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Air America host Randi Rhodes wasn't mugged — Air America radio host Randi Rhodes is temporarily off the air, but claims she was brutally attacked near her Manhattan apartment are bogus, her lawyer and a police source said today. — Fellow host Jon Elliott claimed on the liberal radio network …
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David B. Caruso / Associated Press:
Talk show host apologizes for faulty report of NYC mugging — NEW YORK - An Air America radio personality apologized Tuesday for saying that a colleague, the liberal talk show host Randi Rhodes, had been the victim of a violent street mugging perpetrated by "the right wing hate machine."
Kurt Hayes / WCVB-TV:
5th U.S. Congressional District Special Election — Massachusetts Fifth U.S. Congressional District — Precincts Reporting - 96 out of 195 - 49% — Should You Get A Home Equity Loan? — Thinking of remodeling your home or paying off some debt? LendingTree has expert articles …
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Lowell Sun Online:
Tsongas declared 5th District winner — LOWELL — Democrat Niki Tsongas of Lowell defeated Republican John Ogonowski of Dracut today to capture the 5th District congressional seat vacated by Marty Meehan earlier this year. — With 195 of 195 precincts reporting, Tsongas captured 54,363 votes …
Amanda / Think Progress:
Lynne Cheney: 'Dick and Barack Obama are eighth cousins.' — In an MSNBC interview today, host Norah O'Donnell asked Lynne Cheney her views on Sen. Hillary Clinton's (D-NY) presidential campaign and whether "America is ready for a woman president." Cheney replied that she actually has a "certain bias":
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CNN Political Ticker:
All in the family: Cheney and Obama related — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Go back far enough, the saying goes, and everyone's related. — But could it be possible that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Vice President Dick Cheney share a common ancestor? — Cheney's wife Lynne says yes.
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
CHENEY AND OBAMA COUSINS? — From NBC's Adam Verdugo — In an interview with MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell this afternoon, Lynne Cheney revealed that while researching the Cheney family tree for her new book "Blue Skies, No Fences," she discovered that the Vice President Cheney and Barack Obama are related — albeit distantly.
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Jim Snyder / The Hill:
Democrats split on genocide resolution — Democrats are split on the value of bringing a controversial Armenian genocide resolution to a floor vote. — Five House Democrats plan to hold a news conference Wednesday to urge their leadership not to bring the resolution to the floor …
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Marilyn W. Thompson / New York Times:
An Ex-Leader in Congress Is Now Turkey's Man in the Lobbies of Capitol Hill
An Ex-Leader in Congress Is Now Turkey's Man in the Lobbies of Capitol Hill
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Right Wing Gleefully Smears Two Yr-Old SCHIP Recipient Bethany Wilkerson … "We need more 'partisan bickering,' not less," added Malkin.
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Mark Hemingway / The Corner:
More S-Chip Poster Children — Yes, it was hard to miss the blogospheric frenzy over my piece this morning on the latest poster child the Democrats are upholding for S-CHIP. — As best I can tell, mostly the response has been a misreading of what I wrote.
CNN Political Ticker:
Carville: Jeb Bush will be GOP nominee — NEW YORK (CNN) — Democratic strategist and CNN analyst James Carville tossed out a provocative idea during a panel discussion on politics Tuesday. — At CNN's America Votes 2008 Breakfast, the chief architect of Bill Clinton's successful 1992 …
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Rudy In 1996: "I'm Really Not" A Republican Mayor — As part of his efforts to win over GOP primary voters, Rudy Giuliani has repeatedly said that he governed New York city as Mayor by adhering to Republican and conservative principles. — Today, for instance, Rudy said that he "gave my blood" …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
TPMtv: Meet the Four Horsemen of Rudy's Apocalypse
TPMtv: Meet the Four Horsemen of Rudy's Apocalypse
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David Cassel / BLORGABLE.com:
Hacked Ann Coulter site: my career was a prank! — Ann Coulter's web site was apparently hacked Monday night. In place of a column about Republican politics was "An Open Letter to Readers" announcing that her entire career had been a practical joke. — Radar magazine's site spotted …
Bill Schneider / CNN:
Poll: As Thompson's star fades, Clinton's on the rise — CNN Senior Political Analyst — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Fred Thompson got into the Republican race with great expectations. And sure enough, just after he got in last month, polling showed Thompson and Rudy Giuliani were just about tied for front-runner.
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Roger Simon / The Politico:
N.H. inches toward December primary — Notice to all national political reporters, campaign operatives and presidential candidates: You may not be home for the holidays. — Until recently, I did not think that any state actually would hold its 2008 primary as early as this December.
CNN:
Iraq demands Blackwater leave the country — BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked the U.S. State Department to "pull Blackwater out of Iraq," after an Iraqi probe concluded that the private contractors committed unprovoked and random killings in a September 16 shooting, an adviser to al-Maliki told CNN.
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Mark Mackinnon / Globe and Mail:
Some Palestinians prefer life in Israel — In East Jerusalem, residents say they would fight a handover to Abbas regime — JERUSALEM — After 40 years of living under Israeli occupation, two stints in Israeli prisons and a military checkpoint on the same road as his odds-and-ends shop …