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Wednesday, September 22, 2004 Free Personal Finance E-mail: Read personal finance updates and tips from Michelle Singletary that you can't get anywhere else. Sign up now. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS U.S. Taking Supporting Role in Iraq, Officials Say Iraqi and U.S. officials are nervous about whether the recent handover of power in Iraq is too late. They also are worried about whether Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has sufficient legitimacy among Iraqis. (By Robin Wright and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post) At U.N., Bush Cites Headway in Iraq 'I Am Optimistic We'll Succeed,' He Says (The Washington Post) GOP Leaders on Hill Agree to Extend Middle-Class Tax Cuts (The Washington Post) POLITICS Bush Stands His Ground, Sets Himself Apart President Bush's speech before the U.N. General Assembly had a message that was aimed directly at American voters, not the leaders unenthusiastically listening to him. (By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) 3 DeLay Workers Indicted In Texas Aides Charged in Fundraising Probe (The Washington Post) GOP Leaders on Hill Agree to Extend Middle-Class Tax Cuts (The Washington Post) The Politics of Social Security Kerry to Use Study to Call Bush Plan a Wall Street Windfall (The Washington Post) White House Links Memos, Kerry Effort Adviser to Democrat Calls Charge 'Smear Campaign' (The Washington Post) More Politics Add topics to this e-mail Make this e-mail your own by selecting the topics and columnists that interest you! Personalize this e-mail now. NATION U.S. Trial Against Tobacco Industry Opens The U.S. government accused the nation's largest tobacco companies of conspiring to deceive the public about the proven dangers of smoking over the past 50 years in order to protect billions of dollars in profits. (By Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post) Anti-Prostitution Rule Drafted for U.S. Forces (The Washington Post) Ex-Pop Singer Held After D.C. 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Unveils Stadium Plan Rumors spread that Major League Baseball is edging closer to moving the Expos to Washington as D.C. officials announce plans for a stadium on the Anacostia waterfront. (By Serge F. Kovaleski and Thomas Heath, The Washington Post) D.C. Budget Advances in Senate Effort to Require District to Help Fund Federal Tuition Program Fails (The Washington Post) Judge Removes Himself From Va. Sniper Case Prosecutors Objected to Conduct (The Washington Post) 'Wonderful Mother' Mourned at Vigil Shot Outside NE Apartment Building, D.C. Victim Among 140 Slain This Year (The Washington Post) Ehrlich Pledges Funds to Secure Jewish Schools (The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Fed Keeps Nudging Up Key Rate Officials raised a key short-term interest rate for a third time this year and signal that they are likely to raise it again before year-end. (By Nell Henderson, The Washington Post) Conspiracy With Merrill Lynch Charged in Enron Trial Complicity in Fraud Alleged in Barge Sale (The Washington Post) Stewart to Begin Serving Prison Sentence Oct. 8 Judge Grants Request as Appeal Continues (The Washington Post) Hotels, Union Agree Only to Talk Again Next Week (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY U.S. Orders Airlines to Release Fliers' Data TSA will collect domestic passenger records for June 2004; data will be used to test program aiming to hunt for terrorists. ... (By Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Washington Post) MCI Not Liable for Legal Costs From SEC Investigation (The Washington Post) Critics Say Bill Could Trigger Flood of Faxes Exemption Considered Too Broad (The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS D.C. Unveils Stadium Plan Rumors spread that Major League Baseball is edging closer to moving the Expos to Washington as D.C. officials announce plans for a stadium on the Anacostia waterfront. (By Serge F. 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College Football Post staff writer Barry Svrluga and college sports editor Matt Rennie take your questions on the college football season. White House Talk White House Briefing columnist Dan Froomkin takes your questions on the latest White House coverage. Film: Sideways The director of "Election," "About Schmidt" and the upcoming "Sideways" takes your questions in an online discussion. More Live Discussions EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS Hope in Darfur DARFUR'S HUMANITARIAN crisis has been in the news so repeatedly that it has acquired a sort of static quality. Report after report recaps the basics... Poor Judgment at CBS NO NEWS ORGANIZATION can watch the debacle unfolding at CBS without experiencing an institutional shudder. This newspaper endured its own painful episode... The Right Connection IT NEVER SHOULD have taken a half-century of false starts, second thoughts and third-rate excuses for backing off, but now the serious paperwork is... 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