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CNN:
Two plead not guilty to Boston hoax charges … CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts (CNN) — Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by placing "bomblike" electronic light boards displaying a cartoon character with an upraised middle finger throughout Boston.
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AlterNet.org:
Update: Cartoon Marketing Ignites Bomb Scare [VIDEO] — Pranksters give finger to the media... Attempts at buzz marketing are nearly always lame, awkward, and obvious; that's about the worst (or, perhaps, best) that can be said of them, most of the time. Rare indeed is the word …
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CNN:
Two held after ad campaign triggers Boston bomb scare … BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) — Authorities have arrested two men in connection with electronic light boards depicting a middle-finger-waving moon man that triggered repeated bomb scares around Boston on Wednesday and prompted the closure …
Boston Herald:
Outraged Menino vows no mercy for stunt: Sham suspects arraigned — A furious Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino vowed yesterday to throw the book at the masterminds behind a guerrilla marketing campaign gone amok that plunged the city into bomb-scare pandemonium and blew nearly $1 million in police overtime and other costs.
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Taylor Marsh:
Toon Terror in Boston — Join me today on Taylor Marsh LIVE! — 3-4 p.m. eastern - 12-1 p.m. pacific — Terrorism isn't funny. But one city's terror alert is another city's joke. Boston freaked out. Seattle simply shrugged. … Fighting terrorism around the world isn't funny either.
Jay Lindsay / Associated Press: TV network's gimmick sparks Boston arrests; in Seattle, it's no big deal
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The Boston pranksters' surreal, moronic press conference
Video: The Boston pranksters' surreal, moronic press conference
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Doug Mellgren / Associated Press:
Al Gore nominated for Nobel Peace Prize — OSLO, Norway - Former Vice President Al Gore was nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his wide-reaching efforts to draw the world's attention to the dangers of global warming, a Norwegian lawmaker said Thursday.
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Defense Tech:
BREAKING: DOUBLE THE TROOPS IN "SURGE" (UPDATED) — President Bush and his new military chiefs have been saying for nearly a month that they would "surge" an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq, in a last, grand push to quell the violence in Baghdad and in Anbar Province.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Analysis: "Surge" Far Larger Than 20,000 Troops
Analysis: "Surge" Far Larger Than 20,000 Troops
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William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
The Arrogant and Intolerant Speak Out — Well, one thing's abundantly clear about who will actually defend our rights to say what we believe: It isn't the hundreds who have written me saying they are soldiers or veterans or war supporters or real Americans — who also advise me to move to another country …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Senate ups wage to $7.25 over two years — WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to boost the federal minimum wage by $2.10 to $7.25 an hour over two years, but packaged the increase with controversial tax cuts for small businesses and higher taxes for many $1 million-plus executives.
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Bob Geiger:
Senate Democrats Hammer Through Minimum Wage Hike — The celebration must be starting in the offices of Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) right about now. — Just moments ago, by a resounding vote of 94-3, the United States Senate passed legislation raising the Federal Minimum Wage for the first time in a decade.
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Fox News:
TWO SENIOR IRAQI GENERALS EYED IN BRAZEN ATTACK ON U.S. SOLDIERS — Two senior Iraqi generals are being questioned in connection with last week's attack in Karbala that left five U.S. soldiers dead, Pentagon officials told FOX News Thursday. — Military officials also said the level …
Tom Lasseter / Real Cities:
Mahdi Army gains strength through unwitting aid of U.S. — BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military drive to train and equip Iraq's security forces has unwittingly strengthened anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, which has been battling to take over much of the capital city …
Michelle Malkin:
The NYTimes' unspeakable violation — Before Bryan Preston and I embedded at FOB Justice, we had to read and agree to a clear set of ground rules, including this one: — Apparently, the NYTimes didn't think the rules applied to them. Yesterday, the Houston Chronicle blew the whistle …
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Michael Hedges / Houston Chronicle:
N.Y. Times to apologize for photo, video of soldier
N.Y. Times to apologize for photo, video of soldier
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Dean / Dean's World:
Molly Ivins, RIP — Molly Ivins has died at age 62 of that horrible beast known as cancer. — It's hard for me to know what to say about this. It's like finding out that Ann Coulter or Maureen Dowd have died. I can't quite think of what exactly I should say.
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Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
2006 personal savings drop to 74-yr. low — WASHINGTON - People once again spent everything they made and then some last year, pushing the personal savings rate to the lowest level since the Great Depression more than seven decades ago. — The Commerce Department reported Thursday …
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. delays report on Iranian role in Iraq — WASHINGTON — The Bush administration has postponed plans to offer public details of its charges of Iranian meddling inside Iraq amid internal divisions over the strength of the evidence, U.S. officials said. — U.S. officials promised last week …