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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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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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Jobs Report Signals Cooling Economy — The American economy added a surprisingly weak number of jobs in May, a sign that nervousness over a cooling economy may be spreading among the nation's employers. — The net increase in nonfarm payrolls in May — 75,000 — is a significant falloff from April …
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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 …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:Congress and Justice Dept. May Both Be Overreaching
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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.
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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 …
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Haditha — The indictment of U.S. troops was inevitable. — You knew it had to happen. Haditha, an "incident" involving American troops in Iraq, is now part of the erosion of support for the war in Iraq. The Iraq Syndrome has finally arrived. — This past Monday, Memorial Day …
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Associated Press:
Bush to back gay marriage ban amendment — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers. — The amendment would prohibit states from recognizing same-sex marriages.
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.
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 …
Reuters:
Dixie Chicks Bush-whacked at record stores —Text+LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Country trio the Dixie Chicks, the darlings of Nashville until their singer criticized President Bush three years ago, opened at No. 1 on the U.S. charts on Wednesday with their first studio album since then, but sales were sharply lower.
The Poor Man Institute:
Here we go again — Rolling Stone has a turgid and disappointing feature by RFK, Jr. on vote fraud in the 2004 election. That there was fraud in the 2004 election is not doubted: there have been criminal convictions for fraud and attempted fraud, and the head of the Bush/Cheney 2004 effort …
Associated Press:
Federal judge allows lawsuit against NSA — DETROIT —A federal judge will go ahead with hearings in a legal challenge to a warrantless domestic surveillance program run by the National Security Agency. — U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor also criticized the Justice Department …
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 …
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