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Arnold Hamilton / Dallas Morning News:
OU says student who blew himself up had history of problems — Extensive campus search turns up no other explosive devices — NORMAN, Okla. - A University of Oklahoma student who killed himself by detonating a bomb near the jam-packed Sooner football stadium apparently had a history of emotional problems, authorities said Sunday.
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Scrivener.net:
The Times' new Public Editor seems to have a question. — Byron Calame asks, "Why would anybody pay $49.95 to read a bunch of OpEd writers who get their stuff from Kos and then all just repeat each other?" Or just about... Five times the same error is made by three op-eders and a reporter.
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Don Surber
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Kim Sengupta / Independent:
Iraq war delayed Katrina relief effort, inquiry finds — Relief efforts to combat Hurricane Katrina suffered near catastrophic failures due to endemic corruption, divisions within the military and troop shortages caused by the Iraq war, an official American inquiry into the disaster has revealed.
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King of Zembla
Yahya Barzanji / Associated Press:
Iraq's President Calls for PM to Step Down — KIRKUK, Iraq - Iraq's Kurdish president called on the country's Shiite prime minister to step down, the spokesman for the president's party said Sunday, escalating a political split between the two factions that make up the government.
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BBC:
Mandela wins BBC's 'global election' — Former South African President Nelson Mandela has topped a BBC poll to find the person most people would like to lead a fantasy world government. — More than 15,000 people worldwide took part in the interactive Power Play game …
mirror.co.uk:
KEEP IT SEALED KEEP IT SECRET — EXCLUSIVE: Secret paper links Thatcher to freebies probe — A DOCUMENT linking Margaret Thatcher to a US corruption probe is so explosive civil servants have been asked to ensure it remains "sealed". — The 79-year-old former Premier …
Charles Murray / Opinion Journal:
The Hallmark of the Underclass — The poverty Katrina underscored is primarily moral, not material. — Watching the courage of ordinary low-income people as they deal with the aftermath of Katrina and Rita, it is hard to decide which politicians are more contemptible …
Dana Priest / Washington Post:
Generals Are Upbeat on Iraq — Tone on TV Is Brighter Than Before Congress — The two top U.S. commanders in charge of the Iraq war, appearing separately on a total of four network talk shows yesterday, amended more sobering statements they had made to Congress and reporters last week.
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The Agonist
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Opinions:
Whose Fault Is Pork? — THE HUGE EXPANSION of government overseen by the supposed party of small government has provoked a conservative backlash. The Heritage Foundation, which is usually respectful of Republican Party officeholders, recently noted that the party's ascendancy has coincided …
CBS News:
Ike Was Right About War Machine — (CBS) The following is a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by CBS News correspondent Andy Rooney. It was first broadcast Oct. 2, 2005. — I'm not really clear how much a billion dollars is but the United States — our United States — is spending $5.6 billion …
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Gateway Pundit
Drudge Report:
'COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF' SUTHERLAND: BUSH WILL DESTROY OUR LIVES — Choking back tears, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF star Donald Sutherland warned this week: President Bush "will destroy our lives!" — The star of the new ABC drama, which follows the first woman President of the United States …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Time Out Of Mind (WaPo, Too) — Neither the Times nor the WaPo seem able to keep certain details of the Wilson/Plame/"16 Words" saga in proper order. — Let's start with the Saturday Times: … And, perhaps relying on the paper of record, the Sunday WaPo gives us this:
Jonathan Alter / Newsweek:
Tom DeLay's House of Shame — Congress has always had its share of extremists. But the DeLay era is the first time the fringe has ever been in charge. — Oct. 10, 2005 issue - A decade ago, I paid a call on Tom DeLay in his ornate office in the Capitol. I had heard a rumor about him that I figured could not possibly be true.
CNN:
Twenty die as New York tour boat capsizes — Passengers were senior citizens — (CNN) — A tour boat carrying a group of senior citizens capsized and sank on an upstate New York lake Sunday, killing 20 passengers, local authorities said. — The Ethan Allen was carrying 48 passengers …
Atrios / nospeedbumps.com:
Classy Quote — One thing that you can say about Duncan Black (alias Atrios, pictured above) is that he is out in the open in telling you all of the people that he hates. For some reason Duncan Black appears to think that he has a free-pass to viscously denounce those that he politically disagrees with.
Pieter Dorsman / Peaktalk:
WHY BALI? — It may be instructive to pause of a second and realize that Bali is not just targeted because it's an attractive place to hit vacationing westerners and disrupt a steady inflow of tourist dollars. — Remember, this is a religious war and while al-Qaeda and its affiliates …
Rebecca Carr / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
CDC locks up flu data — Critics call policy too restrictive — Washington — Amid growing concerns that avian influenza will develop into a deadly pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is under fire by some in the scientific community for hoarding data crucial for vaccine development.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
The Next New Big Development In Plamegate Is....? — Think Progress has a tidbit that, if true, could completely change the dynamics of the last three years of President George Bush's term — and note that we said "if" true: … Of course, as we read this today on Oct. 2 …
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Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
CIA Leak: 'Awkward' Talk Helps Free Miller From Jail — Oct. 10, 2005 issue - New York Times reporter Judy Miller broke her silence and agreed to testify before a federal grand jury last week. This followed tense, often acrimonious negotiations that began after special Justice Department …
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