NOW STAGES PRO-ABORTION RALLY IN D.C.(Main)

Byline: Associated Press with staff reports

Tens of thousands of women from across the country converged on Washington Sunday for an abortion-rights march that took them past the White House to a rally on the steps of the Capitol. "The numbers game is over," declared Eleanor Smeal, president of the National Organization for Women, NOW, which sponsored the march. "The silent majority will be silent no longer."

An estimated 250 people attended from the capital district, and about 3,700 statewide, said Mary Mercier, vice president ofboth the Albany and state chapters of NOW.

"It was absolutely, totally impressive," said Mercier in a …

Judge to send $70,000 back to county coffers.

A Pulaski County judge told a county budget committee Friday that he will direct $70,000 back to the county that he had earlier ordered to go to a nonprofit organization. …

Study: CT Scans Raise Cancer Risk

Millions of Americans, especially children, are needlessly getting dangerous radiation from "super X-rays" that raise the risk of cancer and are increasingly used to diagnose medical problems, a new report warns.

In a few decades, as many as 2 percent of all cancers in the United States might be due to radiation from CT scans given now, according to the authors of the report.

Some experts say that estimate is overly alarming. But they agree with the need to curb these tests particularly in children, who are more susceptible to radiation and more likely to develop cancer from it.

"There are some serious concerns about the methodology …

Trio glad to stick with SMU

Wide receiver Mitchell Glieber has a special feeling going intoSouthern Methodist University's return to football competition aftera two-year NCAA "death penalty" absence. He's one of three returninglettermen from the 1986 team.

Glieber, son of late CBS broadcaster Frank Glieber, and strongsafety Norbert Osborn stayed to pursue their education. ReceiverMichael Bowen …

Cities get schooled in ways to promote walkability: statewide safe routes to school grows out of Marin county pilot project.

THE WORDS "pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure" probably cannot motivate the masses the same way an unguarded 8-year-old in a faded crosswalk can. That's understandable. According to the Centers for Disease Control, two-thirds of drivers nationwide exceed speed limits around schools. The result is that one child per 200.000, ages 5-15, are killed as pedestrians each year.

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Funding the sorts of safety projects--and neighborhood co-benefits--that would improve those grisly statistics tend to make up a small fraction of transportation spending in the United States. But a safety program aimed at schoolchildren that originated a little over a decade ago in Marin County has found a way to introduce pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure funding into budgets at nearly every level of government.

Tugging at the heartstrings of parents while also promoting policies near and dear to smart growth advocates. Safe Routes to School (SRTS) reaches out to school officials, parents, students and local government officials on encouraging more kids to walk to school and making it safer for those who do. While the program is explicitly focused on the safely of schoolchildren, urban planners see it as another way to bolster the case-and get public support-for programs that make neighborhoods more pedestrian-friendly for everyone.

"This program is one of the best leverage points for creating more walking and biking in our communities." said Jessica Meaney, California Policy Manager for the Safe Routes to School National Partnership, a network of organizations focused on implementing Safe Routes to School programs.

Two generations ago, walking and biking didn't need advocacy. They were the norm and driving to school was the curious exception. According to Low-income Schools and Communities Study released last year by Caltrans, as recently as 1980 the majority of children living within a 2-mile radius of a school walked or bicycled to school. Today, that number has dropped to less than …

Morne Morkel joins Yorkshire.

Morne Morkel will be The Yorkshire County Cricket Club's overseas player for the early part of the 2008 season.

The 23-year-old South African pace bowler will deputise for Rana Naved-ul-Hasan on a week-to-week contract until the Pakistan international is ready to take up the overseas slot for the remainder of the season.

Morne has played one Test Match, nine One-Day Internationals and six Twenty20s for South Africa since June 2007 and is widely recognised as a player with a big future in the game. His bowling is genuinely fast and his hard-hitting batting has often been useful down the order. His performances for his country in the inaugural ICC World …

2 TREATED FOR CARBON MONOXIDE.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: LINDA TRISCHITTA Staff writer

A mother and daughter were treated and released Wednesday at Amsterdam Memorial Hospital after they were poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes.

Mary Bosley, 38, and Danielle Bosley, 10, had suffered flu-like symptoms for the past four days at their 29 Red Oak Path home, said Chief David Forbes of Union Fire Co. No. 2 in Ballston Spa. Bosley's husband, Thomas, had suffered headaches while at home but was at work when paramedics were called around 12:45 p.m. Wednesday.

``When we got there we found the daughter laying on the porch, vomiting, conscious but not …