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Wednesday, October 27, 2004 Election 2004 Guide: Compare President Bush and Sen. John F. Kerry and review the issues of the past year all on one page. Read More. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Experts Ponder Prospect Of Electoral College Tie A computer analysis finds no fewer than 33 combinations in which 11 battleground states could divide to produce a 269 to 269 electoral tie. (By Dana Milbank, The Washington Post) Sharon Wins Vote For Gaza Pullout Israeli Parliament Is Bitterly Divided; Likud Ministers Demand Referendum (The Washington Post) Some Laborers Arrested In Va. Face Deportation Frightening of Immigrant Community Decried (The Washington Post) POLITICS Experts Ponder Prospect Of Electoral College Tie A computer analysis finds no fewer than 33 combinations in which 11 battleground states could divide to produce a 269 to 269 electoral tie. (By Dana Milbank, The Washington Post) Ads Aiming Straight for the Heart Independent Groups Spend Millions on Hard-Hitting Spots (The Washington Post) Attacks Sharpen as Clock Ticks Down (The Washington Post) Legal Battles Over Ballots Put Election Rules in Flux (The Washington Post) Campaign Trail Takes Clinton to South Florida He Touts Kerry to Jewish, Hispanic Voters (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 Small Minority Says Draft Could Happen Many military experts believe that reviving some sort of military draft is extremely unlikely, even impossible -- but not all of them. (By Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post) Turf War Stalls Intelligence Bill Pentagon Allies at Odds With Advocates of New Director (The Washington Post) Ex-CIA Official Defends Detention Policies Careful Vetting, Approval Cited (The Washington Post) Hopefuls' Preferences for Court Spring to Forefront Usually Low-Key Issue Gets Attention as Rehnquist's Illness Becomes Public (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Sharon Wins Vote for Gaza Pullout Israel's parliament voted Tuesday night to close all 21 Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, evacuate their 8,100 residents and withdraw thousands of Israeli troops that protect them. (By John Ward Anderson, The Washington Post) Allawi Accuses Foreign Troops Of Negligence In Massacre Killing of Guardsmen Elicits Rare Criticism by Iraqi Leader (The Washington Post) 78 Thai Muslims Die After Protest Men Suffocated Or Were Crushed In Army Trucks (The Washington Post) S. Korea Joins China in Criticizing U.S. on N. Korea (The Washington Post) More World METRO Some Laborers Arrested In Va. Face Deportation The mass roundup last week was meant to crackdown on loitering, but the move could fracture the fragile trust between local law enforcement and immigrants. (By David Cho, The Washington Post) GOP Hopeful Fights Uphill Battle In Md. 8th District Floyd Seeking to Unseat Van Hollen (The Washington Post) Outer Suburbs' Job Boom Prince William Employment Growth Rate Is Tops in Nation (The Washington Post) D.C. Shuts Down Rental Unit Near GWU GU Student's Death Launched Inspections (The Washington Post) Groundwater Toxin Near Aqueduct Army Engineers Faulted for Inaction Since 2003 Finding (The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Outer Suburbs Booming Many of the region's outer suburbs are adding jobs faster than most other large counties in the nation, Labor Department data shows. (By Mike Flagg and Neil Irwin, The Washington Post) Marsh to Make Payments More Transparent (The Washington Post) SEC May Lift Information Restrictions Changes Proposed To 'Quiet Period' Rules (The Washington Post) Ovitz Defends His Tenure Shareholder Lawsuit Paints Disney Ex-President as a Costly Failure (The Washington Post) General Growth Defends Plan to Purchase Rouse Deal Valued at $12.6 Billion to Provide 'Broad Benefits,' Chief Executive Says (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Cellular Union Wins Final Approval The company's $41 billion merger with AT&T Wireless poses with it the challenge of stitching together networks, billing systems and customer-care operations without inconveniencing customers. (By Yuki Noguchi, The Washington Post) Delphi, XM Unveil Handheld Satellite Radio Receiver (The Washington Post) E.U. Regulators Clear Oracle's Takeover Bid Hurdle Removed in PeopleSoft Deal (The Washington Post) Three on Trial in Loudoun in Felony Spam Case N.C. Defendants Accused of Illegal E-Mail Operation Targeting AOL Accounts (The Washington Post) E-Voting Raises New Issues (Live Online) More Technology SPORTS Red Sox on the Verge Pedro Martinez keeps the Cardinals down over seven innings as the Red Sox win, 4-1, in Game 3 to take a 3-0 lead in the World Series. (By Dave Sheinin, The Washington Post) Starting Again, Royal Has a Healthy Outlook (The Washington Post) First Glimpse Into the Expos' Schedule (The Washington Post) Wizards Await Discipline From NBA (The Washington Post) For Packers, It's Been a Year of Hardships Latest Setback: Favre's Wife Has Breast Cancer (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE The Sly Charm Of Taye Diggs Humor? Sophistication? Charisma? Actor Taye Diggs of UPN's law drama "Kevin Hill" is guilty on all counts. (By Jennifer Frey, The Washington Post) As the Debates Went, So Went Coverage of The President 59 Percent of Bush Stories Were Negative, Study Finds (The Washington Post) How to Survive A Power Surge In Post-Election Washington (The Washington Post) Robert Merrill, The Mensch of the Metropolitan Opera (The Washington Post) BBC's John Peel Put His Own Spin On Rock Music (The Washington Post) More Style LIVE DISCUSSIONS Election 2004 Author, humorist and former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein takes questions and gives his thoughts on the 2004 election. Ask The Post Elizabeth Spayd, assistant managing editor for National news, takes questions about Post coverage of domestic news -- from Election 2004 to homeland security. Color of Money J. Michael Martin and Mary E. Martin, authors of "Homefile Financial Planning Organizer Kit," join Post columnist Michelle Singletary. The Political Dr. Seuss Filmmaker Ron Lamothe discusses PBS Independent Lens special about the life and work of the best-selling and most influential children's writer of our time, the enigmatic Theodor Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss. Fashion on eBay eBay Style director Constance White joins Post fashion editor Robin Givhan and host Janet Bennett to discuss how to find trends and bargains and pull together a wardrobe online. More Live Discussions EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS Voting Rights for Ex-Felons YOU MIGHT NOT expect that Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) would have attracted controversy with his modest efforts to restore voting rights to ex-felons.... The D.C. Vote on Nov. 2 WE ARE PLEASED to offer endorsements of four incumbent District officials, four new faces to the political scene and, in one ward race, no endorsement.... 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