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10:20 PM ET, June 2, 2006

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Officials Concluded Troops Followed Rules of Engagement  —  June 2, 2006 — Horrific images of Iraqi adults and children have fueled new allegations that U.S. troops killed civilians in the Iraqi town of Ishaqi.  But ABC News has learned military officials have completed their investigation …
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Will Dunham / Reuters:
Troops cleared in Iraqi deaths in Ishaqi  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military probe has exonerated U.S. troops in the deaths of Iraqi civilians in the town of Ishaqi in March, finding American forces followed standard procedures and committed no misconduct, defense officials said on Friday.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Associated Press:
GIs at Ishaqi Cleared; Haditha Probe Open  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A military investigation into allegations that U.S. troops intentionally killed Iraqi civilians in a March raid in a village north of Baghdad has cleared the troops of misconduct, two defense officials said Friday, despite dramatic video footage of slain children.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:   Troops Respect Iraqis' Rights, Rumsfeld Says
Jose Lambiet / Palm Beach Post:
Channel 5 reporter says ex punched her  —  Rough times for local TV reporter Kathleen Walter.  —  Walter, 32, a main on-the-scene face for WPTV-Channel 5, says she was a recent victim of domestic violence.  —  "I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone," she said.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Brad / THE BRAD BLOG:
Ann Coulter 'Lawyers Up' to Face Felony Voter Fraud Charges  —  Paper Reports GOP Extremist/Pundit Retains Bush Law Firm to Fight Allegations in Palm Beach  —  Palm Peach Post columnist, Jose Lambiet gets another scoop in the ongoing saga of Ann Coulter's apparent vote fraud felony down in Palm Beach.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Caitlin Rother / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Documents show issues with wives, child support  —  Republican Jim Galley, who is running for Congress as a "pro-traditional family" candidate, was married to two women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has been accused of abuse by one of his ex-wives.
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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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
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 …
Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
Dishonor  —  A major new magazine has been launched in the US and Canada by one of the worlds largest magazine publishing empires.  HFM is a French company that also publishes such well known periodicals as: American Photo, Boating, Car and Driver, Cycle World, ELLE, ELLE Decor, ELLEgirl …
Associated Press:
Pilot Fights Black Snake Stowaway on Plane  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monty Coles was 3,000 feet in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane's instrument panel — a 4 1/2-foot black snake.  —  Coles had left Charleston earlier for a leisurely flight …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Associated Press:
Cops: Couple ordered hit on grandkids  —  Wanted to stop testimony at son's rape trial, police say  —  TAVARES, Florida (AP) — A couple tried to hire a hit man to kill their three grandchildren and daughter-in-law to stop them from testifying against their son in his rape trial, authorities said.
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Brian C. Anderson / Opinion Journal:
The Brain Workout  —  In praise of video games.  —  A few weeks ago, Sony and Nintendo both revealed their newest video-game systems to great fanfare, complete with slicker graphics and motion sensors.  But not everyone was pleased.  An increasingly noisy chorus of critics charge …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
A Sledgehammer Approach, Made Heavier by the Pound  —  How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government —  Crown Publishers, 373 pp., $24.  —  The literary palette has many hues.  The best works of fiction and nonfiction convey a wide range of views and emotions because art, like life, isn't just black or white.
Charles R. Morris / New York Times:
Freakoutonomics  —  LAST month saw one of the sharpest drops in consumer confidence since the recessions of 1979-1982.  But those were truly dreadful times.  Oil prices tripled, rates on home mortgages shot into the mid-teens, the stock market was a disaster area and unemployment rates reached double digits.
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.
Paul Fortunato / New York Times:
Opus Dei's Box-Office Triumph  —  AS a member of Opus Dei, I would like to thank Dan Brown and Ron Howard for "The Da Vinci Code."  Why am I not outraged like so many other devout Roman Catholics?  Because I think we could not have wished for a better result: critics attack the film (and …
 
 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
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