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Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Monday, November 14, 2005 09:00 PM PST Today's Politics News: Bush Escalates Bitter Iraq War Debate Documents Reveal Alito's Abortion View 9/11 Panel Gives White House Mixed Review FDA's Morning-After Pill Decision Probed Rift appears in GOP over cutting taxes and spending Dow Jones Fights CIA Leak Probe Request Ex-U.S. Attorney Denies Secret Donations House-Senate Negotiators Boost Vet Funds Medicare Drug Program Enrollment to Start High Court Won't Revisit Fla. Felon Voting UN team see Lebanon's Lahoud in Hariri inquiry Bush Escalates Bitter Iraq War Debate Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:05 pm PST AP - President Bush escalated the bitter debate over the Iraq war on Monday, hurling back at Democratic critics the worries they once expressed that Saddam Hussein was a grave threat to the world. Full Story Top Documents Reveal Alito's Abortion View Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:58 pm PST AP - Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito boasted about his work arguing that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion" while trying to become a deputy assistant attorney general in the Reagan administration, according to documents released Monday. Full Story Top 9/11 Panel Gives White House Mixed Review Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:51 pm PST AP - Reviewing action on recommendations it made last year, the Sept. 11 commission on Monday criticized the Bush administration for not adopting standards for treatment of captured terror suspects. Full Story Top FDA's Morning-After Pill Decision Probed Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:24 pm PST AP - Top federal health officials may have rejected easier access to the morning-after pill before reviewing all the scientific evidence, according to an independent audit Monday that renewed charges that politics trumped science. Full Story Top Rift appears in GOP over cutting taxes and spending Mon, 14 Nov 2005 03:43 am PST USATODAY.com - Republican leaders return to the Capitol this week determined to cut both taxes and spending, a combination that is fraying party unity as the GOP prepares for next year's elections. Full Story Top Dow Jones Fights CIA Leak Probe Request Mon, 14 Nov 2005 04:15 pm PST AP - The prosecutor in the CIA leak case has sparked another fight with the news media, this time over access to material prosecutors will turn over to defense lawyers for I. Lewis Libby. Full Story Top Ex-U.S. Attorney Denies Secret Donations Mon, 14 Nov 2005 08:19 pm PST AP - The former U.S. attorney for southern West Virginia said Monday that he never contributed secretly to a political campaign, insisting he did not follow through on an offer to help another prosecutor win election. Full Story Top House-Senate Negotiators Boost Vet Funds Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:34 pm PST AP - Money for veterans health care would get a big boost, but federal aid for education would be frozen under bills emerging from House-Senate negotiations. Full Story Top Medicare Drug Program Enrollment to Start Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:23 pm PST AP - On your mark, get set ... stop. Enrollment begins Tuesday for a new Medicare prescription drug benefit, and officials say it's time for beneficiaries to think about signing up — but not necessarily to decide right away. Full Story Top High Court Won't Revisit Fla. Felon Voting Mon, 14 Nov 2005 07:24 pm PST AP - The Supreme Court refused Monday to review Florida's lifetime ban on voting rights for convicted felons, a case that would have had national implications for millions of would-be voters. Full Story Top UN team see Lebanon's Lahoud in Hariri inquiry Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:23 pm PST Reuters - United Nations investigators questioned Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Friday as part of their inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.