ISRAEL’S military is phasing out the legendary Uzi submachine gun, calling it antiquated and replacing it with more sophisticated, electronics-outfitted weaponry.

LITTLE wonder the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are congratulating themselves on getting a bargain in head coach Jon Gruden.

Osama bin Laden’s hiding places are shrinking, but they aren’t gone. The accused terrorist could sneak across a mountain border to Kashmir, blend in with refugees inside Afghanistan or - perhaps most likely - hunker down in a cave and hope not to be found.