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LOS ANGELES Paul Conrad usedhis pencil like a weapon. His longlines and jagged angles seemedto point directly at the leaders hedeemed charlatans and fools inneed of deflating. IThe politicalcartoonist with an unmistakablestyle died at 86 Saturday at hishome in the Los Angeles suburbof Rancho Palos Verdes.

He took on U.S. presidents fromHarry S. Truman to George W. Bush,mostly in the Los Angeles Times,

where he worked for 30 years.His favorite target was Nixon. Atthe time of the presidents resig-nation, he drew Nixons helicop-ter leaving the White House withthe caption: One flew over thecuckoos nest.

Pulizer-winning artistPaul Conrad dead

QUETTA, Pakistan The deathtoll from a Pakistani Taliban sui-cide attack on a Shiite Muslimprocession rose to 65 Saturday ascritically wounded people died inhospitals, while a suspected U.S.missile strike killed seven insur-gents in a restive tribal area.

About 150 people were wound-ed and some remained in criti-cal condition after the bombingFriday in the southwestern cityof Quetta, police official Moham-med Sultan said.

The attack was the second in aweek against Shiites for whichthe Pakistani Taliban claimed re-

sponsibility. A triple suicide bomb-ing Wednesday killed 35 people ata Shiite ceremony in the easterncity of Lahore.

Death toll hits 65 inTaliban suicide attack

NEW YORK A federal campaignfinance report shows embattledNew York Rep. Charles Rangelhas spent more than $111,000on legal bills since July.

A House ethics panel has chargedthe Harlem Democrat with 13 vio-lations, including using a rent con-

trolled Manhattan apartment as acampaign office and failing to paytaxes on a rental property in theDominican Republic.

Rangel has vowed to fight thecharges. Hes expected to face aHouse trial in the fall.

The New York Daily News report-ed that the congressmans latestcampaign filing Friday shows hesspent more than $1.8 million onlegal fees related to the case.

Rangel: $111,000 inlegal bills in 2 months

CLARKSTON, Mich. A smalltown in Michigan has eliminatedits police department as a way to

save money.The Oakland County sheriffs de-partment began patrolling the vil-lage of Clarkston on Friday night.About 1,000 people live in thecommunity.

Clarkston previously had a policechief, one full-time officer, eightpart-time officers and some re-servists. WDIV-TV and the DetroitFree Press report the communityabout 30 miles northwest of De-troit eliminated the positions as apart of budget cuts.

Maywood, Calif., eliminated its po-lice department earlier this year be-cause of budget problems. Maywoodhas about 45,000 residents.

Mich. town pulls plugon police department

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DUBLIN Protesters hurled shoesand eggs Saturday at Tony Blairwho held the first public signingof his memoir amid high securi-ty in Irelands capital. Hundredsmore people lined up to havetheir books autographed ev-idence that the divisions left byBlairs decade as British leaderhave yet to heal.

Blairs new book, A Journey, is a

best-seller, but it has angered op-ponents of his policies, especiallythe 2003 invasion of Iraq.

About 200 demonstrators chant-ed that Blair had blood on hishands as the former prime min-ister arrived at a Dublin bookstore.

Tony Blair target ofshoes, eggs in Dublin

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WASHINGTON Sec-

retary of State HillaryRodham Clinton soughtto inject urgency into Is-raeli-Palestinian peacetalks Friday, warning thenegotiations may be thelast chance for a very longtime to reach an agree-ment.

In an unusual joint inter-view with Israeli and Pal-estinian television broad-casters, Clinton said therise of Iranian-backed ex-tremist ideology in theMiddle East is a major rea-son why time is short.

I think that time is noton the side of either Israelior Palestinian aspirationsfor security, peace and astate, she said. A com-mitment to violence bythose opposed to peacemake reaching an agree-ment quickly all the morenecessary, she said.

The United States,Clinton added, wantsto weigh in on the side ofleaders and people whosee this as maybe the lastchance for a very long timeto resolve this.

Clinton citesurgency inMideast bidfor peace

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