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Angela Doland / Associated Press:
Rioting Spreads to 300 Towns in France  —  PARIS - Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight and a 61-year-old man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday.
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French riots claim first fatality
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture'  —  PANAMA CITY, Panama - President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw torture.  —  "There's an enemy that lurks and plots and plans and wants to hurt America again," Bush said.
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Shakespeare's Sister:   Read My Lips: We Don't Torture
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Los Angeles Times:
Antiwar Sermon Brings IRS Warning  —  All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena risks losing its tax-exempt status because of a former rector's remarks in 2004.  —  The Internal Revenue Service has warned one of Southern California's largest and most liberal churches that it is at risk of losing …
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Steve Clemons:   Religion, Wars, and the IRS: Pro-War Sermons Get Tax Privilege; Anti-War Sermons Not
Laurence H. Tribe / Boston Globe:
Alito's world  —  YOU CAN'T help doing a double-take when you read Judge Samuel Alito's opinion holding Congress powerless to compel states to provide family medical leave to their employees.  It was a position the Supreme Court rejected in a nearly identical case when it held three years later …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:   Alito and the Family Medical Leave Act — Part 5.
New York Times:
Delays Hurting U.S. Rebuilding in Afghanistan  —  TURMAI, Afghanistan, Nov. 2 - Islamuddin Ahmadiyar, a 22-year-old student, remembers the excitement in this dusty farming hamlet in central Afghanistan when American contractors broke ground two years ago.  —  A one-story, 12-room health clinic …
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Two-Year Blogiversary  —  Last Saturday marked the second year I've been blogging.  I was too busy with my 20th high school reunion to notice.  What can I say?  It's been a great ride.  —  While I consider myself a pure blogger, one who enjoys (and in my case, craves) the act of blogging itself …
Discussion: The Sundries Shack
Gateway Pundit:
Massive Muslim Demonstration Against Al Qaida!!  —  * 150,000 Demonstrate Against Al Qaida in Morocco  —  * Protesters Pledge Unity with Iraq!  —  * "All Moroccans are with Iraq, all Moroccans are innocent," the marchers chanted.  —  * Rally draws people cutting across political lines
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Topinka tells GOP: I'll run for governor  —  State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka has told leading Republicans that she intends to run for governor, dramatically recasting the GOP's prospects for capturing an office it had held for a quarter of a century, sources familiar with the decision said Sunday.
Michael Janofsky / New York Times:
When Cleaner Air Is a Biblical Obligation  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 - In their long and frustrated efforts pushing Congress to pass legislation on global warming, environmentalists are gaining a new ally.  —  With increasing vigor, evangelical groups that are part of the base of conservative support …
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Court Choice Is Conservative by Nature, Not Ideology  —  In an office two doors away from Attorney General Edwin Meese III, Samuel A. Alito Jr. found himself at the heart of the Reagan revolution.  He was a 35-year-old deputy assistant attorney general and it was 1985.
Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
For Many in Iraq, Death Is Quick and Capricious  —  Platoon Sergeant's Fate Turned on Factors He Could Not Calculate  —  KIRKUK, Iraq — His men called him "Big Daddy," and, for many of them, Sgt. 1st Class Robbie D. McNary was larger than life.  —  He stood more than six feet tall …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and NewsBusters.org
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
A DEADLY INTERROGATION  —  Can the C.I.A. legally kill a prisoner?  —  At the end of a secluded cul-de-sac, in a fast-growing Virginia suburb favored by employees of the Central Intelligence Agency, is a handsome replica of an old-fashioned farmhouse, with a white-railed front porch.
Discussion: ACSBlog

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Morale, and Profits, Down At the Times
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
A Debatable Ploy by NBC
Baltimore Sun:
An early edge for Ehrlich's rivals
Associated Press:
Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Military Tribunals
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Hil camp eyes Va. Gov race has 2008 fallout
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
No Evidence of Pressure on Iraq Data, Senator Says
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on military tribunals

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Drudge Report:
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Mark Walker / nctimes.com:
New scandals help lower Cunningham's damaged profile
Guardian:
Blair's litany of failures on Iraq - ambassador's damning verdict
Discussion: Informed Comment
Rachel / Tinkerty Tonk:
RINO SIGHTINGS  —  Get out your binoculars and focus: The RINOs have been sighted.
Discussion: Don Surber
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Court Could Tip to Catholic Majority
David Sirota / The Huffington Post:
D.C.'s Professional B.S. Artists Again Go Off On Iraq
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Stephen Schwartz / Tech Central Station:
"Red Belt" Riots
Newsweek:
Jennifer Aniston …
 
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