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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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Baseball Crank:
LAW/POLITICS: Selling Frist Short — Well, the latest Beltway feeding frenzy is on, and Bill Frist is the main course. If you haven't followed this story, which as Jon Henke notes has already hit the front pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post, Frist
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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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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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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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Financial Times:
Rita causes record damage to oil rigs — By Carola Hoyos in London, Sheila McNulty in Houston and Thomas Catan in Johannesburg — Hurricane Rita has caused more damage to oil rigs than any other storm in history and will force companies to delay drilling for oil in the US and as far away …
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Anna Badkhen / San Francisco Chronicle:
Insurgents seize 5 towns near Syria — Militants loyal to al-Zarqawi tell residents in 'death letters' to abandon their homes — Camp al Qaim, Iraq — A senior U.S. Marine commander said Monday that insurgents loyal to militant leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had taken over at least five key …
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):
