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New York Times:
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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U.S. Newswire:
Former GSA Official Charged with Making False Statements, Obstructing Federal Investigation  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 /U.S. Newswire/ — A former General Services Administration (GSA) official was arrested on charges of making false statements and obstructing an investigation by the GSA's Office …
Washington Post:
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.
Associated Press:
Former White House Official Arrested
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CNN:
Official: British troops freed in jailbreak  —  Saddam nephew gets life; suicide bombs kill 10 south of Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — A British armored vehicle escorted by a tank crashed into a detention center Monday in Basra and rescued two undercover troops held by police, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official told CNN.
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Washington Post:
British Smash Into Iraqi Jail To Free 2 Detained Soldiers  —  BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 — British armored vehicles backed by helicopter gunships burst through the walls of an Iraqi jail Monday in the southern city of Basra to free two British commandos detained earlier in the day by Iraqi police, witnesses and Iraqi officials said.
BBC:   UK soldiers 'freed from militia'
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 …
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 …
USA Today:
President hits new lows in poll  —  WASHINGTON — Americans' view of President Bush and his leadership has soured in the wake of dismay over the government's response to Hurricane Katrina, the course of the Iraq war and the future of the economy.  —  Bush's rating for handling each …
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Sarah Ferguson / villagevoice.com:
NYPD Unplugs Cindy Sheehan … Cindy Sheehan may be the Rosa Parks of the anti-war movement.  But that didn't stop members of the New York Police Department from marching into the crowd of about 150 people gathered in Union Square Monday to hear her speak and yanking away the microphone.
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 …
Ryan Parry / mirror.co.uk:
EXCLUSIVE: UP IN FLAMES  —  Tons of British aid donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims to be BURNED by Americans  —  HUNDREDS of tons of British food aid shipped to America for starving Hurricane Katrina survivors is to be burned.  —  US red tape is stopping it from reaching hungry evacuees.
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.
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Telegraph:
Wiesenthal 'Conscience of the Holocaust' dies
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Washington Post:
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.
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and AMERICAblog
Jessica Thierman / gelfmagazine.com:
Touched by His Noodly Appendage  —  An interview with the Prophet Bobby Henderson, the voice of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.  —  It's not every day you get to speak to a prophet.  Most of them are too dead—or at least too busy—to chat about their respective religions with a reporter from an online magazine.
Discussion: The All Spin Zone
David Lombino / New York Sun:
Former Air America Executive Denounces Transfers of Funds From Bronx Club  —  A Clinton administration official who served as a top executive of Air America, the politically liberal radio network, says he was "sickened" to his core by the thought that the network was funded by money taken from a Bronx Boys & Girls Club.
The MinuteMan / JustOneMinute:
Bill Clinton Loses Mind, Memory  —  Bill Clinton chatted with former staffer George Stephanopoulos about Bush, Iarq, and Katrina; as they discussed the evacuation plan for New Orleans, it appeared that Mr. Clinton forgot that at one time he had been President himself:
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