1. U.S. food safety strained by imports - AP
2. Senators raise new concerns in pet food scare - Reuters
3. U.N. panel to lay out steps on warming - AP
4. Contracts questioned in Katrina recovery - AP
5. Former Russian president Yeltsin dies - Reuters
6. Border agent charged with murder - AP
7. ID theft task force urges tougher penalties - Reuters
8. Nugent: Gun-free zones are recipe for disaster - CNN
9. Professor fired over Va. Tech discussion - AP
10. U.S. Congress may act to keep guns from mentally ill - Reuters
11. Philly struggles with rising murder rate - AP
12. Democrats to push March 31 Iraq war withdrawal - Reuters
13. VA allows Wiccan symbols on headstones - AP
14. Bombs kill 25 as US defends Baghdad wall - AFP
15. Car bomb kills 9 U.S. soldiers in Iraq - AP
16. Pentagon mulls strategic site of new Africa command - AFP
17. Republicans weigh immigration options - AP
18. Border Agents: No confidence in border chief - Washington Times
19. Ohio congressman wants Cheney impeached - AP
20. John Edwards: I'd invest billions in Michigan - Detroit Free Press
21. LA Times, Chicago Tribune to cut jobs - Reuters
22. 'Girls Gone Wild' founder gets jail time - AP

COMMENTARY

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