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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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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 …
Christian Science Monitor:
US is logging gains against Al Qaeda in Iraq — The US military says improved intelligence led to the killing of two key leaders of the group. — BAGHDAD AND CAIRO - In a succession of intelligence breaks, the US says it has killed two key members of Al Qaeda in Iraq in recent days …
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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.
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE KATRINA REPORTING SCANDAL — So we now have two major reports — one on the New Orleans Times Picayune website and the other in the L.A. Times — about the way in which the major media spread all sorts of hysteria about the conditions inside flooded New Orleans.
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Los Angeles Times:Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth, News Accuracy
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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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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 …
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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William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
The Secret History of Able Danger — Ever since Rep. Curt Weldon (R-PA) claimed in August that Pentagon analysts had identified 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta in early 2000, a secret intelligence operation code named Able Danger has become the latest fantasy of left and right wing conspiracy theorists.
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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. Associated Press photo by Noah Berger — The only problem is that he's a complete fraud.
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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 …
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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Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
Laura Bush to appear on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" — WASHINGTON — Facing criticism that he appeared disengaged from the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush has been looking for opportunities to show his concern. But the White House will take the effort a step further Tuesday …
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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 …
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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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.
