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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
New Videotape From Bin Laden; Al Qaeda's No. 1 Still Alive — Brian Ross Reports: — Intelligence sources tell ABC News they believe the video message from Osama bin Laden is authentic, recently produced and evidence the al Qaeda leader is still alive. — According to government sources …
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Theresa Cook / Political Radar:
New OBL Tape: Iraq, Democratic Control — ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: ABC News has obtained a transcript of the latest taped message from Osama bin Laden. — Sources tell ABC News the tape, bin Laden's first message in three years, is approximately 30 minutes long, and does not contain overt threats to the United States.
MSNBC:
Dems criticized in purported bin Laden video — Officials: No specific threat made; Web sites carrying tape shut down — WASHINGTON - Democrats were criticized in a purported video by Osama bin Laden for being unable to stop the Iraq conflict. The video, obtained Friday by the U.S. government …
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Gateway Pundit:
US Is Holding Copy of Bin Laden Tape— HE SLAMS DEMS!!
US Is Holding Copy of Bin Laden Tape— HE SLAMS DEMS!!
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
UBL Video Intercepted! UPDATE: bin Laden Praises Chomsky!
UBL Video Intercepted! UPDATE: bin Laden Praises Chomsky!
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Faiz / Think Progress:
New Twist In Saga Over 'Petraeus Report': There Will Be No Report — In the latest twist to the ongoing saga over the White House report, a senior military official tells the Washington Times today that there will actually be no report at all: … To recap, first the public was incorrectly led …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Time to Take a Stand — Gen. David Petraeus has a history of making overoptimistic assessments of progress in Iraq that happen to be convenient for his political masters.
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Washington Times:
Inside the Ring — Gen. Musharraf, a key Washington ally despite the problems, seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 that sent Mr. Sharif into exile in Saudi Arabia. — Iraq progress report — A major political event unfolding Monday will be the report to President Bush …
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Off to the Races — Surprisingly, the Republican presidential campaign comes into focus. — This week the Republican candidates for the presidency tried to make it new again. Summer's over, autumn's here, they're relaunching. I think they pretty much succeeded. Their debate Wednesday night had sparks and fire.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Gallup Ranks the 2008 Candidates According to a Feeling Thermometer — Obama rated the most positively by Americans; Hillary enjoys broadest partisan support — PRINCETON, NJ — Using a "feeling thermometer" rating scale, Gallup recently tested the public images of several of the Republican …
The Raw Story:
Video: Dazed Bush forgets where he is — Want to get the news the media buries? Get Raw headlines in your browser. President Bush's trademark struggles with the finer points of public speaking were on full display Friday, when he thanked his "Austrian" hosts for inviting him to this year's "OPEC" summit.
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Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Madeleine L'Engle, Children's Writer, Is Dead — Madeleine L'Engle, who in writing more than 60 books, including childhood fables, religious meditations and science fiction, weaved emotional tapestries transcending genre and generation, died Thursday in Connecticut. She was 88.
Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:
G.I. Joe to Become Global Task Force in Movie — Say it ain't so, G.I. Joe. — The popular all-American comic-book military man and action figure dating back to the 1940s is undergoing a significant transformation for the Paramount Pictures-distributed "G.I. Joe" film …
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The Independent:
Switzerland: Europe's heart of darkness? — Switzerland is known as a haven of peace and neutrality. But today it is home to a new extremism that has alarmed the United Nations. Proposals for draconian new laws that target the country's immigrants have been condemned as unjust and racist.
Ryan Sager / Latest Politics:
Fred Thompson Proposes Marriage Amendment to Restrain Judges — Speaking in Sioux City, Iowa, moments ago, Fred Thompson endorsed an amendment to the Constitution that would prevent state judges from altering the definition of marriage without the direction of their states' legislatures.
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Drudge Report:
'GREEN' GORE GOES GULFSTREAM: VIDEO CATCHES ECO-WARRIOR ON LUXURY PRIVATE JET — As former Vice President Al Gore waits to hear if he has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless effort on climate change, a new video will air this weekend capturing Gore on a fuel-guzzling private jet!
Chicago Tribune:
Inside Rep. Weller's Nicaragua land deal — Illinois lawmaker benefits from trade accord, fails to report extent of his ocean-view holdings — SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua - The rolling surf of the Pacific Ocean crashes onto white sand beaches below a lush hillside in southwest Nicaragua …
Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Who is Hsu? Captured Fundraiser Didn't Vote — Justin Rood Reports: — Mysterious Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu is in custody again, after a brief return to a fugitive lifestyle he maintained for 15 years. But new questions are cropping up about his past.