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11:35 PM ET, August 23, 2006

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CNN:
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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Daily Mail:
Asian students' shock at ejection from jet by passenger mutiny
Nicola Leske / Reuters:
Dutch arrest 12 on US plane bound for India
CNN:
Northwest jet turns back; 12 arrested
Associated Press:   Dutch Arrest 12 From U.S. Airliner
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Another Sky Plot Foiled?
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.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan and basil's blog
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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 …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Massaging Katrina  —  I wrote a few days ago about the …
Discussion: Norwegianity
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 …
Discussion: The Fix and Wonkette
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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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Political Animal
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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Kristin Roberts / Reuters:
Marine Corps to start involuntary troop recalls
Discussion: Think Progress and The Corner
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 …
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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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Group claims responsibility for Centanni abduction …
Scott Winship / Strategist:
The Uninformed Bloc  —  I know what you're thinking.  I've failed to keep the faith.  I've made a mockery of the "daily" in "Daily Strategist".  I've been out lollygagging, making the rounds of the D.C. cocktail circuit.  But lemme explain.  There was a much needed trip to Boston …
Senator Bill Frist:
Fixing the Federal Spending Problem  —  On the road tonight, after a full day with great candidates and committed patriots in Alabama.  While scrolling down Instapundit a little while ago, I found a blog post from Andrew Stuttaford at The Corner, discussing the Federal Funding Accountability …
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 …
Associated Press:
New 'Survivor' Divides Groups by Race  —  Get ready for a segregated "Survivor."  Race will matter on the upcoming season of the CBS show as contestants will be divided into four tribes by ethnicity.  That means blacks, whites, Latinos and Asians in separate groups.  —  The announcement was made on CBS' Early Show.
zombietime.com:
+ Introduction  —  On the night of July 23, 2006, an Israeli aircraft intentionally fired missiles at and struck two Lebanese Red Cross ambulances performing rescue operations, causing huge explosions that injured everyone inside the vehicles.  Or so says the global media, including Time magazine …
Discussion: Say Anything
Hotline On Call:
Exclusive: McCain's Web Team.  And Nicco Mele.  —  Over the past several months, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has quietly recruited for his presidential campaign some of the most influential online strategists in the country, including one of the main architects of Howard Dean's pioneering website.
Discussion: Jesus' General and Raising Kaine
 
 
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