National and State News-Tuesday, May 22nd

BAGHDAD (AP) - Despite the three-month-old security crackdown in and around Baghdad, at least 25 people have been killed today by a parked car bomb at a packed outdoor market in the Iraqi capital. Another 60 people were wounded in the blast in a mostly Shiite
area.

LONDON (AP) - The Russians have previously said no but British prosecutors say they still plan to ask Moscow to extradite Andrei Lugovoi to face a murder charge in the death of Alexander Litvinenko . The ex-Soviet spy died from polonium-210 poisoning last November, after saying Russia's president was behind it.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is hoping to make its case to the federal government today and get permission to set up environmental rules that would force the auto industry to change how it makes cars. At least eleven other states are ready to follow California's lead on greenhouse gases.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - There's another layer of airport security about to be added for some travelers carrying liquids aboard planes. Federal security workers are starting to use hand-held
scanners to check carry-on liquids for explosives. Testing is wrapping up and only passengers selected for secondary inspection will be screened.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The Reverend Jerry Falwell will be buried today on the campus of Liberty University in Virginia. The 73-year-old evangelist also will be remembered during a funeral service at his Thomas Road Baptist Church. Burial will be private outside the historic campus building where Falwell kept his office.

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) - Lancaster County native Floyd Landis is scheduled to be cross-examined today in his arbitration hearing. The U-S Anti-Doping Agency accuses Landis of taking synthetic
testoserone during his Tour de France victory.

SINKING SPRING, Pa. (AP) - Berks County has had its third bank robbery in less than a week. Police questioned a woman in yesterday's robbery. A 50-year-old Wyomissing man was arrested and accused of Friday's robbery. The robbery on Tuesday of last week remains unsolved.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is headed to Philadelphia, where he will host a campaign fundraiser this afternoon. Obama will be at an event at the Electric Factory as he seeks support in Pennsylvania.

SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. (AP) - The shooting deaths of a man and a woman in rural Potter County are now ruled a murder-suicide. The coroner says 36-year-old David Mesler of Shinglehouse fatally shot his ex-girlfriend, then killed himself.

OLEY, Pa. (AP) - The death of a worker at a Berks County mushroom barn is now ruled to be an accidental electrocution. A deputy coroner says 23-year-old Sergio Flores touched a live wire
on a lighting fixture at the Gaspari Brothers barn yesterday.