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Topeka Capital-Journal, The, Sep 18, 2006

ROGERS, Minn.- A tornado swept through this Minnesota town, killing a 10-year-old girl, damaging hundreds of homes and scattering debris across the city, officials said Sunday.

The girl was at a neighbor's house with her 19-year-old brother when it collapsed about 10 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief Keith Oldfather said.

"The roof is in the basement," Oldfather said after an aerial view of the damage Sunday morning.

He said 200 to 300 homes were significantly damaged in Rogers, a town 26 miles northwest of Minneapolis.

"It's more severe than we thought," he said. "It just came out of nowhere and really did a lot of damage."

Six other people were injured, and two remained hospitalized Sunday morning.

The National Weather Service determined that the storm was an F2 tornado, with winds of 113 to 157 mph.

NATION

INTERROGATION COMPROMISE SOUGHT: The Bush administration and holdout GOP senators expressed confidence on Sunday they could reach a compromise on rules for CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists.

Neither the president's national security aides nor some of the lawmakers who are resisting White House pressure would say how they can reconcile their deep differences after a week of public sparring.

As a result, it is unclear if Congress quickly can pass legislation authorizing aggressive methods against terrorist detainees, as President Bush wants. Congress is likely to adjourn in two weeks for the fall elections.

Bush says CIA personnel should be able to resume tough interrogation techniques to extract information from detainees. Several senators from his own party are standing in the way, seeking changes. They say the United States must adhere strictly to international standards in the Geneva Conventions and that setting harsher ones could put U.S. troops at risk if they are captured.

PATRICIA KENNEDY LAWFORD DIES:Patricia Kennedy Lawford, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and wife of actor Peter Lawford, died at her New York home of complications of pneumonia on Sunday, according to a spokeswoman for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. She was 82.

"My sister Pat is irreplaceable," Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Kennedy said in a statement. "Everyone who knew Pat adored her. She was admired for her great style, for her love and support of the arts, her wit and generosity - and for the singular sense of wonder and joy she brought into our lives."

Patricia Kennedy was the sixth child and fourth daughter of Rose and Joseph Kennedy's nine children.

"Pat was our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend," the family's statement said. "She reminded us always of the true meaning of family, and her most precious gift to each of us was her unconditional love and support."

Lawford is survived by children Christopher, Sydney, Victoria and Robin and 10 grandchildren.

TWO PREEMIES DIE FROM INCORRECT DOSAGE: Two premature infants died after receiving adult doses of a blood thinner, an Indianapolis hospital said Sunday, blaming the incident on human error.

Four other infants in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit of Methodist Hospital also received adult doses of Heparin, and one might need surgery, said Sam Odle, chief executive of Methodist and Indiana University Hospitals. The other three were in serious condition.

Two babies born at 25 and 26 weeks' gestation died Saturday night, Odle said. Both were born in the last week, officials said. A full-term pregnancy lasts 38 to 42 weeks.

WORLD

PHOTOGRAPHER IMPRISONED FOR FIVE MONTHS: The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned an Associated Press photographer for five months, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a public hearing.

Military officials said Bilal Hussein, an Iraqi citizen, was being held for "imperative reasons of security" under United Nations resolutions. AP executives said the news cooperative's review of Hussein's work did not find anything to indicate inappropriate contact with insurgents, and any evidence against him should be brought to the Iraqi criminal justice system.

Hussein, 35, is a native of Fallujah who began work for the AP in September 2004. He photographed events in Fallujah and Ramadi until he was detained on April 12 of this year.

BOMBINGS IN IRAQ KILL 24: Six bombs killed 24 people and wounded 84 Sunday in Kirkuk, Iraq, a northern oil city the Kurds want added to their self-ruled region. The violence came as politicians argued over federation legislation that a Sunni Arab party warned could tear Iraq apart.

The tortured bodies of 15 people were found elsewhere, probable victims of worsening sectarian reprisals, and the U.S. military announced that a sailor assigned to the Marines died Saturday from wounds suffered during combat in Iraq's restive Anbar province.

HEZBOLLAH LEADER CALLS FOR MASSIVE RALLY: Hezbollah's leader called Sunday for a massive rally in Beirut's bombed out southern suburbs to mark the militant group's "victory" over Israel during the monthlong fighting this summer.

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said the rally, to be held Friday evening, would show Hezbollah's "absolute commitment to our right to recover our land and prisoners and defend our nation, its dignity, freedom, sovereignty and real and full independence in the face of (Israeli) occupation."