jEnsign Glenn Owens Jr. of Youngstown saw his family for the first time in more than two years

jEnsign Glenn Owens Jr. of Youngstown saw his family for the first time in more than two years Wednesday. He is on leave from the Navy to attend a wedding and returns to his home port in San Diego on Monday. A3
UDefense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld personally approved four special interrogation techniques used on two Al-Qaida operatives held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who then talked about the terrorist network and its plans, the commander of U.S. forces in Latin America said Thursday. A3
USHIITE INSURGENTS fired mortar rounds and rocket-propelled grenades at a police station housing U.S. troops, touching off firefights early today in a Baghdad neighborhood that is a stronghold of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. A3
U CIA Director George Tenet announced Thursday that he would resign the post he has held for seven years. John E. McLaughlin, tapped to replace Tenet at the CIA, has called himself "the most anonymous" senior official in Washington. McLaughlin, 61, an amateur magician, will face the challenge of keeping the CIA and other intelligence agencies from losing focus under pressure from Al-Qaida terrorists and the presidential campaign. A6