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    Iraq Insurgents Attack Sunni Party Office (AP)

AP - Insurgents determined to derail this weekend's referendum carried
 out two attacks against Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political party on
 Friday, after the group dropped its opposition to the draft
 constitution.

    Rescue Efforts Wind Down in Pakistan (AP)

AP - Rescuers searching for survivors in the rubble of Pakistan's worst
 earthquake scaled back operations Friday, while aid workers held mass
 burials and rushed to set up tent camps for an estimated 2 million
 homeless before the harsh winter.

    Rove Faces Fourth Grand Jury Appearance (AP)

AP - Karl Rove is getting a fourth and likely final chance to convince
 grand jurors he did nothing criminal in the CIA leak case, an
 appearance that carries some risks as prosecutors are close to wrapping
 up their probe.

    Northeast States Endure Eighth Day of Rain (AP)

AP - Much of the waterlogged Northeast entered its eighth straight day
 of rain Friday, a deluge that has trapped motorists, delayed airline
 flights and sent streams surging over their banks.

    Shots heard in Hague in anti-terror raids (Reuters)

Reuters - Gunshots were heard in The Hague on Friday during anti-terror
 raids by security officials, Dutch media reported.

    Boost in Social Security Checks Planned (AP)

AP - The country's 48 million Social Security recipients are in line to
 get the biggest boost to their monthly benefit checks in more than a
 decade, though for many higher costs for energy and Medicare will eat
 up much of the gain.

    Modern Americans: A Rude, Boorish Lot? (AP)

AP - Americans' fast-paced, high-tech existence has taken a toll on the
 civil in society.

    King Midas Returns to Big Easy Aquarium (AP)

AP - One New Orleans resident returned home with a thunderous splash.
 King Midas, a 300-pound sea turtle, slid back into his home Thursday at
 the New Orleans aquarium, one of a handful of creatures that survived
 Hurricane Katrina.

    HP Recalls 135,000 Laptop Battery Packs (AP)

AP - Hewlett Packard is recalling about 135,000 battery packs for some
 HP and Compaq laptop computers because of reports they overheated and
 melted, the Palo Alto, Calif., company announced Friday.

    Astros Silence Cards, Even NLCS to 1-1 (AP)

AP - Yes, it is possible to win on the road in the NL championship
 series. Roy Oswalt showed the way for Houston, silencing the St. Louis
 Cardinals and all their red-clad fans.

    US says bird flu in Europe a "troubling sign" (Reuters)

Reuters - The spread of Asia's deadly bird flu to Europe is a "troubling
 sign" and the world must work faster to prepare for a potential flu
 pandemic, U.S. Health Secretary Mike Leavitt said on Friday.

    Weather promises more misery for Pakistan survivors (Reuters)

Reuters - Thunderstorms followed by cold weather promised more misery
 for survivors of the Kashmir earthquake at the weekend as the focus of
 international aid efforts turned on Friday from rescue to relief.

    US and France press Iran over nuclear program (Reuters)

Reuters - The United States and France intensified pressure on Iran on
 Friday to return to negotiations over its suspected nuclear arms
 programs and reasserted the threat to refer Tehran to the U.N. Security
 Council.

    Putin: "We'll be ruthless with rebels" (Reuters)

Reuters - Rebels who try to attack Russian targets in future will be
 decisively crushed, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday after his
 security forces killed scores of gunmen who attacked the southern town
 of Nalchik.

    Bush's ratings sink amid public pessimism (Reuters)

Reuters - Despite a drive by President George W. Bush to rebuild support
 and restore public confidence, three new opinion polls show his
 approval ratings sinking ever deeper in a sea of political troubles and
 pessimism.

    High in Quake Vulnerability, San Bernardino Low in Retrofits (Los
     Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - While Los Angeles has made major strides in
 retrofitting old masonry buildings, San Bernardino has lagged
 significantly despite seismologists' warnings that the city of 200,000
 is particularly vulnerable.

    Pinter, Master of Menacing Drama, Wins Nobel Prize (Los Angeles
     Times)

Los Angeles Times - LONDON -- Harold Pinter, the modernist playwright
 known for his searing explorations of power, menace and
 half-articulated truths, won the Nobel Prize for Literature on
 Thursday, just days after his 75th birthday.

    Agency's Talent Pool Is Fast Becoming an Ocean (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - The agents from Creative Artists Agency had barely
 returned from a corporate retreat in Ojai when rumors started spreading
 across Hollywood. Already the town's most formidable talent agency, CAA
 wanted to solidify its dominance and, as the chatter inside rival
 talent agencies held, it had pledged at its March gathering to go after
 "100% market share."

    More Than Hussein Is on Trial (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - BAGHDAD -- In a country more bloodied now than at
 the time of his capture, Saddam Hussein is set to appear in court next
 week for a trial that could become either a milestone in a democratic
 transformation or a new source of crippling strife.

    Where the Rich Go to Cry (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - For those who knew Gerald Levin as the almost
 Machiavellian 80-hour-a-week chief executive of AOL Time Warner, it
 will be hard to imagine him as he was this summer in a boat off the
 Caribbean island of Bimini. When a group of dolphins came swimming by,
 Levin, although not a great swimmer, donned his snorkel and jumped in.

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