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From defamer.com

Sales of Frey Memoir Unhurt by Fabrications

Surprised? Hey, Paris Hilton went from B-list to the cover of Vogue after her sex video made the rounds.

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 36 READS


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From crooksandliars.com

Feingold Speaks Truth to Power, and Stewart

The Wisconsin senator whips Jon Stewart’s audience into a frenzy with his insistence on holding Bush accountable for his spying program.

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 41 READS


Sgt. Michael Smith
From Salon.com

Abu Ghraib Dog Handler Gets Six Months

The 25-year-old soldier terrified Iraqi detainees with his canine—allegedly for amusement. He will be discharged for bad conduct and get a reduction in pay.

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 80 READS


Claim: U.S.-Trained Iraqi Police Abetting Massacres

Time magazine says evidence is mounting that the Shiite-dominated police force has become a corps of shock troops bent on killing Sunnis.

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 20 READS


Grant Money Flowing to Conservatives on Social Issues

Bush has funneled over $157 million to ideological allies via faith-based initiatives and other programs.

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 20 READS


Acceptance of Gay Marriage Up, Poll Finds

Fifty-one percent still oppose it, but that’s down from 63% two years ago.

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 13 READS


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From crooksandliars.com

Olbermann Smacks Down Ingraham

The MSNBC host calls radio talk show host Laura Ingraham “desperate” and “stupid” for criticizing the bravery of reporters in Iraq.

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 133 READS


David_Gregory
From crooksandliars.com

Reporter Answers Criticism of War Coverage

An NBC reporter cuts through the chatter about unreported positive stories in Iraq: You can easily get killed reporting them. So how positive can the situation be?

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 READ MORE  | 64 READS


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From Federal Computer Week

Defense Dept. Removes Critical Report from Website

The report, by the DoD’s inspector general, found security flaws in the “Star Wars” missile defense system. After a magazine did a story on the report, the DoD scrubbed the document from its website, and won’t say why it did so. Luckily for us curious types, the magazine saved a digital copy. (h/t: ThinkProgress)

Posted on Mar 22, 2006 READ MORE  | 68 READS


Red_America
From redstate.com

Washington Post’s Conservative Blog Hire Draws Fire

The Washington Post recently hired conservative blogger Ben Domenech (of Redstate.com) to write a regular blog for the newspaper’s website. The appointment drew immediate criticism, notably from conservative-turned-progressive writer David Brock, who questioned Domenech’s journalism bona fides.

Posted on Mar 22, 2006 READ MORE  | 62 READS


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From Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone / Yahoo! News

An Afghan Girl’s Tale of Torture and Hope

Pioneering war zone journalist Kevin Sites tells the story of a 12-year-old Afghan girl who was savagely beaten and tortured for years by her in-laws. But wonderfully, the story ends on a note of optimism. (You can even e-mail the girl here. Or at this e-mail address: gulsooma_afghanistan@yahoo.com)

Posted on Mar 22, 2006 READ MORE  | 1061 READS


Bush: Troops Will Stay in Iraq Past 2008

The president made the admission during a news conference, during which he uttered perhaps the most tone-deaf and asinine remark of his presidency: “Nobody likes war. It creates a sense of uncertainty in the country.”

Posted on Mar 21, 2006 READ MORE  | 11 READS


Breast Cancer More Deadly to Blacks Than Whites

Black American women are 19% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, according to a new study. This is just the most recent of many studies illustrating that within our healthcare system, even after controlling for socioeconomic factors, blacks still receive a poorer quality of healthcare than whites.

Posted on Mar 21, 2006 READ MORE  | 40 READS


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From lowculture.com

Documents Show Saddam’s WMD Frustrations

AP reports that Hussein and his inner circle were exasperated in their attempts during the 1990s to prove to the world that they’d given up banned weapons, according to transcripts of meetings found among documents seized after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. “We don’t have anything hidden!” Saddam once interjected, documents show.

Posted on Mar 21, 2006 READ MORE  | 48 READS


Amazon Changes ‘Abortion’ Queries

Until recently, a user who typed in “abortion” received a prompt asking, “Did you mean adoption?” The online retailer has since erased the prompt.

Posted on Mar 21, 2006 READ MORE  | 36 READS


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