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Reuters:
White House denies report on Iraq WMD — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Wednesday angrily denied a newspaper report that suggested President George W. Bush in 2003 declared the existence of biological weapons laboratories in Iraq while knowing it was not true.
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George / SEIXON:
Hydrogen Warfare — It seems as if the war to drown the Bush administration in old news presented as scandals has begun. Who will be able to come up with the most hot air? Walter Pincus, David Sanger & David Barstow, David Shuster, (three Davids, how about that - an Army of Davids...) …
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Curt / Flopping Aces:
The MSM Just Can't Help Themselves — So the big news this morning is the typically deceptive reporting done by the Washington Post. I gather they had to make up for that pro-Bush editorial a few days ago. … Wow....you mean to tell me a team of experts studied the trailers and decided …
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In the Bullpen, Running Scared, Brilliant at Breakfast, News Hounds and State of the Day
B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:
WaPo Caught in a Page 1 Lie? — I had that scratching at the back of my head when I read that "A Good Leak" editorial in the Post the other day. It just seemed too good to be true. — Well, whatever else can be said about that editorial, it may be evidence of schizophrenia within the Post.
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Bloomberg:
Iran Could Produce Nuclear Bomb in 16 Days, U.S. Says (Update1) — April 12 (Bloomberg) — Iran, which is defying United Nations Security Council demands to cease its nuclear program, may be capable of making a nuclear bomb within 16 days if it goes ahead with plans to install thousands …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Iran Can Now Make glowing Mickey Mouse Watches — Despite all the sloppy and inaccurate headlines about Iran "going nuclear," the fact is that all President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday was that it had enriched uranium to a measely 3.5 percent, using a bank of 180 centrifuges hooked up so that they "cascade."
David Ignatius:
An Iranian Missile Crisis? — The emerging confrontation between the United States and Iran is "the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion," argues Graham Allison, the Harvard University professor who wrote the classic study of President John F. Kennedy's 1962 showdown with the Soviet Union that narrowly averted nuclear war.
Barry Schweid / Associated Press:
Rice Calls for 'Strong Steps' Against Iran
Rice Calls for 'Strong Steps' Against Iran
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Diana Walsh / San Francisco Chronicle:
Military recruiters, confronted by crowd, leave campus job fair — Anti-war protesters at university block doors to building — Four military recruiters hastily fled a job fair Tuesday morning at UC Santa Cruz after a raucous crowd of student protesters blocked an entrance to the building …
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Michael J. Totten:
Back to Iraq Part III - The Kurdish Disaster — This is the third installment in a Back to Iraq series which is basically a single long essay. Don't miss Part One and Part Two. — TURKISH KURDISTAN - Sean and I dragged our sorry, exhausted, and malnourished selves to the car at 6:30 …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
A Street Corner in Ramadi [Updated with another photo from February of 2005] — Did the media fall for yet another insurgent information operation in Ramadi? — Click to play CNN video of Ramadi incident. Original caption: "U.S. Marines beat back the largest attack in weeks by Sunni Arab insurgents in western city of Ramadi."
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People:
Oprah Winfrey: Wealth Is 'A Good Thing' — By Stephen M. Silverman with Susan Mandel — Oprah Winfrey is a rich woman - and she's got no problem with that. — Speaking in Baltimore on Monday at a fundraiser for Beth Tfiloh Dahan Community School, Winfrey told the audience, "I have lots of things, like all these Manolo Blahniks.
Damon Rose / BBC:
The s-word — Golfer Tiger Woods has been criticised for saying he played like 'a spaz'. Can using the word ever be right? — Two years ago I was involved in a linguistic incident at work. I called a disabled colleague a spaz after hearing he'd spilt coffee over yet another expensive bit of computer kit.
Brady McCombs / Arizona Daily Star:
TUCSON REGION — City man arrested after Mexican-flag burning — A Tucson man was arrested Tuesday for his role in the burning of a Mexican flag as part of a counterprotest at a pro-immigration rally. — At about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Tucson police cited Roy Warden, 58, on suspicion of assault …
Richard Lindzen / Opinion Journal:
Climate of Fear — Global-warming alarmists intimidate dissenting scientists into silence. — There have been repeated claims that this past year's hurricane activity was another sign of human-induced climate change. Everything from the heat wave in Paris to heavy snows in Buffalo …
Amy Har / New York Times:
Seeking Ancestry in DNA Ties Uncovered by Tests — Alan Moldawer's adopted twins, Matt and Andrew, had always thought of themselves as white. But when it came time for them to apply to college last year, Mr. Moldawer thought it might be worth investigating the origins of their slightly tan-tinted skin …
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
Morality, Humanity and Civilization: "Nothing remains...but memories" — The San Francisco Chronicle is offering a ten-part series about the Great Earthquake of 1906 and its aftermath. The opening installment begins: … Nature frequently does not announce in advance her intentions to fundamentally alter the world.