Headlines from around the country: Post your paper's headlines here

[gristy]

Post only if it's above the fold on page 1.

From the Manatee Herald-Tribune (FL): "Terror Inquiry: Bush Had Warnings of Threat"

[BJ]

1. From The Des Moines Register

Guard bars brothers from serving together

By WILLIAM PETROSKI
Register Staff Writer
03/24/2004
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Three brothers serving with an Iowa Army National Guard infantry unit bound for Afghanistan are being split up, prompting complaints from their parents who want them to serve together.(-snip-)
Link

[Not Me]

4. newseum.org

Are you all aware of this site? Every day, they post full color pdf's of almost 300 newspapers from around the country and the world.

Check it out.

[BJ]

10. Took your advice. Checked it out

And, unfortunately, The Des Moines Register does not appear to participate. The other above the fold headline is:

Gas prices rise again, hit record

As The Des Moines Register is now a Gannett-owned newspaper it is part and parcel of the "mainstream media's" own "operation ignore" of the 9/11 Commission hearings.

[TN al]

2. Nashville Tennessean

TCAP Tests To Take Twice As Long

9/11 inquiry is below the fold in the lower right. Two paragraphs before you have to turn the page. It says 9/11 Panel Hears Of Failed Hunt For Bin Laden.

[Touchdown]

3. Rocky Mountain News ...

Facing 9-11

Fed Panel: U.S. diplomacy could not avert terrorism.
Rumsfeld: Attack was on, with or without bin Laden.

Big photo...a montage of the 3000 victims in the form of the WTC, held up by an audience member.

Quote from Rumsfeld..."Killing bin Laden would not have removed al-Qaida's sanctuary in Afghanistan. The sleeper cells...were already in the United States months before the attack."

[bluedog]

5. St.Petersburg Times Florida

online headline:

Confusion Hindered CIA Efforts



Paper Edition:

U.S. needed more action, less talk, 9/11 panel says

[BOSSHOG]

6. New Orleans Times-Picayune

REPORT: BUSH, CLINTON MISSED CHANCES (Efforts to nab bin laden weak, uncoordinated terror panel finds)

Also above the fold from the big easy:

HORNETS WHIP PISTONS AT BUZZER

TERP TOPPING - LSU (women's basketball) wins over Maryland

HAIL TO THE CHAMPS: A nonpartisan president bush salutes both LSU and USC

[frylock]

7. san diego union-tribune..

Bush given pre-9/11 warnings, panel says.

[russian33]

8. From New York Daily News...

9/11: Nobody knew nothin'

and of course the fair and balanced NY Post:

"LOST CHANCES TO KILL OSAMA" (speaking of Clinton)

and my favorite " FRENCH CONSULTANT TELLS KERRY: BE LESS GAULING" also from the Post

[Loco_moco]

9. The Maui News

http://www.mauinews.com/

Heavy Rains Soak Maui

<snip>
WAILUKU - Heavy rains created a soggy Monday for most of Maui, closing several roads, a county golf course and a park, but no major damage was reported.
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yep..! :-)

peace;
rob

[Kadie]

11. Pledge face-off tough to predict

http://www.sacbee.com

The U.S. Supreme Court convenes this morning for oral arguments in the hottest case of its current term - Michael Newdow's challenge to the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, recited daily by millions of schoolchildren.

[bobbyboucher]

13. Sac Bee print-version,

"Pre-9/11 Failures Cited"

Then a picture of Wolfie, Rummy, and Myers holding their hands up to take the oath at the same time. Simultaneous perjury.

[CatWoman]

12. Atlanta Journal Constitution

9/11 blame scattered: Bush, Clinton teams swear they did all they could