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Martin Peretz / Opinion Journal:
Lieberman — The "peace" Democrats are back. It's a dream come true for Karl Rove. — We have been here before. Left-wing Democrats are once again fielding single-issue "peace candidates," and the one in Connecticut, like several in the 1970s, is a middle-aged patrician …
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Associated Press:
Lieberman shows signs cutting into Lamont lead, poll shows — HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, fighting for his political survival, appears to be cutting into challenger Ned Lamont's lead the day before Connecticut's Democratic primary election, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday.
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New York Times:
Lieberman Explains His Stance on Iraq — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman directly confronted the anger roiling the Democratic Party over Iraq yesterday, making a last-ditch attempt to explain his support for the war and to win back doubting voters in Connecticut before the state primary election tomorrow.
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Redstate Network / Redstate:
Lieberman Cuts Challenger's Lead In Half
Lieberman Cuts Challenger's Lead In Half
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake: Morning Cuppa... It's Monday morning, and I'm moving slowly today.
Reuters:
Reuters withdraws all photos by Lebanese freelance — Source: Reuters — LONDON, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and the armed group Hizbollah.
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Ynetnews:
Reuters admits to more image manipulation — News organization withdraws photograph of Israeli fighter jet, admits image was doctored, fires photographer. Reuters pledges 'tighter editing procedure for images of the Middle East conflict' — Yaakov Lappin
CNN:
Lebanon's PM revises death toll from 40 to 1 — BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said Monday that one person was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the southern village of Houla, not 40 as he had earlier reported. — "The massacre in Houla …
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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
14 Hezbollah fighters killed in heavy exchanges of fire with IDF ground troops
14 Hezbollah fighters killed in heavy exchanges of fire with IDF ground troops
Eric Heyl / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Ney drops out of fall race — TRIBUNE-REVIEW — Entangled in the scandals involving former Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, embattled U.S. Rep. Robert Ney is ending his re-election bid. — Although Ney had vowed to stay in the race even if he is indicted, the Ohio Republican decided last week to bow out.
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Joe Danborn / Associated Press:
Rep. Bob Ney won't seek re-election
Rep. Bob Ney won't seek re-election
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
15 States Expand Right to Shoot in Self-Defense — In the last year, 15 states have enacted laws that expand the right of self-defense, allowing crime victims to use deadly force in situations that might formerly have subjected them to prosecution for murder. — Supporters call them "stand your ground" laws.
Brett Arends / Boston Herald:
Hatin' on Hillary: N.H. Dems lambaste Clinton — MANCHESTER, N.H. - Dick Bennett has been polling New Hampshire voters for 30 years. And he's never seen anything like it. — "Lying b**** . . . shrew . . . Machiavellian . . . evil, power-mad witch . . . the ultimate self-serving politician."
New York Times:
A Disciplined Hezbollah Surprises Israel With Its Training, Tactics and Weapons — On Dec. 26, 2003, a powerful earthquake leveled most of Bam, in southeastern Iran, killing 35,000 people. Transport planes carrying aid poured in from everywhere, including Syria.
Kirstin Downey / Washington Post:
Feeling Unwelcome, Some Gays Vacate Virginia — November Ballot Ban Helps Fuel Migration — Edel Quinones lived in Virginia for 10 years, but early this year, he sold his Arlington townhouse to move to the District. — "It felt like I wasn't welcome anymore," he said.
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Siobhan Gorman / Baltimore Sun:
NSA risking electrical overload … WASHINGTON // The National Security Agency is running out of juice. — The demand for electricity to operate its expanding intelligence systems has left the high-tech eavesdropping agency on the verge of exceeding its power supply, the lifeblood …
Scott Michels / US News:
For Gays, New Math — Rethinking tactics after a series of setbacks nationwide — After the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court legalized gay marriage in 2003, and gay and lesbian couples began to wed in San Francisco and Portland, Ore., soon after, it seemed to Lisa Stone that a new era was sweeping the country.
Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:
Sheehan Resumes Protest Near Bush Ranch — A year after her first war protest in President Bush's adopted hometown attracted thousands and reinvigorated the nation's peace movement, Cindy Sheehan resumed her vigil Sunday. — Under the blazing Texas sun, Sheehan and more than 50 demonstrators again marched …