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Date: Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:37:45 -0800 (PST)

Burris, Senate Dems prepare to clash over appointment
01/02/09 08:16 PM, EST
A clash over the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President-elect Barack
Obama will intensify next week on Capitol Hill when Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich's pick to fill that seat arrives in Washington.

Bush blames Hamas for Gaza conflict
01/02/09 08:11 PM, EST
U.S. President Bush laid the blame for recent fighting in Gaza
squarely at the feet of Hamas, accusing militants of waging a campaign
of violence against Israel with little regard for its people.

Senate GOP prepared to fight if Dems try to seat Franken
01/02/09 05:58 PM, EST
Sen. John Cornyn weighed in on Minnesota's close and still unresolved
U.S. Senate race, saying Friday that no one should be seated until a
winner is made official by both Minnesota Secretary of State Mark
Ritchie and Gov. Tim Pawlenty.