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Thursday, October 14, 2004
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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
A Deep Divide on Domestic Front
President Bush and John F. Kerry battled sharply over domestic issues Wednesday in the final debate of the 2004 campaign. The Democratic nominee charged that the president has compiled a record of failure on the economy and health care, and Bush attacked Kerry's Senate record.
(By Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei, The Washington Post)
Analysis: Standing Tall in Their Respective Corners
(The Washington Post)
Attacks Misleading And Out of Context
Debate Highlights Philosophical Split
(The Washington Post)
POLITICS
A Deep Divide on Domestic Front
President Bush and John F. Kerry battled sharply over domestic issues Wednesday in the final debate of the 2004 campaign. The Democratic nominee charged that the president has compiled a record of failure on the economy and health care, and Bush attacked Kerry's Senate record.
(By Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei, The Washington Post)
Terrorism Threat Narrows Race
Bush Gains When That Issue Comes Up
(The Washington Post)
POWs Shown in Film Join Swift Boat Group's Anti-Kerry Efforts
(The Washington Post)
Kerry Returns Bush Volley On Health Care
(The Washington Post)
Fla. Steps In to Speed Up State-Federal Everglades Cleanup
(The Washington Post)
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NATION
U.S. Stymies Detainee Access, Lawyers Say
More than three months after the Supreme Court declared that detainees at Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts, none has appeared in a courtroom.
(By Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post)
Death Penalty Case Gets Skeptical Hearing
Supreme Court Is Urged to Reject Capital Punishment for Juvenile Offenders
(The Washington Post)
Senator Defends Shutting Hill Office
Security Briefings Alarmed Dayton
(The Washington Post)
Reporter Held in Contempt of Court Again in Leaks Probe
(The Washington Post)
Ruling in Terror Case Stands
Moussaoui Could Appeal Witness Access to Supreme Court
(The Washington Post)
More Nation
WORLD
Moroccans Seen Turning To Terror Networks
Many European officials have expressed fears that Morocco, a country with a tradition of Islamic moderation, is steadily becoming more radicalized.
(By Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post)
NATO Considers Joint Mission in Afghanistan
Germany, France Criticize U.S. Plan to Merge Peacekeepers, Combat Troops
(The Washington Post)
Six U.S. Soldiers Are Killed in Iraq
Prime Minister Says Fallujah Residents Must Surrender Militant to Avoid Attack
(The Washington Post)
Sharon Heads Into Showdown With Own Party Over Gaza Pullout
(The Washington Post)
Canada Buries Sailor Killed in Sub Fire
Future of Four-Vessel Underwater Fleet, Bought From Britain, Now in Question
(The Washington Post)
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METRO
U.S. Utilities Being Investigated for Lead
Federal regulators are reviewing lead testing reports for several facilities across the country to determine whether environmental laws have been violated.
(By Carol D. Leonnig and David Nakamura, The Washington Post)
Metro Fumbles Schedule
Lack of Trains Strands, Angers Redskins Fans
(The Washington Post)
Senator Defends Shutting Hill Office
Security Briefings Alarmed Dayton
(The Washington Post)
Schaefer Assailed By Other Democrats
(The Washington Post)
Workers Preparing To Rally On Mall
War, Jobs, Schools On List of Issues
(The Washington Post)
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BUSINESS
Carlyle Group: It Never Joined Consortium
The Carlyle Group Wednesday said it was not part of a consortium that touted the Washington merchant bank's political ties in an attempt to win business collecting and managing billions of dollars owed to Kuwait by Iraq.
(By Terence O'Hara, The Washington Post)
Lost to the Flu: Paydays
Vaccine Shortage to Cost Firms, Workers With No Sick Leave
(The Washington Post)
SEC Widens Newspaper Circulation Investigation
(The Washington Post)
Ahold Settles SEC Fraud Charges
Dutch Grocer Is Not Fined Because of Its Cooperation
(The Washington Post)
Stock Options Expensing Postponed
Accounting Board Vote Gives Firms Time to Fight
(The Washington Post)
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TECHNOLOGY
FCC to Act on Fiber-Optic Networks
The Federal Communications Commission is planning to approve a proposal to give the major telephone companies more leeway in the design of new fiber-optic networks, sparing them from the regulation that governs traditional phone lines.
(By Christopher Stern, The Washington Post)
IPod Helps Lift Apple's Fourth-Quarter Profit
Laptop Sales Also Contribute to 140% Increase
(The Washington Post)
Start-Up Builds Less Demanding Machines
(The Washington Post)
Visa Issues Vex Tech Workers, Their Employers
(The Washington Post)
Implantable Medical ID Approved By FDA
(The Washington Post)
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SPORTS
Yankees Take Lead
Jon Lieber outduels Pedro Martinez as the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 3-1, Wednesday for a 2-0 lead in their ALCS rematch.
(By Jorge Arangure Jr., The Washington Post)
Cards Get Last Laugh in Opener
Cardinals 10, Astros 7
(The Washington Post)
Johnson, Donovan School Panama
U.S. Advances To Next Round: United States 6, Panama 0
(The Washington Post)
Blache Has Redskins Loaded For Bears
(The Washington Post)
The Little Team That Might
For Mid-Major Louisville, BCS Berth Is a Long Shot
(The Washington Post)
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STYLE
The Nitty-Gritty Senator
Sen. Fritz Hollings, the 82-year-old South Carolina Democrat, is sitting on his office sofa, telling stories in his inimitable style, which is funny and caustic. Suddenly, his eyes close and his chin drops to his chest. He looks like a man who's about to drool on his impeccable blue-and-white pinstripe shirt.
(By Peter Carlson, The Washington Post)
Leaving the Girl Behind
Japan's Pop Star Has Made Her 'Exodus' to Adulthood
(The Washington Post)
Culture Vultures Hunt for Fresh Audiences
(The Washington Post)
Round 3: Bush Grins, Spins but Doesn't Win
(The Washington Post)
Slouching Toward Washington
(The Washington Post)
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LIVE DISCUSSIONS
Election 2004
Comedian Mo Rocca will be online to discuss the election, the candidates and his new book "All the Presidents' Pets."
Home Front Special
Artist, stylist and color expert Susan Sargent joins the Post's Annie Groer and Jura Koncius to help you find the colors that suit your personality and home.
Supreme Court Internet Privacy Decision
Verizon attorney Sarah Deutsch and washingtonpost.com's David McGuire discuss the Supreme Court case allowing Internet service providers to keep their customers' identities secret, even if the recording industry suspects them of illegally sharing music online.
Off the Page
Anthony Doerr, whose stories have won him two O'Henry Prizes and the Rome Prize, discusses his first novel, "About Grace."
Washington Week
WETA's "Washington Week" moderator Gwen Ifill takes questions and comments about her weekly PBS program and her recent role as moderator of the vice presidential debate.
More Live Discussions
EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS
Debate Ducking
AMERICANS -- at least those who didn't tune into baseball -- had their final chance last night to see the two major candidates for president face-to-face....
Evaluating Vioxx
IN A CERTAIN SENSE, Merck & Co.'s decision to cease selling Vioxx, its best-selling painkiller, demonstrates how the peculiarly American combination...
Correcting a Mistake
THE SUPREME COURT has an opportunity this term to correct one of the uglier mistakes of its recent history: its 1989 decision upholding the death penalty...
The China Effect
THE POLITICAL debate on China has been mainly about the threat to American jobs. This threat is exaggerated: China specializes in low-wage, labor-intensive...
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