SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE NEWS BUDGET

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Here is the Scripps Howard News Service NEWS budget for Friday, June 15, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.

WASHINGTON

WASHCALL (Hoffman, SHNS) -- Washington Calling. WASHINGTON: Blunt warning from Petraeus adviser”¦ Farewell lap by Gonzales?”¦ Fly flags for Dad”¦ Other items. 750.

NATIONAL

SOLDIERSREMAINS (Mitchell, Winston-Salem Journal) -- JEFFERSON, N.C.: Sixty-three years after Lawrence Burkett disappeared in World War II, the North Carolina soldier, husband and father is coming home. 850. With photo: SH07F145SOLDIERSREMAINS.

GAYCOPS (Mooney, The Providence Journal) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I.: Gay cops seek a right not to remain silent. 800.

MIRACLE (Torkelson, SHNS) -- The question of whether a Denver girl was cured by a miracle courtesy of an 18th-century missionary priest is now in the hands of the Vatican. 350.

ELEPHANTMOVE (Holland, Anchorage Daily News) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska: How do you move an 8,000-pound elephant? Very carefully. 800.

IN THE WEST

OFFTHESTRIP-CALM (Benston, Las Vegas Sun) -- LAS VEGAS: Living the life off the Strip: No smoking, no casino, but guests find plenty of luxury at condo-hotels. 750.

WATERWARNING (Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle) -- SAN FRANCISCO: Turning off faucets, watering lawns in the dark of night and installing low-flow toilets is a way of life in drought-prone California. But after a dry winter and in the midst of the season's first stretch of hot weather, Bay Area residents are being warned to get more serious about conserving water. 700.

CAL-BIRDS (Vellinga, Sacramento Bee) -- New bird counts indicate it's not just bald eagles and other rare species that are declining -- there is also a steady decline of more common birds. 1,000. With photo: SH07F143CALBIRDS.

GOURMETGIZMO (Ortiz, Sacramento Bee) -- A computer kiosk built by a Menlo Park, Calif., company not only recommends and informs about wines, it offers suitable dinner menus. 800.