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William McCall / Associated Press:
2 Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful — PORTLAND, Ore. — Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. — U.S. District Judge Ann Aiken ruled …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Verizon Rejects Messages of Abortion Rights Group — Saying it had the right to block "controversial or unsavory" text messages, Verizon Wireless has rejected a request from Naral Pro-Choice America, the abortion rights group, to make Verizon's mobile network available for a text-message program.
Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters.org:
Fallen Soldier MSNBC Used for 'Gotcha' Game With Rep. Blackburn Did Not Live in Her District — UPDATE — SHUSTER APOLOGIZES: At 6:44 PM EDT, MSNBC broke into the Tucker Carlson show to air a terse apology from Shuster. See "My Take" below. — View video of Shuster apology here.
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Reuters:
"Childrens do learn," Bush tells school kids — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn." — Bush made his latest grammatical slip …
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WMUR:
Poll Shows Republican Race Tightening — MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Republican race for president has tightened up with three candidates now toward the top in New Hampshire, according to a new poll. — The latest WMUR/CNN New Hampshire Primary Poll shows that among likely Republican voters …
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Toby Harnden / Telegraph:
Hillary Clinton 'could cost Democrats dear'
Hillary Clinton 'could cost Democrats dear'
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Democrats allow: Unable to promise full withdrawal — The enormity of the military conflict in Iraq was spelled out in the simplest of all admissions tonight: — Among all of the leading Democratic candidates for president, none was willing to commit to a promise in a campaign debate …
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H. Josef Hebert / Associated Press:
Plan Uses Taxes to Fight Climate Change — WASHINGTON — Dealing with global warming will be painful, says one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress. To back up his claim he is proposing a recipe many people won't like _ a 50-cent gasoline tax, a carbon tax and scaling back tax breaks for some home owners.
New York Times:
Shootings by Blackwater Exceed Other Firms in Iraq — The American security contractor Blackwater USA has been involved in a far higher rate of shootings while guarding American diplomats in Iraq than other security firms providing similar services to the State Department …
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani fires chief fundraiser — In a sign of potential money woes, Rudy Giuliani has fired his presidential campaign's chief fundraiser and brought in a top rainmaker for President Bush, The Daily News has learned. — Anne Dunsmore, who took control of Giuliani's …
Ali / Think Progress:
Spanish Notes Reveal Bush Was Hell-Bent On War, Despite Claiming 'I've Not Made Up My Mind' — Today, the Spanish newspaper El Pais published a transcript of a discussion between President Bush and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in February 2003 in which Bush told Aznar that the U.S …
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Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Kyl-Lieberman Iran Amendment Passes By Huge Margin — The Kyl-Lieberman Iran amendment — which ratchets up the confrontation with Iran by calling for the designation of its Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization responsible for killing U.S. troops — just passed overwhelmingly, 76-22.
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Avni Patel Reports / The Blotter:
House Republicans in the Red, Numbers Show — Avni Patel Reports: — A crucial GOP fundraising committee is nearly broke, according to its latest monthly filing with the Federal Election Committee last week. — The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bush cherry picks Juan Williams for an interview and NPR refuses — Very nice...There's a big reason why Bush chose Williams for an interview instead of who NPR wanted. Cheney used this technique for Meet the Press and made Russert look like a fool. It's called " Controlling the Message!"
Daniel Ellsberg / Consortiumnews.com:
'A Coup Has Occurred' — September 26, 2007 (Text of a speech delivered September 20, 2007) — Below is an edited transcript of Ellsberg's remarkable speech: — I think nothing has higher priority than averting an attack on Iran, which I think will be accompanied by a further change …
Greg Gordon / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Ohio, Florida laws could dampen Democratic voting — WASHINGTON — Ohio and Florida, which provided the decisive electoral votes for President Bush's two razor-thin national election triumphs, have enacted laws that election experts say will help Republicans impede Democratic-leaning minorities from voting in 2008.
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Dmitry Solovyov / Reuters:
Gorbachev warns Russians against rise of Stalinism — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev warned Russians on Wednesday of the risk of a rebirth of Stalinism, saying their country was in danger of forgetting its tragic past. — "We should remember those who suffered …
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
House Condemns MoveOn.org Attack — The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to condemn the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org for a recent advertisement attacking the top U.S. general in Iraq. — By a 341-79 vote, the House passed a resolution praising the patriotism Gen. David Petraeus …