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Daily Mail:
Two doctors held over bomb attacks — While police swoop on motorway to arrest woman in a veil — Two doctors were among five people being held as terror suspects last night after the bomb plots in London and Glasgow. — One was one of two men who tried to drive a blazing Jeep packed with petrol …
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Telegraph:
Britain's terror crackdown — Cars were banned from approaching airport terminals last night as unprecedented security measures were enforced to combat a suspected al-Qa'eda bombing campaign. — The terrorist threat level was at "critical" - its highest - after two car bombs were found …
Sky News:
Two Terror Suspects Are Hospital Doctors — Two of the five terror suspects being held in the wake of the failed car bombings in London and Glasgow are hospital doctors working in the UK. — The majority of the five terror suspects being held in police custody in connection with bomb attacks …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
A President Besieged and Isolated, Yet at Ease — Bush, Grasping for Answers and Fixated on Iraq, Remains Resolute — At the nadir of his presidency, George W. Bush is looking for answers. One at a time or in small groups, he summons leading authors, historians, philosophers and theologians …
Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama leads — in cash — $32 million in the second quarter will allow him to 'vigorously' compete in important early states — WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) beat chief rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in second-quarter fund-raising …
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The Politico:
Obama, Clinton smash fundraising records — Hillary Clinton may be the one consistently coming out top when Democratic voters are asked who they want to be their presidential candidate, but Barack Obama seems to be the one they reach into their wallets for.
ABCNEWS:
Secret Document: U.S. Fears Terror 'Spectacular' Planned — Official Cites Resemblance to Warnings and Intelligence Before 9/11 — A secret U.S. law enforcement report, prepared for the Department of Homeland Security, warns that al Qaeda is planning a terror "spectacular" this summer …
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Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
More London bombings on way, warns Muslim — UK Islamist leader claims Brits ready to carry out 'many attacks' — JERUSALEM - The thwarted car bombings in London last week and the terror attack this weekend against Scotland's busiest airport were "completely justified" …
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Observer:
My plea to fellow Muslims: you must renounce terror — As the bombers return to Britain, Hassan Butt, who was once a member of radical group Al-Muhajiroun, raising funds for extremists and calling for attacks on British citizens, explains why he was wrong — When I was still a member …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
You don't say: U.S. captures top Hezbollah bombmaker in Iraq; Update: Video added — Not even the left will be surprised by this but they'll publicly scoff and attack the story anyway lest it give any more credence to Bush's complaints about Iran. Greenwald used that same "reasoning" …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Victory For Free Speech — If you believe most of the newspaper editorials and the outraged complaints from self-styled reform groups last week, the Supreme Court opened a huge "loophole" in campaign finance law that will enable corporations and unions to pollute the political process with their ads.
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Angelo M. Codevilla / New York Post:
THE REAL SINS OF THE CIA — THE CIA last week released a heavily redacted version of a 1973 report what it considers its fathers' sins. There was nothing new: In the '70s and '80s, agency employees on all sides of the quarrels over what the CIA should do shopped their versions of the report …
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Washington Times:
Virginia isn't for drivers — Starting today, Virginia drivers are in for one of the region's most egregious money grabs in a long time. Authorities are slated to begin imposing a jaw-dropping $1,050 "abuser fee" on drivers registered in-state who are caught speeding 20 or more mph over the limit.
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey; Commanded Submarine Attacks on Japanese Shipping — Rear Adm. Eugene B. Fluckey, one of the greatest naval heroes of World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses for his daring submarine attacks on Japanese shipping, died June 28 at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
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Richard Gray / Telegraph:
Babies not as innocent as they pretend — Whether lying about raiding the biscuit tin or denying they broke a toy, all children try to mislead their parents at some time. Yet it now appears that babies learn to deceive from a far younger age than anyone previously suspected.
Andrew Martin / New York Times:
Labels Lack Food's Origin Despite Law — In every American supermarket, labels tell shoppers where their seafood came from. But there are no such labels for meat, produce or nuts. — Behind the contradiction is a lesson in political power in Washington, where lobbyists and members …
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Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Leahy: If Bush And Cheney Don't Cooperate With Subpoenas He Will Push To Find Them In Contempt Of Congress — Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy, (D-VT) was on "Meet The Press" this morning to discuss the ongoing DOJ and White House scandals. and clearly states …
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Charles S. Johnson / Billings Gazette:
Voters don't like Legislature - but favor big decisions — HELENA - Montana voters flunked the 2007 Legislature on job performance, a Gazette State Poll shows - but, oddly enough, they strongly supported some of the session's major decisions. — The poll found that 67 percent of voters slapped …
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Matt Singer / Left in the West:
The End of the Tax Revolt — Even in Montana and the GOP
The End of the Tax Revolt — Even in Montana and the GOP
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