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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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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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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.
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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
Flash: DHS Disputes Al-Qaeda's 5-Star Rating of Two U.S. Cities
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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.
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.
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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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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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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.
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 …
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.
Peter Berkowitz / Opinion Journal:
The Case Against Compromise — Ramesh Ponnuru draws a bright line on abortion—too bright. — It is fairly certain that a book titled "The Party of Death" is not calculated to bridge differences, find common ground or in any other way still the controversy that has roiled American politics for more than 30 years.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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