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Paula Woodward / KUSA-TV:
Sources: Karr's DNA not a match, charges won't be filed — KUSA - 9NEWS has confirmed from two sources that the DNA taken from John Mark Karr does not match the DNA samples taken from the crime scene in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case. — 9NEWS has also confirmed from different sources …
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CNN:
Attorney: Karr won't be charged with JonBenet's murder — Adjust font size: — BOULDER, Colorado (CNN) — Schoolteacher John Mark Karr will not be charged with the murder of 6-year-old beauty pageant competitor JonBenet Ramsey, Karr's attorney said Monday.
Jon Sarche / Associated Press:
John Mark Karr freed in JonBenet case — BOULDER, Colo. - Prosecutors abruptly dropped their case Monday against John Mark Karr in the slaying of JonBenet Ramsey, saying DNA tests failed to put him at the scene despite his repeated insistence he killed the 6-year-old beauty queen.
New York Times:
Shiite Militia Clashes With Iraqi Forces, Killing 15 — Members of a Shiite militia killed at least 15 Iraqi soldiers in fierce fighting today in the southern city of Diwaniya, Iraqi officials said. — Some of the soldiers were executed in a public square after they ran out of ammunition …
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Solomon Moore / Los Angeles Times:
Deaths Drop in Iraqi Capital — Even as the nation's toll climbs by at least 80, including 6 U.S. soldiers, officials credit a military sweep for Baghdad's lower tally this month. — BAGHDAD — An ambitious military sweep appears to be dramatically reducing Baghdad's homicide rate …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Getting Our House in Order? — Scout Prime has another fantastic post and video up at First Draft from the Rising Tide blogger's conference in New Orleans. She tells me that there will be some additional video up later today of an interview with the homeowner's daughter(s) …
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The Tattered Coat, Associated Press, Feministe, Norwegianity and skippy the bush kangaroo
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Robert J. Samuelson / Newsweek:
Wal-Mart's A Diversion — On any list of the nations major concerns, the giant retailer would not rank in the first 50. So why are Dems spending so much time talking about it? — It's not surprising that, as the New York Times reports, leading Democratic politicians have latched onto bashing Wal-Mart …
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Blogosphere Unites in Pursuit of Masked Senator — Who's trying to stop the government from telling its citizens where their tax dollars are being spent? Help find out. — Just before the August recess, the Senate was set to vote on a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Barack Obama (D-IL) …
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Mary Katharine Ham / Townhall.com:
Why we don't believe you — Does the mainstream press ever wonder why conservatives distrust them so much? — If so, they need look no further than the "fauxtography" scandals of the last couple of weeks. Conservative bloggers have been hard at work sniffing out suspected fakery and staging …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
E&P buries correction on Mitchell's rewritten column from 2003
E&P buries correction on Mitchell's rewritten column from 2003
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
FauxPhotography: The NYT cheesecake shot isn't photoshopped — Four different people have sent me this alleging that the mike cord has been photoshopped out: — Yeah, it looks weird, but there's an innocent explanation. And the site we owe our thanks to for getting to the bottom of it is ... no, I can't say it.
Ben Grossman / Broadcasting & Cable:
'Chris Matthews' Turns 5 — Chris Matthews' syndicated political talk show has its fifth anniversary next month. His MSNBC program Hardball may get more buzz, but The Chris Matthews Show, from NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution, is a force as well.
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CNN:
Oops: Impostor scams Louisiana officials — Adjust font size: — KENNER, Louisiana (CNN) — A man who pulled a hoax on Louisiana officials and 1,000 contractors by presenting himself as a federal housing official said Monday he intended to focus attention on a lack of affordable housing.
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Washington Times:
Israeli general plots war with Iran — JERUSALEM — Israel has appointed a top general to oversee a war against Iran, prompting speculation that it is preparing for possible military action against Tehran's nuclear program. — Maj. Gen. Elyezer Shkedy, Israel's air force chief …
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web — Roll the Tape — Go to the link above to see our latest WSJ.com video, in which we discuss that frivolous antiwiretapping decision, the Democrats' war on Wal-Mart, and Hezbollah's counterfeiting. — Eternal Plame — Or at least it seemed that way.
Geneive Abdo / Washington Post:
America's Muslims Aren't as Assimilated as You Think — If only the Muslims in Europe — with their hearts focused on the Islamic world and their carry-on liquids poised for destruction in the West — could behave like the well-educated, secular and Americanizing Muslims in the United States, no one would have to worry.
Media Research Center:
Election In The Streets — How The Broadcast Networks Promote Illegal Immigration — Executive Summary — Spurred by a passionate public outcry against the tide of illegal immigration, on December 16, 2005, the House of Representatives passed a bill to curb the flow of illegal aliens …
NY Daily News:
Moneymen missing — Dem rips weak $upport — Chicago Congressman Rahm Emanuel, who leads the Democrats' efforts to retake the House and Senate, is criticizing two of his party's leading allies - George Soros and MoveOn.org - for spending too little on the midterm elections.
Opinion Journal:
Hostage Crisis — What is Kofi Annan doing for the kidnapped Israeli soldiers? — BY JUDEA PEARL AND RUTH PEARL — As the parents of Daniel Pearl, The Wall Street Journal's reporter who was kidnapped and brutally murdered in Pakistan in 2002, we share the anguish of the families …
William J. Stuntz / Weekly Standard:
Will We Choose to Win in Iraq? — The war is frustrating. That doesn't mean we ought to get out. — Thirty-eight years ago, American politics was rocked by another politically controversial war. Then, as now, liberal Democrats competed for the allegiance of an increasingly powerful antiwar left.