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    Feds to Release Details of Flu-Fight Plan (AP)

AP - The Department of Health and Human Services is releasing details
 today on how the administration's plan to fight the flu will work,
 including how cities and states will get vaccine and medications to
 panicked citizens.

    Democrats Force Secret Senate Session (AP)

AP - Unable to win their way with votes, outnumbered Democrats used a
 rarely invoked Senate rule to force a secret session as a way to
 dramatize their assertions that the Bush administration misused
 intelligence in the run-up to war in Iraq.

    Denver Voters OK Marijuana Possession (AP)

AP - Residents of the Mile High City have voted to legalize the
 possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults. Authorities,
 though, said state possession laws will be applied instead.

    Judge Removed From DeLay's Criminal Case (AP)

AP - Lawyers for Rep. Tom DeLay are pushing for a change of venue after
 successfully arguing to have a judge removed from the case against the
 Texas Republican congressman.

    Interest groups finally get fight they expected (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - After two false starts, the battle over the Supreme
 Court's future that conservative and liberal interest groups raised
 millions of dollars to fight has begun. Soon after President Bush chose
 conservative federal judge Samuel Alito to replace Justice Sandra Day
 O'Connor on Monday, groups from the political right and left began
 slugging away at each other.

    Bush: Venezuela Nuke Reactor Might Be OK (AP)

AP - Despite tense relations with Venezuela, President Bush says it
 might be OK for the South American nation to have a nuclear reactor for
 peaceful energy uses.

    N.J. Gubernatorial Candidates Trade Barbs (AP)

AP - In a gubernatorial campaign already notorious for its negative ads,
 Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine and Republican Doug Forrester traded
 conflict-of-interest allegations in a radio debate Tuesday night.

    Steven Griles to Testify in Lobbyist Probe (AP)

AP - Senators investigating an indicted lobbyist's work for Indian
 tribes and his ties with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and
 other lawmakers want to hear from a former Interior Department official
 about contacts concerning tribal casinos.

    Senators Discourage National Park Changes (AP)

AP - Republican senators joined Democrats in telling the National Park
 Service on Tuesday to back off proposed new guidelines that could allow
 Segway scooters and more cell phones, noise and air pollution in the
 national parks.

    Contrast obvious between O'Connor, would-be successor (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - When President Bush nominated federal Judge Samuel Alito
 on Monday to replace Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the
 potential for change on the high court was clear.

    Syria campaigns to ward off UN sanctions on Hariri (Reuters)

Reuters - Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid al-Mualem toured the Gulf
 on Sunday to enlist Arab support ahead of a UN meeting to discuss
 possible sanctions against Damascus over the killing of Lebanon's
 former prime minister.

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