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Senate Votes English as 'National Language' — After an emotional debate fraught with symbolism, the Senate yesterday voted to make English the "national language" of the United States, declaring that no one has a right to federal communications or services in a language other than English except for those already guaranteed by law.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Votes to Set English as National Language
Senate Votes to Set English as National Language
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Tim Tagaris / Ned Lamont for Senate:
On the Air! — Today, our campaign launched two new Ned Lamont for U.S. Senate commercials created by renowned producer and innovator Bill Hillsman. They'll go on the air in the traditional media this afternoon. The two, "Underdog" and "Right Now" can be viewed below.
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William Yardley / New York Times:
Liberal Wrath in Connecticut — HARTFORD, May 18 — "George Bush's favorite Democrat," they call him. "Republican Lite," they sneer. But liberals are no longer just venting on Internet blogs and talk radio programs about their centrist nemesis: Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut.
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Dials Up Convention Support
Lieberman Dials Up Convention Support
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Senators Left Out of Loop Make Their Pique Known — WASHINGTON, May 18 — There were two types of senators at Thursday's confirmation hearing for Gen. Michael V. Hayden: the briefed, and the briefed-nots. — The former were mostly polite. The latter, especially Democrats, threw the Congressional equivalent of a temper tantrum.
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Chris Wattie / canada.com:
Iran eyes badges for Jews — Law would require non-Muslim insignia — Human rights groups are raising alarms over a new law passed by the Iranian parliament that would require the country's Jews and Christians to wear coloured badges to identify them and other religious minorities as non-Muslims.
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Vote in House Seeks to Erase Oil Windfall — WASHINGTON, May 18 — In an attempt to revoke billions of dollars worth of government incentives to oil and gas producers, the House on Thursday approved a measure that would pressure companies to renegotiate more than 1,000 leases for drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gateway Pundit:
Despite Oil Crisis, Democrats AGAIN Block US Firms from Drilling! — This is just unbelievable and irresponsible! — Despite the fact that Castro announced last week that Cuba had stepped up work on 36 new oil wells in partnership with Chinese, among others, off the coast of Florida...
Greg Bluestein / Associated Press:
Giuliani Headlines Ralph Reed Fundraiser — ATLANTA - Rudolph Giuliani, the former New York mayor considered a potential 2008 candidate for president, headlined a fundraiser Thursday for former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed in his run for Georgia lieutenant governor.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
As Death Stalks Iraq, Middle-Class Exodus Begins — Roula Kubba, 13, whose family plans to leave Baghdad because of the rising sectarian violence. They live in the wealthy Mansour district. More Photos > — BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 18 — Deaths run like water through the life of the Bahjat family.
thewbalchannel.com:
Couple Arrested For Asking For Directions — BALTIMORE — Baltimore City police arrested a Virginia couple over the weekend after they asked an officer for directions. — WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team reporter David Collins said Joshua Kelly and Llara Brook, of Chantilly, Va., got lost leaving an Orioles game on Saturday.
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Claudio Gatti / MSNBC:
Ex-senator linked to oil-for-food claims — The US Senate is looking into allegations that a former US senator urged Baghdad to give a US company lucrative contracts under the much-criticised United Nations oil-for-food programme. — This is the first time that a leading US lawmaker …
Amir Taheri / Commentary:
The Real Iraq — Spending time in the United States after a tour of Iraq can be a disorienting experience these days. Within hours of arriving here, as I can attest from a recent visit, one is confronted with an image of Iraq that is unrecognizable. It is created in several overlapping ways …
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Afghanistan Rocked As 105 Die in Violence — Toll Is Among Worst Since 2001 Invasion — ASADABAD, Afghanistan, May 18 — Afghanistan has been rocked over the past two days by some of the deadliest violence since the Taliban was driven from power in late 2001.
John Wisely / Detroit News:
Massive Hoffa hunt — FBI calls it the best tip in years, sends up to 50 agents to Milford — MILFORD TOWNSHIP — The FBI is mounting one of its biggest searches to date for the remains of former Teamsters boss James R. Hoffa, bringing in dozens of agents for what agents say will be a multi-week dig …