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GOOD AFTERNOON, WASHINGTON. Here are some headlines to end your day.

» CAPITOL HILL: "Panels Issue Subpoenas to Former Bush Aides" [WaPo] ... "Senate Committee Approves D.C. Voting Rights Bill" [WaPo] ... "Congress Bill Targets Chinese Exports" [FT] ... "Blood in the Capitol After Bush's Meeting with GOP Senators" [The Sleuth/WaPo]
» JUDICIARY SQUARE: "Pants Trial Day Two: We See the Pants" [WaPo]
» CAPITOL HEIGHTS: "Man Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash on Beltway" [WaPo]
» REGION: "Area Homeless Population Decreases, Study Finds" [WaPo] ... "Lightning Ignites Fires in D.C. Area" [WaPo]
» DISTRICT: "WASA Water Rates Could Go Up 7.5 Percent" [AP via WTOP]
» METRO: "Catoe Hires Former Colleague to Manage Bus Operations" [WJLA/ABC7]

ELSEWHERE ... "Rival Factions Fight for Control in Gaza City" [WaPo] ... "Blasts Destroy Remnants of Samarra Shiite Shrine" [WaPo] ... "Consumer Spending Grows in May" [WaPo] ... "Lebanese MP Dies in Beirut Blast" [BBC] ... "Va. Tech Report Cites Privacy Law Problems" [WaPo] ... "Peres Elected President of Israel" [WaPo] ... "Billy Graham's Wife Ruth in Coma" [AP via WaPo] ... "Strike Escalates in South Africa" [BBC] ... "New Business Loans Available to Military" [WaPo] ... "Giant Bird-Like Dinosaur Fossil Found in China" [NYT] ... "The Trevi Fountain Gets a Break" [The Lede/NYT] ... "AT&T Willing to Spy for NSA, MPAA, and RIAA" [Ars Technica] ... "Maryland Couple Will Not Face Jail Time for Sex Ad" [AP via WRC/NBC4] ... "UFO Sighting In Salt Lake City?" [KUTV]

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