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1. Sunni Arab and secular groups refuse to open discussions with the Shiite religious bloc leading in Iraq's parliamentary elections until contested results are reviewed. 2. Residents go through the w
1. In Iraq, Defense Secretary Rumsfeld announces the first of what's likely to be a series of reductions in US troop levels there in the coming year. 2. Protesters gather across Iraq to denounce the r
1. A transit strike in New York City forces millions of subway and bus riders to find new ways to get around at the height of the holiday shopping and tourist season. 2. In a huge courtroom fight over
1. In a surprise visit to Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney suggests Iraq's elections are a major step toward withdrawing US troops as a string of attacks kills 19. 2. President Bush unapologetically d
US,Senate,suicide,1.The US Senate confirms John Roberts as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, taking the place of the late William Rehnquist. 2.Three suicide car bombings kill at least 60 people in a mostly Shiite
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
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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.Disgraced investor Bernard Madoff returned to his Manhattan apartment after making a surprise appearance at the federal courthouse. A judge set new conditions for his bail, including a curfew and monitoring bracelet. 2.The attorney for Rod Blagoje
1.It will be at least nine years and maybe as long as 33 years before O.J. Simpson is a freeman again. The former football great was sentenced to prison by a Las Vegas judge for his part in an armed robbery at a hotel last year. The 61-year-old coul
1. President-elect Barack Obama says he had no contact with the Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich who is arrested today on federal corruption charges. Blagojevich is freed on his own recognizance. Federal prosecutors say Blagojevich was allegedly in
1. Firefighters are making progress containing the wildfire in Big Sur. Even so, officials expect the blaze to continue burning for weeks. Cooler weather over the weekend helped slow the spread of flames. But temperatures are forecast to climb in th
1.The Illinois attorney general files a motion with the state's highest court, asking justices to remove scandal-plagued Governor Rod Blagojevich from office. AG Lisa Madigan wants to strip the governor of his power saying impeachment by legislators