Show ' I The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday October 13 2003 — A5 0 Nation ©mates WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush has lost control of Iraq policy because of infighting among administration officials the leaden of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee add Sunday The administration also came under1 criticism from Democratic presiden-ti- al candidate John Kerry for being unwilling to create a real international coalition and alienating governments everywhere “This is haphazard shot- - diplomacy” the Massachusetts senator said shoot-from-the-h-ip gun! ? - Utouslfo’s waifftninni® i?e©(Q)ir(jfl G0©mQMin)© The committee leaden urged Bush to take charge of U postwar policy' in Iraq “The president has to'be the presi- dent over the vice president and over these secretaries” die chairman Sen said on NBC’s Dick Lugar “Meet the Press” Added the committee’s top Democrat Sen Joseph Biden of Delaware: “There’s no clear articulation within R-I-nd what the message is what the plan is You have this significant division charge Settle this dispute”’ Biden said Bush should tell Powell ! Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney: “This is my policy Any one ofyou that divert from the policy is off the team” Lugar also predicted American forces might have to be in Iraq in some capacity for eight years or more Both he and Biden said the country’s recovery would cost at least $50 billion more than die $87 billion includ-in-g more than $20 trillion for the recovery dial Bush has requested and within the administration between the ' Pdwells and the Rumsfelds” Since early in the administration Secretary of State Colin Powell has counseled a generally more moderate line than Defense Secretary Donald H Rumsfeld Even before the Iraq war in the spring tales of tension and turf battles between their departments were widespread Asked what he would tell Bush woe the two to meet alone in the White House Biden said: “I would say ‘Mr President take chargeTake 1 ' is pending in Congress Both Biden and Lugar mentioned Cheney’s speech last week presented as a part of an “information offep- sive” by the administration to counter what it sees as unnecessarily negative media reports about the Iraq postwar situation Lugar called it “very very tough and strident” Biden said Cheney’s desire shared by Rumsfeld is “to undermine international institutions because they feel it’s a drag on our capability" Texans end redistricting dispute six-mon- th Kentucky i Republicans have said they could gain as many as six additional seats in the delegation Democrats said die map would add seven Republicans The bill’s passage ends six months of strange twists including two walkouts by Democrats three special sessions and harsh Republican AUSTIN (AP)— A battle in the Texas Legislature raided Sunday when the Senate passed a congres-sionredistricting plan in a third special legislative sessix-mon- th al sion settles " The bill now goes to Republican Gov Rick Perry who is expected to sign it into law 4 The new map approved infighting While the legislative battle in die Senate likely will over die majority congressional redistrictgive Republicans ui die Texas congressional ing is ova die feud continues : Democrats have pledged to delegation that is now ruled take Democrats their 5 to fight court by Democrats have opposed Republicans were hoping to end die redistricting debate every attempt by Republicans to pass a new pian saying the y last week as the House moved current congressional bound-ariswiftly to approve the map -drawn by a court in 2001 Friday But the Senate held off its should remain in place ' votto wait for the House to current vote say Republicans ing trends show Texas should 4 approve an unrelated bill to : have more GOP representation reorganize some parts of state1 in Washington government COVINGTON Ky (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington has agreed to pay nearly $52 million to 27 people who said priests sexually abused them in their 17-1- youth - j i ' 17-1- northern Kentucky In two agreements announced Saturday the pay-- j outs were $4415000 to 24 : people and $750000 to three others The amount any individual f receives was based on the ' severity of the abuse and its V'' rimpact' The settlements follow meetings between Bishop Roger JFoys and many of the claimants who included 22 : ' ft plaintiffs in a lawsuit and five others who brought out-ocourt claims - -- es ! - ' The men and women had accused at least six priests of abuse in the 1960s and 1970s at parishes in Lexington and - AP photo r'Thic f rrin na n rilull in Vsail ' Over 40 000 runners including one in a frog suit particj-MUpate in the Chicago Marathon on Sunday in Chicago 77 " ' : Scanners put to use to foil underage drinkers ft BLOOMINGTON Ind (AP) — Chris Ludy has heard 771! all He’s the “ID Nazi” the police” — names yelled V at him by Indiana University v students who've tried unsuc-- 7 cessfully to use fake IDs at ft the liquor store he manages a few blocks off campus ? He and his staff at Big Red liquors use black lights to' V help them examine holograms on any number of state ucens-e- s that come through their 747 r doors They check campus ft ' directiuies to see if students’ addresses match dime given 7 on the licenses And they grill ' people whose birth dates look doctored — often keeping the IDs they suspect are fake “I’ll ask them what their astrological sign is just to see how they react” Ludy says 7 Now his store and several ft ft others near college campuses in Indiana have added one more tool to foil potential underage drinkers: They’re using scanners that read the bar codes and electronic strips on the back of most states’ driver’s licenses The devices are gaining popularity with liquor retail- ers police officefs and bar owners nationwide as fake IDs get ever-mosophisticat- ed and difficult to spot These days students can : re : of Alcoholic Beverages and Big Red Liquors last spring said he thought the scanners Tobacco ft : : Myers says most underage V would be a “discouragement” drinkers caught with fake IDs tosome students- “ are ordered to appear en V ft “But it’s not going to help masse in court the day after with the overall problem” ' they receive their citations says the student who asked Some pay a fine Others opt to that his name not be used ft ' do “ As long as the drinking age community service by ft' stands there will always be doing trash pickup 7 “Panama City beach is one : underage drinking” of the cleanest beaches in the ft Several students said having a fake ID was considered ft country after the done almost ante of passage — ' ftft" it cleaning get up" one that could generally get Myers quips At Indiana University — them into a busy bar if not a ranked by The Princeton liquor strae (though some bar ' Review as one of the nation’s owners say they plan to start ft “top party schools” — stu- using scanners too) '! 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