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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:
Air Marshal Kills Erratic Passenger in Miami — MIAMI — An agitated passenger who claimed to have a bomb in his backpack was shot and killed by a federal air marshal Wednesday after he bolted frantically from a jetliner that was boarding for takeoff, officials said. No bomb was found.
Andrew Cochran / The Counterterrorism Blog:
Air Marshals Kill Airline Passenger Near Plane at Miami Airport (updated) — LAST UPDATE AT 5:40 PM ET. Passenger shot near American Airlines plane parked at gate at Miami International after originating in Columbia and bound for Orlando. AP, quoting DHS spokesman Brian Doyle …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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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.
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.
CBS News:
Poll: Bush's Ratings Bump Up — (CBS) There is good news and bad news in this poll for President George W. Bush. Americans have become more positive about the economy; more than half think the economy is in good shape, an 8-point increase since October. — The President's overall approval rating …
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Ron Hutcheson / Knight Ridder:
Administration objects to story describing Alito as conservative — WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is mounting an aggressive effort to counter a Knight Ridder story that described Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito as a committed judicial conservative.
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 …
Peter Heinlein / Voice of America:
US Blasts Security Council for Failing to Condemn Terror Attack in Israel — Washington's ambassador to the United Nations has criticized the Security Council for failing to condemn the latest terrorist attack in Israel. — The envoy singled out Algeria for blocking a U.S. drafted statement.
White House:
President and Mrs. Bush Participate in Menorah Lighting Ceremony — THE PRESIDENT: Welcome to the White House. Laura and I are glad you're here, and we're glad to be here to celebrate the festival of Hanukkah. Hanukkah begins later this month; it's a time to remember the story …
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