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Nicole Williams / tennesseepolicy.org:
Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Gore's home uses more than 20 times the national average — Last night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar …
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Gore Responds To Drudge's Latest Hysterics — The right-wing is angry that Al Gore has won so much public attention and goodwill for his work on global warming. Determined to smear his efforts, Drudge writes in a screaming headline: — Responding to Drudge's attack, Vice President Gore's office told ThinkProgress:
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John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:
Get Out A Cross and a Clove of Garlic — I was talking to a reporter the other day about Republican Presidential candidates; Newt Gingrich's name came up, and I said that whenever anyone suggests Newt as a contender, I get out a cross and a clove of garlic.
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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
The Omnipresent Vice President — President Bush has all but vanished from the national and international radar. But Vice President Cheney is everywhere and at the thick of it all. — His credibility may be shot, he and his boss may be lame ducks, his signal achievement — the war in Iraq …
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Guardian:
Ahmadinejad under fire in Iran for hardline nuclear stance — Robert Tait in Tehran and Ian Black — Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came under fire from domestic critics yesterday for his uncompromising stance on the nuclear issue as the US and Britain launched a new diplomatic effort …
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iranian Leaders Criticize President — TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced a new round of sharp criticism at home Monday after he said Iran's nuclear program is an unstoppable train without brakes. Reformers and conservatives said such tough talk only inflames the West as it considers further sanctions.
Nico / Think Progress:
POLL: Americans Strongly Support Murtha's Iraq Plan — The Washington Post editorial board — which four years ago called President Bush's plan for war in Iraq "an operation essential to American security" — is now harshly attacking Rep. John Murtha's (D-PA) effort to increase support …
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New York Times:
U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran — A raid on a Shiite weapons cache in the southern city of Hilla one week ago is providing what American officials call the best evidence yet that the deadliest roadside bombs in Iraq are manufactured in Iran, but critics contend …
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Jules Crittenden, Needlenose, Danger Room, NewsHog, CJR Daily, The Anonymous Liberal, TAPPED, Middle Earth Journal and The American Street
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Zogby:
Hillary Holds On; Giuliani Expands Lead in National Primary Tests Obama advances, but McCain fades in partisan contests; Obama, Giuliani do best in general election match-ups — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton clings to a shrinking lead over Illinois Senator Barack Obama in a national test …
This Is London:
SCORN POURED ON JAMES CAMERON'S 'COFFIN OF CHRIST' THEORY — Archaeologists and biblical scholars have poured scorn on a Hollywood film director's sensational claim that he has discovered the coffin of Jesus Christ. — Oscar-winning 'Titanic' director James Cameron's assertion that the bones …
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One Hand Clapping, Macsmind, Neocon Express, The Strata-Sphere, Blue Crab Boulevard, Wizbang and Winds of Change.NET
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
A Day in The Life of a Congressman — I just read through the charging documents against Will Heaton, ex-Rep. Bob Ney's (R-OH) former chief of staff who pled guilty today, and they contain a couple precious details about how it was being Ney's right hand man for four years.
Sheila Burke / Tennessean.com:
Man hit by cab after driver made anti-Semitic comments, witnesses say — Driver said he hitler was trying to "cleanse" world of the Jews — A Nashville cabbie made anti-Semitic statements and praised Adolph Hitler's campaign against Jews during a religious argument that culminated when he ran …
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Associated Press:
Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession — Alan Greenspan Warns That U.S. Economy May Slip Into Recession by End of Year — HONG KONG (AP) — Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday that the American economy might slip into recession by year's end.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Iraqi Cabinet Approves Draft of Oil Law — The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft of a law today that would set guidelines for countrywide distribution of oil revenues and foreign investment in the immense oil industry. — The endorsement marked a major agreement among the country's ethnic …