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Robert Burns / Associated Press:
10 Marines Killed in Bombing Near Fallujah — WASHINGTON - Ten Marines on foot patrol were killed and 11 wounded by a roadside bomb near Fallujah, Iraq, in one of the deadliest attack on American troops in recent months, the Marine Corps announced on Friday.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
12/01/05 FOX Poll: Bush Approval Rises; Public Split on Pre-War Intel — NEW YORK — President George W. Bush's approval rating recovered a few points in the week's FOX News poll, though slightly more Americans still disapprove than approve of his job performance.
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Skippy / skippy the bush kangaroo:
is maureen dowd necessary? - a skippy musing — while most of the left side of blogtopia (yes! we coined that phrase!) was busy watching howard dean on jay leno wednesday night, we, being the contrarians we are, tuned into david letterman. much to our chagrin, there sat maureen dowd …
Alex Raksin / Los Angeles Times:
3 Species of Fruit Bat Found to Harbor Deadly Ebola Virus — Tests by scientists in Gabon and Congo detect traces of the pathogen. Human infection may have occurred through eating the animals. — Researchers working in Gabon and Congo have identified three species of fruit bat …
Patrick D. Healy / New York Times:
Pataki and Pirro Discuss Ending Senate Race — Gov. George E. Pataki and Jeanine F. Pirro today discussed whether she should end her troubled campaign to unseat Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, with Ms. Pirro seeking his advice and the governor asking her to think hard about dropping the bid …
Newdonkey / NewDonkey.com:
In Defense of The Moose — I rise today to a point of personal privilege: the opportunity to defend my friend and colleague, and fellow blogospheric furry mammal, The Bull Moose (a.k.a., Marshall Wittmann) from a double-barreled attempt over at DailyKos to barbecue his tough old hide.
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White House:
President Discusses Strong Economic Growth and Job Creation — THE PRESIDENT: Thanks to good, old-fashioned American hard work and productivity, innovation, and sound economic policies of cutting taxes and restraining spending, our economy continues to gain strength and momentum.
Kimberly Hefling / timesleader.com:
Third party group, Santorum campaign use same footage — WASHINGTON - If the grandfather and grandson walking together in Sen. Rick Santorum's Internet ad look familiar, it could be because the same two actors are in a television ad that a third-party group is running in support of Santorum.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Leak Ruling Has Mystery, 8 Blank Pages — There are eight blank pages in the public version of a decision the federal appeals court in Washington issued in February. The decision ordered two reporters to be jailed unless they agreed to testify before a grand jury investigating the disclosure …
Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:
The RT Strategies Iraq Poll — Yesterday's front-page analysis of President Bush's Iraq speech earlier this week by the Washington Post's Peter Baker included a reference to some recent survey data: … In an item in last Sunday's "Politics" column, the Post's Chris Cillizza called the poll …
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Media Matters for America:
Coulter to O'Reilly on Media Matters: "little Nazi block watcher[]" website that "want[s] to keep me off" of CNN — On the December 1 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, host Bill O'Reilly invited right-wing pundit Ann Coulter on the show to discuss "far-left smear websites."
Caroline E. Mayer / Washington Post:
Lawyers Ready Suit Over Soda — Case Being Built Linking Obesity To Sale in Schools — The fight against sugary soft drinks is beginning to foam over. — A coalition of lawyers who have actively and successfully sued tobacco companies says it is close to filing a class-action lawsuit …
Associated Press:
Congress to look into 'deeply flawed' BCS system — HOUSTON — Calling the Bowl Championship Series "deeply flawed," the chairman of a congressional committee has called a hearing on the controversial system used to determine college football's national champion.
Los Angeles Times:
Snagging a Rogue Snitch — A Yemeni immigrant's activities cast a shadow on federal agencies' use of informants. One man the felon fingered didn't go quietly to prison. — SAN FRANCISCO — The black sedans arrived late in the day. Six federal agents in windbreakers got out …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
New Video: Peace Activists Threatened With Death — UPDATE: Confirmed by MSM sources. We are working on obtaining the raw video. — According to Matt Drudge, Al Jazeera has broadcast a video which purportedly threatens the life of four Western peace activists in Iraq.
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
As Senate Possibility, Menendez Carries Assets and Baggage — Representative Robert Menendez has fought his way up the ladder of New Jersey politics, rung by rung, to an influential role as the highest-ranking Hispanic in the House of Representatives. — He started his career …
