August 10, 2003

Thousands of deceased Chinese are being exhumed by their descendants and reburied in America, often in places they have never visited in life; descendants fear destruction of their ancestors' graves as cemeteries in China are bulldozed to make way for farms, offices and housing tracts; posthumous emigration reverses tradition that dates to gold rush, when Chinese-American would dig up laborers who had perished in California and ship them back to their ancestral villages; photo (M)

Seattle Mariners defeat New York Yankees, 2-1; photos (M)

Cleveland Browns training camp is filled with intrigue as incumbent quarterback Tim Couch and challenger Kelly Holcomb compete for starting position; photos (M)

Sen John Kerry of Massachusetts is sharpening message of his campaign for Democratic presidential nomination, once described as themeless and toothless, to meet challenge of Howard Dean's onrushing campaign; now accuses corporate chieftains of 'looting America' and says Pres Bush is presiding over worst American economy since Great Depression; questions Bush's credibility and competence on issues as different as tax cuts and postwar cleanup of Iraq; stands by his vote for war in Iraq, where before he was accused of vacillating on issue; seeks to claim mantle for expanded health care coverage; has begun his own campaign Web log modeled after Dean's; invokes his stature as Vietnam veteran as he challenges stature of his Democratic opponents to withstand debate with Bush on national security; photo with Dean (M)

Republicans in California wonder whether latest big-name Republican actor to step onto political stage, Arnold Schwarzenegger, can pull off Reagan-style revival, and win governor's seat in state dominated by Democrats; many Reagan revolutionaries are doubtful, viewing Schwarzenegger with certain level of suspicion about his Republican credentials; they argue that his vehicle for entering state's political sweepstakes--recall against Gov Gray Davis--was grass-roots uprising among ordinary conservatives, made viable by bank acccount of millionaire conservative Rep Darrell Issa, who differs with many of Schwarzenegger's views; Schwarzenegger also steps into political ring with virtually none of preparation of Ronald Reagan, who had been visible Republican activist across country before running for governor; photo (M)