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Jennifer C. Kerr / Associated Press:
Sheehan Arrested During Anti-War Protest  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 …
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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!
Seattle Times:
Reports of anarchy at Superdome overstated  —  NEW ORLEANS — After five days managing near riots, medical horrors and unspeakable living conditions inside the Superdome, Louisiana National Guard Col. Thomas Beron prepared to hand over the dead to representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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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 …
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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CNN:
Insurgents dressed as police kill 6 teachers
Discussion: The Fourth Rail
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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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:
Louisiana Goes After Federal Billions  —  Louisiana's congressional delegation has requested $40 billion for Army Corps of Engineers projects in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, about 10 times the annual Corps budget for the entire nation, or 16 times the amount the Corps has said it would need …
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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 …
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rawstory.com:
Breaking: SEC chairman recuses himself from investigating Senate leader
Discussion: WTF Is It Now??
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
Am I A Pundit Now?:
CARNIVAL OF REVOLUTIONS  —  Revolution!  —  There has been some big news from the Axis of Evil this week, as good cop North Korea announces plans to renounce its nuclear weapons, while the International Atomic Energy Agency is referring bad cop Iran to the UN Security Council for its intransigence over its nuclear programs.

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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
LIBERALS UNDER MY BED
Dana Bash / CNN:
Sources: Bush could announce next court pick Friday
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The Anchoress:
Media Whores and their Creators
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England convicted on six of seven counts
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Anti-War, My Foot  —  The phony peaceniks who protested in Washington.
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Maybe they're 'secret' aneurysms
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RedState.org:
Learning to Play Golf How Alberto Gonzales Got Back On The List
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Common Dreams, Questionable Sources

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Nico / Think Progress:
Protest Turnout: A Picture's Worth a Thousand Lies
Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
New Iraq Abuse Allegations Get McCain Moving
US News:
41 Doesn't Plan to Be Outdone by 43  —  He's an old dog …
Rachel / Tinkerty Tonk:
CHARGE!! RINO STAMPEDE XII
National Review:
Inside the Antiwar Demo
Discussion: Power Line and PostWatch
John / AMERICAblog:
US soldiers allegedly trading pictures of dead Iraqis & Afghanis for porn
David Burge / iowahawk:
THIS WAR SUCKS  —  Iowahawk Guest Commentary  —  by Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi
Discussion: Silent Running
Smash / The Indepundit:
Fracture Lines  —  IT BEGINS, as these things always do, with a march through downtown.
 
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