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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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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.
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:Democrats Give Bush Ammunition For Use Against — Other Democrats
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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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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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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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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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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.
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.
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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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
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.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Strip Search Sammy Fax Fest Continues — I'm hearing that most of the Senate email and phone message boxes are full, so below are the fax numbers for key senators. If you don't have a fax machine you can send one from your computer (the free fax services seem to be overloaded …
Aljazeera:
UN urged to ban attack on religion — The Muslim world's two main political bodies say they are seeking a UN resolution, backed by possible sanctions, to protect religions after the publication in Scandinavia of cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. — Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu …
Katrina vanden Heuvel / The Huffington Post:
Liberal Bloggers—Tim Kaine Isn't the Problem — Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat's reply to Bush's State of the Union? There's been fury in the blogosphere about everything from Kaine's looks, style …
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.
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam, Defense Team Walk Out of Trial — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A new judge cracked down Sunday in a chaotic session of Saddam Hussein's trial, ordering a co-defendant and a lawyer expelled from the courtroom. The entire defense team left in protest and Saddam was escorted out after a shouting match in which he yelled, "Down with America!"
