FCC plans relaxation of media ownership rules, watchdogs say
John Byrne
Published: Wednesday May 31, 2006
Move to allow more consolidation could come as soon […]
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
Top Bush Aide admits to Altering Article
By E&P Staff
Published: May 31, 2006 2:55 PM ET updated Wednesday
New York- Karl Zinsmeister, the new chief domestic adviser to President Bush, while embedded as a reporter with the 82nd Airborne in Kuwait in 2003, declared that “many of the journalists observable in this war theater are […]
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From Capitol Hill Blue
The Rant
New CIA director Hayden plans massive expansion of spying on Americans
By DOUG THOMPSON
May 31, 2006, 08:19
Now that he is officially sworn in as the new head of the Central Intelligence Agency, Gen. Michael Hayden plans to build a vast domestic spying network that will pry into the lives of most […]
NEW YORK TIMES
May 31, 2006
A Supreme Court Setback for Whistle-Blowers
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 30 — The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Constitution does not protect public employees against retaliation by their supervisors for anything they say in the course of performing their assigned duties.
While the court’s focus in the 5-to-4 decision […]
U.S. Will Reinforce Troops in West Iraq
Car Bomb Kills 2 From CBS News
By Ellen Knickmeyer
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, May 30, 2006; A01
BAGHDAD, May 29 — The U.S. military said Monday it was deploying the main reserve fighting force for Iraq, a full 3,500-member armored brigade, as emergency reinforcements for the embattled western province of Anbar, […]
The London Times onlineMay 30, 2006
How I am related to Genghis Khan
By Mark Henderson
A US accountant has proof that he is descended from the Mongol warlord
THEY seem the unlikeliest of relatives. One was a fearsome warlord whose name became a byword for savagery. The other is a mild-mannered accountancy academic from Florida.
Yet Tom Robinson, 48, […]
May 29, 2006
Pentagon Seeks Nonnuclear Tip for Sub Missiles
By MICHAEL R. GORDON
WASHINGTON, May 28 — The Pentagon is pressing Congress to approve the development of a new weapon that would enable the United States to carry out nonnuclear missile strikes against distant targets within an hour.
The proposal has set off a complex debate about […]
Bush ‘planted fake news stories on American TV’
By Andrew Buncombe in Washington
Published: 29 May 2006
Federal authorities are actively investigating dozens of American television stations for broadcasting […]
Cheney aide is screening legislation
Adviser seeks to protect Bush power
By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | May 28, 2006
WASHINGTON — The office of Vice President Dick Cheney routinely reviews pieces of legislation before they reach the president’s desk, searching for provisions that Cheney believes would infringe on presidential power, according to former White […]
The Age–Australia
May 30, 2006
Opinion
What is humanity’s highest achievement?
Lincoln Hall is an unbelievably lucky man. No one else has survived a night in the open after being left for dead near the top of Mount Everest. “I imagine you are very surprised to see me here,” the Australian said to the US climber who found him, […]
I understand that it was an accident, that innocent people died and that emotions erupted. What I cannot understand is where did that guy get an explosive rock?!
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An Afghan protestor throws a stone at police near a burning
police vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 29, 2006.
A deadly traffic accident Monday involving U.S. troops sparked
the worst […]
Exxon-Backed Pundit Compares Gore To Nazi Propagandist
Sterling Burnett is a senior fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis, an organization that has received over $390,000 from ExxonMobil since 1998. This afternoon on Fox, Burnett compared watching Al Gore’s movie, An Inconvenient Truth, to watching a […]
Makeover Could Turn Coney Island Tony
By LARRY McSHANE
Associated Press Writer
6:16 PM PDT, May 27, 2006
NEW YORK — It’s springtime in Coney Island, with all the familiar signs of the coming tourist season: The beer flows at Ruby’s on the boardwalk, a help-wanted sign rests outside Nathan’s Famous, stuffed animals appear in the cramped arcades.
A soft […]
Bush’s ‘candor’ was scripted response to planted question
By Amanda Moran
Capitol Hill Blue Staff Writer
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Congress puts VA chief’s feet to fire
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Jim Nicholson
image: Seattle Post-Intelligencee site
By Johanna Neuman
Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times
Published May 26, 2006
WASHINGTON — The theft of a disk containing names, birth dates and Social Security numbers of up to 26.5 million veterans and their spouses stirred fury in Congress on Thursday as lawmakers […]
Fri, May 26, 2006 12:00pm EST
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Coming soon to The New York Times? Globe reports Bush marriage breakup
Summary: In Patrick Healy’s recent front-page New York Times article on the state of the Clintons’ marriage, Healy noted that a “tabloid photograph” of former President Bill Clinton “was enough to fuel coverage in the gossip pages.” Media Matters […]
Iraqi athletes killed for wearing shorts
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 13 minutes ago
An Iraqi tennis coach and two of his players were shot to death this week in Baghdad because they were wearing shorts, authorities said Saturday, reporting the latest in a series of recent attacks attributed to Islamic extremists.
A U.S. Marine […]
White House invokes privilege in spy cases
By DAVID B. CARUSO, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 34 minutes ago
The Bush administration has asked federal judges in New York and Michigan to dismiss a pair of lawsuits filed over the National Security Agency’s domestic eavesdropping program, saying litigating them would jeopardize state secrets.
In papers filed late Friday, […]
May 27, 2006
Gonzales Said He Would Quit in Raid Dispute
By DAVID JOHNSTON and CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, May 26 — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, and senior officials and career prosecutors at the Justice Department told associates this week that they were prepared to quit if the White […]
Last update: May 24, 2006 – 10:19 AM
St. Thomas honor student apologizes for grad speech
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The commencement speech, with reprimands for birth-control use and a recent food fight, sparked boos and walkouts.
Curt Brown, Star Tribune
A University of St. Thomas honors graduate who scolded his fellow seniors at Saturday’s commencement ceremony for being “selfish” apologized Monday for […]
US rejects protection for a spotted owl
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Government says nocturnal predator’s population growing
Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The federal government determined Tuesday that the California spotted owl does not need protection under the Endangered Species Act, a move that ruffled the feathers of environmental groups that are vowing to go to court […]
May 26, 2006
Iraqi Minister Backs Iran on Nuclear Research
By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. and JOHN O’NEIL
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 26 — Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari of Iraq today endorsed the right of Iran to pursue the “technological and scientific capabilities” needed to create nuclear power for peaceful purposes, in the first high-level meeting between officials from […]
Senate confirms Michael Hayden as CIA chief
Fri May 26, 2006 3:28 PM ET
By Richard Cowan and David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate confirmed Gen. Michael Hayden on Friday as the next CIA director, with the Bush administration hoping he will help reinvigorate an agency battered by a string of intelligence failures.
Please find the entire […]
Cate Blanchett to play Dylan in biopic
by Alfons Luna Wed May 24, 5:47 PM ET
Cate Blanchett will play Bob Dylan in his “androgenous phase” in a new biopic of the great poet-songwriter’s life, it was announced, as Dylan turned 65.
But even as he shows up everywhere in books, films and even […]
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george-bush-pics.com
Havard Crimson
Bush’s Personal Aide To Enroll at Business School
Gottesman, college dropout and former beau to Bush daughter, to begin in the fall
Published On 5/22/2006 2:12:14 AM
By PARAS D. BHAYANI
Crimson Staff Writer
A 26-year-old college dropout who carries President Bush’s breath mints and makes him peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches will follow in his boss’s footsteps this […]
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If only we had listened to Klaatu instead of having drilled him with a carbine.
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May 25, 2006
Power Failure Halts Rails in Northeast
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One of the many eastern seaboard GG-1 engines silenced by the British-looking alien.
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This 1951 Long Island traffic jam was but a portion of the disruption.
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By JOHN HOLUSHA
Tens of thousands of commuters’ […]
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
Monday, May 22, 2006 · Last updated 3:58 p.m. PT
Lay alma mater rebuffs endowment request
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Seven years after donating $1.1 million in Enron stock to his alma mater and with little to show for the gift, company founder Kenneth Lay asked the University of […]
“Students study his life, portray him in skits to celebrate his birthday and follow his instructions on everything from table manners to how to wear their hair.”
PART I
Pope disciplines Legionaries’ founder
By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Writer May 19, 2006
VATICAN CITY –Pope Benedict XVI disciplined the founder of the conservative Legionaries of […]
Even Deep in Dixie, Gays Sense Acceptance
By DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer
7:15 PM PDT, May 20, 2006
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It’s a Bible Belt state, almost certain to toughen its prohibition of gay marriage next month. A major candidate for governor has called homosexuality evil, and a national gay magazine branded Alabama the worst state for […]
MSNBC COUNTDOWN with KEITH OLBERMANN
May 22, 2006
Joining me now, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University Jonathan Turley.
Thank you again for your time, sir.
JONATHAN TURLEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: Thanks, Keith.
OLBERMANN: Put this in context. There‘s never been a criminal prosecution of a journalist for publishing classified information. So are those kind of comments by […]
Senate Panel Backs Hayden CIA Confirmation
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer 31 minutes ago
Gen. Michael Hayden moved a step closer Tuesday to becoming the nation’s 20th CIA chief, where he will take over a spy agency looking for a leader to steer it through troubles ranging from al-Qaida threats to Washington politics.
The Senate […]
Backing Away From Bush
Some Republican Candidates Avoid
Ties With Unpopular President
By JOHN D. MCKINNON
Wall Street Journal
May 23, 2006; Page A4
President Bush goes to Pennsylvania tomorrow to campaign for embattled Republican House members in the Philadelphia suburbs. But one of the candidates isn’t expected to be there.
Mr. Bush “is really doing poorly in our state,” says Rep. […]
Pentagon urges China to explain military buildup
By Paul Eckert, Asia Correspondent
Reuters
Tuesday, May 23, 2006; 1:17 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China’s rapid military modernization has altered Asia-Pacific military balances and could pose threats to other forces, the Pentagon said on Tuesday in an annual report that repeated U.S. calls for the Chinese to explain the purpose […]
2 in CIA to testify Libby lied on leak
BY JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
WASHINGTON - Two top CIA officials will bolster prosecutors’ charge that Vice President Cheney’s chief aide lied to them, court papers show.Prosecutors say disgraced Cheney chief of staff Lewis (Scooter) Libby learned CIA spy Valerie Plame’s […]
I have also included front pages from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. On none of the front pages did I see any reference to Friday’s story that the Katrina death toll rose by 281 human beings. As a matter of fact, I saw no stories in the Times about the death toll increase. My word search […]