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Millions of dollars and so much time wasted investigating consensual sex between two adults, and this bastard walks freely with not so much as a shudder of disgust from fellow republicans. Could the christian-right be any more transparent? A “God-agenda”, my ass!
Foley may be off hook in Florida
WASHINGTON - Former Congressman Mark Foley is unlikely [...]

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Rumors are flying in Miami tonight that the Cuban leader has died, even though the official word in Cuba is that Fidel is still alive.
Sandra Avila, an executive at a design firm in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood, said clients and vendors called all day asking about the rumors.
“I-ve heard the rumors before, but there’s a [...]

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As I posted earlier, Michael Vick filed a plea agreement today for his involvement in dogfighting. In doing so, Roger Goodell, commissioner of the Atlanta Falcons, suspended Vick indefinitely without pay. Goodell also freed the Falcons to “assert any claims or remedies” to recover $22 million of Vick’s signing bonus.
Nike has also terminated its contract [...]

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Joseph Menn
The Los Angeles Times
cross posted at Huffington Post
The mogul asks three reporters to stay. Some question how hands-on he’ll be with the paper.

Rupert Murdoch doesn’t yet own the Wall Street Journal, but he’s already flexing his muscles.
In the last two weeks, the chairman of News Corp. has called at least three reporters who were [...]

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By MITCH STACY
The Associated Press

INVERNESS, Fla. - A convicted sex offender was sentenced Friday to death for kidnapping 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, raping her and then burying her alive in his yard.
John Evander Couey looked straight ahead as Circuit Judge Ric Howard told him he should be executed for the 2005 crimes that led to [...]

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United Press International
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) — Arthur Bremer, who attempted to assassinate Alabama Gov. George Wallace in 1972, is set to get out of prison in Maryland this year.
Corrections officials Thursday told The Washington Post Bremer is scheduled to be released in December from the Maryland Correctional Institute in Hagerstown.
Wallace was campaigning for the [...]

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There’s a world of difference between believing in something and acting upon it. But, hate is hate. Thank you, religion!
Seale is led into court for the sentencing Friday.
JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — James Ford Seale, a reputed Ku Klux Klansman, was sentenced Friday to three life terms in prison for his role in the 1964 abduction [...]

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A senior administration official told the Times that the Joint Chiefs in recent weeks have voiced concerns that the Iraq war has reduced the military’s ability to respond to other threats, such as Iran, the newspaper said.
Isn’t hard to connect the dots here. Look out, Iran… YOUR NEXT!
Report: Gen. Pace may urge troop cut in [...]

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By SAMEER N. YACOUB
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD - Sixty suspected al-Qaida in Iraq fighters hit national police facilities in a coordinated attack in Samarra, sparking two hours of fighting that saw three people killed and more than a dozen insurgents captured, police said Friday.
The masked attackers drove into the city at dusk Thursday in about [...]

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