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12 arrested after Northwest Airlines turned back — Passengers 'looked into plastic bags, passed cell phones' — AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (CNN) — Dutch police said Wednesday that 12 passengers were in custody after a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Mumbai, India, returned to Amsterdam when several people on board aroused concern.
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Northwest jet turns back; 12 arrested — Airline: Passengers unlatched seat belts, passed cell phones — AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (CNN) — Twelve passengers were in custody Wednesday after a Northwest Airlines flight bound for Mumbai, India, returned to Amsterdam with a fighter jet escort, Dutch police said.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:Report: 12 passengers arrested after diverted Northwest flight lands
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Associated Press:
Bush: Katrina recovery will take time — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Wednesday cautioned against placing too much importance on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's Gulf Coast strike, saying it will take a long, sustained effort to rebuild the area.
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Will / Attytood:
"Rockey I": If it sounds too good to be true... The good news is that CNN seems to have finally stop obsessing over John Mark Karr. Instead, they've found a new soap opera to go ga-ga over, Katrina survivor Rockey Vaccarella, who drove his FEMA trailer from his home in ravaged St. Bernard Parish …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
E&P editor attacks bloggers over Reutersgate (Update: Zombie explodes the ambulance incident) — I was going to make the title, "E&P editor attacks bloggers over Reutersgate, misrepresents pretty much everything," but his article's only the first of two parts.
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
In Defense of War Photographers — With most others in the mainstream media silent, I rise here in support of the overwhelming number of press photographers in the Middle East who bravely, under horrid conditions, in recent weeks have sent back graphic and revealing pictures from the war zones …
Associated Press:
Alaska Gov. Murkowski Concedes Defeat in GOP Gubernatorial Primary — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski, whose perceived missteps over the past four years have turned him into one of the most unpopular governors in state history, soundly lost his bid for re-election …
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Matt Volz / Associated Press:
Gov. Murkowski Concedes Defeat in Alaska — Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski concedes race for second term in Alaska — (AP) Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski, stung by accusations of arrogance and stubbornness, lost his bid for a second term Tuesday after polling last in a three-way GOP primary.
Richard Cowan / Reuters:
Congress report faults U.S. intelligence on Iran — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. intelligence community is ill-prepared to assess Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities and its intentions for developing weapons of mass destruction, a congressional report said on Wednesday.
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Jerusalem Post:
Report: Iran planning nuclear 'surprise' — A senior official in Teheran said Wednesday that in the next few days, a "surprise" was expected regarding Iran's nuclear program, Al-Jazeera reported. — Teheran's apparent refusal to suspend uranium enrichment set the stage for a showdown at the UN Security Council later this month.
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Michael Noer / Forbes:
Don't Marry Career Women — Guys: A word of advice. Marry pretty women or ugly ones. Short ones or tall ones. Blondes or brunettes. Just, whatever you do, don't marry a woman with a career. — Why? Because if many social scientists are to be believed, you run a higher risk of having a rocky marriage.
Rhonda Schwartz Reports / The Blotter:
Is the Next Step a Draft? — Rhonda Schwartz Reports: — An Iraq War veterans group says the call-up of thousands of Marines from the Individual Ready Reserve, announced by the Pentagon today, is "one of the last steps before resorting to a draft." — "This move should serve as a wake …
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WWB / Blog P.I.:
L'Affaire GoldFrisch III: We All Knew This Was Coming — This post was co-written with Tim Dreier of The One-Handed Economist; both of us are graduates of the University of Oregon in Eugene, where Deb Frisch now lives. As a matter of full disclosure, we've had a few scrapes with Frisch of our own …
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Asking for it: why terrorism vs. Fox TV is not news — It's been over a week since Fox TV newsmen Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were abducted in Gaza. Until today's terrorist video by the Holy Jihad Brigade, showing them both alive and demanding the release of Muslim prisoners in America …
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spazeboy:
UAW Members Endorse Ned Lamont — Today, the UAW endorsed the Democratic Nominee for U.S. Senate, Ned Lamont, at a noon-hour press conference at their Region 9A headquarters in Farmington. Before the August 8 Primary, members had met with both Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont and concluded …
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Simon Caldwell / Daily Mail:
Pope sacks astronomer over evolution debate — Pope Benedict XVI has sacked his chief astronomer after a series of public clashes over the theory of evolution. — He has removed Father George Coyne from his position as director of the Vatican Observatory after the American Jesuit priest …
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Lieberman Warns of Danger of the U.S. Pulling Out of Iraq — Suggesting that he sees parallels between the war in Iraq and the early struggle against fascism, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman said on Tuesday that the United States would create a dangerous world if it left Iraq too soon.
Daily Mail:
Asian students' shock at ejection from jet by passenger mutiny — Two Asian students have revealed their shock and despair after being thrown off a plane because other passengers feared they were suicide bombers. — Manchester Umist students Sohail Ashraf and Khurram Zeb, both 22 …
Business Wire:
The New York Times Names Chandler Burr as Its First-Ever Perfume Critic — Fragrances Will Be Reviewed In New Column Appearing In T: Style Magazine — ''Scent Strip'' Fragrance Column Will Debut on August 27 — Issue Has Largest Total Advertising Pages Since 1984
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