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    Insurgents Kill Nine in Baghdad Market (AP)

AP - Sunni-led insurgents killed at least nine people with a car bomb in
 a crowded vegetable market on Friday, the Muslim day of worship, in the
 second blast against Shiite civilians in as many days, police said. The
 death toll rose to nearly 100 from the previous day's attacks in
 another Shiite town.

    Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe (AP)

AP - Finally agreeing to testify, New York Times reporter Judith
 Miller's grand jury appearance throws a damaging spotlight once again
 on a White House whose credibility has been undermined in the criminal
 probe into the leak of a covert CIA officer's identity.

    Bush Likely to Name 2nd Nominee Next Week (AP)

AP - President Bush is holding a short list of candidates, believed
 topped by women and minorities, to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court
 and join new Chief Justice John Roberts.

    New Orleans Residents Invited to Return (AP)

AP - Mayor Ray Nagin invited residents of some of the city's most
 popular neighborhoods to return at their own risk beginning Friday, a
 move that could bring back about one-third of New Orleans' half-million
 inhabitants.

    UN probe seen fingering Syrians in Hariri killing (Reuters)

Reuters - U.N. investigator Detlev Mehlis is likely in October to name
 Syrian officials as suspects in the assassination of Lebanon's former
 Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, political and diplomatic sources say.

    Firefighters Hope Weather Will Slow Fire (AP)

AP - A 16,200-acre wildfire burned out of control early Friday in the
 hills and canyons along the city's northwestern edge, despite the
 efforts of thousands of firefighters who held out hope that the weather
 was on their side.

    U.S. Space Traveler Says Tourism Needed (AP)

AP - The U.S. scientist slated to become the third non-astronaut to
 visit the international space station said Friday he was nervous ahead
 of the launch and defended his joining the expedition as a necessary
 step in the evolution of space flight.

    Boeing Workers OK Contract, End Strike (AP)

AP - Less than a month after they hit the picket lines, Machinists at
 Boeing Co. approved a new contract and ended a strike that shut down
 the company's commercial airplane assembly plants.

    'Will & Grace' Ups Ante With Live Show (AP)

AP - The set didn't collapse. No one forgot his lines. Too bad. The cast
 of "Will & Grace," who do a pretty slick job every week on their
 filmed sitcom, upped the ante Thursday night by airing the season
 opener live.

    Ortiz Powers Red Sox to Win Over Blue Jays (AP)

AP - David Ortiz tied the game in the eighth inning with his 47th homer,
 then singled home the winning run in the ninth to give the Boston Red
 Sox a critical 5-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday
 night.

    Car bombs in Iraq kill more than 110 people (Reuters)

Reuters - Car bombs have killed more than 110 people, 25 of them
 children, in a surge of violence in Iraq ahead of an October 15
 referendum on a new constitution.

    NY Times reporter freed from jail in CIA probe case (Reuters)

Reuters - After being locked up in jail for nearly three months, New
 York Times reporter Judith Miller was released on Thursday after
 agreeing to testify before a grand jury investigating who in the Bush
 administration leaked a covert CIA operative's name.

    Bush poll numbers improve in Rita aftermath (Reuters)

Reuters - President George W. Bush's job approval has risen after
 slumping to new lows on criticism of his handling of deadly Hurricane
 Katrina, two polls showed on Thursday.

    Raging brush fires threaten L.A. area homes (Reuters)

Reuters - Thick smoke hung over much of Los Angeles on Thursday as a
 wildfire burned out of control in the Southern California foothills,
 threatening upscale suburban neighborhoods as firefighters struggled to
 keep the flames from racing to the sea.

    US warns of possible terror in China's northwest (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States has warned American travellers to be
 vigilant against a terrorist attack in China's restive northwestern
 region of Xinjiang after Beijing told police there to be prepared for
 danger.

    Prop. 78 May Suffer From Drug Makers' Poor Image (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - Californians like the idea of a statewide
 drug-discount program for the poor: A recent Field Poll found
 Proposition 78 leading by a healthy margin.

    Bombs Kill 105; U.S. Toll Grows (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - BAGHDAD -- A series of coordinated bombings killed
 95 people in the Iraqi city of Balad on Thursday as U.S. military
 leaders in Washington downgraded their estimate of the number of Iraqi
 troops at the highest state of readiness.

    Italy Seeks Former U.S. Diplomat in Kidnapping (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - ROME -- Italian authorities have ordered the arrests
 of a former U.S. Embassy official here and two other people in
 connection with a "rendition" case in which CIA operatives allegedly
 kidnapped a radical Muslim cleric from Milan and flew him to Egypt,
 where, he has said, he was tortured.

    DeLay Helped Cement GOP Ties to Lobbyists (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- Whether or not Rep. Tom DeLay
 (R-Texas) returns to power, few industry lobbyists in the nation's
 capital are likely to forget the lesson he once taught the electronic
 manufacturers: Support the Republican Party -- or else.

    Fire Is Still Out of Control; Most Homes Spared So Far (Los Angeles
     Times)

Los Angeles Times - An army of more than 3,000 firefighters battled a
 wildfire that bore down on more than a dozen communities in Ventura and
 Los Angeles counties Thursday, halting the blaze just north of the 101
 Freeway before it could spread toward Malibu and the Pacific Ocean.

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