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Friday, December 24, 2004 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Powell Advised Bush to Add Iraq Troops The secretary of state's assertion to the president and British Prime Minister Tony Blair last month indicates that there was a tough debate behind closed doors as the Bush administration reexamined its handling of Iraq in the wake of the president's reelection victory. (By Thomas E. Ricks and Robin Wright, The Washington Post) Iraqis' Dismay Surges as Lights Flicker and Gas Lines Grow Leaders Criticized for Energy Shortages (The Washington Post) Bush Will Renominate 20 Judges Fights in Senate Likely Over Blocked Choices (The Washington Post) POLITICS Bush Will Renominate 20 Blocked Judges The president's move sets the stage for a renewal of bitter partisan battles in the Senate over the makeup of the federal judiciary. (By Michael A. Fletcher and Helen Dewar, The Washington Post) Powell Advised Bush to Add Iraq Troops Secretary Joined Blair And President in Talks (The Washington Post) In Washington State, Democrat Wins Race (The Washington Post) Former Connecticut Governor Pleads Guilty Rowland Accepted Thousands of Dollars in Trips and Home Improvements While in Office (The Washington Post) Pipeline to the President For GOP Conservatives Give and Take Flows Through Public Liaison Aide (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 Intelligence Gap Hinders U.S. in Iraq The U.S. was slow to start creating intelligence networks and has had trouble developing informants because of death threats to Iraqis and their families. (By Walter Pincus, The Washington Post) Change Means Fewer Students Will Be Eligible for Pell Grants (The Washington Post) Woman Charged In Stealing Baby To Be Tried in Mo. (The Washington Post) The USO's Handshake Squad In Afghan Outposts, a Low-Key Tour for a Low-Key War (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Putin Lashes Out at U.S. And E.U. in Speech At his traditional year-end news conference Thursday, the Russian president accused them of employing "double standards" in disputing the results of last month's Ukrainian presidential elections. (By Peter Finn, The Washington Post) Iraqis' Dismay Surges as Lights Flicker and Gas Lines Grow Leaders Criticized for Energy Shortages (The Washington Post) South Africa's Mbeki at Once President and Pundit (The Washington Post) Karzai Sidelines Warlords, Elevates Opium Fight in Choosing Afghan Cabinet (The Washington Post) More World METRO Unruly Special Session Looms in Maryland Gov. Ehrlich and Democratic lawmakers remained deadlocked over how to pay for a fund to curb doctors' escalating insurance rates. (By John Wagner, The Washington Post) Utility Tax Extension Splits Cost Of Ballpark Federal Government To Pay $6 Million (The Washington Post) Blade in N.Va. Man's Shoe Baffles Federal Authorities (The Washington Post) Misconduct Probe Cuts Sentences In D.C. Case (The Washington Post) Inaugural Donors Add $3.3 Million in 6 Days New Gifts Push Total Raised to $8 Million (The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Retail Workers Face Down Holiday Stress Behind the scenes at Best Buy, a reporter catches a glimpse of the chaos that employees must navigate in the days leading up to Christmas. (By Michael Barbaro, The Washington Post) Defense Holds Key To Boeing's 2005, Division Chief Says (The Washington Post) GM Recalls 700,000 Minivans (The Washington Post) Delivery Companies Struggle With Snow Storms May Keep Packages From Arriving On Time (The Washington Post) With Toys Out of Stock, Shoppers Out of Luck (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Law Aids School Technology, Cell Phone 911 President Bush signed into law a bill to speed computer subsidies for schools and libraries and to spend $1.25 billion on equipment that will help police find mobile-telephone users who call 911. (By Scott Lanman, The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Assistants Cash In The hours are long, sometimes 100 hours a week or more, but salaries and recognition are growing for assistant coaches around the NFL. (By Leonard Shapiro, The Washington Post) At Home On the Mountain Born in S. Korea, Adopted at 3, Dawson Found Confidence and Calling on Slopes (The Washington Post) Potential Nats Owners Are Going to Bat (The Washington Post) For Taylor, It's One Fine Hit After Another Redskins Safety Garnering an Unsavory Reputation for Aggressive Play (The Washington Post) Terps Pick Up Pace, Finish Off the Eagles Maryland Grabs Control With Run in Second Half: Maryland 82, American 61 (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE Never Out Of His Depth Bill Murray, the rare Hollywood star without a publicist, plays an adventurer in midlife crisis in 'Life Aquatic.' (By Hank Stuever, The Washington Post) A Protester's Precarious But Firm Stand Activist Goes Out on a Ledge For New Homeless Shelter (The Washington Post) The Oys Have It: A Musical 'What I Like About Jew' (The Washington Post) A Motown 'Silent Night' That Echoes Down the Years (The Washington Post) 'Vodka Lemon': A Warm Glance at Life on the Rocks (The Washington Post) More Style EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS The Holiday Spirit THE HOLIDAY SEASON has suffused the stock market, which has bubbled exuberantly to its highest level in 3 1/2 years. Americans who own stocks can count... Death Penalty Politics VIRGINIA ATTORNEY General Jerry W. Kilgore has seen the problem with the death penalty in his state: There's not enough of it. Virginia is hardly a... Chile's Accounting IT'S BEEN MORE than 31 years since the Chilean military launched a campaign against Marxist guerrillas and other leftists after the coup against Socialist... More Editorials, Opinions and Letters TODAY'S ... 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