President Bush's 19-year-old daughter Jenna was cited early Fridayin Austin, Texas, for alcohol possession by a minor, police said. Theticket was issued by Austin police who were checking for minors inpossession of alcohol at nightclubs along the city's popular EastSixth Street. Officers questioned Bush and another woman theybelieved to be under age 21 around 1:30 a.m. They were given acitation but were not arrested. Bush is a freshman at the Universityof Texas at Austin.
Judge can't stop Napster swaps A federal judge overseeing the caseagainst Napster Inc. essentially threw up her hands and appealed forhelp Friday in stopping the exchange of copyright songs. For themoment, her memorandum guarantees Napster users can continuedownloading copyright music at will. Major record labels want theonline music-swapping service to remove any copyright songs from itsInternet servers-a position U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patelhas strongly endorsed in a series of rulings. But removing the songshas proved exceptionally difficult, since Napster users constantlymake them reappear under different file names.
Extra Social Security check coming Social Security recipients willbe getting an extra check in July to adjust for a $1 billionshortfall in payments caused by a computer glitch. Most checks willbe only $19. About 45 million retirement beneficiaries and about 6million recipients of supplemental security-the cash assistanceprogram for the needy-will get the one-time checks in mid-July,Social Security Administration officials said Friday.
South Pole doctor almost home An ailing American doctor pluckedfrom the South Pole in a daring rescue flew Friday to Chile's capitalfor his last stopover before returning home to the United States. Dr.Ronald S. Shemenski boarded a commercial flight in Punta Arenas,Chile's southernmost city, for the 1,300-mile trip to Santiago. The59-year-old doctor planned to leave Chile today and was expected toarrive in Denver, Colo., early Sunday morning. Shemenski spent Fridaymorning giving interviews in bucolic Punta Arenas, voicing mixedfeelings about leaving the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, wherehe was halfway into a one-year stint as the lone physician.
Reports shed light on Kerrey raid Two newly declassified officialreports concerning a raid on a Vietnamese village by Bob Kerrey'sNavy SEAL team make no mention of civilian casualties that the formersenator says he included in his initial after-action report on theincident. The reports, both dated Feb. 25, 1969-the day of the raidon Thanh Phong, a coastal hamlet in the Mekong Delta-were releasedFriday. They are not signed, but military address codings suggestthey are a message from Kerrey's immediate superior officer to thecommander of SEAL Task Force 115 and that officer's reply.
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