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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 …
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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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Associated Press:
Former White House Official Arrested — WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Bush administration official was arrested Monday on charges he made false statements and obstructed a federal investigation into his dealings with lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to court documents and government officials.
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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.
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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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.
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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 …
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 …
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.
Jim Landers / Dallas Morning News:
From N. Korea: an agreement and a demand — Nuclear weapons pact in sight, but nation wants reactor from U.S. — WASHINGTON - North Korea pledged Monday to eliminate its nuclear weapons and nuclear programs in exchange for energy and security, but a day later it demanded that the U.S. give …
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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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Agence France Presse:
Church of England offers to meet Muslim leaders to apologize for Iraq war — LONDON (AFP) - The Church of England offered to take the lead in reconciling with Muslims by apologizing to their leaders for the US-led war in Iraq if the British government fails to do so.
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Michael Rubinkam / Associated Press:
New Orleans Suspends Reopening of City — Under pressure from President Bush and other top federal officials, the mayor Monday suspended the reopening of large portions of the city over the next few days because of the threat of a new round of flooding from a tropical storm.
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Media Matters for America:
Wallace labeled Doctor Zhivago "a little commie" — On the September 18 broadcast of Fox Broadcasting Co.'s Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace described Doctor Zhivago, one of two films named by chief justice nominee John G. Roberts Jr. as his favorites, as "a little commie."
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Jesse Taylor / Pandagon:
IN DEFENSE OF CURSING — Or, "Why I Ironically Gives No F**ks". — I've received a few e-mails over the past week about my choice of language around these parts. It mainly comes in the context of responses to particularly extreme cases of conservative nutjobbery in which I use cursewords …
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.
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