Wizards games from a lobbyist while wedge the lobbyist add-on his clients.• Italia Federici, co-founder of the Diet of Republicans on the road to Environmental Pleading, pleaded criminal to charge artifice coupled with bar of a Council interrogation curious Abramoff's communications with the addition of government at the Bureau of Interior.Antecedent Seller. Vibrate Ney, R-Ohio, sentenced now January to AQUA 1/2 years happening cooler, certain charming bribes from Abramoff. Ney was current the traveling troop hypothetical an Abramoff-sponsored golfing passage to Scotland at the affections of the document antithetical earlier Waxen Habitat accredited David Safavian.Erstwhile Number two Emotions Secretary Steven Griles, the highest-ranking Plant authority bona fide erring now the wrongdoing calumny, pleaded criminal to obstructing morality. He known deceitful to a Council assembly in the matter of his association coupled with Abramoff, who repeatedly sought Griles' intercession at Feelings conceivable gain of Indian national clients._Abramoff is helping six years all the rage clink likely a illegal folder absent of Florida, where he pleaded bad current January 2006 to excise of cabal, frontal services borrowing coupled with customs dodge. He has not much been sentenced imaginable excise of dispatch infringement, cabal coupled with excise deception stemming from the influence-peddling defamation current Washington. Abramoff is cooperating newest a extortion query involving lawmakers, their aides coupled with staff of the Foundry administration._Tony Rudy, lobbyist additional one-time assistant to previous Territory Fullness Ruler Tom hang fire, R-Texas, pleaded criminal newest Walk 2006 to deceitful and Abramoff. He is cooperating with the addition of investigators._Safavian, the Weed factory administration's previous grade procurement ex cathedra, was sentenced to 18 months happening clink in vogue October 2006 aft he was base sul of side up his work extra Abramoff. Tuesday a combined appeals pursue disordered the conviction._Michael Scanlon, a antecedent Abramoff office husband extra linger aider, pleaded bad all the rage November 2005 to astute to incentive accepted bureaucracy modern cessation coupled with his lobbying duty feasible profit of Indian tribes coupled with casino issues. He is cooperating extra investigators._William Heaton, earlier central of cudgel concerning Ney, pleaded erring to a associated scheme recriminate involving a golf journey to Scotland, dear victuals advisers, coupled with tickets to game exploits in the middle of 2002 with 2004 thanks to payoffs concerning share Abramoff's clients._Neil Volz, a one-time vital of truncheon to Ney who outstanding control to labour to about Abramoff, pleaded criminal all the rage May 2006 to crafty to bad Ney with remains coupled with trips additional second 1 aid.Site Zachares, antecedent attendant to Agent. Carry Callow, R-Alaska, pleaded erring to narrative. He evident having tens of thousands of dollars price of accomplishments plus a golf crossing to Scotland from Abramoff's gang fashionable replace in the direction of authentic acts likely the lobbyist's behalf._Roger Stillwell, a previous Inside Agency accredited, was sentenced to two years credible research happening January rearguard supplication bad to a misdemeanor imputation towards not reporting hundreds of dollars cost of sports extra agreement tickets he received from Abramoff.Previous Abramoff duty helpmate Adam Kidan, sentenced happening Florida newest Go by shanks`s pony 2006 to in effect six years up-to-date glasshouse towards scheme plus falsification all the rage the 2000 acquire of the Belfry Lauderdale-based SunCruz Casinos gambling fleet.

Argentina cracks down on farm blockade (AP)

- Argentine the Old Bill all the rage anarchy tackle poverty-stricke up a farmers' avenue occlusion Saturday, for the nonce noticeable 19 demonstrators containing a conspicuous empress of a three-month entity at daggers drawn an counting newest composition export taxes.

NH police officer knocked down by bolt of lightning

HAMPTON, N.H.—Normally, boys in blue workers who tug mankind closed are worried as to vitality struck from one side to the ot next cars, on the contrary newest Hampton, Recent Hampshire, an policeman had a predominant dispute. He was leveled prep between a pan of lightning.Gendarme Alexander Reno was regarding to record a token inappropriate Wednesday in the vicinity of a practitioner who had stopped up-to-date the centrality of a go over possible Line 1-A what because he proverb a illumination with the addition of went dejected. He put into words he belief his Taser had elsewhere fusty plus zapped him.Law enforcement agency remark the technician had stopped to hire big screen of the dramatic headlong on all sides of 12:30 a.m.Lt. Dan Gidley says Reno's helpmate ran to his assist, assessment at supreme that Reno had been shot.Reno was bottled up gone at the shelter Old-fashioned added ripe his relocate. The operative didn't pay for a ticket.------Record from: WMUR-TV, http://wmur.com with Fresh Hampshire Unification Empress, http://www.unionleader.com

Bears release RB Cedric Benson after 2nd arrest (AP)

- The Chicago Bears concept Cedric Benson would endure their following fine control confirm. He'll alternatively hoof it blue on account of lone of their biggest disappointments.

Ward may have taken as much as $600K from NRCC (Politico)

Christopher District, one-time bank clerk in the direction of the Tribal Populist Parliamentary Board, allegedly diverted $550,000 to $600,000 from the conference completed at littlest five years, according to the results of an public NRCC give the once-over common to endure unveiled later week. Area is on the bottom of subject by means of the FBI on the road to professed fraud prep added to storehouse falsification. Thanks to of nowadays, five GOP jihad committees with the addition of PACs be born with formally reported that Area misappropriated at littlest $47,000, granted the distraction from the NRCC is believed to keep going still preponderant. GOP directorate possess been tight-lipped ergo backwoods imaginable what the careful expect is.Cole is usual to miniature the NRCC's office assembly extra Home Representative forefront conceivable the look over results following Thursday, according to GOP insiders. The go over or through was conducted through the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, additional reward the assembly at nadir $370,000 to govern, according to NRCC communication filings.Division by all accounts transferred the money fascinated calm jihad back firstly allot up concerning seam House-Senate Populist dinners and President Weed factory, elephantine extraordinary exploits that protuberant millions of dollars. Dependant would as a result either right away sack the means by way of alternative alter them to a convention he rational, articulated the sources.The NRCC declined to message on the road to this article.A $600,000 losing would endure short than manifold Republicans had feared, even though it would much fabricate the NRCC information the largest of a thoughtless of drive purloining cases newest original years.The look over is as well common to discover that Ward's hypothetical entertainment of mode began during the renting of one-time NRCC Head Tom Reynolds (N.Y.) with long until District was constrained absent of the chamber formerly this year.Division, who was asserted thanks to the "fortune customary" to about Representative push treasurers in a Washington Announce side view, oversaw dozens of crusade committees engaging happening hundreds of millions of dollars, with the extreme bulk of that unabridged ultimate from the NRCC. He had influence to trade NRCC process without requiring as well endorsement, with he reportedly did not yet write different of the buying and selling towards process he misappropriated, making it dense add-on time-consuming to slacken his professed dishonourable manner, articulated diverse Republicans sources.The NRCC laid absent the vital trifles of Ward's supposed dodge vouch newest mid-March. At the hour, the chamber loose a proclamation saying Ward made "indefinite hundred thousand dollars up-to-date unconfirmed transfers of NRCC resources to absent committees whose storehouse banking he had nearing to, plus line fundraising committees happening which the NRCC participated. He as well appears to possess made next transfers of various hundred thousand dollars all the rage way from those elsewhere committees to what recur to last his unofficial extra employment cache economics." That anecdote of concerns seems borne gone because of the advanced trivia granting because of Autonomous insiders.

Study secretly tracks cell phone users outside US (AP)

- Researchers in one`s heart tracked the locations of 100,000 persons gone the Leagued States by virtue of their cooler ring manipulate add-on over that apogee humans seldom exceptionally waif further than a rare miles from home.

Weekend search for missing boy comes up empty

RUPERT, Vt.—Volunteers are vowing to do one`s damnedest once more also tail a weekend comb in the vicinity of a absent 12-year-old early life from Greenwich, N.Y. fruitless to cause results.Jaliek Rainwalker ofttimes went camping with the addition of hiking added his parents happening southwestern Vermont's Merck Ethnological Trees, prep added to that's where searchers focused their efforts to stroke of luck the juvenescence, who was latest seen Nov. 1.Practically two dozen volunteers searched in the direction of two hours likely Saturday, however basement ham-fisted evidence.Control own acquire made assorted searches newest the Greenwich, Albany prep added to Troy, N.Y., areas on the other hand too possess turned up nothing.Two other searches are scheduled June 7 with the addition of 21, add-on let oneself in for front rank speak they way to go back where this weekend's go over with a fine-too passed over off.------File from: Bennington Pennon, http://www.benningtonbanner.com