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    Report: Cheney Cited as Source in CIA Leak (AP)

AP - Notes in the hand of a federal prosecutor suggest the chief of
 staff to Vice President Dick Cheney first heard of the covert CIA
 officer central to a leak investigation from Cheney himself, The New
 York Times reported.

    Bernanke Vows to Uphold Greenspan Policies (AP)

AP - Ben Bernanke, a plain-speaking former economics professor, was
 chosen Monday by President Bush to be the next chairman of the Federal
 Reserve, the most influential economic policy job in the world.

    Bush Won't Release All Miers Documents (AP)

AP - Risking a possible clash with the Senate, President Bush insisted
 Monday he will not turn over documents detailing the private advice
 that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has given him while serving in
 the White House.

    Hearing Set for DeLay Judge Request (AP)

AP - A retired Texas judge was appointed Monday to decide if state
 district Judge Bob Perkins should continue presiding over former House
 Majority Leader Tom DeLay's trial on money laundering and conspiracy
 charges.

    Bush: Baghdad Still Safe for Saddam Trial (AP)

AP - President Bush said Monday that Baghdad is still a safe enough
 place to hold Saddam Hussein's mass-murder trial, even though one of
 the lawyers involved was killed last week.

    GOP Contenders Pass on Ariz. Governor Spot (AP)

AP - Conservatives have long dominated the political landscape of this
 state, the home of the late Sen. Barry Goldwater. Republicans dominate
 the Legislature, hold both Senate seats and six of eight U.S. House
 seats.

    Come and get me, British MP Galloway challenges US Congress (AFP)

AFP - British MP George Galloway has challenged the United States to
 charge him with perjury after he was accused of lying to a Senate
 committee over the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq.

    SBA Hurricane Aid Program Still Sluggish (AP)

AP - One month after Hurricane Rita tore into southwestern Louisiana,
 small businesses are finding themselves in a familiar position: waiting
 for aid from the federal government.

    Land deal gets new scrutiny as Bush resists requests on Miers' work
     (Knight Ridder)

Knight Ridder - WASHINGTON - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary
 Committee said Monday that he wanted to probe a land-condemnation
 proceeding in 1999 that awarded Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers
 more than $100,000 for a half-acre of family-owned land in Dallas.

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