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White House says Rove relayed complaints about prosecutors — WASHINGTON - The White House acknowledged on Sunday that presidential adviser Karl Rove served as a conduit for complaints about federal prosecutors as House investigators declared their intention to question him about any role …
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Scientists threatened for 'climate denial' — Scientists who questioned mankind's impact on climate change have received death threats and claim to have been shunned by the scientific community. — They say the debate on global warming has been "hijacked" by a powerful alliance of politicians …
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Native American trackers to hunt bin Laden — WASHINGTON: An elite group of Native American trackers is joining the hunt for terrorists crossing Afghanistan's borders. — The unit, the Shadow Wolves, was recruited from several tribes, including the Navajo, Sioux, Lakota and Apache.
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Lancing The Boil — One of the most interesting things about following the Connecticut senate race last summer was becoming exposed to the local media. One stand-out was Colin McEnroe, who has written the piece that should have been written by a top flight national columnist except they are so in the tank …
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
TRANSCRIPT: FORMER SEN. FRED THOMPSON ON 'FOX NEWS SUNDAY' — The following is a partial transcript of the March 11, 2007, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace": — "FOX NEWS SUNDAY" HOST CHRIS WALLACE: Well, chances are you've never heard of U.S. President Charles Ross …
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Swiss paper says former Taliban defense minister free — GENEVA: A Swiss newspaper claimed Sunday that the Taliban's former defense minister was free two days after his reported capture by Pakistani security forces. — The Swiss weekly SonntagsBlick said one of its reporters spoke …
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Maggie Haberman / New York Post:
HILL: I'M THE JFK OF 2008 — VOWS TO BEAT ODDS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton invoked the campaign of the nation's lone Catholic president, John Kennedy, last night as she talked about her challenge in becoming the first female commander-in-chief. — "He was smart, he was dynamic, he was inspiring and he was Catholic.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Securing Iraq Votes, One at a Time — House Democratic Leaders Methodically Build Support for War Plan — Rep. Jerry Nadler was the only lawmaker at a meeting of all House Democrats on Thursday to stand up and declare that he could not support a compromise plan to fund the Iraq war with a timeline to end the conflict.
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James Joyner / Outside The Beltway:
Twice as Many Americans Conservative as Liberal — Looking at the topline results [PDF here] of the latest AP-Ipsos poll, I came across this: — So 41% of the country self-identifies as "conservative," 34% as "moderate," and only 21% as "liberal." Further, 14% consider themselves …
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Jurassicpork / Pottersville:
Fox News at Its Finest. — (Update: I'm told by several people (and have gotten flamed for it by some idiot named Norad on fark.com) that the picture of the NYC skyline does not contain the WTC, after all so I've deleted that from the post in the interests of fairness. Sorry for the slipup.
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Tony Smith / Washington Post:
It's Uphill for the Democrats — They Need a Global Strategy, Not Just Tactics for Iraq — The Democrats' victory last November obviously reflected popular sentiment against the war in Iraq, but nothing seems obvious now as Democrats try to exploit their new majority status in Congress.
Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Halliburton to Move Headquarters to Dubai — Halliburton, the big energy services company, said today that it would open a corporate headquarters in the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai and move its chairman and chief executive, David J. Lesar, there. — The company will maintain …
Newsweek:
An 'Out of Control' Veep's Office — Conservatives are clamoring for a Libby pardon. But don't count on Bush to go along—at least not yet. — For nearly two months, while his trial unfolded in a federal courtroom, I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby seemed breezily confident.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Citizens Who Lack Papers Lose Medicaid — A new federal rule intended to keep illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid has instead shut out tens of thousands of United States citizens who have had difficulty complying with requirements to show birth certificates and other documents proving their citizenship, state officials say.
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Plaintiffs Reflect on Gun Ruling — Residents Suing D.C. Explain Motivation — George Lyon says he wants a gun in his home because it's his constitutional right. Tom Palmer says he used a gun to ward off a beating. And Gillian St. Lawrence says her shotgun is useless because it has to be unloaded and have its trigger locked.
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'Smart' rebels outstrip US — Top American generals make shock admission as Iraq leader pleads with neighbouring countries to seal off their borders — Paul Beaver in Fort Lauderdale and Peter Beaumont — The US army is lagging behind Iraq's insurgents tactically in a war that senior officers …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
French Jews Fleeing Into Florida — Over the past few years there have been reports of French Jews relocating or even being urged to relocate by some Jewish groups and now there's a new twist: — French Jews are fleeing into Florida, the Miami Herald reports.
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
Ted Koppel Tells Shocking Truth About Iraq and War on Terror — Former "Nightline" anchor Ted Koppel was one of Tim Russert's guests on Sunday's "Meet the Press." As amazing as it might seem, he made some truly shocking and compelling statements about the Iraq war and the war on terror …