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S. Dakota's Sen. Johnson has possible stroke — Takes ill in Capitol Hill office, hospitalized for evaluation — NEW YORK - Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S. D., has been hospitalized with symptoms described as stroke-like. The seriousness of his illness has not been disclosed.
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Senator Tim Johnson reportedly suffers stroke; Senate power seen in the balance — Print page sponsored by Velvet Revolution. — MSNBC is currently reporting that Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) has suffered a stroke. — There is no word, currently, on the Senator's condition.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Sen. Johnson suffers possible stroke — WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) of South Dakota suffered a possible stroke Wednesday and was taken to a Washington hospital, his office said. If he should be unable to continue to serve, it could halt the scheduled Democratic takeover of the Senate.
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
South Dakota senator hospitalized — WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Tim Johnson (news, bio, voting record) of South Dakota was hospitalized after becoming disoriented Wednesday, weeks before his party is to take control of the Senate by a one-vote margin. — Johnson, who turns 60 on Dec. 28 …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Sen. Tim Johnson Suffers Possible Stroke — Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) suffered a "possible stroke" today, and the prognosis for his recovery remains unknown, according to his office. — Johnson was taken to George Washington Hospital this afternoon after feeling ill this morning, according to a statement from his office.
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Barry R. McCaffrey / Washington Post:
Beyond Baker-Hamilton — One Approach to a Last Try at Stability in Iraq — A collapse of the Iraqi state would be catastrophic — for the people of Iraq, for the Middle East and for America's strategic interests. We need a new political and military approach to head off this impending disaster …
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
U.S. confidence at new low on Iraq war — NBC/WSJ poll: 53 percent say no obligation to killed troops to stay in Iraq — WASHINGTON - As the White House searches for a way to move forward in Iraq after the midterm elections and the Iraq Study Group's recent recommendations …
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Julian E. Barnes / Los Angeles Times:Pentagon's plan: More U.S. troops in Iraq
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Salt Lake Tribune:
Federal raid puts families in limbo — Immigration agents looking for stolen IDs detain scores in Hyrum — HYRUM - If only for a few minutes, Maria felt like an ''illegal alien'' in her homeland - the United States of America. — She thought she was going on break from her job …
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Julia Preston / New York Times:U.S. Raids 6 Meat Plants in ID Case
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Guardian:
Move to bring genocide case against Ahmadinejad as Iran president repeats call to wipe out Israel — Robert Tait in Tehran, Ed Pilkington in New York — The outgoing US ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, is backing a call for the president of Iran to be charged with inciting genocide …
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Washington Post:
Clinton and Giuliani Have Early Edge in '08 Race, Poll Shows — New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) and former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani (R), who briefly competed against each other in a Senate race in 2000, hold early leads over potential rivals for their parties' 2008 …
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Former CNN News Chief To Launch 'IraqSlogger' Site — NEW YORK For the past four years there has been no shortage of news and views on Iraq and the long-running war there. What's been missing: a one-stop-shopping clearinghouse for nonpartisan information, including material coming …
Associated Press:
Oregon senator prepares universal health coverage plan — WASHINGTON (AP) — A dozen years after Congress rejected a Clinton administration plan for universal health care, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is readying a proposal to provide health care coverage to all Americans through a pool of private insurance plans.
Allen Salkin / New York Times:
Web Site Hunts Pedophiles, and TV Goes Along — Last month, the Web site Perverted-Justice.com posted news of the conviction of Sean Young, a Wisconsin man sentenced to 10 years in state prison for soliciting sex online from a 14-year-old girl. According to a transcript of an online chat posted …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Judge upholds detainee rights terror law — WASHINGTON - A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts. — The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson …
BBC:
Turkish Airlines gets the hump — A job well done is worth celebrating, but Turkish Airlines say staff went too far when they sacrificed a camel. — To mark the last delivery of 100 aircraft, maintenance workers clubbed together to buy the beast - and then consume it.
David Scott / Associated Press:
Lawyers: DNA Not Linked to Duke Athletes — RALEIGH, N.C. — DNA testing in the Duke lacrosse rape case found genetic material from several males in the accuser's body and her underwear _ but none from any team member, defense attorneys said in court papers Wednesday.
Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Peter Boyle, Father on 'Raymond,' Dies at 71 — Peter Boyle, who left the life of a monk to study acting and went on to become one of the most successful character actors of his time in films like "The Candidate," "Young Frankenstein" and "Monster's Ball," then capped his career with a long stint …
Peter R. Kann / Opinion Journal:
The Power of the Press — The media is in need of some mending. — Thomas Jefferson, a better president than we've had in a very long time, penned a line back in 1787: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government …
Will Dunham / Reuters:
Male circumcision greatly reduces HIV risk: studies — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Circumcising men cuts their risk of being infected with the AIDS virus in half, and could prevent hundreds of thousands or even millions of new infections, researchers said on Wednesday.
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