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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Justice Staff Saw Texas Districting As Illegal — Voting Rights Finding On Map Pushed by DeLay Was Overruled — Justice Department lawyers concluded that the landmark Texas congressional redistricting plan spearheaded by Rep. Tom DeLay (R) violated the Voting Rights Act …
New York Times:
In C.I.A. Leak, More Talks With Journalists — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - A conversation between Karl Rove's lawyer and a journalist for Time magazine led Mr. Rove to change his testimony last year to the grand jury in the C.I.A. leak case, people knowledgeable about the sequence of events said Thursday.
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:MSM Plays Catchup With "Fact-Free" Blogs (Thank You, Tina Brown Edition)
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Lobbyist's Role in Hiring Aides Is Investigated — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - With a federal corruption case intensifying, prosecutors investigating Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist, are examining whether he brokered lucrative jobs for Congressional aides at powerful lobbying firms in exchange …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democratic Lawmakers Splinter on Iraq — Many Surprised as Pelosi Calls for a Fast Pullout — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's embrace Wednesday of a rapid withdrawal from Iraq highlighted the Democratic Party's fissures on war policy, putting the House's top Democrat at odds …
Arab News:
UAE to Hold Elections to National Council — DUBAI, 2 December 2005 — The United Arab Emirates yesterday announced partial elections to the Federal National Council (FNC). The announcement was made on the eve of the country's national day and 13 months after the founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed ibn Sultan Al-Nahayan, passed away.
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Newly Released Papers Energize Alito's Critics — Newly released documents by Samuel A. Alito Jr. touching on abortion and other issues have pumped new life into efforts to sharply challenge his nomination to the Supreme Court, liberal activists said yesterday.
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Ramadi Insurgents Flaunt Threat — U.S. Dismisses Reported Display Of Force as Hype — BAGHDAD, Dec. 1 — Armed fighters claiming allegiance to Abu Musab Zarqawi took to the streets of a western Iraqi provincial capital Thursday in a fleeting show aimed at intimidating Iraqi Sunni Arab leaders taking part …
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New York Times:
Senate Summons Pentagon to Explain Effort to Plant News Stories in Iraqi Media — WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 - The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee summoned top Pentagon officials to a closed-door session on Capitol Hill on Friday to explain a reported secret military campaign in Iraq …
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Steve Clemons:
Bush Gossip & Tonight's Ten Minutes on Air America' Majority Report — Barbara Bush is allegedly TICKED off at Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Andy Card, nearly all of them — except Karen Hughes — for how her boy is faring in the hearts and minds of Americans. — The matriarch of the Bush clan …
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Washington Post:
NATION IN BRIEF — Kansas Professor's E-Mail Leads to Course Cancellation — TOPEKA, Kan. — A University of Kansas course devoted to debunking creationism and "intelligent design" has been canceled after the professor caused a furor by sending an e-mail mocking Christian fundamentalists.
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Gerard Baker / Times of London:
Yes, we have opened Pandora's box in Iraq - but freedom has sprung free — ON BOTH SIDES of the Atlantic, the Stop The War cries are deafening now. Fold the tents; cut the losses; bring them home. — Some of the pleading comes from people whose motives are purely mischievous.
Clay Robison / Houston Chronicle:
Former justice may seek bid for governor — But Gammage, who wants to fight 'corruption,' may have to explain his role in a scandal — AUSTIN - Bob Gammage, a former Texas Supreme Court justice who participated in four school finance decisions, said Thursday he is likely to seek …
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New York Times:
Lofty Promise of Saturn Plant Runs Into G.M.'s Fiscal Reality — SPRING HILL, Tenn., Nov. 29 - This was the factory that was going to revive the American automobile industry, proving that Detroit could build quality cars and win back buyers who had defected to the Japanese.
Tamar Lewin / New York Times:
Openly Gay Student's Lawsuit Over Privacy Will Proceed — In a case involving a California high school girl who was openly gay at school, a federal judge has ruled that the girl, Charlene Nguon, may proceed with a lawsuit charging that her privacy rights were violated when the principal called her mother and disclosed that she is gay.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Profusion of Rebel Groups Helps Them Survive in Iraq — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 1 - Here is a small sampling of the insurgent groups that have claimed responsibility for attacks on Americans and Iraqis in the last few months: — Supporters of the Sunni People. The Men's Faith Brigade. The Islamic Anger.
Nathan Newman / houseoflabor.tpmcafe.com:
House of Labor — 5000 Janitors Organize in Delay's Back Yard — Nothing like this has been seen in twenty-five years in Houston: 5000 Houston janitors have organized a union at the four largest cleaning companies in the city. — Now what's the big deal about 5000 members?
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