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  • Israeli Arabs Seek Equal Compensation for War Damage
    Residents of several Israeli-Arab towns on the Lebanese border claim they have not received as much government compensation as their Jewish neighbors for damage done during the war in Lebanon. The Jewish towns are classified as front-line communities, but the Arab towns are not.
  • Supreme Court Considers Punitive Damage Limits
    Philip Morris is asking the Supreme Court to invalidate a $79.5 million punitive-damage award in a case stemming from the death of one Oregon smoker. It's the ultimate test of whether the Constitution imposes significant limits on punitive damages in each and every case of misconduct.
  • BP Refinery Accident Pinned on Equipment, Staffing
    Faulty equipment and staff reductions contributed to an accident at BP's Texas City refinery last year, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board finds in a preliminary report. Fifteen people were killed, and another 100 injured, making it the nation's worst industrial accident in over a decade.
  • Drive for Security in Baghdad Fails to Bring Peace
    Four months ago the U.S. decided that securing Baghdad was the key to securing Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi forces launched a massive effort to bring order and security to the capital. But the push to tame Baghdad hasn't succeeded. Violence continues across the city, with U.S. and Iraqi deaths growing.
  • North Korea Agrees to Rejoin Nuclear Talks
    North Korea will return to six-nation talks on nuclear disarmament, according to Chinese diplomats. The diplomatic breakthrough comes three weeks after North Korea conducted its first known atomic test.
  • Technology Pushes Politics into New Frontiers
    Joe Trippi talks about how new technologies are being used in political campaigns, from YouTube to Google to MySpace.com. He tells Renee Montagne that the landscape has changed markedly in the last five years. Trippi was Howard Dean's presidential campaign manager.
  • It's Time to Put Ghost Writing in its Place
    Ghost-writing books for politicians, princesses and other celebrities is not what it's cracked up to be. Halloween is the perfect time for a professional writer to give up the ghost.
  • President Bush Campaigns in Texas
    President Bush held a rally in Sugar Land, Texas, on Monday night in the district once held by former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay.
  • Sleepy Hollow Celebrates the Headless Horseman
    On this Halloween, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is being celebrated in Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. The village will unveil an 18-foot-tall sculpture of the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane.
  • Is Rove's Election Confidence Warranted?
    Presidential adviser Karl Rove, an architect of Republican political strategy, says he's confident his party will hold both chambers of Congress. He says that despite public polls that show Democrats have a strong chance of winning. Why is Rove publicly confident?
  • Recorded Phone Conversation Sparks Legal Odyssey
    Ten years ago, Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) released to the media a taped conversation between Republican House leaders. A federal appeals court is now hearing arguments over whether he broke the law. The couple who recorded the conversation by chance pleaded guilty to violating the law and paid a $500 fine.
  • Voting Problems Crop Up Ahead of Elections
    Signs of possible voting trouble are popping up ahead of midterm elections. The reports range from hackers getting into an official registration database to ballots being printed incorrectly.
  • Tips for Ditching Telemarketers
    The Web site SorryGottaGo.com offers a collection of audio clips to help people get off the phone with telemarketers.
  • 'Love Witch' Fails to Deliver in Germany
    In Germany, a lovelorn woman has won a lawsuit against an elderly woman who calls herself a "love witch." The witch tried to cast a spell by the full moon to lure her client's boyfriend back. Even for $1,300, the witchcraft couldn't deliver the man. The witch said she'd never mentioned any kind of "money back guarantee." But the court ruled the Love Witch offered a service that was "objectively impossible to render."
  • An Month of Eventful Iraq News
    More than 100 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq in October, making it the deadliest month of the war since Jan. 2005. It was also a month of significant political developments related to the War back in Washington.

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