'Justice itself is ageless'; Reputed Klansman gets 3 life terms

James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentencedFriday to three life terms for his role in the 1964 abduction andmurder of two black teenagers in Mississippi.

Seale, 72, was convicted on federal charges of kidnapping andconspiracy in the deaths of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry HezekiahDee, two 19-year-olds who disappeared from Franklin County on May 2,1964.

The judge told Seale the crimes committed 43 years ago were"horrific," and "justice itself is ageless."

Federal public defender Kathy Nester filed a notice of appeal."Mr. Seale maintains his innocence to this crime," Nester said.

During the hearing, relatives talked about how the …

IMF chief urges better control of capital flows

SHANGHAI (AP) — Rapid flows of capital toward Asia require swift action and cooperation to ensure stability, the head of the International Monetary Fund said Monday, following a conference with central bankers focused on nurturing the global recovery.

"Asia is leading the global recovery and is moving swiftly back toward normal policy conditions," said the IMF's managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn. "Capital flows are flooding in. We do not want history to repeat itself in such a short time span," he told financial officials and central bankers gathered in Shanghai.

Strauss-Kahn noted that while the capital flooding into fast-growing China and other Asian countries can …

Schumer: Deficit panel unlikely to succeed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Senate Democrat says that a deficit "supercommittee" is unlikely to succeed because of a deadlock over taxes.

New York Democrat Charles Schumer told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that the congressional deficit panel probably won't agree on a plan to cut $1.2 trillion from the deficit over the coming decade "because our Republican colleagues have said no net revenues."

The bipartisan …

Car museum could bring 70,000 people

When the Antique Automobile Club of America Museum opens about a mile away from Hersheypark in spring 2004, it will contain a mix of old and new technology.

Inside its red-and-gray brick walls, visitors will see antique automobiles and auto-related objects and art. Underneath the floor, geothermal heat wells about 300 feet deep will regulate the interior temperature and conserve energy. (Please see Geothermal heat, page 23.)

John Zolomij, director of museum planning, hopes that 70,000 people a year will visit to learn about the antique autos. There also will be an exhibit on geothermal heat inside the museum.

He said the museum would complement the Hershey area, which …

New York's City Hall to Move to Brooklyn

NEW YORK - City Hall is moving - across the river. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and 85 staffers are setting up a satellite office in a Brooklyn emergency command center while their usual headquarters in Manhattan gets a facelift.

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz made plans to meet Bloomberg at a borough subway on Monday morning, most likely bearing a welcoming gift. Staffers were betting it would be cheesecake, which Brooklynites prize.

"He's been doing a great job, but he's going to do an even better job being in Brooklyn," said Markowitz, who represents a borough home to 2 million people.

The mayor usually works in lower Manhattan, …

Truck maker Volvo slashes 1,500 jobs in Sweden

Truck maker AB Volvo said Wednesday it will slash more than 1,500 jobs in Sweden in a new wave of cost-cutting prompted by declining demand for heavy vehicles.

The Goteborg-based group said most of the staff cuts will be in its truck and powertrain units. The downsizing will also affect its construction equipment and engine units, Volvo said.

"A total of 1,543 …

London's famed red buses near end of line

LONDON Those red double-decker buses - on which tourists ride ontop and dogs ride free - may be on a one-way street to extinction.

As part of a program to improve Britain's wobbly publicservices, Prime Minister John Major pledged to deregulate London'sbus system and sell it to private owners.

"Every company will choose its own livery to run under, so thered bus is probably already gone," said David Hales, a press officerfor London Regional Transport.

"It's a great shame, I think. We've already lost the red phoneboxes. Next, we'll be losing the royal guardsmen."

Officials are aware that eliminating the double-deckers will anunpopular move. That's …