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Lieberman's Iraq Stance Brings Widening Split With His Party — WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 - Five years after running as the vice-presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket and a year after his own presidential bid, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut has become an increasingly unwelcome figure within …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Lieberman Wins Republican Friends, Democratic Enemies With Support for War — Five years ago, Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman was one of President Bush's arch political rivals. Now many in his party complain that he sounds more like Bush's running mate. — The Connecticut Democrat's strong public defense …
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Nico / Think Progress:Lonesome Joe: — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) …
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
U.S. Delegation Walks Out of Climate Talks — MONTREAL, Dec. 9 - Two weeks of treaty talks on global warming neared an end today with the world's current and projected leaders in emissions of greenhouse gases, the United States and China, still refusing to take any mandatory steps to avoid dangerous climate change.
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Greg Sargent / newyorkmag.com:
Bush Threatens U.N. Over Clinton Climate Speech — Bush-administration officials privately threatened organizers of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, telling them that any chance there might've been for the United States to sign on to the Kyoto global-warming protocol would be scuttled …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Live Tracking of Mobile Phones Prompts Court Fights on Privacy — Most Americans carry cellphones, but many may not know that government agencies can track their movements through the signals emanating from the handset. — In recent years, law enforcement officials have turned …
Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Psychiatry Ponders Whether Extreme Bias Can Be an Illness — The 48-year-old man turned down a job because he feared that a co-worker would be gay. He was upset that gay culture was becoming mainstream and blamed most of his personal, professional and emotional problems on the gay and lesbian movement.
dod.gov:
Citizens Turn Over 'Butcher of Ramadi' to Iraqi, U.S. Troops — WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2005 - The terrorist known as "the Butcher of Ramadi" was detained today, turned in by local citizens in the provincial capital of Iraq's Anbar province, U.S. military officials in Iraq reported.
T.R. Reid / Washington Post:
Spanish At School Translates to Suspension — KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 8 — Most of the time, 16-year-old Zach Rubio converses in clear, unaccented American teen-speak, a form of English in which the three most common words are "like," "whatever" and "totally."
Associated Press:
Bush's approval rating rises to 42 percent — Ratings are at highest level since last summer — President Bush speaks at a Republican fundraiser for Rep. Mark Kennedy, R-Minn., on Friday in Minneapolis. — WASHINGTON - President Bush's improved standing with whites, men …
Michael J. Totten:
Arrival in Egypt … CAIRO - I love flying in and out of Beirut. I've done it several times now, always at night. The view from the plane is spectacular. Lebanon is small - less than 50 miles wide and less than 100 miles long. The coast and the western side of the mountains are almost totally urbanized.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Boston Muslim Group Major Al-Qaeda Fundraiser: Treasury Dept — The Treasury Department has identified the Islamic Society of Boston and its founder, the now-imprisoned Abdurahman Alamoudi, as major financial contributors to the al-Qaeda network and a conduit for Saudi funds to radical Islamist terrorism.
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Candidates Welcome Bush — Despite Dip in Polls, He's Like a Magnet for GOP Money — Slumping poll numbers and rebellion in Republican ranks have been tormenting President Bush for months. But he is still welcomed with open arms — and checkbooks — when he comes to town with a promise to raise campaign cash for GOP candidates.
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
Romney says no hospitals are exempt from pill law — He reverses stand on Plan B — Governor Mitt Romney reversed course on the state's new emergency contraception law yesterday, saying that all hospitals in the state will be obligated to provide the morning-after pill to rape victims.
Los Angeles Times:
Paramount Buys DreamWorks in Billion-Dollar Deal — Paramount Pictures has agreed to buy the live-action unit of DreamWorks SKG in an estimated $1.5 billion deal, people familiar with the deal said today. — The agreement between DreamWorks and Paramount, a division of New York-based Viacom Inc. …
