Wave of attacks in northern, central Iraq kill 37   BAGHDAD (AP)
-- Insurgents in Iraq unleashed a wave of attacks from before
dawn until late in the evening Thursday, killing 37 people and
wounding dozens, the latest in a series of persistent strikes
aimed at undermining the government's authority.  The bomb and
shooting attacks made for the country's deadliest day in more
than three weeks, rattling nerves as families prepared to gather
for a holiday weekend. More than 130 people have been killed in
violence across the country since the start of August, showing
that insurgents led by al-Qaida's Iraqi franchise remain a
lethal force eight months after the last U.S. troops left the
country.  Three of the attacks accounted for more than half of
the casualties.  A morning car bomb in Baghdad's northeastern
and mostly Shiite neighborhood of Husseiniyah killed seven
people and wounded 31.  Around midday, another car bomb struck
near the headquarters of local security forces in the northern
city of Daqouq. As polic