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Thers / Firedoglake:
Late Night: The Autumn of Wingnuttia — George Packer's New Yorker article asking if conservatives have “run out of ideas” caused quite the stir in the Right Blogosphere this past week. And right bloggers proved Packer wrong: as it turns out, they didn't have any “ideas” to start with.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
On the Road: Clinton's Very Bad Day — Friday might have been one of the worst days of Senator Hillary Clinton's political career. Her campaign, as everyone knows, was already struggling. But on Friday, she made a reference to Bobby Kennedy's assassination _ a terrible choice of phrase …
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Mary Flood / Houston Chronicle:
Lawyers cry foul in FLDS seizures — Many lawyers for children and parents in a Texas polygamist sect are boiling mad about the growing number of legal errors they claim the state has made in seizing and holding more than 460 children. — From the way officials handled an April anonymous phone tip …
Hillary Clinton / NY Daily News:
Hillary: Why do I continue to run — This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race. — I made clear that I was - and that I thought the urgency to end the 2008 primary process was unprecedented.
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NEWS.com.au:
Sex swap approved for girl, 12 — A JUDGE has allowed a 12-year-old Victorian girl to start a taxpayer-funded sex swap, despite objections from the child's father. — The girl has begun court-approved hormone treatment in the first step toward a complete gender switch.
Times of London:
MI5 fears jihadis will use mentally ill as suicide bombers — Islamic terrorists may be targeting mentally disturbed or disabled people in Britain in a bid to form a new “brigade” of home-grown suicide bombers, security officials fear. — MI5 and police say the case of Nicky Reilly …
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Fell — UNEQUAL DAMAGE. — DUJIANGYAN, China — The earthquake's destruction of Xinjian Primary School was swift and complete. Hundreds of children were crushed as the floors collapsed in a deluge of falling bricks and concrete.
Associated Press:
Colombia Government Source Says Top Rebel Leader Is Dead — BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it has information from various intelligence sources that the legendary leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army is dead.
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Neil Asher Silberman / Washington Post:
Real Archaeologists Don't Wear Fedoras — After 17 years, Hollywood's most famous archaeologist is back in action. Now grayer and a bit creakier, Indiana Jones is again hacking his way through thick jungles, careering wildly in car chases and scrambling through dark tunnels to snatch …
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Fausta / Fausta's blog:
Colombia's big news: “Tirofijo” FARC leader ‘dead’ says military — FARC leader ‘dead’ says military … The cause of death sounds like one of Ace's headlines: the Colombians say that three bombing raids had targeted the area where Mr Marulanda was believed to have been staying, while the FARC (unofficialy) say it was a heart attack.
The Columbus Dispatch:
Rev. Rod Parsley withdraws McCain endorsement — After saying Friday that he would not withdraw his endorsement of Sen. John McCain, pastor Rod Parsley has changed his mind. — The pastor of World Harvest Church, in the Canal Winchester area, issued a statement almost identical …
Dotcomabc / Political Punch:
The Fallacy of Clinton's 1968 Analogy — Lost in the uproar over Sen. Hillary Clinton's invoking of the assassination of Robert Kennedy when explaining why her staying in the race won't hurt party unity is an actual examination of her comparison of the 2008 Democratic primary season to the one from 1968.
Erica Werner / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Calif. congresswoman says home sale ‘improper’ — WASHINGTON—Rep. Laura Richardson claimed Friday that her Sacramento home was sold into foreclosure without her knowledge and contrary to an agreement with her lender. — She said that she is like any other American suffering …
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