NATIONAL NEWS
     
      ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - Just ahead of his arrival in Beijing, President Bush will pointedly express "deep concerns" about the state of human rights in China.   During a speech in Thailand, the president will also push for greater political freedoms for the Chinese people, saying it's the only way China can "develop its full potential.  "
     
      BEIJING (AP) - Some American cyclists are apologizing to Beijing's Olympic organizers after arriving in China wearing face masks.   The host city's air remains a concern as the games approach, but the cyclists say they were just being cautious, not making a statement.  
     
      WASHINGTON (AP) - The case of the anthrax-laced letters that killed five people in 2001 is solved, but still open.   Families of victims get the first glimpse inside the case at an FBI briefing today.   The main suspect, Army scientist Bruce Ivins, took his own life last week.  
     
      TOKYO (AP) - Asian stock markets rallied today, following a surge on Wall Street yesterday.   The Dow shot up 330 points, spurred by falling oil prices and a Federal Reserve decision to keep interest rates unchanged.  
     
      MOSCOW (AP) - The Nobel Prize-winning author whose books exposed the horrors of Soviet slave labor camps has been laid to rest.   Alexander Solzhenitsyn (sohl-zhen-NEETS'-ihn) was buried -- according to his will -- in a Moscow monastery where famous Russian cultural figures have been laid to rest since the 18th century.  
     
      SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A memorial with nine tombstones in a circle will be dedicated today in Utah's Crandall Canyon.   It's for the six men trapped underground by a massive mine collapse one year ago, and the three rescuers who perished in an unsuccessful attempt to save them.  
     
     
     
      REGIONAL NEWS
     
      FEDERAL WAY, Wash.   (AP) - Weyerhaeuser is cutting 1,500 jobs at the Federal Way headquarters.  
     
      MOSES LAKE, Wash.   (AP) - Two explosions killed two people within 10 hours in Grant County and authorities are investigating whether they were connected.   Undersheriff John Turley says both explosions were outside Moses Lake, one Saturday and the other early Sunday, but he won't say if they're related.   State Patrol and FBI agents are aiding the sheriff's office in the case.   More than a week ago a pipe bomb was used to blow up a truck in the Soap Lake area, and sheriff's deputies have reported an increase in gang-related activity around Moses Lake.  
     
      BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Bad news for those trying to plug Idaho's $240 million annual transportation funding shortfall.   The state's fuel tax revenue declined for the first time in six years, as drivers faced with escalating gas prices shunned their cars and as the state's fuel distributors increasingly blend their gasoline with tax-exempt ethanol.  
     
      COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - The Coeur d'Alene School District has approved a cell phone ban - from the moment a student enters the building until the final bell rings.   Trustees aim to stop unwanted distractions including text-message cheating.  
     
      Weather Forecast: Mostly sunny.   High near 97.