Show NEWS NEWS IN f N. N BRIEF NORTH KOREA Ambassadors from six countries countries countries coun coun- tries are gathered together in cin Beijing to discuss the North Korean nuclear program North Korea has hinted at having nuclear bombs and threatened to use these bombs if the US attacks The purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose of the conference is to convince North Korea to disarm disarm dis dis- arm ann and abandon the nuclear program but that possibility is unlikely NEW YORK New York 2000 pages of Port Authority transcripts from September 11 2001 were released Thursday August 28 2003 The transcripts include notes I from phone calls and radio I transmit ions many the last I w words of 9 9 1 9 11 ms The mm JM W rw y w. w l m t I release t Authority s says says says' ys y's llie they wanted to honor the 84 employees they lost that day with showing the world the their r heroic efforts efforts' VIRG VIRGINIA NA NAAn An Amtrak accident occurred when a train collided with a dump truck stopped on the train track The truck driver died at the scene but the Amtrak driver only suffered a hurt knee and no passengers rs were injured f T LAKE A PT PLACID A New York Taxpayers funded a weeklong week weeklong weeklong long conference on preventing preventing prevent prevent- ing road kill this month Representatives from different different different differ differ- ent environmental groups met and discussed improvements we can make to US highways to to prevent animal deaths In InI I response to disgruntled tax taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers payers the conference representatives representatives representatives say the conference will also focus on preventing the deaths of people who die avoiding hitting animals in inthe the road c Y fd A 0 ISee 0 I L See fee Nei News s In Brief on Page 2 r f u 1 h 9 i Q I. I i V i E S i A i i 1 News In Tn Br Brief ef 12 continued n ed from p page age ge 1 t MONTGOMERY MONTGOMER Ala Alabama ama Hundreds I un s of f Christ Christians ans are outraged out out- raged aged tn in Alabama where they t lost the battle battI to keep a statue featuring the Ten Commandments in ill public view ew ewI I r of of the Te TeC Ten Vv N-Vv M X C f monument jn in 1 Montgomery p t om ry are arc r fig fighting ti g the the fi removal val of the s statue tue claiming i dui i in violates v lates their first amendment amend amend- ment y rights g The rhe g governor y mor of Mississippi has Jias as offered ff l to take pit i it arid and i display pay it itin in his state fi i 1 f iio Q DAY DAX WEE WEEKEND i Gas t prices i s es oy over r labor l tl Day t weekend weekend j w were re tb the highest in int m t history t history Prices range fix from to as much A t- t r in S Sari San s ri F Francisco cisCo The high gl gasE gas s blamed l ed th the black black- prices T. T W E are on J rn the J New ew York area earlier earli earli- t Z er I month n and the thee gas I line linee fie break in n the west 1 d A i 1 f tf n f fI ll 7 4 r I X JN JP IJ f V- V i Wv r t. t RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL New York The MTv M Music sic Awards aired l last Thursday wi with group break break 5 away artists sweeping the the awards Former member Justin Timberlake won three awards the out most of any artist Knowles came in n second with two awards for b best st female song and video MTV kept its tradition tradition tion don by starting the show with a controversial opening act This year it was a a trio of Brittney Spears Christina hristina Aguilera and Madonna singing various Madonna songs songs in wedding dresses Madonna even stole a kiss s J from om the two pop div divas v n J LOS LOS ANGELES s. s California The annual Jerry Jeny Lewis labor Day tel telethon thon brought in a a re record ord million dollars Th The telethon hosted by Jerry Lewis and Ed McMahon broke last 3 ye years rs record of dollars as as reported by J CNN v 7 t x i i |