SHANNON, Ireland — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she cannot recall then-CIA chief George Tenet warning her of an impending al-Qaida attack in the United States, as a new book claims he did two months before the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

LONDON — A man who scaled the back fence of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s residence on Downing Street was charged Monday with assault on a police officer and possession of a knife, authorities said.

SACRAMENTO — During a lifetime in politics, Phil Angelides has turned to all kinds of consultants, pollsters and advisers, many of them the best in their field.

NEW YORK — Are models too thin?

NICKEL MINES, Pa. — A milk-truck driver carrying two guns and a grudge stormed a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, sent the boys and adults outside, barricaded the doors with two-by-fours, and then opened fire on a dozen girls, killing three of them before committing suicide.

When he was 16, Gonzalo Llamas left his home in Zacatecas, Mexico, and illegally crossed the border by paying $20 to use an American citizen’s passport.