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60 Minutes Sunday:
Expert Admits "Big Error" In Duke Case — (CBS) The forensic expert hired by the prosecutor in the Duke rape case says he made a "big error" in judgment by not stating in his report that the only DNA he found on the accuser was from several men who were not on the Duke lacrosse team.
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Duff Wilson / New York Times:
Prosecutor Asks State to Take Over Duke Case — The district attorney has asked the state attorney general to take over prosecution of the sexual offense and kidnapping case against three Duke University lacrosse players, an official involved in the case said today.
Raleigh News & Observer:
Nifong asks to be removed from case — THE LATEST: Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong has asked to be removed from the Duke University lacrosse case. — Nifong made the request in a letter delivered to the office of N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper. — The attorney general's office could take over the case.
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Durham-in-Wonderland
New York Times:
Prosecutor Asks to Exit Duke Case — The district attorney in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case asked the state attorney general on Friday to take over the troubled prosecution, saying he faced a conflict of interest because of ethics charges filed against him by the state bar, officials involved in the case said.
Lara Setrakian / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: DA in Duke Rape Case Asks to Be Taken off Case — After Weeks of Criticism, District Attorney Mike Nifong Asked to Be Recused — ABC News Law & Justice Unit — District Attorney Mike Nifong has requested that he have himself removed from prosecuting the Duke Lacrosse rape investigation, ABC News has learned.
New York Times:
Bush Authorized Iranians' Arrest in Iraq, Rice Says — A recent series of American raids against Iranians in Iraq was authorized under an order that President Bush decided to issue several months ago to undertake a broad military offensive against Iranian operatives in the country, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday.
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Hillary Clinton Calls Situation in Iraq 'Heartbreaking' — Senator Spoke Out Against the President's Policy in Iraq — In an exclusive interview with ABC News in Baghdad, Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., called the situation in Iraq "heartbreaking" and said she doubts Congress …
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The Swamp
Robert B. Reich / American Prospect:
Bad-Faith Negotiation — What's missing from the Democrats' new bill on bargaining prescription drug prices. — House Democrats are pushing a bill to require Medicare to negotiate drug prices. So far, so good. But in what appears to be a bow to the political clout of Big Pharma …
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BBC:
Last Somali Islamist base 'falls' — Somali government troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers have captured the last stronghold of the Union of Islamic Courts, the defence minister says. — Col Barre Aden Shire said the town of Ras Kamboni, in south-eastern Somalia, fell after several days of fighting.
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Andrew England / Financial Times:Somalia strike 'missed al-Qaeda targets'
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Classical Values
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Official Attacks Top Law Firms Over Detainees — The senior Pentagon official in charge of military detainees suspected of terrorism said in an interview this week that he was dismayed that lawyers at many of the nation's top firms were representing prisoners at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba …
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Boneless Wonders — Meet the spineless members of Congress. … Today, Boneless Wonders sit on the benches of both parties in Congress. More are to be found on the Democratic side of the aisle than the Republican. But the herd of Boneless Wonders these days is a bipartisan one.
Reuters:
Scientists prepare to move Doomsday Clock forward — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The keepers of the "Doomsday Clock" plan to move its hands forward next Wednesday to reflect what they call worsening nuclear and climate threats to the world. — The symbolic clock, maintained by the Bulletin …
WKMG-TV:
African Lion Kisses, Hugs Woman Who Saved It — People Shocked To See Affection Between Pair — People in Cali, Colombia, are shocked to see the bond between a large African lion and a woman who saved it from abuse, involving long, affectionate kisses and hugs between the pair.
Dan / Riehl World View:
Controversial Dem Manufactured White House Quotes — Updated at Bottom! — A newly-elected Democrat Congressman who first drew heat for insulting First Lady Laura Bush is now battling with the White House over allegedly insulting confrontations with Karl Rove, Vice President Dick Cheney, and President and Mrs. Bush.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Rod Dreher: "Hadn't the hippies tried to tell my generation this"? — Rod Dreher is as conservative as it gets — a contributor to National Review and the Corner, a current columnist for The Dallas Morning News, a self-described "practicing Christian and political conservative."
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