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Catherine Tsai / ABCNEWS:
Evangelist Admits Meth, Massage, No Sex — National Evangelical Leader, Gay Marriage Opponent, Admits to Meth and Massage but Not Gay Sex — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. Nov 3, 2006 (AP)— Evangelist Ted Haggard admitted Friday that he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute …
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CNN:
Evangelical leader says he bought meth but 'never used it' … COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) — The Rev. Ted Haggard, who resigned as one of the nation's top evangelical leaders, admitted Friday he had contacted male prostitute Mike Jones for a massage and bought drugs from him.
MSNBC:
Accused pastor admits he bought meth — But Haggard claims he never used drug that he bought from gay escort … COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Rev. Ted Haggard admitted Friday he bought methamphetamine and received a massage from a gay prostitute who claims he was paid for drug-fueled trysts …
David Montero / Rocky Mountain News:
Haggard's sex accuser fails polygraph — A former male prostitute who accused Colorado Springs pastor Ted Haggard of engaging in gay sex over the course of three years failed a polygraph test administered Friday morning in Denver. — The polygrapher, John Kresnik, said the results …
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Soldiers of Christ — Inside America's most powerful megachurch with Pastor Ted Haggard — Originally from May 2005. By Jeff Sharlet. — Sources — Jesus, 1871 — They are drawn as if by magnetic forces; they speak of Colorado Springs, home to the greatest concentration …
Bryan / Hot Air:
Kerry's website defends Kerry's "joke" Update: with video — Why does johnkerry.com sport a link to the following Seattle Post-Intelligencer editorial? … That's posted right now on John Kerry's website. It goes on to slam Bush and defend Kerry's crass remark.
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JohnKerry.com:
Kerry's Remark: Right either way — Seattle Post-Intelligencer — Republicans evidenced their election desperation by braying about an offhand comment that Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., made at a California college rally. — "Education" Kerry said "— if you make the most of it and you study hard …
Richard Beeston / Times of London:
Six Arab states join rush to go nuclear — Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, UAE and Saudi Arabia seek atom technology — THE SPECTRE of a nuclear race in the Middle East was raised yesterday when six Arab states announced that they were embarking on programmes to master atomic technology.
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Washington Times:
A look at Pelosi's voting record — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi would bring to the office a level of left-wing liberalism that will be unprecedented. In the National Journal's 2005 ideological ratings, which were based on scores of votes, Mrs. Pelosi was ranked more liberal …
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Media Matters for America:
Where is Nancy Pelosi? A 'How To' Guide for Advancing Conservative Misinformation — HOW A BOGUS CLAIM FROM A GOP ORGANIZATION ENDED UP ON MSNBC — Washington, DC — The Republican noise machine is at it again. In a last-ditch effort to distract voters, Republicans are playing pickup game of "Where is Nancy Pelosi?"
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
We Need His Kind — In praise of Rick Santorum. — It has been hard not to experience the election as a brute-force clash between two armies struggling over terrain their soldiers have come to see, inevitably—they are at war, they are exhausted—as the location of the battle, but not its purpose.
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Martin Kady II / CQ.com:
Ney Says He'll Resign From House — Rep. Bob Ney, facing certain expulsion from the House after being convicted of two felonies in relation to the Jack Abramoff scandal, said on Friday he will resign by the end of the day. — Ney, who pleaded guilty Oct. 13 to making false statements …
Dane Smith / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Hatch remark fuels flap — The Duluth News Tribune reported today that DFL gubernatorial candidate Mike Hatch called one of its reporters a "Republican whore" on Thursday. — Hatch said Friday morning his recollection was that he used the term "Republican hack," not whore.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Democrats Predict Voter ID Problems — On Indiana's primary day, Rep. Julia Carson shoved her congressional identification card in a pocket, ran out of her house and raced down the street to be at her polling site when it opened at 6 a.m. The Democrat, seeking to represent Indianapolis for a sixth term …
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Ronald R. Griffin / Opinion Journal:
Shame on Him — John Kerry picked the wrong people to insult. — I missed the joke. You must forgive me, for there just is not a lot of room in my life for even good jokes—and there is absolutely no room for "botched jokes"—when the subject of the joke is my son who was killed in Iraq.
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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Unemployment Drops to Five-Year Low — Data Fuels Debate Over Direction of the Economy — Unemployment dropped to its lowest level in five years last month as U.S. employers added 92,000 new jobs, a sign of continued strength in the economy even as overall growth began to slow.
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Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
U.S. speeds attack plans for North Korea — The Pentagon has stepped up planning for attacks against North Korea's nuclear program and is bolstering nuclear forces in Asia, said defense officials familiar with the highly secret process. — The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity …