| Iraqi reinforcements rush to Mosul
Al-Maliki issued the troop order in Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad. He was in the holy city after a roadside bomb targeted a senior aide of Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani the night before. The aide, Abdul-Mahdi al-Karbalai, was wounded in the arm. Two bodyguards were killed and two were wounded, according to local police. Al-Maliki met with the white-turbaned cleric, who wore a bandage on his right forearm. There have been several assassination attempts against al-Sistani's followers in recent months as internal Shiite rivalries increased in the oil-rich southern Iraq, which also is home to some of the majority sect's most sacred shrines. Also, the military reported that a U.S. soldier died Friday in a non-combat incident in central Iraq.
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She has balls!: Thank God someone finally had the balls to write about the CCA ["Burnt Chefs," June 6]. I nearly fell off the curb when I saw Eliza Strickland's article on the cover of the newspaper. I graduated from the California Culinary Academy in 1992 when it was still considered a respectable, although suspect, rival of the Culinary Institute of America in New York. I was in the first class that actually received an accredited AOS degree, so that gave us extra credibility. Not that it mattered. I went on to work in the kitchens of Venticello, Bistro Don Giovanni, and Il Fornaio. I lasted in the food industry for five years before I left, in debt, and ultimately ended up filing bankruptcy a few years later. The most I ever made in one year was $20,000, and that was because I was the assistant manager of a cafe.
Smoking in restaurants comes under fire in state built on tobacco
The whole tobacco industry has diminished in Virginia, and where it's diminished is as the urban and suburban areas have grown. The public is getting more concerned with the use of tobacco."
Until four years ago, efforts to increase Virginia's 2.5 cents-per-pack tax on cigarettes--then the nation's lowest--had failed perennially, too. But in the midst of a state fiscal crisis, taxing an unhealthy habit became more palatable and legislators reluctantly boosted the tax by 27.5 cents to save an out-of-balance budget.
Former Gov. Mark R. Warner led that battle. His successor, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, a fellow Democrat, leads this one.
Kaine said his first interest was the workers who inhale the smoke of others on the job and suffer health consequences later.
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