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

» WHITE HOUSE: "Bush Vetoes Bill to Expand Stem Cell Research" [WaPo]
» CAPITOL HILL: "Beijing Prodded on Currency Issue" [AP via WaPo] ... "Chertoff Not Sorry for Calling Kennedy Awesome" [The Hill] ... "Democrats to Tack New Stem-Cell Measure Onto Labor-HHS Bill" [Roll Call]
» WALTER REED: "Walter Reed Guard Arrested for Firing Gun" [WaPo]
» ROCKVILLE: "Rockville Woman Loses Appeal for Return of Her Pet Monkey" [WRC/NBC4]
» JUDICIARY SQUARE: "Least Competent Criminals, Local Edition" [City Desk/City Paper]

ELSEWHERE ... "New Orleans Still Faces Big Risk of Flood, Army Says" [NYT] ... "EU to Drop Idea of Constitution" [BBC] ... "Inside Gaza, a Landscape Marked by Violent Change" [WaPo] ... "Fierce Battles Near Baghdad in Push Against Insurgents" [NYT] ... "Bloomberg Teases" [The Fix/WaPo] ... "Wal-Mart to Open 1,000 'MoneyCenters'" [FT] ... "United Computer Outage Delays Flights Around the World" [Tribune] ..."U.S. Passport Rule Delayed for Land and Sea Travel" [WaPo] ... "Microsoft to Alter Windows Vista" [NYT] ... "U.S. to Delay Release of Iranians Detained in Iraq Raid" [WaPo] ... "Japan Changes Name of Iwo Jima" [AP via WaPo] ... "Bethesda Coach, Students Charged at Beach Party" [AP via WJLA/ABC7] ... "The Million-Dollar Waitress" [Business Week] ... "McAllenites Want D.C. Wall" [San Antonio News-Express]

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