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Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Will They Go to Court? — So, I suppose the question is...what kind of civil trial will we see, or not see, between Cheney and Whittington? Whittington is certainly no stranger to a court room and to civil litigation. Will Cheney pay him off, preemptively? Will they go to court?
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MSNBC:
Harry Whittington's hospital statement — Man shot by Vice President Cheney says accidents happen … MSNBC TV … Good Afternoon. — All of you in the media have been very patient in waiting for me to make my appearance here. I hope you understand.
CNN:
Man shot by Cheney: 'Accidents do and will happen' — Vice president notes Whittington's recovery in Wyoming speech — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) — Harry Whittington said Friday he was sorry for what Dick Cheney and his family have "had to go through" after the vice president shot him in a weekend hunting accident.
Lynn Brezosky / Associated Press:Hospital Discharges Man Shot by Cheney
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New York Times:
Senate Chairman Splits With Bush on Spy Program — WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 — The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday that he wanted the Bush administration's domestic eavesdropping program brought under the authority of a special intelligence court, a move President Bush has argued is not necessary.
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Pakistan Daily Times:
Clinton urges EU to convict publishers of caricatures — ISLAMABAD: Former US president Bill Clinton on Friday condemned the publication of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) caricatures by European newspapers and urged countries concerned to convict the publishers.
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Jeanne / Body and Soul:
Talents — Can I just say I am so grateful to Barbara for writing this? — I've been slogging around some of my favorite blogs today, feeling dumber than I have since 1970, which is the last time I attempted to understand algebra. — Unlike Barbara, I don't think I was born with the math component of my brain missing.
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Reuters:
Italian court: Not a virgin? Sex crimes aren't as serious — Mussolini's granddaughter slams all-male court after recent rulings — ROME, Italy (Reuters) — Sexually abusing a teenager is less serious a crime if the girl is not a virgin, Italy's higher court said on Friday …
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White House:
President Discusses Global War on Terror Following Briefing at CENTCOM — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome. Thanks for the warm weather. (Laughter.) It's nice to be back here. I just came from MacDill, where I was talking to General Abizaid …
Trevor Butterworth / Financial Times:
Time for the last post — On a winter-cold morning last autumn, before the leaves could summon up the energy to burn and fall, the barbarians entered the gate. A group of feisty young writers, known only to millions of readers by their blog names - Gawker, Gizmodo, Wonkette and Defamer …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Iraq Power Shift Widens a Gulf Between Sects — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 17 — Not long after the Americans occupied Iraq, strange things began happening in the family of Fatin Abdel Sattar, a Sunni Arab. — Her teenage son stopped giving his Sunni name in Shiite areas.
Shawn Wasson / Bareknucklepolitics.com:
In New York No Less … Nacirema points out that this sign is a rerun!: — Contact: info@IslamicThinkers.com -Tell Them How You Feel. — Video of a similiar protest from the Islamic Thinkers Society last week. — ***Cindy Sheehan Protest Sign Ideas Contest*** — Also: Photo- Eye for an eye in Iran.
Andrew Osborn / Independent:
Russia's first gay parade vetoed by 'outraged' city — Plans to stage Russia's first gay pride parade have been vetoed by Moscow's city government on the grounds that the idea has caused "outrage" in society. — Mayor Yuri Luzhkov's administration said yesterday it would not even consider …
John Riley / Newsday:
More are questioning port transfer — New York Sen. Charles Schumer won new allies in Congress and the media yesterday in his campaign to raise national security concerns about a planned transfer of port operations in Newark and other key East Coast cities to a company controlled by the government of Dubai.
tcsdaily.com:
Humanitarians for Hamas — The new Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council is expected to be sworn in this Saturday. Both President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have made clear that the United States will move to cut off aid to any Palestinian Authority …
Alan Gray / newsblaze.com:
Republican Sues Bush, Cheney, NSA, TSA for Illegal Surveillance, Wiretapping — Scott Tooley, a Republican, and former Congressional aide and law school graduate, educated at renowned Christian universities, has filed suit against the President, Vice President and relevant federal agencies for their illegal surveillance programs.
