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Patrick Ruffini / Patrick Ruffini '05:
September Straw Poll: Tag the Vote  —  You knew it was coming.  —  Last month's GOP primary straw poll got over 17,000 votes (!) and provided reams of state-by-state and blog-by-blog data to chew over.  This month's poll has all the features you know and love — the results by blog referrer …
Los Angeles Times:
Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth, News Accuracy  —  Rumors supplanted accurate information and media magnified the problem.  Rapes, violence and estimates of the dead were wrong.  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Maj. Ed Bush recalled how he stood in the bed of a pickup truck in the days after Hurricane Katrina …
Associated Press:
Two arrested in gangland-style murder of Suncruz founder 'Gus' Boulis  —  FORT LAUDERDALE — Two men have been arrested and charged with the mafia-style killing of sandwich chain and gambling fleet founder Konstantinos ``Gus'' Boulis four years ago, a state law enforcement official said Tuesday.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Long goodbye or not, aren't pearls of wisdom such as Brown appears …
Discussion: Needlenose and Seeing the Forest
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP Leaders Try to Soothe Conservatives  —  Drive Planned to Defuse Ire Over Spending  —  Squeezed between a conservative clamor for spending cuts and the rising cost of hurricane relief, Republican congressional leaders will respond this week with a public relations offensive to win …
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Patrick O'Connor / The Hill:   GOP seeks restraint in stopgap bill
Washington Post:
Picture This: Ben Affleck, Senator From Va.  —  If you liked him as Bennifer . . . you'll love him as Benator!  —  That's the hot new idea being tossed around by Virginia Democrats, who are desperately searching for a big name to challenge the reelection bid of rising GOP star Sen. George Allen next year …
Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org:
Rather: CBS 'Doesn't Want Me to' Pursue Bush Guard Story  —  In a televised interview with former CBSer Marvin Kalb, retired CBS anchor Dan Rather stated that his network will not allow him to continue to pursue the story of President Bush's Air Guard service.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:   "Rather: CBS 'Doesn't Want Me to' Pursue Bush Guard Story"
Opinions:
Louisiana's Looters  —  THE NATION is at war.  It is mired in debt.  It has been hit by floods and hurricanes.  In the face of this adversity, congressional leaders have rightly dropped proposals for yet more tax cuts, and some have suggested removing the pork from the recently passed transportation bill.
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
New Home Sales Fall Sharply in August  —  WASHINGTON — Sales of new homes plunged in August by the largest amount in nine months as the nation's housing industry continued to flash mixed signals about whether the boom is starting to fade.  —  The Commerce Department reported …
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Washington Post:
FEMA Plans to Reimburse Faith Groups for Aid  —  As Civil Libertarians Object, Religious Organizations Weigh Whether to Apply  —  After weeks of prodding by Republican lawmakers and the American Red Cross, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said yesterday that it will use taxpayer money …
Victor Davis Hanson / Opinion Journal:
Ivory Cower  —  University presidents have lost their dignity.  —  Whether or not you agreed with them, university presidents used to be dignified figures on the American scene.  They often were distinguished scholars, capable of bringing their own brand of independent thinking to bear …
New York Times:
Corrections  —  An article on Sept. 19 about refugees in a camp in Romania who fled Uzbekistan after it put down an uprising in the city of Andijon misstated a conclusion by Human Rights Watch.  Its report quoted a former detainee who said police officials had told him that the government …
Daniel Williams / Washington Post:
Purported al Qaeda Newscast Debuts on Internet  —  Masked Anchorman Lauds Gaza Pullout, Iraq Attacks, Hurricane Katrina  —  ROME, Sept. 26 — An Internet video newscast called the Voice of the Caliphate was broadcast for the first time on Monday, purporting to be a production of al Qaeda …
David Ignatius / Opinions:
A Shift on Iraq  —  DOHA, Qatar — Posted on a bulletin board at Centcom headquarters here is a 1918 admonition from T.E. Lawrence explaining what he learned in training Arab soldiers: "It is better to let them do it themselves imperfectly than to do it yourself perfectly.
Associated Press:
Brown blames state and local officials for Katrina response  —  Former FEMA director points to Gov. Blanco, Mayor Nagin  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FEMA director Michael Brown aggressively defended his role in responding to Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday and put much of the blame …
Associated Press:
Playmate appeals to Supreme Court  —  Anna Nicole Smith seeks $474 million inheritance  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith is going to the United States' highest court in her fight over the fortune of her 90-year-old late husband.

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Tom Regan / Christian Science Monitor:
Britain will scrap and replace police force in Basra
Charles Ornstein / Los Angeles Times:
Hospital Halts Organ Program
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
CPB Taps Two GOP Conservatives for Top Posts
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
U.S. Says It Has Killed No. 2 Qaeda Operative in Iraq
Agence France Presse:
Terror suspects eyeing up Paris metro, airport
Ed Fanselow / suburbanchicagonews.com:
Edgar: Decision coming 'very soon'
Scott Johnson / Weekly Standard:
JAGS Not Welcome  —  WHEN NAVY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL RECRUITER …
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
The Chopping Block  —  The past month has been exceptionally hard …
Discussion: The Belmont Club
TheGreenKnight / The Green Knight:
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory

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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Baghdad Neighborhood's Hopes Dimmed by the Trials of War
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
There is a rather cryptic article in tomorrow's New York Times …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Tech Central Station:
Where the Boys Aren't  —  I like to walk around campus on nice days …
Rush Transcript / Democracy Now:
NBA Player Etan Thomas Slams Bush Administration, Outlines Impact on Poor
Celeste Biever / newscientist.com:
Visits to ER plummet during key baseball games
Brendan Miniter / Opinion Journal:
Penny-Wise Pelosi  —  Democrats try to reinvent themselves …
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan and TAPPED
Associated Press:
Iraq war protester Sheehan arrested
BBC:
Cooing at new-born babies banned
Washington Post:
Bush Urges Shift in Relief Responsibilities
 
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