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Aaron Beard / Associated Press:
Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Case — DURHAM, N.C. — Prosecutors dropped rape charges Friday against three Duke University lacrosse players accused of attacking a stripper at a team party, but the three still face kidnapping and sexual offense charges. — According to court papers filed Friday …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Durham D.A. drops rape charges against Duke lacrosse players; Update: Press conference video added — But the kidnapping and sexual offense charges remain. … I haven't followed the case at all and was planning to ignore the news, but then I got an e-mail from the boss reminding me that the story was breaking.
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New York Times:
Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Case — The district attorney today dropped rape charges against three former Duke University lacrosse players, but plans to go forward with sexual assault and kidnapping charges, his office said. — Michael B. Nifong, the Durham district attorney …
WRAL-TV:
Rape Charges Dropped in Duke Lacrosse Case — DURHAM — Durham County District Attorney Mike Nifong moved Friday to drop rape charges against three Duke University lacrosse players. — Nifong said he plans to proceed with kidnapping and sexual assault charges against the three players.
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KCCI-TV:
KCCI Poll Shows Vilsack 3rd Among Democratic Hopefuls — DES MOINES, Iowa — The Tom Vilsack campaign said it will get out the message that he is the best nominee for the party. But an exclusive new poll by KCCI-TV shows he has some work to do in his own state.
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Al Qaeda Sends a Message to Democrats — Brian Ross and Hoda Osman Report: — Al Qaeda has sent a message to leaders of the Democratic party that credit for the defeat of congressional Republicans belongs to the terrorists. — In a portion of the tape from al Qaeda No. 2 man …
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Sue Lindsey / Associated Press:
Lawmaker stands firm on Quran criticism — ROCKY MOUNT, Va. - A congressman said Thursday that he will not retract a letter warning that unless immigration is tightened, "many more Muslims will be elected" and use the Quran to take the oath of office. — Republican Rep. Virgil Goode …
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Washington Post:
A Bigot in Congress — BIGOTRY COMES in various guises — some coded, some closeted, some colossally stupid. The bigotry displayed recently by Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., a Republican who represents a patch of south-central Virginia, falls squarely in the third category.
Bob Geiger / BobGeiger.com:
On Snowe-Landrieu Bipartisan Initiative: Kiss My Democratic Ass — Nausea alert: Do not read this on a full stomach if you're a Progressive, who has had it up to your eyeballs with some elected Democrats regularly accepting prison shower-room, Ned-Beatty-in-'Deliverance' treatment from Republicans …
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Rich Miller / Chicago Sun Times:
Pundits lose grip on reality when dealing with the Internet — What is it about the Internet that makes some political pundits, columnists and reporters so goofy? It seems like almost every time I read a mainstream media story about political Web sites and bloggers, the pieces are full of ill-informed junk.
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Study Suggests Incentives on Oil Barely Help U.S. — The United States offers some of the most lucrative incentives in the world to companies that drill for oil in publicly owned coastal waters, but a newly released study suggests that the government is getting very little for its money.
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Bickering Saudis Struggle for an Answer to Iran's Rising Influence in the Middle East — At a late-night reading this week, a self-styled poet raised his hand for silence and began a riff on neighboring Iraq, in the old style of Bedouin storytellers. — "Saddam Hussein was a real leader …
Billmon / Whiskey Bar:
Rates of Return … Yes, a lot has been invested. But just look at the dividends: — I once made the analogy that in the imperialism business troops equal money, so perhaps I'm not in the best position to criticize. But I was trying to sound cruel and heartless for sarcastic effect …
Talking Points Memo:
Lovely. — According to Network World's Paul McNamara, the communications director for U.S. Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), Todd Shriber, hired two 'hackers' to break into the computer of his alma mater, Texas Christian University, and change his college grades.
Rick Hasen / Election Law:
COURT ADOPTS "SEE NO EVIL" APPROACH IN CAMPAIGN FINANCE CASE; MAJOR CHANGES COULD BE ON THE HORIZON — Following up on this post, the 2-1 decision of the federal district court issued today in Wisconsin Right to Life v. FEC, if upheld by the Supreme Court, could bring us back to the days …
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