DEF LEPPARD have lined up the following dates with BRYAN ADAMS during October/November: Oct. 11 - Boston, MA - Agganis Arena Oct. 12 - East Rutherford, NJ - Continental Arena Oct. 14 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion Oct. 15

So far, about 800 people have been processed at Chicago's welcoming center for hurricane survivors. Many were moved out to shelters in downstate Alton and suburban Tinley Park. Some of the evacuees have connected with their families but for others

The French Bird of Prey Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over. A tough contest to judge, but not as tough as non-tortured chicken (AP Photo/Wally Santana) The Winners First: McGehee - What? KFC makes chickens listen to Janeane Garofalo

OPPOSITION politicians gave a cautious welcome yesterday to the UK government's plans to restrict the sale of air-guns in Britain.

A little boy was abducted in Manhattan's Washington Heights neighborhood Thursday evening.

MINISTERS have identified more than £1 billion worth of savings in their drive to be more efficient, it emerged yesterday.

EUROPE beckons for the successful candidate who fills one of the roles advertised by the Scottish Executive this week.

THE mother of murdered schoolboy Mark Cummings yesterday welcomed a pledge by MSPs to consider proposals for a new law under which parents would be told when a paedophile moves into their area.

STEVEN Purcell, the new leader of Glasgow City Council, yesterday promised a root-and-branch review of the hundreds of millions of pounds that his local authority spends on programmes aimed at tackling poverty and deprivation.

SCOTLAND'S Freedom of Information Act has been in effect for eight months, however some public authorities are still struggling with compliance.

NICOLA Sturgeon, the SNP's Holyrood leader, stepped up her attack on the Executive over the fate of ScottishPower today, calling on Jack McConnell to "wake up and start living in the real world".

IN A WEEK in which the Scottish Executive has managed to find £200 million in its coffers to fund the closure of a gap in business rates between Scotland and England it has maintained has not existed for the last

BRITISH embassies across the world have drawn up a list of up to 100 radicals who are not welcome in the UK, Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, has confirmed.

CHARLES Clarke, the Home Secretary, yesterday failed to win European Union backing for a plan to retain phone and e-mail data to help combat terrorism.

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.

The Chicago Bears and Brad Maynard have come to terms on a five-year contract extension that will keep the punter with the team through the 2010 season.

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Med Services Europe GmbH, a "Virtual European Headquarters" for Pharmaceutical and Medical Manufacturers, announced that it has obtained rights to out-license a portfolio of prescription pharmaceuticals. (www.MedServicesEurope.com)