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Burt Herman / Associated Press:
North Korea Pledges to Drop Nuke Programs — BEIJING - North Korea agreed Monday to stop building nuclear weapons and allow international inspections in exchange for energy aid, economic cooperation and security assurances, a breakthrough that marked a first step toward disarmament after two years of six-nation talks.
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
U.S. Claims Success in Iraq Despite Onslaught — BAGHDAD — Using enemy body counts as a benchmark, the U.S. military claimed gains against Abu Musab Zarqawi's foreign-led fighters last week even as they mounted their deadliest attacks on Iraq's capital. — But by many standards …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Der Stillstand — German voters get a chance for reform but choose gridlock instead. — BERLIN—It was a bad omen when Angela Merkel, the candidate of the conservative Christian Democratic Union chose the Rolling Stones' "Angie" as her campaign theme song. It is actually a sad song about a breakup.
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MSNBC:
An emotional moment and a misunderstanding — Story of a mother's desperate calls from nursing home skewed — WASHINGTON - The Jefferson Parish president's emotional retelling of a mother's desperate calls from a New Orleans nursing home included details that conflict with the timeline of the tragedy.
Michelle Spitzer / Associated Press:
Hurricane Warnings Posted for Florida Keys — KEY WEST, Fla. - Residents were ordered evacuated from the lower Florida Keys on Monday as strengthening Tropical Storm Rita headed toward the island chain, threatening to grow into a hurricane with a potential 8-foot storm surge.
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Jlgolson / StormTrack:They aren't called the Miami Hurricanes for nothing...
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The Prowler / American Spectator:
That Sinking Feeling — DEAD AGENDA — Publicly, the White House will tell you that it intends to push ahead with two of its big legislative issues throughout the fall: making permanent the first term tax cuts and Social Security reform. — Even privately, with the political …
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J.D. / evolution:
rino sightings XI: hornitarian jihad — [Editor's note: This post will remain first for the time being. New posts are below this one.] — Feel the point of the horn, infidel extremists! Your Kool-Aid will stain the carpeted halls and Herman Miller walls of your party headquarters!
CNN:
Bush approval rating at 40 percent — Majority disapprove of the handling of Katrina, Iraq — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's vow to rebuild the Gulf Coast did little to help his standing with the public, only 40 percent of whom now approve of his performance in office, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Monday.
Washington Post:
New Orleans Suspends Reopening of City — The mayor of New Orleans today suspended a controversial plan to allow displaced residents to return to the flood-ravaged city, citing the approach of another storm this week on a path similar to that of the devastating Hurricane Katrina.
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Kimberly Palmer / govexec.com:
Key OMB official arrested — David Safavian, who was chief of procurement policy in the Bush administration's Office of Management and Budget until late last week, was arrested Monday on charges of making false statements and obstructing a federal investigation.
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Iraqi Working for Times Is Killed, Relatives Say — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 19 - An Iraqi journalist and photographer working for The New York Times in Basra was found dead early this morning in Basra after being abducted from his home by a group of armed men wearing masks and claiming to be police officers, relatives said.
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Kerry-Edwards Press Room:
Senator John Kerry's Speech at Brown University — Providence, RI - Thank you for your invitation to be here. It's rare for me to speak at a university like Brown. Usually I don't speak at a football factory. I want to personally thank those of you who generously lent your efforts to my campaign last year.
Sally Jenkins / Washington Post:
By Hook or by Crook, Surviving Storm — Miss. Officials Used Ingenuity — and the Occasional Misdeed — to Get Job Done — GULFPORT, Miss. — Hurricane Katrina has transformed Mississippi's mayors into car thieves, and senators into blockade runners. Isolated by the initial hit of the storm …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Top 20 E-mailed Articles — washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions — Howard Kurtz has been The Washington Post's media reporter since 1990. He is also the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and the author of "Media Circus," "Hot Air," "Spin Cycle" and "The Fortune Tellers …
Katrina Tweedie / Times of London:
Scotland tops list of world's most violent countries — A UNITED Nations report has labelled Scotland the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. — England and Wales recorded the second highest number of violent assaults …
Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:
'Extreme' tragedy — 'Ugly' mom sues ABC for nixing makeover — LOS ANGELES - The producers of "Extreme Makeover" promised Deleese Williams "a Cinderella-like" fix for a deformed jaw, crooked teeth, droopy eyes and tiny boobs that would "transform her life and destiny."
Jacob Gershman / New York Sun:
Protester Sheehan Presses Clinton To Withdraw Support for War — War protester Cindy Sheehan came to New York last night with a blunt warning for Senator Clinton: End your support for the war in Iraq or else. — Visiting New York City for the first time since leaving her campsite outside …
