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12:05 AM ET, May 17, 2006

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Marina Montemayor / Associated Press:
Mexico Threatens Suits Over Guard Patrols  —  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Mexico said Tuesday that it would file lawsuits in U.S. courts if National Guard troops on the border become directly involved in detaining migrants.  —  Mexican border officials also said they worried that sending troops …
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CNN:
Conservatives appear unmoved on immigration  —  Poll suggests Bush address swayed viewers  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's plan to toughen border security may not be enough to overcome opposition within his own party to his "earned-citizenship" proposal, which critics decry as "amnesty," House conservatives said Tuesday.
New York Times:
Senate Casts First Votes on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, May 16 — Senators cast their first votes on immigration legislation this afternoon, just as President Bush vowed to work closely with skeptical members of Congress on a comprehensive bill to fix a system that does not work.
Marina Montemayor / Associated Press:   Mexicans Say Guard Won't Slow Migrants
CNN:
Read Verizon's statement  —  The wireless carrier denies reports that it provided the government with access to customer phone calls.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Verizon Communications Inc. denied Tuesday reports that it provided the National Security Agency with customer phone records.
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David Ellis / CNN:
Verizon denies giving out phone info
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CNN:
First video of Pentagon 9/11 attack released  —  Watchdog group says video will end 'conspiracy theories'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Video showing a plane crashing into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, was released publicly for the first time Tuesday, a judicial watchdog group said.
Jennifer Brown / Denver Post:
Termination, suspension possible for Churchill Governor calls for controversial professor to resign  —  University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill plagiarized, fabricated and falsified material and was disrespectful of American Indian traditions in his writings, a report released today said.
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Inside Higher Ed:
The Ward Churchill Verdict  —  Ward Churchill committed multiple, "deliberate" acts of academic misconduct, according to a review by a faculty panel, released today by the University of Colorado at Boulder.  —  While the panel was unanimous in its findings about Churchill's conduct …
Holly Bailey / Newsweek:
The Riddle of Rove  —  As the presidential adviser's legal situation remains uncertain, Beltway pundits seek clues about his state of mind-and body.  —  Larry Downing / Reuters  —  Rove: Less combative than usual?  —  May 15, 2006 - For a dreary Monday morning in Washington, it was an impressive crowd.
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January W. Payne / Washington Post:
Forever Pregnant  —  Guidelines: Treat Nearly All Women as Pre-Pregnant  —  New federal guidelines ask all females capable of conceiving a baby to treat themselves — and to be treated by the health care system — as pre-pregnant, regardless of whether they plan to get pregnant anytime soon.
Washington Post:
Republican Leadership Approval Hits All-Time Low  —  Public confidence in Republican governance has plunged to the lowest levels of the Bush presidency, with Americans saying they now trust Democrats by wide margins to deal with Iraq, gasoline prices, immigration and more …
Anne Marie Squeo / Wall Street Journal:
Rove's Camp Takes Center of Web Storm  —  Bloggers Underscore How Net's Reporting  —  Dynamics Provide Grist for the Rumor Mill  —  On Saturday night, attorney Robert Luskin was trying to barbecue at his Washington home when the phone started ringing nonstop.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
GOP Senators block judicial review of NSA program  —  A front-page article in this morning's The Hill reports that Sen. Specter has finally made enough concessions to secure the support of the more right-wing members of the Judiciary Committee for his legislation that (along with a bill from Sen. DeWine) …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Specter strikes NSA deal
John Burtis / canadafreepress.com:
Midnight in the garden of Moe and Curley  —  It is growing very dark in the increasingly shoddy and ethereal Scooter Libby investigation, where Patrick Fitzgerald, bumping into the furniture, stubbing his toes, muttering something about it making no sense, but regardless of the mounting absurdity …
David Germain / Associated Press:
'Da Vinci Code' Misses the Mark for Critics  —  CANNES, France - "The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival.
Discussion: Right Voices
New York Post:
IRAN'S (COSTLY) WAR ON AMERICA  —  May 16, 2006 — ALTHOUGH "silly season" is still several weeks away, the media are al ready in frenzy about a new war in the Middle East - this time involving the Islamic Republic of Iran.  —  A few American "investigative reporters," quoting anonymous sources …
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
CNN roundtable on Bush immigration speech included five white men …
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Jeffrey Birnbaum / Washington Monthly:
The End of Legal Bribery
Syed Saleem Shahzad / Asia Times:
Osama back in the US crosshairs
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Associated Press:
Saudis Nix Pictures of Women in Newspapers
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Violence Against Women Act abuses the rights of men
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