WASHINGTON -- The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government's abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States.
The 227-183 vote, which followed the Senate's approval Friday, sends the bill to Bush for his signature.
Late Saturday, Bush said, "The Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, has assured me that this bill gives him what he needs to continue to protect the country, and therefore I will sign this legislation as soon as it gets to my desk."
The administration said the measure is needed to speed the National Security Agency's ability to intercept phone calls, e-mails and other communications involving foreign nationals "reasonably believed to be outside the United States." Civil liberties groups and many Democrats said it goes too far, possibly enabling the government to wiretap U.S. residents communicating with overseas parties without adequate oversight from courts or Congress....

Brown v. Board of Education. To most of us, this case signifies a turning point in our country's history – a subtle swing away from oppression, the chance for a better future. But for Eva Rutland, the author of more than 20 novels and winner of the 2000 Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement, the landmark Supreme Court decision was a little more obscure....

WILLS, TRUST AND ESTATES. Receive practical advice to safeguard your assets and health care wishes during and after your lifetime. 1:30-3 p.m. Friendly House Senior Program, 1737 N.W. 26th Ave. (at Thurman Street).
COMPUTERS. Lab assistants are available for help with writing reports, résumés, e-mail accounts, projects, online applications and Internet resources. 2:30-5 p.m. Midland Library, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave.
BOOK SIGNING. Author of "When We Were Colored," Eva Rutland. 4 p.m. Talking Drum Bookstore, 446 N.E. Killingsworth St. 

The Jimi Hendrix exhibition at Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame will be de-installed in August. Museum guests will be able to see the exhibition through Sunday, Aug. 5. Since the majority of the objects have been on display since EMP opened in 2000, it is time for many of the items to be "put in the dark" to help preserve them....

The Jimi Hendrix exhibition at Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame will be de-installed in August. Museum guests will be able to see the exhibition through Sunday, Aug. 5. Since the majority of the objects have been on display since EMP opened in 2000, it is time for many of the items to be "put in the dark" to help preserve them....

This summer, youth ages 15 to 18 will have the opportunity to learn about the various careers in the music and entertainment business at the Jackson Street Music Program's Music and Entertainment Business Academy.
The free summer academy will be held Aug. 27-31 at Seattle University and is accepting high school students entering their sophomore, junior or senior year. Students are asked to submit a one-page essay along with their application form on how music affects our lives; how the music industry reflects and impacts culture; and what they would change if they were in the entertainment industry....

King County residents will be able to make more informed food choices and have a safer food supply as the result of last week's action by the King County Board of Health to require menu labeling in King County chain restaurants and to eliminate artificial trans fat in all King County restaurants.
The first phase of the trans fat ban, which applies to fry oils and shortenings, will go into effect May 1, 2008. Restaurants will have until Aug. 1, 2008 to conduct the nutritional analysis and put the information on menus and menu boards. King County will be the second jurisdiction in United States to require menu labeling in some food establishments.
Board of Health members expressed strong support for the decision that will improve the dining experience and the health of the community in the fight against obesity and chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart disease.
"The Board of Health is responsible for passing laws to protect the health of the public, and to promote healthy behaviors that improve health and prevent illness," said King County Councilmember and Board of Health Chair Julia Patterson. "There is no better example of our commitment to residents' health than the legislation passed today that protects us from dangerous trans fats and promotes consumer education and informed choices by labeling menus....

In a letter dated July 10, 2007, Mr. John B. Smith, Sr., Board Chair of the National Newspaper Publisher's Association (NNPA) advised the members that Christopher H. Bennett and Christopher B. Bennett were sanctioned.
The document stated:
"Please accept this letter as final vote of the National Newspaper Publisher's Association's (NNPA) Executive Committee (hereunto "Committee) to sanction you for inappropriate behavior). On or about a date unknown to this Committee, you unilaterally negotiated and signed a contract with Eli Lilly and Company for $50,000.00 (Exhibit A).  The Committee....

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- An attorney who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that rejected the use of race in assigning students to Louisville schools asked a judge on Thursday to allow about 2,800 students to change schools immediately.
Teddy B. Gordon's motion also asked U.S. District Judge John Heyburn II to put the school district's superintendent and members of his administration in jail if they do not go along with the request.
The court filing comes less than a month before the scheduled Aug. 22 start of classes in Jefferson County Public Schools. No hearing date has been set in the case.

ST. LOUIS -- National Urban League president Marc Morial got endorsements from the three leading Democratic presidential hopefuls for the group's agenda, which focuses on children's welfare, jobs, homeownership and entrepreneurship.
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and former Sen. John Edwards all endorsed the league's 27-page "Opportunity Compact" while speaking Friday to the group's convention.
Morial didn't ask Rep. Dennis Kucinich -- another Democratic presidential contender -- whether he would endorse the compact. But the objectives the former Cleveland mayor articulated seem to fall into line with the Urban League's policy priorities.
"What we've seen is an elevation of urban issues in the political discourse of this campaign," Morial said after the presidential forum had ended.
He thanked those candidates who "honored us with their presence," saying "those who were not here were invited" -- both Democrats and Republicans -- in a series of letters, e-mails and phone calls since November.
"We're going to continue to court them," he said, adding that the group wants all the candidates to embrace the Urban League's public policy priorities.
Speaking to a predominantly black audience, Kucinich pledged to turn President Bush's foreign policy upside down if he were elected to the White House.