memeorandum: Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade — Alleged Cover Up (TMZ.com)

4:45 PM ET, July 29, 2006

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TMZ.com:

Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade — Alleged Cover Up — TMZ has learned that Mel Gibson went on a rampage when he was arrested Friday on suspicion of drunk driving, hurling religious epithets. TMZ has also learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department had the initial report doctored to keep the real story under wraps.

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Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:

Mel gives cops hell — Report: Drunken Gibson threatens officer in rant — LOS ANGELES - A blitzed Mel Gibson launched into an obscenity-laced tirade when he was busted on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday, threatening an officer and making anti-Semitic and sexually abusive remarks, according to a police report.

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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:

Mel Gibson Self-Destructs? — Here's a page from what looks like a police report about Mel Gibson's alleged rants about "the Jews" after an arrest for drunk-driving, cited by the New York Daily News (click on the image below for a larger version) and originally reported by the celebrity news site, TMZ.com.

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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:

Minimum Wage Hike Passed By House — The House last night voted to boost the minimum wage for the first time in nearly a decade while also permanently slashing the estate tax, a coupling that GOP leaders calculated might garner enough Senate support to become law.

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:

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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
House to Vote on Increase in Minimum Wage

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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
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