links for 2006-11-01
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Job and salary fears have dented US consumer confidence, with more people saying jobs are harder to come by in a slowing economy. Consumers were more pessimistic about economic prospects in October than the month before, the Conference Board survey of 5,0
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At least two dozen federal judges appointed by President Bush since 2001 made political contributions to key Republicans or to the president himself while under consideration for their judgeships, government records show. A four-month investigation of Bus
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The lives of Afghanistan’s women have changed little five years after the fall of the Taliban, according to a new report by a UK-based women’s rights group.
Womankind Worldwide found violence against women is still endemic – and the number of women sett -
Topeka, Kan. — The state attorney general said Tuesday night that his office had received the records of 90 patients from two abortion clinics and was reviewing them for possible crimes, the culmination of an effort that prompted concerns over patient p
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 — A classified briefing prepared two weeks ago by the United States Central Command portrays Iraq as edging toward chaos, in a chart that the military is using as a barometer of civil conflict.
A one-page slide shown at the Oct.
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An explosion at eBay’s PayPal division Tuesday night shattered a window and forced the evacuation of 26 employees, as crews combed the company’s North First Street complex for incendiary devices.
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This is why I have always believed that George Bush is a remarkably weak man, lacking in self-confidence and hiding his sense of inferiority behind tough talk. What I did not quite realise until I read Henninger’s account of this meeting is how George Bus
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No one who sees himself or herself as a form of royalty has any business running for any office in a democracy.
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