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USA Today:
Poll: Democratic candidates open large lead in congressional races — WASHINGTON — Four weeks before congressional elections, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows Democrats hold a 23-point lead over GOP candidates. That's double the lead Republicans had a month before they seized control of Congress in 1994.
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New York Times:
Foley Scandal Is Hurting G.O.P.'s Image, Poll Finds — Americans say that Republican Congressional leaders put their political interests ahead of protecting the safety of teenage pages, and that House leaders knew of Mark Foley's sexually-charged messages to pages well before he was forced to quit Congress …
CNN:
Poll: Majority think Hastert should resign … WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans believe the scandal over former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage congressional pages should cost House Speaker Dennis Hastert his leadership post, according to a CNN poll released Monday.
Washington Post:
Democrats' Midterm Momentum Mounts, Poll Finds — GOP Loses Ground Over Iraq Developments, Hill Scandal — Democrats have regained a commanding position going into the final weeks of the midterm election, with support eroding for Republicans on Iraq, ethics and presidential leadership …
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CBS News:
DID HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP KNOW ABOUT FOLEY'S SEXUALLY EXPLICIT E-MAILS? — Yes — No — Forty-six percent think embattled House Speaker Dennis Hastert should resign for his handling of the Foley disclosures. Two-thirds of Democrats and 44 percent of Independents say Hastert should step down …
Associated Press:
Scientists Probe North Korea Nuke Test — North Korea sets off an earthshaking explosion _ and claims it was nuclear. Was it? For scientists, that was not a quick and easy question to answer. — Like earthquakes, large explosions send out shockwaves that can be detected on seismographs.
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Wonk / Defense Tech:
NORK NUCLEAR TEST: IT'S A DUD — HA HA HA HA. — I — Jeffrey Lewis, crossposting from Arms Control Wonk — love the US Geological Survey. — They've published lat/long (41.294 N, 129.134 E) and Mb estimates (4.2) for the North Korean test. — There is lots of data floating around …
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Amar Bakshi / Need to Know:
Bush's Blunder In North Korea — Former U.S. National Security Advisor Donald Gregg - First: Don't panic. Kim Jong Il's objective is survival and eventual change in North Korea, not suicide. The diplomatic situation in Northeast Asia will be immensely complicated by the North Korea test …
Chester / The Adventures of Chester:
Was the nuke test a hoax? — This site does not profess conspiracy theories. — But from time to time, I do attempt to perform what I've called "agressive pattern-spotting." — Consider: — 1. About two years ago, there were rumors of an impending North Korean nuclear test.
Wretchard / The Belmont Club:
Was North Korea testing a suitcase nuke? — The US has detected a second subkiloton nuclear blast on the Korean Peninsula, according to the Australian, in what is labed "breaking news". … Apart from this original article, I have not found any second confirmation of a second subkiloton blast.
Ben Johnson / Front Page Magazine:The Left's Diplomacy Pays Off
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Secure Fence Act Has Secure Support — Yesterday I analyzed the possibility that the lack of a presidential signature on the Secure Fence Act (HR 6061) might be an attempt at a pocket veto. President Bush has never given very enthusiastic support to any border solution that didn't include …
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
D'Oh... I swear, idiocy abounds. — Via Tracy at In These Times, I found the following: … So, let me see, according to Reuters, pointing out that Ann Coulter tells big whopping lies, doesn't get her facts straight, and just flat out talks nonsense, bunk and a whole lotta crapola is...bias.
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Noam Cohen / New York Times:At Reuters, a New Book and a Lost Job
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
With Giuliani, G.O.P. Focuses on 9/11 Role — At the Detroit Tigers' stadium last week, a visiting troop of children — many wearing Tiger orange and full of the fevered air of the playoffs — met Rudolph W. Giuliani, who declared his lifelong allegiance to their enemy of the moment, the Yankees.
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Washington Post:
GOP Officials Brace for Loss Of Seven to 30 House Seats — Republican campaign officials said yesterday that they expect to lose at least seven House seats and as many as 30 in the Nov. 7 midterm elections, as a result of sustained violence in Iraq and the page scandal involving former GOP representative Mark Foley.
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Associated Press:
Shivering Alaskans to Hugo Chavez: Keep your oil — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In Alaska's native villages, the punishing winter cold is already penetrating the walls of the lightly insulated plywood homes, many of the villagers are desperately poor, and heating-oil prices are among the highest in the nation.
Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Google snaps up YouTube for $1.65B — SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is snapping up YouTube Inc. for $1.65 billion in a deal that catapults the Internet search leader to a starring role in the online video revolution. — The all-stock deal announced Monday unites one of the Internet's marquee companies …
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