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Andrew Miga / Associated Press:
Kennedy Blames Accident on Sleep Medicine  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated.  Kennedy said he had taken sleep medication and a prescription anti-nausea drug that can cause drowsiness.
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Michelle Malkin:
ANOTHER KENNEDY COVER-UP?  —  ***scroll for updates...report of another Kennedy crash two weeks ago in Rhode Island...an interesting observation below about Kennedy's "going for a vote" excuse...video: Roll Call reporter...***  —  ***1000pm EDT update...Kennedy blames sleep medication...RWV notes another weird Kennedy accident***
wusatv9.com:
Police: Kennedy Appeared Intoxicated At Car Crash  —  Rep. Patrick Kennedy crashed his car near the Capitol early Thursday, and a police official said he appeared intoxicated.  Kennedy said he had had no alcohol before the accident.  —  Kennedy was reportedly behind the wheel of a green Ford Mustang …
Dan / Riehl World View:
Patrick Kennedy - There's Something Else Wrong With This Story
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Crooks and Liars:
Rummy called out in Atlanta!  —  Rummy called out in Atlanta!  —  He lies about WMD's...  Ray McGovern, who was in the CIA for twenty seven years asked him why he lied about the run-up to the Iraq war.  Rumsfeld then proceeded to lie to McGovern to cover up his earlier statements about WMD's being in Iraq.
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Shannon McCaffrey / ABCNEWS:
Rumsfeld Heckled by Former CIA Analyst  —  Rumsfeld Challenged on Iraq, Heckled by a Former CIA Analyst and Others, During Atlanta Speech  —  ATLANTA May 4, 2006 (AP)— Anti-war protesters repeatedly interrupted Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld during a speech Thursday and one man …
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
In Image War, U.S. Shows Video of Bumbling Zarqawi  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 4 — In the video released last week by the terrorist Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, he is seen firing long bursts from a heavy automatic rifle, his forearms sprouting from beneath black fatigues as he exudes the very picture of a strong jihadist leader.
Discussion: Needlenose and PrawfsBlawg
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Michele Gershberg / Reuters:
Castro worth $900 million: Forbes  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cuban President Fidel Castro was furious when Forbes magazine estimated his fortune at $550 million last year.  This year, the magazine upped its estimate of the communist leader's wealth to a cool $900 million.
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
Give Iran Enough Rope  —  The debate in the U.S. over how to contend with Iran as it pursues nuclear weapons goes like this:  —  Many conservatives worry that the Bush administration - stung by the backlash over Iraq and the president's sinking poll numbers - has sworn off the military option.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and Shot In The Dark
New York Times:
Memorial Cost at Ground Zero Nears $1 Billion  —  The projected cost of building the World Trade Center memorial complex at ground zero has soared to nearly $1 billion, according to the most authoritative estimate to date.  —  Rebuilding officials concede that the new price tag is breathtaking …
John / AMERICAblog:
With the congressional elections 6 months away, is it time for us to stop criticizing Democrats?  —  I ask this as a serious question.  Some friends on the Hill recently asked me if the liberal blogs could lay off their attacks on Democratic members of Congress until after the election.
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
To Earmarking Senators, Veto Seems to Spell Vote  —  Senators keep stuffing new provisions into an emergency spending bill for Iraq and hurricane recovery, ignoring President Bush's veto threat to advance their priorities.  —  An amendment by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) …
Ron Fournier / Associated Press:
Poll: Bush's Approval Falls to New Low  —  WASHINGTON - Angry conservatives are driving the approval ratings of President Bush and the GOP-led Congress to dismal new lows, according to an AP-Ipsos poll that underscores why Republicans fear an Election Day massacre.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
TCS Daily:
An Army of Climate Davids  —  Something stunningly sensible has just occurred in the field of climate change research.  But what might actually induce gasps of amazement is that that something has been done by the US Government.  And it is already causing shock and dismay among tree huggers …
Discussion: Dean's World and Tim Worstall
B.A. / Connecticut Bob:
"Lieberman vs. the Day After Pill"  —  Joe Lieberman supports the approach of the Catholic hospitals when it comes to contraceptives for rape victims (as reported in The New Haven Register, by Gregory B. Hladky on 03/13/2006, via KissJoeGoodbye.Com).  —  Lieberman said he believes hospitals …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Opinion Journal:
The Next Filibuster?  —  Republicans should welcome a judicial brawl.  —  It's merely taken three years, but Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to come for a vote before the Senate Judiciary Committee today.  Democrats are likely to oppose him in lock-step …
 
 
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