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Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
Pathbreaking Comedian Richard Pryor Dies  —  LOS ANGELES - Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, died Saturday.  He was 65.  —  Pryor died shortly before 8 a.m. of a heart attack after being taken to a hospital …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
R.I.P. R.P.  —  If you would like to have a surreal experience akin to the effects of downing ten shots of cheap tequila, tune in to FoxNews as they eulogize Richard Pryor.  Apparently he invented dirty words.  (It's going to come as a helluva surprise to Lenny Bruce —  not to mention Redd Foxx.)
MSNBC:
Comedian Richard Pryor dies at 65  —  Actor and comic known for caustic wit suffers apparent heart attack  —  LOS ANGELES - Richard Pryor, the groundbreaking comedian whose profanely personal insights into race relations and modern life made him one of Hollywood's biggest black stars, died of a heart attack Saturday.
Jeremiah Marquez / Associated Press:
Pioneering Comedian Richard Pryor Dies  —  LOS ANGELES - Richard Pryor startled audiences with his foul-mouthed routines, but his universal and frequently personal insights propelled him into one of Hollywood's biggest stars.  The pioneering comedian, whose audacious style influenced generations …
Associated Press:
Comedian Richard Pryor dies at 65  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Pryor, the caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off, has died, his ex-wife said Saturday.  He was 65.  —  Pryor died of a heart attack at his home …
Mel Watkins / New York Times:
Richard Pryor, Iconoclastic Comedian, Dies at 65
Shakespeare's Sister:   More on Pryor  —  I just wanted to say this man could make me laugh.
Frederic J. Frommer / Associated Press:
Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, who challenged LBJ, dies at 89  —  WASHINGTON - Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died Saturday.  He was 89.
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Washington Post:
Gentle Senator, Presidential Hopeful Empowered U.S. Antiwar Movement  —  Eugene J. McCarthy, 89, the scholarly and erudite Minnesota senator whose pursuit of the presidency in 1968 galvanized popular opposition to the war in Vietnam and helped drive Lyndon B. Johnson from the White House …
10news.com:
Family Upset Over Marine's Body Arriving As Freight  —  Marine Bodies Sent To Families On Commercial Airliners  —  SAN DIEGO — There's controversy over how the military is transporting the bodies of service members killed overseas, 10News reported.  —  A local family said fallen soldiers …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Credit Card Offers Stacking Up at Homes of the Newly Bankrupt  —  TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 9 - As one of more than two million Americans who rushed to a courthouse this year to file for bankruptcy before a tough new law took effect, Laura Fogle is glad for her chance at a fresh start.
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Jane Galt / Asymmetrical Information:
What should you do with your money?
Discussion: Viking Pundit
Jeff Gerth / New York Times:
Military's Information War Is Vast and Often Secretive  —  The media center in Fayetteville, N.C., would be the envy of any global communications company.  —  In state of the art studios, producers prepare the daily mix of music and news for the group's radio stations or spots for friendly television outlets.
Mark Ehrman / Los Angeles Times:
Meet the Truth Squad  —  For a liberal blogger, no political fib should go unviewed  —  For political junkies, must-see TV once meant sitting through hours of "Crossfire," "Hannity & Colmes" and "Meet the Press," hoping for the occasional gem.  Nowadays, to catch Robert Novak turning the air blue on …
dailysouthtown.com:
'Help!  Help!  My kids are pinned in there!'  —  Six-year-old Leroy, Ind., boy killed when Southwest plane, car collide  —  It was a family moment — mom and dad in the front seat, three young sons tucked in the back eating McDonald's goodies.  The Indiana family was heading to grandma's house …
OSM:
Trouble in Workers' Paradise, Continued  —  UPDATE by Pajamas Media in Los Angeles  —  Allegations continued that Chinese authorities were attempting to cover up a massacre of demonstrators in South China by buying the bodies, Associated Press reported, while the government insisted …
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Charles J. Hanley / Associated Press:
Clinton Says Bush Is 'Flat Wrong' on Kyoto  —  MONTREAL - Delegates from around the world worked into the final hours of a U.N. climate conference on Friday to produce a plan for deeper cuts after 2012 in greenhouse-gas emissions, buoyed by a last-minute message of support from former President Clinton.
Discussion: The American Mind
New York Times:
Politics, Iraqi Style: Slick TV Ads, Text Messaging and Gunfire  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 10 - After putting up 100,000 posters across Iraq to promote his political party, Hamid Kifai discovered this week that they had all been torn down, even the ones on the front of his own campaign headquarters in the south.
Discussion: Informed Comment and BAGnewsNotes
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Our New Bestest Buddy ... Joe Lieberman?  —  In the zero-sum game that has consumed our national politics in general and the Democrats specifically over the last month, Joe Lieberman has arisen as a new prize to be claimed — or shunned.  The Washington Post reports on the political damage …
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Judd / Think Progress:   Lieberman Flashback: Questioning Bush's Credibility Is Central To Democracy

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