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PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - Nov 18

Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:25pm EST

WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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With his 30-month tenure nearing its end, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is leaving behind a legacy of federal interventionism that few would have expected from this former head of the investment giant Goldman Sachs.

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Just weeks before leaving office, the Interior Department's top lawyer has shifted half a dozen key deputies, including two former political appointees involved in controversial environmental decisions, into senior civil service posts.

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District of Columbia and federal officials are preparing for as many as 4 million people for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a crowd that would be three or four times larger than previous big events on the Mall.

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Frustrated by the failure to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, a growing number of anti-abortion pastors, conservative academics and activists are setting aside efforts to outlaw abortion and instead are focusing on building social programs and developing other assistance for pregnant women to reduce the number of abortions.

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