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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

LEADING THE NEWS

GOP Tries to Reclaim Palin's Image . . . Teams her with consultants, cancels appearances. Will seek to tell her story in speech tonight. Wall Street Journal
New Orleans Says Residents Can Return Thursday Barred until then because power and medical care were not back to normal. New York Times
North Korea Reassembling Yongbyon Reactor . . . Move likely a protest against delay in being taken off U.S. list of terror sponsoring nations. Fox News

POLITICS

Bush Praises McCain Via Satellite . . . First president since Lyndon Johnson not to appear at own party's convention. USA Today
Trooper Allegedly Sought to Intimidate Palin . . . Man is at the center of investigation into whether she removed an official because he refused to fire him. Wall Street Journal
Alaska's First Dude . . . Some call him Palin's husband the "shadow governor." Wall Street Journal
Palin Interviewed Late in Vetting Process . . . Did not disclose daughter's pregnancy until day before she was selected. Washington Post
How She Got Started . . . Aggressively pushed conservative principles to dethrone small town mayor. New York Times
Protests Continuing at Convention . . . Rioters force use of tear gas Tuesday. Nearly 300 were arrested Monday night. USA Today
Thompson, Lieberman Assail Obama . . . "Red meat" speeches at the convention. McClatchy

NATIONAL SECURITY

NATO Accused of Civilian Deaths in Pakistan . . . Gunships attack three houses in tribal area. New York Times
A Mini-Surge for Afghanistan? . . . McCain and Obama want one, but success is uncertain. Chicago Tribune
Gonzales Mishandled Classified Information . . . But former attorney general won't face charges for taking materials home. Associated Press
Cheney Opens Tour of ex-Soviet States . . . Lands in Azerbaijan on way to Georgia, Ukraine. BBC
Rice to Meet With Gadhafi . . . Part of a dramatic turnaround in U.S. relations with the former pariah nation. Associated Press

BUSINESS NEWS

Oil Price Declines Not Yet Helping Consumers . . . Companies say they have to recoup losses incurred during price runup. New York Times
August Auto Sales Down Tenth Straight Month . . . Incentives on slow-selling trucks and SUVs and GM's employee pricing promotion fail to ignite demand. Reuters
Coca Cola Paying $2.3 Billion for Chinese Juice Maker Would be the biggest foreign takeover of a company in the Asian country. Bloomberg

INTERNATIONAL

Shots Fired At Pakistani Leader's Motorcade . . . Prime Minister Gilani was not in the car at the time.
New York Times
Georgia Seeking to Rebuild Army . . . Wants to train troops as if another war with Russia inevitable. New York Times
More Journalists Attacked in Russia . . . One killed, another hospitalized. Likely targeted for their work. Associated Press
Andean Cocaine Production Rising Despite U.S. Efforts Size of the coca crop has increased 18 percent in the past five years. Washington post

YOU MUST ALSO KNOW . . .

Small Towns Devastated By Gustav . . . The hurricane spared New Orleans a Katrina-style pounding, but many fishing town residents felt its sting. USA Today
New Orleans Was Close to Flooding . . . If storm surge was one or two feet higher, levee would have been overrun. McClatchy
Six Dead in Washington State Shooting Rampage . . . Man described as mentally disturbed. Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Great Switch To Digital Starting . . . TV attenae to go dead in Wilmington, N.C. as part of test run for next year's end of analog. Los Angeles Times

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