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| Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:00:00 EST Bush chooses White House counsel for court |
| President Bush today nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, reaching into his loyal inner circle for another pick that could reshape the nation's judiciary for years to come. |
| Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:00:00 EST Stockpile gas as well as crude? |
| Now here's a quaint idea: Stockpile gasoline, in addition to crude oil. Other developed nations do it, one reason those fussbudgets in old Europe were able to send extra gasoline to the United States after Hurricane Katrina hit. Now some in the United States are starting to embrace the idea. Senate Democrats Dick Durbin of Illinois and Charles Schumer of New York are proposing a national gasoline stockpile of 40 million barrels, modeled on the policies of other nations that require refiners to keep a certain volume of spare "product" on hand. |
| Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:00:00 EST Republicans seek shift in control of spies |
| The 2006 authorization bill for the intelligence community, passed unanimously by the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, reveals a behind-the-scenes debate that has been raging in the committee for many months about the performance of the CIA's directorate of operations, which is the main source of human intelligence (HUMINT), or traditional spying activities. |
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| Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:49:52 EDT White House counsel is Supreme Court nominee |
| President Bush today nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. "She will strictly interpret our Constitution and laws. She will not legislate from the bench," Bush said. Miers, who has never been a judge, was offered the job Sunday night during dinner with Bush at the White House, sources said. |
| Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:23:09 EDT U.S. soldier dies in western Iraq |
| A U.S. soldier has died from wounds suffered in an explosion in Iraq's vast Anbar province, the same region where U.S. troops have launched their latest offensive to drive out insurgents, the military said Monday. |
| Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:43:15 EDT 20 die as New York tour boat capsizes |
| Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board will try today to determine how and why a tour boat capsized on an upstate New York lake, killing 20 passengers. Many of the 49 people aboard the boat were senior citizens from Michigan, some of them using wheelchairs or walkers, authorities said. The boat may have been capsized by the wake of a larger craft. |
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