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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.
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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.
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Military Meets, Exceeds Recruiting Goals — WASHINGTON (AP) - Though Americans are increasingly pessimistic about the war in Iraq, the Pentagon said Tuesday it is having success enlisting new troops. The Navy and Air Force met their recruiting goals last month while the Army …
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops — The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.
CNN:
Official: Saudis to back Sunnis if U.S. leaves Iraq … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has warned Vice President Dick Cheney that Saudi Arabia would back the Sunnis if the United States pulls out of Iraq, according to a senior American official.
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Jeff Greenfield / CNN:
Point of personal privilege — (CNN) — "Humor is the nitroglycerin of politics," a political analyst wrote long ago. "Very powerful, but if it's not handled carefully, it can explode in your face." — Actually, I wrote those words in a widely un-read book.
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:HAIR-TRIGGER INSTINCTS....Jeff Greenfield protests that his comparison …
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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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Julia Preston / New York Times:
U.S. Raids 6 Meat Plants in ID Case — In simultaneous dawn raids, federal immigration agents swept into six Swift & Company meatpacking plants in six states yesterday, rounding up hundreds of immigrant workers in what the agents described as a vast criminal investigation of identity theft.
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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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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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Mark Bauerlein / Chronicle of Higher Education:
How Academe Shortchanges Conservative Thinking — Notwithstanding the outcome of the recent election, in one respect, the last few decades mark a breakthrough era for conservative intellectuals. Their visibility has soared. Thirty years ago, the only place to find conservatives on television …
James Peron / TCS Daily:
The Global Poor Are Getting Richer, Faster — In a report out today, The World Bank looks both at current economic growth rates and projections for the next 25 years. The report, Global Economics Prospects 2007 says "developing economies are projected to grow by 7.0 percent in 2006 …
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 …
Little Green Footballs:
Democrat Bill Nelson Meets with Syrian Dictator — Hamas has been claiming that they've held meetings with top US Democrat leaders; I've been skeptical. — But this outrage makes their claims easier to believe. (Hat tip: Snapped Shot.) … UPDATE at 12/13/06 9:39:35 am: — It isn't just Bill Nelson.
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 …
Ilene Lelchuk / San Francisco Chronicle:
'Convert or die' game divides Christians — Some ask Wal-Mart to drop Left Behind — Liberal and progressive Christian groups say a new computer game in which players must either convert or kill non-Christians is the wrong gift to give this holiday season and that Wal-Mart …
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Shakespeare's Sister, Confederate Yankee, JunkYardBlog, Pharyngula and Suburban Guerrilla
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 …
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