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Sunday, November 21, 2004
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TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
Intelligence Overhaul Bill Blocked
Long-debated legislation to dramatically reshape the nation's intelligence community collapsed in the House yesterday, as conservative Republicans refused to embrace a compromise because they said it could reduce military control over battlefield intelligence and failed to crack down on illegal immigrants.
(By Charles Babington and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post)
Baghdad Suffers A Day of Attacks, Assassinations
Residents Fear an Insurgent Offensive; Bodies of 9 Iraqi Troops Found in Mosul
(The Washington Post)
Congress Agrees on Tight Budget for U.S.
$388 Billion Spending Bill Bars Officials From Requiring Abortion Services
(The Washington Post)
POLITICS
Intelligence Overhaul Bill Blocked
Long-debated legislation to dramatically reshape the nation's intelligence community collapsed in the House yesterday, as conservative Republicans refused to embrace a compromise because they said it could reduce military control over battlefield intelligence and failed to crack down on illegal immigrants.
(By Charles Babington and Walter Pincus, The Washington Post)
Congress Agrees on Tight Budget for U.S.
$388 Billion Spending Bill Bars Officials From Requiring Abortion Services
(The Washington Post)
The Power-Values Approach to Policy
Move to State Raises Rice's Profile
(The Washington Post)
Democrats May Use Results in Colorado as Political Primer
(The Washington Post)
3.5% Raise for Federal Civilian Workers Makes Spending Bill
(The Washington Post)
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NATION
Informant's Fire Brings Shadowy Tale
The attempted suicide in front of the White House by a Yemeni national put the secretive world of FBI informants under a rare spotlight.
(By Caryle Murphy, The Washington Post)
Pork Is Finding Its Niche
Farmers of 'Free-Range' Hogs Ride the Surge in Demand
(The Washington Post)
User Fee Proposed for Each Grocery Bag
(The Washington Post)
More Nation
WORLD
Children Pay Cost of Iraq's Chaos
Acute malnutrition among young children has nearly doubled since the U.S. led an invasion of the country 20 months ago, officials say.
(By Karl Vick, The Washington Post)
Bush Toughens Line On Nuclear Threats
President Singles Out Iran, N. Korea
(The Washington Post)
In Romania, Show Turns the E.U. Into A Laughing Matter
(The Washington Post)
3,000 Indian Troops Pull Out of Kashmir
(The Washington Post)
More World
METRO
Spending on Capitol Checkpoints Questioned
A key House Republican wants to know if U.S. Capitol Police violated federal law to set up security checkpoints around Capitol Hill.
(By Spencer S. Hsu and Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post)
Pr. William Has Raucous Forum on Laborers
(The Washington Post)
Community Responses Mixed to Baseball Payoff
(The Washington Post)
Senators Urge Shift In Care of Va. Roads
Local Jurisdictions Wary of Proposals
(The Washington Post)
Council Sharpens Tensions On Growth
Pr. George's Bill Will Test Builders
(The Washington Post)
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BUSINESS
Elusive Investor Leaves Wide Footprint
Philip F. Anschutz is on the cusp of becoming a major presence in Washington with his ambitious plans for D.C. United and new ownership of Journal Newspapers Inc.
(By Annys Shin, The Washington Post)
How Promising Are Pension Plans?
(The Washington Post)
Many Weddings Go for Broke
(The Washington Post)
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TECHNOLOGY
3-Point Shopping for the Right Computer
Buying a computer should be easy -- almost anything sold today should competently handle home-computing chores. But it's not, since so many companies market essentially the same machine.
(By Rob Pegoraro, The Washington Post)
Getting Your Tech Together
Home Is Where the Help Desk Is
(The Washington Post)
Virtual Storefronts Are Rent-Free on LiveDeal
(The Washington Post)
More Technology
SPORTS
Suspensions Doled Out
The NBA indefinitely suspends Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of Indiana and Ben Wallace of Detroit on Saturday for their roles in a brawl Friday night.
(By Greg Sandoval, The Washington Post)
2nd Chance To Make A First Impression
Ramsey Gets Another Shot to Start at QB
(The Washington Post)
Wizards Too Strong For Nets In Stretch
Jamison's 27 Points, Hughes's 22 Lead Way: Wizards 97, Nets 86
(The Washington Post)
Cavs Win To Set Up Showdown With Hokies
Virginia, Virginia Tech Jockeying for Bowl Bids: Virginia 30, Georgia Tech 10
(The Washington Post)
A Coach Soldiers On
Great Mills's Peck Leaves His Team Behind for Deployment in Iraq
(The Washington Post)
More Sports
STYLE
Cosmic Question
They say academic arguments are so vicious because the stakes are so low, but Andrei Linde and Paul Steinhardt are arguing about something huge, something truly cosmic: the fate of the universe.
(By Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post)
The Partiers Who Got Trashed, By Gossip
(The Washington Post)
We Can't Look -- and Can't Look Away
Tuning In to Terror, America Is Stressing Out
(The Washington Post)
LIFE IS SHORT | Autobiography as Haiku
(The Washington Post)
More Style
EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS
Mr. Bush's Better World
THE BUSH administration shrugged its shoulders last week at the genocide in Sudan's western province of Darfur. At an extraordinary meeting of the...
Keeping Rural Areas Rural
JUDGING BY THE uproar from real estate developers, you might think that Prince George's County lawmakers declared a moratorium on all new residential...
Abuse Through Disuse
LAST WEEK, President Bush continued his unusually churlish approach to mercy, granting six pardons to people who had long ago served their sentences...
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