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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Reid Got $1M in Land Sale — Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years, property deeds show. — In the process, Reid did not disclose to Congress …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Harry Reid And The Culture Of Corruption — Once again, we discover why the Democrats quietly dropped their "culture of corruption" theme for the upcoming midterms. The AP catches Harry Reid without a disclosure on real-estate deals that netted him $700,000 in profit:
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
AP's Reid Story Doesn't Add Up — Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) "collected a $1.1 million windfall on a Las Vegas land sale even though he hadn't personally owned the property for three years," the AP reports. — Except that's wrong. Reid made a $700,000 profit on the sale, not $1.1 million.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
THE CULTURE OF CORRUPTION IN LAS VEGAS — The Associated Press has an exclusive report on a series of real estate transactions by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, in which he parlayed a $400,000 investment into a $1.1 million return in just six years. — The focus of the AP's report …
Johnny Dollar / Olbermann Watch:
COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - OCTOBER 11, 2006
COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - OCTOBER 11, 2006
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Jonathan Larsen / MSNBC:
Exclusive: Book says Bush just using Christians — 'Tempting Faith' author David Kuo worked for Bush from 2001 to 2003 — More than five years after President Bush created the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, the former second-in-command of that office is going public with an insider's tell …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann Exclusive: Dissecting new Book: Tempting Faith — According to Kuo, Karl Rove's office referred to evangelical leaders as 'the nuts.' — Tonight on Countdown-David Kuo, who was the number two guy at the Office of Faith Based initiatives in the White House writes a scathing account …
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush says Democrats would raise taxes — MACON, Ga. - President Bush portrayed Democrats on Tuesday as the party of big spending and high taxes, aiming to give increasingly endangered Republicans an edge in a midterm election debate dominated recently by congressional scandal and overseas crises.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Small aircraft crashes into NYC skyscraper; Update: Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle piloted the plane? — Right off the East River, on 72nd Street. It looks like an apartment building; the fire is small, perhaps confined to one apartment unit thus far. Fox and CNN are carrying it live.
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ESPN:
Lidle dies as plane crashes into Manhattan high-rise — NEW YORK — A small plane with New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle aboard crashed into a 50-story condominium tower Wednesday on Manhattan's Upper East Side, killing at least two people — including Lidle — and raining flaming debris on sidewalks, authorities said.
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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Yankee Cory Lidle on NYC plane; 4 killed
Yankee Cory Lidle on NYC plane; 4 killed
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Don Surber, Gawker, TigerHawk, Blue Crab Boulevard, Shakespeare's Sister and Jihad Watch
Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
U.S. indicts American in al-Qaida video — LOS ANGELES - The charge of treason was used for the first time in the United States' war on terrorism Wednesday, filed against a California man who appeared in propaganda videos for al-Qaida. — Adam Yehiye Gadahn, 28, could be sentenced to death …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Hastert Aides Interest Ethics Panel — Staff Members' Knowledge of Foley's Actions With Former Pages in Question — With House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert denying personal knowledge of former representative Mark Foley's activities, investigators for the House ethics committee are bearing …
BBC:
'Huge rise' in Iraqi death tolls — An estimated 655,000 Iraqis have died since 2003 who might still be alive but for the US-led invasion, according to a survey by a US university. — The research compares mortality rates before and after the invasion from 47 randomly chosen areas in Iraq.
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Kesher Talk:
Avoiding Political Embarrassment the Columbia University Way — How do you avoid political embarrassment at Columbia University these days? — Disinvite invited guests to a talk sure to interest conservatives and other hawks in the larger NYC community. — Why, we wonder …
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USA Today:
Report refutes fraud at poll sites — WASHINGTON — At a time when many states are instituting new requirements for voter registration and identification, a preliminary report to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission has found little evidence of the type of polling-place fraud those measures seek to stop.
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epw.senate.gov:
NUREMBERG-STYLE TRIALS PROPOSED FOR GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICS — CONTACT: MARC MORANO ( marc_morano@epw.senate.gov ), MATT DEMPSEY ( matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov ) — A U.S. based environmental magazine that both former Vice President Al Gore (http://gristmill.grist.org/print/ 2006/9/19/11408/1106? …
David Burge / iowahawk:
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GLORIOUS NUCLEAR ACHIEVEMENT TO GANGSTER STOOGES OF BLOGOSPHERE — In the back yard of scientific researchings behind the Great Storage Shed of the People, Iowahawk scientists successfully conducted above-ground nuclear missile test explosions under secure and many malt liquor conditions …
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Kos Irhabi / The Jawa Report:
The YouTube Jihad : It Really IS a Jihad, Folks — The Mudville Gazette summarizes an al Qaeda working paper summarizing a plan for an expanded English language propaganda effort: … What this means is: the online jihad is only beginning. We can expect to see new and more effective forms of Islamist propaganda.
Nico / Think Progress:
After Blaming Clinton For North Korea Nuke, McCain Blasts People 'Engaging In Finger-Pointing' — Yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) explicitly blamed the Clinton administration for North Korea's nuclear weapons test on Sunday: "[I]t is a failure of the Clinton administration policies …