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Reports of anarchy at Superdome overstated — NEW ORLEANS — After five days managing near riots, medical horrors and unspeakable living conditions inside the Superdome, Louisiana National Guard Col. Thomas Beron prepared to hand over the dead to representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
IT'S TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESS — With the passage of time, it has become apparent that most of the "evidence" on the basis of which the Democrats launched their hysterical post-Katrina attack on the Bush administration was wrong. As the facts come into focus, the dominant question that emerges is …
Washington Post:
Louisiana Goes After Federal Billions — Louisiana's congressional delegation has requested $40 billion for Army Corps of Engineers projects in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, about 10 times the annual Corps budget for the entire nation, or 16 times the amount the Corps has said it would need …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
A Swamp of Corruption — In Katrina's wake, Louisiana's political culture needs a cleanup too. — Perhaps no footage from Hurricane Katrina was replayed more often than the "Meet the Press" clip of Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish, La., telling Tim Russert that bureaucrats had …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
IS THIS PORK? … This needs to be a non-starter. It is, to me, an open and under-debated question whether the federal government should fund the rebuilding of New Orleans — I'm inclined to agree with the polls that say it shouldn't — but this is a naked grab for money …
Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:
Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest — WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan, the California woman driven by her son's death in Iraq to re-ignite 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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Washington Post:
New Analyses Bolster Central Tenets of Evolution Theory — Pa. Trial Will Ask Whether 'Alternatives' Can Pass as Science — When scientists announced last month they had determined the exact order of all 3 billion bits of genetic code that go into making a chimpanzee …
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Josh Getlin / Los Angeles Times:
'Intelligent Design' Trial Begins Today — A court case brought by parents in Pennsylvania could have a profound impact on America's debate over religion and its role in public life. — DOVER, Pa. — In the beginning, members of the Dover Area School District board wrangled …
Michael Powell / Washington Post:Parents Seek to Block Teaching of 'Intelligent Design'
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Tim Russert's Effective Ambush — We have one thing to say about Tim Russert's almost cliched ambush of a guest from whom he did have a right to seek on-the-record clarifications: "Oye." — If a reporter gets a dramatic quote or piece of broadcast tape and runs it — and runs with it …
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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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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.
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John / AMERICAblog:
US soldiers allegedly trading pictures of dead Iraqis & Afghanis for porn — WARNING: The links in this story are to graphic, gruesome pictures of dead bodies, and some include graphic sexual content as well. — (This soldier is proudly presenting what appears to be a bloody dismembered human arm dangling …
Smash / The Indepundit:
Fracture Lines — IT BEGINS, as these things always do, with a march through downtown. — Angry-looking youth in masks lead the way, waving their Palestinian, Iraqi, and anarchist flags behind a red banner that reads "Justice for Palestine, Justice for Immigrants, Justice for the Katrina Survivors."
jacksonholestartrib.com:
Freudenthal says national Dem leaders too liberal for Wyoming — GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — State Democrats should distance themselves from liberal national party leaders whose agenda frequently differs from Wyoming, Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal told state party members at a meeting attended …
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