Gonzales spared no-confidence vote...Court rules in "enemy combatant" case

CAPITOL HILL (AP) The no-confidence vote on Alberto Gonzales is a no-go. The 53-to-38 Senate vote to move the resolution to full debate fell seven short of the 60 required. But the attorney general's troubles are not over. More congressional hearings are scheduled and an internal department investigation continues.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) A rebuke to the Bush administration for holding "enemy combatant" suspect Ali al-Marri (ah-LEE' al-MAH'-ree) in military custody without charges. A federal appeals panel in Richmond, Virginia, ruled the federal Military Commissions Act doesn't strip civilian residents of the U-S of the right to challenge their accusers in court.

international space station (AP) Astronauts James Reilly and Danny Olivas are back inside the international space station after completing their mission's first spacewalk. During their more than six hours outside, they performed a number of mechanical chores to allow the deployment of new solar power arrays for the space station.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) A happy ending to the case of the missing hiccup girl. Jennifer Mee was found about two miles from her St. Petersburg, Florida, home about 14 hours after the 15-year-old's mom reported her missing. The teen was a media sensation due to her marathon case of hiccups earlier this year.

LOS ANGELES (AP) The family of a mentally disabled man has filed suit claiming federal and Los Angeles County officials mistakenly had an American citizen deported. The suit says U-S officials should help find him in Mexico. His brother says Pedro Guzman, who can't read, signed a paper allowing himself to be deported.

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