ALL THINGS SAN DIEGO

News - U.S. troops fight rebels on 2 fronts
Local News - Inmate is free after 21 years in prison
Business - Trump losing bulk of stake in casinos
Sports - Padres wake up at Wrigley, survive five homers to win
Quest - Tuna meltdown
Food - Greece is the word
Opinion - MWD consultants

NEWS -- http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/26.html
U.S. troops fight rebels on 2 fronts
http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=661913&c=368529503&m=m&type=3

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- U.S. troops fought simultaneous battles
yesterday with rebel Shiite militiamen in Najaf and the Baghdad
slum of Sadr City.

* Rep. Goss chosen to lead CIA
http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1n11cia.html

* U.S. may be new sports doping giant

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1n11doping.html

* Qualcomm donates $14.5 million to SDSU
http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1n11sdsu.html

* Expedited deportations loom for more illegal border crossers

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1n11border.html

LOCAL NEWS --
http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/13.html
Inmate is free after 21 years in prison
http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=661919&c=368529503&m=m&type=3

Smiling broadly through his tears, Kenneth Marsh tasted freedom
last night for the first time in 21 years.

* Council colleagues praise, remember Charles Lewis

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1m11lewis.html

* Navy search for crew of jet continues

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1m11plane.html

* El Cajon chase turns fatal

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_2m11crash.html

* Signs of El Niño give hope for rainy winter

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_2m11elnino.html

* Another county park to open

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1mi11park.html

OPINION -- http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/27.html
MWD consultants
http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=661926&c=368529503&m=m&type=3

We knew two years ago that the Metropolitan Water District had
been spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of ratepayers'
money -- including San Diego ratepayers' money -- on a public
relations campaign against San Diego ratepayers' interests.

* New CIA leadership

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_lz1ed11bottom.html

* Another Texas-sized whopper

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_lz1e11deerlin.html

BUSINESS -- http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/29.html
Trump losing bulk of stake in casinos
http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=661930&c=368529503&m=m&type=3

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- He made millions in real estate, built a
casino empire and conquered television with a reality show that
turned "You're fired" into a national catchphrase.

* Fed raises key rate, hints of more to come
http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1b11fed.html

* Governor's office airs criticism of energy bill

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1b11power.html

* Kyocera adding to operations in region

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1b11kyocera.html

* Cox, SBC speed up Internet services

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1b11cable.html

* Sharp faulted on nurse staffing at 3 S.D. hospitals

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1b11sharp.html

SPORTS -- http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/28.html
Padres wake up at Wrigley, survive five homers to win
http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=661937&c=368529503&m=m&type=3

CHICAGO -- When the Popgun Padres took batting practice at
Wrigley Field last night, they suddenly looked more like Bochy's
Blasters.

* Moores is a man with grand plan

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1s11canepa.html

* Photo Finish
http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1s11dugo.html

* This season, Gates is in spotlight

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1s11chargers.html

* TV cooking up Olympic feast that'll be worthy of a glutton

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1s11olytv.html

* O'Connell's grasp of offense puts him squarely in picture

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1s11oconnell.html


QUEST -- http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/6.html
Tuna meltdown
http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=661944&c=368529503&m=m&type=3

IN THE PACIFIC OFF FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu -- Rocking in the ocean
swells, the fishermen held up empty hands when their rusting tub
of a tuna boat was hailed from a passing skiff.

* Not all tuna are created equal

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_lz1c11tunabar.html

* Fat plays a big role in bodily functions
http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1c11fat.html

* Recently discovered worms eat whale bones

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_1c11worms.html

FOOD -- http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/49.html
Greece is the word
http://echo.bluehornet.com/ct/ct.php?t=661949&c=368529503&m=m&type=3

With the Olympic Games in Athens just around the corner,
consumer interest in anything Greek has been piqued.

* TV chef Alton Brown is a real whys guy

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_lz1f11alton.html

* Matters of Taste

http://www.uniontrib.com/uniontrib/20040811/news_lz1f11taste.html