UPDATE 1-Former US Senator Warren Rudman, budget deal architect, dies

(Update with comments from Rudman's law firm) LITTLETON, N.H., Nov 20 (Reuters) - Former U.S. SenatorWarren Rudman, a moderate New Hampshire Republican known for abudget deal that helped slash government deficits in the 1990s,died on Monday at age 82, state officials said. Rudman, who had been undergoing chemotherapy for cancer,served in the Senate from 1980 to 1993. He was best known forhis ...