Daley Slams Demonstrators

Mayor Daley lashed out at supporters of mayoral challengerJoseph Gardner on Wednesday for protesting a Daley fund-raisingbreakfast co-hosted by two of Chicago's most prominent blackbusinessmen.

"No one is gonna threaten anybody. It's over with. You cansupport anybody you want. . . . No one is selling out. It's anaffront to everyone," the mayor said.

Calling the demonstration a return to Chicago's polarizingpolitics of the 1980s, Daley said, "People don't want racialpolitics."

About 40 demonstrators chanting, "Dump Daley," and carryingsigns that read, "For Sale: Elzie Kiss-in-bottom," stood outsideTrattoria No. 10 restaurant as fund-raising …

5 hurt in Macedonia school attack

SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) — Police in Macedonia say a gang of youths wielding knives, bats and metal bars attacked a high school in the country's capital, leaving a teacher hospitalized with stab wounds and four students badly beaten.

Police officers from a special unit stopped Monday's attack and detained …

ATP World Tour Money Leaders

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Through April 11
1. Roger Federer $2,049,820
2. Andy Roddick $1,233,830
3. Andy Murray $1,079,090
4. Ivan Ljubicic $759,975
5. Robin Soderling $720,941
6. Novak Djokovic $702,435
7. Rafael Nadal $683,330
8. Marin Cilic $626,898
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga $559,389

Strip club workers on Vaughn witness list

State prosecutors have filed in court a list of witnesses whomight testify in Christopher Vaughn's trial for the murders of hiswife and three young children.

There are dozens of names on the 11-page report, and some of themare the typical witnesses in criminal cases: police officers,paramedics and doctors. Others -- such as the employees from …

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UPDATE ON DIETARY SUPPLEMENT LEGISLATION

As I write this, the remaining days of the second session of the 108th US Congress are dwindling before the election recess, and time is running out for action on bills that would affect the regulation of dietary supplements. (Bills that have not been acted on in a given session of Congress do not carry over to the following session and need to be reintroduced.) By the time you read this, one or more of these bills may have passed, and in my next column, I will provide a recap of what happened as the 108th Congress wrapped up its final session.

Andro Action?

One bill that stands a better-than-average …

Democrats dominate early voting in key states

Democrats are dominating early voting in six key states President Bush won four years ago, forcing Republican John McCain to play catch-up even before Election Day arrives.

Democrats outnumber Republicans among early voters in Iowa, North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada, according to statistics from election and party officials in those states. Bush won all six in 2004, and McCain needs to win most of them to claim the White House this year.

Georgia, another red state, doesn't track early voters by party, but it does by race. About 1.4 million Georgians have already cast ballots, and blacks are voting in disproportionate numbers. Black voters …

Revealed: the businesses in the running for prestigious awards

The shortlist has been revealed for a set of awards recognisingthe best of Bath's businesses. Judges selected the final contendersfor the Bath Business Awards - organised by the Chronicle inconjunction with the city's racecourse - last week. A strong fieldof finalists ranges from some of the city's biggest employers to newbusinesses employing just a handful of people.

Chronicle owner Bath News & Media managing director Sarah Irvinesaid: "We're delighted at the strength of the entries we receivedfor the awards. If proof was needed of the ability of people in Bathto adapt and innovate in these difficult times, the entries provideplenty of evidence. I'm so pleased …