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The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600328_pf.html
Exxon Posts 2nd Biggest Quarterly Profit
The Associated Press
Thursday, October 26, 2006; 9:01 AM
NEW YORK -- Oil industry behemoth Exxon Mobil Corp. said Thursday itsthird-quarter earnings rose to $10.49 billion, the second-largest quarterlyprofit ever recorded by a publicly traded U.S. company.
The report comes as high crude prices this year have fueled record profitsin the oil industry, triggering an outcry from consumers who were beingasked to pay about $3 a gallon for gasoline in early August.
Although crude oil prices began to decline toward the end of the thirdquarter, the average market price for crude held at around $70 a barrel inthe period after peaking above $78 per barrel in July. Oil futures priceshave recently traded near $61 a barrel, and gasoline prices have dropped toan average of about $2.43 a gallon.
The world's biggest public oil company said its net income amounted to $1.77per share for the July-September period, up from $9.92 billion, or $1.58 pershare, a year ago.
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/education/26evolve.html?pagewanted=print
October 26, 2006
Scientists Endorse Candidate Over Teaching of Evolution
By CORNELIA DEAN
In an unusual foray into electoral politics, 75 science professors at CaseWestern Reserve University in Cleveland have signed a letter endorsing acandidate for the Ohio Board of Education.
The professors' favored candidate is Tom Sawyer, a former congressman andonetime mayor of Akron. They hope Mr. Sawyer, a Democrat, will oust DeborahOwens Fink, a leading advocate of curriculum standards that encouragestudents to challenge the theory of evolution.
Elsewhere in Ohio, scientists have also been campaigning for candidates whosupport the teaching of evolution and have recruited at least one biologistfrom out of state to help.
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/us/politics/26tennessee.html?hp&ex=1161921600&en=00b9655c05cd202b&ei=5094&partner=homepage#
In Tight Race, Ad on Black Candidate Stirs Furor
By ROBIN TONER
Published: October 26, 2006
The Democratic candidate in the Tennessee Senate race, Harold E. Ford Jr.,spoke to a crowd on Tuesday at a campaign stop at the University ofTennessee.
Race Profile:
Tennessee's Senate Race
Tennessee Senate Race Ad Attacking Harold E. Ford Jr.
(October 26, 2006)
Shawn Poynter for The New York Times
Mr. Ford's Republican opponent, Bob Corker, right, campaigned Tuesday at abarbecue dinner in Knoxville.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 25 - The Tennessee Senate race, one of the mostcompetitive and potentially decisive battles of the midterm election, becameeven more unpredictable this week after a furor over a Republican televisioncommercial that stood out even in a year of negative advertising.
The commercial, financed by the Republican National Committee, was aimed atRepresentative Harold E. Ford Jr., the black Democrat from Memphis whosecampaign for the Senate this year has kept the Republicans on the defensivein a state where they never expected to have trouble holding the seat.
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/26/nyregion/26suicide.html?ei=5094&en=19c64004ebc2a090&hp=&ex=1161921600&partner=homepage&pagewanted=print
October 26, 2006
Young Woman Fears Deportation, and Mutilation
By NINA BERNSTEIN
Adama Bah's schoolmates were jubilant when she returned to 10th grade atHeritage High School in Manhattan in May 2005 after six weeks in a distantjuvenile detention center. Her release put to rest the federal government'sunexplained assertion that Adama, a popular 16-year-old who wore jeans underher Islamic garb, was a potential suicide bomber.
But a year and a half later, with many of her friends planning proms andapplying to college, Ms. Bah, now 18, was still wearing an electronic anklebracelet and tethered to a 10 p.m. government curfew, restrictions that wereconditions of her release. And she was still facing deportation to Guinea,where she has not lived since she was 2.
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Respect is a two-way street
There is a whiff of hypocrisy among some Muslims who, in the name of
being spared offence, want to censor other people's opinions
By Peter Tatchell
The Guardian - Comment Is Free - 25 October 2006
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/peter_tatchell/2006/10/muslim_hypocrisy_on_free_speec.html
Monday night's Channel Four studio debate, Muslims and Free Speech,exemplified the double-standards of some Muslim leaders. They objectto people offending their religious sensibilities, but happily causeoffence to others whenever it suits them.
Taji Mustafa, of the right-wing Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT),failed to make any differentiation between criticisms and insults. Heseemed to suggest that any criticism of Islam is an insult and thatall such insults are unacceptable: "What Muslims will not accept.(is)gratuitous insults about their beliefs, their faith or anything dearto them," he said. Such sweeping exclusions appear to leave littleroom for a genuinely free exchange of ideas.
HuT's intolerance is not surprising, but its hypocrisy inbreathtaking. While Mustafa rejects criticisms of Islam that he findsinsulting, his organisation has a long history of deliberatelyinsulting Jews: "Jews are a people of slander.a treacherous people,"according to one HuT leaflet.
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365Gay.com, October 25, 2006
http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/10/102506gopad.htm
GOP Ad: Democratic Win Would Mean Homosexual Control Of House
365Gay.com
Newscenter Staff
(Evansville, Indiana) An Indiana Republican congressman fighting for hispolitical life has launched an attack ad so vitriolic it has even members ofhis own party wincing.
The radio ad was paid for by Friends of Rep. John Hostettler who locked in atight race against Democrat Brad Ellsworth. Polls show Ellsworth ahead by asubstantial margin.
But the radio ads don't even mention Ellsworth until the very end.Instead they attack Massachusetts gay Democrat Barney Frank and Nancy Pelosithe California Democrat who would become Speaker if Republicans lost controlof the House.
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0610260145oct26,0,6104973.story?coll=chi-newsopinioncommentary-hed
Economic outlook isn't quite so rosy as Bush says it is
Molly Ivins, Creators Syndicate
October 26, 2006
AUSTIN, Texas -- Oh, goody. According to the White House press office,President Bush will spend much of his time leading up to the Nov. 7 electiondiscussing what a swell economy we have. Did you know that the Dow JonesIndustrial Average is at its highest point ever? And the Nasdaq, ditto. Wow,breathtaking, huh? But the Dow is not a good indicator of how thing arereally going for the majority of Americans.
I just love listening to the Bushies play with numbers. When Bush took overin 2001, he had predicted a surplus of $516 billion for fiscal year 2006.Last week, the administration announced a 2006 deficit of $248 billion,missing its projection for this year by $764 billion. Bush said the numbersare "proof that pro-growth economic policies work" and are "an example ofsound fiscal policies here in Washington."
This is highly reminiscent of Vice President Dick Cheney's recentobservation about the Iraqi government: "If you look at the general overallsituation, they're doing remarkably well."
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ats-ap_politics12oct26,0,1396243.story
Republicans Struggling in Colorado
By JENNIFER TALHELM and STEVEN K. PAULSON
Associated Press Writers
October 26, 2006, 4:14 AM EDT
DENVER -- Colorado could give Democrats a real Rocky Mountain high onElection Day.
The governorship and three GOP-held House seats are within Democratic reachin the state that backed a Republican in the past three presidentialelections and is home to military bases and the prominent religiousconservative group Focus on the Family.
A confluence of growing voter unease with the Iraq war, President Bush'ssagging poll numbers and Republican blunders and intraparty fighting haveundercut the GOP -- a reality Republicans acknowledge.
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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/10/26/democrats_seize_on_stem_cell_issue?mode=PF
Democrats seize on stem-cell issue
Candidates say stance resonates
By Susan Milligan and Rick Klein, Globe Staff | October 26, 2006
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- In a scramble to expand the congressional playing field,Democrats are seizing on embryonic stem-cell research as a "wedge issue"that registers with independent voters in suburban districts.
The issue widened into a national controversy yesterday, after conservativeradio host Rush Limbaugh suggested Tuesday that actor Michael J. Fox wasexaggerating the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease in advertisements hefilmed for Democratic candidates. That suggestion drew swift repudiationsfrom across the political spectrum, and Limbaugh apologized on the air "ifthis was not an act."
Democrats say the issue is resonating in recent days, with Fox's ads and aseries of public events held by Democratic candidates highlighting the factthat President Bush's first and only veto of his presidency limited fundingof embryonic stem-cell research.
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Colorado-Politics.html?pagewanted=print
Republicans Struggling in Colorado
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 4:03 a.m. ET
DENVER (AP) -- Colorado could give Democrats a real Rocky Mountain high onElection Day.
The governorship and three GOP-held House seats are within Democratic reachin the state that backed a Republican in the past three presidentialelections and is home to military bases and the prominent religiousconservative group Focus on the Family.
A confluence of growing voter unease with the Iraq war, President Bush'ssagging poll numbers and Republican blunders and intraparty fighting haveundercut the GOP -- a reality Republicans acknowledge.
''The West is probably going to be a good battleground to watch and see ifwe're in a period of change,'' said Republican Rep. Bob Beauprez, who isrunning for governor.
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The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/10/19/DI2006101900767_pf.html
Books: Tempting Faith
David Kuo
Author, former White House official
Wednesday, October 25, 2006; 1:00 PM
Former White House official David Kuo was online Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 1p.m. to discuss his book, "Tempting Faith," and his assertion that the Bushadministration manipulated religious groups for political gain.
David Kuo served as special assistant to the president and deputy directorof the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. He isnow a Contributing Editor of Beliefnet .
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Kensington, Md.: Between the revelations in your book and the Houseleadership choosing to protect their power over protecting pages, theevangelical voters must be pretty disgusted with the GOP right now. Are theyfeeling taken for granted? What does the GOP need to do to win them back?
David Kuo: Thanks for this question and all the questions. I am going to tryand get to as many as possible.
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