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...telemarketers will have done is increase [the list's] size by 50%," FTC chairman Timothy Muris told TIME. But the fight could take months--at least--as the courts weigh consumer-privacy claims against constitutional protections on commercial speech. For now, do-not-call remains on hold. --By Eric Roston...
...them. Indeed, when President Bush spoke to Abdullah for 20 minutes by phone last week, say U.S. and Saudi sources, he went out of his way to compliment the Prince on Saudi Arabia's efforts to combat terrorism. --With reporting by Timothy J. Burger, Massimo Calabresi, James Carney, Eric Roston, Elaine Shannon, Michael Weisskopf and Adam Zagorin/Washington; Amanda Bower/New York; Bruce Crumley/Paris; Gorill Husby/Dar es Salaam; Andrew Perrin/Bangkok; Andrew Purvis/Sarajevo; and Christopher Shulgan and Leigh Anne Williams/Toronto
...cross hairs of environmentalists, he will probably be confirmed. One or more Democratic Senators may try to put a hold on his nomination, but that could be effectively broken by 60 votes. Leavitt, says a Senate staff member, should easily garner that much support. --By Eric Roston and Matthew Cooper
...electricity sat stuck to their TV sets, watching the superpower grope in the dark. "We stayed up for an hour watching it," said a taxi driver, "until the electricity shut down." --Reported by Amanda Bower, Sean Gregory and Jyoti Thottam/New York; Laura Eggertson/Ottawa; Steven Frank/Toronto; Elisabeth Kauffman/Nashville; Eric Roston, Douglas Waller and Mark Thompson/Washington; Fran Stewart/Cleveland; and Cathy Booth Thomas/Dallas
...vote, moved to reverse that decision, passing a bill allowing the FDA once again to require the tests. The rare show of bipartisan unity on a health-care issue bodes well for the nation's children: the measure now moves to the House carrying emphatic FDA support. --By Eric Roston...