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Kids learn safety skills at camp

Havre de Grace campers learn how to protect themselves from boating, bicycling and pool accidents, meeting firefighters, police officers and emergency workers in a mix of classroom lessons and hands-on activities.pg 5B

Burned church beset by debt

Just days before a 140-year-old church in West Baltimore was destroyed by fire, the nonprofit corporation that owns it was twice threatened with foreclosure on both the historic house of worship and a separate, 9-acre plot purchased in 2002.pg 1B

NATIONAL

Bush struggles over Iraq

President Bush, struggling to hold on to his strategy for fighting the war in Iraq, faced a new challenge from two of the Republican Party's most respected lawmakers. pg 1A

Lady Bird Johnson honored

Thousands of admirers filed past Lady Bird Johnson's casket in the majestic marble hall on the fourth floor of the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. An invitation-only funeral today is expected to draw several dignitaries, including former Presidents Clinton and Carter, and first lady Laura Bush. pg 3A

WORLD

U.S. troops clash with Iraqi police

U.S. soldiers arrested a police lieutenant suspected of working for an Iranian-backed militia after a firefight in Baghdad that left six Iraqi police officers and seven gunmen dead. pg 11A

Iran agrees to inspections

Iran's decision to grant international inspectors greater access to a major nuclear facility was greeted by skepticism as well as cautious hope among nonproliferation experts. pg 11A

SPORTS

Beckham draws crowd in L.A.

Hundreds of journalists and thousands of soccer fans come out to watch David Beckham's introduction to the Los Angeles Galaxy. pg 4c

BUSINESS

PNC layoffs to hit Baltimore

PNC Financial Services Group's layoffs in Maryland resulting from its acquisition of Mercantile Bankshares Corp. will hit Linthicum, Baltimore and Frederick the hardest, according to notices the company filed with the state labor department.

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Press tycoon convicted

Conrad M. Black, the gregarious press tycoon, was convicted yesterday of swindling the far-flung Hollinger International newspaper empire he once ran out of millions of dollars, becoming the latest in a wave of disgraced corporate executives to face prison time for fraud. pg 8c

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