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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Audio of Larry Craig's Bust! — Download (3203) | Play (4142) … Seems that Larry doesn't know what hand his gold ring is on...Sadly, No! has more...
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Sen. Craig on tape: 'You shouldn't... entrap people'
Sen. Craig on tape: 'You shouldn't... entrap people'
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FOOT TAPPING AND BATHROOM CRUISING....Yesterday one of my readers emailed …
FOOT TAPPING AND BATHROOM CRUISING....Yesterday one of my readers emailed …
Economist:
The Fred factor — Fred Thompson's presidential campaign has got off to a shaky start — WHEN Michael Moore challenged Fred Thompson to a debate on health care, back in May, Mr Thompson declined the invitation but decided to have a bit of fun on YouTube instead.
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Rick Klein / Associated Press:
Analysis: Has Fred Thompson Waited Too Long?
Analysis: Has Fred Thompson Waited Too Long?
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The Nation:
Secret Report: Corruption is "Norm" Within Iraqi Government — As Congress prepares to receive reports on Iraq from General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and readies for a debate on George W. Bush's latest funding request of $50 billion for the Iraq war …
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
US Embassy Report: Iraq Gov't Way Corrupt
US Embassy Report: Iraq Gov't Way Corrupt
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Associated Press:
BREAKING NEWS: Polk judge rules against gay marriage ban — A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa's law banning gay marriage. — The ruling by Judge Robert Hanson concluded that the state's prohibition on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and he ordered the Polk County recorder …
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Michael Graczyk / Associated Press:
Texas governor spares getaway driver — HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Gov. Rick Perry accepted a parole board recommendation Thursday to spare condemned inmate Kenneth Foster, the getaway driver in a 1996 murder who had been scheduled for execution within hours. — The sentence had drawn protests …
James Janega / Chicago Tribune:
Durbin: Petraeus to warn of low troop morale — Following a dinner they shared in Baghdad, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Wednesday that he expects Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, to report to President Bush and Congress next month that American troops are exhausted by the war effort there.
Audrey Hudson / Washington Times:
Activity Guide — Republicans slam Islamic Society convention — Republican lawmakers are urging the Justice Department not to participate in a convention held by the Islamic Society of North America — a group named as an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing terrorism-financing case.
Telegraph:
New Muslim cartoon protests grow — By Harry de Quetteville — Fears grew of a new confrontation over images deemed blasphemous by Muslims as Pakistan joined Iran in protest over a sketch by a Swedish artist portraying the prophet Mohammed as a dog. — Pakistan's foreign ministry …
CTV.ca:
Taliban vows more abductions as hostages freed — The seven remaining South Korean hostages taken captive last July by the Taliban have been released, and insurgents have vowed they will abduct more foreigners. — "We will do the same thing with the other allies in Afghanistan …
Courtney / Feministing:
Not Oprah's Book Club: I Love Female Orgasm — It was the night before I had the awesome opportunity to see Barack Obama in-studio on The Daily Show. I got my The Audacity of Hope and my Obama biography and curled into bed, thinking I would read some passages and get excited about seeing …
New York Times:
U.S. Says Company Bribed Officers for Work in Iraq — An American-owned company operating from Kuwait paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to American contracting officers in efforts to win more than $11 million in contracts, the government says in court documents.
New York Times:
Democrats Turn From Big Donor Who's Fugitive — From $62,000 for Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York, to $10,000 for the Tennessee Democratic Party, the full extent of fund-raising by Norman Hsu came into focus yesterday, as campaigns across the country began returning his money in light of revelations that he is a fugitive in a fraud case.
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Fuzzy Math: Stats Scrambled in DOD Iraq Reports — "The country is not a one-size-fits-all, a one-description-fits-all. It's much more a mosaic," the U.S. official in charge of training Iraqi security forces, Lieutenant General James Dubik, told military analysts today on a conference call.
Agence France Presse:
Thai PM says peace talks fruitless in Muslim south — BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont said Wednesday that separatists fighting in Muslim-majority provinces have refused to take up his offer to launch peace talks. — "As of now, there has been no progress on starting negotiations …
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Chemical Weapons Scare at U.N. Headquarters — Brian Ross Reports: — United Nations weapons inspectors discovered six to eight vials of a dangerous chemical warfare agent, phosgene, as they were cleaning out offices at a U.N. building in New York, federal authorities tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.