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Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman — E.J. Dionne repeats a piece of conventional wisdom that irks the hell out of me every time I hear it - if Lieberman loses the primary and runs as an independent it will distract everyone from the true villain, the GOP, and therefore we should just give him a pass.
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Little Green Footballs:
Lieberman in Blackface at Huffington Post — You've got to be kidding me. Currently featured at Huffington Post: Jane Hamsher: On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman. (Hat tip: Delvin.) — Accompanied by this picture:
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Where's HoJo Now? — Graphics love to the always exceptional Darkblack.
Where's HoJo Now? — Graphics love to the always exceptional Darkblack.
Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority — Kansas voters on Tuesday handed power back to moderates on the State Board of Education, setting the stage for a return of science teaching that broadly accepts the theory of evolution, according to preliminary election results.
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Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Hezbollah fires record number of rockets — BEIT HILLEL, Israel - Hezbollah launched its deepest strikes yet into Israel on Wednesday, firing a record number of more than 190 rockets. An Israeli-American was killed as he fled for home by bicycle, and a stray rocket hit the West Bank for the first time.
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Haaretz:
Man killed on kibbutz near Nahariya as record number of rockets slam into north — An Israeli man was killed Wednesday when a Katyusha struck Kibbutz Saar, north of Nahariya, as Hezbollah marked the resumption of strikes on northern Israel with a record number of some 210 rockets.
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Hill fries free to be French again — The fries on Capitol Hill are French again. — So is the breakfast toast in the congressional cafeterias, with both fries and toast having been liberated from the appellation "freedom." — Three years after House Republicans trumpeted the new names …
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Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Names Murtha in Defamation Suit — Congressman Discussed Killings Involving Serviceman's Squad in Haditha, Iraq — A Marine Corps staff sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington claiming …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon — Allegations Brought to Inspectors General — Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort …
Keith Epstein / TBO.com:
Ex-Aide: Harris Hid Subpoena — More from this channel: — This feature requires the Macromedia Flash Plugin. Please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/ getflashplayer to download this plugin. — WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris received a grand jury subpoena …
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Washington Traffic Jam? Senators-Only Elevator — In addition to lofty issues of war and peace, the Senate is grappling with another urgent matter: the senators-only elevators at the Capitol are being overrun by the unelected. — "I hesitate to say that it's a big problem," …
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Richard / EU Referendum:
Game, set and match — Well, I never. The news agencies that stitched up the photos at the Qana site have all huddled together and got AP staff writer David Bauder to issue a story rebutting lil ol' EU Referendum. And the imaginative title? "News agencies stand by Lebanon photos".
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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
White House Proposal Would Expand Authority of Military Courts — A draft Bush administration plan for special military courts seeks to expand the reach and authority of such "commissions" to include trials, for the first time, of people who are not members of al-Qaeda or the Taliban …
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Reuters:
Iran frees bin Laden son: newspaper — Iran has freed a son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday. — Die Welt said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the aim of sending him to the Syria-Lebanon border.
Neil Modie / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
McGavick sued over Safeco payout — Retirement package of $28.4 million illegal, shareholder action says — A prominent Seattle lawyer and a scion of a prominent Seattle family are suing a prominent politician — U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick — over his lucrative retirement package from a prominent Seattle company, Safeco.
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Sox standout Lowell: Castro killed my kin — Charging Fidel Castro with the deaths of his relatives, Cuban-American Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell declared last night: "I hope he does die." — Castro's health: — "Castro killed members of my family," Lowell told the Herald …
theonion.com:
Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self — WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1-0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers. — "As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Blogger Jailed After Defying Court Orders — A freelance journalist and blogger was jailed on Tuesday after refusing to turn over video he took at an anticapitalist protest here last summer and after refusing to testify before a grand jury looking into accusations that crimes were committed at the protest.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Lieberman Question — If I were a Democrat, I'd support Joe Lieberman next week. I don't believe the agenda of Ned Lamont will help either the U.S. or the Democrats. But, then, I'm not a Democrat. At this point, I'd best be described as a conservative independent.
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William Wallis / Financial Times:
Fighting 'has sunk hope of a free Lebanon' — Walid Jumblatt, leader of the most powerful clan in Lebanon's Druze community, said on Tuesday the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas had dealt a fatal blow to Lebanese hopes of a strong independent state, free of Iranian and Syrian influence.
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