AFTER his 50th season as a groundskeeper for the New York Mets, Leitrim man Pete Flynn hung up his rake yesterday, throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before his club’s last game of the baseball season.

A suicide car bomber attacked a police patrol today on a busy commercial street, killing at least 17 people and wounding 26, officials said.

A military hearing opened today to determine if a heavily pregnant young soldier should be court-martialled for her actions at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, where she was photographed smiling and giving the thumbs-up sign in the presence of naked, hooded detainees.