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Carolyn Kay
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Democrats score hard-fought win on Iraq
The House voted Friday to withdraw troops from Iraq no later than September 2008, the Democrats’ strongest challenge yet to President Bush’s handling of the war. The narrow 218-212 vote on a binding $124 billion supplemental war spending bill was a victory for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who had been facing a serious challenge to her leadership from the right and left wings of her party. “Congress has voted to begin the end of the war,” an ebullient Pelosi said after the vote.

All Hat No Cattle

The World

Five soldiers killed in Iraq roadside bombs
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five U.S. soldiers were killed on Sunday by roadside bomb attacks in Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement. Four soldiers were killed north of Baghdad in Diyala, a restive province where U.S. commanders recently asked for more troops to fight al Qaeda and other militants.

Iran may charge UK sailors
OIl neared $63 on heightened geopolitical tensions between Iran and the west over Iran’s nuclear programme. Iran is also considering charging 15 UK sailors it seized on Friday.

Iran vows to press on with nuke work
Iran will not stop its atomic work for "one second" despite a new U.N. sanctions resolution and will "adjust" its ties with those behind the measure, Iran's president said on his Web site.

Kissinger's extradition to Uruguay sought over Operation Condor
MONTEVIDEO (AFP) - An attorney for a victim of Uruguay's 1973-1985 dictatorship has asked his government to request the extradition of former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger over his alleged role in the notorious Operation Condor.

The Nation

Senate fight on Iraq withdrawal looms
The Senate could vote as early as Tuesday on whether to follow the House's lead and impose a deadline for troop withdrawal from Iraq.

Senator: Some see impeachment as option
WASHINGTON - With his go-it-alone approach on Iraq, President Bush is flouting Congress and the public, so angering lawmakers that some consider impeachment an option over his war policy, a senator from Bush's own party said Sunday… GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of the war … made clear that some lawmakers viewed (impeachment) as an option should Bush choose to push ahead despite public sentiment against the war.

Three Republican senators question Attorney General Gonzales's credibility and say his Senate testimony may seal his fate.
Three Republican senators expressed skepticism Sunday about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s credibility, setting up what one of them called a ``make or break’’ moment for him when he testifies before Congress about his role in firing eight U.S. Attorneys.

Gitmo to remain open during Bush years
WASHINGTON - The detention center for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, probably will remain open beyond the end of President Bush's term despite his stated desire to close it, the White House said Friday.

Media

The Pat Tillman Case Reaches a Climax: 'They Blew Up Their Poster Boy'
On Monday, the official report on the 2004 killing in Afghanistan, and cover-up, involving former NFL star Pat Tillman will finally be released. Here's why it all matters.

Has the political press improved, or does "lapdog" still apply?
The argument that political journalists have improved their collective performance -- but that the improvement comes with an asterisk -- seems to be a popular one, says Adam Reilly. Media critic Michael Massing believes external factors, including the Abu Ghraib scandal and Hurricane Katrina, have made it easier for the press to treat the Bush administration with proper aggression. "My premise on all this," he says, "is that the more powerful a president is, the less aggressive the press is."

Fears of a YouTube Swiftboat
Campaign finance lawyers and others in the realm of politics worry that the explosive viral dynamic illustrated by the (anti-Hillary Clinton) Vote Different video could lend enormous power to disinformation campaigns -- the swiftboating of YouTube. Anonymous advertisements show a new ability to exert an outsize influence in shaping voters' sense of reality and the candidates' messages, they say. "If the internet becomes a vehicle with people tied to their anonymity, and people engage in negative tactics and disinformation ... it could deprive voters of the ability to judge the credibility (and value) of the information," says Angelo J. Genova…

Behold, The Onion News Network: "You'll Never Read Again"
Today the WSJ reports on the soon-to-be-launching Onion News Network, which in the promo to the left promises "April 2007" but the WSJ reports is launching on Tuesday. ONN will "parody the visual style and breathless reporting of 24-hour cable news networks like CNN" but in truth, judging by the promo, actually looks slicker and edgier, with less screaming graphics.

Technology & Science

Judge hits Vonage with injunction
ALEXANDRIA, Va (Reuters) - A federal judge dealt a blow to Vonage Holdings Corp. that sent its stock reeling on Friday, when he agreed to bar the company from using Internet phone call technology patented by Verizon Communications Inc.,, U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton said he would delay signing the order for two weeks to give Vonage time to try to convince him to stay the injunction while it appeals the entire patent infringement case.

Sweet New Battery Runs on Sugar
In the near future, longer-lasting batteries could run on virtually anything sugary, including tree sap or flat soda pop. Scientists say these sweet new batteries could operate three to four times longer than the conventional lithium ion batteries commonly used in cell phones, laptops, MP3 players and many other portable electronic devices. And they are biodegradable.

Environment

Antarctic melting may be speeding up
HOBART (Reuters) - Rising sea levels and melting polar ice-sheets are at upper limits of projections, leaving some human population centers already unable to cope, top world scientists say as they analyze latest satellite data.

School is first to go 'green' in Md.
State officials pushing to invest more in energy-efficient buildings

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1. Good morning Caro--and Thanks.

[Solly Mack]

2. from "Gitmo to remain open during Bush years "

"But we also have laid down the benchmark that you also have to be able to assure that they're going to be treated humanely."

How anyone in America, more especially anyone in Bush Inc., can say this with a straight face... it just defies all reason....sheesh.


and from Rice

"She said, "I tell my colleagues around the world, 'You tell us that you don't like Guantanamo, then help us find solutions to this issue.'"

Rice and her fellow war criminals create the problem - the mass illegal detentions, the wars of lies and the torture, then tell others to fix it if you don't like it


Thanks for the headlines

[kstewart33]

3. Thanks Caro. Very helpful! eom

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. I love reading the headlines with my second cup of coffee

I read the stock market thread while drinking my first one. :)

DU rocks!

Thanks Caro! :hi:

[Caro]

5. You're all very welcome.

I plan to post headlines every weekday morning.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com