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Agence France Presse:
Al Gore slams global warming doubters at Live Earth — WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former US vice president Al Gore took a swipe at global warming doubters Saturday as he opened the Washington leg of the worldwide Live Earth concerts that he helped organize. — Washington was a last-minute addition …
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Rohan Sullivan / Associated Press:
Live Earth: Fans Urged to Go Green — Live Earth started in Asia with an ancient Aboriginal instrument, toured through rehashed 1970s rock, 1980s pop and laid-back surfer music, and touched the future with a holographic appearance by Al Gore. — Concerts in Sydney, Tokyo …
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Daily Mail:
Live Aid is promoting green to save the planet - what planet are they on? — As Madonna bounds on to the huge Wembley stage to save the planet, how the assembled Greenies will cheer. — The superstar is today fronting the massive Live Earth event, with nine concerts played …
White House:
President's Radio Address — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. — This week, we received more good news showing that our economy is strong and growing. The Department of Labor reports that our economy has now created jobs for 46 consecutive months. America added 132,000 jobs in June …
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush rips Democratic lawmakers' failures — WASHINGTON - President Bush accused Democratic lawmakers on Saturday of being unable to live up to their duties, citing Congress' inability to pass legislation to fund the federal government. — "Democrats are failing in their responsibility …
Susan Saulny / New York Times:
Will Her Face Determine His Fortune? — AS the election of 2008 approaches with its cast of contenders who bring unprecedented diversity to the quest for the White House, the voting public has been called on to ponder several questions: Is America ready for a woman to be president? What about a black man?
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Someone Must Be Very Worried — Fresh on the heels of the Los Angeles Times attack on Fred Thompson's lobbying, the New York Times lowers the bar by attacking Fred Thompson's wife. Calling Fred "grandfatherly" and Jeri Kehn Thompson a "trophy wife", the Gray Lady wonders whether America …
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Washington Post:
Glasgow Suspect Angered by Iraq War, Relative Says — Bilal Abdulla, one of the two doctors arrested after a blazing Jeep Cherokee rammed into the Glasgow Airport terminal on Saturday, is a deeply religious Iraqi who was angry that his prominent Sunni family "lost everything" …
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Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
A GOP discord on Bush's Iraq strategy — A growing number of Republican lawmakers are dissenting from the administration and urging for a change of course. — WASHINGTON — Wearied by the lack of progress in Iraq and by the steady stream of military funerals back home …
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Lindsey Graham: Escalation 'Is Working Beyond My Expectations' — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), returning from a visit this week to Iraq along with his pro-escalation partner Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), offered the following assessment of the situation in Iraq:
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James Rosen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sen. Graham returns from Iraq with renewed hopes
Sen. Graham returns from Iraq with renewed hopes
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Agence France Presse:
Much of US favors Bush impeachment: poll — Nearly half of the US public wants President George W. Bush to face impeachment, and even more favor that fate for Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a poll out Friday. — The survey by the American Research Group found that 45 percent support …
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Suicide Bombings Kill Nearly 150 in Iraq — U.S. Reports Deaths of 8 American Soldiers — Suicide bombings across Iraq killed nearly 150 and injured scores, including a massive truck assault in a northern Shiite village that ripped through a crowded market, officials said Saturday.
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New York Times:
Bombers Kill Dozens North of Baghdad — Suicide bombers killed at least 122 people in two attacks north of Baghdad, officials said Saturday, and the strikes raised questions about whether insurgents who had fled intense military operations in Baghdad and Diyala are turning to more vulnerable targets nearby.
Media Matters for America:
"Media Matters"; by Paul Waldman — The Haircut siren song — "It is some kind of commentary on the state of American politics that as Edwards has campaigned for president, vice president and now president again, his hair seems to have attracted as much attention as, say, his position on health care."
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
For Libby, Bush Seemed to Alter His Texas Policy — Until he commuted the 30-month prison sentence of I. Lewis Libby Jr. on Monday, President Bush had said almost nothing about his philosophy in granting clemency while at the White House. — As governor of Texas, though …
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Shaun Mullen / The Moderate Voice:
You Could Have Knocked Me Over . . . . . . with a hanging chad when I found out that George Bush and the Dalai Lama were both born yesterday. But then you know what they say about karma. — Well, wait. What do they say? This confoozlement led me to consult at the knee of Craig Johnson …