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Associated Press:
NY Times Cutting 500 Jobs, 4 Percent Of Work Force — NEW YORK — The New York Times Co. said Tuesday it would cut about 500 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce costs. The reductions come atop another 200 jobs that were cut earlier this year.
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Editor and Publisher:
'Black Tuesday' Continues: NYT Co. Cutting 500 Jobs — NEW YORK The New York Times Co. announced a staggering staff reduction plan Tuesday that will likely mean some 500 job loses at the company's many properties, including an expected 45 newsroom positions at The New York Times newspaper and 35 at The Boston Globe.
Radio Blogger:
Don't get stuck on stupid — New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin held a press conference a little bit ago, and started losing control to a media pool assembled that was showing signs of panic, due to the previous incompetence in the region by the local and state government. Lt. Gen. Russel Honore stepped in and literally took over.
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Kristen Lombardi / villagevoice.com:
Cindy Sheehan Takes on the Democrats, Hillary Clinton … Cindy Sheehan, the rising star of the anti-war movement, remembers when people used to think of her as one of those crazy activists, speaking out for a cause, inconveniencing all who stumbled onto her path.
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Left I on the News, Donklephant, TalkLeft, Crooks and Liars and Media Blog on National …
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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Which Democrats will vote 'yes' on Roberts? — Keeping an eye on Clinton, Bayh, and other presidential contenders — WASHINGTON - Chief justice nominee John Roberts seems to be headed for the Supreme Court with the vote on his confirmation set for next week on the Senate floor …
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Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
Plamegate: The John Bolton Connection — I'm now hearing that the investigation may be inching closer to never-confirmed UN Ambassador John Bolton. — According to two sources, Bolton's former chief of staff, Fred Fleitz, was at least one of the sources of the classified information …
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The Political Teen
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Terrorists personnel problems? — Here's an interesting datum about suicide bombings in Iraq: … I noted in November 2004 that, … On the other hand, Saudi expatriate Alhamedi profiled a failed Saudi jihadi named Ahmad who went to Iraq and lived through his self-immolation in Iraq.
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Washington Post:
Katrina's Cost May Test GOP Harmony — Some Want Bush To Give Details on How U.S. Will Pay — Congressional Republicans from across the ideological spectrum yesterday rejected the White House's open-wallet approach to rebuilding the Gulf Coast, a sign that the lockstep GOP discipline …
Washington Post:
Experts Say Faulty Levees Caused Much of Flooding — NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 20 — Louisiana's top hurricane experts have rejected the official explanations for the floodwall collapses that inundated much of New Orleans, concluding that Hurricane Katrina's storm surges were much smaller …
Rod Dreher / The Corner on National Review Online:
RE: THE OSTRICH EFFECT — I don't at all get this attitude among many on the right that our sworn duty is to back anything President Bush and the GOP choose to do. We are conservatives before we are Republicans, are we not? Facts are better than dreams, and the fact is …
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Michelle Malkin
Confederate Yankee:
Lie Like al-Zarqawi , Squeal Like Ali — When you have to kidnap, beat and drug your troops to get them to go into battle, I think it is safe to say that the war is not going well for you: … So much for al-Zaraqawi being "the greatest" if he has to kidnap and drug people to carry out suicide attacks.
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Washington Times:
Probing Able Danger — Tomorrow's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Pentagon's top-secret military intelligence unit known as Able Danger should be quite a show. Rep. Curt Weldon, who deserves most of the credit for bringing the formerly forgotten unit to public attention …
worldtribune.com:
Iraqi defense officials have embezzled $1.27 billion — BAGHDAD — Iraq has depleted its defense procurement budget due to widespread corruption, torpedoing plans to end the military's dependence on the United States. — An official Iraqi audit said $1.27 billion allocated by the Defense Ministry …
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The Belmont Club
ArrMatey / Stop the ACLU:
Last push for petition on ACLU fees — let's stop the extortion racket — As I write this, the online petition to change federal law (specifically 42 USC section 1988) has 16,243 signatures. The petition is designed to encourage Congress to put an end to the abused and misused mechanism …
Scott Johnson / Weekly Standard:
Wielding the Hatchet — AS SPECIAL COUNSEL to President Richard Nixon Charles Colson was known as Nixon's hatchet man and one of the most hated men in America. After he left the Nixon administration he was caught in the snare of Watergate. Although he was only peripherally involved in the scandal …
National Review:
North Korea: Getting to "Yes"? — "North Korea agrees to give up nuclear program." — Haven't we been here before? — I was skeptical when I read reports of the draft accord reached at the Six Party talks in Beijing, in which North Korea has agreed in principle to end its nuclear-weapons program …
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