Passenger lists sought for US-bound flights

Airlines will soon be required to give the government passenger lists for all US-bound international flights before takeoff, Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security secretary, said yesterday. The regulations, which could be in place by early next year, would make permanent a counterterror measure taken after last week's foiled plot to bomb trans-Atlantic flights. (AP)

The military has charged a Marine Corps officer with assaulting three Iraqi civilians in April, accusing him of beating and choking them and placing a pistol in one victim's mouth, the Marines said yesterday. Second Lieutenant Nathan Phan was charged with three counts of assault and one count of making a false official statement relating to the alleged assaults on April 10, near Hamdania, a town west of Baghdad. (Reuters)

WYOMING

CHEYENNE -- More firefighters and equipment arrived yesterday in attempts to fend off a wildfire threatening hundreds of houses near Casper yesterday. The fire expanded rapidly in shifting winds and headed toward a subdivision of about 50 homes, State Forester Bill Crapser said. The lightning-sparked blaze had already burned nearly 10,000 acres, or 15 square miles, since Monday, coming within 5 miles south of Casper. (AP)