Milestones Oct. 10, 2005

SWORN IN. JOHN ROBERTS, 50, as the 17th Chief Justice of the U.S.; following a Senate confirmation vote of 78 to 22, making him the youngest Chief Justice since 1801, when John Marshall was confirmed at age 45; in Washington.

SENTENCED. LYNNDIE ENGLAND, 22, Army private photographed grinning beside naked detainees at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison, who said her participation in the abuse was prompted by a desire to please her then boyfriend, jailed ringleader Charles Graner; to three years in prison and a dishonorable discharge; in Fort Hood, Texas.

RESIGNED. EDDIE COMPASS, 47, New Orleans police chief, after unrelenting criticism...

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