CHICAGO — Drew Peterson, whose third wife died mysteriously and fourth wife vanished, had taunted authorities to come and get him — when he wasn't clowning for the cameras. Yesterday, they came for him.

Peterson, 55, was arrested at an intersection near his home shortly after his indictment in the murder of third wife Kathleen Savio, who was found drowned in an empty bathtub of her Bolingbrook, Ill., home in March 2004.

The former Bolingbrook police sergeant — whose bizarre encounters with the media, his neighbors and law enforcement played out on a world stage — will see his next act, the one that determines if he ever walks free again, unfold in a courtroom.

The death of Savio, initially ruled an accident, was reinvestigated after Peterson's then-23-year-old fourth wife, Stacy, disappeared in October 2007. Prosecutors said the Stacy Peterson case remained open last night.

ARMY GUARD NOW NEEDS TO CUT BACK

WASHINGTON — As unemployment soars, a combination of cash incentives and aggressive recruiting has left the Army National Guard with a surplus of soldiers, and now it plans to trim its force, according to government documents and interviews with Guard officials.

As recently as 2005, the National Guard fell 20 percent short of its recruitment goal and was 20,000 soldiers shy of its overall target of 350,000, leading its commander to call it a "hollow" force. The bonuses and relaxed standards for recruits helped fill the Guard's ranks to 366,880 soldiers, beyond the 358,200 authorized by Congress.

POPE TO BEGIN PILGRIMAGE IN JORDAN

AMMAN, Jordan — Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Jordan today on a three-day pilgrimage to bless a tiny Catholic population and to improve the Vatican's relations with the Muslim world greeting him with aloofness, anger and a slight hope that he may advance peace in the Palestine-Israeli conflict.

In his first visit to an Arab country, the 82-year-old pontiff is receiving little fanfare. The pope outraged Muslims in 2006 when he quoted a medieval emperor's condemnation of Islam as a violent religion. Benedict later said he regretted the pain his comments evoked and has since stressed inter-faith dialogue and reconciliation between Catholics and Muslims.

MEXICAN POLICE: BODIES OF 3 DISSOLVED

TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican police say three women who disappeared in the border city of Tijuana were killed by drug traffickers who dissolved their bodies in a caustic substance. Baja California state investigator Miguel Guerrero said the women — ages 23 to 25 — have been missing since August after they traveled from Mexicali to Tijuana, across from San Diego.

Guerrero says two alleged drug traffickers who were arrested this week confessed to the killings.

2 VOLCANOES IN CONGO A THREAT TO CITY

KINSHASA, Congo — Scientists found evidence of intense volcanic activity — including tremors, pools of lava and plumes of smoke — at two volcanoes near a major city in eastern Congo, and said some residents had fled for fear of an eruption.

The volcanoes in the central African nation could be about to erupt, threatening Goma, which has a population of more than half a million people, scientists said yesterday. They made their observations on visits to the two volcanic peaks of Nyiragongo and Nyamulagira.

Nyiragongo is listed as one of the eight most dangerous volcanoes in the world and its lava can flow at up to 24 mph, said Dieudonne Wafula, the head of Goma's Volcanological Observatory.

BUSTY WOMEN TO FIGHT PRICIER DD+ BRAS

LONDON — Busty women have banded together to battle Britain's largest clothing retailer over a surcharge for extra-large brassieres. Frustrated with failed attempts to convince Marks & Spencer to drop a 2 pound ($3) extra charge for sizes DD and larger, the women plan to take their fight to the company's annual meeting.

"They aren't listening to customers, maybe they'll listen to shareholders," said Beckie Williams, a founder of Busts 4 Justice who has purchased a share of M&S stock so she can attend the meeting.

The company says the extra engineering and material needed for a large size bra justify the markup, but the women say the policy is unfair, especially since clothing stores do not charge more for extra large pants, socks or men's briefs.