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2:55 PM ET, August 7, 2006

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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
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.
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.
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 / ABCNEWS:
Senator: Bob Ney Won't Seek Re-Election
Discussion: The BRAD BLOG
Jesselee / The Stakeholder:
OH-18: Down Goes Ney
Discussion: Swing State Project and MyDD
Joe Danborn / Associated Press:
Rep. Bob Ney won't seek re-election
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Rep. Bob Ney Will Not Seek Reelection
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
14 Hezbollah fighters killed in heavy exchanges of fire with IDF ground troops  —  Israel Defense Forces soldiers killed 14 Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon combat early on Monday.  —  Infantry troops from the Nahal Brigade encountered a Hezbollah cell in the village of Houla and a fierce gun battle broke out.
CNN.com:   Airstrike kills 40 says Lebanon PM
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."
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bush: Civil War this, civil war that...  Who are you going to believe me, or your lying eyes?  —Groucho Marx  —  An average of more than 100 civilians per day were killed in Iraq last month-NY Times  —  Video-WMP Video-QT later  —  BUSH: My attitude is that a young democracy has been born quite quickly.
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Critics Say Politics Driving Immigration Hearings  —  When House leaders announced their plan to hold 21 immigration hearings in 13 states during the August recess, they said it demonstrated a commitment to battling illegal immigration and securing the border.
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.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
SPEECHLESS  —  When it comes to media bias, I'm a hard guy to surprise.  That the Washington Post often sees the world in topsy-turvy terms, I take as a given.  Nevertheless, the exchange between Howard Kurtz and Post reporter Tom Ricks, on yesterday's Reliable Sources, leaves me speechless:
Discussion: CNN, PrairiePundit, TVNewser and AMERICAblog
New York Times:
Iraq Incident Was Fueled by Whiskey, G.I. Says  —  One of the soldiers accused in the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of the girl and her family said the incident took place after a morning of cards and whisky, when a member of his unit began pestering the group to kill some Iraqis …
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.
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 …
Joel Mowbray / Washington Times:
White washing Islamists  —  Hiding behind potted plants, Naveed Haq laid in wait for a 14-year-old girl he could use as a hostage.  With a gun in her back, he pushed his way past security and through the door.  He coldly, deliberately shot six women.  When a wounded Pamela Waechter tried …
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Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Elian Gonzalez Wishes Castro Well
David Sirota / Examiner:
Addressing the country's health care taboo
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Peter Brown / Real Clear Politics:
The Partisan Divide Over Iraq
Mark Niesse / Associated Press:
Kennedy: Jury's Out on U.S. Democracy
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What is Joe up to now?  —  Team Joementum is up to something.
Antonio Castaneda / Associated Press:
U.S. troops endure 125 degrees in Iraq
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Thune not seeking GOP job
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Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
The Specialist  —  Watching the film An Inconvenient Truth was an odd experience.
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Democrats mum on 'corruption'
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Is It the Drunk or the Drink Doing the Talking?
Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
In Afghanistan, a Crackdown on Imported Pleasures
Discussion: The Big Pharaoh
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Arab World Finds Icon in Leader of Hezbollah
Scott Michels / US News:
For Gays, New Math  —  Rethinking tactics after a series of setbacks nationwide
Siobhan Gorman / Baltimore Sun:
NSA risking electrical overload