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It's the first day on the job for new U.S. Reps. Katherine Harris, Ginny Brown-Waite and Kendrick Meek. Graham looks likely to run The senior Florida senator is sending out strong signals that he will seek the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination. As nation gets older, flu deaths on the rise Ninety percent of the deaths are people 65 or older. One solution: more flu shots. Britain sends thousands for possible Iraq war WASHINGTON -- The United States and Britain on Tuesday stepped up the military pressure on Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to reveal Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programs to U.N. inspectors. Scandal charges reach Sharon JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was linked to corruption allegations for the first time Tuesday, widening a scandal that has eroded support for his Likud Party as campaigning for the Jan. 28 election hit high gear. Bush plan: What it means to you: $1,000 WASHINGTON -- Whatever their merits, President Bush's proposals to strengthen the economy add up to a grand plan, in at least one sense. If passed, they'll be worth about a grand in many people's pockets. On first day, Congress gets right to work -- and fighting WASHINGTON -- The 108th session of Congress was sworn in Tuesday with pledges of cooperation and comity as Republicans took control of the House and the Senate. Washington in brief: Overhaul government, commission concludes WASHINGTON -- The federal government -- epitomized by a 1950s-style bureaucracy designed for clerks using typewriters -- is inadequate to serve and safeguard the country and should be reconstructed, a bipartisan commission said Tuesday. Nation in brief: Nearly half of Calif. sex offenders not tracked SAN JOSE, Calif. -- California has lost track of more than 33,000 sex offenders, despite a law requiring rapists and child molesters to register each year for inclusion in the Megan's Law database. Fighting terror: Poison found; six held in London LONDON -- British antiterrorism police arrested six men after discovering small quantities of ricin, a highly toxic poison, in a north London apartment, the government announced Tuesday. Fighting terror: FBI cancels hunt for five foreigners WASHINGTON -- The FBI called off a nationwide search for five men Tuesday after determining a tipster's information was false, underscoring the government's dilemma in deciding whether to publicize information about a potential terrorist threat. National headlines World headlines Science headlines
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