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Michael McAuliff / Mercury News:
Dubai company set to run U.S. ports has ties to administration  —  WASHINGTON - The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House.  —  One is Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose department heads the federal panel that signed off …
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Lesley Clark / Miami Herald:
Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations deal  —  Former President Jimmy Carter downplayed criticism of White House support of an Arab-owned company's purchase of a major seaport-operations firm.  —  lclark@MiamiHerald.com  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush is taking a battering …
Claudia Parsons / Reuters:
Congressmen worry about ports deal with Dubai firm
Discussion: Unfogged
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Justices to Weigh Late-Term Abortion Ban  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider the constitutionality of banning a type of late-term abortion, teeing up a contentious issue for a newly-constituted court already in a state of flux over privacy rights.
Discussion: RedState, philly, TalkLeft and PoliBlog
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
With Longevity on Court, Stevens's Center-Left Influence Has Grown  —  One day last summer, an unusual baseball practice took place at Bluemont Park in Arlington.  A white-haired gentleman in owlish glasses tossed one pitch after another to a female catcher half his age, trying to hit the strike zone.
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Supreme Court Reopens Abortion Issue on Alito's First Day
Discussion: feministing.com
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Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
Bush Urges Funding for Alternative Energy
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
IN THE MAIL: Bruce Bartlett's Impostor : How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy, which seems to be setting off considerable discussion about the "end of conservatism."  —  Not being a conservative myself, I don't have a dog in this hunt, exactly.
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Associated Press:
Austria Imposes 3-Year Sentence on Notorious Holocaust Denier  —  VIENNA, Feb. 20 (AP) — The British historian David Irving on Monday pleaded guilty to denying the Holocaust and was sentenced to three years in prison.  He conceded that he was wrong when he said there were no Nazi gas chambers at the Auschwitz death camp.
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Matt Singer / progressivestates.org:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  HELENA, MT - The Progressive Legislative Action Network (PLAN) today issued a report that exposes many of the conservative movement's methods of operation in state government and how progressives can deliver results.  The organization also rolled out its website …
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inthesetimes.com:   Forget D.C.—the Battle is in the States
New York Times:
U.S. Warns Iraq It Won't Support Sectarian Goals  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 20 — The American ambassador to Iraq issued an unusually strong warning on Monday about the need for Iraq's political factions to come together, hinting for the first time that the United States would not be willing …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Anne Penketh / Independent:
US threatens to cut aid to Iraq if new government is sectarian  —  The US and Britain are pressuring Iraq's dominant Shia community to relinquish two key ministries in negotiations for a new government, as the country was hit by a wave of bombings that killed at least 24 people.
Gateway Pundit:
Nigerians Rampage with Machetes After Koran is Desecrated  —  Nigeria confirms that 35 persons were killed, 30 churches and five hotels were also burnt in violence the past three days.  —  For the third day in a row, Nigerian Muslims rampaged through the streets leaving 13 dead on Monday …
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Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me  —  One student skipped class and then sent the professor an e-mail message asking for copies of her teaching notes.  Another did not like her grade, and wrote a petulant message to the professor.  Another explained that she was late …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Administration Critics Chafe at State Dept. Shuffle  —  Merger Has Brought Appointees Into Conflict With Longtime Workers, Who Say They Are Sidelined  —  A State Department reorganization of analysts involved in preventing the spread of deadly weapons has spawned internal turmoil …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
U.S. Counterinsurgency Academy Giving Officers a New Mind-Set  —  Course in Iraq Stresses the Cultural, Challenges the Conventional  —  TAJI, Iraq — If the U.S. effort in Iraq ultimately is successful, one reason may be the small school started recently on a military base here by Army …
Ronald D. Asmus / Washington Post:
Contain Iran: Admit Israel to NATO  —  The choice of how to respond to Iran's growing threat to the West in general and Israel in particular is not an easy one.  One option is to try to stop Iran's nuclear program via an air and missile strike — but such a step is unlikely to work militarily and could have disastrous consequences.
Steve Kiggins / thespectrum.com:
Hatch defends Bush's domestic surveillance  —  CEDAR CITY - Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, boldly defended President Bush's warrantless surveillance program and the war in Iraq on Saturday at an invitation-only luncheon with Iron County political and business leaders.
USA Today:
Drives to ban gay adoption heat up in 16 states  —  Efforts to ban gays and lesbians from adopting children are emerging across the USA as a second front in the culture wars that began during the 2004 elections over same-sex marriage.  —  Steps to pass laws or secure November ballot initiatives …
Zogby:
Presidents Day Rating: Bush 40%  —  President's job approval rating now stable, but base weakened by weight of Iraq War concerns, new Zogby International telephone poll shows  —  As America marks its official Presidents Day holiday, the nation's likely voters appear to have settled …

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