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Washington Post:
Lieberman, Lamont Spar in Conn. Primary Debate — SPEAKERS: U.S. SENATOR JOSEPH LIEBERMAN (D-CT) — NED LAMONT, FORMER SELECTMAN, GREENWICH, CT — ANNOUNCER: Live from NBC 30, Connecticut's news leader, this is a "Decision 2006" special presentation, the Democratic primary debate, Lieberman and Lamont.
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Tom Curry / MSNBC:
Lieberman comes out swinging in feisty debate — Two Democrats get aggressive as Connecticut's senate primary looms — Ned Lamont (left) debated Sen. Joe Lieberman Thursday night, as the two battle for the Democratic nomination for a Senate seat from Connecticut. The Democratic primary is on Aug. 8.
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Bull Moose, The Carpetbagger Report, Greg's Opinion, Daily Kos, LamontBlog and The Moderate Voice
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:Harwood:Lieberman Used Republican Talking Points in the Debate; Lamont Polished
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Ned Lamont for Senate
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
President Has a Smooth Ride on 'Larry King Live' — Two kinds of celebrities go on "Larry King Live" on CNN: those with something to sell and those with something to hide. — Al Gore and Brandon Routh, the young star of the newly released "Superman Returns," recently appeared on the show to promote their new movies.
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Outside The Beltway, All Things Beautiful, NewsBusters.org, PSoTD, The Heretik and Althouse
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CNN:
Transcript of Larry King with President Bush, Laura Bush — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — LARRY KING, CNN HOST: Good evening. We're in the Blue Room of the White House. This is the first presidential interview ever done …
NY Daily News:
Bomb tunnel, flood city — One man is busted in Beirut, others hunted across — globe and terrorists are seen linked to Zarqawi — BY ALLISON GENDAR in New York and JAMES GORDON MEEK in Washington — The FBI has uncovered what officials consider a serious plot by jihadists to bomb …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
FBI disrupts New York City tunnel plot — WASHINGTON - Authorities have disrupted planning by foreign terrorists for an attack on New York City tunnels, two law enforcement officials said Friday. — FBI agents monitoring Internet chat rooms used by extremists learned in recent months …
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Blue Crab Boulevard
Judy Bachrach / Vanity Fair:
Washington Babylon — California Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham traded military contracts for $2.4 million in antiques, cash, and other booty. He is now in jail, but his case exposed a world of bribery, booze, and broads that reaches into the Pentagon, the C.I.A., and Congress.
John Kifner / New York Times:
Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military, Group Asserts — A decade after the Pentagon declared a zero-tolerance policy for racial hate groups, recruiting shortfalls caused by the war in Iraq have allowed "large numbers of neo-Nazis and skinhead extremists" to infiltrate the military, according to a watchdog organization.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
For Gay Rights Movement, a Key Setback — When Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage in November 2003, gay rights advocates imagined a chain reaction that would shake marriage laws until same-sex couples across the nation had the legal right to wed.
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Reuters:
N. Korea missile aimed at area off Hawaii - report — TOKYO (Reuters) - A North Korean missile launched on Wednesday was aimed at an area of the ocean close to Hawaii, a Japanese newspaper reported on Friday. — Experts estimated the Taepodong-2 ballistic missile to have a range of up to 6,000 km, putting Alaska within its reach.
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Mail&Guardian:
Death for Somali Muslims who shirk prayers — Somali Muslims who fail to perform daily prayers will be killed in accordance with Qur'anic law under a new edict issued by a leading cleric in the Islamic courts union that controls Mogadishu. — The requirement for Muslims to observe …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Emergency Over, Saith the Court — 1861. 1941. 2001. Our big wars — and the war on terrorism ranks with the big ones — have a way of starting in the first year of a decade. Supreme Courts, which historically have been loath to intervene against presidential war powers in the midst of conflict …
proteinwisdom.com:
More from the tolerant left — Fresh off this bit from John Wesley Hardin (aka "Lo Ping Wong," aka "shaved chubby"), I've been treated to yet another heaping helping of that famed progressive compassion, this time from someone purporting to be Dr. Debbie Frisch, adjunct instructor of psychology …
Michelle Malkin:
DEMOCRATS AND INDIAN JOKES — Honestly, I don't see what the big deal is over Joe Biden's remark about Indian-Americans operating 7-11 and Dunkin' Donut stores in Delaware. There are plenty of reasons to roll your eyes when Biden opens his mouth. This doesn't make my list.
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