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John Pain / Associated Press:
Airline Passenger Who Made Threat Killed — MIAMI - A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday on a jetway to an American Airlines plane that had arrived from Colombia, officials said. — Homeland Security Department …
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CNN:
Official: Marshal shoots passenger on Jetway at Miami airport — MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — A person was shot and wounded on the Jetway to an American Airlines passenger jet that was at the terminal at Miami International Airport, an airline official said. — A federal official told CNN …
Associated Press:
Shooting Is Reported on Plane at Miami Airport — MIAMI (AP) — A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot by a federal air marshal Wednesday on a jetway connected to an American Airlines plane that had arrived from Colombia, officials said. — The passenger's condition was not immediately disclosed.
White House:
President Discusses War on Terror and Rebuilding Iraq — Washington, D.C. — In Focus: Renewal in Iraq — Fact Sheet: Rebuilding Iraq — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, all. Richard, thanks for the invitation. Thanks for letting me come by and address the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Carol Leonnig / Washington Post:
Fitzgerald Presents New Information to Grand Jury — First Appearance in Probe Since Libby Indictment — Special Counsel Patrick J. Fitzgerald appeared this morning to present information to a new grand jury in the CIA leak investigation. — Fitzgerald has been probing for two years …
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Washington Post:
Democrats Fear Backlash at Polls for Antiwar Remarks — Strong antiwar comments in recent days by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean have opened anew a party rift over Iraq, with some lawmakers warning that the leaders' rhetorical blasts …
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Hussein Refuses to Attend Trial, So Judge Proceeds Without Him — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 7 - The trial of Saddam Hussein on crimes against humanity proceeded today without the former ruler, who made good on his threat on Tuesday to boycott the hearing, saying he had been mistreated by an "unjust court."
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Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Remember Pearl Harbor — Last May my wife and traveled to Oahu. On Memorial Day Sunday we visited the USS Arizona Memorial. The ship was sunk on Dec. 7, 1941, along with many others. — This is the original ship's bell of USS Arizona, recovered from the sunken vessel and now on display …
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New York Times:
Senator Clinton, in Pander Mode — Hillary Clinton is co-sponsoring a bill to criminalize the burning of the American flag. Her supporters would characterize this as an attempt to find a middle way between those who believe that flag-burning is constitutionally protected free speech …
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Nathan / NathanNewman.org:
Anti-Unionism is the Date Rape of Corporate Crime — Even most liberals deny anti-union crime is widespread or deny that it's even a serious crime at all and anyways the folks doing it are such swell people, we can't expect us to like treat them like criminals, do you?
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Kim Freeman / araw.org:WIDESPREAD USE OF FIRINGS, BRIBES, AND THREATS BY EMPLOYERS
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National Review:
Funny Girl — Chanukah came early for the Goldberg household last month. On November 23, Barbra Streisand wrote a letter to the editor complaining that the Los Angeles Times picked me up as a columnist. As gleeful as I was, I declined to respond. But now, just last night …
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Mark Preston / CNN:
Sources: Menendez tapped for U.S. Senate seat — Democratic Caucus head reported to succeed Corzine — WASHINGTON (CNN) — New Jersey Gov.-elect Jon Corzine will name Rep. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Democratic Caucus, as his successor in the U.S. Senate, multiple New Jersey Democratic sources told CNN Wednesday.
New York Times:
White House and McCain Are Near Deal on Torture Bill — WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 - The White House has all but abandoned its effort to persuade Senator John McCain to exempt Central Intelligence Agency employees from legislation barring inhumane or degrading treatment of prisoners in American custody.
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Mel Gibson Developing Holocaust Mini-Series — LOS ANGELES, Dec. 6 - Mel Gibson, whose "Passion of the Christ" was criticized by some as anti-Semitic - and whose father has said that the Holocaust did not happen - is developing a nonfiction mini-series about the Holocaust.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Governor's Relative Is Big Contract Winner — PASS CHRISTIAN, Miss., Dec. 6 - Rosemary Barbour happens to be married to a nephew of Mississippi's governor, Haley Barbour. Since the Reagan administration, when Mrs. Barbour worked as a White House volunteer as a college student, she has been active in the Republican Party.
Richard Leiby / Washington Post:
The Liberal on Karl Rove's Case — Politics Aside, Robert Luskin May Be Just What the Bush Aide Needs — Karl Rove's greatest defender in Washington these days is a Democratic lawyer and onetime newspaper reporter named Robert Luskin. He is Rove's attorney in the high-stakes CIA leak case …
