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Associated Press:
Senator chosen to serve as jury foreman  —  BOSTON —Sen. John Kerry's public profile and prosecutorial past didn't spare him from performing that most mundane of civic responsibilities — jury duty.  —  Kerry was not only chosen this week to sit on a jury in Suffolk Superior Court, but also was elected foreman.
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Dave Wedge / Boston Herald:
Kerry reports for jury duty: Courtroom service a first for the senator  —  Sen. John F. Kerry has testified in some of the nation's most hallowed halls of justice and sat in many Bay State courtrooms as a prosecutor but he'd never been on a jury - until this week.
Discussion: ACSBlog and Wizbang
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
US pressures UN to condemn Hizbullah  —  Following intense US pressure, the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday issued an unprecedented condemnation of Monday's Hizbullah attacks on northern Israel.  —  This condemnation - slamming Hizbullah by name for "acts of hatred" …
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Reuters:
Warning on Jazeera bombing report  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain has warned media organizations they are breaking the law if they publish details of a leaked document said to show U.S. President George W. Bush wanted to bomb Arabic television station Al Jazeera.
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Kevin Maguire / mirror.co.uk:
LAW CHIEF GAGS THE MIRROR ON BUSH LEAK
Stephen R. Dujack / dailyprincetonian.com:
Alito needs to shed his CAP  —  Almost 20 years ago, the Concerned Alumni of Princeton (CAP) collapsed like a modern House of Usher, so rotten from within from its own deceptions and peculiar madness that it could no longer sustain its own weight.  For Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito '72 …
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The Nation:
Alito CAPs His Bid
Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
War Zone 'It Girl' Has a Big Future at CBS News  —  Since joining CBS News as a correspondent in 2002, Lara Logan has been periodically told that her relentless knack for gaining access to dangerous places is reminiscent of a young Dan Rather or Mike Wallace.
Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
How a Town Became a Terror Hub  —  MAASEIK, Belgium — The phones at city hall began ringing nonstop one morning last year when several masked figures were spotted walking through the cobbled streets of this pastoral town.  A small panic erupted when one of the figures …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Shift on Suspect Is Linked to Role of Qaeda Figures  —  WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 - The Bush administration decided to charge Jose Padilla with less serious crimes because it was unwilling to allow testimony from two senior members of Al Qaeda who had been subjected to harsh questioning, current and former government officials said Wednesday.
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
What the Dems are really up to  —  The attacks on the administration by the Democrats have consisted of two prongs.  First the accusations that the president lied about the prewar intelligence in order to game the country into war.  I wrote about that here.
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Priests Citing New Problem in Gay Policy  —  A day after the disclosure of a new Vatican directive that deters most gay men from joining the priesthood, some priests say they are shocked by one easily overlooked clause.  It says that spiritual directors and confessors in seminaries …
Discussion: AMERICAblog
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Of Course It's True  —  I was busy yesterday so I didn't get to comment on the amazing story that Bush wanted to bomb Al Jazeera headquarters.  I think what surprised me the most is that anyone thinks that it might not true.  Of course, it's true.  —  Juan Cole leads us through the evidence …
Discussion: Eschaton and Daily Kos
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Bush as Press Assassin?  —  Baathist in a Mirror
Discussion: The Reaction and Loaded Mouth
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE WAR THEY BELIEVE IN  —  The only war the Democrats really have their heart in is the war to undermine the Bush administration.  Any incidental damage done to the national interest in furtherance of that war appears in their eyes to be for the greater good.
Bob Geiger / Yellow Dog Blog:
Turkeys Refuse Ceremonial White House Pardon  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - In yet another publicity blow to the beleaguered Bush administration, both National Thanksgiving Turkeys have refused the ceremonial pardon traditionally given by the president.  The turkeys, named Marshmallow and Yam …
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Steve Kornacki / politicsnj.com:
Codey says no to U.S. Senate seat Corzine wasn't offering  —  NOVEMBER 23 - Jon Corzine's closest aides weren't returning phone calls today, so there's no official explanation why, in the three weeks since his election as governor, Corzine never once picked up the phone to ask Dick Codey to run for the U.S. Senate.
Discussion: MyDD and THE NEWS BLOG
Rod Dreher / The Corner on National Review Online:
WORLD'S BEST CORNBREAD DRESSING  —  I'm telling you, this stuff is psychedelically delicious.  The recipe is adapted from "The Cook's Bible: The Best of American Home Cooking" by Christopher Kimball, a book that if I were you I'd ask Santa for.  We're about to start cooking it around my place …
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NY Daily News:
Mag tells 'Nazi' singers: Heil, no!  —  Teen People nixed a story about Hitler-loving teenybopper twins Prussian Blue - amid outrage that the glossy had promised to avoid the words "hate," "supremacist" and "Nazi" in its piece on the racist singing sisters.  —  A Web-based teaser …

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