M V Schlitz returns to stores after long dry spell | GGOTOT BELLYBELLY F FAT?AT? FREE SEMINAR CCALLALL N NOW:OW: 7 703-354-733603-354-7336 www.drberg.com A PUBLICATION OF | PLAN YOUR NIGHT AT WWW.EXPRESSNIGHTOUT.COM | A U G U S T 4 , 2 0 0 8 | Monday MORRY GASH/AP MORRY Brett Favre will report to the Packers on Monday. NFL set to reinstate Favre to Packers | DNA led FBI to anthrax suspect | Last-place Nats IMAGES STR/AFP/GETTY have a field day Bodies lie outside the famed Naina Devi temple in Bilaspur in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. A stampede that was sparked by rumors of a landslide led to the deaths of 145 worshippers at the Hindu shrine. vs. the Reds | James Franco Post poll: Low-wage employees skeptical of economic fix minorities, are ambivalent about the impact of the election, saying no matter who wins, their amuses as a pot- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama holds a and Hispanics. But even among white work- personal finances are unlikely to change. head in the new 2-to-1 edge over Republican Sen. John ers, Obama leads McCain by 10 percentage The new poll included interviews with McCain among the nation’s low-wage work- points, 47 percent to 37 percent. 1,350 randomly selected workers 18 to 64 years comedy ‘Pineapple ers, but many are unconvinced that either Still, one in six of the white workers polled old who put in at least 30 hours a week but Express.’ Plus, presidential candidate would be better than remains uncommitted to either candidate, earned $27,000 or less last year. As a group, the ‘Gossip Girl’ the other at fixing the ailing economy or according to the new national poll by The they are somewhat less likely to be Republicans improving the health care system, accord- Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family than all adults under age 65 and are also less guru tattles on her ing to a new national poll. Foundation and Harvard University. And likely to be registered to vote. show’s meaning. Obama’s advantage is attributable largely a majority of those polled, both whites and to overwhelming support from two traditional Democratic constituencies: African Americans DO YOU THINK THE GREEN BAY PACKERS SHOULD KEEP BRETT FAVRE OR TRADE HIM? !k4G?A4BBk'#!'k<>=30H ThTOpeners 70??H ?D= 2A8<4 2^]`dTa CTT]3TR[PaTb6aPh =TXVWQ^aW^^S=TTSb ¼8c½2^[^aU^a5P[[ CPaVTc1Tbc1dh ¹FXcW A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney One Cincinnati landlord is so exasper- on the roof of her apartment building, ated by street crime outside his building B\X[Tb plummeted 14 stories down the flue and that he’s posted a large sign announc- landed almost unscathed in a pile of ing “Drugs & Sex for Sale 24/7.” John >]cWTUXabcBd]SPh^UTeTah furnace soot. Grace Bergere remained Wallen says most tenants have fled his 0dVdbccWTX]WPQXcP]cb^U2Pc^XaP hospitalized Saturday for treatment of apartment building because of drug- B_PX]aTT]PRccWTPbbPd[c^UBRP] an injured hip. 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The ride has been staged in 70 cities worldwide since 2004 as a way to protest society’s dependence on oil. =PcX^] 3=0;TSc^0]cWaPgBdb_TRc;X]Z In Brief Source: Victims’ cells the attacks than in other types of the FBI its first solid break in one Ames anthrax. of the nation’s most high-profile helped tie scientist’s With that, investigators linked unsolved crimes. Combined with lab to 2001 attacks the specific type of anthrax back to other evidence, the Justice Depart- Ivins’ biological weapons lab at Ft. ment is expected to close the case F0B78=6C>=k DNA taken from the Detrick in Frederick, Md., where this week, concluding that Ivins bodies of people killed in the 2001 he oversaw its use and handling was the sole criminal behind the anthrax attacks helped lead investi- for research. attacks that killed five and sickened gators to Bruce Ivins, who oversaw “It had to do with the very spe- 17 others in the weeks following the JR./AP KOCHANIEC GEORGE the highly specific type of toxin in cific characteristics in the DNA of Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Friends react at the scene of a deadly an Army lab, a government scien- the letters and what was in Bruce’s Ivins killed himself last week as fire in Roxborough, Colo., on Sunday. tist said Sunday. labs,” said the government scientist, prosecutors prepared to indict him Using new genome technology, who is close to the investigation. on murder charges. ;8CC;4C>=2>;> researchers looked at samples of “They were cultures he was per- Dozens of other researchers in ":X[[TS 8]YdaTS0UcTa cells from the victims to identify sonally responsible for.” Ivins’ lab also had access to the type 5XaT4ad_cbPc7^dbT?Pach the kind of anthrax Ames strain The scientist spoke on condi- of Ames strain used in the attacks, Three bodies have been recovered that killed them, the scientist said. SAM YU/FREDERICK NEWS POST/AP tion of anonymity because he is not the scientist said, meaning the DNA from a house in suburban Denver They noticed very subtle differenc- Bruce Ivins, shown above in 2003 in authorized to speak to reporters. alone is not enough to prove his after a fire erupted during a party. es in the DNA of the strain used in Frederick, Md., killed himself last week. The scientific discovery gave guilt. ;0A090:4B9>A30=0? The fire destroyed the house and damaged two others early Sun- day. Fire district spokeswoman B0=3846>k2>>;20:4 Cindy Matthews says one person was severely injured with burns to BcdSh)7^a\^]T4PbTb 70 percent of his body. Firefighters had to wait hours for the rubble to cool 083B2^\_[XRPcX^]b before they could begin a search.