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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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New York Times:
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 …
Bull Moose:
Listen Up, Democrats — Dr. Moose offers some tough love for the donkey. — There is only one force that can save the Republican Party and it is called the Democratic Party. The truth of that axiom has been reinforced over the past three weeks. When the President was plummeting in the polls …
Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Lieberman's Pro-War Views Concern Dems — WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman's staunch stay-the-course defense of President Bush's Iraq policies isn't winning him any friends among fellow Democrats. — Lieberman's pro-war views may be winning him praise from a grateful White House …
Nico / Think Progress:Lonesome Joe: — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) …
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
U.S., Under Fire, Eases Its Stance in Climate Talks — MONTREAL, Saturday, Dec. 10 - The United States dropped its opposition early Saturday morning to nonbinding talks on addressing global warming after a few words were adjusted in the text of statements that, 24 hours earlier …
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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 …
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Staff Opinions Banned In Voting Rights Cases — Criticism of Justice Dept.'s Rights Division Grows — The Justice Department has barred staff attorneys from offering recommendations in major Voting Rights Act cases, marking a significant change in the procedures meant to insulate …
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 …
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."
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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.
Anslee Willett / gazette.com:
ACLU: Protesters placed in terror files — The names and licenseplate numbers of about 30 people who protested three years ago in Colorado Springs were put into FBI domestic-terrorism files, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Colorado said Thursday.
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 …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Justice Department Asks Court to Release Case of Terrorism Suspect — WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 - The Bush administration pleaded with a federal appeals court on Friday to allow Jose Padilla, who is accused of terrorism, to be released from military custody so he could face criminal charges in a civilian court.
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
U.S. Rebuffs Red Cross Request for Access to Detainees Held in Secret — WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 - The United States said Friday that it would continue to deny the International Committee of the Red Cross access to "a very small, limited number" of prisoners who are held in secret around the world …
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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.
