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NBC: N. Korea prepares 2nd missile test — The revelations from South Korean media follow Wednesday's confirmation by the United States that it had prepared its missile interceptors to meet a specific threat - North Korea's launch of a long-range missile said to be capable of reaching Alaska.
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worldtribune.com:
Venezuela's Chavez planning arms-for-oil trip to N. Korea — North Korea and Venezuela are discussing a strategic alliance motivated by a common goal — expanding anti-American forces. — During Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in late July …
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Security Watchtower, Fausta's blog, Dr. Sanity, Blue Crab Boulevard, Confederate Yankee and Blogs for Bush
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Sheehan: 'I'd Rather Live Under Chavez than Bush', Norah Gives Cindy Rough Ride — As James Taranto suggested Monday in his WSJ 'Best of the Web' column, at some point you can question a person's patriotism. Cindy Sheehan surely passed that point long ago.
Associated Press:
S.Korea media: More N. Korea rockets ready — SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has three or four more missiles on launch pads, South Korean media reported Thursday, while Japan said there was no sign the communist state was planning another immediate launch of a long-range rocket.
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Liberty and Justice
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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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 …
Mark / Mark in Mexico:
Mexico election - liveblogging the District counts — The 300 federal election District Committees are reporting their vote package counts. Remember, they are not counting vote by vote. The votes from each casilla (poll) are sealed in "paquetes" and may not be opened except in 4 very special cases.
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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.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Decision reached on Yale Taliban; Update: Talibanned — Just got an e-mail from Clinton Watson Taylor of the "Nail Yale" blog, which is currently offline while Town Hall works out the bugs. A reporter from the New York Times called him this afternoon for reaction to the news …
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Climate Change Politics: The Deniers and The Apologists — Since I posted that I might focus on global warming, I've started to do research on the existing groups working on the problem. Here's what I've found is going on, a sort of sketch of the landscape. Every day brings a new dire piece of news on global warming.
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Dave Astor / Editor and Publisher:
UPDATE: Coulter's Syndicate Requests Report From Plagiarism Prober — As She Hits Back at 'NY Post' — NEW YORK Universal Press Syndicate has requested a copy of a report about Ann Coulter's alleged plagiarism, according to a post on the TPMmuckraker.com blog.
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TPMmuckraker
DownWithTyranny!:
VANITY FAIR— WHO WILL BE THE NEXT REPUBLICROOK TO FACE PRISON FOR BRIBERY? + CUNNINGHAM'S PSYCHIATRIST SHARES A LOOK AT HIS WARPED, CORRODED MIND — I'd say the new issue of a VANITY FAIR has a pretty explosive corruption article— if you follow politics.
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Lady Liberty Trades In Some Trappings — MEMPHIS, July 4 — On Independence Day, Lady Liberty was born again. — As the congregation of the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church looked on and its pastor, Apostle Alton R. Williams, presided, a brown shroud much like a burqa was pulled away …
Editor and Publisher:
'Stars and Stripes' Lands Exclusive, and Revealing, Bush Interview — NEW YORK When Stars and Stripes nabbed anexclusive interview with President Bush on July 4 — aboard Air Force One — it devoted most of the questions to ones submitted by service members.
Eric M. Weiss / Washington Post:
Consultant Breached FBI's Computers — Frustrated by Bureaucracy, Hacker Says Agents Approved and Aided Break-Ins — A government consultant, using computer programs easily found on the Internet, managed to crack the FBI's classified computer system and gain the passwords of 38,000 employees …
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.
Discussion:
A Blog For All, Enlighten-NewJersey, Centerfield, Scared Monkeys, THE NEWS BLOG and Ed Driscoll.com
Washington Post:
Stem Cells Without Moral Corruption — Congress Can Give Research a Boost Without Supporting the Misuse of Human Embryos — For the past few years many of the world's leading scientists have promoted so-called therapeutic cloning as the most promising way to produce clinically useful …
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