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Saturday, December 04, 2004 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Rumsfeld to Remain at Pentagon President Bush will keep Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary, administration aides said Friday, hours after Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson resigned with a dire warning about the nation's vulnerability. (By Mike Allen, The Washington Post) McCain Threatens Baseball Over Drugs Ariz. Senator Wants Stricter Steroid Policy (The Washington Post) Court Rejects Ukraine Vote Justices Cite Massive Fraud in Runoff, Set New Election (The Washington Post) POLITICS Rumsfeld to Remain at Pentagon President Bush will keep Donald H. Rumsfeld as defense secretary, administration aides said Friday, hours after Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson resigned with a dire warning about the nation's vulnerability. (By Mike Allen, The Washington Post) Narrower Bush Win Seen in Ohio (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 Navy SEAL Photos Trigger Probe The military has launched a criminal investigation into photographs that appear to show Navy SEALs in Iraq sitting on hooded and handcuffed detainees, and photos of what appear to be bloodied prisoners, one with a gun to his head. (By Seth Hettena, The Washington Post) 2 Stem Cell Options Presented Human Embryos Wouldn't Be Killed (The Washington Post) TSA Keeping Pat-Down Procedures in Place But the Agency Is Looking at Ways to Make the Procedure Less Disquieting (The Washington Post) Old Blue Laws Are Hitting Red Lights Statutes Rolled Back As Anachronisms (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Ukraine's Supreme Court Invalidates Vote A repeat vote is scheduled for Dec. 26. The decision represents a major victory for the opposition candidate, Viktor Yushchenko. (By Daniel Williams, The Washington Post) A Sharp Shift From Killing to Kindness U.S. Troops in Iraq Torn by Competing Needs to Battle Insurgents and Win Over Populace (The Washington Post) Germans Say Plot Against Allawi Foiled; 3 Arrested Threat to Iraqi Prime Minister 'Considerable,' Authorities Say (The Washington Post) Militants Kill 30 in Baghdad Strikes Two Police Stations, Shiite Mosque Are Hit; Violence Rocks Mosul (The Washington Post) Ex-Rebel Named Premier In Kosovo Albanian Accused Of War Atrocities (The Washington Post) More World METRO DiBiagio to Step Down As U.S. Attorney for Md. Maryland U.S. Attorney Thomas M. DiBiagio, whose tenure has been marked by controversy, announced Friday that he will return to private practice early next year, a decision he said is driven by family and financial considerations. (By Eric Rich, The Washington Post) Hospital Faulted In Death Of Inmate Quadriplegic's Care Lacking, Probe Finds (The Washington Post) Early Sales to Nationals Fans Score Big Hundreds Show Up on Store's Opening Day for Caps, Pennants, Other Paraphernalia (The Washington Post) Metrobus Riders Added to Morning of Free Transit (The Washington Post) Lime Dumped Into Va. Creek Kills Fish Truck Crash in Prince William County Contaminates Sensitive Wetlands (The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS TSA Keeping Pat-Down Procedures in Place Despite a barrage of complaints, the Transportation Security Administration will continue to require physical pat-downs for some passengers at security checkpoints. (By Sara Kehaulani Goo, The Washington Post) November Job Growth Slowed as Income Fell Gain Was Smallest Posted in 4 Months (The Washington Post) Pushing the Envelope Retailers Design Gift Cards to Pack More Presence (The Washington Post) Fox Calls For Court Review of Standards FCC Rules Archaic, It Says In Appeal (The Washington Post) Boeing Changes Management in Key Division (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Court to Hear Cable Line Sharing Case The Supreme Court Friday agreed to consider whether the federal government should require cable television operators to open their cable lines to Internet service providers offering competing services. (By David A. Vise, The Washington Post) PC Sector Sale By IBM Would Signal Change Firm Has Lost Grip on Competitive Industry (The Washington Post) IntelSat Regains Control Of Satellite (The Washington Post) Appeals Court Overturns Order Of Internet Shutdown at Interior (The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Giants' Bonds Believed Substances Were Legal The lawyer for Barry Bonds said the slugger believed the clear substance and a cream given to him by his personal trainer were legal. (By Steve Fainaru, The Washington Post) Hokies Avoid Fall Swoon Rally at Ga. Tech Sparked Turnaround for Va. Tech (The Washington Post) Wizards Extend Early Run, Make Winning Look Easy Team Earns 6th Victory in Last 7 Games : Wizards 114, Hawks 90 (The Washington Post) Basketball's Mid-Major Debate (The Washington Post) A Special Game, Dressed in Tradition Navy Players Wear Patches to Honor Fellow Servicemen (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE The Power of an 'HIV Goddess' Stricken with AIDS, filmmaker Sharon Sopher brings infected women's plight into sharp, controversial focus. (By Lynne Duke, The Washington Post) Hundreds of Items Missing From National Archives Agency Is Eyeing Auctions, Internet Sales in Effort To Locate Stolen Artifacts (The Washington Post) The Science Guy's Latest Experiment In TV Series, Bill Nye Honors Those Who Made It All Possible (The Washington Post) Mitch Albom Gives ABC Visions Of Sugarplums (The Washington Post) White Christmas at the White House (The Washington Post) More Style EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS Surprise in Ukraine WHATEVER HAPPENS next, the decision by the Ukrainian Supreme Court yesterday to declare last month's presidential election invalid represents a major... Truth in Education SINCE PRESIDENT BUSH took office, federal funding for "abstinence-only" sex education has more than doubled. Abstinence-only programs, which encourage... Maturity at the Wheel THE SAD SCENE has become all too familiar: teary-eyed teenagers gathered around bunches of flowers on a curb or by a tree, mourning the loss of a classmate... 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