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Americans Favor Dems on Iraq War, Says Poll
Aug 23, 2006 In a reversal of the national sentiment of 2003, Americans now favor Democrats over Republicans on the Iraq war by 47% to 41%, according to a CNN poll. On the issue of terrorism, however, Republicans come out on top, 48 to 38.
Colbert Dominating TV-Web Fusion
Aug 23, 2006 During last night's (Aug. 21) show, Stephen Colbert aired fan-created video mash-ups of an earlier episode -- and then urged his viewers to make more. More than anyone else on TV, Colbert is harnessing the energies and enthusiasms of his viewers to produce a better product. Huff Po's Rachel Sklar has more.
Breaking (Fox) News!
Aug 23, 2006 Stop the presses! Fox News has a scorching "breaking news" update! Ready for it? OK: Suspected Jonbenet killer John Mark Karr drank champagne on his flight to the United States!The Fertility Gap
Aug 23, 2006 Liberals will continue to lose ground in American politics as long as conservatives continue to outbreed them, argues a Syracus University professor in the Wall Street Journal. (The blue/red baby gap is much bigger than you'd imagine.)
Kristol Sees Iran Confrontation Sooner, Not Later
Aug 23, 2006 Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol continues his drumbeat for war against Iran in this clip from Fox News This is how it all starts Unconvinced? Take it from Sy Hersh, the country's best investigative journalist: (chronological dispatches, from oldest to newest: here, here, here and here).
CBS Islam Analyst to Stewart: We’re Losing a Marketing Campaign to Cave Dwellers
Aug 22, 2006 In an interview with Jon Stewart, author and CBS News analyst Reza Aslan called America?s war on terror a ?marketing campaign,? and then wondered aloud, ?Now, how the United States is losing a marketing campaign to people who live in caves? (Watch it).Italy Bails Out France
Aug 22, 2006 Italy's prime minister has tentatively offered to take the leadership role in Lebanon's peacekeeping mission with a deployment of 3,000 troops. France, which was to lead the mission, has offered only 200 troops after expressing concern over the force's mandate.
His Iconic Image Lives On
Aug 22, 2006 Now that the Iraq war has lasted longer than the U.S. role in World War II, it seems an appropriate time to pause and reflect on the death of a man who provided one of the great icons of that earlier conflict.North Korea ‘Reserves Right’ to Preemptive Action
Aug 22, 2006 In response to an ongoing military drill organized by South Korea and the U.S., Pyongyang has said it "reserves the right to undertake a preemptive action for self-defense against the enemy, at a crucial time it deems necessary to defend itself."
It’s That Time of Year Again
Aug 22, 2006 Hordes of artists, free-thinkers, nudists and stoners are about to descend on the Nevada desert to worship a neon statue. Burning Man is back, and the event map?a work of art in and of itself?is now available for viewing.Explained: Why E-Mail Baffles the Elderly
Aug 22, 2006 Harvard researchers think they've found the protein that stops the growth of new neural connections in adult brains. The more you have of it, the less you are able to learn. Our theory: George Bush and Donald Rumsfeld have been freebasing this stuff for years.Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.