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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Senate Colleagues to Help Lieberman — WASHINGTON — Embattled Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman is getting a little help from his Senate friends as he tries to fend off an anti-Iraq war challenger in an intraparty fight. — Sens. Joe Biden of Delaware, Barbara Boxer of California and Ken Salazar …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
HEELLLPPP!! *&!! — The NYT is reporting that Joe Biden will bring his bleached teeth and hair transplants to Connecticut to campaign for Holy Joe (and that's the last I want to hear about "outside interference" from Camp Lieberman). He'll be joined by fellow Alito-lover Ken Salazar, and sadly, Barbara Boxer:
Susan Haigh / Associated Press:
Lieberman draws mixed reaction — HARTFORD, Conn. - Some voters asked U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman where they could sign a petition that would let him run for a fourth term in November as an independent, but a few others heckled him, calling him a traitor to the Democratic Party.
M.E. Sprengelmeyer / Rocky Mountain News:
Salazar says he'll back Lieberman — WASHINGTON — Sen. Ken Salazar is risking the ire of some fellow Democrats by pledging to support incumbent Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut in November's election whether or not he wins the Democratic primary. — Lieberman, a centrist and stalwart supporter …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Holy Joe: Screwing The Party Once Again — There are many conclusions to be drawn from Joe Lieberman's decision to launch a cut-and-run campaign, but the one drawn by The Hill this morning isn't one of them: … Bulls**t. I went to a barbecue here in Connecticut last night …
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Houston Chronicle:
ENRON'S KEN LAY DIES: 'HIS HEART SIMPLY GAVE OUT' — Convicted Enron Corp. founder Ken Lay, who was found guilty of helping perpetuate one of the most sprawling business frauds in U.S. history, has died of a massive coronary. He was 64. — Nicknamed "Kenny Boy'' by President Bush …
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CNNMoney.com:
Enron founder Ken Lay dies — 64-year-old former energy executive was awaiting sentencing for fraud. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Enron founder Kenneth Lay died early Wednesday in Aspen, Colo., a family spokeswoman said. — Lay, 64, was awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of conspiracy and fraud.
Washington Post:
Enron Founder Ken Lay Dead of Heart Attack — The recently convicted former Enron chairman Kenneth L. Lay, 64, died early today near Aspen, Colo., a family spokeswoman said. Lay, convicted of fraud and conspiracy for his part in the Houston-based energy company's collapse …
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Brian Skoloff / Associated Press:
Limbaugh will not be charged over Viagra — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Rush Limbaugh will not face charges in Palm Beach County for the bottle of Viagra found in his luggage that was prescribed in his doctor's name, prosecutors said Wednesday. — Charges could have nullified …
Jerusalem Post:
IDF kills Hamas operative in attack on PA police — IDF forces shelled PA police positions on the northern Gaza beach early Thursday, Palestinian witnesses said, killing one and wounding seven officers from the Palestinian coastal police, four seriously. — Hospital officials identified the dead man as Hussam Hijazi, 24.
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Global Warming's Real Inconvenient Truth — "Global warming may or may not be the great environmental crisis of the next century, but — regardless of whether it is or isn't — we won't do much about it. We will (I am sure) argue ferociously over it and may even, as a nation, make some fairly solemn-sounding commitments to avoid it.
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The Prowler / American Spectator:
SWIFT Deposits — According to Treasury and Justice Department officials familiar with the briefings their senior leadership undertook with editors and reporters from the New York Times and Los Angeles Times, the media outlets were told that their reports on the SWIFT financial tracking system presented risks …
John O'Neil / New York Times:
U.N. Council to Address Tests by North Korea — The United Nations Security Council met in emergency session this morning to respond to North Korea's test-firing of seven missiles, as Japan and South Korea imposed economic penalties and nations around the world denounced the launchings.
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Alistair Bell / Reuters:
Leftist has surprise lead in Mexico recount drama — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A leftist anti-poverty campaigner took a slim lead over his conservative rival in a dramatic recount of Mexico's presidential election vote on Wednesday and warned the country's stability was at stake.
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
Update: Company to Probe Coulter Plagiarism Charges — I heard back from Universal Press Syndicate's Kathie Kerr. Her company distributes Ann Coulter's column to over 100 newspapers around the country — columns which, according to recent news, may have contained plagiarized material.
Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Our enemies aren't drinking lattes — 'AMATEURS TALK strategy. Professionals talk logistics. " That well-worn saying, sometimes attributed to Gen. Omar Bradley, contains an obvious element of wisdom. Modern militaries cannot fight without a lengthy supply chain, and the success or failure …
New York Times:
N.J. Budget Crisis Shuts Down Casinos and Parks — TRENTON, July 5 — The budget deadlock in New Jersey continued today, with Gov. Jon S. Corzine accusing legislators of putting politics above good government in an address to a joint session of the Legislature.
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
About our 'dictator' — IN MANY QUARTERS it has long been taken for granted that George W. Bush is an aspiring dictator, ravenous for power and all too willing to shred the constitutional checks and balances that restrain presidential authority. Of course this kind of paranoia is routine in the ideological fever swamps .
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Judicial nominee asked about club — Just six months after quitting the all-male social club to which he belonged for 50 years, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy is questioning one of President Bush's nominees to the federal bench about his membership in an all-male dining club.
Agence France Presse:
US 'flag epidemic' reaches peak on Fourth of July — It's a true epidemic: the red, white and blue, stars-and-stripes banners are everywhere in the United States - on house facades, front lawns, cars and clothes. — Hitting an high point on the July 4 US Independence Day holiday …
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