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Fast Facts: Palestinian Elections

Palestinians will head to the polls Sunday to decide who will lead the Palestinian Authority after the death of long-time leader Yasser Arafat. Last election: 1996. Yasser Arafat won 87 percent of the vote. Sunday’s election is the second since Palestine became an autonomous state after signing a treaty with …

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Topics and Guests for January 21

Watch “The Big Story” weekdays at 5 p.m. ET President Bush (search) used his inauguration speech to lay out a sweeping agenda. What direction will the president’s second term take? We’ll ask Robert Reich, former labor secretary, and Michael Reagan, author of “Twice Adopted” and former President Reagan’s son. President …

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Stockard Channing Arrested for DUI

LOS ANGELES – Emmy-winning actress Stockard Channing (search) was arrested for investigation of drunk driving after she tried to drive around a roadblock on the Hollywood Freeway, authorities said Tuesday. Channing, 60, who won an Emmy for her role as first lady on NBC’s “The West Wing (search),” was stopped …

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