WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Feb. 16. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi links her support for President Bush's war-funding request to strict standards of resting, training and equipping combat forces, a move that could curtail troop deployments and alter the course of US involvement in Iraq. Pelosi also endorsed legislation requiring Bush to seek congressional authorization before any military strike on Iran.

Most of the region's schools will be closed for a third day on Friday and as many as 40,000 homes could remain without power after a hard freeze turned Wednesday's snow and slush into a stubborn coat of ice on streets, sidewalks and back yards.

The organization charged with regulating Virginia attorneys is pushing to erase an ethics rule that for a half-century has prohibited the state's legislators from being employed alongside lobbyists at the commonwealth's largest law firms.

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