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    Bush Picks Alito for Supreme Court (AP)

AP - President Bush, stung by the rejection of his first choice,
 nominated conservative judge Samuel Alito on Monday to replace moderate
 Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in a bid to reshape the Supreme Court and
 mollify his political base.

    Rosa Parks Honored at Capitol Tribute (AP)

AP - Thousands of Americans paid tribute to Rosa Parks under the dome of
 the Capitol Rotunda, waiting in line for hours to see the closed casket
 of the woman whose defiant act on a city bus inspired the modern civil
 rights movement.

    U.N. Council Split on Syria Ahead of Vote (AP)

AP - The United Nations Security Council is meeting today on a
 resolution demanding that Syria cooperate with a probe into the
 assassination of a former Lebanese prime minister or face possible
 sanctions.

    Six American Soldiers Killed in Iraq (AP)

AP - Six American soldiers were killed Monday by roadside bombs in two
 separate attacks in Iraq, while U.S. jets bombed two insurgent safe
 houses near the Syrian border in an attack aimed at al-Qaida in Iraq,
 the U.S. command said.

    UN Council puts pressure on Syria over Hariri death (Reuters)

Reuters - Foreign ministers are expected to increase pressure on Syria
 on Monday with a vote on a Security Council resolution demanding
 Damascus cooperate with a probe into the killing of a former Lebanese
 prime minister or face possible sanctions.

    Democrat Urges Rove to Quit Over CIA Leak (AP)

AP - The Senate Democratic leader said Sunday that presidential adviser
 Karl Rove should resign because of his role in exposing an undercover
 CIA officer, and a veteran Republican senator said President Bush needs
 "new blood" in his White House.

    Novartis to Buy Rest of Chiron for $5.1B (AP)

AP - Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG said Monday it agreed to buy
 the 58 percent of Chiron Corp. that it does not already own for $5.1
 billion, improving a previous offer that the embattled biotechnology
 company had rejected.

    'Saw II' Cuts Down 'Zorro' at Box Office (AP)

AP - Horror swung a sharper blade than Zorro at the box office. With
 Halloween at hand, the bloody "Saw II" won the weekend with $30.5
 million, almost double the $16.5 million opening of Antonio Banderas
 and Catherine Zeta-Jones' swashbuckling sequel "The Legend of Zorro,"
 according to studio estimates Sunday.

    Dutch Witches Get Tax Break for Studies (AP)

AP - Dutch witches are getting a tax break. A court has ruled that the
 cost of witchcraft lessons can be taken as a tax deduction.

    Patriots Beat Bills in Bruschi's Return (AP)

AP - Tedy Bruschi raised his arms early in the game and the fans
 cheered. Then another returning star won it for the Patriots with two
 fourth-quarter touchdowns. Corey Dillon, who struggled most of the
 season before missing his previous game with an ankle injury, came on
 to score on two 1-yard runs and New England came back for a 21-16 win
 over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday night.

    Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court (Reuters)

Reuters - President George W. Bush nominated conservative judge Samuel
 Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a move likely to set off a
 partisan battle with Democrats as he tries to right his struggling
 presidency.

    Wilson says leak destroyed wife's CIA career (Reuters)

Reuters - Valerie Plame's nearly two-decade career at the CIA and the
 secret life she crafted to conceal it were blown when her identity was
 revealed by a newspaper columnist, her husband, Joe Wilson said in a
 CBS "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday.

    Six US soldiers killed by roadside bombs in Iraq (Reuters)

Reuters - Six U.S. soldiers were killed on Monday in two separate
 roadside bomb attacks on patrols in Iraq, the military said in
 statements.

    Sharon faces test of strength after Gaza pullout (Reuters)

Reuters - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced an important test of
 strength in parliament on Monday as Israeli political infighting and a
 surge of violence with the Palestinians dampened peace hopes rekindled
 by a Gaza pullout.

    India readies for festivals, police hunt bombers (Reuters)

Reuters - India prepared on Monday for uneasy celebrations of the
 biggest festival on the Hindu calendar as police hunted those behind
 three devastating bomb attacks in the capital.

    Informant's Past Shadows His Testimony From '85 Murder Trial (Los
     Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Robert Hughes was a Vietnam veteran with a long
 criminal record and a history of heroin addiction.

    Key West Tries to Get the Party Restarted (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - KEY WEST, Fla. -- The weekend after Hurricane Wilma
 swamped most of this tropical island city with an average of 4 feet of
 seawater, the party was on again for tourists in downtown Key West.

    A Chicken-and-Egg Problem: How to Speed Up Production of Flu Shots
     (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - If bird flu erupts into a pandemic, the world will
 need a lot of vaccine in a hurry. That would be virtually impossible
 with the current flu-vaccine manufacturing method, which is little
 changed since the 1940s.

    First Lady Appears to Be Sitting Out This Election (Los Angeles
     Times)

Los Angeles Times - On a recent morning, Maria Shriver had a roomful of
 admiring listeners hanging on her every word. Unfortunately for her
 husband, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, none of them was old enough to
 vote.

    Despite Warnings, U.S. Leans on Syria (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has embarked
 on an effort to build strong international pressure on Syria despite
 warnings from some Arab leaders and Israelis that doing so could lead
 to a chaotic collapse or even the rise of a fundamentalist Islamic
 regime in Damascus, U.S. officials say.

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