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Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
U.S. doubts Korean test was nuclear — U.S. intelligence agencies say, based on preliminary indications, that North Korea did not produce its first nuclear blast yesterday. — U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that seismic readings show that the conventional high explosives used …
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Associated Press:
Scientists Probe North Korea Nuke Test — North Korea sets off an earthshaking explosion _ and claims it was nuclear. Was it? For scientists, that was not a quick and easy question to answer. — Like earthquakes, large explosions send out shockwaves that can be detected on seismographs.
New York Times:
Blast May Be Only a Partial Success, Experts Say — The North Korean test appears to have been a nuclear detonation but was fairly small by traditional standards, and possibly a failure or a partial success, federal and private analysts said yesterday. — Throughout history …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
For U.S., a Strategic Jolt After North Korea's Test — North Korea may be a starving, friendless, authoritarian nation of 23 million people, but its apparently successful explosion of a small nuclear device in the mountains above the town of Kilju on Monday represents a defiant bid for survival and respect.
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:U.N. weighs sanctions against N. Korea
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New York Times:
Foley Scandal Is Hurting G.O.P.'s Image, Poll Finds — Americans say that Republican Congressional leaders put their political interests ahead of protecting the safety of teenage pages, and that House leaders knew of Mark Foley's sexually-charged messages to pages well before he was forced to quit Congress …
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USA Today:
Poll: Democratic candidates open large lead in congressional races — WASHINGTON — Four weeks before congressional elections, a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows Democrats hold a 23-point lead over GOP candidates. That's double the lead Republicans had a month before they seized control of Congress in 1994.
Washington Post:
Democrats' Midterm Momentum Mounts, Poll Finds — GOP Loses Ground Over Iraq Developments, Hill Scandal — Democrats have regained a commanding position going into the final weeks of the midterm election, with support eroding for Republicans on Iraq, ethics and presidential leadership …
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CBS News:
DID HOUSE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP KNOW ABOUT FOLEY'S SEXUALLY EXPLICIT E-MAILS? — Yes — No — Forty-six percent think embattled House Speaker Dennis Hastert should resign for his handling of the Foley disclosures. Two-thirds of Democrats and 44 percent of Independents say Hastert should step down …
CNN:
Poll: Majority think Hastert should resign … WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans believe the scandal over former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage congressional pages should cost House Speaker Dennis Hastert his leadership post, according to a CNN poll released Monday.
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Bush Approval Withers Under Iraq, Foley Pressure — A Deep Deficit for the Republicans Reflects a Beleaguered President — An unpopular war led by a beleaguered president has pushed the Republican Party back to a deep deficit in voter preferences. But the Mark Foley scandal …
Google:
Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock — Combination Will Create New Opportunities for Users and Content Owners Everywhere — Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube, the consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through …
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Washington Post:
GOP Officials Brace for Loss Of Seven to 30 House Seats — Republican campaign officials said yesterday that they expect to lose at least seven House seats and as many as 30 in the Nov. 7 midterm elections, as a result of sustained violence in Iraq and the page scandal involving former GOP representative Mark Foley.
Associated Press:
Shivering Alaskans to Hugo Chavez: Keep your oil — ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — In Alaska's native villages, the punishing winter cold is already penetrating the walls of the lightly insulated plywood homes, many of the villagers are desperately poor, and heating-oil prices are among the highest in the nation.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Secure Fence Act Has Secure Support — Yesterday I analyzed the possibility that the lack of a presidential signature on the Secure Fence Act (HR 6061) might be an attempt at a pocket veto. President Bush has never given very enthusiastic support to any border solution that didn't include …
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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
With Giuliani, G.O.P. Focuses on 9/11 Role — At the Detroit Tigers' stadium last week, a visiting troop of children — many wearing Tiger orange and full of the fevered air of the playoffs — met Rudolph W. Giuliani, who declared his lifelong allegiance to their enemy of the moment, the Yankees.
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