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Kerry to get shoulder surgery for injury on campaign bus

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sen. John Kerry plans to have minor surgery Wednesday to repair a shoulder that he injured on the campaign trail.

Kerry spokesman David Wade said the Massachusetts senator tore the subscapularis, a muscle beneath the scapula in his right shoulder, when he braced himself during an abrupt stop on his Iowa campaign bus several weeks ago.

After the surgery, Kerry will use a sling for roughly a week, campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter said. She said Kerry will return to work Thursday for administrative business and resume a public schedule next Sunday.

Bush backers to celebrate reaching $170 million goal

CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush's fund-raising odyssey is coming to an end, but the dollars will continue to flow into his war chest.

Having crossed his goal of $170 million, Bush's money drive comes full-circle with a fund-raiser Wednesday night in Washington — the same place the push for cash started June 17, 2003. The final fund-raiser is likely to be next month, campaign officials say.

The president also plans a pair of thank-you events Friday in Greensboro, Ga., home of his finance chairman, Mercer Reynolds III. The appearances are meant to show Bush's appreciation to backers who rounded up the biggest donations — the president's "rangers," "pioneers" and "mavericks" — campaign spokesman Scott Stanzel said yesterday.

The Bush campaign's Internet and direct-mail operations will continue to solicit and accept donations, two advisers said.

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