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Steven R. Hurst / Associated Press:
Military: Troop Deaths Hit 1,904 in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military said Tuesday that four U.S. soldiers died in two roadside bombings near the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi and a fifth died in a blast north of Baghdad, pushing the toll of American forces killed in Iraq past 1,900.
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Ex-White House Aide Charged in Corruption Case — WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 - A senior White House budget official who resigned abruptly last week was arrested Monday on charges of lying to investigators and obstructing a federal inquiry involving Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist …
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Bush Official Arrested in Corruption Probe — The Bush administration's top federal procurement official resigned Friday and was arrested yesterday, accused of lying and obstructing a criminal investigation into Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff's dealings with the federal government.
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Barton Gellman / Associated Press:
Recruits Sought for Porn Squad — The FBI is joining the Bush administration's War on Porn. And it's looking for a few good agents. — Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting …
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Immigration Nominee's Credentials Questioned — The Bush administration is seeking to appoint a lawyer with little immigration or customs experience to head the troubled law enforcement agency that handles those issues, prompting sharp criticism from some employee groups, immigration advocates and homeland security experts.
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NO MORE CRONYISM: BUSH DHS NOMINEE DOESN'T DESERVE THE JOB — **updated** — Another disastrous crony appointment in the making — This is Julie Myers, President Bush's nominee to head the the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security.
Paul J. Gough / BREITBART.COM:
Emotional Rather blasts 'new journalism order' — NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather said Monday that there is a climate of fear running through newsrooms stronger than he has ever seen in his more than four-decade career. — Rather famously tangled …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Kerry, Edwards Criticize Bush Over Response to Hurricane — President Bush came under withering criticism for his handling of Hurricane Katrina yesterday, with Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) charging that the storm exposed the administration's incompetence and ideological blinders …
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Mary Curtius / Los Angeles Times:
House GOP Scraps Plan for Joint Probe on Hurricane Response — WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans signaled today that they have abandoned their plan to conduct a joint House-Senate probe of the government's response to Hurricane Katrina. — In announcing a joint probe this month …
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Jae-Soon Chang / Associated Press:
North Korea Demands Nuke Reactor From U.S. — North Korea said Tuesday it would not dismantle its nuclear weapons program until the United States first provides an atomic energy reactor, casting doubt on its commitment to a breakthrough agreement reached at international arms talks.
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Yahoo! News:
Hurricane Center May Run Out of Names — Before the 2005 hurricane season is done, you might read about Hurricane Alpha. — Each year, 21 common names are reserved for Atlantic Basin hurricanes, with the list arranged alphabetically and skipping certain letters. Rita is the 17th named storm in the Atlantic Basin this year.
Nick Schulz / Tech Central Station:
Poverty and Governance: Two Sides of the Same Coin — NEW YORK — The Clinton Global Initiative wrapped up in New York over the weekend. The three-day confab, created by the 42nd president, brought together political and corporate leaders, Hollywood stars and philanthropists for a kind of American Davos.
Anchorage Daily News:
Young scoffs at criticism of bridges — MILLIONS: Despite relief effort, money will remain. — WASHINGTON — In any case it won't die: the idea that Alaska, to help Hurricane Katrina victims, should forfeit the dough it got in the federal highway bill for the Knik and Gravina bridges.
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal Dies at 96 — Simon Wiesenthal, 96, the controversial Nazi hunter who pursued hundreds of war criminals after World War II and was central to preserving the memory of the Holocaust for more than half a century, died today in Vienna, Austria, his base of operations.
Ian Williams / Guardian:
Annan has paid his dues — The UN declaration of a right to protect people from their governments is a millennial change — By the time John Bolton had hacked large parts out of the UN's 60th anniversary draft declaration, and then had to agree to much of it going back in after Condoleezza Rice told …
Marc Kaufman / Washington Post:
FDA Rethinks Women's Chief — Toigo Is Acting Head; Agency Denies Naming Veterinary Official — One week ago, the Office of Women's Health of the Food and Drug Administration sent an e-mail notice to women's groups and others announcing the appointment of Norris Alderson as its new acting director.
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