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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reuters Iraqi lawmakers pass election law, paving way for January vote Washington Post BAGHDAD -- Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday night passed an election law, overcoming a weeks-long impasse and averting a constitutional crisis that threatened to delay the US troop drawdown. The vote was held during a rare evening session ... Iraqi Parliament Approves Long-Delayed 2010 Election Law Voice of America Iraqi...
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
ABC News Obamas to attend Fort Hood memorial Tuesday Washington Post WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, will attend a memorial service in Fort Hood, Texas, on Tuesday for victims of a mass shooting. The White House announced the trip on Saturday. Obama is scheduled to depart on ... Obama praises those who ended Fort Hood violence The Associated Press Cleric: Shooting...
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Power Line (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last week President Obama told us not to jump to conclusions about Nidal Hasan's murderous rampage at Fort Hood. The Washington Post has taken Obama's instruction to heart. Today, in a story about the killer's "lonely life," the Post's Phillip Rucker writes that Hasan " allegedly opened fire in the Soldier Readiness Center . . .." (emphasis added).
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I Hate The Media (Free subscription) | yesterday
Details are sparse, but it's been confirmed that fists flew in the Washington Post’s newsroom. Related posts: Why did the Washington Post censor today’s Doonesbury comic strip? “The Fix” is in. ABC News busted by Washington Post. Liberal Washington Post says, “The candidate has yet to become the commander in chief.” And worse.
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Indian Express Why won't Obama give you a job? Washington Post By Alec macgillis To hear President Obama tell it, he's been busy creating jobs since taking office. The $787 billion stimulus package, he said last winter, would "save or create 3.5 million jobs." The White House is touting reports from recipients of ... Analysis: 10 percent jobless is Obama's new world The Associated Press...
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
CBS News House Republicans plan to vote unanimously against health-care measure Washington Post The 177 Republicans in the House of Representatives plan to unanimously oppose health-care legislation that would constitute the biggest expansion of insurance to Americans in decades, illustrating the huge divide that remains ... WRAPUP 4-US House Democrats scramble for healthcare votes Reuters Obama endorses...
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Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Seattle Post Intelligencer The Men Who Stare at GoatsWashington PostFew cinematic pleasures are as sublime as George Clooney in full Clark Gable mode, as he is for much of the comedy "The Men Who Stare at Goats." His hair cropped to a metal-filings brush cut, with a full mustache to match, …The Men Who Stare at [...]
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Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting notes the almost daily bias in the American media against the Palestinians (it’s their fault that they dare call for a settlement freeze in the West Bank?): Today’s Washington Post (11/2/09) notes the White House’s apparent softening towards the Israeli side in Mideast negotiations (the headline is “Israel Putting Forth ‘Unprecedented’...
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The National Political Do Not Conta (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Shaun Dakin, CEO, The National Political Do Not Contact Registry - StopPoliticalCalls.org Writing a letter to the editor can seem to be an exercise in futility, particularly when you write to one of the large national daily papers such as...
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Washington Post 1 dead, 5 wounded in Orlando office shooting; suspect in custody Washington Post A 40-year-old man who was reportedly fired two years ago from an engineering firm apparently returned to that office Friday and shot six people, killing one, according to police and his former employer. Police said Jason Rodriguez, ... Gunman Shoots 6, Kills 1 in Orlando, Fla. New York Times Orlando Sentinel...
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Positive Liberty (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
["Rufus T. Firefly"] “Remember, you’re defending this woman’s honor, which is more than she ever did.” [/Groucho] UPDATE: Or they could just cut to the chase and hire Miss England.
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The Osterley Times (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
I was chastised on here a while back for daring to say that I thought The Washington Post was rather right wing, certainly by British standards. I was told this was an example of how little I understood American culture. So, I was interested today to see Glenn Greenwald pick up on some of the opinions being expressed in today's Washington Post. The Washington Post published a total of 8 Op-Eds and...
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Spanish Teaching (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
guardian.co.uk A Christmas CarolWashington PostJim Carrey is Ebenezer Scrooge in the CGI-animated version of Charles Dickens's perennial holiday tale. By Michael O'Sullivan "Disney's A Christmas Carol" is a tall glass of Dickens with a "Beetlejuice" chaser. The umpteenth iteration of the holiday …'Disney's A Christmas Carol' — 21/2 starsChicago TribuneA Christmas Carol'MiamiHerald.comHoliday...
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