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Major Garrett / Fox News:
Clinton Campaign Accused for the Second Time of Planting a Question at a Public Appearance — SIOUX CITY, Iowa — For the second time in as many days, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign has had to deal with accusations of planting questions during public appearances, FOX News has learned.
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Eloise Harper / ABCNEWS:
Another Question Planted by Clinton Campaign — Illinois Minister Tells ABC News That Clinton Staffer Asked Him to Pose a War Question — One day after Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign confirmed that a staffer planted a question for the presidential candidate at a recent campaign stop …
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Clinton admits planting questions in public forum — Hillary Clinton stopped at a bio-diesel plant in Newton, Iowa earlier this week to see alternative fuels in the making and drive home the week's campaign theme of her energy plan. After a tour, the candidate took questions from the crowd.
Associated Press:
Spanish King Tells Venezuelan President Chavez to 'Shut Up' — SANTIAGO, Chile — The Ibero-American summit ended on an unusually heated note Saturday, when an angry verbal spat culminated with the king of Spain telling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to "shut up."
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Moises Naim / Los Angeles Times:
Hugo Chavez's criminal paradise — Under the anti-globalization president, Venezuela has become a haven for global crime. — While President Hugo Chavez has been molding Venezuela into his personal socialist vision, other transformations — less visible but equally profound — have taken hold in the country.
H.B. / typicallyspanish.com:
King Juan Carlos tells Hugo Chávez to shut up during the closure of the Latin American summit — ALSO SEE : • Hugo Chávez calls Aznar a fascist at the Latin American Summit, while Zapatero starts two new humanitarian initiatives - — Spain's Prime Minister spoke …
Pajamas Media:
Norman Mailer, a dissenting view — The news that the novelist Norman Mailer died earlier today at the age of 84 has already elicited little hagiographical murmurs. That hushed choir will doubtless turn into a deafening chorus of praise in the coming days and weeks—how much space …
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Charles McGrath / New York Times:
Norman Mailer, Outspoken Novelist, Dies at 84 — Norman Mailer, the combative, controversial and often outspoken novelist who loomed over American letters longer and larger than any writer of his generation, died today at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. He was 84.
Bart Barnes / Washington Post:Pulitzer Prize-Winner Norman Mailer Dies at 84
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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Coup at Home — AS Gen. Pervez Musharraf arrested judges, lawyers and human-rights activists in Pakistan last week, our Senate was busy demonstrating its own civic mettle. Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein, liberal Democrats from America's two most highly populated blue states …
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Opinion Journal:The Bush-Biden Doctrine — "Realists" discover the virtues of democracy in Pakistan.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:U.S. Strategy for Pakistan Looks More Fragile
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Recession? What Recession? — If it looks like a recession and feels like a recession ... "Quite frankly," said Senator Charles Schumer, peering over his glasses at the Fed chairman, Ben Bernanke, "I think we are at a moment of economic crisis, stemming from four key areas …
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Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
Can We Retire Bob Herbert? — Yes, it is yet another edition of why oh why can't we have a better press corps. This time it is Bob Herbert who should be retired and sent to doing something socially useful: … This is simply wrong: We may fall into a recession in the near future—odds are 50-50.
Associated Press:
Play of the Day: McCain's Mom on Mormons — MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) - John McCain's 95-year-old mother, in a swipe at her son's rival Mitt Romney, said Friday that Mormons were to blame for the scandal that rocked the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. — During an appearance on MSNBC …
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New York Times:
The Web Finds Ron Paul, and Takes Him for a Ride — From posting video on YouTube to enlisting friends through Facebook, all of the presidential candidates are looking for ways to harness the Internet. In the case of Ron Paul, the Internet has harnessed him.
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New York Times:
Broken Supply Channel Sent Weapons for Iraq Astray — As the insurgency in Iraq escalated in the spring of 2004, American officials entrusted an Iraqi businessman with issuing weapons to Iraqi police cadets training to help quell the violence. — By all accounts, the businessman …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Republicans blame the wrong president for overstretched military — Of all of Bush's misstatements from the 2000 presidential election, one of the most obviously-false attacks was on military readiness. Indeed, then-Gov. Bush blamed Clinton and Gore directly for "hollowing out" the military.
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Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:Top Iowa Story: Rudy Attacks Bill Clinton — Plus Russia And China
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Richard Landes / Pajamas Media:
AL-DURA AND THE "PUBLIC SECRET" OF MIDDLE EAST JOURNALISM — The evidence emerging from the ongoing Al Dura trial in France indicates that Western journalists are fully aware that some of the footage they use in their reports on the Mideast conflict is staged, charges Richard Landes.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rice's Management at Issue — Critics Cite Blackwater, Baghdad Embassy and Passports — Shortly after Condoleezza Rice took charge of the 57,000-person State Department in 2005, she said she relished the challenge of "line responsibility" in leading a large organization.
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