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    Wilma Leaves 6M Without Power in Florida (AP)

AP - Beginning an agonizing, all-too-familiar process, Floridians lined
 up for generators, chain saws and other clean-up supplies only hours
 after Hurricane Wilma cut a costly, deadly swath across the peninsula.

    Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks, 92, Dies (AP)

AP - Nearly 50 years ago, Rosa Parks made a simple decision that sparked
 a revolution. When a white man demanded she give up her seat on a
 Montgomery, Ala., bus, the then 42-year-old seamstress said no.

    Draft Constitution Adopted by Iraqi Voters (AP)

AP - Iraq's landmark constitution was adopted by a majority of voters
 during the country's Oct. 15 referendum, as Sunni Arab opponents failed
 to muster enough support to defeat it, election officials said Tuesday.

    Suicide Car Bombing Kills 9 in Iraq (AP)

AP - A suicide car bomb exploded near a regional government ministry in
 a predominantly Kurdish province of Sulaimaniyah on Tuesday, killing at
 least nine people and wounding four, a security official said.

    Generic Drugs Could Have Saved Us $20B (AP)

AP - Consumers, their employers and health plans in the commercial
 market could have saved more than $20 billion last year through
 increased use of generic drugs, according to a new report by Express
 Scripts Inc., a pharmacy benefit manager.

    Mars Rover Begins Climb Down From Summit (AP)

AP - Spirit, the robot on wheels that reached the top of a Martian hill
 this summer after an epic climb, is heading back down toward its next
 target for exploration.

    Consumers Could Face Price Spikes at Pump (AP)

AP - While the most dire predictions have been largely dismissed as
 alarmist -- gasoline prices in the U.S. of up to $6 a gallon and crude
 oil climbing to $105 a barrel in 2007 -- analysts warn consumers could
 face new price spikes and won't soon be returning to pump prices that
 propelled the popularity of gas-guzzling SUVs.

    Former In-Law: Janet Jackson Has Daughter (AP)

AP - Janet Jackson and James DeBarge, who were briefly married in 1984,
 had a daughter together, DeBarge's brother Young DeBarge has claimed on
 a radio program.

    MLB May Not Let the Astros Raise the Roof (AP)

AP - Back in their bizarre ballpark, the Houston Astros are ready to
 raise the roof when the World Series resumes Tuesday night -- only
 Major League Baseball might not let them.

    Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks dies (Reuters)

Reuters - Rosa Parks, the black seamstress whose refusal to give up her
 seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white man sparked a revolution
 in American race relations, died on Monday. The U.S. civil rights
 pioneer was 92.

    Iraq constitution ratified in referendum (Reuters)

Reuters - Iraqis have ratified their new constitution, the results of a
 referendum showed on Tuesday.

    US Iraq death toll now 1,999 (Reuters)

Reuters - Two U.S. Marines were killed in Iraq when their vehicle was
 hit by a roadside bomb, the military said on Tuesday, pushing the total
 U.S. military death toll since the 2003 invasion to 1,999.

    Florida reeling from Wilma's rampage (Reuters)

Reuters - Southern Florida was reeling on Tuesday after enduring a
 four-hour assault by Hurricane Wilma that killed at least four people,
 cut power to millions of homes and caused billions of dollars in
 damage.

    Israel strikes Gaza after attacks (Reuters)

Reuters - Israel launched missile strikes in Gaza on Tuesday, targeting
 buildings it said were used by militants in response to renewed
 Palestinian rocket attacks on the Jewish state.

    A Puzzling Trail to USC Baby Death (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - BILLINGS, Mont. -- A gifted, hard-working student,
 mature beyond her years. A talented athlete who played three sports in
 high school. A popular, high-spirited girl whose impersonations and
 rowdy singing cracked up friends.

    Wilma Sprints Through Florida (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - NAPLES, Fla. -- Hurricane Wilma pounded its way
 across Florida on Monday, killing at least three people and causing
 widespread flooding, power outages and property damage.

    Low-Key Advisor Fitted for Power Suit (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Ben Shalom Bernanke's first venture onto the
 national stage ended abruptly. He choked on the word "edelweiss" in the
 1965 National Spelling Bee.

    Bush Picks Successor to Fed Chief Greenspan (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Monday dashed ahead
 of his own timetable for naming a successor to Federal Reserve Chairman
 Alan Greenspan, picking former university economist Ben S. Bernanke to
 head the nation's central bank.

    She Set Wheels of Justice in Motion (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Rosa Parks, the Alabama seamstress whose simple act
 of defiance on a segregated Montgomery bus in 1955 stirred the
 nonviolent protests of the modern civil rights movement and catapulted
 an unknown minister named Martin Luther King Jr. to international
 prominence, died Monday of natural causes at her home in Detroit. She
 was 92.

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