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Sunday, December 12, 2004 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS IAEA Chief Tapped The White House is scrutinizing intercepts of Mohamed ElBaradei's phone calls with Iranian diplomats in search of ammunition to oust him as head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. (By Dafna Linzer, The Washington Post) White House Puts Blame on Kerik Nominee Initially Denied Having Hired an Illegal Immigrant, Officials Say (The Washington Post) Yushchenko Was Poisoned, Doctors Say Ukrainian's Illness Caused by Dioxin (The Washington Post) POLITICS White House Faults Kerik The Bush administration Saturday blamed Bernard B. Kerik for failing to disclose legal problems to lawyers vetting his nomination to be homeland security secretary and scrambled to name a replacement. (By Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen, The Washington Post) Bush's References to God Defended by Speechwriter President Does Not Claim Divinity Is on His Side, Gerson Contends (The Washington Post) Campaign for DNC Chief Begins Candidates Say Party Must Rebuild State Chapters, Offer Resounding Message (The Washington Post) Doctors Pronounce Bush Fit, a Bit Heavier (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 Prison at Crossroads Plans to update San Quentin are opposed by business leaders in California's Bay Area, who argue that such prime real estate cries out for a number of better uses. (By Amy Argetsinger, The Washington Post) IAEA Leader's Phone Tapped U.S. Pores Over Transcripts to Try to Oust Nuclear Chief (The Washington Post) Arabs Reject U.S. Push for Reform At Morocco Conference, Officials Say Support for Israel Hinders Progress (The Washington Post) Loophole Pays Off On Upscale Buildings (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Yushchenko Poisoned The illness that disfigured the face of opposition presidential candidate Viktor Yushchenko resulted from dioxin poisoning, probably by a third party, Austrian doctors who treated him said Saturday. (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) In an Iraqi ER, Doctors Attend to Disaster Rush of Patients Hints at High Civilian Death Toll (The Washington Post) Aid Worker Hassan Mourned at London Service (The Washington Post) Iraqi Fighters Keep Up Attacks Sunni Cleric Says Fallujah Attracted Hundreds of Recruits (The Washington Post) Chen Dealt Setback In Taiwan Election Opposition Retains Slim Majority in Parliament (The Washington Post) More World METRO Loophole Pays Off on Upscale Buildings Washington area homeowners living in historic districts are rapidly taking advantage of substantial federal income tax write-offs under obscure easement trust plan. (By Joe Stephens, The Washington Post) So Many Deer, So Much Development In Game-Rich Loudoun, It's Getting Harder to Find a Safe Place to Hunt (The Washington Post) Intensive Legwork Begins in Md. Arson Owners Hope to View Damaged Homes Soon (The Washington Post) Trying to Crack An Icy Mystery Cryogenetic Secrets May Aid Organ Transplants (The Washington Post) Enrollment in Advanced Courses Surging at High Schools (The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Christmastime Consumerism Even self-proclaimed penny-pinching folks like me who loathe the way Christmas has become so commercialized can lose their common sense. (By Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post) Loophole Pays Off On Upscale Buildings (The Washington Post) Under the Tree, 1983 (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Satellite Radio That's Well Received With its somewhat bulky contours and shiny silver case, Delphi's MyFi portable satellite radio evokes an old transistor radio.... (By Daniel Greenberg, The Washington Post) Microsoft's Improved Media Center Still Falls Short (The Washington Post) More Search Products Prowl for Market Share (The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Leinart Captures Heisman Quarterback Mall Leinart follows in the footsteps of his Southern California predecessor Carson Palmer and becomes the Trojans' sixth Heisman Trophy winner. (By Eric Prisbell, The Washington Post) Ramsey Picked Up Ex-Colt's Signals Quarterback Has Mentor, Friend in Jones (The Washington Post) Patriots' Weis To Coach Notre Dame (The Washington Post) Yankees Get Pavano, Wells Joins Red Sox; Wright Deal in Jeopardy (The Washington Post) Brown Back From Suspension 'Situation Should Have Never Happened,' Wizard Says (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Doctor's Order Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn is back on Capitol Hill, budgetary scalpel at the ready. (By Hanna Rosin, The Washington Post) In the Boreal Forest, A Developing Storm (The Washington Post) On Singles Night, the Spectators Are the Players (The Washington Post) LIFE IS SHORT | Autobiography as Haiku (The Washington Post) More Style EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS Coral Peril TWENTY PERCENT of the world's coral reefs "have been effectively destroyed and show no immediate prospect of recovery." An additional 24 percent "are... Middle East Stirrings THE MONTH since Yasser Arafat's death has seen an encouraging flurry of movement on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Palestinians have... To Get Virginia Moving OF ALL THE ideas that Virginia's lawmakers are hurling about for spending the state's suddenly handsome increase in revenues, Gov. Mark R. Warner's... More Editorials, Opinions and Letters TODAY'S ... 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