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Nov 1, 200506:11 AM EST

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Bush to unveil bird flu strategy

U.S. President George W. Bush will unveil a national strategy for bird flu on Tuesday, in a bid to reduce the chance that an outbreak among people could become widespread, White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said.

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Is the government‘s plan too little, too late? We‘ll ask the Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court

Conservatives lauded President Bush on Monday for his choice of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court, while liberals signaled a contentious confirmation hearing is ahead for the nominee.

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We look ahead to the confirmation battle looming. Sen. Richard Durbin(D) and Sen. Mitch McConnell(R) join us live.


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Beta weakens after sweeping ashore in Nicaragua

Central American leaders were breathing cautious sighs of relief Monday after Hurricane Beta slammed into Nicaragua‘s east coast on Sunday but rapidly weakened to a tropical storm.

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver hospitalized

Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, has been hospitalized at the UCLA Medical Center after suffering a minor stroke, the hospital said Monday.

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Hearings open in Iraq ‘fragging‘ case

A military tribunal began hearings Monday for a U.S. Army sergeant charged with killing two superior officers in Iraq, with a witness testifying that the defendant told him he wanted to kill one of the victims.

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Duchess bringing dozens of dresses to U.S.

Prince Charles, his wife and a wardrobe full of dresses jet off to the United States Tuesday on a tour designed to celebrate trans-Atlantic ties, promote Charles‘ environmentalist causes -- and test reaction to his new bride in a nation still smitten with the late Princess Diana.

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Truck hits hayride, killing 4

A tractor-trailer rig slammed into a farm tractor pulling a trailer on a hayride, killing a 2-year-old and three other people and injuring 14.

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Israel arrests 23 suspected Palestinian militants

Israeli security forces rounded up nearly two dozen suspected Palestinian militants in West Bank raids overnight, a military source said Tuesday.

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Syria rejects U.N. resolution

Syria has angrily rejected a U.N. Security Council resolution that demands Damascus cooperate fully in the investigation into the killing of Lebanon‘s former prime minister Rafik Hariri or face "further measures."

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Top-ranking officer killed in Iraq

Col. William Wood, commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, died last week, the highest-ranking U.S. officer to be killed in combat in the Iraq war, the U.S. military said Monday.

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Ruling Zanzibar party declared winner

Police surrounded opposition parties‘ headquarters and marched into their stronghold neighborhoods Tuesday, hours before the ruling party was declared winner of elections that were marred by violence and allegations of rigging.

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Dell lowers forecast, shares sink

Dell Inc. , the world‘s biggest personal computer maker, warned that third-quarter earnings and revenues would be below Wall Street expectations, and cited weaker-than-expected U.S. consumer and U.K. businesses.

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So long Alan and ‘measured?‘

NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Alan Greenspan‘s tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve is drawing to a close...and with that, the Fed‘s current cycle of raising interest rates may be nearing an end as well.

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Steelers hang on to outlast depleted Ravens

The Pittsburgh Steelers finally won the kind of close game they‘ve been losing at home all season. The problem was it wasn‘t supposed to be nearly this difficult, not against a depleted Ravens team whose season already seems to be fading away.

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Epstein resigns as Red Sox general manager

BOSTON (AP) -- At 31, boy wonder Theo Epstein was ready to step out on his own.

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Emergency rooms swamped after Wilma

A week after Hurricane Wilma, more than 1 million Florida homes are still without power and many doctors‘ offices remain closed, leaving hospitals swamped as the only source of medical care in some communities.

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No advice from CDC on Tamiflu hoarding

Worried that bird flu in Asia could morph into a human flu pandemic, healthy patients, schools and even some doctors are asking if they should stock up on Tamiflu -- the one medicine experts believe might help fight the virus.

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Don‘t mess with Meg

Meg rules again.

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Web banking to get security upgrade

If you do banking over the Internet, generally the drill is pretty simple: You enter your user name and password, and away you go.

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‘Everything that made me wince‘

It took decades for Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder to come to terms with the painful and embarrassing memories of his year in Vietnam during the war.

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EW Role Call: Hollywood‘s top cradle robbers

Wait a minute. Is that Steve Martin romancing Claire Danes -- an actress less than half his age -- in "Shopgirl"?

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