George MacDonald kept two birds after the fire. With his wife, Beth, and daughters Jenny, 9, and Molly, 11, gone, he gave away four cats, two beagles, 12 rabbits, geckos, hermit crabs and a cage full of parakeets. His surviving daughter, Sarah, 15, took her Australian sheepdog, Sasha, with her when she moved in with a family friend to a horse farm in Sanbornton. "I think the house makes her feel uncomfortable," MacDonald said. (Full story)
In a far corner of Iraq, a place Jeremy Bowser couldn't point out on a map, an elite SEAL team was taking fire. Bowser, the team's senior chief petty officer, carefully approached the building where the suspected gunman was hiding, he recalled yesterday. (Full story)
Barack Obama began sketching the outlines of his expected presidential contest against Republican John McCain yesterday, saying the fall election will be more about specific plans and priorities than about questions of political ideology or who is more patriotic. (Full story)
In cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, where most people have more important things on their minds, such as the daily struggle for fresh water, food and shelter, the country's ruling generals sent their people to the polls yesterday to vote on a constitution that opponents call a cynical attempt to maintain the junta's grip on power. (Full story)
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