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Washington Post:
Bush's Integrity Is Questioned, According to Post-ABC Poll — For the first time in his presidency, a majority of Americans question the integrity of President Bush, and growing doubts about his leadership have left him with record negative ratings on the economy, Iraq and even the war on terrorism …
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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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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.
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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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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:
Paris-Area Riots Spread to 20 Towns — AULNAY-SOUS-BOIS, France - A week of riots in poor neighborhoods outside Paris gained dangerous new momentum Thursday, with youths shooting at police and firefighters and attacking trains and symbols of the French state.
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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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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 …
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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 …
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.
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Washington Times, Dr. Sanity, Decision '08, The Anchoress, The Blogging of the President and Classical Values
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 …
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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MSNBC:
Key al-Qaida figure reportedly captured — WASHINGTON - A key figure in al-Qaida's terror network in Europe is under arrest, U.S. counterterrorism officials tell NBC News. — Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, say that the alleged terrorist, Mustafa Setmariam Nasar …
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
For Americans, Getting Sick Has Its Price — Survey Says U.S. Patients Pay More, Get Less Than Those in Other Western Nations — Americans pay more when they get sick than people in other Western nations and get more confused, error-prone treatment, according to the largest survey to compare U.S. health care with other nations.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Why the Dems Need James Carville to Take a Long, Long Vacation — During a week when Harry Reid and the Dems finally found their spines and their voices on Plamegate and the war, it was deeply disturbing to see James Carville parading his tired, old, and utterly clueless act all over the TV …
