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President Bush's veto of an Iraq war spending bill
that set timelines for U.S. troop withdrawals puts new
pressure on Democrats in Congress to craft a compromise
even as their caucus grows more fractious on the
topic. The party's most liberal members, especially in the
House, say they will vote against money for continuing
the war if there's no binding language on troop
drawdowns. Bush and almost all congressional Republicans
continue to insist on a spending bill with no strings
attached on troop movements.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18434984/

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The Los Angeles police chief is promising an
investigation into the use of force by police during an
immigration rally Tuesday. Several people, including police
officers, were hurt during clashes with demonstrators.
Police Chief William Bratton says he wants to
determine what happened and whether police used excessive
force. Authorities say some of the demonstrators threw
rocks and bottles at officers. Police responded with
rubber bullets and batons.
http://www.kxly.com/news/?sect_rank=5§ion_id=562&story_id=10658

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales sent a letter to
a federal judge in Montana, assuring him that the U.S.
attorney there, William W. Mercer, was not violating
federal law by spending most of his time in Washington
as a senior Justice Department official. That same
day, Mercer had a GOP Senate staffer insert into a bill a
provision that would change the rules so that federal
prosecutors could live outside their districts to
serve in other jobs, according to documents and interviews
Congress passed the provision several months later as
part of the USA Patriot Act reauthorization bill,
retroactively benefiting Mercer and a handful of other
senior Justice officials. The episode, which received
little notice at the time, provides another example in
which Gonzales's statements appear to conflict with
simultaneous actions by his aides in connection with U.S.
attorney policies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/01/AR2007050101961_pf.html

A $10 dry cleaning bill for a pair of trousers has
ballooned into a $67 million civil lawsuit. Plaintiff Roy
Pearson, a judge in Washington, D.C., says in court
papers that he's been through the ringer over a lost
pair of prized pants he wanted to wear on his first day
on the bench. He says in court papers that he has
endured "mental suffering, inconvenience and discomfort."
He says he was unable to wear that favorite suit on
his first day of work. He's suing for 10 years of
weekend car rentals so he can transport his dry cleaning to
another store.
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=nation_world&id=5264932

'Idols' rock steady, but does it matter? Last week's
70 million votes most likely already decided who's
going home. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18424350/
And President Bush tapes a message for 'Idol'.
Huh?

That's some of what we're planning tonight.

-- Carey Fox

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The Daily Links:
Young adults beginning treatment with antidepressants
should be warned about an increased risk of suicidal
thoughts and behavior, federal health officials said
Wednesday. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18436346/

Citing FBI abuses and the attorney general's troubles,
senators peppered top Justice and intelligence
officials Tuesday with skeptical questions about their
proposal to revise the rules for spying on Americans.
Senate Intelligence Committee members said the Bush
administration must provide more information about its
earlier domestic spying before it can hope to gain
additional powers for the future.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18433196/

Shock jock Don Imus reportedly plans to sue CBS Radio
in an effort to collect the $40 million balance left
on his contract, according to Fortune.com. Imus was
fired by CBS on April 12 after making racially
insensitive remarks about the Rutgers University women's
basketball team. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18439618/

Israel's popular foreign minister on Wednesday called
on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down and said
she would seek to replace him as allies began to desert
the embattled premier after a harsh report criticizing
his handling of last year's war in Lebanon.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18431608/

A static-filled recording of war protesters yelling,
followed by a voice and gunfire, was released Tuesday
by a survivor of the Kent State University shooting who
claims the tape proves a military order was given to
fire on demonstrators.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18425920/

Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch said Tuesday he's
supporting legislation to create new House seats for his home
state of Utah and the District of Columbia, boosting
chances that after two centuries residents of the
nation's capital will get a vote in Congress.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18435095/

More than three dozen scientists have signed a letter
to protest a new Bush administration interpretation of
the Endangered Species Act, saying it jeopardizes
animals such as wolves and grizzly bears.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18427512/from/RS.3/

Folk singer and anti-war activist Joan Baez says she
doesn't know why she was not allowed to perform for
recovering soldiers recently at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center as she planned.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18438211/