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Deepti Hajela / Associated Press:
ABC's Woodruff, Cameraman Injured in Iraq — ABC News Co-Anchor Bob Woodruff and a Cameraman Injured in IED Attack in Iraq — NEW YORK Jan 29, 2006 — ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were seriously injured Sunday in an explosion while reporting from Iraq, the network said Sunday.
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ABC News' Bob Woodruff and Cameraman Injured in Iraq — 'World News Tonight' Co-Anchor and Cameraman Slammed by IED While with Iraqi Army — Jan. 29, 2006 — "World News Tonight" anchor, Bob Woodruff and his cameraman, Doug Vogt, were injured and are in serious condition after their convoy …
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ABC News' Bob Woodruff and Cameraman in Stable Condition After Iraq Attack — 'World News Tonight' Co-Anchor and Cameraman Slammed by Explosive device While Traveling With Iraqi Forces — Jan. 29, 2006 — "World News Tonight" co-anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman …
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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
Embedding, No Silver Bullet — I've been one of the people making the argument that if reporters have felt unsafe leaving the Green Zone in Iraq, that embedding with the military more often is one solution. — But clearly that isn't a "silver bullet," a way to guarantee people's saftey …
CNN:
ABC anchor, cameraman in Iraq seriously wounded — Hussein trial resumes with chaotic expulsions, walkout — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were seriously wounded Sunday in a roadside bomb attack near Taji, according to a statement from ABC News president David Westin.
Newsweek:
Palace Revolt — They were loyal conservatives, and Bush appointees. They fought a quiet battle to rein in the president's power in the war on terror. And they paid a price for it. A NEWSWEEK investigation. — Khue Bui for Newsweek — The White House — By By Daniel Klaidman, Stuart Taylor Jr. and Evan Thomas
Hossein Derakhshan / New York Times:
Democracy's Double Standard — THE day before Iran's ninth presidential elections last June, President Bush sent a discouraging message to potential voters. Iran's electoral process "ignores the basic requirements of democracy," Mr. Bush declared, and these elections would be "sadly consistent" with the country's "oppressive record."
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Jeff / Caerdroia:
A Bit of a Stretch — Glenn Reynolds notes: … A bit of a stretch is right! But that's not even the problem with the article: Derakshan fundamentally does not understand democracy. In order to demonstrate, I'm going to take a bunch of quotes without context.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
AHABS EVERYWHERE — Most Democrats see every event through the filter of their hatred for President Bush. No matter what happens, anywhere in the world, their spin on events is that they discredit the President. Democrats and their media allies are like an armada of Ahabs …
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Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
Democrats Give Bush Ammunition For Use Against — Other Democrats — It was to be expected that President Bush would use his Saturday radio address to bash Democratic Senators and their attempt to filibuster Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court. What is outrageous is that …
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:Kerry Defends Senate Filibuster on Alito as 'a Vote of History'
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Bush's Midterm Challenge — Rebuilding Public Support May Bolster GOP Candidates — President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday night marks the opening of a midterm election year eagerly anticipated by Democrats and fraught with worries for Republicans, whose hopes in November …
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New York Times:
Spies, Lies and Wiretaps — A bit over a week ago, President Bush and his men promised to provide the legal, constitutional and moral justifications for the sort of warrantless spying on Americans that has been illegal for nearly 30 years. Instead, we got the familiar mix of political spin …
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Debate on Climate Shifts to Issue of Irreparable Change — Some Experts on Global Warming Foresee 'Tipping Point' When It Is Too Late to Act — Now that most scientists agree human activity is causing Earth to warm, the central debate has shifted to whether climate change is progressing so rapidly that …
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
PUBLIC vs. PRIVATE....Do private schools do a better job of educating our kids than public schools? Lots of people think so. But a new, large-scale statistical analysis of the 2003 NAEP test results suggests that when you control for things like income, race, home environment, and so forth …
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Diana Jean Schemo / New York Times:Public-School Students Score Well in Math in Large-Scale Government Study
Crooks and Liars:
Hagel: Bush can't violate the law: Blasts Karl Rove also — Hagel: Bush can't violate the law: Blasts Karl Rove also — Sen. Chuch Hagel was on THIS Week and blasted Karl Rove's politicization of terrorism and criticized the administration for attempting to use it to win elections: (rough transcript)
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Faiz / Think Progress:Hagel Echoes Bipartisan Criticism of White House
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Tracey Boles / Times of London:
Shell and Exxon to smash transatlantic profit records — OIL companies on both sides of the Atlantic will gush record profits this week, with America's Exxon Mobil posting the world's biggest-ever profit, and Shell setting a new record for British companies.
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