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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Woodruff Injury Shows Journalism Is Dangerous Business — The news that ABC World News Tonight anchor Bob Woodruff and a cameraman were badly injured in Iraq underscores a fact often forgotten in these days when the news media is under fire in many quarters: journalism can be a dangerous business.
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ABCNEWS:
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 …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Two for the Road — ABC's Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff, On the Job but Often Away From Their Desk — The familiar music swells, the prompter rolls, and Elizabeth Vargas is ready at the anchor desk, framed by a massive video wall. — She begins with breaking news — Ford's 30,000 layoffs …
Deepti Hajela / Associated Press:ABC's Woodruff, Cameraman Injured in Iraq
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Hope Yen / Associated Press:
Sen. Obama criticizes filibuster tactic — WASHINGTON - To more effectively oppose Supreme Court nominees in the future, Democrats need to convince the public "their values are at stake" rather than use stalling tactics to try to thwart the president, said a senator who opposes Samuel Alito's confirmation.
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Joan Vennochi / Boston Globe:
Tilting at Alito — IN MASSACHUSETTS, old liberals never die. They just keep tilting at windmills. — At the last minute, Senator John Kerry called for a filibuster to stop the Supreme Court nomination of Samuel A. Alito Jr. Senator Edward M. Kennedy joined the fight.
Associated Press:
Cindy Sheehan Considering Senate Run — CARACAS, Venezuela — Cindy Sheehan, the peace activist who set up camp near President Bush's Texas ranch last summer, said Saturday she is considering running against Sen. Dianne Feinstein to protest what she called the California lawmaker's support for the war in Iraq.
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Associated Press:
Frist: Gov't Unwanted in End-of-Life Cases — WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who took a leading role in the Terry Schiavo case, said Sunday it taught him that Americans do not want the government involved in such end-of-life decisions. — Frist, considered a presidential hopeful …
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Dan Perry / Associated Press:
Clinton: Climate change is the world's biggest worry — DAVOS, Switzerland — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told corporate chieftains and political bigwigs Saturday that climate change was the world's biggest problem _ followed by global inequality and the "apparently irreconcilable" …
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John / AMERICAblog:
Why I Oppose the Filibuster — Before you post any searing criticism of me in response to this post, I ask you to at least give me the decency of actually reading my analysis below. Then go for it. Thank you, JOHN — I understand that my friend Cenk at the Young Turks radio show is taking me on …
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Will Dunham / Reuters:
Army forces 50,000 soldiers into extended duty — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has forced about 50,000 soldiers to continue serving after their voluntary stints ended under a policy called "stop-loss," but while some dispute its fairness, court challenges have fallen flat.
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
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Guess Who Likes the G.I.'s in Iraq (Look in Iran's Halls of Power) — NOT long after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, a top aide to L. Paul Bremer III, then the head of the American occupation authority there, excitedly explained that Iraq had just become the front line …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE SILENCE OF THE TIMES — Last night at the end of his long post "Ahabs everywhere," John took a look at the New York Times article by Eric Lichtblau and Adam Liptak purporting to assess the Bush administration's argument for the legality of the NSA surveillance program.
New York Times:
Corporate Wealth Share Rises for Top-Income Americans — New government data indicate that the concentration of corporate wealth among the highest-income Americans grew significantly in 2003, as a trend that began in 1991 accelerated in the first year that President Bush and Congress cut taxes on capital.
Matthew B. Stannard / San Francisco Chronicle:
THE WAR WITHIN — Pike County, Ky. — BATTLE SCARS: The photo of the 'Marlboro Man' in Fallujah became a symbol of the Iraq conflict when it ran in newspapers across America in 2004. Now the soldier has returned home to Kentucky,where he battles the demons of post-traumatic stress
Paul Boutin:
Chinese Google filter only works if you can spell — google.cn image search for Tiananmen: Gate of Heavenly Peace. — google.cn image search for Tianenmen, Tienanmen and Tiananman: Tanks, tanks, more tanks. — Try it yourself: Compare the same image search on google.com and google.cn.
Yuki Noguchi / Washington Post:
Google Hits Glitches Over Video Site, China — After a run-up in stock price, good press and public accolades, Google Inc. hit a rough patch this week. — The popular Internet company acknowledged a design flaw in its recently launched video service and released a version of its search engine …
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Washington Whispers: Under Secretary of State Robert Joseph Refers to Germans and the French as "Surrender Monkeys" — Needs to Go Back to Diplomacy School — John Bolton's successor at the Department of State as Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security is Robert "Bob" Joseph.
James Wolcott:
PAJAMA PARTY SPRINGS A LEAK — When bloggers are in full war cry against Big Bad Butt-Ugly Mainstream Media, they demand transparency and accountability from these bureaucratic dinosaurs tottering on the bottom line of extinction; they want files thrown open, memos released, heads lopped, apologies tendered.
