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Bush-era surveillance went beyond wiretaps - Los Angeles Times border=

Bush-era surveillance went beyond wiretaps - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
A government report raises new questions about how the Bush White House kept key Justice officials in the dark about the post-Sept. 11 program. By Josh Meyer Reporting from Washington — The Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 surveillance efforts went …
Boston Globe
FOXNews
Kentucky.com
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New edict on immigration enforcement - Los Angeles Times border=

New edict on immigration enforcement - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Homeland Security tells local police agencies to focus on serious crimes, not minor ones, in its 287(g) program . By Anna Gorman Local police agencies empowered by the federal government to enforce immigration law must focus their efforts on criminals …
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Philadelphia Inquirer
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University of California Makes Cuts After Reduction in State Financing - New York Times border=

University of California Makes Cuts After Reduction in State Financing - New York Times

New York Times
The University of California will use a combination of furloughs, deferred hiring and cuts in academic programs to make up for an $813 million reduction in state financing, its president, Mark G. Yudof, said Friday. …
San Jose Mercury News
The Associated Press
Reuters
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Palin appears on gun rights radio talk show - The Associated Press border=

Palin appears on gun rights radio talk show - The Associated Press

The Associated Press
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gun rights enthusiasts welcomed Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as she made an appearance Friday on a radio talk show, whose callers included rock n' roller turned avid hunter Ted Nugent. Palin spoke on the Michael Dukes' "Firearms …
Kansas City Star
Newsweek
Washington Post
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CIA misled Congress, but about what? - Los Angeles Times border=

CIA misled Congress, but about what? - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
Director Leon Panetta last month learned that his agency had misled lawmakers about a program, and canceled it. Speculation runs rampant. By Johanna Neuman Reporting from Washington — Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee triggered a political …
FOXNews
The Associated Press
U.S. News & World Report
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Obama Defenders Emerge in Photo Flap - Washington Post border=

Obama Defenders Emerge in Photo Flap - Washington Post

Washington Post
The Drudge Report has been pushing the story, but Stephen Dinan of the Washington Times today is pushing back against interpretations of a photo from the G-8 meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, that suggest Obama was casting a glance at …
New York Times
TheInsider.com
Examiner.com
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In Nevada, politicos withhold judgment on Ensign - San Jose Mercury News border=

In Nevada, politicos withhold judgment on Ensign - San Jose Mercury News

San Jose Mercury News
LAS VEGAS—The winding tale of a US senator for Nevada, his mistress and her outraged husband has the state's political world holding its breath for the next twist—and withholding judgment, at least publicly. …
ABC News
Los Angeles Times
Washington Post
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Can Democrats Pass Real Health Care Reform on Their Own? - TIME border=

Can Democrats Pass Real Health Care Reform on Their Own? - TIME

TIME
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) (L) speaks with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) after a closed-door meeting of the Senate Democratic caucus at the US Captiol March 25, …
New York Times
Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times
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The Outsider: Where Is Sarah Palin Going Next? - TIME border=

The Outsider: Where Is Sarah Palin Going Next? - TIME

TIME
Sarah Palin is that most exotic of American creatures: an Alaska original, raised and ripened in an environment remote, extreme, unfamiliar — and free. A land of self-invention, where no one bats an eye at a mom-deckhand-governor-whatever-comes-next. …
Reuters
New York Daily News
Anchorage Daily News
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Greenpeace protesters scale Rushmore, deface Abe Lincoln's face ... - New York Daily News border=

Greenpeace protesters scale Rushmore, deface Abe Lincoln's face … - New York Daily News

New York Daily News
SIOUX FALLS, SD - Environmentalists dropped rock anchors into venerable Mount Rushmore, scaling the mountain monument to unfurl an anti-global warming banner over President Abraham Lincoln's face Wednesday. The assault raised questions about whether …
Rapid City Journal
FOXNews
The Associated Press
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