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D.C. PAPERS (2#) -

# Imus, Duke & The Media: Howie Kurtz collects chatter and reactions to the I-Man's situation from various former guests and others while trying to put it in some perspective. [wapo-rr]

# Nitric acid in Baghdad: It's a highly corrosive substance with chemical weapons potential which can burn the skin, lungs and esophagus.

Acting on a tip from neighbors, U.S. troops found dozens of barrels of the stuff Saturday in abandoned houses used by Sunni insurgents in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour. Some of the containers were damaged. Read more by Sharon Behn [wat-print].

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