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Kevin Hayden / The American Street:
Gangrape Rewarded — I attended this trial. It was especially interesting that the prosecutor kept referring to the three men involved as 'boys', when they were fully grown men. The woman was 17. — The judge found inconsistencies in all of the stories, thus establishing reasonable doubt in every story.
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Shakespeare's Sister:
Don't Just Blame the Victim; Prosecute Her — A 17-year-old girl went to police at the urging of her friends after she was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including her boyfriend. The men testified that the act was consensual. After reviewing all the information and statements …
The Heretik:
TYPICAL — THE TYPICAL RESPONSE to rape in centuries past was the women asked for it. Now the typical response in Beaverton, Oregon may be go after the woman who claims rape if the charge of rape can't be proven. Because rape has historically been so well investigated and prosecutors in the past have cared so much.
Washington Post:
Rove Team Cites Warning From Reporter — Talk With Time's Novak Figures in Effort to Show Bush Adviser Did Not Lie — A reporter for Time magazine told Karl Rove's attorney in early 2004 that the White House deputy chief of staff might be in more legal trouble than he originally thought …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
'84 Alito Memo Backed Police Who Shot Unarmed Suspect — The Supreme Court nominee wrote that killing the teen could be 'justified as reasonable.' It reinforces his image as pro-law enforcement. — WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s views on abortion caused a stir this week …
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New York Times:
Judge Alito and Abortion — Judge Samuel Alito Jr., President Bush's Supreme Court nominee, promised yesterday that his personal views would not be a factor in how he approached abortion cases. The trouble is that there is mounting evidence that Judge Alito has been hoping for years …
Charles Babington / Washington Post:Alito Distances Himself From 1985 Memos
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duluthsuperior.com:
State Department checks citizen representatives' political views — GOVERNMENT:Before private American citizens go overseas to represent the U.S., they are vetted to ensure their views mesh with those of the administration. — WASHINGTON - The State Department has been using political litmus tests …
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Obsidian Wings
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
FORWARD PROGRESS ON HAIFA STREET — I can imagine a scenario where various media outlets "divvied up" the President's speech at Annapolis, each claming a critical passage to do their best to discredit. This didn't happen, of course, but it's not hard to picture them printing the speech …
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Wearying Wait for Federal Aid in New Orleans — NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2 - They are the faces and voices of a city's desperation. Stepping wearily up to a Federal Emergency Management Agency help center here, all have a similar story of ruin in the past, anxiety over the future and frustration in the present …
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Just a Bump in the Beltway
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Washington Post:
Military Says It Paid Iraq Papers for News — Possible 'Improprieties' to Be Investigated — The U.S. military command in Baghdad acknowledged for the first time yesterday that it has paid Iraqi newspapers to carry positive news about U.S. efforts in Iraq, but officials characterized …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:Just Doing Business The Iraqi Way (Updated And Bump)
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Report Finds Cover-Up in an F.B.I. Terror Case — WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 - Officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation mishandled a Florida terror investigation, falsified documents in the case in an effort to cover repeated missteps and retaliated against an agent who first complained about the problems …
Washington Post:
Junkyard Dogs of War — At a sprawling, run-down industrial complex in Donetsk, Ukraine, weeds grow along a rusty rail spur that winds among World War II-era warehouses and factories. Little security is evident, and the facility looks like a giant junkyard.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
White House Seeks a Strategy for Victory, at Home and in Iraq — WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 - There could be no doubt about the theme of President Bush's Iraqi war strategy speech on Wednesday at the Naval Academy. He used the word victory 15 times in the address; "Plan for Victory" …
Major John / Miserable Donuts:
An Army Broken? — With all the eagerness of a dog returning to something it has vomited up, the conventional media has latched onto Rep. Murtha's rambling discourse about the Army being "broken" and "has done all they can." — Unmitigated crap. And I don't say this out of defensiveness …
Brian S. Wesbury / Opinion Journal:
Pouting Pundits of Pessimism — Every bit of good economic news gives them reason for despair. — During a quarter century of analyzing and forecasting the economy, I have never seen anything like this. No matter what happens, no matter what data are released, no matter which way markets move …
ThreatsWatch.Org:
The Teufelhunden of the 3/6 — The past, present and future of the Devil Dogs of the 3/6 — CAMP AL QAIM, IRAQ: Walk into the battalion headquarters of the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment at Camp Al Qaim, and three things will immediately catch your eye. The first is the tribute to the Marines of the 3/6 killed in Iraq.
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Bob Geiger / Yellow Dog Blog:
Right-Wing Group Declares War on Americans — Making the rounds in e-mail boxes all over the globe yesterday, was a hateful little diatribe from the right-wing group Move America Forward, that essentially declared war on every American who is against the Iraq quagmire and the pack of lies that took us there.
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