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New York Times turns to Supreme Court
Nov 24 2006 4:57PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The New York Times asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block the government from reviewing the phone records of two reporters in a leak investigation about a terrorism-funding probe.
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Gates advocated air strikes on Nicaragua
Nov 24 2006 4:54PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In 1984, Robert Gates, then the No. 2 CIA official, advocated U.S. airstrikes against Nicaragua's pro-Cuban government to reverse what he described as an ineffective U.S. strategy to deal with communist advances in Central America, previously classified documents say.
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Nuclear waste dump faces new roadblocks
Nov 24 2006 2:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When Congress targeted Nevada as the nation's nuclear waste dumping ground, the state didn't have the political power to say no. Twenty years later, the most ardent foe of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump is about to become Senate majority leader. Nevada Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's new job, which gives him control over what legislation reaches the Senate floor, could deal a crippling blow to the already stumbling project.
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