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    Rove, Libby Discussed CIA Operative (AP)

AP - Prosecutors have gathered evidence that top White House aides Karl
 Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby exchanged information about their
 contacts with reporters regarding Valerie Plame in the days just before
 the CIA officer's cover was blown.

    DeLay Ordered to Texas for Booking (AP)

AP - Rep. Tom DeLay was ordered to appear at the sheriff's office in his
 home county of Fort Bend for booking on state conspiracy and money
 laundering charges.

    Bush Likely to Have More Praise for Abbas (AP)

AP - The last time President Bush had Mahmoud Abbas to the White House,
 he heaped praise on the Palestinian leader as a courageous democratic
 reformer.

    Frist Donated to Campaign After HCA Sale (AP)

AP - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist paid $72,012 from his own pocket
 to his 2000 re-election campaign fund in August, two months after he
 was notified that trustees had sold millions of dollars of his stock in
 HCA Inc., the hospital chain founded by his father and brother.

    Gonzales Urges Hispanics to Back Miers (AP)

AP - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, passed over twice for a seat on
 the Supreme Court, said Wednesday that Hispanics should get over their
 disappointment and give Harriet Miers a chance to show why she deserves
 to be confirmed.

    Bono Discusses the World's Poor With Bush (AP)

AP - Before getting on stage before his fans in a Wednesday night
 concert, U2 frontman Bono bent President Bush's ear about the world's
 poor.

    Poll: N.J. Governor's Race Still Tight (AP)

AP - Democratic Sen. Jon Corzine appears to lead Republican businessman
 Doug Forrester in the New Jersey governor's race, a poll released
 Wednesday found.

    Senators demand details from Miers (Chicago Tribune)

Chicago Tribune - Calling her responses "inadequate" and
"insufficient,"
 the top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee took
 the highly unusual step Wednesday of asking Supreme Court nominee
 Harriet Miers to redo significant portions of the questionnaire she had
 submitted to the committee just a day earlier.

    Katrina Contracts Go to Companies in Loop (AP)

AP - When Hurricane Katrina struck, AshBritt Inc. was well-positioned to
 take advantage of the torrent of government dollars that followed.

    Specter, Leahy Demand More Info From Miers (AP)

AP - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers said she would try to give more
 information about herself to senators in charge of her confirmation
 after one said what she has submitted so far was "incomplete to
 insulting."

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