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Nancy Pelosi to Publish Memoir Jul 19 07:05 PM US/Eastern NEW YORK (AP) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat who this year became the first woman to hold the top spot in the House of Representatives, is writing a memoir, to be released in the summer of 2008 by the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group. "From my parents' home in Baltimore to representing San Francisco in the Congress, my life has been devoted to family and public service. I look forward to telling my story for my grandchildren and in recognition of the contributions of all women across America,"...

The FBI (news - web sites) said Wednesday the capture of senior al Qaeda leader Abu Zubaydah was a blow against future attacks on America and the Pentagon (news - web sites) angrily denied that the wounded prisoner might be tortured. "The arrest assists in helping to prevent another attack," Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller told reporters at a briefing, without giving further details. "Zubaydah was a principal al Qaeda leader. The Pakistani authorities are to be congratulated on their detention of him," Mueller said of Zubaydah's capture last week. Zubaydah has been turned over to U.S. custody...