Pilot killed in crash had been on a mercy mission (Updated Story)

" By Mary Manning Fri, Aug 29, 2008 (3:35 p.m.)  The pilot killed Thursday when his plane crashed in a residential neighborhood had just delivered an aircraft to an organization that flies missionaries for...

Senator Reid's Pants Are on Fire

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I hope Tescos do get a taste of thier own medicine, but it's a good way to highlight what they are doing to people." Gran in Tesco boss planning war The 50,000 seat stadium...

Sen. Leahy (D-VT) Tells Clinton, Get Out

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On the Hunt: Bush backer seeks $1 billion for Peru project

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Update: White House Barters with Congress for Telecom Immunity

The Washington Post had reported that The White House and the Senate Intelligence Committee have been bartering over some documents pertaining to the National Security Agency's questionable legal surveillance...

Senate Judiciary Chairman subpoenas Karl Rove

What on earth took the Senate so long to do this. Its about time."Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy announced Thursday he had subpoenaed White House adviser Karl Rove and his deputy. He accused them of stonewalling a widening probe into the firing of federal...

TESCO’s USA Operations Go Live Fresh ... And Easy :: Symblogogy

"TESCO’s website that is a cornerstone for the ambitious effort to establish a new brand and way of convenience store positioning went live and online yesterday. With this site, TESCO hopes to establish a...

Bush Is Told to Justify Executive Privilege

"he chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary committees yesterday ratcheted up their fight with President Bush over documents on the firing of U.S. attorneys, sending the White House a barbed letter demanding that the president back down from a claim of executive privilege...

Web Pulls Together Crowdsourcing, Citizen Journalism, Political Action & a Bi...

"Why should citizen journalists care about this, and get involved?...The Freedom of Information Act is a tool available to everyone, since access to government information is a crucial aspect of a functioning democracy. FOIA requests often are the linchpin of acts of...

Web Pulls Together Crowdsourcing, Citizen Journalism, Political Action & a Bi...

"Why should citizen journalists care about this, and get involved?...The Freedom of Information Act is a tool available to everyone, since access to government information is a crucial aspect of a functioning democracy. FOIA requests often are the linchpin of acts of...

Administration Withheld E-Mails About Rove by Murray Waas, National Journal

"The Bush administration has withheld a series of e-mails from Congress showing that senior White House and Justice Department officials worked together to conceal the role of Karl Rove in installing Timothy Griffin, a protégé of Rove's, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern...

Time 100 Most Influential People: A Borat, an Arar, a Fey and a Gore

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Why email matters: The science behind the US Attorneys scandal

"Email, which is more and more in the news these days, is close to the center of the current US Attorney firing scandal, and for good reason. A substantial amount of communication flows via email, which is nearly instantaneous, costs almost nothing, and has in large part...

Attorneys for Gonzales Aide Criticize Congressional Democrats

"Attorneys for Monica M. Goodling, a senior aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, fired back at House and Senate Democrats today, reiterating her intent not to cooperate with a probe into the firing of eight federal prosecutors and comparing lawmakers pursuing her to...

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