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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A Scandal-Scarred G.O.P. Asks, 'What Next?' — Scott Reed, a Republican strategist, was at a dinner in Philadelphia on Monday night when his cellphone and Internet pager began beeping like crazy. Only later did he learn why. His party was buzzing with news of a sex scandal involving a Republican United States senator — again.
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Matt / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Sens. Coleman And McCain Call For Craig To Resign — Sens. Norm Coleman (R-MN) and John McCain (R-AZ) have become the first members of the Senate to call for Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) to resign over his arrest for alleged "lewd conduct" in an airport bathroom.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Republican senators: Sen. Craig should resign — Sen. John McCain said today that his longtime Republican colleague, Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho, should resign from the Senate following his guilty plea on a disorderly conduct charge from his arrest in a men's room of the Minneapolis airport.
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Media Matters for America:
Carlson claimed that after incident in a public bathroom, he assaulted the man who "bothered" him — On the August 28 edition of MSBNC Live, hosted by MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams, Tucker Carlson, host of MSNBC's Tucker, asserted, "Having sex in a public men's room is outrageous.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Tucker's Traumatic Bathroom Experience [Steve Clemons] — I will avoid today discussion of the reasons why so many men chose to look for sex partners in public bathrooms, gyms, and the like over the last few decades. Most engaged in this kind of sex would probably have preferred socially supported venues …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Soros-linked group hit with huge fine — The Federal Election Commission has fined one of the last cycle's biggest liberal political action committees $775,000 for using unregulated soft money to boost John Kerry and other Democratic candidates during the 2004 elections.
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FEC To Collect $775,000 Civil Penalty From America Coming Together — WASHINGTON -The Federal Election Commission (FEC/Commission) announced today that it has reached a settlement with America Coming Together (ACT) regarding violations of federal campaign finance laws during the 2004 Presidential election.
Hassan Abdul Zahra / Agence France Presse:
Iraq's Sadr orders halt to attacks on US-led troops — NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his dreaded Shiite militia on Wednesday to stop attacks on US-led forces as part of a six-month suspension of the militant group's activities.
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Harry R. Weber / Associated Press:
Former security guard Jewell dies — ATLANTA - Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said. — Jewell, 44, was found dead in his west Georgia home, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.
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Los Angeles Times:
Democratic fundraiser is a fugitive in plain sight — California authorities have sought businessman Norman Hsu for 15 years. Since 2004, he has carved out a place of honor raising cash for such candidates as Hillary Rodham Clinton. — WASHINGTON — For the last 15 years …
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Associated Press:
Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles. — The former North Carolina senator told a forum …
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Karl / protein wisdom:
The Big Picture(s) — In the midst of the still-lingering controversy over the truthiness of The New Republic's "Baghdad Diarist," more than a few people suggested that war supporters, unable to discredit the real bad news coming from Iraq, targeted the Scott Thomas Beauchamp stories as a weak link.
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Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
WEARING THE BLACK FLAG (3) — The story began here. Latest chapter here. — Speaking of the Petraeus report.... It seems that those who routinely feed from the various toilets along the left wing information sewer are currently being feel about said upcoming report. (Not think, mind you, but feel.
NY Daily News:
When Condi went nuclear — Condoleezza Rice may be willing to compromise at a Middle East negotiating table - but not at a jewelry counter. — Coit Blacker, a Stanford professor who is one of the secretary of state's closest friends, recalls going into a shop where Rice asked to see earrings.
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