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Paul Bass / New Haven Independent:
Schlesinger Steals The Show — The ghost of Crazy Eddie was channeled Monday by a man who would be Connecticut's next senator — and whose name is neither Lieberman nor Lamont. — This candidate's name is Alan Schlesinger (pictured in top photo). He is the official candidate nominated …
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Lieberman4Lieberman Candidate Makes Poor Showing In Debate — Finally. A Republican with the stones to tell Joe Lieberman to get off his damn lawn. — Lieberman thought he was going to look "bipartisan" standing in between Ned Lamont and Alan Schlessinger during the debate today …
Michael Sheridan / The Australian:
China may back coup against Kim — THE Chinese are openly debating "regime change" in Pyongyang after last week's nuclear test by their confrontational neighbour. — Diplomats in Beijing said at the weekend that China and all the major US allies believed North Korea's claim that it had detonated a nuclear device.
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Telegraph:
Navy 'too weak' for big role in Korea blockade — By Thomas Harding, Damien McElroy in Washington and Richard Spencer in Beijing — Plans to impose a blockade of North Korea to prevent the regime acquiring nuclear weapons were thrown in disarray last night.
MSNBC:
U.S. confirms N. Korea blast was radioactive — American officials warn Pyongyang may be planning a second nuke test … WASHINGTON - Air samples gathered last week contain radioactive materials that confirm that North Korea conducted an underground nuclear explosion …
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Analysis of Air Samples Confirms N. Korea Test
Analysis of Air Samples Confirms N. Korea Test
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Philly.com:
Agents raid homes of Rep. Curt Weldon's daughter, close friend — Federal agents raided the home of the daughter of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.) and his longtime friend Charlie Sexton this morning. — The agents departed Karen Weldon's three-story brick home on Queen Street in Philadelphia with arms loaded with boxes.
Associated Press:
Saddam prosecutor's brother shot dead in Iraq — Gunmen ambush kin in front of his wife; Saddam verdict to be read Nov. 5 — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The brother of the chief prosecutor in Saddam Hussein's second trial was shot dead in front of his wife at his home in the capital Monday …
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Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Civil rights lawyer sentenced to prison — NEW YORK - A firebrand civil rights lawyer who has defended Black Panthers and anti-war radicals was sentenced Monday to nearly 2 1/2 years in prison — far less than the 30 years prosecutors wanted — for helping an imprisoned terrorist sheik communicate with his followers on the outside.
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iraqbodycount.org:
Reality checks: some responses to the latest Lancet estimates — Hamit Dardagan, John Sloboda, and Josh Dougherty — Summary … - On average, a thousand Iraqis have been violently killed every single day in the first half of 2006, with less than a tenth of them being noticed by any public surveillance mechanisms;
John Solo / Associated Press:
Reid to Reimburse Campaign for Donations — Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid has been using campaign donations instead of his personal money to pay Christmas bonuses for the support staff at the Ritz-Carlton where he lives in an upscale condominium. Federal election law bars candidates …
P.J. O'Rourke / Weekly Standard:
What's That Smell? — The GOP is stinking up the joint. — LIKE OTHER DEEP-THINKING people, I'm full of principled, idealistic, high-minded indignation at the GOP. What a stampede of sleaze. Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist—for the Federal Penitentiary System.
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Julie Cart / Los Angeles Times:
Congressman Defends Provision That Would Cut Oil Shale Royalties — Tucked into a massive energy bill that would open the outer continental shelf to oil drilling are provisions that would slash future royalties owed to the federal government by companies prospecting in Rocky Mountain oil shale deposits.
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Washington Times:
Jihadists and Jews — Democratic strategist and former Michael Dukakis campaign manager Susan Estrich, and the former American Civil Liberties Union president in Massachusetts, Harvey Silvergate, recently joined the attorneys representing two alleged Boston al Qaeda funders.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report:
Boycott Indonesia—Stop Murdering Christians Now! — Civil war is in the air in Indonesia. Christians are daily being slaughtered and the government does little to protect them. — Two of our longtime blog-friends, Stan the Infidel and Big White Infidel, are furious over the treatment of Christians in Indonesia.
Reuters:
Reuters opens virtual news bureau in Second Life — SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Reuters is opening a news bureau in the simulation game Second Life this week, joining a race by corporate name brands to take part in the hottest virtual world on the Internet.
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Taking the Initiative — How judges threaten direct democracy. — Government officials pay homage to democracy, but this election year some are actively trying to undermine it. While the 79 citizen-sponsored initiatives that will be voted on this year is up 25% from 2004 …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions — Howard Kurtz has been The Washington Post's media reporter since 1990. He is also the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and the author of "Media Circus," "Hot Air," "Spin Cycle" and "The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media and Manipulation."
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