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The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses - even against their will - for private economic development. As a result, cities now have wide power to bulldoze residences for projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes in order to generate tax revenue.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7873141/#050516bDemocrats are demanding that White House adviser Karl Rove immediately retract and apologize for comments that liberals responded to the Sept. 11 terrorist strikes by wanting to "prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers." Speaking in a ballroom just a few miles north of ground zero, Karl Rove said the Democratic party did not understand the consequences of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Rove also denounced Sen. Dick Durbin's comments comparing interrogation at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to the methods of Nazis and other repressive regimes. He said the statements have been broadcast throughout the Middle East, putting U.S. troops in greater danger. The Illinois Democrat has since apologized for the remarks.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8324598/Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer and other Democrats will respond today.
Nearly 40 people died in a rash of car bombings in Iraq's capital over a 12-hour span, including two coordinated blasts early Thursday that killed 15 and wounded 28 in a central Baghdad shopping district, police said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8202434/The top American military commander in the Persian Gulf disputed a contention by Vice President Dick Cheney that the Iraqi insurgency was in its "last throes" and told Congress on Thursday that its strength was basically undiminished from six months ago.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8330207/The luxury store Hermes has apologized to Oprah Winfrey for turning her away from one of its Paris boutiques last week, saying it was closed for a public relations event when she came knocking.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6067467/Monica Novotny reports: stem cells and your pet?
That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
Finally,
Are we there yet? Two women who have spent 20 days sitting in a car are locked in an endurance contest to win it. Cathie Llewellyn, 57, and Dolores Milewsky, 74, are the final contestants in a competition to win a 2005 PT Cruiser convertible that began June 3 at the Fort Steuben Mall.Three other contestants dropped out after only a few days.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CAR_CONTEST?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOMEOK, but do they get bathroom breaks?
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The mother of a Dutch teen held in the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway told NBC News on Thursday that she's convinced her son is telling the truth when he says he knows nothing about her disappearance.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8290302/As firefighters tried Thursday to contain two major summer wildfires in Southern California and Arizona, they feared the blazes could signal a busy firefighting season.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8321838/Heavy floods have slammed into towns across southern China, killing at least 80 people, leaving dozens missing and forcing almost 700,000 to run for their lives, state media and residents said on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8317973/Overwhelmed by a flood of bad ID theft news, consumers in search of a raft say the government isn't doing enough to protect them.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8322300/U.N. human rights experts said Thursday they have reliable accounts of detainees being tortured at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8327660/Merck & Co. researchers privately sought to reformulate Vioxx in 2000 to reduce its cardiovascular side effects, even as the drug maker was publicly playing down a study that highlighted the pain reliever's potential heart attack risk, an internal company document shows.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8330637/A fast food chain in northern Japan began offering a whale burger on Thursday, even as anti-whaling nations urged Japan to cut back on its catch at an international conference on whaling.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8324667/Southern Baptists end 8-year Disney boycott.
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