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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
GOP House Panel Votes to Block Ports Deal — WASHINGTON - In a congressional election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations. Democrats clamored for a vote in the Senate, too.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Rebellion in the G.O.P. on Security, a Signature Issue — WASHINGTON, March 8 — After more than five years of allowing President Bush relatively free rein to set their course, Republicans in Congress are suddenly, if selectively, in rebellion, a mutiny all the more surprising since …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Defying Bush, House Panel Votes to Block Port Deal — WASHINGTON, March 8 — The House Appropriations Committee defied President Bush this evening, voting overwhelmingly to scuttle a deal giving a Dubai company control of some major seaport operations without awaiting the outcome of a 45-day review of potential security risks.
Rick Lyman / New York Times:
3 College Students Arrested in Alabama Church Fires — Three college students from the prosperous suburbs south of Birmingham, two of them 19 and one 20, were arrested today in the burning of nine Baptist churches in rural Alabama last month that federal officials say was a prank that spun out of control.
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Suspect: Church fires started as 'joke' — Three Birmingham college students arrested, charged — BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (CNN) — Three Birmingham college students were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a string of Alabama church fires that is described in court papers as a joke that "got out of hand," authorities said.
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Students say church arsons meant as 'a joke' — Third suspect arrested in torchings of nine Alabama places of worship … BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Three college students, including two aspiring actors known around campus as pranksters, were arrested Wednesday in a string of nine church fires across Alabama.
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U.S.: Iran remarks 'provocative' — VIENNA, Austria (CNN) — The United States has dismissed Iran's comments that it can inflict "harm and pain" on Washington for its role in pushing for U.N. Security Council action over Tehran's refusal to halt its nuclear program.
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
50 Abducted in Iraqi Raid; 24 Bodies Found in Baghdad — BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 8 — Gunmen wearing the uniforms of Interior Ministry commandos and driving government vehicles raided a private Iraqi security company this afternoon, kidnapping about 50 employees and seizing weapons, computer equipment and documents, police officials said.
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cqpolitics.com:
TX 22: DeLay More Vulnerable Than Ever Following Primary — Tom DeLay and his partisans are hailing his primary victory Tuesday as a landslide and vindication from his constituents that the Texas Republican's legal and ethical problems are behind him. — But the primary result …
MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for April 16 — Read the complete transcript to Friday's show — Guests: William Cohen, Jon Meacham, Pat Toomey, Andrew Greeley — CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Al Jazeera TV plays video of a U.S. soldier held hostage in Iraq.
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Ariz. Governor Orders Troops to Border — Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday ordered more National Guardsmen posted at the Mexican border to help stop illegal immigrants and curb related crimes. — National Guard troops have worked at the border since 1988, but Napolitano signed …
Media Matters for America:
Hardball for the left, softball for the right: Conservatives dominate on Hardball … Since its CNBC debut as Politics with Chris Matthews in 1996*, MSNBC's long-running Hardball with Chris Matthews has consistently attracted criticism from the right wing. For example, in January 2006 …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Eyeing '08, Sen. McCain courts K St. — Good-government advocacy groups working on lobbying reform say their longtime ally Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has played a smaller leadership role on the issue than they had expected. — McCain's lower-than-hoped-for profile on the sensitive subject coincides …
Benny Avni / New York Sun:
Jeers and Heckling Greet Annan At Staff Meeting at United Nations — UNITED NATIONS - U.N. staffers heckled and booed Secretary-General Annan yesterday in a raucous meeting after he presented a "management reform" plan that includes cutting jobs for New Yorkers employed at Turtle Bay.
Brenda Goodman / New York Times:
Defendant Offers Details of Jeep Attack at University — The man charged with nine counts of attempted murder for driving a Jeep through a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill last Friday told the police that he deliberately rented a four-wheel-drive vehicle so he could …
Andy Grundberg / New York Times:
Gordon Parks, a Master of the Camera, Dies at 93 — Gordon Parks, the photographer, filmmaker, writer and composer who used his prodigious, largely self-taught talents to chronicle the African-American experience and to retell his own personal history, died yesterday at his home in Manhattan.
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