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4:15 PM ET, August 2, 2006

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Jane Hamsher / The Huffington Post:
On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman  —  E.J. Dionne repeats a piece of conventional wisdom that irks the hell out of me every time I hear it - if Lieberman loses the primary and runs as an independent it will distract everyone from the true villain, the GOP, and therefore we should just give him a pass.
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Little Green Footballs:
Lieberman in Blackface at Huffington Post  —  You've got to be kidding me.  Currently featured at Huffington Post: Jane Hamsher: On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman.  (Hat tip: Delvin.)  —  Accompanied by this picture:
Ralph Blumenthal / New York Times:
Evolution Opponents Lose Kansas Board Majority  —  Kansas voters on Tuesday handed power back to moderates on the State Board of Education, setting the stage for a return of science teaching that broadly accepts the theory of evolution, according to preliminary election results.
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MSNBC:
Evolution's foes lose ground in Kansas
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Evolution opponents lose control of Kansas school board
John Hanna / Associated Press:
Evolution opponents lose in Kan. primary
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Left Coaster
Aron Heller / Associated Press:
Hezbollah fires record number of rockets  —  BEIT HILLEL, Israel - Hezbollah launched its deepest strikes yet into Israel on Wednesday, firing a record number of more than 190 rockets.  An Israeli-American was killed as he fled for home by bicycle, and a stray rocket hit the West Bank for the first time.
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Haaretz:
Man killed on kibbutz near Nahariya as record number of rockets slam into north  —  An Israeli man was killed Wednesday when a Katyusha struck Kibbutz Saar, north of Nahariya, as Hezbollah marked the resumption of strikes on northern Israel with a record number of some 210 rockets.
Jerusalem Post:
One killed, eight wounded in attacks throughout North
Christina Bellantoni / Washington Times:
Hill fries free to be French again  —  The fries on Capitol Hill are French again.  —  So is the breakfast toast in the congressional cafeterias, with both fries and toast having been liberated from the appellation "freedom."  —  Three years after House Republicans trumpeted the new names …
Josh White / Washington Post:
Marine Names Murtha in Defamation Suit  —  Congressman Discussed Killings Involving Serviceman's Squad in Haditha, Iraq  —  A Marine Corps staff sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington claiming …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon  —  Allegations Brought to Inspectors General  —  Some staff members and commissioners of the Sept. 11 panel concluded that the Pentagon's initial story of how it reacted to the 2001 terrorist attacks may have been part of a deliberate effort …
Keith Epstein / TBO.com:
Ex-Aide: Harris Hid Subpoena  —  More from this channel:  —  This feature requires the Macromedia Flash Plugin.  Please visit http://www.macromedia.com/go/ getflashplayer to download this plugin.  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate candidate Katherine Harris received a grand jury subpoena …
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Associated Press:   Ex-aide says Harris hid subpoena
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Washington Traffic Jam?  Senators-Only Elevator  —  In addition to lofty issues of war and peace, the Senate is grappling with another urgent matter: the senators-only elevators at the Capitol are being overrun by the unelected.  —  "I hesitate to say that it's a big problem," …
Richard / EU Referendum:
Game, set and match  —  Well, I never.  The news agencies that stitched up the photos at the Qana site have all huddled together and got AP staff writer David Bauder to issue a story rebutting lil ol' EU Referendum.  And the imaginative title?  "News agencies stand by Lebanon photos".
Reuters:
Iran frees bin Laden son: newspaper  —  Iran has freed a son of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden from house arrest, a German newspaper reported on Wednesday.  —  Die Welt said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard released Saad bin Laden on July 28 with the aim of sending him to the Syria-Lebanon border.
Neil Modie / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
McGavick sued over Safeco payout  —  Retirement package of $28.4 million illegal, shareholder action says  —  A prominent Seattle lawyer and a scion of a prominent Seattle family are suing a prominent politician — U.S. Senate candidate Mike McGavick — over his lucrative retirement package from a prominent Seattle company, Safeco.
Jeff Horrigan / Boston Herald:
Sox standout Lowell: Castro killed my kin  —  Charging Fidel Castro with the deaths of his relatives, Cuban-American Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell declared last night: "I hope he does die."  —  Castro's health:  —  "Castro killed members of my family," Lowell told the Herald …
Discussion: Don Surber and Babalu Blog
theonion.com:
Bush Grants Self Permission To Grant More Power To Self  —  WASHINGTON, DC—In a decisive 1-0 decision Monday, President Bush voted to grant the president the constitutional power to grant himself additional powers.  —  "As president, I strongly believe that my first duty as president …
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Blogger Jailed After Defying Court Orders  —  A freelance journalist and blogger was jailed on Tuesday after refusing to turn over video he took at an anticapitalist protest here last summer and after refusing to testify before a grand jury looking into accusations that crimes were committed at the protest.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Lieberman Question  —  If I were a Democrat, I'd support Joe Lieberman next week.  I don't believe the agenda of Ned Lamont will help either the U.S. or the Democrats.  But, then, I'm not a Democrat.  At this point, I'd best be described as a conservative independent.
Discussion: Liberty and Justice
William Wallis / Financial Times:
Fighting 'has sunk hope of a free Lebanon'  —  Walid Jumblatt, leader of the most powerful clan in Lebanon's Druze community, said on Tuesday the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas had dealt a fatal blow to Lebanese hopes of a strong independent state, free of Iranian and Syrian influence.
 
 
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Tony Blankley / Real Clear Politics:
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
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