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AP - Congress intends to send President Bush legislation next week to ease restrictions on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, inviting his second veto in as many years on the subject.

I just finished reading Al Gore's new book, "An Assault on Reason," and was enormously impressed. I think this book should be read by everyone. The sad part is that it probably won't be. It's not a slick, easily assimilated DVD, with simple, predigested ideas ready to be ingested by an audience that only knows

President Bush's allies scrambled Thursday to prevent more GOP defections a day after Senate Democrats and a leading Republican reached agreement on a resolution disagreeing with the president's new Iraq strategy.