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Supreme Court nominee John Roberts said Tuesday that the landmark 1973 ruling on abortion was "settled as a precedent of the court" as he was immediately pressed to address the divisive issue on the second day of his confirmation hearings. "It's settled as a precedent of the court, entitled to respect under principles of stare decisis," the concept that long-settled decisions should be given extra weight, Roberts told the Senate Judiciary Committee. Roberts, however, declined to discuss his views on Roe v. Wade, twice dodging answering specific questions from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., saying that there are abortion-related cases on the court's docket But Roberts called the concept of legal precedent a "very important consideration."
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/President Bush said Tuesday that he takes responsibility for any federal failures in dealing with Hurricane Katrina, adding that the disaster raised broader questions about the government's ability to respond to natural disasters as well as terror attacks. "Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government," Bush said when asked about the federal response at a White House news conference with the president of Iraq. "To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility," he said. "I want to know what went right and what went wrong." The White House announced that he will address the nation Thursday in his first prime-time speech since the Hurricane Katrina disaster.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9324891/Forty-four bodies have been recovered in an evacuated hospital, officials announced yesterday, as the federal official in charge of the initial response to Hurricane Katrina resigned under fire, and as President Bush took a firsthand look at flood damage in parts of the city.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/13/44_found_dead_in_new_orleans_hospital/Hundreds of mercenaries have descended on New Orleans to guard the property of the city's millionaires from looters. The heavily armed men, employed by private military companies including Blackwater and ISI, are part of the militarisation of a city which had a reputation for being one of the most relaxed and easy-going in America.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1567656,00.htmlSharks swimming the streets of New Orleans. Evacuees eating the remains of chicken washed up on Biloxi beaches. Mosquitoes sucking on corpses and passing incurable diseases in flooded areas. Among the many challenges presented by Hurricane Katrina, one of the toughest and most important for emergency workers is rumor control. And while officials have struggled to debunk tall tales like these, others keep coming.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/12/national/nationalspecial/12rumors.htmlThat's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
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Nicholas Cerino could recognize one of "America's Most Wanted," the fugitive profiled on the show Saturday night was sitting in his living room. Mark Cerino, 41, was identified on the show as a contractor wanted in Florida for allegedly scamming elderly residents after last year's hurricanes. Nicholas Cerino said he was "just dumbfounded" to hear a warrant had been issued in Brevard County, Fla., for his younger brother, who has been staying at his home in central New York.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MOST_WANTED_ARREST?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOMEOh brother, who art thou?
-- Carey Fox
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Expect higher prices on everything from bananas to crabs -- assuming you can get them -- thanks to the blow Hurricane Katrina has dealt the nation's transportation, agriculture and fishing industries.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9314604/Italy's highest court on Tuesday upheld the extradition to Britain of a suspect in the failed July 21 London bombing who was arrested in Rome, a lawyer said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9323402/U.S. forces along the Euphrates River attacked the insurgent stronghold of Haditha early Tuesday, capturing a militant with ties to al-Qaida in Iraq and killing four others, the military said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9324971/Sheriff's deputies found 11 children locked in cages less than 3½ feet high inside a home, but a couple denied they had abused or neglected the children.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9319446/The number of Japanese aged 100 or older at the end of this month is projected to reach a record 25,606, with women comprising 85 percent of the total, the government said Tuesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9324619/Eating soy-based foods lessens the progress of osteoporosis in women after menopause, when hormonal changes can rapidly thin bones and increase the risk of fractures, researchers said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9315868/Space passenger Greg Olsen may be paying $20 million for a ride to the international space station next month, but that doesn't mean he'll get out of doing the chores in orbit.
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