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AP - Democrats are shifting their attention on the botched firings of eight federal prosecutors from Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' fitness to head the Justice Department to the White House role in the dismissals.

Reuters - The White House rejected on Friday what it called "high cost" scenarios to tackle global warming that were spelled out in the latest report by a United Nations panel on climate change.

Democrats plan a war funding bill that won't include a timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq but will feature benchmarks with consequences, according to Democratic leadership aides.

AP - The chief prosecutor of the U.N. war crimes tribunal urged the Security Council Thursday to pressure Sudan to arrest a Cabinet minister and Arab militia leader charged with atrocities in Darfur villages.