Iraq suicide bomb...Deadly plane crashes...Voting rights restored

BAGHDAD (AP) Iraqi officials say a suicide bomber has struck west of Baghdad, killing at least 25 people and injuring about 30 others. The attack came as people were gathered to celebrate the release of a former detainee from a U.S. detention center.

UNDATED (AP) Officials say at least 71 people were killed when a plane crashed shortly after taking off from Kyrgyzstan's (KEER'-gih-stanz) main airport today. And in Guatemala, police say the crash of a small plane there has killed at least ten people.

DENVER (AP) Democratic delegates from Michigan and Florida will now have full voting rights at this week's convention in Denver. The two states had initially been stripped of delegates for holding primaries earlier than sanctioned by the national party.

DENVER (AP) About one-thousand activists have marched through Denver, calling for an end to the war in Iraq. The march to the site of this week's Democratic National Convention was led by paralyzed Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, whose story was chronicled in the book and movie, "Born on the Fourth of July."


CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) The national Lundberg Survey on Gasoline Prices shows the cost of regular has dropped by an average of 15 cents a gallon over the past two weeks, to $3.70. Gas is cheapest in St. Louis at $3.37, and highest in Anchorage, Alaska, at $4.34.

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