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    Libby to Make First Court Appearance (AP)

AP - Armed with new legal firepower, Vice President Dick Cheney's former
 chief of staff was expected to plead innocent Thursday in his first
 court appearance since being indicted in the CIA leak scandal.

    Two GOP Senators Oppose Alito Filibuster (AP)

AP - A group of centrist senators who halted a previous filibuster fight
 is making plans for Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, but at least
 two of the group's Republicans say their decision is already made: no
 filibuster.

    AP: DeLay's Staff Tried to Help Abramoff (AP)

AP - Rep. Tom DeLay's staff tried to help lobbyist Jack Abramoff win
 access to Interior Secretary Gale Norton, an effort that succeeded
 after Abramoff's Indian tribe clients began funneling a quarter-million
 dollars to an environmental group founded by Norton.

    Bush to Visit Latin American Nations (AP)

AP - President Bush and the thousands of demonstrators protesting his
 visit to Argentina that will begin Thursday have a common goal of
 reducing poverty, but the test for Bush will be whether he can convince
 others in the hemisphere to support his solution.

    White House Ducks Prewar Intel Questions (AP)

AP - The White House sought to deflect politically charged questions
 Wednesday about President Bush's use of prewar intelligence in Iraq,
 saying Democrats, too, had concluded Saddam Hussein was a threat.

    Clinton Invokes Parks at Corzine Event (AP)

AP - Hours after attending the funeral of Rosa Parks, former President
 Clinton invoked the civil rights heroine's memory in urging a large
 voter turnout for Democrat Jon Corzine in Tuesday's gubernatorial
 election.

    Democrats target scandal-weakened DeLay (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - The indictments against former House Majority Leader Tom
 DeLay have helped persuade congressional analysts that Democrats have
 at least a chance to win back the House and Senate majorities they lost
 11 years ago.

    New Policy on Off-Road Vehicles Decried (AP)

AP - Environmentalists and recreation groups decried a Forest Service
 plan to restrict off-road vehicles, saying the new policy could
 legitimize hundreds of illegal trails carved out by off-road
 enthusiasts.

    Judges: Alito Unlikely to Overturn Roe (AP)

AP - Judges who have served with Samuel Alito say he's unquestionably a
 conservative who would push the Supreme Court to the right, likely
 favoring new abortion restrictions that retiring Justice Sandra Day
 O'Connor would not.

    Ivory Coast leader vows early election; rebels call for him to leave
     (AFP)

AFP - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, whose mandate was due to go
 into extra time following the west African state's failure to hold
 elections, pledged to do everything he could to organize a vote before
 a one-year deadline set by the United Nations.

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