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4:35 PM ET, November 3, 2006

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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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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 …
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 …
KKTV-TV:
Church Leader Says Haggard Admits To Some Indiscretions  —  Interim Senior Pastor Says Haggard Admits Indiscretions — Raw Interview  —  Colorado Springs  —  A sudden about-face in the scandal facing New Life Church's pastor.  —  After Pastor Ted Haggard went public Wednesday night denying allegations …
Rocky Mountain News:
Minister admits massage from accuser
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and TalkLeft
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Church Leader Resigns After Gay Sex Claim
Discussion: TAPPED and NewsBusters.org
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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Morning Call:
BREAKING NEWS: Crash on I-78 closes highway in Berks  —  | U.S. Sen. John Kerry's case of combat boot-in-mouth disease has done nothing to improve Rick Santorum's chances of holding onto his job, according to the final Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll of the fall campaign.
Discussion: SantorumBlog
Will / Attytood:
How the 101st Fighting Keyboarders (and Rick Santorum and George …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
JIM GERAGHTY writes: "I'm sorry, did the New York Times just put on the front page that IRAQ HAD A NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM AND WAS PLOTTING TO BUILD AN ATOMIC BOMB?"  —  UPDATE: Ed Morrissey has more: … Kind of undercuts that whole "Bush lied about WMD" thing.
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Opinion Journal:
The Acorn Indictments  —  A union-backed outfit faces charges of election fraud.  —  So, less than a week before the midterm elections, four workers from Acorn, the liberal activist group that has registered millions of voters, have been indicted by a federal grand jury …
Discussion: Redstate and Blue Crab Boulevard
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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 …
Discussion: The Corner and Blue Crab Boulevard
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Liberal bloggers rip party over Lamont  —  National Democrats have abandoned their anti-war Senate candidate in Connecticut, say liberal bloggers who earlier this year were heavily courted by top Democrats in their quest to take over Congress.  —  Democratic nominee Ned Lamont …
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Nicholas Confessore / The Empire Zone:
Campaign Trail Counter-Programming
Andrew Duffy / National Post:
Steyn's book can't be found in Canada  —  Author says bookstore chain 'boycotting' best-seller  —  A Canadian author's book about the need to defend Western civilization against Islam's demographic juggernaut — and the United States' vital role in that effort — has become a best-seller …
Discussion: New Sisyphus - PDX
Arizona Republic:
McCain is star of Proposition 107 TV commercials  —  Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., a likely 2008 presidential aspirant, is starring in two new television spots for Proposition 107, a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ensure that same-sex marriages or civil unions are never legal …
Julian Glover / Guardian:
British believe Bush is more dangerous than Kim Jong-il  —  America is now seen as a threat to world peace by its closest neighbours and allies, according to an international survey of public opinion published today that reveals just how far the country's reputation has fallen among former supporters since the invasion of Iraq.
Reuters:
Unemployment rate lowest in nearly 5-1/2 years  —Text+WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to its lowest in nearly 5-1/2 years during October as 92,000 more jobs were added and hiring in each of the two prior months was revised up, a government report on Friday showed.
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 …
Discussion: QandO and TPMCafe blogs
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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Steven Emerson / Counterterrorism Blog:
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Josh Brodesky / Arizona Daily Star:
NEWS ELSEWHERE  —  Pederson narrows Kyl lead, poll says
Discussion: Pollster and Daily Kos
Maddy Sauer Reports / The Blotter:
RNC Accepts Money From Army Porn Movie Distributor
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Lisa Goddard / CNN:
Leading House Republican: Iraq not a reflection on me
Kos / Daily Kos:
MT-Sen: APB on this race
Discussion: Redstate and Left in the West
Philip Klein / American Spectator:
Promote Pence
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Houston Chronicle:
Signs link Dems to terror and illegal immigrants
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The Murphys Shake the GOP
Discussion: TAPPED and DownWithTyranny!
Washington Times:
Cardin rallies blacks in PG
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
A Duel, but Not Decisive
BBC:
Gaza women 'die in mosque siege'
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Foreign Lobbies Took the Guise Of Nonprofits
James Glanz / New York Times:
Congress Tells Auditor in Iraq to Close Office
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Bloomberg:
The DOJ's proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships, like with Anthropic, and ban Google from offering exclusive deals to content providers

 
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