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Laylan Copelin / Austin American-Statesman:
Regional judge steps aside in DeLay case — Motion filed by Earle prompted withdrawal; state chief justice, another Republican, will now name trial judge. — In an unprecedented move, Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle, a Democrat, forced a Republican presiding judge from naming …
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April Castro / Associated Press:
Second Judge Out for DeLay Trial — AUSTIN, Texas - Two days after Rep. Tom DeLay won a fight to get a new judge in his case, prosecutors Thursday succeeded in ousting the Republican responsible for selecting the new judge. — Administrative Judge B.B. Schraub withdrew …
Jamey Keaten / Associated Press:
Rioting Spreads to 20 Towns Around Paris — Rioters Shoot at Police, Torch Car Dealerships, Buses in Eighth Day of Violence in Paris Suburbs — AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France Nov 3, 2005 — Rampaging youths shot at police and firefighters Thursday after burning car dealerships and public buses …
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Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Poll: Bush Approval Sagging to New Lows — On Iraq, Economy and Ethics, a Perfect Storm Bedevils Bush — Nov. 3, 2005 — An increasingly unpopular war, an ethics cloud, and broad economic discontent have pushed public opinion of the Bush administration from bad to worse …
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CNN:
'Can I quit now?' FEMA chief wrote as Katrina raged — E-mails give insight into Brown's leadership, attitude — WASHINGTON (CNN) — A Louisiana congressman says e-mails written by the government's emergency response chief as Hurricane Katrina raged show a lack of concern for the unfolding tragedy and a failure in leadership.
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John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
MCCLELLAN GOES AFTER ROVE — The much-discussed Washington Post story this morning headlined "Rove's Future Role Is Debated" is a bit of a breakthrough because it's one of the few times during Dubya's tenure in the White House that the press has been used as a tool to fight an internal battle.
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Richard W. Stevenson / New York Times:
Press Secretary on Trial in the Briefing Room — WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 - It is I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, who is under indictment in the C.I.A. leak case. And it is Karl Rove, President Bush's senior adviser, who remains under investigation.
CNN:
Ex-Cheney aide pleads not guilty — Libby charged with five felony counts in CIA leak probe — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Vice President Dick Cheney's former top adviser made his first court appearance Thursday, pleading not guilty to felony charges of lying to investigators and a grand jury in the probe into a leak of a CIA agent's name.
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New York Times:
Alito's Dissents Show Deference to Lower Courts — Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. dissents slightly more often than the typical appeals court judge, and his dissenting opinions are almost always more conservative than the majority's. — In the several hundred cases he heard over 15 years …
Tom Stuckey / Associated Press:
Race Becomes Issue in Md. Governor's Race — ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A blogger's depiction of Lt. Gov. Michael Steele in minstrel makeup has brought to the surface issues of race — and fidelity to one's race — as the Republican seeks to become Maryland's first black senator.
Reuters:
U.S. court allows survey of children on sex topics — SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Parents have no constitutional right to prevent public schools from exposing children to sexual topics, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday. — The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court …
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Associated Press:
Italian lawmaker: U.S. told of WMD forgeries — Senator says Bush administration was warned Iraq documents were fake — ROME - Italian secret services warned the United States months before it invaded Iraq that a dossier about a purported Saddam Hussein effort to buy uranium in Africa was fake …
John Eggerton / broadcastingcable.com:
Former CPB Chairman Ken Tomlinson Resigns — The Corporation for Public Broadcasting Board of Directors said Thursday that embattled former board chairman Ken Tomlinson has resigned. — The board has been reviewing a CPB Inspector General's report—called for by a pair of congressmen …
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Constant Brand / Associated Press:
Group Says CIA Moved Suspects to Europe — Human Rights Watch Says CIA Moved Terror Suspects to Poland, Romania; Countries Deny Allegations — BRUSSELS, Belgium Nov 3, 2005 — The European Union and the continent's top human rights group said Thursday they will investigate allegations …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
MY FAVORITE DEMOCRAT, PART 21 — Zell Miller is my favorite Democrat. I started this long-running series in March 2003 (with this post); in the series I've noted Miller's speeches, columns, books and other items that reflect his excellence. Yesterday the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published …
Tom Doggett / Reuters:
US Senate backs oil drilling in Alaskan refuge — WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to allow oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), narrowly rejecting a Democratic attempt to strike the plan from a budget bill.
