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Shocker: Study Shrugs Off Prayer’s Power to Heal

A nationwide study finds that having strangers pray for heart patients does not help their health. In fact, the prayed-for are actually more likely to suffer complications.

Posted on Mar 31, 2006 READ MORE  | 59 READS


Rice Concedes Errors in Iraq

The secretary of state admits that the U.S. has probably made thousands of “tactical errors” in Iraq but defends the larger policy of invading Iraq.

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Jon Stewart Rips Bush’s Bolten Selection

His take on Bush’s appointment of Josh Bolten as chief of staff: “He just gave a promotion to the guy in charge of our $9-trillion debt. You know what? I really think if you walked into a cabinet meeting and started hurling your feces at the wall, Bush would name a state after you.”

Posted on Mar 30, 2006 READ MORE  | 67 READS


Bush Was Warned Repeatedly on Aluminum Tubes

Karl Rove kept the public from knowing before the 2004 election that Bush had been apprised “directly and repeatedly” that Saddam’s infamous aluminum tubes might have been for conventional—not nuclear—weapons.

Posted on Mar 30, 2006 READ MORE  | 32 READS


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From Christoph Bangert/Polaris/NY Times

Iraqi Leader to U.S.: Stop Meddling

Jafaari rebuffs Bush’s alleged call for him to step down, telling Washington to stop interfering in Iraq’s politics.

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 29 READS


American Reporter Set Free in Iraq

Jill Carroll, 28, was released unharmed after nearly three months of captivity. “I was treated well, but I don’t know why I was kidnapped,” she tells Iraqi TV. As yet, there is no explanation as to why she was let go.

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 10 READS


New Lobbying Law Falls Short on Reform

The bill, which passed 90 to 8, requires lobbyists to disclose more information about their interactions with lawmakers, but there’s little increase in the enforcement of ethics laws.

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 32 READS


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From crooksandliars.com

Jon Stewart Skewers Fox News on Tasteless Segment

When Fox News decided to juxtapose busty bikini babes and news of a serial killer manhunt on the same screen, the savior from Comedy Central made wonderful mincemeat of the situation.

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 95 READS


Cellphone Chatter at 35,000 Feet? Say It Ain’t So

Despite widespread public disapproval of the move, the FCC plans to allow companies to provide cellphone service on airplanes.
You may remember the FCC: It’s the one that got so bent out of shape about Janet Jackson’s breast. Seems the agency is continuously looking out for our best interests….

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 15 READS


With Chaos Reigning, Bush Tells Iraqis: Build Your Government

Bush tells Iraqis in a speech: “It’s about time you get a unity government going.” Maybe they had trouble hearing him, what with some 25,000 fleeing their homes amid the continuing sectarian violence.

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Poll: More Americans Self-Identify as Democrats Than Republicans

According to Gallup, Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independents make up 49% of the population, Republicans 42%. Last year, the parties were dead even at 46%.

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 48 READS


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Abramoff Gets Almost Six Years in Prison

The disgraced lobbyist and a business partner get five years and 10 months on fraud charges—the minimum they faced. Abramoff faces more jail time in connection with a corruption probe.

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Bush Meeting With Reporters Off the Record

But the N.Y. Times refuses the meetings, which Bush is holding at the lowest ebb of his presidency. How this fits in with his “Blame the Media on Iraq” policy is something we’ll have to puzzle over.

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Abramoff Broke, Lawyers Claim

The indicted lobbyist’s attorneys assert he spent all the money “in his overly determined pursuit of helping people and charities.”
You’ll excuse us while we gag up a hidden Cayman Islands account or two.

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 71 READS


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Young, Successful, Well Paid: Are They Killing Feminism?

Today’s crop of ambitious businesswomen will earn just as much as their male counterparts but will also kill female solidarity in the process, concludes a controversial UK academic report.

Posted on Mar 29, 2006 READ MORE  | 107 READS


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