PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - Oct 20
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on Saturday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. --- The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI agree that the homemade devices that have wreaked havoc in Iraq pose a rising threat to the United States. But lawmakers and first responders agree that the Bush administration has been slow to devise a strategy for countering the weapons. --- Over-the-counter cold medicines should not be used in children younger than 6, a special panel of federal advisers concluded. --- Costs and complications for foreign performing artists seeking U.S. visas are becoming prohibitive. -- Education Secretary Margaret Spellings has acknowledged that the federal government "had some responsibility" for "confusion" over subsidy rules that helped student-loan companies reap hundreds of millions of dollars in potentially excessive payments at taxpayer expense.
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