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Last firefighter from WTC attack to be buried next week\nNEW YORK -- A vial of blood is all that will be buried at firefighter Michael Ragusa's funeral next week, nearly two years after he was killed in the World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11, 2001.\nThe 29-year-old will be the last of the 343 firefighter victims to be memorialized in an official service. His family had hoped his remains would be identified, but his mother, Dee Ragusa, said Sunday that they decided they had waited long enough.\nOf the 2,792 people who died in the WTC attack, the medical examiner has identified remains of just over half. Scientists expect to exhaust all available DNA technology in the attempt to identify the rest as early as next year, although unidentified remains will be stored in case new methods are developed.\nCBS poll shows few voters following democratic race\nTwo-thirds of voters -- including two-thirds of Democrats -- were unable to name any of the Democratic candidates for president, said a CBS News poll released Sunday.\nJoe Lieberman, Dick Gephardt and Howard Dean topped the field in the poll, with relatively low numbers that suggest the race remains wide open.\nFour in 10 Democratic voters said they were satisfied with the current field of nine candidates, while half said they would like more choices.\nWhen all voters were asked whether President Bush will definitely be re-elected, 38 percent said yes, but 50 percent said they think a Democrat can win. \nKansas flood leaves four children dead, others still missing\nEMPORIA, Kan. -- Flash flooding from a torrential rain storm in the Central Plains swept cars off a section of Interstate 35, killing at least four children. Authorities were searching for others still missing Sunday.\nPeople in five of the seven cars swept into the water about 10 miles south of Emporia late Saturday were accounted for Sunday morning.\nThree of the children were strapped into the family's minivan, which was found 1 1/2 miles from the scene. The fourth child was found Sunday morning about a quarter mile from the van. The father survived, but searchers were still looking for the mother, said Lisa Callahan, spokeswoman for the Kansas Turnpike Authority.\nThe National Weather Service said the Emporia area had received 8-12 inches of rain in 24 hours beginning early Saturday.