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    Gonzales Won't Step Aside in Abramoff Case (AP)

AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales brushed aside requests on
 Thursday that he remove himself from the investigation of Jack Abramoff
 and the lobbyist's ties to Bush administration officials and members of
 Congress.

    Judge Orders Spying Documents Released (AP)

AP - A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to
 release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell
 out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep the program
 under wraps.

    House Democratic Leader Wants Budget Probe (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.

    Bush Backs Cheney's Handling of Mishap (AP)

AP - President Bush says critics are drawing "the wrong conclusion about
 a tragic accident" when they say the delayed disclosure of Vice
 President Dick Cheney's hunting mishap is an indicator of an overly
 secretive White House.

    $48.7M in contracts went to six clients (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Sen. Arlen Specter acknowledges inserting 13 provisions
 into spending bills that directed $48.7 million to clients of lobbyist
 Michael Herson of American Defense International. Herson is the husband
 of Specter aide Vicki Siegel Herson. A list of those clients, their
 lobbyists and the funds, known as "earmarks:"

    White House Defends Port Sale to Arab Co. (AP)

AP - The Bush administration is defending approval of a $6.8 billion
 sale that gives a company in the United Arab Emirates control over
 operations at six major American ports, even as one senator sought a
 new ban on companies owned by governments overseas in some U.S.
 shipping operations.

    Wis. Referendums Call for Troop Withdrawal (AP)

AP - Peace activist Jill Bussiere wants the United States to bring its
 troops home from Iraq immediately, so she went door-to-door in this
 community in the hopes of getting others to join her cause.

    Specter asks ethics panel to look at aide's role in funding
     (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Sen. Arlen Specter on Thursday asked the Senate Ethics
 Committee to investigate whether a top aide improperly helped direct
 nearly $50 million in Pentagon spending to clients represented by her
 husband. His request followed a USA TODAY report that he secured $48.7
 million in projects for six clients of the aide's spouse's firm.

    FEMA Needs Independence, Former Chief Says (AP)

AP - The Federal Emergency Management Agency has become a disgrace since
 it was merged into the Department of Homeland Security following the
 2001 terrorist attacks, former FEMA chief James Lee Witt says.

    Justice Alito to Be Thrown in Head First (AP)

AP - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito joined colleagues in the
 courtroom for the first time Thursday, just for show, before the real
 work begins next week on issues including abortion, presidential
 wartime powers and the environment.

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