‘Political Theater
The GOP’s media bashing is a response to journalists’ attempts to hold the administration accountable—a job Congress won’t do.
WEB EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY
Eleanor Clift
Newsweek
Updated: 1:10 p.m. ET June 30, 2006June 30, 2006 - You have to go back to the Alien and Sedition Acts of the 1790s to find Congress so outrageously trying to stifle dissent. […]

‘Bush vows to pursue detainee war trials

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent2 hours, 39 minutes ago
After a Supreme Court decision overruling war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, President Bush suggested Thursday he would seek Congress’ approval to proceed with trying terrorism suspects before military tribunals.’
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June 27, 2006
‘Military Fails Some Widows Over Benefits
By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
As Holly Wren coped with her 6-month-old son and the sorrow of losing her husband in Iraq last November, she assumed that the military’s sense of structure and order would apply in death as it had in life.’
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‘Vatican worried about positions on family
By MARIA SANMINIATELLI, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jun 28, 8:04 PM ET
The Vatican is worried its opposition to abortion, embryonic stem cell research and gay marriage could one day land it before an international court of justice, a senior Vatican official said in an interview published Wednesday.’
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* All American males must strive to maintain 35% body fat level.
* An American male’s sexual prowess is directly proportional to the size of his vehicle’s gas tank.
* Any American male found to be listening to less that 12 hours of Rush Limbaugh per week must return to the place of his birth for a […]

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‘N.J. Guard recruiters turn to educators

By CHRIS NEWMARKER, Associated Press WriterTue Jun 27, 4:14 AM ET
They ride Black Hawk helicopters, fire mock assault rifles in combat simulators and can learn what it’s like to drive a Humvee. Some are so excited they want pictures of themselves holding guns.
But these […]

‘ Bush ignores laws he inks, vexing Congress

By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer 30 minutes ago
The White House on Tuesday defended President Bush’s frequent use of special statements that claim authority to limit the effects of bills he signs, saying the statements help him uphold the Constitution and defend […]

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‘VIDEO: Snow Lashes Out at Media, Suggests NYT Has Undermined Americans’ ‘Right to Live’
President Bush today called the New York Times story revealing the administration’s monitoring of bank records “disgraceful,” and said the decision to publish details of the program “does great harm to the United States of America.”
Press Secretary Tony Snow followed up with […]

‘New ‘Murtha Lied’ Website posts ‘hateful’ emails after liberal blogs start digging
Ron Brynaert
Published: Sunday June 25, 2006
A new Website devoted to the “lies” of Pennsylvania Democratic Congressman Jack Murtha wen live a few days early in order to post “hateful” emails sent by readers of liberal blogs that were tipped off early and had already […]

‘Lawmaker Wants Times Prosecuted
By Devlin Barrett
Associated Press
Monday, June 26, 2006; A02
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged the Bush administration yesterday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring programPost # 2315 used to trace terrorists.
Rep. Peter T. King (R-N.Y.) cited the New York Times in particular for publishing […]

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“Tattoos, body piercing go mainstream
Detroit Free Press
June 11, 2006
A generation or two ago, a tattoo was likely found on the body of soldiers, sailors, bikers and carnival workers. But no longer. About 36% of Americans ages 18 to 29 have at least one tattoo.”
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“The defining issue of our time is the media. Whatever issue you care most about, media coverage of that issue is likely a key stumbling block to real, progressive change.
In his book Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush (Free Press, May 2006), Eric Boehlert details how the news media have too often been […]

Carnegie Mellon Inducts Five New Members Into Robot Hall of Fame®
Byron Spice

(Excerpted-DBp)
Five robots, ranging from an iconic female humanoid in a classic silent film to a ubiquitous industrial robot that helped make electronics inexpensive and commonplace, were inducted into Carnegie Mellon University’s Robot Hall of Fame® during a ceremony this June.
The third class of […]

“Baghdad shut down after ‘free-for-all’ gun battleBy Sam Knight and agencies in IraqLondon Times Online

The Iraqi Government declared a state of emergency and hurriedly shut down Baghdad this morning after a fierce gunfight involving Shia and Sunni militias, as well as US […]

“Iraq reconciliation may include amnesty

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writer1 hour, 30 minutes ago
The Iraqi government will present a national reconciliation plan to parliament Sunday that would grant some insurgents amnesty and ask for approval of a series of steps for Iraqis to take over security from U.S. troops, according to a key politician […]

“Three million babies born after fertility treatment

Reuters

By Patricia Reaney
Wed Jun 21, 8:22 AM ET”

I can see the Channel 97 Action-Breaking News Consumer Shock-Troop Insta-Time Team…

Here are a few of the donors and gifts:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers–A state of the art sewage system and water treatment plant which could handle the sanitary needs of greater […]

“June 23, 2006
New York Times
Senate Report Lists Lobbyist’s Payments to Ex-Leader of Christian Coalition
By PHILIP SHENON
WASHINGTON, June 22 — A bipartisan Senate report released on Thursday documented more than $5.3 million in payments to Ralph Reed, the former director of the Christian Coalition and a leading Republican Party strategist, from an influence-peddling operation run […]

Shortly after 8:00 a.m.(EDT), Jeanne Meserve, on CNN’s American Morning (originating from Manhattan’s West Side), stated that the Miami/Liberty City terror suspects called their religious group ‘See (Sea)’ ‘Seed of David.’ The announcer was not certain. The group cconsidered their warehouse a temple and followed the Bible.
Meanwhile at about the same time, in Secaucus, New […]

“Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?
Salon exclusive: Two former AT&T employees say the telecom giant has maintained a secret, highly secure room in St. Louis since 2002. Intelligence experts say it bears the earmarks of a National Security Agency operation.
By Kim Zetter

June 21, 2006 | In a pivotal network operations center in metropolitan […]

“AT & T rewrites rules: Your data isn’t yours

David Lazarus
San Francisco-Gate

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

AT&T has issued an updated privacy policy that takes effect Friday. The changes are significant because they appear to give the telecom giant more latitude when it comes to sharing customers’ personal data with government officials.”
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“Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Afghanistan orders journalists to report more good news
By James Rupert
Newsday

KABUL, Afghanistan — The war against the Taliban has gone badly these last months, but Afghanistan’s national intelligence agency has devised a secret plan to reverse the tide of bad news.”
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‘We may be worse than Saddam
June 21, 2006 08:38 AM / The Rant .
By DOUG THOMPSON
Vice President Dick Cheney claims the resistance in Iraq is in “its last throes.” President George W. Bush says Iraq is “turning the corner.”‘

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“June 20, 2006
Iraq Debate in Senate Turns Emotional
By KATE ZERNIKE and CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, June 20 — The Senate’s debate over the war in Iraq turned highly emotional this afternoon, as the lawmakers reacted to reports of the killing of two American soldiers by adopting two measures opposing amnesty for Iraqis who attack United States troops.”
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“New York (!) named most polite city
Reader’s Digest ranks Big Apple ahead of London, Moscow and Toronto
The Associated Press

Updated: 6:41 a.m. ET June 21, 2006

NEW YORK - New Yorkers are a polite bunch.
No, really, they are. So says Reader’s Digest.
The magazine sent reporters “undercover” to 36 cities, in 35 countries, to measure courtesy. New York […]