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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

  May 12, 2008
World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warn
David Adam
The Guardian


The Defining Moment for Climate Change
Bill McKibben
Tom Dispatch

Intra-Iraqi ceasefire met with escalated US bombardments

Helena Cobban
Just World News

Iraq Contractor in Shooting Case Makes Comeback
James Risen
The New York Times

Mideast change is coming, and may not be pretty
Rami G. Khouri
Zawya

Resource tradeoffs and the war on ideas
Marc Lynch
Abu Aardvark

Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions
Richard B. Schmitt
Los Angeles Times

The Most Important Piece of Paper in America
Jared Bernstein
The Huffington Post

"Bomb Syria" Woolsey advises McCain
The Real News
Video Clip of the Day

Halliburton Rape Claim Goes to Court
Maddy Sauer
ABC News

War dead cremated at facility for pets

Ann Scott Tyson
The Seattle Times

Ron Paul's forces quietly plot GOP convention revolt against McCain

Andrew Malcolm
Los Angeles Times
 

May 13, 2008
Firms Seek Patents on 'Climate Ready' Altered Crops
Rick Weiss
The Washington Post


Violence flares in Baghdad's Sadr City despite truce
Reuters

Former State Dept. Official: Amb. Crocker Is Either ‘Negligent’ Or ‘Intentionally Misleading’
Think Progress

Bob Barr, a former GOP congressman, is running for president as a Libertarian
Johanna Neuman
Los Angeles Times

Internet outcry as Olympic torch relay continues despite killer quake
AFP

Myanmar regime accused of hoarding cyclone aid
AP

US drops charges against Saudi in Sept. 11 attacks
Ben Fox
AP

Information That Doesn’t Come Freely

Clark Hoyt
The New York Times

Hedge Fund Titans Are Treating Us Like Pawns in Their Economic Chess Games
Scott Thill
AlterNet

GOP Rep. Hits Bush On 'Signing Statements'
Ben Pershing
The Washington Post

GOP's New Slogan Already Being Used To Market Anti-Depressant
Jason Linkins
The Huffington Post

Bill O'Reilly: A Portrait in Excellence
Video Clip of the Day


May 14, 2008
About That ‘New’ Middle East
Tony Karon
Rootless Cosmopolitan

Bush warns of Iraq disaster

Mike Allen
Politico

US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target
Democracy Now

Record Opium Crop Funding Resurgent Taliban

Mother Jones

A Rescue in China, Uncensored
Andrew Jacobs
The New York Times

Bush Operative Pushes Voter-ID Law
Jason Leopold
Consortium News

Oil Shock 2?
Mark Clayton
The Christian Science Monitor

Wind Can Supply 20% of U.S. Electricity, Report Says

Steven Mufson
The Washington Post

McCain's Economic Brain
Daniel Gross
Slate

Mississippi Democrat Takes Longtime GOP House Seat
ABC News

Parsley, Hagee, John McCain and Time
Frederick Clarkson
Talk to Action


May 15, 2008
`Angry' Iran sharpens tone with Baghdad's leaders
Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
AP

U.S. Has Detaine
d 2,500 Juveniles as Enemy Combatants
Walter Pincus
The Washington Post

Military has eye on global warming

Lolita C. Baldor
AJC

U.S. cuts off Iraqi politician Chalabi
Kianne Sadeq and Aram Roston
NBC News

Palestinians mourn as Bush fetes Israel's 60th year
Nidal al-Mughrabi
Reuters

Edwards, NARAL back Obama in big setback for Clinton
Margaret Talev
McClatchy Newspapers

White House knew of the Pentagon domestic propaganda program
smintheus
Daily Kos

How to Build a Human Bomb
George Monbiot
Monbiot.com

'Cuddle chemical' could treat mental illness
Maia Szalavitz
New Scientist

Radical Cyclists Take to L.A. Freeways to Say Bikes Are Better
Chuck Squatriglia
Wired


May 16-18, 2008
An epidemic of extinctions: Decimation of life o
n earth
The Independent

In Israel, Bush outlines a blunt vision for the Middle East
Ilene R. Prusher
The Christian Science Monitor

Senate votes to roll back media ownership rule

John Dunbar
AP

Conyers on Karl Rove: 'Someone's got to kick his ass'
Nick Langewis and David Edwards
The Raw Story

Magisterial Conviction: Why the California Supreme Court did more than legalize gay marriage
Kenji Yoshino
Slate

Taxpayers gouged for $600m: Report probes insurance for Iraq workers

Richard Lardner
The Boston Globe

Our ‘Managed Democracy’

Chalmers Johnson
TruthDig

President Bush committed political treason today

Will Bunch
The Philadephia Daily News

How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power
Ben Aris and Duncan Campbell The Guardian,
The Guardian

New G.I. Bill Proposes 'Patriot Tax'
Brian Naylor
NPR

Can the army out-gun the drug lords?

The Economist

Obama and the Cross
CBN News

Agenbites
Joseph Bottum
The Weekly Standard


May 19, 2008
Webb: Bush Would Be First President In History To Veto Benefits For Vets
Think Progress

Record Obama Crowd, the Size of a Cit
y
Matthew Mosk
The Washington Post

American Families Agenda
Kevin Drum
The Washington Monthly

U.S. Planning Big New Prison in Afghanistan
Eric Schmitt and Tim Golden
The New York Times

Legal Theory Seeks to Curtail Tort Cases
Matthew Blake
The Washington Independent

A Fifth Top Aide To McCain Resigns
Michael D. Shear
The Washington Post

US among countries opposed to ban on cluster bombs
AlJazeera
Video Clip of the Day

Home to Roma, And No Place for Them

Claudia Ciobanu
IPS

Gasoline Is Cheap
Robert Bryce
Slate

Medical marijuana and organ transplants don't mix
Stuart Glascock
Los Angeles Times

Research suggests women aren't interested in science and engineering

Elaine McArdle
The Boston Globe

Architect Rem Koolhaas saw what Vegas didn't have, not what it needed
Christopher Hawthorne
Los Angeles Times


May 20, 2008
US 'violated Venezuela airspace'
BBC

US environmental official admits White House influenced emissions decision

Elana Schor
The Guardian

Why Was the 20th Hijacker Not Charged?
David Kurtz
TPM Muckraker

Food Crisis Rippling Out Like a "Tsunami"

Nergui Manalsuren
IPS

Siegelman: ‘This Will Make Watergate Look Like Child’s Play’
Think Progress

Inconvenient Truths: Get Ready to Rethink What It Means to Be Green
Wired

The Last Roundup
Christopher Ketcham
Radar

Washington Times mocks 'Bush the bee killer'
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
The Raw Story

Wolfowitz Gets a New Gig
Jim Lobe
Lobelog

How Did Honor Evolve?
David P. Barish
The Chronicle of Higher Education


May 21, 2008
FBI agents objected to military's 9/11 interrogations, audit finds
Richard B. Schmitt
Los Angeles Times


Guantanamo Trials Hit Setbacks

William Fisher
IPS

Oil jumps $10 in a day and Congress ... wants to sue OPEC?
Jerome a Paris
Energy Bulletin

Is carbon capture the next energy fix?

Joseph A. Davis
Nieman Watchdog

More Americans Fear Losing Their Health Insurance Than Being in a Terrorist Attack
Ezra Klein
Alternet

Newborn Blood-Storage Law Stirs Fears of DNA Warehouse
Alexis Madrigal
Wired

Worst Compnay in America: Bracket 2
The Consumerist

Flying Radio Controlled Penis Disrupts Garry Kasparov Speech

Gizmodo

 

  May 22, 2008
Karl Rove subpoenaed. Attorney asks why?
Mark Silva
The Swamp

Israel-Syria
peace deal could threaten Iran, Hezbollah
Dion Nissenbaum
McClatchy Newspapers

Interrogation Tactics Were Challenged at White House
Carrie Johnson and Josh White
The Washington Post

Detainee Reveals Potential Torture ‘Loophole’: ‘Water Treatment’ Is Different Than ‘Waterboarding’
Think Progress

Iraqi forces load up on U.S. arms
Jim Michaels
USA Today

Official: Cluster bomb ban could hurt cooperation
Foster Klug
AP

Barack Obama Gets Specific About What “Change” Is
Swopa
Firedoglake

What's in John McCain's medical records?
Mark Benjamin
Salon

GAO Investigation Uncovers Political Meddling by Four Top Interior Officials
Allyson Groff and Blake Androff
Committee On Natural Resources

The Peak Oil Crisis: The Secretary of Transition
Tom Whipple
Falls Church News-Press
l
Methodist ministers launch PR campaign to stop Bush library

Angela K. Brown
The Houston Chronicle

Give Us Our Daily Meds
Linda A. Johnson
Hartford Courant

Rank-Breakers: The Anatomy of an Industry
Jacob Heilbrunn
World Affairs
 

May 23, 2008
Powerful Iraqi cleric flirting with Shiite militant message
Hamza Hendawi and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
AP

Senate Passes No-Strings War Funding Bill

Mohammed A. Salih
IPS

Webb GI Bill Passes Senate, McCain Skips Vote
Andrew Taylor
The Huffington Post

Bush should be tried for murder
Crooks and Liars

Petraeus ‘Happy To’ Participate In Pentagon Propaganda
The Wonk Room

In Iraq, a Surge in U.S. Airstrikes
Ernesto Londoño and Amit R. Paley
The Washington Post

Iraq Spending Ignored Rules, Pentagon Says
James Glanz
The New York Times

McCain Denounces Hagee
Juliet Eilperin and Michelle Boorstein
The Washington Post

Texas Appeals Court Invalidates Seizure of Children at Polygamist Compound
Jeralyn
Talk Left

The Bush Effect: +$100 Per Barrel
Rolling Stone

Here're the savings from Arctic drilling — 75 cents a barrel
Erika Bolstad
McClatchy Newspapers

The nuke fight begins
Kate Sheppard
Grist

Can Pot Extend Ted Kennedy's Life? Too Bad It's Illegal
Paul Armentano
Alternet


May 26, 2008
G8 ministers pledge 'strong will' on climate amid doubts
AFP

Censors put limits on Guantánamo photos
Carol Rosenberg
The Miami Herald

Court sentences Mengistu to death
BBC News

Rove's Non-Denial Denial
Josh Marshall
TPM Muckraker

Fox News contributor jokes about assassinating Obama
Think Progress

Colombia Rebels Name New Leader to Succeed Marulanda
Joshua Goodman
Bloomberg

Will Libertarians draw conservatives from McCain?
Steven Thomma
McClatchy Newspapers

The 54 of Us
Christopher Caldwell
The New York Times

War of the Babies
Gary Brecher
Taki’s Magazine

Deadly Earthquake Doesn't Shake China's Internet Censors

Kevin Poulsen
Wired

Inflatable Icebergs: Sublimated Guilt Has Never Been So Fun
Sam Jacob
Strange Harvest


May 27, 2008
Jimmy Carter Crosses the Line
Chris Floyd
Chrisfloyd.com

US-Iraq Deals Overshadowed by Rising Concerns
Mohammed A. Salih
IPS

Why Democrats Won’t Stop the War

David Sirota
In These Times

Business Gets Condor Experts' Silence in Land Deal
Noaki Schwartz
ABC News

Poor ticket sales, expected protests scuttle Bush-McCain fundraiser at Phoenix Convention Center
Mike Sunnucks
Phoenix Business Journal

The Case for Jim Webb as Obama’s VP
Sara Murray and Gerald F. Seib
The Wall Street Journal

Canada Refuses to Allow Iraq War Resister to Stay
The Real News
Video Clip of the Day

We have gone mad, Your Majesty, and only you can cure our affliction
George Monbiot
The Guardian


May 28, 2008
Bush 'plans Iran air strike by August'
Muhammad Cohen
Asia Times


Bush wants $600 million for Iraq police, but cuts aid to U.S. cops
David Lightman
McClatchy Newspapers

Scott McClellan, Where's the Apology?
David Corn
CQ Politics

Scott McClellan on the "liberal media"
Glenn Greenwald
Salon

Bipartisan consensus grows to curb nuclear weapons
Jonathan S. Landay
McClatchy Newspapers

Israel's Barak: Olmert must step down

The Guardian

John Bolton to be target of citizen's arrest at Hay Festival
Stephen Adams
Telegraph

McCain's Nonproliferation Policy - It's a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Jon Wolfsthal
The Huffington Post

McCain economic policy shaped by lobbyist
Jonathan Larsen
MSNBC

Joe Lieberman To Headline Upcoming Hagee Summit

Max Blumenthal
Maxblumenthal.com

Is an Idle Car the Devil's Workshop?
Brendan I. Koerner
Slate


May 29, 2008
US cluster bombs to be banned from UK
Richard Norton-Taylor
The Guardian


Historic China-Taiwan summit held
BBC News

The Rebellion Within
Lawrence Wright
The New Yorker

Could Methane Trigger a Climate Doomsday Within a Human Lifespan?
Alexis Madrigal
Wired

Dow Chemical hikes prices 20 pct
Matt Daily and Euan Rocha
Reuters

Wexler: McClellan Must Testify Under Oath Before House Judiciary Committee

Press Release
Office of Congressman Robert Wexler

Wasserman Schultz: Judiciary Committee Willing To Arrest Rove If He Doesn't Testify
Walter Alarkon
The Hill

CNN/ABC reporter: Corporate executives forced pro-Bush, pro-war narrative
Glenn Greenwald
Salon

McCain’s about-face on Yucca

Jon Ralston
Las Vegas Sun

Iraqis claim Marines are pushing Christianity in Fallujah
Jamal Naji and Leila Fadel
McClatchy Newspapers

Bolton dodges attempted 'war crimes' arrest
Michael White
The Guardian

Brain Pacemakers Tackle Depression
Lauran Neergaard
Discovery News

Rachael Ray is a fashion terrorist?
Los Angeles Times


May 30 - June 1, 2008
Watchdog Agency Outgunned by Rising Tide of Defense Spending

Project on Government Oversight

The road to peace in Iraq runs directly through Tehran
Jonathan Steele
The Guardian

Who'll Unplug Big Media?

Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols
The Nation

Pentagon is silent on Gitmo judge's ouster
The Miami Herald

Antarctic Mega-Iceberg Suffocates Seals
Jennifer Viegas
Discovery News

Banks in Trouble on the Rise
Mary Kane
The Washington Independent

Ruling revives KBR case
Court sees way lawsuits over workers' deaths could be resolved
Brett Clanton and David Ivanovich

McClellan and His Media Collaborators
Jeff Cohen
TruthOut

Obama on Latin America: Small "Change" If Any
Roberto Lovato
Black Agenda Report

Al Gore's documentary to be turned into opera
The Times of India

 

 
 
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