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AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.AND POWER IS OUT FOR THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS.THE COAST GUARD SAYS IT HAS RESCUED MORE MORE THAN 130 PEOPLE FROM WASHINGTON STATE FLOODWATERS SINCE YESTERDAY. THE CONTROVERSY OVER CREDIT CARDS TOOK CENTER STAGE ON CAPITOL HILL TUESDAY.CRITICS BLASTED WHAT THEY CALLED CONFUSING PRACTICES THAT PUSH CUSTOMERS DEEPER INTO DEBT -- WHILE BUSINESS EXECUTIVES DEFENDED THEIR RATES. REMEMBER HIM? ELIAN GONZALES?A SIMILAR CASE HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THE COURTS IN MIAMI THIS YEAR.BUT THIS TIME -- THE JUDGE HAS APPROVED GIVING A CUBAN-BORN FIVE YEAR OLD GIRL TO HER BIOLOGICAL FATHER -- BUT THE TWO WILL STAY IN THE U.S. UNTIL 2010 SO HER FOSTER PARENTS CAN HAVE REGULAR VISITS WITH HER.THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF HANUKKAH HAS BEGUN -- AND THE NATIONAL MENORAH WAS LIT IN WASHINGTON.ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL MUKASEY PERFORMED THE HONORS TUESDAY -- LIGHTING THE FIRST OF EIGHT CANDLES.___ ___, The Associated Press with AP NewsMinute.