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House Democratic leaders have a plan to add unemployment benefits and education funding for veterans to President Bush's war funding bill.

Alan Cheuse reviews a thriller The Mehlis Report a novel by Rabee Jaber that was recently translated by Kareem James Abu-Zeid.

Reporter for The Washington Post NATHAN MCCALL. He's written a new autobiography, "Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America." (Random House). When MCCALL was twenty years old he was sent to prison for armed robbery. In his new book, MCCALL writes about growing up in a suburban neighborhood, and the anger he felt toward white's that made him and his friends go after and beat up white guys because it made them "feel good inside." After MCCALL was released from jail, he studied journalism and reported for the Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. His book has been compared to Richard Wright's "Black Boy," and been described as "more than a coming of age story: it's a story of an America that should never have come to be.

The new Kentucky Creative Industry Report is being hailed as a barometer of the economic impact of the arts industry. The study defines creative…

The Pentagon says journalists must sign a pledge not to gather any information, including unclassified reports, that hasn't been authorized for release.

U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, gave a status report to Congress on Tuesday. We read between the lines.

After a two-year investigation, a Senate report released Wednesday criticizes the Department of Homeland Security's "fusion centers" as ineffective, expensive, and encroaching on civil liberties. The centers were created after Sept. 11 to improve communication between federal counter-terrorism agents and state and local law enforcement. A department spokesman called the report flawed.

to reform campaign contribution laws, some corporations are looking for a way to curb political donations themselves. Most corporations don't believe Congress will pass any reform this year. There is currently no limit to how much soft money a company can contribute, only what a politician dares ask for.

in the field of data networking. Three-Com announced yesterday it will buy U.S. Robotics for more than six billion dollars. The new company will retain the Three-Com name, and with projected revenues of five billion dollars a year for its modems and circuit boards, will challenge industry leader Cisco Systems.

over a new anti- homeless law aimed at stopping people from living and sleeping in public areas. The law makes "urban camping" illegal and punishable by one year in jail, or a thousand dollar fine. It is part of a growing national trend that cities are trying as a way to clean up their urban centers.