Thousands of students, alumni, family members and friends came together to remember 139 fallen Aggies and the values of tradition and change at the on-campus Muster Wednesday, while thousands of miles away the Texas A&M-Qatar campus held its inaugural Muster.

Belle Palmer, a senior English major, is prepared for a hectic Aggie ring day. Palmer said she will stay busy because she has to go to work as a bus driver afterward, but that she is going to make the most out of it by wearing a maroon sombrero and passing out candy to passengers on her bus route.

In spring 1971, during a blind date in Yoakum, Texas, two college students had a feeling that they were experiencing something special. The moment was so special that on Sept. 18 of that same year, Eugene and Elaine Baumann were married at the A&M All Faiths Chapel.

Former first lady Barbara Bush is a dream subject for an exhibit because she is a remarkable woman with a great life, said Patricia Burchfield, curator of the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Burchfield said the exhibit showcases a wonderful woman's life as a wife, mother, grandmother and spokeswoman for her literacy cause.

Texas A&M has joined 270 universities nationwide in creating a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a national honor society aimed at honoring students who have been academically successful. The honor society recently announced its new members of the Class of 2004. "The Kappa of Texas Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has named about 103 students out of this year's graduating class," said David Carlson, president of Kappa of Texas.

LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson's legal team said the pop star will be fully exonerated when he goes to trial on child molestation charges. A source close to the case told The Associated Press on Thursday that Jackson was indicted, although authorities wouldn't confirm it and the indictment handed up by a Santa Barbara County grand jury was sealed.

BOSTON - Boston College, a Roman Catholic school, has agreed to buy the Boston archbishop's mansion and 43 adjoining acres for $99.4 million, providing the church with badly needed cash to settle the sex scandal that has engulfed it.

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - A suicide attacker bombed a security police building in the Saudi capital Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding 148. The attack had the hallmark of an al-Qaida operation, officials said.

BASRA, Iraq - Suicide attackers unleashed car bombings against police buildings in Iraq's biggest Shiite city Wednesday morning, striking rush-hour crowds and killing at least 68 people, including 16 children incinerated in their school buses.

UTICA, Ill. - Searchers with shovels and buckets pulled eight bodies Wednesday from the rubble of a tavern where residents had gathered to seek shelter from a twister that flattened the century-old building.

CLEVELAND - Not long after the news conference ended, LeBron James joined a few friends in the back of a room inside Gund Arena and danced. is moves were smooth - like the ones he made on the court during his remarkable first season as a pro. On Tuesday, James won the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, the crowning moment for a 19-year-old kid who lived up to his ''King James'' nickname while reviving the Cleveland Cavaliers.

DALLAS (AP) - Proposed tax revenue to help pay for a new $1 billion Dallas Cowboys stadium development might not be available if the facility is built in Fair Park, county officials say. The location where the State Fair of Texas is held annually has been the front-runner among alternatives for a new venue to replace the aging Texas Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Irving.

LA PORTE, Texas - There were two cries at The Battle of San Jacinto: Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! On Wednesday, those who gathered at the base of the San Jacinto Monument for a San Jacinto Day celebration added another: Remember San Jacinto! ''The current movie of the day forgets to even name this battle,'' said Ron Stone, master of ceremonies at Wednesday's celebration, which continues through Sunday and culminates with a re-enactment of the 18-minute battle that secured Texas' independence.