QUES: Iraqi officials say the attacks are being carried out by what they call outsiders who slip into Falluja and attack at night .

Iraqi officials here insist that the attacks are being carried out by " outsiders " who slip into Fallujah and attack at night .

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QUES: The per-share earnings were 4 cents per share higher than the expectations of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call .

That was 4 cents higher than the expectations of analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call .

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QUES: The key vote Thursday came on the dividend tax provision offered by Sen. Don Nickles , R-Oklahoma .

The key vote Thursday was on a provision that temporarily eliminates the dividend tax .

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no