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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
DeLay Probe Winds Down; Charges May Loom — WASHINGTON - A Texas grand jury's recent interest in conspiracy charges could lead to last-minute criminal indictments — possibly against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — as it wraps up its investigation Wednesday into DeLay's state political organization …
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Zarqawi emerging as self-sustained force-US intel — WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's network of al Qaeda-linked insurgents is emerging as a self-sustaining force, despite repeated blows by U.S. forces and the reported death of his second-in-command, U.S. intelligence officials and other experts say.
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Washington Post:
Frist Says He Had No Inside Data On Stock — Senator Calls Sale An Effort to Avoid Conflict of Interest — Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, facing federal inquiries into his sale of hospital company stock, said yesterday that he had no inside information about the stock's likely performance …
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Who You Gonna Believe, Me Or Your Lying Eyes? — Rightwingers' New Line: "MSM" Made Katrina Aftermath Up — Amazing, isn't it, how rightwingers actually believe their own "liberal media" hogwash. Here's The Corner: "So we now have two major reports — one on the New Orleans Times Picayune website …
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Washington Post:
Arrests Made in Case Connected to Abramoff — Three Men Allegedly Killed 'Gus' Boulis, Who Sold A Casino Cruise Line to the Embattled Washington Lobbyist — Fort Lauderdale police have arrested three men on murder and conspiracy charges in the 2001 gangland-style killing of a South Florida businessman …
Ruth Gledhill / Times of London:
Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side' — RELIGIOUS belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today. — According to the study, belief in and worship of God …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Opinions:
Democrats In Disarray — Democrats and liberals are ecstatic that President Bush has finally faced his moment of accountability. The travails of Hurricane Katrina followed a bad summer for the president and have called into question his leadership style, competence and intense partisanship.
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Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
High Court Selection Process Winds Down — President Bush, close to nominating a successor to retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has narrowed his list to a handful of candidates that outside advisers say includes federal judges and two people who have never banged a gavel _ corporate …
Beth / MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:
Email from Iraq — I've been corresponding recently with one of my readers, who's a Marine serving in Iraq; they've been reading my crappy little blog! He's sent the following-please read it, it's important! … Did you get that? Peace rallies serve THE INSURGENTS.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
RATHERGATE UPDATE....I don't know what the rest of the book says, but if the first chapter of Mary Mapes's new book is any indication, she's still clinging to the notion that the infamous Killian memos that were broadcast on 60 Minutes last September are real.
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Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Second Coming — It was almost midnight at the Manhattan sushi hotspot Nobu Fifty Seven, and Bill Clinton was briefing Elvis Costello on the future of New Orleans. "First you've got to flush the lake. Just flush it," Clinton explained. Between the low thrum of club music …
Washington Post:
Former FEMA Director Blames La. Officials for Katrina Response Failures — Michael D. Brown, the ousted director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, appeared before a House panel this morning and blamed Louisiana officials for "serious problems" in the government's response to Hurricane Katrina …
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James Owen / National Geographic:
Holy Squid! Photos Offer First Glimpse of Live Deep-Sea Giant — Like something straight out of a Jules Verne novel, an enormous tentacled creature looms out of the inky blackness of the deep Pacific waters. — But this isn't science fiction. A set of extraordinary images captured …
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Kevin Aylward / Wizbang:
"ASHAMED REPUBLICAN" IS AN EMBARRASSED DEMOCRAT — This guy is quite the media darling in California... Jeb Eddy joins thousands of demonstrators to protest the war in Iraq on Saturday. — The only problem is that he's a complete fraud. Here's the information on his political contributions, from the FEC (via Freshmeat):
Hindrocket / Power Line:
BROWNIE KICKS BUTT — I've just watched the entire appearance of Michael Brown before the House committee investigating Hurricane Katrina—OK, not the whole thing, but they're taking a break now and it's all I can stand. On the whole, Brown did an excellent job.
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Think Progress, The Strata-Sphere, The Democratic Party, Martini Republic and Oliver Willis
Julia Silverman / Associated Press:
Leader of New Orleans Police Resigns — NEW ORLEANS - Police Superintendent Eddie Compass resigned Tuesday after four turbulent weeks in which the police force was wracked by desertions and disorganization in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. — "I served this department for 26 years …
David Sirota / inthesetimes.com:
Hurricanes Rain on Bush's Tax Cut Parade — How the Katrina catastrophe proves that conservatives' tax cut zealotry has left america vulnerable to disaster. — When President Bush kicked off his bid for re-election in the spring of 2004, he launched what was another in a long line of cookie-cutter conservative campaigns.
