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FORMER SENATOR FRED THOMPSON IN REMISSION FOR LYMPHOMA — WASHINGTON — Former Tennessee Republican Sen. Fred Thompson announced Wednesday he's in remission from lymphoma. — Thompson, who is considering a run for the White House in 2008, told FOX News that the illness is treatable.
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What You Need To Know — [Editorial Note: Thompson will be on Neal Cavuto's show at 4pm and with Sean Hannity at 4:30pm today to discuss this news. Given the morning outage, we're going to keep this up top for a while. Please scroll down for newer content.]
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Fred Has Manageable Cancer (Update: Fred's Showing His Hand)
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3 Generals Spurn the Position of War 'Czar' — Bush Seeks Overseer For Iraq, Afghanistan — The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies …
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OUT OF GAS....The Washington Post reports that the White House …
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Iraq in the Balance — In Washington, panic. In Baghdad, cautious optimism. — BAGHDAD—For 35 years the sun did not shine here," said a man on the grounds of the great Shia shrine of al-Kadhimiyyah, on the outskirts of Baghdad. I had come to the shrine at night, in the company of the Shia politician Ahmed Chalabi.
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Iran may be helping Iraqis build bombs — BAGHDAD - Iranian intelligence operatives have been training Iraqi fighters inside Iran on how to use and assemble deadly roadside bombs known as EFPs, the U.S. military spokesman said Wednesday. — Commanders of a splinter group inside …
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Black People — This morning on CNN Howard Kurtz pulled the "what about the rappers! that's where the word ho comes from!" stunt. What this has to do with Don Imus calling the Rutgers Women's Basketball team whores for no apparent reason other than the crime of being mostly black I do not know.
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HOS AND BITCHES....Now that Don Imus has been universally condemned for calling the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos," the conversation is moving on, as conversations do, to broader questions. In the LA Times today, civil rights attorney Constance Rice joins in the condemnation …
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Rare Protests at Brigham Young Over a Planned Cheney Appearance — The invitation extended to Vice President Dick Cheney to be the commencement speaker at Brigham Young University has set off a rare, continuing protest at the Mormon university, one of the nation's most conservative.
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Pariah — The Bush administration doesn't quite realize it yet …
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A.G.'s Statement Dropping Duke Rape Case — Statement from North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper on the Duke University lacrosse rape case. — Good afternoon, everyone. — On Jan. 13 of this year, I accepted the request of the Durham district attorney to take over three Durham cases.
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Pelosi is open to Iran trip — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, just back from a trip to Syria that brought sharp criticism from Republicans and the Bush administration, suggested Tuesday that the two may be interested in taking another diplomatic trip — to open a dialogue with Iran.
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Republican candidate off the mark on cost of milk, bread — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani hasn't done a lot of grocery shopping lately — at least based on his answers about the cost of milk and bread. — Campaigning in Alabama on Tuesday …
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I'M SORRY FOR SELLING MY STORY, SAYS IRAN HOSTAGE MR BEAN — Servicemen have rounded on the sailors who sold their stories of being held captive by Iran. — A series of messages on forces' websites ridiculed Arthur Batchelor and Faye Turney, who cashed in after being held prisoner for 13 days.
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A Word of Advice During a Housing Slump: Rent — A promotional spot for the National Association of Realtors came on the radio the other day. The spot, introduced as something called "Newsmakers," was supposed to sound like a news report, with the association's president offering real estate advice.
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Iacocca: 'Some of us are sick and tired of people who call free speech treason' — When it comes to politics, former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca is generally not much of a player. When he has dabbled in politics, Iacocca is generally known for being a Republican — he was close with Reagan …