SAY WHAT?

"The United States will be vigorously engaged in the pursuit of a two-state solution every step of the way. The inevitability of working toward a two-state solution is inescapable."

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, LEFT, discussing the creation of a new Palestinian Arab state. Since 1948, the former British protectorate of Palestine has (ALReaDY) been divided into two states, a Jewish state called "Israel," and a Palestinian Arab state called "Jordan."

"Champ gets right in the sleeping bag with me when it gets cold in the dark. I wish he didn't snore so much, but we stay warm."

49-year-old Army veteran Carl Coe, referring to his dog. At 40 pounds, Champ is twice the 20-pound weight limit allowed in a subsidized Salvation Army apartment, so he and Coe continue to live in a tent off Losee Road between Carey and Cheyenne avenues.

"John Solecki's mother and his relatives and international human rights groups should play a role for the recovery of thousands of our sons. The United Nations and state institutions ... are forcing us to kill Mr. John Solecki in our protest."

One-page letter from the Pakistani kidnappers of American U.N. worker John Solecki, grabbed Feb. 2 after his driver was shot to death in the southwestern city of Quetta. The letter, demanding the release of 1,109 Baluchistan nationalists, was signed by the previously unknown Baluchistan Liberation United Front. It was not immediately clear whether the kidnappers also contend John Solecki's mother forced them to murder the driver.

"Nobody expects 6 to 8 inches of snow outside on March 2. We know there aren't going to be people here buying soil and mulch and plants and roses."

Eric Pennington, who works in the garden section of the Lowe's home improvement center in Glen Burnie, Md., hit with a late-season blizzard Monday. The storm caused the cancellation of airline flights, including thAT of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had hoped to attend a massive Washington, D.C., protest against power plant construction. The protesters expressed concern that building more power plants might exacerbate ... global warming.