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By Ellen E. Schultz
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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
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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.
Posted on Mar 31, 2006
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 From Brad Blog
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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
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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
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 From Christoph Bangert/Polaris/NY Times
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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
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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
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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
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 From crooksandliars.com
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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
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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
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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
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 From us.altermedia.info
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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.
Posted on Mar 29, 2006
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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.
Posted on Mar 29, 2006
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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
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 From amazon.com
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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
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