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Topping the News
US Attorneys Scandal Enters Criminal Prosecution Phase
Riley Breaks Silence, Spins Siegelman Prosecution Story
Sources in Washington say the year-long probe of the Bush Administration's decision to fire a still-undetermined number of U.S. Attorneys for political and improper reasons is "substantially completed" and that it remains the subject of wrangling in a fairly transparent effort to slow down its release.
Pentagon Sought Abusive Interrogations
Judge Rules White House May Keep E-Mail Private

Gore Endorses Obama, Promises to Help
Al Gore announced his endorsement of Barack Obama Monday and promised to help the Democrat achieve what eluded him - the presidency.

Midwest Floods Spur Record Corn Prices
Americans Use Net to Go Beyond Sound Bites
Americans dissatisfied with political sound bites are turning to the Internet for a more complete picture, a new study finds.

Bonnaroo: Calling for Change
If there are any Republicans performing at Bonnaroo, they're keeping quiet about it. In the meantime, performers that sing about politics, like Pearl Jam are putting out election-year messages, and bands that generally don't are subtly or unsubtly stumping for Barack Obama.

Tiger Woods Wins US Open on 19th Hole

Regional Political Roundup
Scrushy in Court for HealthSouth Testimony
Glynn Wilson To Give Talk on Siegelman Case
Scrushy Returned to Alabama to Testify
Riley Says Siegelman Case Wasn't Political
Riley Denies Involvement in Siegelman Prosecution

Select Regional News
Sports Writer Steve Dukes Dies Suddenly
Flood Victims Worry: What's in the Water?
New Orleans at Risk from Category 2 Hurricane
Editorials, Columns, Blogs of Note
Human Beings Love A Good Myth
A Case of Politics in Alabama Justice
The Log in Alice Martin's Eye
Rich: Women and McCain
Did Riley Step in 'It' With Siegelman Comments?
Would Karl Rove Plead the Fifth?
Fox News Tries to Ambush Bill Moyers, Again...
More Jail Time for Siegelman Unlikely
Siegelman Prosecution Continues to Unravel
Democracy and the Web

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In Case You Missed It
Politics, Public Opinion
Obama Sees Win Without Ohio, Florida
House GOP Falls Short on Campaign Cash
Obama, McCain Squabble Over Faceoffs
House Passes Jobless Benefits Extension
House Panel Subpoenas Karl Rove in Justice Inquiry

War, Intel, National Security
Bush Doesn't Rule Out Military Strike in Iran
Old Spy Rules Loom as Deadline Nears
Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps
BBC Uncovers Lost Iraq Billions

Cops and Court
A High Court Divided
High Court Rebukes Bush on Detention Rights
Suit Threatens Online Communication
Business, Labor, Technology
Kucinich Website Crippled Suspiciously
Senate GOP Blocks Big Oil Windfall Taxes
Major ISPs to Block Child Porn

Science, Health, Environment
Florida, Mexico Suspects in Tomato Outbreak
Shuttle Returns After 14-Day Mission
Mars Lander Probes First Microscope Sample

Arts, Media, Entertainment
NBC's Tim Russert Dies of Apparent Heart Attack
Rather Slams Corporate Media at Conference

Sports, Travel, Outdoors
Griffey Hits Homer No. 600
Nadal Routs Federer for 4th French Open Title

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Telescope
The Rich and the Rest of Us
Over the past three decades, market-worshiping politicians and their corporate backers have engineered the most colossal redistribution of wealth in modern world history, a redistribution from the bottom up, from working people to a tiny global elite.
This Land Is Their Land, The Rich That Is...
Name Our Epoch

McClellan to Testify Before House in CIA Leak Case
McClellan Says Bush Should Have Fired Karl Rove
McClellan Rocks White House With Book Revelations
Surprise, Surprise: Bush Lied
Ex-Press Aide Writes That Bush Misled US on Iraq

Spying, Telecom Immunity Debate Still Unresolved
Tentative Accord on Spy Bill, Telecom Immunity?
Bush Administration Set to Use New Spy Program in US
Phone Companies Spend to Get Off the Spying Hook
National Dragnet Is a Click Away

Political Justice Archive
The Nation: A Whistleblower's Tale
Justice Off the Tracks in Alabama
Siegelman-Scrushy Travails
Our focus of late has been on covering the legal travails of Don Siegelman and Richard Scrushy, especially as the investigation now goes to Washington. To check out all our coverage, hit this archive.

On A Lighter Note

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