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New York Times:
Doing the President's Dirty Work — Is there any aspect of President Bush's miserable record on intelligence that Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is not willing to excuse and help to cover up? — For more than a year, Mr. Roberts has been dragging …
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Washington Post:
Senate Rejects Wiretapping Probe — But Judge Orders Justice Department to Turn Over Documents — The Bush administration helped derail a Senate bid to investigate a warrantless eavesdropping program yesterday after signaling it would reject Congress's request to have former attorney …
New York Times:
Accord in House to Hold Inquiry on Surveillance — WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 — Leaders of the House Intelligence Committee said Thursday that they had agreed to open a Congressional inquiry prompted by the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program. But a dispute immediately broke …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
What Is the Value of Algebra? — I am haunted by Gabriela Ocampo. — Last year, she dropped out of the 12th grade at Birmingham High School in Los Angeles after failing algebra six times in six semesters, trying it a seventh time and finally just despairing over ever getting it.
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PZ Myers / Pharyngula:
Richard Cohen, advocate for ignorance — Here is a serious problem: … That's Richard Cohen, who is supposedly the 'liberal' columnist for the Washington Post, giving advice to a young girl. — It's outrageous. — Because Richard Cohen is ignorant of elementary mathematics …
Jim Hansen / Independent:
Climate change: On the edge — Greenland ice cap breaking up at twice the rate it was five years ago, says scientist Bush tried to gag — A satellite study of the Greenland ice cap shows that it is melting far faster than scientists had feared - twice as much ice is going into the sea as it was five years ago.
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Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
Cleric: $1 Million to Kill Cartoonist — PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistani cleric announced Friday a $1 million bounty for killing a cartoonist who drew Prophet Muhammad, as thousands joined street protests and Denmark temporarily closed its embassy and advised its citizens to leave the country.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Specter Denies Funneling Money for Lobbyist — WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 — Senator Arlen Specter defended himself and a member of his staff on Thursday after the disclosure that clients of a lobbyist married to the staff member had received money through the senator's actions.
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Cameron W. Barr / Washington Post:
Policing Porn Is Not Part of Job Description — Montgomery Homeland Security Officers Reassigned After Library Incident — Two uniformed men strolled into the main room of the Little Falls library in Bethesda one day last week and demanded the attention of all patrons using the computers.
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Shibley Telhami / Washington Post:
In the Mideast, the Third Way Is a Myth — The reality shown by Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections is this: If fully free elections were held today in the rest of the Arab world, Islamist parties would win in most states. Even with intensive international efforts to support …
John Pomfret / Washington Post:
Cheney Shooting Case Is Closed in Texas — Report on Accident Backs Explanations by Vice President and Ranch Owner — CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., Feb. 16 — The sheriff's department responsible for investigating Vice President Cheney's shooting of a Texas lawyer has closed its investigation …
Vaughn Ververs / News Blog:
Outside Voices: Tim Graham On What Conservative Media Critics Are And Aren't — Each week we invite someone from outside PE to weigh in with their thoughts about CBS News and the media at large. This week we turned to Tim Graham, Director of Media Analysis for the Media Research Center.
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Exposing Liberal Media Bias
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Quell Quailgate — Cheney's Call Was Wrong but Understandable — I'm just glad he didn't shoot Scalia. — Well, everyone's entitled to one Quailgate joke, so that's mine. Although the best one, occurring at the White House news briefing Monday, was only inadvertently funny.
Michelle Malkin:
STOP THE PORT SELLOUT — ***scroll for updates*** — Forget about the Cheney accidental shooting. Based on my e-mail and the growing outcry from both sides of the political aisle, this was and is the big story of the week—and it's picking up steam: … No. The buck stops with the White House.
New York Times:
On Private Web Site, Wal-Mart Chief Talks Tough — In a confidential, internal Web site for Wal-Mart's managers, the company's chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr., seemed to have a rare, unscripted moment when one manager asked him why "the largest company on the planet cannot offer some type of medical retirement benefits?"
