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Less confidence
Public confidence in President Bush's handling of homeland security has fallen after Richard Clarke's testimony to the 9/11 commission, a NEWSWEEK poll finds. But Bush's overall approval rating remains steady. • FULL STORY

• WashPost analysis: Kerry in need of blueprint

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DATELINE NBC

• New threat

Addicted to cough medicine?

•	The future of airline security
•	GENEXT: AIDS and the election
•	Gallery: Times Square at 100

PICTURE STORIES

MORE TOP STORIES

• Afghan elections delayed until September

• WP: U.S. shaping Iraqi defense ministry

• NASA successfully tests hypersonic jet

• Bush touts tax relief, home ownership

• Serial killer resurfaces after 25 years

• Courts to hear 3 abortion-ban challenges

• Okla. State holds off St. Joe's to reach Final Four

• UConn rolls past Alabama into Final Four

• Xavier not scared by Duke's pedigree

• WP: UConn looks like the team to beat

INSIDE MSNBC.COM

• Jan & Dean singer Berry dies at 62

• WP: Day of cicada comes to D.C. area

• Japanese skater ends Kwan’s reign at worlds

• Cavs' James scores career-high 41 points

• Tiger makes charge, trails Scott by six at TPC

• Wie leads teen charge at LPGA tournament

POLITICS

INTERNATIONAL | MORE NEWS

• KERRY RIPS WHITE HOUSE ‘CHARACTER ASSASSINATION’
Democrat John Kerry said Saturday that the White House is committing character assassination in its treatment of Richard Clarke to avoid answering questions about national security that Clarke raised.

• Bush ties tax relief, home ownership• WP: Kerry in need of a blueprint• Kerry, Bush push economic themes• Kerry seeks big corporate tax change

BUSINESS

STOCKS | PERSONAL FINANCE | MORE

• WASHPOST: OFF WITH THEIR ADS
Microsoft Corp. is the latest software concern taking aim at one of the great banes of online life -- those annoying ads for diet plans, credit cards and low mortgage rates that suddenly appear on your computer screen while you are perusing your favorite Web page, forcing you to click on them to turn them off.

• News analysis: Kerry's 10 million job plan• Kerry seeks big corporate tax change• FT: Janus chief under pressure to resign• Tyco jurors break for the weekend

SPORTS

SCORES | TEAMS | MATCHUPS | MORE

• OKLAHOMA ST. STOPS ST. JOE'S FOR FINAL FOUR
Lucas hits GW in final 6.9 seconds to send top-seeded Hawks home

• UConn slams Alabama for Final Four berth• Scott takes two-stroke lead at TPC• Notebook: Tiger's charge may be too little, too late• LeBron scores 41 as Cavs back in playoff race

ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIES | GOSSIP | MORE

• ‘SCOOBY-DOO 2’ DESERVES TO BE PUT TO SLEEP
Why does junk like this continue to pass as family entertainment? By Christy Lemire

• At the Movies: This week's new releases• Jan & Dean singer Berry dies• Actor claims affair with JFK Jr’s wife• Who got fired on 'The Apprentice'?

TECH AND SCIENCE

MARS | TECH | MORE

• NASA SUCCESSFULLY TESTS HYPERSONIC JET
NASA successfully flew an experimental unmanned jet at high speed off the coast of California for the first time on Saturday.

• Bush seeks broadband for all• Generation WWW: Kids create Web sites• Yahoo buys European shopping site• NASA mulls proposal for yearlong space stay

HEALTH

WEB MD | HEALTH LIBRARY | MORE

• FDA APPROVES RAPID ORAL TEST FOR AIDS VIRUS
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first rapid oral test for the HIV virus that causes AIDS, health officials announced Friday, providing a new option for people nervous about blood testing.

• Healthy eating for two• Bigger portions, bigger appetite• New treatment for congestive heart failure• FDA warns against prenatal portrait studios

TV NEWS

TODAY | NIGHTLY NEWS | DATELINE

• TODAY: HOW TO SAVE FOR BABY’S COLLEGE
Recent rules make it (a little) easier to pay for your child’s higher education. Jean Chatzky has the details, plus a tax tip.

• Dateline: Midsize car crash tests• Today: When your parents need help• Meet the Press: Ted Kennedy on Iraq

TRAVEL

BEST BARGAINS | MORE

• MEXICO: IN THE COUNTRY'S HEARTLAND
In the country’s heartland, two old friends discover a paradise of natural ingredients and no additives.

• Fang-tastic vacations to Romania• W. Europe: Finding the bargains• Waltz This Way• Kenya: Call of the wild

OPINIONS

SLATE | MORE

• REYNOLDS: BUSH GETS LUCKY
Are there legitimate criticisms of the Bush Administration's approach to terror that can be made? No doubt. Is Clarke making them? Nope. If Bush political advisor Karl Rove were paying Clarke as part of a campaign to discredit the opposition, he could hardly do better.

• Alterman: Slacker Friday• WP: White House wages war on Clarke• Clinton outshines Kerry at unity dinner• Newsweek: In Iraq, journalists fear attacks

WASHINGTONPOST.COM HIGHLIGHTS

• KERRY IN NEED OF A BLUEPRINT
Analysis: Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992 as a New Democrat, and eight years later, George W. Bush ran as a compassionate conservative. But even after presumptively winning the Democratic nomination, Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) has yet to put a distinctive stamp on his candidacy, his party or the shape of a Kerry presidency.

• Clarke book reignites debate over Iraq war• U.S. shaping Iraq military• Day of the cicada comes to D.C. area• Bush, Clinton varied little on terrorism

DECISION 2004