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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
White House Accuses Gore of Hypocrisy — WASHINGTON - The White House accused former Vice President Al Gore of hypocrisy Tuesday for his assertion that President Bush broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval. — "If Al Gore is going to be the voice of the Democrats …
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Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends — WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists.
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CNN:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE — Interview With Alberto Gonzales; Interview With James Risen — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, does the government need permission to spy on Americans it suspects are talking to terrorists?
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Two Groups Planning to Sue Over Federal Eavesdropping — WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - Two leading civil rights groups plan to file lawsuits Tuesday against the Bush administration over its domestic spying program to determine whether the operation was used to monitor 10 defense lawyers, journalists …
PR Newswire:
ACLU Sues to Stop Illegal Spying on Americans, Saying President is Not Above the Law — Prominent Journalists, Nonprofit Groups, Terrorism Experts and Community Advocates Join First Lawsuit to Challenge New NSA Spying Program — NEW YORK, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Saying …
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:Groups Sue to Stop Domestic Spying Program
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Judd / Think Progress:In Desperation, Gonzales Smears Gore
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting, upheld Oregon's one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court nullifies ban on assisted suicide — The Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the way for Oregon to continue to allow doctors to provide the drugs that terminally ill patients may use to take their own lives. The Court, saying that the U.S. attorney general had sought to make "a radical shift" …
CBS News:
Alito Nomination Vote Put Off A Week — (CBS/AP) The Senate Judiciary Committee was planning to vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Judge Samuel Alito's nomination as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. — But late Monday, as had been expected, the voting got postponed.
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Bill Sam / Washington Times:
Laura defends the GOP — MONROVIA, Liberia — First lady Laura Bush yesterday rejected Democratic claims that Republicans are mired in a "culture of corruption" and said she'd be "glad" to campaign for Republican candidates in the fall. — "It isn't true," Mrs. Bush said of the …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions — Howard Kurtz has been The Washington Post's media reporter since 1990. He is also the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and the author of "Media Circus," "Hot Air," "Spin Cycle" and "The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media and Manipulation."
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CNN:
Nagin calls for rebuilding 'chocolate' New Orleans — Black majority city 'the way God wants it to be' — NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) — Mayor Ray Nagin on Monday called for the rebuilding of a "chocolate New Orleans" that maintains the city's black majority, saying, "You can't have New Orleans no other way."
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U.S. Wins Support In Iran Dispute — China, Russia Join Call to Suspend Nuclear Program — LONDON, Jan. 16 — China and Russia agreed with the United States, Britain, Germany and France on Monday that Iran must completely suspend its nuclear program, the British Foreign Office said.
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Ted K. to quit club that bans women — U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — who ripped Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women — says he's going to quit a club notorious for discriminating against women "as fast as I can."
CNN:
Mouthy parrot 'reveals sex secret' — LONDON, England — A computer programmer found out his girlfriend was having an affair when his pet parrot kept repeating her lover's name, British media reported Tuesday. — The African grey parrot kept squawking "I love you, Gary" as his owner …
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Paul Stokes / Telegraph:Talking parrot gives away girlfriend's secret lover
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Media Matters for America:
CNN reportedly hires radio host Glenn Beck … The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on January 17 that CNN Headline News has hired Glenn Beck — a nationally syndicated radio host known for making controversial statements — "for a new prime time program."
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Washington Post:
Transcript: Former Vice President Gore's Speech on Constitutional Issues — FORMER VICE PRESIDENT GORE DELIVERS REMARKS ON CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES — SPEAKER: AL GORE, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT — GORE: Thank you very much. — I'd like to thank Michael Ostrolenk for that on-the-spot introduction …
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