Sidelights.

Hamed Abderrahrnan Ahmad, a prisoner released from the U.S. jail at Guantanamo Bay, complained to an Australian paper that he was tortured while in American custody. His torture consisted of being forced to listen to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA."

Baghdad gym owner Sabah Mehdi, who used to train members of Saddam Hussein's security forces, changed his five-year-old son Abdullah's name to Arnold. "Arnold [Schwarzenegger] is a legend. Before the war nobody was allowed to give their children Western names,' said Mehdi, who has already started little Arnold on a weightlifting program. Mehdi named his gym the Arnold Classic when Schwarzenegger was elected governor of California, and the two men have corresponded by mail. If elected, Massachusetts senator John Kerry would be the third richest President in United States history. George Washington and John E Kennedy were the two wealthiest. Two thirds of Americans don't think George W. Bush's National Guard service during the Vietnam War is a legitimate election issue, according to a Washington Post/ ABC News poll. Trenton, New Jersey's Lawrence Middle School instituted a policy stating that seventh- and eighth graders are allowed to leave class for the bathroom a maximum of 15 times a month. The European Union's foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, warned against overreacting to the March 11 terrorist attack on commuter trains ha Madrid: "Europe does not find itself at War." The New Mexico legislature is considering a law that would require automobile drivers to breathe into an alcohol detection device in order to start their vehicles. State representative Ken Martinez stated, "People called seat belts and air bags inconvenient at first.... It's just an issue of getting used to it." In an effort to explain why there are so few conservative faculty members at Duke University, Duke philosophy chair Robert Brandon stated, "We try to hire the best, ...