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Bernard Kerik: America's Cop Indicted — Federal Grand Jury Indicts Kerik on Various Corruption Charges — A federal grand jury has voted to indict former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik on charges stemming from the acceptance of free rent and apartment renovations …
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How Will Media Play Kerik's Indictment? — ABC News is reporting that Rudy top cop Bernie Kerik has been indicted on charges stemming from tax evasion and corruption allegations. — So, some questions about the press coverage of this that we'll see tomorrow and in the days ahead:
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Exclusive: FBI: Al Qaeda May Strike U.S. Shopping Malls in LA, Chicago — Richard Esposito and Vic Walter Report: — The FBI is warning that al Qaeda may be preparing a series of holiday attacks on U.S. shopping malls in Los Angeles and Chicago, according to an intelligence report distributed …
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New FBI Warning: Al Qaeda Plans U.S. Mall Attacks Holiday Season — There's yet another warning about a planned Al Qaeda attack in the United States — and the danger is that the political contamination of the terrorism issue, the perceived use of it by the Bush administration in past elections …
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Tidal wave heading for England's east coast poses 'extreme danger to life' — Tens of thousands of householders are today preparing for some of the worst coastal floods in decades. — Sea levels could rise up to 9ft this morning along part of the East Coast, putting lives at risk.
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British Muslim woman convicted of penning poems about beheadings — An airport worker who wrote poems about beheadings is the first woman to be found guilty under new terror laws. — Samina Malik, who liked to call herself a "lyrical terrorist", called for attacks on the West and described …
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How Goes the War — The gang at Pollster.com has crunched the numbers from the major opinion polls ove the last 10 months, and one big change seems to be in the air. — "The single most striking shift is the change in opinion about how the war in Iraq is going," explains Charles Franklin.
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Centrism — Let's be clear that "centrism" is, for the most part, a cosmetic pose for the benefit of Beltways journalists who know that The Most Important Thing Is To Be A Centrist. — In terms of what those centrists actually support in terms of policy, I'd say there are roughly 3 kinds of things.
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In First Bush Veto Override, Senate Enacts Water Bill — The Senate voted overwhelmingly today for a popular $23 billion water projects measure affecting locales across the country, thereby handing President Bush his first defeat in a veto showdown with Congress.
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Prostitute tells her Vitter tale in skin mag — She says he bristled about 'these damn politicians' out to get him — WASHINGTON — A former New Orleans prostitute who has said David Vitter was a regular customer in 1999 says the soon-to-be congressman and U.S. senator was sometimes stressed during …
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Iraqi passengers sue airline, claim discrimination — A group of Iraqi Pentagon contractors is suing American Airlines claiming racial discrimination for delaying its flight, but a police report shows that some of the men might have been intoxicated, behaved in a frightening and belligerent manner and scared one family off the plane.
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Bush's Disastrous Dollar Policy — President Bush doesn't talk about the dollar much, but when he does, he's got exactly one thing to say about it: "We have a strong dollar policy." — It's becoming increasingly clear, however, that Bush's "strong dollar policy" is driving the greenback into the ground.
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Lieberman: 'Paranoid, Hyper-Partisan' 'Left-Wing Blogs' Wrote 'Conspiracy Theories' On Iran — Speaking today at the Johns Hopkins Center for Politics and Foreign Relations, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) accused "left-wing blogs" of making up "conspiracy theories" about the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, which passed the Senate last month.
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Veteran Interrogator: You Don't Need to Torture Even in 'Ticking Bomb' Case — During today's hearing in the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ), fresh off an intellectually stimulating comparison of torture to abortion (he questioned why the committee isn't concerned about abortion …
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Paul vs. Bernanke on Value of the Dollar — Candidate Rep. Ron Paul Faces Off With Fed Chairman — When you are Ron Paul, your public enemy No. 1 is the chairman of the Federal Reserve. — Because when you are Ron Paul, although you are technically a Republican, you are really a libertarian …
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Mukasey confirmed as attorney general — Mukasey confirmed as attorney general — WASHINGTON - The Senate confirmed retired judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general Thursday night to replace Alberto Gonzales, who was forced from office in a scandal over his handling of the Justice Department.