| Five Injured as Hungary Police, Protesters Clash
Five people were injured on Monday in Budapest as thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with police ahead of the anniversary of Hungary's 1956 uprising against Soviet rule. The demonstrators threw molotov cocktails to set a water cannon truck on fire near Budapest's Opera House where Socialist Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany was attending a state event ahead of the Oct. 23 anniversary of the uprising. Police used water cannon and fired tear gas during the clashes, one year after protests in 2006 in which hundreds were injured over several weeks of demonstrations. "We are treating five people with light injuries," ambulance spokesman Pal Gyorfi said. Three photographers were among those injured and police arrested three people, Hungarian state news agency MTI reported.
In Fla., age is an issue for McCain
It's very difficult." It is difficult to determine whether age is a drag on McCain's chances. But voters often cite it as a reason for not supporting him. "Wonderful man, a little old," was the verdict from Don Vercauteren, 65, a real estate agent from Sarasota who is leaning toward Romney. "I know I don't have the strength I had when I was 50 or 60. To work 18 hours a day, nine days a week, the way a president has to, it takes a toll." Mostly, though, older voters look at McCain and see someone with a wealth of life experience. "I like Romney, but I think he needs a little maturity - that's just a grandma talking," said Margaret Foster, 71, at Sun City Center. "It's quite a world out there, and it's going to take a lot of acquired wisdom to get us through the next few years." Yesterday at the Villages, when McCain was done speaking and opened the floor for questions and comments, Maryanne Lane, 65, got the microphone first.
2007: Four stories that are still with us
Mark Anderson, the once prominent dentist and father of seven, is now fighting for his freedom in the face of more than 40 counts of sexual battery. Anderson is accused of inappropriately touching more than 20 of his female patients during his care of the past several years. Things started going south for the dentist when he was caught on a pre-texted phone conversation set up by police between one of his patients and him, where he admitting to touching her breast during treatment. After she told Anderson she felt violated by his actions, he sent her a card with an animated character with the words "Oops!" typed across the front. - On July 16, residents spot a fire at Woodland's John Ferns Park. The playground, formed nearly a decade ago by the loving hands of community volunteers, is destroyed.
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