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12:10 PM ET, June 2, 2006

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Flash: DHS Disputes Al-Qaeda's 5-Star Rating of Two U.S. Cities  —  Homeland Security Undersecretary George Foresman was leaving the Chamber of Commerce on H Street yesterday morning when he met one of his subordinates, Tracy Henke, arriving to deliver a speech.  —  "It's gonna get better," Foresman told Henke, consolingly.
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New York Times:
City Has Itself to Blame for Terror Cuts, U.S. Says  —  The federal agency distributing $711 million in antiterrorism money to cities around the nation found numerous flaws in New York City's application and gave poor grades to many of its proposals.  —  Its criticism extended to some of the city's …
Washington Post:
D.C. at Low Risk Of Attack, Says Federal Agency  —  The Department of Homeland Security has ranked the District in a low-risk category of terrorist attack or catastrophe, putting it in the bottom 25 percent of U.S. states and territories, as part of a decision that will cost the city millions …
NY Daily News:
Feds to city: drop dead
Discussion: Say Anything and Gawker
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Iraqi Accuses U.S. of 'Daily' Attacks Against Civilians  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 1 — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lashed out at the American military on Thursday, denouncing what he characterized as habitual attacks by troops against Iraqi civilians.  —  As outrage over reports …
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BBC:
New 'Iraq massacre' tape emerges  —  The BBC has uncovered new video evidence that US forces may have been responsible for the deliberate killing of 11 innocent Iraqi civilians.  —  The video appears to challenge the US military's account of events that took place in the town of Ishaqi in March.
New York Times:
U.S. Wants Companies to Keep Web Usage Records  —  The Justice Department is asking Internet companies to keep records on the Web-surfing activities of their customers to aid law enforcement, and may propose legislation to force them to do so.  —  The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation …
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Joseph Menn / Los Angeles Times:
Online Privacy Again at Issue  —  The government asks Internet firms to keep records longer to track terrorists and child pornographers.  But some fear misuse.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Big Internet and telephone companies are girding to fight an unprecedented call by the Bush administration …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Congress and Justice Dept. May Both Be Overreaching
Discussion: Althouse
Times of London:
Man shot in raid on suspected London bomb factory  —  A man was shot when officers from Scotland Yard's anti-terror branch mounted a massive dawn raid on a suspected bomb factory in East London this morning.  —  Dozens of officers wearing protective clothing and gas masks raided the house in Lansdown Road …
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Sky News:
Police Shoot Bomb Suspect  —  A man has been shot by police in an anti-terror raid in London on a suspected chemical bomb factory, Sky News has learnt.  —  The 20-year-old, who has not been identified, was shot in the shoulder and was arrested in hospital - his life is not in danger.
Discussion: Hot Air and Jihad Watch
Independent:
Man shot in terror raid is arrested
Discussion: lgf
Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press:
Payroll Growth Stalls With 75,000 New Jobs  —  Job growth faltered in May, with employers boosting payrolls by just 75,000.  Yet the nation's unemployment rate dipped to 4.6 percent, the lowest since the summer of 2001.  —  The latest snapshot, released by the Labor Department on Friday, offered a mixed picture of the jobs climate.
Discussion: A Blog For All and First Draft
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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Payroll Growth Stalls in May  —  The nation's economy generated 75,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department reported today, about half the growth anticipated by economists.  —  Job creation was revised downward in the survey for the months of March and April as well.
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Six Powers Reach Accord On Iran Plan  —  U.S. Supports Combination Of Incentives, 'Disincentives'  —  VIENNA, June 1 — The United States and five other major world powers agreed Thursday to offer Iran a broad new collection of rewards if it halts its drive to master nuclear technology …
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The Nation:
Why Haditha Matters  —  Enough details have emerged from survivors and military personnel to conclude that in the town of Haditha last November, members of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment perpetrated a massacre.  The killings may have been in retaliation for the death of a Marine lance corporal …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
'Unscrupulous' Firms Are Faulted  —  Bush Seeks Bigger Fines for Illegal Hiring  —  President Bush told the nation's most prominent business group yesterday that "unscrupulous" employers have contributed to the illegal immigration crisis in the United States by knowingly hiring undocumented workers …
Discussion: MOCKINGBIRD'S MEDLEY
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
War Handicaps Senators in '08 White House Race  —  With Iraq looming yet again over an American presidential campaign, senators considering a White House race are at a disadvantage over governors who might run, forced to explain their votes — and in some cases, alter their views — on an increasingly unpopular war.
cbs2.com:
Reporter Assaulted After Interview And Loses Tape  —  (CBS) LOS ANGELES A local radio reporter was assaulted Thursday while leaving a Los Angeles charter school that his station has said imparts separatist ethics, a station official said.  —  The reporter, Sandy Wells, was not hurt, according to station spokesman Steve Sheldon.
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
State G.O.P. Convention Rebuffs Weld and Backs Faso for Governor  —  HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., June 1 — William F. Weld, the former Massachusetts governor, suffered a major rebuke from his own party on Thursday when he lost his bid to win Republicans' backing in the race for governor of New York …
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann exposes O'Reilly on Malmedy  —  Olbermann exposes O'Reilly on Malmedy  —  While O'Reilly was debating Wesley Clark on his FOX show, Bill once again was short on the facts.  It proves my theory once again that some talking heads will say just about anything to make themselves sound right.
 
 
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