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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday. — Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed him with shotgun pellets …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets. — Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin …
John Gideon / THE BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING: Cheney Shoots Man While Hunting, News Held for 24 Hours... UPDATES...Ranch Owner Hired Cheney at Halliburton, on Covert FISA Board Under Reagan, Bush Pioneer... Incident Occurred Saturday, Not Released Until Moments Ago...HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN ON WHITTINGTON'S CONDITION...
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots a Fellow Hunter — WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a prominent Austin lawyer while the two men were on a quail hunting expedition in South Texas on Saturday, firing shotgun pellets at the man while trying to aim for a bird, his spokeswoman confirmed today.
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:Chickenhawks With Guns — Remember Cheney's chest-beating comments …
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Erik / ¡No Pasarán!:
Islamic Protestors in Paris Come Face to Face with an Unexpected Counter-Protest — "An eye for an eye! A tooth for a tooth!" Echoing protests around the world and wearing all kinds of costumes from the Middle East and the Muslim world, 4,000 Islamic demonstrators march through Paris denouncing …
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Beneath the Rage in the Mideast — EGYPTIANS were hardly astonished when a ferry packed with more than 1,400 passengers sank in the Red Sea. Anyone who has struggled to navigate daily life here knows safety standards are virtually nonexistent, and the value of human life is often overlooked …
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
National Security: The Attack on the Constitution — [My old CIA running buddy, Jim, delievered the following speech this week. Please read and pass on. The man knocked it out of the park. Larry] — Delivered in Washtenaw County, Michigan, February 8, 2006
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Newsweek:
Bush's Bad Connection — The White House is defiant in defense of warrantless wiretaps. That stance is beginning to bug Congress. — Feb. 20, 2006 issue - The attorney general of the United States was playing rope-a-dope. Why, the senators wanted to know, did the White House circumvent …
Michelle Malkin:
"RAGHEADS" AND "SAMBOS" AND "GOOKS" — There is much buzz this weekend about comments that conservative author/columnist Ann Coulter made at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, a speech which I missed due to a book signing at the same event.
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Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Record-Setting Snow Buries Northeast — A record-breaking storm buried sections of the Northeast under more than 2 feet of snow on Sunday, marooning thousands of air travelers and making even a walk to the corner store treacherous. — The National Weather Service said 26.9 inches of snow …
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
For Possible '08 Run, McCain Is Courting Bush Loyalists — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a man in perpetual motion, flew to South Carolina on Jan. 16. His stops included a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and speeches to local Republican groups. But one of his most important events …
