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<p>SACRAMENTO - With less than a week to go before a June 15 deadline for adopting a state budget, the gap between Democrats and Republicans appeared to widen Monday as the state treasurer and GOP Senate leader traded accusations over spending and politics.</p>

<p>Anti-war protester Barbara McGovern, of Westfield, Mass., holds up a peace sign while standing in front of the White House on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2003.</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) - Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Sunday against the possible war with Iraq and "racist witch hunts" by U.S. authorities following the Sept. 11 attacks. Police swiftly arrested close to a dozen protesters who breached barriers near the White House.</p>

<p>A judge refuses to hinder a program that registers Muslim and Middle Eastern men.</p> <p>A federal judge in Orange County refused Thursday to block additional arrests and deportations of Middle Eastern and Muslim men who show up to be fingerprinted, photographed and questioned by immigration officials.</p>

In their final debate before Saturday's decisive runoff, incumbent Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell argued about which of them is responsible for the negative tone of the campaign and which of them has run a campaign most consistent with "Louisiana values." With a new poll showing the race a dead heat, Landrieu and Terrell didn't waste any time telling viewers why each could do more for Louisiana than her opponent and continuing the personal attacks that have dominated the runoff campaign. Only when pressed to say something positive about each other during the hourlong WWL-TV...