Iraq Funds Are Focus of 27 Criminal Inquiries

Faithful, undecided preparing for area Kerry, Bush rallies - zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: "[T]his swing voter could be swung one way or the other Saturday, depending on what she hears at Bush's rally in Cambridge and Kerry's rally in Zanesville.

'I want to hear what they both have to say,' she said, noting that she will be particularly interested in each candidate's plan for peace in Iraq."

My Plea to John Kerry: Stand Up for the Progressive Agenda that the Majority of America Already Agrees With: "A few weeks ago I was flipping around on the dial and I came across a NASCAR Race on FOX and there was NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt Jr. FOX asked him, what did you do the night before while you were getting prepared for the big race? He said, 'Well, I took my crew to go see Fahrenheit 9/11.' And then he said, and 'I think all of America should see this movie.' "

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Ray McGovern: How the 9/11 Report Soft-Pedaled Root Causes: "It's the policy, stupid!"

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CJAD 800 : News: "The group said the U.S. military was using humanitarian aid 'for political and military motives"

bmj.com Lenzer 329 (7459): 189: "Daniel Troy, chief counsel to the US Food and Drug Administration, is under fire for inviting drug companies to inform him of lawsuits against them so the FDA could help in their defence. 'We can't afford to get involved in every case - we have to pick our shots,' he said, advising them therefore to 'make it sound like a Hollywood pitch.' "

Rock Royalty to Join Voices Against Bush With Fall Concerts There is a range of feeling about Kerry," the source said, "but a uniform belief that Bush must go.

The real election: Voting for the next Supreme Court justices: Holding one's nose is not nearly enough for a vote for Kerry. But I may have to get a hazmat suit and vote for him anyhow, and this is why. The issue is framed all the more clearly by the House's vote last week purporting to exempt DOMA from federal Constitutional review. A Bush-majority Court could well uphold such a provision, effectively abrogating the Constitution altogether.

Yahoo! News - U.S. Public Found to Reject Detainee Torture and Coercion University of Maryland survey finds Americans far more compassionate than this spring's media-sponsored survey.

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Honorable Commission, Toothless Report: "Among the obvious truths that were documented but unarticulated were the facts that the Bush administration did little on terrorism before 9/11, and that by invading Iraq the administration has left us less safe as a nation."