Cheney prospectively wounds companion in Texas quail hunt
Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a fellow hunter during a weekend quail hunting trip in South Texas. Harry Whittington, 78, of Austin, remained in stable condition at Christus Spohn Health System in Corpus Christi, with pellets hitting his cheek neck and chest.
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Christus Spahn
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Associated Press
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Lea Anne McBride
Calif small plane crash kills pilot in Roseville home
A single engine aerobatic plane lost control and crashed into a Roseville suburb home, killing the pilot. FAA and police gave conflicting counts on other fatalities and occupancy, with reports of missing residents. Local authorities later cited the home as unoccupied while investigators probed the fire and crash details.
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Intelligence chairman questions value of Bush eavesdropping program
House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Pete Hoekstra said al-Qaida has changed its communication methods to evade monitoring. President Bush defended the program as essential to U S security, noting public disclosure may have undermined its effectiveness.
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Record Snowstorm Dumps Two Feet on Northeast
A historic blizzard buried the Northeast with up to 26.9 inches in New York Central Park, the heaviest since 1869. Flights were canceled nationwide, airports closed, and millions faced outages as coastal flood concerns rose and emergency services mobilized.
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Incumbent Ibraham al Jaafari chosen Iraq prime minister
Shiite lawmakers pick incumbent Ibraham al Jaafari over Adil Abdul-Mahdi by a single vote aided by Muqtada al Sadr followers. The move clears a broad coalition path with Sunnis Kurds and secularists as the U.S. hopes for reduced insurgency and troop withdrawals. Kurdish leaders worry over Sunni and secular representation as President Talabani warns over Allawi post.
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Naseer al-Ani
Jalal Talabani
Ayad Allawi
House report blasts Katrina response as national failure
A 600 page GOP led House inquiry cites unheeded warnings and misplanning for slow federal to local responses to Katrina. It faults Bush counsel, evacuation delays, and systemic paralysis across levels, while highlighting fraud risks in disaster aid and widespread government blame.
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Iran denies fanning flames over drawings
Iran rejects Condoleezza Rice's charge that Tehran inflames protests over Prophet Muhammad caricatures. Rice urged Iran and Syria to calm incitement after attacks on Western missions in Tehran Damascus and Beirut with Afghan protests killing nearly a dozen people.
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Iran asserts compliance with nuclear treaty amid crisis
Iran reaffirms commitment to a nuclear arms control pact and calls for peaceful resolution as the crisis over alleged weapons development continues. IAEA inspectors begin a mission to verify remaining controls while seals and cameras may have been removed from sites in Vienna casting doubt on prior oversight.
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Haitian official accuses vote manipulation in Haiti president race
Pierre Richard Duchemin of Haiti's electoral council says manipulation is occurring as Rene Preval trails by under one percent with 75 percent of ballots counted. Supporters flood streets denouncing council director general Jacques Bernard and calling for an investigation.
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