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    Chairman Threatens Subpoenas on Katrina (AP)

AP - The Republican chairman of a House panel investigating the response
 to Hurricane Katrina threatened Wednesday to issue subpoenas for
 documents if the White House and other agencies don't provide them by
 Nov. 18.

    Democrats Focus on 2002 Alito Case (AP)

AP - Senate Democrats are pressing for extensive records on the
 participation of Judge Samuel Alito in an appeals case involving a
 mutual fund company with which he had a six-figure investment.

    Republicans Blame Schwarzenegger (AP)

AP - The across-the-board collapse of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's
 ballot propositions came down to this: They were ideas with narrow
 appeal, further damaged by a flat-footed campaign and an unpopular
 messenger, the governor himself.

    GOP Looks for Its Lost Edge in Va. (AP)

AP - How could this happen in a state supposedly as reliably Republican
 as Virginia? A Democrat who objects to capital punishment, had a clear
 record of backing gun control and even boasted of supporting a $1.4
 billion tax increase beat a conservative Republican by six percentage
 points Tuesday.

    Supreme Court battle enlivens US senator's new novel (Reuters)

Reuters - Some people read novels on airplanes. U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer
 wrote one.

    Rice Defends U.S. Treatment of Detainees (AP)

AP - Amid rising debate over America's legal and moral obligations in
 the treatment of suspected or potential terrorists, Secretary of State
 Condoleezza Rice said the United States will always play by
 international rules.

    Rosa Parks Funeral Helped Detroit Mayor (AP)

AP - Less than two weeks before the election, it looked as if Mayor
 Kwame Kilpatrick wouldn't be around for a second term.

    Oil Company Execs Defend Profits to Senate (AP)

AP - Oil executives sought to justify their huge profits under tough
 questioning Wednesday, but they found little sympathy from senators who
 said their constituents are suffering from high energy prices.

    Former FEMA Chief Brown Off Payroll (AP)

AP - Former FEMA chief Michael Brown is no longer on the agency's
 payroll, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday, ending nearly
 two months of compensation after he resigned under fire.

    Alito ad storm waiting to strike after the holidays (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - The media battle among conservative and liberal interest
 groups over Judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court
 has begun, but it will be a quiet rumble until January.

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