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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!
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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Mary Katharine / Right Wing News:Cindy Sheehan Arrested
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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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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 …
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 …
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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Michael Powell / Washington Post:Parents Seek to Block Teaching of 'Intelligent Design'
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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 …
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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.
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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Radio Blogger:
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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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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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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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."
