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Associated Press:
Hurricane Rita Blog  —  (CBS/AP) This is a running list compiled by CBSNews.com staffers of the latest developments of Hurricane Rita and the recovery efforts underway on the Gulf Coast.  For a look back to fast-breaking events of the Katrina disaster, see our previous blog.
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rawstory.com:
CBS News says Michael Brown rehired as FEMA consultant  —  RAW STORY  —  CBS News' Bob Schieffer just announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has rehired ex-FEMA chief Michael Brown— as a consultant to evaluate the agency's response to the disaster!
Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:
Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest  —  Cindy Sheehan, the California woman who has used her son's death in Iraq to spur the anti-war movement, was arrested Monday while protesting outside the White House.  —  Sheehan and several dozen other protesters sat down on the sidewalk …
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CBS News:
Pentagon: Top Zarqawi Aide Killed  —  (CBS/AP) The No. 2 al Qaeda leader in Iraq was killed Sunday night, U.S. officials say.  Abu Azzam, reportedly the deputy to Abu Musab al Zarqawi, was shot during a house rain in Baghdad, according to Pentagon officials.
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Fox News:
U.S. Special Forces Kill No. 2 Terrorist in Iraq  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Special Forces killed Al Qaeda's (search) No. 2 terror mastermind in Iraq (search), Defense Department officials said.  —  FOX News has confirmed that Abu Azzam (search), who was believed to have been in charge …
Discussion: Power Line and Blogs for Bush
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Demise of Abu Azzam
Discussion: Isaac Schrödinger
Cathy's World:
Would you believe?  —  ...That Don Adams is dead at 82?  I don't want to.  As my dad said when Cary Grant passed on, "Someone that great should never die."  And don't even get me started on my "Get Smart" lunchbox, which I didn't even care that brown bags had suddenly become …
Discussion: Roger L. Simon and L.A. Observed
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Bob Thomas / Associated Press:
Don Adams of 'Get Smart' Dies at 82  —  LOS ANGELES - Don Adams, the wry-voiced comedian who starred as the fumbling secret agent Maxwell Smart in the 1960s TV spoof of James Bond movies, "Get Smart," has died.  He was 82.  —  Adams died of a lung infection late Sunday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center …
Washington Post:
New Analyses Bolster Central Tenets of Evolution Theory  —  Pa. Trial Will Ask Whether 'Alternatives' Can Pass as Science  —  When scientists announced last month they had determined the exact order of all 3 billion bits of genetic code that go into making a chimpanzee …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
IT'S TIME TO INVESTIGATE THE PRESS  —  With the passage of time, it has become apparent that most of the "evidence" on the basis of which the Democrats launched their hysterical post-Katrina attack on the Bush administration was wrong.  As the facts come into focus, the dominant question that emerges is …
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White House:
President Discusses Hurricane Effects on Energy Supply  —  Washington, D.C.  —  Fact Sheet: President Bush Discusses Energy Supplies in the Gulf Region  —  In Focus: Energy  —  In Focus: Hurricane Relief  —  THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank Secretary Bodman for welcoming us here at the Energy Department; Secretary Norton.
Discussion: mccannta and Charging RINO
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Radio Blogger:
Rep. Peter King to MSNBC's Chris Matthews: Just because the president doesn't watch you on television, it doesn't mean he's not doing his job.  —  The New York Congressman did a double appearance on Hardball this afternoon.  The first time, he pretaped an appearance with Mississippi Democrat Bennie Thompson …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
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Associated Press:
Documents: Frist knew contents of blind trust  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Blind trusts are designed to keep an arm's-length distance between federal officials and their investments, to avoid conflicts of interest.  But documents show that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist knew quite a bit …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Anti-War, My Foot  —  The phony peaceniks who protested in Washington.  —  Saturday's demonstration in Washington, in favor of immediate withdrawal of coalition forces from Iraq, was the product of an opportunistic alliance between two other very disparate "coalitions."
jacksonholestartrib.com:
Freudenthal says national Dem leaders too liberal for Wyoming  —  GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — State Democrats should distance themselves from liberal national party leaders whose agenda frequently differs from Wyoming, Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal told state party members at a meeting attended …
Discussion: Power Line

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