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Saturday, November 06, 2004 Elections 2004: The latest results and analysis are available on washingtonpost.com's home page. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Fallujah Battle Near, Iraqi Sunnis Make Offer As Marines prepare for a military offensive, their plan aims to establish rule of law peacefully with promise of reducing the insurgency. (By Karl Vick, The Washington Post) Democrats Skeptical of Bush Offer Weakened Party Mulls Stance in Second Term (The Washington Post) With Arafat in Coma, Near Death, Conflict Mounts Over Burial Site Israelis Say Jerusalem Not an Option for Palestinian Leader (The Washington Post) POLITICS Democrats Are Skeptical Of Bush Offer The weakened party begins an intense debate about whether to seek any common ground with Bush in his second term or to be implacable in opposition. (By John F. Harris and Helen Dewar, The Washington Post) Bush Will Not Seek Mass Resignations President Is Said to Be Pleased With Administration and Eager to Move Forward (The Washington Post) 3 Days Late, Bush Is Awarded Iowa Victory Pushes the President's Total to 286 Electoral Votes (The Washington Post) Bush Adviser On Iraq Policy To Step Down (The Washington Post) At the End, Pro-GOP '527s' Outspent Their Counterparts (The Washington Post) More Politics Add topics to this e-mail Make this e-mail your own by selecting the topics and columnists that interest you! Personalize this e-mail now. NATION White House Adviser on Iraq Policy To Step Down Robert Blackwill, who had been mentioned prominently in speculation about President Bush's second term foreign-policy team, unexpectedly announced his resignation Friday. (By Glenn Kessler, The Washington Post) FBI Says N.Y. Man Had Beltway Blueprints (The Washington Post) NATION IN BRIEF (The Washington Post) More Nation WORLD Fallujah Battle Near, Iraqi Sunnis Make Offer As Marines prepare for a military offensive, their plan aims to establish rule of law peacefully with promise of reducing the insurgency. (By Karl Vick, The Washington Post) With Arafat in Coma, Near Death, Conflict Mounts Over Burial Site Israelis Say Jerusalem Not an Option for Palestinian Leader (The Washington Post) Russian Jury Convicts Scientist in His Retrial (The Washington Post) More World METRO Alone in His Vision Council members and neighborhood activists feel that Mayor Anthony A. Williams has failed yet again to reach out to people and sell them on his vision for baseball in the District. (By Lori Montgomery, The Washington Post) Train Arriving After Crash Let Passengers Disembark (The Washington Post) 'Pattern' of Violence By Deputy Alleged Bail Denied as Prosecutors List Assault Claims (The Washington Post) Belated Tribute to 6 Fliers Vietnam-Era Crew's Remains Buried Together (The Washington Post) FBI Probing Pr. George's Officials Separate Investigations Scrutinize Council, Hornsby (The Washington Post) More Metro BUSINESS Stocks Finish Strong On Election, Earnings Money flooded back into stocks this week as investors embraced a swift end to the presidential election, strong corporate earnings and good economic news. (By Ben White, The Washington Post) Putting a Twist on Christmas Retailers Play Remixed Songs to Boost Sales (The Washington Post) Big Oil Companies Train Iraqi Workers Free Global Companies Offer Services to Establish Goodwill, Win Business (The Washington Post) Payroll Growth Jumps, Helped By Hurricanes (The Washington Post) Dollar Hits Low Against the Euro E.U. Shows No Sign of Intervening (The Washington Post) More Business TECHNOLOGY Verizon to Buy NextWave Licenses Verizon Wireless announced Friday that it plans to buy airwave licenses from NextWave Telecom Inc. for $3 billion in cash, giving the cellular phone giant the ability to carry more calls in some of the nation's largest cities. (By Yuki Noguchi, The Washington Post) The Dawn Of HD Radio Broadcasters Embrace Service Public Knows Little About (The Washington Post) More Technology SPORTS Stadium Plan Challenged The District's attempt to bring baseball back to the nation's capital was thrown into uncertainty Friday when Council Chairman Linda W. Cropp proposed an alternate plan. (By David Nakamura, The Washington Post) Rivalry Worth Shouting About Cavs, Terps Reflect Their Coaches (The Washington Post) QB Brunell Has Gibbs's Backing (The Washington Post) East Final Puts Hot Streaks To Test United, Revolution Will Play at RFK (The Washington Post) Wizards Looking To Stay Unbeaten O'Neal-Led Heat Stands in the Way (The Washington Post) More Sports STYLE The Mural of the Story Byron Peck is quite literally painting the town by using the city's walls to tell the tales of its community. (By David Montgomery, The Washington Post) On Fox, a Most Promising New 'Development' (The Washington Post) The Fourth R: Rat-a-Tat-Tat (The Washington Post) A Slice of Blue Touching the Sky (The Washington Post) Woodblock 'Dream': Sharply Observed (The Washington Post) More Style EDITORIALS, OPINIONS AND LETTERS Turn Back to Iraq WHILE PRESIDENT Bush was expansively describing his domestic agenda for the next four years on Thursday, U.S. and Iraqi troops were massing outside... Kyoto Ratification FOLLOWING RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin's long-awaited signature yesterday, the Kyoto Protocol on climate change will finally go into effect. Mr.... Thoughts on Paper PREDICTIONS THAT touch-screen voting machines would enable massive fraud on Election Day seem to have gone the way of Y2K. Still, watchdog groups are... More Editorials, Opinions and Letters TODAY'S ... 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