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Associated Press:
Hurricane Rita Blog — (CBS/AP) This is a running list compiled by CBSNews.com staffers of the latest developments of Hurricane Rita and the recovery efforts underway on the Gulf Coast. For a look back to fast-breaking events of the Katrina disaster, see our previous blog.
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rawstory.com:
CBS News says Michael Brown rehired as FEMA consultant — RAW STORY — CBS News' Bob Schieffer just announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has rehired ex-FEMA chief Michael Brown— as a consultant to evaluate the agency's response to the disaster!
CBS News:
Pentagon: Top Zarqawi Aide Killed — (CBS/AP) The No. 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq was killed Sunday night, U.S. officials say. Abu Azzam, reportedly the deputy to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was shot during a house rain in Baghdad, according to Pentagon officials.
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Fox News:
U.S. Special Forces Kill No. 2 Terrorist in Iraq — WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Forces killed Al Qaeda's (search) No. 2 terror mastermind in Iraq (search), Defense Department officials said. — FOX News has confirmed that Abu Azzam (search), who was believed to have been in charge …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Demise of Abu Azzam — Al Qaeda in Iraq's leadership suffers another blow. Sheikh Abdullah Abu Azzam al-Iraqi, the organization's number two in command, has been killed by Coalition forces in Baghdad during a raid after the Coalition received a tip on his location.
Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:
Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest — Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son's death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House. — Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk …
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Cathy's World:
Would you believe? — ...That Don Adams is dead at 82? I don't want to. As my dad said when Cary Grant passed on, "Someone that great should never die." And don't even get me started on my "Get Smart" lunchbox, which I didn't even care that brown bags had suddenly become …
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Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Don Adams of 'Get Smart' Dies at 82 — LOS ANGELES - Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of James Bond movies, "Get Smart," has died. He was 82. — Adams died of a lung infection late Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center …
NY Daily News:
Kerry's not- so-amazing race, on film — I hear that John Kerry loyalists are kicking themselves for cooperating last year with filmmaker Steve Rosenbaum on "Inside the Bubble," a potentially devastating behind-the-scenes look at the Massachusetts senator's failed presidential campaign.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Anti-War, My Foot — The phony peaceniks who protested in Washington. — Saturday's demonstration in Washington, in favor of immediate withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq, was the product of an opportunistic alliance between two other very disparate "coalitions."
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Rep. Peter King to MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Just because the president doesn't watch you on television, it doesn't mean he's not doing his job. — The New York Congressman did a double appearance on Hardball this afternoon. The first time, he pretaped an appearance with Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson …
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White House:
President Discusses Hurricane Effects on Energy Supply — Washington, D.C. — Fact Sheet: President Bush Discusses Energy Supplies in the Gulf Region — In Focus: Energy — In Focus: Hurricane Relief — THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank Secretary Bodman for welcoming us here at the Energy Department; Secretary Norton.
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CBS News:
Brown Still On FEMA Payroll — (CBS/AP) Former FEMA director Michael Brown is continuing to work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency at full pay, with his Sept. 12 resignation not taking effect for two more weeks, said Homeland Security Department spokesman Russ Knocke.
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Associated Press:
Documents: Frist knew contents of blind trust — WASHINGTON (AP) — Blind trusts are designed to keep an arm's-length distance between federal officials and their investments, to avoid conflicts of interest. But documents show that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist knew quite a bit …
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