The Bush administration has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for states to extend health coverage to children in middle-income families.
Michael Vick will probably face at least a year in prison under a plea deal in a case involving a dog-fighting ring that was run from a property he owned.
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AP - Hurricane Dean strengthened into a monstrous Category 5 storm Monday night as its first rain and winds began slamming the coasts of Mexico and Belize. Thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera as it roared toward the ancient ruins and modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula.
AP - U.S. military officials are narrowing the range of Iraq strategy options and appear to be focusing on reducing the U.S. combat role in 2008 while increasing training of Iraqi forces, a senior military official told The Associated Press on Monday.
AP - A top Senate Democrat on Monday threatened to hold members of the Bush administration in contempt for not producing subpoenaed information about the legal justification for President Bush's secretive eavesdropping program.
Hurricane Dean burgeoned into a Category 5 storm Monday -- the highest on the scale -- making it capable of inflicting catastrophic damage when it makes landfall in Mexico. People were being urged to complete their preparations for an "extremely dangerous" storm.
NFL quarterback Michael Vick has accepted a plea deal that could send him to prison, ending a federal dogfighting prosecution that jeopardizes his pro football career, his lawyers said.
The White House asked for more time to produce documents regarding the legality of the Bush administration's no-warrant surveillance program Monday, but the chairman of the Senate committee that demanded them said "time is up."
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