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Gingrich will watch, wait on presidential bid

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published December 18, 2006

Newt Gingrich suggested on Sunday he might not run for president in 2008 if a rival has all but locked up the Republican nomination by fall 2007. The former House speaker from Georgia told NBC's Meet The Press that it would not be too late for him to enter the race after Labor Day, if he believed no candidate had a clear advantage.

SICK SENATOR: Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., has shown significant improvement since brain surgery Wednesday following a brain hemorrhage, and doctors say "everything is going to be just fine," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid told ABC's This Week on Sunday.

About 100 suffer from gas poisoning

About 100 people have been poisoned by carbon monoxide produced by generators and charcoal grills used for warmth and light during the widespread power outages caused by a major storm Thursday in western Washington state. One man died of inhaling the colorless, odorless gas. More than 300,000 were still without power Sunday.

Elsewhere

NEW YORK: Sept. 11 victims' relatives and others signed a steel beam Sunday that is to form part of the base of the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site. The beam is to be put in place at ground zero this week.

KIRKSVILLE, MO.: Seven unidentified people were found dead Sunday in a duplex, police said. A 911 call around 2:30 p.m. reported unresponsive people and an unusual odor in the duplex.

KANSAS CITY, MO.: A man who shot six people to death Saturday, including his longtime girlfriend and four of their children, before fatally shooting himself had been depressed and acting irrationally for weeks, police said Sunday. Police identified the shooter as Hersel M. Isadore, 35.

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