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SEAN M. HAFFEY / Union-Tribune
The Chargers' lackluster performance brought a disapproving fan to his feet during yesterday's loss to the Falcons at Qualcomm Stadium. San Diego is three games behind the Broncos, meaning the Chargers' playoff chances are all but finished.
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Indian security official resigns
Bush is sending Rice to help defuse tensions
By Somini Sengupta
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
MUMBAI, India – The top domestic security official resigned in disgrace yesterday for the failure to thwart or quickly contain the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last week as the government announced measures to bolster anti-terrorism efforts and struggled to calibrate a response to what it views as Pakistani complicity.
Home designed for healing sows discord in Encinitas
By Tanya Mannes
STAFF WRITER
With its yogis, “surfer crossing” street signs and New Age shops, Encinitas draws dreamers who want to try something new – just as long as it doesn't upset the neighbors.
State panel floats 'litter tax' to curb debris along coast
By Michael Gardner and Mike Lee
STAFF WRITERS
SACRAMENTO – The influential California Ocean Protection Council has proposed an attack on everyday threats to sea life, including a ban on some popular take-out food containers and fees on plastic and paper bags.
U.S. military to use troops for domestic safeguarding
By Spenser S. Hsu and Ann Scott Tyson
THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials.
