National and State News-Wednesday, May 30th

ATLANTA (AP) - Federal officials say they're investigating whether a man with a rare strain of tuberculosis infected any of the passengers on two trans-Atlantic flights he took against
doctors' advice. The man is quarantined in Atlanta. He says he traveled to Europe because he didn't want to call off his wedding.

BAGHDAD (AP) - At least nine Iraqi civilians are dead after several mortar rounds apparently targeting a U-S military base in Fallujah missed their mark and landed in a residential
neighborhood. Elsewhere, a roadside bomb struck a police convoy outside Baghdad, killing two guards.

WHITE HOUSE (AP) - President Bush is set to name Robert Zoellick, an executive with Goldman Sachs, as his choice to become the next president of the World Bank. Zoellick would replace Paul Wolfowitz, who resigned after a panel found that he arranged a hefty pay package for his girlfriend.

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Two humpback whales who got lost in California's Sacramento River are nearing the freedom of the Pacific Ocean. At last word, they were in San Francisco Bay, less
than ten miles from the Golden Gate Bridge.

STRATFORD, Conn. (AP) - Authorities in Connecticut say an off-duty officer accidentally shot his 18-year-old daughter in the knee after mistaking her for an intruder in their home. Police say the daughter was re-entering the home through the basement after sneaking out.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia man has been ordered to stand trial on charges of raping and murdering his best friend's daughter in 2004. Authorities say D-N-A evidence led them to arrest 27-year-old Brian McDonald of the city's Kensington neighborhood in the death
of 15-year-old Nicole Reilly. Prosecutors also say a store security video showed McDonald
buying a drink at a convenience store that was identical to a drink found at the crime scene. Authorities say McDonald denied buying the drink until he was shown the video. The defense lawyer declined to comment after yesterday's preliminary hearing.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Resolution of a dredging disagreement has cleared the way for completion of the years-long process of sprucing up the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. The Delaware River Port Authority will soon pick a contractor to repaint the bridge, which links Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey. The bistate agency stopped meeting about 17 months ago over the dredging disagreement. Only emergency work could be approved, and
painting was not considered an emergency. The 90 (m) million dollar project is expected to be completed in 2008. The iconic blue bridge has been repainted about every seven
years since it opened in 1926, with intermittent maintenance in between.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A pair of bald eagles have abandoned a nest at the old Philadelphia Navy Yard -- the first in the city in two centuries. But birdwatchers are holding out hope that the pair will nest again next year. After the nest was spotted in February, state officials began
keeping a close eye on the eagles in hopes that they would breed. But birdwatchers and state officials say the eagles haven't been spotted since April. State officials have gone back to the Philadelphia nesting site several times, but have found no evidence that the birds have
returned. State officials estimate that 20 percent to 30 percent of bald eagle nests fail every year in Pennsylvania.