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Israeli Police: Indict Prime Minister Olmert On Corruption ChargesJERUSALEM — Israel's police recommended Sunday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in a string of corruption cases, according to an official document. The police statement said they want to indict Olmert in affairs that include receiving tens of thousands of dollars from a U... |
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Joe Biden: Life Begins At ConceptionSenator Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee for vice president, departed Sunday from party doctrine on abortion rights, declaring that as a Catholic, he believes life begins at conception. While Mr. Biden's views may not be new to Democrats in his circle, his comments, in an interview on... |
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Daniel Cubias: Omnipotent -- The Slowly Dwindling Power of ReligionForgive me for being a bit tardy on this news item, as well as for straying -- initially at least -- from my professed subject matter. But I've been thinking a lot lately about Bristol Palin, who is, as you know, the Republican VP candidate's poor knocked-up teenage daughter. Religious conserva... |
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Howie Klein: Dream Weaver-- Why Gary Wright Backs Barack ObamaNot all artists get angry when political figures appropriate their music for campaigns. Many people are aware how furious the Wilson sisters are about how McCain pirated the classic Heart song, "Barracuda," to further the mythologizing of right-wing extremist Sarah Palin. Meanwhile, tho... |
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Janet Ritz: McCain: Campaign Lobbyist in ChiefJohn McCain's attempted co-opt of the Obama campaign's change message avoids the fact that McCain has surrounded himself with a campaign staff of top Washington Republican lobbyists: When McCain huddled with his closest advisers at his rustic Arizona cabin last weekend to map out his presidentia... |
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Benjamin R. Barber: Moosing Sarah -- Time for the Dems to Leash the PitbullIt seems forever since the Democrats completed their triumphant Convention in Denver with its Obama/Biden/Clinton/Kennedy unity ticket and its intoxicating sense of take-it-to-the-finish line momentum. What happened? Not Sarah Palin. How could a small-time Alaska mayor and first term Governor der... |

