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1. President Bush defends a post-September 11th secret eavesdropping program in the US, and slams senators blocking renewal of the Patriot Act . 2. Iraqi authorities ease some security measures impose
1. President Barack Obama's stimulus plan should clear its first hurdle today. The House is expected to pass the 825-billion-dollar package. Yesterday, Obama went up to Capitol Hill to rally Republicans' support. However, today's vote is expected to
1.President Barack Obama heads to Capitol Hill this week, trying to gain Republican support for his economic stimulus package. Republicans want the 825-billion-dollar plan tilted more toward tax cuts. The House vote on the plan is expected Wednesday
US,defiant,Texans,1. A defiant Tom Delay maintains his innocence after a grand jury indicts the Texas congressman and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme . 2. Hundreds of East Texans r
1. While Senator Joe Lieberman spends this primary day campaigning in Connecticut, his campaign is accusing a rival Democrat of hack ing Lieberman's campaign Web site. The site crashed Tuesday. Lieber
1. British officials identified 19 of the 24 suspects accused of planning to blow up US-bound planes. Sources also say they intercept ed a coded message earlier this week, telling the suspected terror
1. A public defender says John Mark Karr wants to return to Colorado where he faces first-degree murder charges in the death of JonBenet Ramsey as soon as possible. He waive d extradition at a hearing
1. The governor of West Virginia wants to shut down the state's coal mines, following the deaths of two more mineworkers Wednesday. Joe Manchin says the voluntary stoppage would allow the state to ins
1. The body of Coretta Scott King was carried by horse-drawn carriage Saturday morning to the Georgia's state Capitol where she is the first black person and the first woman to lie in honor. The widow
1. Joaquin Phoenix, whose portrayal of Johnny Cash in
1. Embattled Congressman Tom Delay abandons his bid to remain as House majority leader, clearing the way for Republicans to shed the taint of scandal. 2. One of Ariel Sharon's surgeons says the Israel
1. Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito says he'll keep an open mind on abortion cases, but defends his 1991 ruling that women seeking abortions must notify husbands. 2. Iran removes UN seals on uranium
1. As Pakistani anger mounts, intelligence officials say al-Qaida's No. 2 man was invited to dinner at the village hit by a purported CIA airstrike but didn't show up. 2. A suicide car bomb hits a Can
1. Violence rocks the Gaza Strip. Thousands of Fatah Party activists took to the streets. Some burned abandoned cars; others shot guns in the air. The demonstration comes after their party lost to the
1. The Coast Guard says all passengers have been evacuated from the Empress of the North cruise ship which ran aground off Alaska's coast this morning. 2. Parents are outraged after staffs at one Tennessee elementary school staged a gun attack on st
1. President Bush says he doesn't expect the violence in Iraq to abate anytime soon. He says he expects heavy fighting to continue for the next few months with more American and Iraqi casualties. 2. The head of the UN nuclear agency says he agrees w
1. For the second straight day, the Lebanese army and militants clashed in Tripoli. The military says the militants have ties to al-Qaeda. It's the worst eruption of internal violence since the country's civil war ended in 1990. 2. The number of peo
1. A Boston medical student is being held without bail on murder, armed robbery and kidnapping charges. Prosecutors accused Philip Markoff of targeting women who advertised services on Craigslist. Markoff's attorney says his 23-year-old client is no
1. President Barack Obama says he has seen positive signs from both Cuba and Venezuela in his four-day trip to Central America, but says the test is in deeds not words. Obama said the signals provided an opportunity for frank dialogue on issues incl
1. Authorities have searched the home of the man they say is responsible for killing 13 people and then killing himself at a Binghamton, New York immigration center. One law enforcement officer, speaking anonymously, says the man's name Jiverly Voon