David Paterson to Become First African American Gov in NY History, First Blind Gov in US History; David Paterson Invokes Paul Robeson, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X in Remembrance of Jazz Legend Max Roach; Defeat: British Journalist Jonathan Steele on Why America and Britain Lost Iraq.
Today’s Headlines
* Iraqi Girl Slain By US Troops
* Study: Most Americans Undercount US Toll in Iraq
* US Receives Severed Fingers of Captured Contractors
* Admin Blocks Release of Exhaustive Report on Key Pre-War Claim
* 40 Militants, 8 Civilians Killed in Afghanistan
* Israel-Hamas Truce Collapses with Israeli Attack in West Bank
* Israel Boycotts Al Jazeera
* Protesters Call Rice “War Criminal” at House Hearing
* Britain Orders 1,400 Asylum Seekers to Return to Iraq
* UK Urged to Grant Asylum Gay Iranian Teen
* Clinton, Obama Talk Michigan, Florida Re-Vote
* Spitzer Resigns; Paterson to Become New York’s First Black Governor
* Pentagon Reviewing Newly Disclosed Interrogation Tapes
* Bush: Chavez Represents “Vision of Terrorists and Demagogues”
* New EPA Smog Standards Lower Than Scientists Recommend
* Al-Arian Hospitalized on 9th Day of Hunger Strike
* Former Sen. Howard Metzenbaum Dies at 90