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Jeffrey McMurray / Associated Press:
Comair Plane Took Off From Wrong Runway — LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A commuter jet mistakenly trying to take off on a runway that was too short crashed into a field Sunday and burst into flames, killing 49 people and leaving the lone survivor - a co-pilot - in critical condition, federal investigators said.
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Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Emmy Parodies Planecrash Hours After Kentucky Accident — This looks like a case of awful timing more than awful taste (and yes, we're aware it's a Lost parody); nevertheless, it's going to be a night to remember for NBC, the Emmys and Conan O'Brien.
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
EMMYS: What Was NBC/Conan Thinking?
EMMYS: What Was NBC/Conan Thinking?
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Zeina Karam / Associated Press:
Hezbollah head didn't foresee such a war — BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said in a TV interview aired Sunday that he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war. — Hezbollah guerrillas killed three Israeli soldiers …
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BBC:
Nasrallah sorry for scale of war — Hezbollah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah has said he would not have ordered the capture of two Israeli soldiers if he had known it would lead to such a war. — "Had we known that the kidnapping of the soldiers would have led to this …
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Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Lieberman's Run Shadows House Campaigns in Connecticut — As Senator Joseph I. Lieberman begins to mount a vigorous and well-financed re-election campaign as an independent, many Connecticut Democrats say they are worried that his bid could jeopardize their party's ability to win in three hotly contested House races this fall.
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Slow and Low — Rahm oh Rahm, what are we going to do with you? — You were showing so much promise the day after the Connecticut primary: … But that was then, this is now. Today in the NYT: … Say what? — I won't descend into cheap, common snark and point out that Joe Lieberman …
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Chuck McCutcheon / Seattle Times:
Experts warn U.S. is coming apart at the seams — WASHINGTON — A pipeline shuts down in Alaska. Equipment failures disrupt air travel in Los Angeles. Electricity runs short at a spy agency in Maryland. — None of these recent events resulted from a natural disaster or terrorist attack …
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Dan Gordon / The American Thinker:
Contrary to what is now the accepted wisdom in the media, Hezb'allah in its recent offensive against Israel neither "badly bloodied the Israel Defense Force," nor "fought it to a standstill" in Southern Lebanon. In fact, the opposite is the case. By any legitimate measure Hezb'allah was handed …
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran tests submarine-to-surface missile — TEHRAN, Iran - Iran tested a new anti-ship missile fired by a submarine during war games Sunday, raising worries it could disrupt vital oil tanker traffic in the Gulf amid its standoff with the West over its suspect nuclear activities.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
REUTERS ALLEGES ISRAELI AIR STRIKE — Given Reuters's coverage of the conflict in Lebanon, it would perhaps be understandable if the Israelis started firing on Reuters vehicles. Which is what Reuters now says they did: … As Israeli missile may well have struck the vehicle, under the circumstances:
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Nancy Pelosi / Time:
"Anybody knows not to mess with me" — Nancy Pelosi leads the Democrats with a fiery style that could make her the first woman Speaker of the House — Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats in the House, portrays herself as a polite, grandmotherly lady.
Dan / Riehl World View:
S R Sidarth Update — After discussions with a fellow blogger who linked a previous post on S R Sidarth, I've decided to provide this update. After discovering some particularly vulgar comments on a posting board made by an S R Sidarth, I made a post critical of S R Sidarth.
Telegraph:
Compliant and subservient: Jimmy Carter's explosive critique of Tony Blair — Tony Blair's lack of leadership and timid subservience to George W Bush lie behind the ongoing crisis in Iraq and the worldwide threat of terrorism, according to the former American president Jimmy Carter.
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Tim McGirk / Time:
The High Price of the Fox Kidnapping Release — The Hamas-led government won the freedom of the two journalists, but the deal may make it harder to gain the release of a captured Israeli soldier — Two Fox News journalists were freed on Sunday in Gaza after a complex deal was hammered …
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Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Kidnapped Fox News Journalists Freed
Kidnapped Fox News Journalists Freed
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Robert Kuttner / Boston Globe:
The Cheney presidency — GEORGE W. BUSH has been faulted in some quarters for taking an extended vacation while the Middle East festers. It doesn't much matter; the man running the country is Vice President Dick Cheney. — When historians look back on the multiple assaults …
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Agence France Presse:
'Democracy is under attack': Gore — LONDON (AFP) - Former US Vice-President Al Gore warned an audience at the Edinburgh International Television Festival that "democracy is under attack". — The former presidential candidate said television networks in the world's biggest …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The 'Hubris' Of Richard Armitage — Newsweek sneak previews an upcoming Isikoff/Corn book confirming the non-news that then-deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage was Bob Novak's primary source for the Plame leak. We certainly believe Armitgae was Novak's primary source for the Plame leak …
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David Cracknell / Times of London:
10m want to quit 'over-taxed' UK — ONE in five Britons — nearly 10m adults — is considering leaving the country amid growing disillusionment over the failure of political parties to deliver tax cuts, according to a new poll. — The extensive survey conducted by ICM, the polling company …