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    Lawyer Shot by VP Released From Hospital (AP)

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney ended a troubling week among friends,
 receiving a rousing ovation from state legislators in his first public
 appearance since accidentally shooting a lawyer while quail hunting.

    VP Accident Tale Filled With Discrepancies (AP)

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said he didn't immediately disclose his
 hunting accident because he wanted the confusing details to come out
 right. Instead, authorized accounts came out slowly -- and often still
 wrong.

    Delay Sought in Abramoff's Fla. Sentencing (AP)

AP - The Justice Department and defense lawyers asked a federal judge
 Friday to delay the March sentencing of lobbyist Jack Abramoff in a
 Florida fraud case to allow him more time to cooperate in a broader
 government corruption investigation.

    Rockefeller Questions NSA's Authority (AP)

AP - The top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee wants the
 panel to look into whether the National Security Agency was
 eavesdropping without proper authority in the weeks after the Sept. 11
 attacks.

    Republican Fundraisers Off to Fast Start (AP)

AP - The Republican National Committee raised $13.7 million in January,
 getting off to a fast start for this midterm election year.

    Ark. Man Convicted in White House Trespass (AP)

AP - A man who claimed to have a cell phone implanted in his head was
 convicted Friday of jumping a White House fence in a bid to meet
 Chelsea Clinton.

    Pelosi Wants Ethics Probe of Deficit Bill (AP)

AP - House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi demanded an ethics
 investigation Thursday into the passage of deficit-reduction
 legislation that President Bush recently signed, a new twist in an
 episode of Capitol intrigue that blends election-year politics and
 questions of constitutional law.

    Prosecutors Seek 10 Years for Cunningham (AP)

AP - Prosecutors on Friday asked that former Rep. Randy "Duke"
 Cunningham be sentenced to the maximum of 10 years in prison for his
 "stunning betrayal of the public trust" by accepting bribes.

    Spy Debate Brings Opportunity for Congress (AP)

AP - It could be campaign-year jitters. President Bush's controversial
 eavesdropping program has irritated congressional Democrats and even
 some Republicans.

    White House Aims to Protect New Texas Map (AP)

AP - The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Bush administration's
 request to join Texas in defending a Republican-friendly congressional
 map engineered by Rep. Tom DeLay.

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