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Libby defends releasing Fitzgerald letter
Apr 21 2006 11:48PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Vice President Dick Cheney's indicted former chief of staff on Friday defended their decision to release a letter to the news media before it was filed in federal court, and they urged the judge in the CIA leak case not to react by issuing a gag order.
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Bush seemingly resigned to high gas prices
Apr 21 2006 11:24PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - As oil prices hit a record, drivers worried about $3-a-gallon gas and politicians feared the impact on elections, President Bush on Friday acknowledged the pain but seemed resigned to being able to do little about it.
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Feds to speed up repairs on Calif. levees
Apr 21 2006 9:35PM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - President Bush issued an unusual directive to let the Army Corps of Engineers speed up repairs on 29 critically weak levees that protect California's agricultural region and the water supply for millions of residents.
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Protester charged after heckling Hu
Apr 21 2006 8:32PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman accused of heckling Chinese President Hu Jintao during a White House appearance was charged Friday with a misdemeanor of willfully intimidating, coercing, threatening and harassing a foreign official.
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Native Hawaiians honor Grover Cleveland
Apr 21 2006 6:43PM (CT)
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - When it comes to Grover Cleveland, many Americans, even residents of his home state of New Jersey, have trouble recalling anything about him except that he is the only president ever to serve non-consecutive terms.
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Bush calls to congratulate Prodi
Apr 21 2006 4:30PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - President Bush called Romano Prodi on Friday with congratulations on his apparent election victory over Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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Former first lady Betty Ford returns home
Apr 21 2006 3:55PM (CT)
RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) - Former first lady Betty Ford returned home Friday after an overnight stay at Eisenhower Medical Center for undisclosed tests, a family spokeswoman said.
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Business groups lament no China trade deal
Apr 21 2006 7:06AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - While they didn't announce any major agreements, President Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao both agreed that they had a productive summit meeting. U.S. critics of China's trade policies had a different view.
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Analysis: U.S. lacks leverage on trade
Apr 21 2006 6:58AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Once again, President Bush had a difficult time wresting concessions from Chinese President Hu Jintao. And for good reason.
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