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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Rebellion in the G.O.P. on Security, a Signature Issue — WASHINGTON, March 8 — After more than five years of allowing President Bush relatively free rein to set their course, Republicans in Congress are suddenly, if selectively, in rebellion, a mutiny all the more surprising since …
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
GOP House Panel Votes to Block Ports Deal — WASHINGTON - In a congressional election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations. Democrats clamored for a vote in the Senate, too.
New York Times:
G.O.P. Plan Would Allow Spying Without Warrants — WASHINGTON, March 8 — The plan by Senate Republicans to step up oversight of the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program would also give legislative sanction for the first time to long-term eavesdropping on Americans without …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Defying Bush, House Panel Votes to Block Port Deal — WASHINGTON, March 8 — The House Appropriations Committee defied President Bush this evening, voting overwhelmingly to scuttle a deal giving a Dubai company control of some major seaport operations without awaiting the outcome of a 45-day review of potential security risks.
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New York Times:
The Death of the Intelligence Panel — The wrenching debate in the 1970's over the abuse of presidential power produced two groundbreaking reforms aimed at preventing a president from using war or broader claims of national security to trample Americans' rights.
Washington Post:
Authorizing Surveillance — IN THE PAST week both congressional intelligence committees have taken modest steps toward oversight of the National Security Agency's mysterious program of warrantless wiretapping. First, the House intelligence committee agreed to conduct a comprehensive review …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
A Spoonful Of Panic Helps The Majority Go Down
A Spoonful Of Panic Helps The Majority Go Down
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David Crary / Associated Press:
Men's Rights Group Eyes Child Support Stay — NEW YORK - Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men's rights activists are mounting a long shot legal campaign aimed at giving them the chance to opt out of financial responsibility for raising a child.
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Official Says Shiite Party Suppressed Body Count — BAGHDAD, March 8 — Days after the bombing of a Shiite shrine unleashed a wave of retaliatory killings of Sunnis, the leading Shiite party in Iraq's governing coalition directed the Health Ministry to stop tabulating execution-style shootings …
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CNN:
Suspect: Church fires started as 'joke' — Three Birmingham college students arrested, charged — BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (CNN) — Three Birmingham college students were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a string of Alabama church fires that is described in court papers as a joke that "got out of hand," authorities said.
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Pierre Thomas / ABCNEWS:
Thousands of Port Truckers Go Unscreened, Yet Many Have Criminal Records — WASHINGTON, March 7, 2006 — In Washington today, House Republicans vowed to defy President Bush's effort to have a Dubai company take over six major U.S. ports. But ABC News has learned about a port threat from within …
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Faulty Screening of Truck Drivers Puts Ports at Risk, New Report Finds
Faulty Screening of Truck Drivers Puts Ports at Risk, New Report Finds
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Washington Post:
Senator Resumes Lobbyist Huddles — After saying in January that he would end his regular meetings with lobbyists, Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.), the third-ranking GOP leader in the Senate, has continued to meet with many of the same lobbyists at the same time and on the same day of the week.
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Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
Sen. Clinton slams GOP immigration bill — WASHINGTON —Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a potential White House candidate in 2008, said Wednesday some Republicans are trying to create a "police state" to round up illegal immigrants. — Clinton, D-N.Y., spoke out on the U.S. immigration policy …
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Matthew Yglesias / tpmcafe.com:
Defending All Your Ground — Back to the great health care debate. This is a good post from Kevin Drum, but it concedes rather too much. It's true, as Kevin says, that Canada and the UK aren't the best examples of national health care policy and that using them as examples of government- financed health care are a bit unfair.
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Washington Post:
Negative Perception Of Islam Increasing — Poll Numbers in U.S. Higher Than in 2001 — As the war in Iraq grinds into its fourth year, a growing proportion of Americans are expressing unfavorable views of Islam, and a majority now say that Muslims are disproportionately prone to violence …
Andy Grundberg / New York Times:
Gordon Parks, a Master of the Camera, Dies at 93 — Gordon Parks, the photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who used his prodigious, largely self-taught talents to chronicle the African-American experience and to retell his own personal history, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan.
Editor and Publisher:
Gallup: More Than Half of Americans Reject Evolution, Back Bible — NEW YORK A Gallup report released today reveals that more than half of all Americans, rejecting evolution theory and scientific evidence, agree with the statement, "God created man exactly how Bible describes it."
CNN:
U.S.: Iran remarks 'provocative' — VIENNA, Austria (CNN) — The United States has dismissed Iran's comments that it can inflict "harm and pain" on Washington for its role in pushing for U.N. Security Council action over Tehran's refusal to halt its nuclear program.
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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
China Attacks Its Woes With an Old Party Ritual — BEIJING, March 8 — Like a giant company concerned with organizational disarray and a sinking public image, the Chinese Communist Party is trying to remake itself into an efficient, modern machine. But to do so, it has chosen …