The Columbian

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Frustrated Florida Cleans Up Again ; Lines for Gas, Ice Form in Frances' Steamy Aftermath

ST. MARKS, Fla. - Frances sloshed into the Florida Panhandle on Monday, taking a second swing at a storm-weary state where it already had knocked out power to 6 million people, torn up roofs and boats and been blamed for at least nine deaths. While Panhandle residents rode out the tropical storm's heavy rain and wind blowing at a sustained 65 mph, shutters started coming down in the south and residents began returning to homes they had evacuated.

Russia Weeps ; Beslan Buries Victims of Intricately Planned School Siege

BESLAN, Russia - Funeral processions filled the rainy streets of this southern Russian city Monday, carrying coffins large and small, as townspeople buried scores of victims of a carefully planned school siege that prosecutors linked to a Chechen rebel leader. Desperate families searched for those still missing from the siege at School No. 1, while others buried 120 victims during the first of two days of national mourning across Russia, which has seen more than 400 people killed in violence ...

Clinton Operation a Success ; Clogged Arteries Had Put Him at Risk of Heart Attack

NEW YORK - Bill Clinton had a successful quadruple heart bypass operation Monday to relieve severely clogged arteries that doctors said had put the former president in grave danger of a major heart attack. Clinton is expected to make a full recovery, but doctors said he was fortunate to have checked himself into the hospital when he did. The heart disease they repaired was extensive, and blockage in several of Clinton's arteries was "well over 90 percent," said Dr. Craig R. Smith, the surgeon...

New School Year, New Schools ; Evergreen District Adds Freshly Built Columbia Valley, Revamped Cascade

It's a brand-new building, but teacher Jim Fernandez has been through the startup routine before. And so have "the guys," as he calls them. The two turtles, Herb and Peter, sit patiently in their glass-walled home waiting for the first day of classes at Columbia Valley Elementary School.