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| Thu, 18 May 2006 16:00:00 EST Market still wary, but sell-off abates |
| Sometimes, it's better to judge the mood of the markets not on huge up or down days but on how investors react the day after. |
| Thu, 18 May 2006 12:00:00 EST Congressional GOP won't count on Bush boost |
| Congressional Republicans and GOP political strategists said today that they don't believe President Bush will make a dramatic upward move in the polls by the fall, forcing members who face re-election to push their own agenda at home instead of hoping to ride Bush's coattails to victory. |
| Thu, 18 May 2006 12:00:00 EST Memo to Colbert fans: Humor and edginess aren't the same |
| After comedian Stephen Colbert's anti-Bush routine at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, I suggested here that what he said that night was clever but not very funny. The blog Boiling Mad criticized me over this, saying that "Mr. Leo ignored the meat of Colbert's remarks. Read these excerpts ... and decide for yourself whether Colbert was edgy or not." Colbert surely was edgy (or, if you prefer, insulting, rude, bold, courageous, or taunting), but that didn't make his comments humorous. |
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| Thu, 18 May 2006 22:32:26 EDT Marines killed Iraqis 'in cold blood,' congressman says |
| A decorated Marine colonel turned anti-war congressman said Marines killed at least 30 innocent Iraqi civilians "in cold blood" in Haditha in November, suggesting the attack is twice as bad as originally reported. Citing an ongoing investigation, the Marine Corps refused to comment on the allegations made Wednesday by Rep. John Murtha. |
| Thu, 18 May 2006 20:20:56 EDT FBI using dogs, tech for Hoffa hunt |
| The FBI is using everything it has to find the remains of Jimmy Hoffa after agents received what they say is "a fairly credible lead" on the former Teamsters boss' 1975 disappearance. Anthropologists, archaeologists, engineers and architects are joining local police and cadaver dogs at the dig site near Detroit, Michigan. |
| Thu, 18 May 2006 21:30:46 EDT Shooting shuts U.S-Mexico border crossing |
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