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1. President Bush says it’s obvious the economy is going through a tough time. He wants the country to be optimistic about the future with unemployment low, productivity high. On Wall Street, stocks tumbled, the Dow giving up about 195 points.

2. By a narrow margin¹, the House passes a surveillance bill pushed by Democrats², a bill President Bush is vowing³ to veto. Bush says the bill does not protect telecommunications companies from lawsuits⁴ when these companies allow the government access to phone calls and e-mails.

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4. Apartment dwellers⁵ in Tulsa, Oklahoma got this visitor from above: a dummy⁶ rocket off an Air National Guard jet. The non-explosive 22-pound bomb fell into the foundation, cutting off electricity. The pilot thought he dropped the rocket over a field during a practice mission in Kansas.