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9:50 PM ET, July 13, 2006

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Washington Post:
Hezbollah Raid Opens 2nd Front for Israel  —  Israel Targets Lebanese Military Base, Beirut Airport in Response  —  BEIRUT, July 13 — Israel bombed Beirut's airport, a Hezbollah television station and other targets in Lebanon Thursday and imposed a blockade on Lebanon's ports and airspace …
Nick Wadhams / Associated Press:
U.S. vetoes U.N. condemnation of Israel  —  UNITED NATIONS - The United States blocked an Arab-backed resolution Thursday that would have demanded Israel halt its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, the first U.N. Security Council veto in nearly two years.
Discussion: Secular Blasphemy and TigerHawk
BBC:
Rockets hit Israeli city of Haifa  —  Two rockets have struck the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, hours after a threat by the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah to attack it.  —  Hezbollah denied firing any rockets.  There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
David Twersky / New York Sun:
War on Iran Has Begun
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Former CIA officer sues Cheney over leak  —  WASHINGTON - The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.
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Mike Tolson / Houston Chronicle:
Ken Lay praised and defended by family and friends  —  Dignitaries are among more than 1,000 attending  —  In a memorial service that bounced back and forth from loving salute to spirited defense, former Enron Chairman Ken Lay was remembered Wednesday as a kind and generous man …
Discussion: The All Spin Zone
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Rejects Changes to Voting Rights Act  —  WASHINGTON — The House voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act, rejecting efforts by Southern conservatives to relax federal oversight of their states in a debate haunted by the ghosts of the civil rights movement.
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
07/13/06 FOX News Poll: Democrats Favored On Most Issues; Bush Approval Down  —  NEW YORK — Less than four months before Election Day, the latest FOX News Poll finds that voters strongly favor the Democrats on key issues such as the economy and gas prices, and give the minority party …
The Raw Story:
Fox crew shot at in Israel  —  After revealing detailed information about the movement of Israeli troops, a Fox News crew has been shot at on live television.  —  Partial transcript follows video.  —  FOX HOST: Palestinian Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas, says, "Israeli's incursion into Lebanon could start a regional war."
Richard Thompson Ford / Slate:
Hate and Marriage  —  SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SETBACKS MAY NOT BE ALL BAD NEWS FOR GAY RIGHTS.  —  It's been a bad summer for same-sex marriage.  Last week the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a state ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage.  The same day New York's highest court rejected …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Anti-Missile Test 'Phenomenal'  —  The Army had a "phenomenal" success in the latest test of the American anti-ballistic missile defense system.  Jason Gibbs reports for the Las Cruces Sun-News that a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile intercepted and destroyed a warhead and its contents:
Kirkus Reviews / Editor and Publisher:
Preview of Upcoming Book That Roasts Rudy Giuliani — Over 9/11  —  NEW YORK A long-awaited re-appraisal of New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani's much-hailed actions surrounding the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be published in September to mark the fifth anniversary of the tragedy.
 
 
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