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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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Sandy Cohen / Associated Press:
Mel Gibson apologizes for DUI arrest — LOS ANGELES - Mel Gibson issued a lengthy statement Saturday apologizing for his drunk driving arrest and saying he has battled alcoholism throughout his life. — The actor and "The Passion of the Christ" director also apologized for what he said were …
CNN:
Gibson apologizes for behavior — 'I disgraced myself,' star says after 'horrific relapse' and arrest — LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Actor and director Mel Gibson issued a statement on Saturday, apologizing to deputies for his "belligerent behavior" when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Malibu the day before.
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.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
After Sluggish Start, Lieberman Heeded Warnings of Trouble — Senator Joseph I. Lieberman commissioned a poll in January as he prepared for his fourth campaign for the Senate, and the results were sobering. Mr. Lieberman was tied against a hypothetical primary opponent …
Hartford Courant:
For Experience, Mr. Lieberman — In an era of exceptionally corrosive politics, Connecticut has the antacid. — We endorse U.S. Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman in the Aug. 8 Democratic primary for his skill in bridging the partisan abyss in Washington — a valuable asset.
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:Big List Of Big Givers Bolsters Lieberman
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects — The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects there and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress …
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Bush submits new terror detainee bill — WASHINGTON - U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.
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New York Times:
Bush and Blair Push Plan to End Mideast Fighting — President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain said Friday that they would present a plan to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah at the United Nations next week as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed into an urgent round …
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Yoav Stern / Haaretz:Nasrallah threatens to fire missiles at central Israel, says …
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Edward M. Kennedy / Washington Post:
Roberts and Alito Misled Us — I have had the honor of serving on the Senate Judiciary Committee for 43 years, during which I've participated in confirmation hearings for all the justices who now sit on the Supreme Court. Over that time, my colleagues and I have asked probing questions …
Editor and Publisher:
Gallup: Current Negativism on Iraq Echoes View of Vietnam War in 1970 — NEW YORK An analysis released today by Frank Newport, director of The Gallup Poll, shows that current public wishes for U.S. policy in the Iraq war eerily echo attitudes about the Vietnam war in 1970.
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Billmon / Whiskey Bar:
The Debacle … So is this the beginning of the end? … Or the end of the beginning? … If the Israelis truly are contemplating "solving" the problem with artillery they can certainly reduce Bint Jbeil to a collection of destroyed or half-destroyed buildings.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IDF readies for new ground offensive in s. Lebanon — The IDF wrapped up its operations in the southern Lebanese village of Bint Jbail on Saturday and withdrew most of its troops from the area. At the same time, the army was gearing up for a new ground incursion into Lebanon.
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Neela Banerjee / New York Times:
Families Challenging Religious Influence in Delaware Schools — GEORGETOWN, Del. — After her family moved to this small town 30 years ago, Mona Dobrich grew up as the only Jew in school. Mrs. Dobrich, 39, married a local man, bought the house behind her parents' home and brought up her two children as Jews.
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