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Speaker at McCain rally says non-Christians want an Obama win
Seeded on Sun Oct 12, 2008 12:36 AM EDT (CNN)
America is definitely diverse. However, there are those who have been left behind whose ideas about race and religion are still based upon intolerance. Voting for or against Obama should be based of facts and not ignorance.
McCain's bold new mortgage plan isn't new
Seeded on Wed Oct 8, 2008 2:55 AM EDT (MarketWatch.com)
I guess McCain still hasn't read the Paulson plan :)
Trial Spotlights Cheney's Power as an Infighter - New York Times
Seeded on Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:05 PM EST (The New York Times)
The trial against Mr. Libby has centered on a narrow case of perjury, with days of sparring between the defense and prosecution lawyers over the numbing details of three-year-old conversations between White House officials and journalists.
Sex in fast lane halts traffic on road - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:51 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
ERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police investigating why a car was blocking traffic in the fast lane of a major highway Sunday found a couple inside having sex.
Pentagon could boost Iraq troop increase by 3,000 - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Feb 6, 2007 11:35 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
"We think the number is going to be around 21,500," Gates told a Senate panel. "But it would not be more than 10 percent more -- 10 to 15 percent." That would amount to about 3,000 troops.
Bush seeks more war funding - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Feb 5, 2007 8:11 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Bush asked for billions of dollars in new spending for the Iraq war on Monday, as car bombs killed 24 people in Baghdad and its besieged residents awaited a crackdown on sectarian violence.
FBI turns to broad new wiretap method
Seeded on Wed Jan 31, 2007 10:41 AM EST (CNET)
The FBI appears to have adopted an invasive Internet surveillance technique that collects far more data on innocent Americans than previously has been disclosed.
Ex-Cheney aide shares media manipulation - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:33 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
No one served up spicier morsels than Cheney's former top press assistant. Cathie Martin described the craft of media manipulation — under oath and in blunter terms than politicians like to hear in public.
Do you believe Bush when he said he did not watch the whole 2 min 37 sec clip of Saddam hanging? (poll)
Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:05 PM EST
"Well, you keep saying 'parts of it.' What do you mean you 'didn't wanna watch the whole thing?'" Pelley asks. "Well, I just, I wasn't sure what to anticipate beyond the yelling and stuff like that. And I didn't…," Bush says.
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Arabs see little hope for Bush's Iraq plan
Seeded on Fri Jan 12, 2007 4:49 AM EST (Yahoo! News)
CAIRO (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush's plan to send 21,500 more troops will fail to bring peace to Iraq and could aggravate a conflict in which tens of thousands of people have already died, Arab analysts said on Thursday.
Kissinger: Iraq military win impossible - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:04 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
"If you mean by 'military victory' an Iraqi government that can be established and whose writ runs across the whole country, that gets the civil war under control and sectarian violence under control in a time period that the political processes of the democracies will support, I …
'Not America's man in Iraq,' Premier says - Los Angeles Times
Seeded on Sat Oct 28, 2006 6:09 AM EDT (The L.A. Times)
Iraq's prime minister sharply criticized U.S. policy Friday during a private meeting with the American ambassador, pointing to the United States' failure to either reduce violence or give his government authority over security matters, aides to the Iraqi leader said.
An Insufficient Explanation - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Thu Oct 26, 2006 2:05 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
At a surprise press conference this morning, President Bush acknowledged the nation's grave concerns about the war in Iraq.
The most expensive keyboard in history - US$4,240
Seeded on Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:13 AM EDT (CNET)
How much good dough are you ready to burn your for your PC keyboard?
History of Foley Messages' Release Clarified by Players - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:23 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Two of the news media's sources of Mark Foley's sexually explicit instant messages to former House pages said this week that they came forward to expose the Florida congressman's actions, not to help the Democrats in the midterm elections.
Lawmaker Saw Foley Messages In 2000 - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Mon Oct 9, 2006 12:56 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
A Republican congressman knew of disgraced former representative Mark Foley's inappropriate Internet exchanges as far back as 2000 and personally confronted Foley about his communications.
Ex-Page Tells of Foley Liaison - Los Angeles Times
Seeded on Sun Oct 8, 2006 1:06 PM EDT (The L.A. Times)
A former House page says he had sex with then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) after receiving explicit e-mails in which the congressman described assessing the sexual orientation and physical attributes of underage pages but waiting until later to make direct advances.
Officials: Russian Journalist Found Dead - Forbes.com
Seeded on Sat Oct 7, 2006 12:26 PM EDT (Forbes)
A Russian journalist known for her critical coverage of the war in Chechnya was shot to death Saturday in the capital, police said.
Bush Policy Irks Judges in West - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Fri Oct 6, 2006 8:31 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
SEATTLE, Oct.
USATODAY.com - Thousands nationwide protest Bush
Seeded on Thu Oct 5, 2006 10:47 PM EDT (USA Today)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of people called the Bush administration's policies a crime and held up yellow police tape along a three-block stretch in front of the White House on Thursday as part of a nationwide day of protest against the president.
Hastert Rejects Call For Resignation, GOP Speaker Stands Ground After Conservative Paper Calls For Him To Step Down - CBS News
Seeded on Tue Oct 3, 2006 12:11 PM EDT (CBS News)
House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Tuesday rejected a conservative Washington newspaper's call for him to resign over his handling of the scandal involving former Rep. Mark Foley's contacts with teenage male pages.
Forget airbags, silicone breasts will do - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Tue Oct 3, 2006 4:49 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)
SOFIA (AFP) - A woman in the northern Bulgarian town of Ruse survived a car crash thanks to her silicone breasts which acted as an airbag, a newspaper has reported.
Bush waiver restores military training - Yahoo! News
Seeded on Mon Oct 2, 2006 8:16 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON - Twenty-one countries that had been denied participation in U.S. military training programs are now eligible to take part again under a presidential waiver announced Monday by the White House.
Bush chief of staff urged Rumsfeld be fired-book
Seeded on Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:58 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's former chief of staff tried twice to persuade the U.S. leader to fire Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld but failed, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing a new book by investigative reporter Bob Woodward.
Top Mountie says sorry to deported (tortured) man
Seeded on Thu Sep 28, 2006 3:44 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The head of Canada's federal police force publicly apologized on Thursday to a man who was deported by U.S. agents to Syria after the Mounties mistakenly labeled him as an Islamic extremist.
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