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Senate to vote on ending war funding
WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats are staging a dramatic anti-war vote this week, with moderates collaborating behind closed doors on legislation that could call on President Bush to rethink his war strategy.
You can help influence the vote by calling your senators and by contributing to the latest High Five for Democrats.—Caro

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The World

Militants: Stop hunt for U.S. soldiers
BAGHDAD - An al-Qaida front group warned the United States on Monday to halt its expanding search for three missing American soldiers "if you want their safety." The Pentagon acknowledged for the first time it believes the servicemen are in terrorist hands.

British troops have held secret talks with Sunni rebels: Iraq president
LONDON (AFP) - British military officers in Iraq have been party to secret talks with Sunni insurgent leaders there, Iraq's president said in an interview published Tuesday.

Hamas kills 7 in Gaza border clash
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Hamas gunmen attacked rival Fatah forces at a key crossing along the Israeli border, killing seven people and drawing fire from nearby Israeli troops, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials. The incident threatened to drag Israel into the current round of Palestinian factional fighting.

Jordan's king warns Cheney on Mideast
Jordan's king warned visiting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney Monday that time was running out to use an Arab peace plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a royal palace statement.

Inspectors Cite Big Gain by Iran on Nuclear Fuel
Iran appears to be enriching uranium on a far larger scale than before, a finding that may affect the efforts by diplomats to stem Tehran’s program.
Hmmm… Do you suppose Judith Miller is back on the job? —Caro

Taliban leader says jihad will continue
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The Taliban leader Mullah Omar vowed to carry on the fight against U.S.-led forces despite the death of the group's top field commander, a spokesman said Monday, insisting militants would press "his same type of jihad."

The Nation

McNulty, Justice Dept. No. 2, resigning
Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty said Monday he will resign, becoming the highest-ranking Bush administration casualty in the furor over the firing of U.S. attorneys.

Protection Urged for Whistle-Blowers
Two FBI whistle-blowers Monday supported protection for intelligence agency employees who expose government wrongdoing. The comments by Colleen Rowley and Michael German came as 40 public-interest organizations urged Congress to include national security workers in the Whistleblower Protection Act.

Jose Padilla trial opens in Miami
The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened Monday with federal prosecutors arguing the U.S. citizen and two co-defendants provided money, recruits and military equipment for nearly a decade to Islamic extremists involved in violence worldwide.

Fate of detainees now with appeals court
WASHINGTON - The saga of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay — in captivity for years — is focusing on military tribunals that found them to be enemy combatants, which left them without any of the rights accorded prisoners of war.

Iraq vote key for Clinton, Obama
WASHINGTON - A Senate test vote on Iraq has the makings of a turning point in the Democratic presidential campaign, obliging Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to take a fresh look at calls for cutting off war funds.

Hagel-Bloomberg In '08? You Never Know
The Republican Party has been "hijacked" and led away from its core values, Chuck Hagel, the Republican Senator from Nebraska, said Sunday on Face The Nation.

Media

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Lehrer: "You don't assume the president of the US is lying"
PBS anchor Jim Lehrer tells Australia public radio: "If somebody in the media just assumes everybody in the government is a liar, that's no way to operate."
Well, everybody in the government WAS a liar when it came to Iraq, Mr. Lehrer. And assuming that nobody in the government ever lies, which the media did for the first several years of the Bush administration, is also no way to operate. —Caro

Reporters face unusual limits at Padilla terror trial
Security is extraordinarily tight at the trial of alleged Al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla and two codefendants. This is no surprise. US marshals have flown here to Miami from across the country to help ensure that the trial is conducted without threat or incident. But court security officers are … prepared to prevent members of the media from asking questions of defense lawyers or federal prosecutors at the trial.

Prosecutors ask MySpace for names of sex offenders
A group of state attorneys general has asked MySpace.com to hand over the names of registered sex offenders using the online hangout a move they say will protect children from sexual predators.

http://www.mediachannel.org/out.php?url=http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/05/14/the-matt-drudge-primary/">The Matt Drudge Primary
How professional political operatives secretly control the news you read about the 2008 campaign. Hint: It involves the Drudge Report.

Opposition research, tall tales, and the dregs of campaign reporting
Turnabout might be fair play, but it doesn't make for good journalism.

Murdoch, like Hearst, yearns to tell the world how to think
Unlike William Randolph Hearst, Rupert Murdoch's business acumen continues to sharpen with age, says Peter Bart. "But like Hearst, he yearns to tell citizens of the world how to think and what to believe, and like Hearst, his views grow ever more polarizing. Witness his zealous support for a president with a 28% approval rating. ...Will Rupert be defeated by his own appetites? And, more specifically, does the world want to be told what to think by a media mogul whose ideas, like Hearst's, grow ever more doctrinaire?"

Technology & Science

DirecTV may try broadband on power lines
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Satellite television provider DirecTV Group Inc. may test delivering high-speed Internet service through power lines in a major U.S. city in the next year, its chief executive said on Monday.

Microsoft's new swipe at Linux
Microsoft Corp. put a new twist into its rivalry with open-source software on Monday by getting specific about one of its most controversial claims -- saying that Linux and other free programs violate 235 of its patents.
Okay, free marketers, let’s hear you criticize Microsoft on this. Aren’t we supposed to let the best product win? Also of interest: Open-source users, companies scoff at Microsoft threats, Microsoft's patent hard line hardest on startups

As Demand for Donor Eggs Soars, High Prices Stir Ethical Concerns
Many egg donors derive great satisfaction from knowing that they helped someone start a family, but sizable payments are raising controversy.

Female Chimps Kill Infants
The killing of infant wild chimpanzees by female adults of their own kind may be more common than was thought. What drives these mysterious infanticides by females is not yet clear, but scientists currently speculate that clashes over stomping grounds might fuel these conflicts and that human encroachment on chimpanzee territory might exacerbate the situations.

Environment

Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming
In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping the loggers is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change. So why are global leaders turning a blind eye to this crisis?

U.S. Aims to Weaken G-8 Climate Change Statement
Negotiators from the United States are trying to weaken the language of a climate change declaration set to be unveiled at next month's G-8 summit of the world's leading industrial powers, according to documents obtained yesterday by The Washington Post.

Panel: Climate Change Will Hurt Africa
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Global warming isn't just a matter of melting icebergs and polar bears chasing after them. It's also Lake Chad drying up, the glaciers of Mt. Kilimanjaro disappearing, increasing extreme weather, conflict and hungry people throughout Africa.

Scientists Back Off Theory of a Colder Europe in a Warming World
Climatologists said in February it was “very unlikely” that the crucial flow of warm water to Europe known as the North Atlantic Current would stall in this century.

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