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    Bush Sidesteps Questions About CIA Leak (AP)

AP - President Bush batted away questions about the CIA leak
 investigation Friday, unable at an Americas summit thousands of miles
 from Washington to escape the controversy that has ensnared a top White
 House official and weakened his own popularity.

    Selection of Judge in Delay Case Stands (AP)

AP - Texas' chief justice said Friday his decision to appoint a Democrat
 to preside over Republican Rep. Tom DeLay's campaign-finance case
 stands, despite prosecutors' objections to the justice's political
 connections.

    Governors Chafe at Greater Military Role (AP)

AP - Several governors are fuming over a Bush administration suggestion
 that the active military take a greater role in disaster response,
 calling it an attempt to usurp state authority over National Guard
 units.

    Public Support for Bush Slips to New Low (AP)

AP - President Bush's public support has eroded to its lowest level yet,
 with the Iraq war dragging on, a top White House aide facing felony
 charges and the White House rushing to replace a failed Supreme Court
 nominee.

    Race for Va. governor a tight one to the finish (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Republican Jerry Kilgore and Democrat Tim Kaine are the
 candidates for governor in this state, but their fates hang to a large
 extent on two people who aren't running: President Bush and Gov. Mark
 Warner.

    Professor Defends 'Intelligent Design' (AP)

AP - A biology professor who supports classroom discussion of
 "intelligent design" testified Friday that major peer-reviewed
 scientific journals shun articles on the concept because it is a
 minority view.

    Democrats' '08 Convention After Games (AP)

AP - The 2008 Democratic National Convention will be held Monday, Aug.
 25, through Thursday, Aug. 28, after the Summer Olympics in Beijing,
 Democratic chairman Howard Dean announced Friday.

    Rep. Ney Subpoenaed in Abramoff Case (AP)

AP - Rep. Bob Ney of Ohio has been subpoenaed to provide documents and
 testimony related to the government's investigation of indicted
 lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

    Census Spared From Budget Cuts (AP)

AP - The nation's most comprehensive survey of housing, demographic and
 socio-economic data was saved Friday when a congressional committee
 rejected a plan to cut the Census Bureau's budget.

    Alito Confirmation Hearing to Begin Jan. 9 (AP)

AP - President Bush said Friday that he is disappointed he won't get a
 new Supreme Court justice by Christmas as he wanted.

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