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| Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST Democrats' failure to slow Alito boosts White House |
| White House insiders say the failure of Democrats to undermine Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court has lifted the spirits of President Bush and his advisers. White House strategists had feared that the Alito hearings would be much tougher than they were, but Senate Democrats never got much traction on any issue and the judge now seems headed for a relatively comfortable majority of perhaps 60 Senate votes within a few weeks. |
| Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST Bartlett to play bigger role in Bush message |
| Insiders say George W. Bush will turn more and more to Dan Bartlett to help get out Bush's twin messages on the economy and Iraq. Some even go so far as to see Bartlett emerging as the rising star in the White House. |
| Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST Tech hotties tumble |
| Heading into the year, two new groups of stocks were expected to lead the bull market. The first were shares of technology companies, which have been showing some signs of life after being among the worst performers over the past five years. And the second group consisted of Japanese equities, which had a good 2005 following a 15-year bear market. |
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| Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:57:38 EST Airstrike may have killed al Qaeda weapons expert |
| U.S. counterterrorism officials say al Qaeda's chemical weapons expert was "in the vicinity" when CIA airstrikes last week hit a dinner gathering believed to include terrorists in a Pakistani mountain village. They said Midhat Mursi could have been killed in the attack but stressed they cannot confirm that he was. |
| Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:11:11 EST 'Strenuous efforts' to save abducted reporter |
| With the kidnappers' Friday deadline looming, the newspaper for which abducted American journalist Jill Carroll works says it is "availing itself of every option we can think of to secure her release." The Christian Science Monitor "is undertaking strenuous efforts on Jill's behalf," said Senior Editor David Cook. The kidnappers said they would kill Carroll unless the U.S. releases all female Iraqi prisoners. |
| Thu, 19 Jan 2006 01:45:50 EST Japanese securities official found dead |
| An executive of a Japanese securities firm involved in takeover deals by the high-profile Internet startup Livedoor has been found dead in an apparent suicide, police say. |
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