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A suicide car bomber shattered a relative lull in Baghdad's violence Monday, killing at least 28 people in a blast that touched off raging fires and a blizzard of bloodstained paper from a popular book market

Reuters - A House of Representatives subcommittee is expected to take up legislation next week meant to bolster the Food and Drug Administration's ability to monitor prescription drug side effects, the panel's chairman said in a letter released on Thursday.

AP - Relying on self-deprecating jokes, unusual candor and outright flattery, President Bush on Saturday wooed lawmakers he not only needs but will have to answer to in the final two years of his presidency.