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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.

    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.

    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.

    FDA Advisers Consider At-Home HIV Test (AP)

AP - A government advisory panel is considering whether to allow the use
 of the first HIV test a person can take entirely at home, alone.

    Google Offers Index of Public Domain Works (AP)

AP - Google Inc.'s Internet-leading search engine on Thursday will begin
 serving up the entire contents of books and government documents that
 aren't entangled in a copyright battle over how much material can be
 scanned and indexed from five major libraries.

    Radio City Nixes Musicians Offer to Return (AP)

AP - Striking Radio City Music Hall musicians were instructed by their
 union Thursday to perform at the famed "Christmas Spectacular." But
 management said it was going forward with recorded music.

    Man Dresses As Horse, Runs on Race Track (AP)

AP - A British resident of Hong Kong was convicted of disorderly conduct
 and causing a public nuisance for dressing as a horse and running on a
 popular race track last year to urge full democracy in the Chinese
 territory.

    NBA Kicks Off Season With Familiar Faces (AP)

AP - The NBA kicked off the season's first full night of games with some
 familiar faces in old places. Phil Jackson was reunited with Kobe
 Bryant and the Lakers, and Ron Artest was on the court again in a
 Pacers uniform.

    Libby expected to plead not guilty (Reuters)

Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney's former top aide, Lewis Libby, was
 expected to plead not guilty on Thursday to charges in the CIA leak
 probe, raising the specter of a trial that could keep the spotlight on
 the administration's case for war in Iraq.

    Red Cross seeks access to CIA prisons (Reuters)

Reuters - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) called on
 Thursday for access to all foreign terrorism suspects held by the
 United States after a report of a covert CIA prison system for al Qaeda
 captives.

    Shots fired as French riots escalate (Reuters)

Reuters - Rioters shot at police and fire fighter crews in the worst
 night of a week of violence in poor suburbs that ring Paris, as
 France's conservative government struggled to quell the unrest.

    Indonesia says has suspected flu cases in children (Reuters)

Reuters - Three Indonesian children are suspected to be the latest
 victims of bird flu, which the Asian Development Bank said on Thursday
 could trigger a global recession if a pandemic breaks out.

    Berlusconi says threatened by bomber in stadium (Reuters)

Reuters - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said a suicide
 bomber was plotting to kill him at a soccer match, and accused
 political rivals of heightening the risk of terrorist attacks by
 questioning his integrity.

    Bratton Is Overruled by Police Panel (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's newly
 appointed Police Commission has overruled Police Chief William J.
 Bratton and concluded that a detective with the Special Investigation
 Section acted improperly in shooting an unarmed burglary suspect last
 year.

    Crashes Heighten Busway Concerns (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Seventeen people were injured -- one seriously -- in
 two collisions between cars and Orange Line buses Wednesday,
 heightening concerns about the safety of the new transitway designed to
 speed trips across the San Fernando Valley.

    Pentagon Sets Its Sights on Roadside Bombs (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- With Iraqi insurgents building
 ever-more powerful homemade bombs, the Pentagon is finalizing plans to
 put a high-level general in charge of a new task force that will try to
 harness the expertise of the CIA, FBI, businesses and academics to
 combat the guerrillas' most lethal weapon.

    Voters Support Parental Notice (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - California voters narrowly favor an initiative on
 Tuesday's ballot to bar abortions for minors unless parents are
 notified, but are leaning against two prescription-drug discount
 measures, according to a new Los Angeles Times poll.

    Mommy Shift Begins as Nanny Shift Ends (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Margoth Enriquez looks at the clock. It's 6:03 p.m.
 -- past time to go home.

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