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New Mexico Congressman Pete Dominici is one of several Republican politicians -- including Texas Senator Phil Gramm -- who are considering retiring soon. boosting hopes by Democrats of taking new seats in Congress in the 2002 elections.

MILLIONAIRE DEMOCRAT JESSE JACKSON abandoned his plans to run for president last year because of the unfolding scandal involving his love child and mistress, who says Jackson has not seen his now-two-year-old daughter in seven months.

REVEREND AL SHARPTON says he's running for president now that he's out of a New York jail. Sharpton was jailed for illegally protesting Puerto Rican Navy exercises.

BOULDER, COLORADO POLICE will test samples of DNA sent to them by an Internet tipster, who in turn was sent the DNA by someone close to a man who lived in Boulder when five-year-old Jon-Benet Ramsey was murdered five years ago. There was human residue found under Jon-Benet's fingernails that has never been DNA-matched.

FOR THE FIRST TIME, WEST NILE VIRUS HAS CLAIMED A VICTIM OUTSIDE THE NORTHEASTERN US

A 71-year-old Atlanta woman has died after being treated for encephalitis (once called "sleeping sickness" because the virus can cause brain swelling and coma).
          The West Nile form of encephalitis appeared in the US in 1999 -- mysteriously at about the same time as the first appearance of a breed of mosquito new to the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
          Cases of West Nile have turned up in Florida this year, but there have been no deaths.
          Deaths from the virus have previously been confined to the northeastern US, where nine people have died from West Nile in the past two years.
          Encephalitis can be deadly to the elderly, children and those with compromised immune systems.
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TROPICAL STORM CHANTAL, downgraded overnight into a tropical wave, is a tropical storm again, moving at nearly twice the speed of "average" tropical storms.

MORE THAN 40 FIRES CONTINUE in ten western states as US Marines and Army specialists move in to help fight the blazes.

AN INCREASING NUMBER OF ISRAELIS back tougher action against Palestinians while Israeli politicians are increasingly favoring separation of the West Bank from Israel

THE NEW COMPETITION TO TRADITIONAL RADIO, satellite radio, is set to begin September 12. Offered: scores of commercial-free nonstop-music stations playing very specific music: Baroque classical, for instance, late-'60s rock or traditional folk. A recent poll indicates only 20-percent of Americans are interested in buying satellite radio at $20 a month.

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The chief of President Bush's faith-based initiative is calling it quits

"Don't allow Rush Limbaugh on CNN!" cries NOW -- NewsMax.com

Congressman Gary Condit, non-suspect in the disappearance of intern Chandra Levy, will speak publicly about Levy sometime before Labor Day, an aide says.

Ford Motor Company will eliminate between four-thousand and five-thousand white collar jobs. mostly through retirement incentives.The company blames the slowing economy and the costs of the Firestone tire recall.

Bad economic news sent the Dow down 142 points Friday; the Nasdaq closed down 63. The general assertion on Wall Street: No economic recovery this year; hopes are now set on early 2002.

-- Mike Shiloh, editor