Ex-Kingston Trio Member Dead

Do you remember the Kingston Trio? I Do. John Stewart, who wrote the Monkees hit "Daydream Believer" and became a well known figure in the l960's folk music revival as a member of The Kingston Trio, has died according to the band's Web site. He was 68. He suffered a massive stroke or brain aneurysm and died early Saturday at a San Diego hospital. He joined The Kingston Trio in l961, three years after the band released its version of an old fold song, "Tom Dooley" that went on to become a hit.

Deadly Bomb Rocks Algerian Base

At least 25 people have been killed and some 60 injured in a car bomb attack on an Algerian naval barracks in Dellys, 62 miles east of Algiers.The victims were coast guard officials, hospital officials said. They warned the number of the dead could rise. It comes just two days after a suicide bomber killed at least 19 people in Batna in a crowd awaiting a visit by President Bouteflika.