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May 1, 2008
Terror report: Attacks doubled in Pakistan
, Afghanistan
Warren P. Strobel
McClatchy Newspapers

Afghans See Link to Qaeda in Plot to Shoot Karzai

Carlotta Gall and Abdul Waheed Wafa
The New York Times

Hayden: Killing Americans Is Iran's Policy
CBS News

US 'terror' report targets Iran
Al Jazeera

Did the US Supreme Court just elect John McCain?
Bob Fitrakis & Harvey Wasserman
The Free Press

US Oil Major Complicit in Abuses
Marwaan Macan-Markar
IPS

Pentagon Pundit Scandal Broke the Law

Media Channel

Pentagon launches foreign news websites
Peter Eisler
USA Today

What Does Cheney Have Against the North Atlantic Right Whale?
ABC News

The secret to fighting leukaemia

IOL

The Media Builds a Monument to Itself

Andrew Ferguson
The Weekly Standard

Wash. Post and NY Times published more than 12 times as many articles mentioning Obama and Wright as they did mentioning McCain and Hagee
Media Matters

Slow News Day at CNN

Michael D.
Balloon Juice
 

May 2, 2008
Iraq: U.S. has no claim to oil boom
Liz Sly
Chicago Tribune

Senate Panel Moves to Shift Costs of War to Iraq
Jonathan Weisman
The Washington Post

Pentagon's Project Minerva Sparks New Anthro Concerns
Sharon Weinberger
Wired

25,000 Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports in Historic Antiwar Protest
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman

Gas tax holiday is DOA
Jared Allen and Jackie Kucinich
The Hill

Senate Republicans celebrate drilling in ANWR
Erika Bolstad
McClatchy Newspapers

McCain Backer Hagee: Abortions Easier To Get In Public School Than Aspirin

Bruce Wilson
Talk to Action

Iran condemns Clinton for threatening force
Edith M. Lederer
AP

EPA official ousted while fighting Dow

Michael Hawthorne
The Chicago Tribune

Unlocking Bush’s Chastity Belt
Steve Yoder
In These Times

EPA's Proposed Lead Standard Still Would Expose Public to Unsafe Lead Levels

NFDC

$10.9 Billion Ain’t What it Used to Be

TruthDig

Immigration Raids Can Cost Los Angeles Millions

Kenneth Kim
New America Media

The future of dirt
Drake Bennett
The Boston Globe

Letting Go
David Sedaris
The New Yorker


May 5, 2008
Secret Bush "Finding" Widens War on Iran
Andrew Cockburn
CounterPun
ch

The US military in Iraq says Iran continues to aid militants, but Iraqis now say that they want their own evidence.

Scott Peterson and Howard LaFranchi
The Christian Science Monitor

U.S. Seeks Contractors To Train Iraqi Military
Walter Pincus
The Washington Post

Palestinian Recruits Hit Streets Unprepared

Griff Witte and Ellen Knickmeyer
The Washington Post

Shell firms shielded US contractor from taxes
Farah Stockman
The Boston Globe

Uranium claims spring up along Grand Canyon rim
Judy Pasternak
Los Angeles Times

Surplus U.S. food supplies dry up

Sue Kirchhoff
USA Today

Legislature wants polar bear study
Tom Kizzia
Anchorage Daily News

Sporadic violence in Bolivia as province approves autonomy
Boris Heger and Jack Chang
McClatchy Newspapers

Judge orders all references to 'Taser' stricken from medical examiner's reports
Diane Sweet
The Raw Story

The Rhetoric of John McCain
Robert Fantina
CounterPunch

There Goes the Economists’ Vote

Jodi Kantor
The New York Times

Corporate jollies to oust 'cultural fuddy-duddies' from Pompeii ruins

Peter Pophamin
The Independent

The Boris Johnson story
Brian Wheeler
BBC News

A former neo-fascist will be the next mayor of Rome
The Economist


May 6, 2008
Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change after 9/11
Gareth Porter
IPS


Iran Halts Talks With U.S. on Iraq
Alissa J. Rubin
The New York Times

We Owe Them Better
hilzoy
Obsidian Wings

FBI Raids Home, Office of Office of Special Counsel
Paul Kiel
TPM Muckraker

Former Iraq Commander: Bernard Kerik was 'a waste of time' in Iraq
Stephanie Gaskell
New York Daily News

War funding would break Dem promises
Martin Kady II
Politco

On Economy, Unlikely Allies Forge Winning Strategy
Housing Bill to Test Treasury Chief, Democrat's Ties

Lori Montgomery and David Cho
The Washington Post

Cyclone exposes myth of "strong" Myanmar military
Aung Hla Tun
Reuters

The plan to prop up sugar producers
The Washington Post

Floyd Brown and David Bossie: Back in the Swift Boat captain's chairs
Bill Berkowitz
Media Transparency


May 7, 2008
McCain calls for 700+ new nuclear plants costing $4 trillion
Joseph Romm
Grist

McCain vows to name more 'Alitos' and 'Robertses'
Matt Stearns
McClatchy Newspapers

Clinton is Toast?
Nedra Pickler
Editor & Publisher

Hillary, don't drop out! (yet)
Kos
Daily Kos

EPA might not act to limit rocket fuel in drinking water
Erica Werner
The Chicago Tribune

In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes
David Hambling
Wired

White House Threatens Swiss Over $42b Iran Gas Deal
Patrick Doherty
New America Foundation

Frustrated owners try to unload their guzzlers
Jenn Abelson
The Boston Globe

Drug War Bulletins
Hendrik Hertzberg
The New Yorker

Cost to make a U.S. penny more than a penny
China View

Coffins From Ghana

GhanaWeb

Electronic cigarettes get around indoor ban

Brian Newsome
The Colorado Springs Gazette


May 8, 2008
House Judiciary Asks Former Administration Advisers to Testify on Torture
Keith Perine
CQ


U.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combat
Gregg Zoroya
USA Today

McCain critic loses role at FEC
Stephanie Kirchgaessner
Financial Times

Ex-detainee linked to Iraq bombing
Bryan Bender
The Boston Globe

FBI seeking records of 2004 Condoleeza Rice ethics probe
Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers

Phony of the Day: Condoleezza Rice
Left I on the News

Aging systems releasing sewage into rivers, streams
Larry Wheeler and Grant Smith
USA Today

U.S. consumers rank last in world survey of green habits
Queenie Wong
McClatchy Newspapers

Race, Again
Isaac Chotiner
The New Republic

Hoax Anti-Obama E-Mails Still Fool Dumb White Guys

Sarah Lai Stirland
Wired


May 9-11, 2008
Baghdad's Sadr City residents fear intensifying fight
Howard LaFranchi
The Christi
an Science Monitor

The next big mistake in Iraq: trying to shut out Moqtada al Sadr
Mohamad Bazzi
The National

Lebanon on the brink as violence erupts
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad and Ian Black
The Guardian

Lawmakers Seek Probe of 'Media Generals'

William Fisher
IPS

Judge orders CIA to turn over "torture" memo

Reuters

House Passes Controversial PRO IP Act
Richard Esguerra
Electronic Frontier Foundation

Los Angeles Says Piracy 'Detrimental to the Public Health, Safety'

David Kravets
Wired

Cayman Islands Subsidiary Allows Pentagon Contractor Assisting War In Iraq To Avoid Millions In Taxes
Think Progress

Mexico's Police Chief Is Killed In Brazen Attack by Gunmen

Manuel Roig-Franzia
The Washington Post

39 Republicans Join Democrats As Mortgage Bill Passes House

Lori Montgomery
The Washington Post

Humanitarian access, R2P, Burma/Myanmar, and Sadr City

Helena Cobban
Just World News

Drive 1,000 Miles or Feed a Person for a Year? The Biofuels Dilemma
Stan Cox
AlterNet

McCain Pushed Land Swap That Benefits Backer

Matthew Mosk
The Washington Post

Hillary Clinton’s Downfall

Video Clip of the Day

Lots of animals learn, but smarter isn't better
Carl Zimmer
International Herald Tribune

Republicans vote against Mother’s Day
Think Progress

         
 
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