Newsweek shows half of voters want Bush outIn a Newsweek poll, 50 percent of voters say they want Bush out of office in 2004. 1,002 adults were interviewed on Nov. 6 and 7. However, the president’s overall approval rating has been 52 percent for two months. Also, 51 percent disapprove of Bush’s policy in Iraq.

Bush signs late-term abortion ban

President George W. Bush signed legislation Nov. 5 to ban late-term abortion procedures. Bush called these abortions a “terrible form of violence that has been directed against children who are inches from birth.” However, the same day, Nebraska federal judge Richard Kopf questioned the ban because it does not consider the woman’s health, and temporarily restrained it from taking affect. New York City and San Francisco saw similar hearings on the ban.
FCC allows home numbers assigned to cell phones
The FCC introduced new regulations allowing people to have their home numbers transferred to their cell phones on Nov. 10. These new regulations will take effect Nov. 24. This change hurts local phone companies who have already suffered in competition with wireless providers. The Washington Post reported a six percent drop in local phone lines while reporting growth in wireless providers’ business. Cnn.com predicts that consumers may switch to cell phones in larger numbers now that they can keep their same home phone number.
Al Qaeda blamed for car bomb attack

On No.v 9, the Saudi government said that al Qaeda instigated a car bomb attack on a wealthy Riyadh diplomatic quarter neighborhood. At least 13 people died, four of whom were children, and many were wounded. Western businessmen told CNN that they may move their families and companies out of Saudi Arabia because of the dangers. The attack occurred a day after the U.S. said it was closing its embassy and consulates in Saudi Arabia.