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Associated Press:
Professor beaten; attackers cite KU creationism class — LAWRENCE - A professor whose planned course on creationism and intelligent design was canceled after he sent e-mails deriding Christian conservatives was hospitalized Monday after what appeared to be a roadside beating.
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Texas Judge Lets Stand 2 of 3 Charges Against DeLay — HOUSTON, Dec. 5 - A Texas judge dismissed one charge against Representative Tom Delay on Monday but let stand two more serious charges, complicating Mr. DeLay's hopes of regaining his post as House majority leader when Congress resumes in January.
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ACLU:
Companies that Owned and Operated Airplanes Used in CIA Kidnapping Also Named in Lawsuit — WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union today announced the first ever lawsuit against former CIA director George Tenet challenging the CIA's abduction of a foreign national for detention and interrogation in a secret overseas prison.
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William Yardley / New York Times:
Weicker May Return to Politics Over Lieberman's Support of War — HARTFORD, Dec. 5 - Former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr. on Monday criticized Senator Joseph I. Lieberman's continued support of the war in Iraq and said that if no candidate challenged the senator on the issue in the 2006 election, he would consider running.
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Marc Morano / CNSNews:
Men Warm Globe, Women Feel the Heat, Group Claims — Montreal (CNSNews.com) - The debate over climate change evolved into a battle of the sexes Monday at the 11th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference in Montreal. The spokesman for a feminist-based environmental group accused men …
Jerry Bowyer / National Review:
Bush Boom Continues Unabated — Last week, the growth of gross domestic product was revised upward for the third quarter from an above-average 3.8 percent to a robust 4.3 percent. This level of growth is higher than the averages for the last 10, 20, and 30 years, making it impressive …
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Hamza Hendawi / Associated Press:
Saddam Vows No Return to 'Unjust' Court — BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein shouted Tuesday that he will not return "to an unjust court" when it convenes for a fifth session the following day. As the end of the session, when the judges decided to resume the trial Wednesday, Saddam suddenly shouted: "I will not return.
worldtribune.com:
U.S. Army report: Israel can't stop Iran nukes — WASHINGTON — Geopolitical limitations render Israel's air force militarily incapable of halting Iran's nuclear weapons program according to a new report published the by U.S. Army War College. — The report asserts Israel lacks …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Is Harry Doomed? — The Daily Mirror dishes out some Harry Potter gossip that will likely have fans buzzing for the next year or so while they wait for the final installment of the Potter series to apparate at their local bookstores. Jim Dale, who provides the voice of Harry Potter …
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
What The Media Ignored From Howard Dean — Yesterday, the leader of the major American opposition party called the war in Iraq "unwinnable", compared the supposed scandal over intelligence — the same intel that Congress had seen since the Clinton administration — with Watergate …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Solomon Amendment likely to survive — Congress' demand that law schools give military recruiters equal access to their students, despite the military's policy of barring homosexuals from service, appeared to have survived quite easily its constitutional test in the Supreme Court on Tuesday …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Dodging Debate On Alito — When conservatives revolted against President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, they proudly proclaimed their desire for a big debate over constitutional principles. Now they are running from the fight. — No, they are not giving up on Samuel …
BBC:
Cameron chosen as new Tory leader — David Cameron has been elected as the new Conservative leader by a margin of more than two to one over David Davis. — The 39-year-old beat Mr Davis by 134,446 votes to 64,398 in a postal ballot of Tory members across the UK.
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Lindsey Graham / Washington Post:
Rules for Our War — In my view, the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were an act of war, not a mere crime. Our terrorist enemies don't represent a sovereign nation, wear a uniform, follow the rules of armed conflict or show any regard for humanity. The key difference between them and us is that we care about these things.
Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Alito's policy on recusals is questioned — As judge, he was 'present' in case he helped prosecute — WASHINGTON — In 1987, Samuel A. Alito Jr., then the US attorney for the district of New Jersey, signed a bank fraud indictment of a New Jersey man named Larry Kopp.
Pajamas Media:
Whose Internet is It Anyway? (Part 2) — Yesterday, our panel of experts weighed in on the issue of whether or not the UN should have a hand in internet governance. Today, several of Pajamas Media's member bloggers take a busman's holiday, discussing the topic from the "man on the street" perspective.
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
CLEANING THE HOUSE: — I'm on deadline so I can't come anywhere near doing justice to this important subject, but yesterday the Center for American Progress held an an excellent forum on reforms to combat the increasingly—and shockingly—anti-democratic tendencies of the House of Representatives.
