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Anthrax Mystery: Questions Raised over Whether Government Is Framing Dead Army Scientist for 2001 Attacks; Leading Gun Control Activist Exposed as Gun Lobby Spy; FCC Rules Against Comcast for Blocking Web Access. Headlines * CDC Underestimated Number of New AIDS Cases by 40% * World Health Organization: AIDS Epidemic Is Far from Over * … Continued
Israeli Troops Kill Two Palestinians in Ni’lin, Site of Nonviolent Anti-Wall Demonstration; NYPD Officer Caught on Tape Body-Slamming Cyclist During Critical Mass Ride; And Colorado "Fusion Center" to Step Up Intelligence Gathering During DNC; US Northern Command to Play Role. Headlines * Anthrax Suspect Dies in Apparent Suicide * Hersh: US Considered Ways to … Continued
Raj Patel on the Collapse of the World Trade Organization Talks; Plan Mexico and the US-Funded Militarization of Mexico; And GOP Congressional Candidate Accuses Al Jazeera of Trying to Kidnap Him in Florida. Headlines * Olmert to Resign Amid Corruption Investigations * House Committee Finds Karl Rove in Contempt * Turkish Court Rejects Ban … Continued
Field of Schemes: Congress Probes How New Sports Stadiums Turn Public Money into Private Profit; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Defends Her Opposition to Impeachment: "If Somebody Had a Crime that the President Had Committed, That Would Be a Different Story." Black America: A Neglected Priority in the Global AIDS Epidemic; Report: Vast Majority of African … Continued
Newspapers Suffer Spate of Layoffs, Decline in Circulation, Ad Revenue, Stock Price: A Roundtable Discussion on the State of the Industry; The Big Squeeze: Steven Greenhouse on Tough Times for the American Worker. Today’s Headlines * At Least 60 Killed in Baghdad Suicide Attack * 6 Die in US Missile Strike in Pakistan * … Continued
Obama Holds Brief Q&A Before Thousands of Journalists of Color at UNITY Convention; How Chicago Shaped Obama: A Look at the Rise of a Politician; House Judiciary Committee Holds Historic Hearings on the Case for Impeachment. Today’s Headlines * Reversing Account, US Admits Killing Iraqi Civilians But Won’t Prosecute Soldiers * Obama Wraps Up … Continued
Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs; Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack; The Forgotten War: Sonali Kolhatkar on Why Afghanistan is "Just as Bad as Iraq."Today’s Headlines * House OKs Housing Aid After … Continued
Former Arlington National Cemetery Public Affairs Director Says She Was Fired for Refusing to Limit Press at Funerals; Suicide or Murder? Three Years After the Death of Pfc. LaVena Johnson in Iraq, Her Parents Continue Their Call for a Congressional Investigation; Performance Artist Laurie Anderson on War, Art and Her Latest Work, "Homeland." Today’s Headlines … Continued
Who’s Paying for the Conventions? Corporate Sponsors Pour Millions into Party Coffers; Obama Adviser Cass Sunstein Debates Glenn Greenwald on FISA Vote, Executive Power and Prosecuting White House Officials for War Crimes; Nudge: Cass Sunstein on Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth and Happiness. Today’s Headlines * Iraq Gov’t Calls for US Withdrawal by 2010 … Continued
First All-Women-of-Color Presidential Ticket in US History: Green Party Nominee Cynthia McKinney and Running Mate Rosa Clemente on War, Democracy and Hip Hop; and Maryland State Police Spied on Peace, Anti-Death Penalty Groups. Today’s Headlines * Maliki Supports Obama’s Troop Withdrawal Plans * US Forces Kill Son of Iraqi Governor * Obama: Afghanistan Is … Continued
