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    Bush Pushes Competitiveness Plan in N.M. (AP)

AP - Prodding students on Friday, President Bush spoke to the fears of
 many American youngsters: Don't assume math and science are too hard,
 or that studying them is a ticket into the "nerd patrol."

    Judge Sets Trial for Libby in CIA Leak (AP)

AP - The perjury trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of
 staff won't begin until January 2007, after the midterm congressional
 elections, in timing that Democrats consider favorable to Republicans.

    Boehner Takes the Reins As Majority Leader (AP)

AP - Republicans are counting on their new House leader, John Boehner,
 to help defuse an ethics scandal as the clock ticks toward November
 congressional elections.

    Blunt: Media Drove Leadership Race Outcome (AP)

AP - A day after his loss in the race for House majority leader,
 Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt said Friday that media calls for a new face in
 the party's leadership rather than a desire by Republicans for change
 drove the outcome.

    Senate Intelligence Chairman: Bush Can Spy (AP)

AP - Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts said Friday the
 Bush administration's domestic spying is within the president's
 inherent power under the Constitution, and he rejected criticism that
 Congress was kept in the dark about it.

    Papers: Ford White House Weighed Wiretaps (AP)

AP - The White House was eager to protect its ability to gather foreign
 intelligence. Congress was eager to rein in executive power. What
 sounds like a new debate over the president's ability to eavesdrop
 without warrants occurred 30 years ago.

    Wetterling to Run for Congress in Minn. (AP)

AP - Children's advocate Patty Wetterling, who dropped out of the U.S.
 Senate race last month, said Friday she would run for Congress instead.

    Boehner's Empire Resembles DeLay's (AP)

AP - Over the years, new House Majority Leader John Boehner has built a
 political empire with similarities to the fundraising machine of the
 man he's replacing, Rep. Tom DeLay.

    Spy Chief Says Big-Event Precautions Taken (AP)

AP - On the eve of the Super Bowl and Olympics, the top U.S.
 intelligence official cautions that the events will be major attention
 magnets and says all security precautions possible have been taken to
 prevent terrorism.

    Thomas Autobiography Not Due Out Until '07 (AP)

AP - The memoirs of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will be coming
 to a bookstore near you -- just not as soon as expected.

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