LOS ANGELES— State Sen. Tom McClintock and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have much in common.

The expansive waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean flank the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexican border.

SALT LAKE CITY  — The parents of a bride-to-be told their daughter they were taking her on a shopping trip, but then drove to Colorado and kept her there until she missed the nuptials, officials said.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.— Disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley said through his lawyer Tuesday that he was abused by a clergyman as a teenager, but accepts full responsibility for sending salacious computer messages to teenage male pages.

QUARRYVILLE, Pa.  — The gunman who killed five girls in an Amish schoolroom confided to his wife during the siege that he molested two relatives 20 years ago when he was boy and was tormented by dreams of doing it again, authorities said Tuesday.

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STOCKTON — President Bush said Tuesday he was “saddened and deeply concerned” about the recent string of violence in schools, including the deadly shooting in an Amish schoolhouse that killed five girls.

SANTA ROSA — The ex-wife of former JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect John Mark Karr provided evidence of his innocence in a child pornography case more than a month ago, defense lawyers said Tuesday as they sought to dismiss the charges.

MEXICO CITY  — President Vicente Fox’s spokesman criticized the U.S. border fence proposal Tuesday, and predicted the two countries would eventually reach an immigration accord.

BAGHDAD, Iraq  — A suicide bomber unleashed a blast in a Baghdad fish market Tuesday and two Shiite families were found slain north of the capital as violence across Iraq claimed at least 51 lives.

WASHINGTON — President Bush called for a halt to destructive fishing on the high seas Tuesday and said the United States will work to eliminate or better regulate practices such as bottom trawling that devastate fish populations and the ocean floor.