Mummified Dinosaur Unveiled
December 3, 2007—Dakota, a 67-million-year-old “dino mummy” unveiled today by a British paleontologist, is seen here in an artist’s rendering.
The extraordinarily preserved hadrosaur, or duck-billed dino, still had much of its tissues and bones intact, encased in an envelope of skin.
Research into the dinosaur’s remains may further scientists’ understanding of how the ancient […]
This morning, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)(VIDEO) delivered an impassioned floor speech to help frame the debate over FISA reform. Using his privilege as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Whitehouse said he has “spent hours poring over” secret opinions issued by the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) — and he took […]
Huckabee Tries to Shoot the Messenger, But Wounds His Campaign Instead
Posted December 6, 2007 | 07:12 PM (EST)
The way that Mike Huckabee has handled the furor caused by the Huffington Post’s coverage of his role in the release of Wayne Dumond, a serial rapist who went on to rape and kill at least one other […]
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AP | December 7, 2007 08:51 AM
Former Vice President Al Gore, wife Tipper arrived in Oslo today for Al to accept the Nobel Peace Prize for his work publicizing the dangers of global warming.
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Images: (ship/ocean) historyforkids.org; (Ralph Kramden) imagecache2.allposters.com via masshistoria.net; (Al) AP Photo via huffingtonpost.com; (bus) teachers.net;
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Witnesses claim Judith Nathan received a full-scale valet service at Nathan’s beck and call well before the affair became public.
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Judith Nathan got security earlier
BY MICHAEL SAUL, HEIDI EVANS and DAVID SALTONSTALL
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Friday, December 7th 2007, 4:00 AM
Witnesses claim Judith Nathan received a full-scale valet service at Nathan’s beck and call well before the […]
Bush: Pathological liar or idiot-in-chief?
Olbermann: Timeline for Iran’s nuclear ambitions was clear, but he kept on
SPECIAL COMMENT
By Keith Olbermann
Anchor, ‘Countdown’
MSNBC
updated 9:28 p.m. ET, Thurs., Dec. 6, 2007
There are few choices more terrifying(VIDEO) than the one Mr. Bush has left us with tonight.
We have either a president who is too dishonest to restrain himself from invoking […]
Getting inside their heads … really inside
Presidential candidates’ health is a campaign issue. So what about their brains?
By Daniel G. Amen
December 5, 2007
What do Rudy Giuliani’s messy personal life, John McCain’s temper and Hillary Clinton’s inability to seem authentic have in common? Maybe nothing. They may be just overblown issues in the otherwise normal lives […]
L.A. Cardinal Badly Beaten By Abuse Foes
(Because I was not a victim of clerical abuse, I cannot comment on the possible rage–but a 71-year-old man?)
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Cardinal Roger Mahony, 71, Was Hospitalized Following Attack Near Church Last Summer
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5, 2007
(AP) Cardinal Roger Mahony was attacked last summer by one or more people apparently angered by […]
Specter blocks contempt vote.
Think Progress
Following an objection by Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), a vote has been postponed on “contempt resolutions against White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former presidential political guru Karl Rove for failing to respond to subpoenas” regarding the U.S. attorney scandal. Specter, who asked Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for a […]
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Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
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Bolton Calls For Congressional Witch-Hunt Into Anti-Bush ‘People In The Intelligence Community’
Yesterday’s National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003, pouring cold water on neoconservative calls for bombing Iran. Like his ideological kin Norman Podhoretz, former U.N. ambassador and Iran war hawk John Bolton has been attempting […]
Saints on cellphones spark controversy in Italy
By Philip Pullella 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
ROME (Reuters) - If you are a Catholic looking for a saint in heaven to protect you, you no longer have to carry a small “holy card.” You can get the image sent to your cellphone.
A company in Italy started offering the […]
Waxman: White House Blocking Release of Plame Investigation Docs
By Paul Kiel - December 3, 2007, 11:17AM
Another test for Attorney General Michael Mukasey.
In a letter to Mukasey today, House sleuth Henry Waxman (D-CA) said that the White House has prevented former Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald from turning over records of his interviews during the Valeria Plame […]
This is certainly not a baseball blog, but I cannot pass on something I saw in yesterday’s New York Times sports section.
Keeping Score
Undervalued, Overlooked, but Far From Forgotten
By DAN ROSENHECK
Published: December 2, 2007
For most baseball fans, the Hall of Fame debate season runs about a month, from the mailing of the ballots in late November […]
Giuliani Campaign: Nathan Security Wasn’t Misused
Source: Police Chauffeured Friends, Family Of Judith Nathan
Reporting
Andrew Kirtzman
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
The Rudy Giuliani campaign has denied allegations that Judith Nathan, Giuliani’s one-time mistress and current wife, abused police protection during his tenure as mayor.
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At the dawn of 2001, Nathan was Giuliani’s good friend and was receiving a blanket of […]
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This has been going for years.
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Secrecy invoked on Abramoff lawsuits
By PETE YOST Sun Dec 2, 3:43 AM ET
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is laying out a new secrecy defense in an effort to end a court battle about the White House visits of now-imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
The administration agreed last year to produce all responsive […]
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December 2, 2007
Nonstop Theft and Bribery Are Staggering Iraq
By DAMIEN CAVE
BAGHDAD, Dec. 1 — Jobless men pay $500 bribes to join the police. Families build houses illegally on government land, carwashes steal water from public pipes and nearly everything the government buys or sells can now be found on the black market.
Painkillers for cancer (from […]
Rudy refuses to answer NYC questions
Posted: Friday, November 30, 2007 12:50 PM by Mark Murray
Filed Under: 2008, Giuliani
From NBC/NJ’s Matthew E. Berger
OKATIE, SC — Giuliani refused to take questions here today about allegations that travel expenses were picked up by obscure city offices when he was mayor of New York City.
“We’ve already explained it,” he […]
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November 18, 2007, 3:34 pm
Sunday Sampler Platter: Huckabee’s Record
By Brian Knowlton
On a talk-show lineup dominated by three presidential contenders, Chris Wallace gave Mike Huckabee a pretty good going-over – perhaps signifying that the Arkansas politician is indeed joining the mix of Republican contenders seen as serious (a national Gallup Poll on Friday among likely […]