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New poll shows Clinton trails top 2008 Republicans — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton trails five top Republican presidential contenders in general election match-ups, a drop in support from this summer, according to a poll released on Monday.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democratic Candidates Look Good in Latest 2008 Trial Heats — Hold significant leads over Thompson, Romney; slim edges over McCain — PRINCETON, NJ — A new Gallup Poll finds Sen. Hillary Clinton with a slim but not statistically significant advantage over both former Mayor Rudy Giuliani …
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Big Head DC:
Trent Lott Fallout: The Gay Escort Who Knew Too Much — UPDATE, 5:30: "Here's my public comment, on-the-record: Sen. Lott and I have no current affiliation with one another. I'm sure he would appreciate no further scrutiny," Benjamin Nicholas tells Big Head DC. — ORIGINAL: — Must credit Big Head DC:
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Max Follmer / The Huffington Post:
Escort Throws Cold Water On Lott Rumor — A San Antonio-based gay male escort categorically denied Monday that outgoing GOP Sen. Trent Lott had ever procured his services, putting to bed one of the more stunning rumors to emerge following Lott's announcement earlier in the day that he was leaving Congress.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Joe Klein digs Time's hole deeper still — (updated below) — Joe Klein has just posted yet again about his FISA confusion, and it has now moved well beyond farce into an almost pity-inducing realm. If Time has any dignity at all, someone there will intervene and put a stop to this.
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Sky News:
Teacher Arrested Over Teddy Bear Named Mohammed — A British teacher is facing 40 lashes in a Sudanese jail if convicted of insulting Islam's prophet by letting children name a teddy bear Mohammed. — Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, was arrested on suspicion of blasphemy on Sunday.
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Bernard Lewis / Wall Street Journal:
On the Jewish Question — Herewith some thoughts about tomorrow's Annapolis peace conference, and the larger problem of how to approach the Israel-Palestine conflict. The first question (one might think it is obvious but apparently not) is, "What is the conflict about?"
Robin Sidel / Wall Street Journal:
Abu Dhabi to Bolster Citigroup With $7.5 Billion Capital Infusion — Government Investment Arm — To Become a Top Holder, — With Up to a 4.9% Stake — Citigroup Inc., seeking to restore investor confidence amid massive losses due in credit markets and a lack of permanent leadership …
Mohammed Tawfeeq / CNN:
Official: Bride, groom stopped in Iraq actually terror suspects — BAGHDAD (CNN) — Soldiers manning a checkpoint near Baghdad stopped a wedding convoy to find that the purported bride and groom were wanted terror suspects, an Iraqi Defense Ministry official said Monday.
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Kevin Sack / New York Times:
In Hospice Care, Longer Lives Mean Money Lost — CAMDEN, Ala. — Hundreds of hospice providers across the country are facing the catastrophic financial consequence of what would otherwise seem a positive development: their patients are living longer than expected.
Mansoor Ijaz / Christian Science Monitor:
A MUSLIM BELONGS IN THE CABINET — Muslims are uniquely qualified to help deter Islamist threats. … Mitt Romney tells good jokes. I had the chance to hear a few of them this month at a political fundraiser in Las Vegas, where the Republican presidential contender gave his audience a few …
Christopher Booker / Telegraph:
Christopher Booker's Notebook — We are set on a course of 'planet saving' madness — The scare over global warming, and our politicians' response to it, is becoming ever more bizarre. On the one hand we have the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change coming …
Guardian:
Undercover restorers fix Paris landmark's clock — 'Cultural guerrillas' cleared of lawbreaking over secret workshop in Pantheon — Emilie Boyer King in Paris — It is one of Paris's most celebrated monuments, a neoclassical masterpiece that has cast its shadow across the city for more than two centuries.
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