Council calls for delay on waterfront

Council calls for delay on waterfront

Arguing that the city's Municipal Harbor Plan has cut the residents of the city off from Boston's waterfront, city councilors last week persuaded the state's environmental secretary to postpone approval of the plan until after a public hearing.

Environmental Secretary Robert Durand announced last week that he has extended the written public comment period on the Harbor Plan until October 18. The plan is currently being reviewed for compliance with state regulations by Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, an office of the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.

In a heated hearing, councilors argued that the plan, already …

Court win opens way for Zuma presidency in SAfrica

The man likely to be South Africa's next president emerged victorious from a corruption case that dogged him eight years, getting a hero's welcome from supporters hungry for a charismatic leader who understands the pain of poverty.

Jacob Zuma, a 66-year-old former guerrilla chief who already survived a rape scandal to rise to the leadership of the governing African National Congress, cleared a legal hurdle to his presidential ambitions when a judge dismissed fraud, money laundering and corruption charges.

"It is a victory for democracy," a beaming Zuma declared Friday to thousands of supporters singing and dancing in a display of his intense …

Our views: ; After 48 years, a living legend retires; Professor Simon Perry knows politics and how to teach it, too

IN 1962, Simon Perry of Gilbert in Mingo County came home toteach political science at Marshall College, as it was then known.He had earned a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

But Perry also had a practical knowledge of politics,particularly as it was - and still is - practiced in Southern WestVirginia.

He also had the gift of knowing how to share his knowledge withstudents. A terrific storyteller, he used examples from life toillustrate his academic point. Students enjoyed his classes and hisstories.

At the infamous Rate My Professors Web site, where anonymousstudents often slam their teachers, Perry received much praise.

"Greatest …

U.S. Soldier Convicted in Iraq

BAGHDAD - A U.S. Army soldier has been convicted at a court-martial in Iraq of being disrespectful to a superior commissioned officer and intentionally missing a military flight, officials said Friday.

The court-martial was tried at Camp Victory, a large U.S. base on the outskirts of Baghdad, with a military judge sentencing Master Sgt. Penny F. Johnson, 39, of Washington, D.C., to be reduced in rank to staff sergeant, forfeit …

National League Standings

All Times EDT
East Division
	W	L	Pct	GB
Philadelphia	29	19	.604	—
Florida	27	19	.587	1
Atlanta	28	23	.549	2½
New York	23	25	.479 …

Safeway's 2nd-quarter net income falls 40 percent

National grocery operator Safeway Inc.'s second-quarter net income fell 40 percent and the company lowered its outlook on Thursday in the face of tough competition and declining retail prices.

The chain doesn't expect prices to rebound until the fourth quarter.

Quarterly net income fell to $141.3 million, or 37 cents per share, matching the average expectation of analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters. It earned $238.6 million, or 57 cents per share, a year earlier. However, that figure included a benefit of 14 cents per share related to a tax issue.

Its revenue rose less than 1 percent to $9.52 billion, topping expectations for $9.47 billion.

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Man convicted in Atlanta child killings points the finger at a child molester

ATLANTA - Lawyers for convicted killer Wayne Williams, blamed for the murders of two dozen boys and young men in the Atlanta area during the 1970s and '80s, are casting suspicion on a child molester they say lived or worked near where many of the bodies were found.

In court papers made public Friday, the defense asked a federal judge for access to police files on the molester.

The papers do not identify the man by name but say he is a multiple child molester serving time in a Georgia prison. They also allege that investigators knew the man was a viable suspect in the child murders but never told defense attorneys. Evidence about the man resurfaced within the last year after …