NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST February 15, 2008

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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Gunman Slays 6 at N. Illinois University
DeKALB, Ill. - With minutes left in a class in ocean sciences at NorthernIllinois University on Thursday afternoon, a tall skinny man dressed all inblack stepped out from behind a curtain on the stage of the lecture hall,said nothing, and opened fire with a shotgun, the authorities and witnessessaid.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/15shoot.html?hp
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Black Leader, a Clinton Ally, Tilts to Obama
Representative John Lewis said he planned to cast his vote as asuperdelegate for Barack Obama in hopes of preventing a fight at theDemocratic convention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/politics/15clinton.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1203079043-OiDhGN9WSUv405rLjAaTCw
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Show Us the Money
The reluctance of Hillary Clinton and John McCain to reveal more about theirfinances ill-serves voters and the nominating process of both parties.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/opinion/15fri1.html?ref=opinion
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Delegates of Steel
A review of the history of superdelegates suggests they are likely to play aconstructive role in resolving the Democratic presidential nominationbattle.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/opinion/15mann.html?ref=opinion
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U.S. to Attempt to Shoot Down Faulty Satellite
WASHINGTON - The military will try to shoot down a crippled spy satellite inthe next two weeks, senior officials said Thursday. The officials laid out ahigh-tech plan to intercept the satellite over the Pacific just before ittumbles uncontrollably to Earth carrying toxic fuel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/15satellite.html?hp
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House Leaves Surveillance Law to Expire
The House broke for a week's recess Thursday without renewingterrorist surveillance authority demanded by President Bush, leading him towarn of risky intelligence gaps while Democrats accused him of reckless fearmongering.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/washington/15fisa.html?hp
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Pakistan Police Arrest Another Suspect In Bhutto Case
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested on Friday another suspect inconnection with the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, asenior police investigator said. "Yes, we have arrested a suspect and weare interrogating him," said the investigator, who declined to beidentified.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-pakistan-bhutto.html
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Warring on McCain, Limbaugh Sees No Reconciliation
Rush Limbaugh took his show on the road this week, forsaking his mainbroadcast studio in Palm Beach, Fla., for one in Midtown Manhattan. But thechange of scenery did nothing to dampen the Republican-on-Republicansmackdown he has been waging from afar against Senator John McCain, theparty's likely presidential nominee, whom Mr. Limbaugh considers toomoderate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/politics/15rush.html
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Large Union Backs Obama; Another Is Likely to Do Same
Giving Senator Barack Obama new momentum, one of the nation's largest laborunions, the United Food and Commercial Workers, endorsed him on Thursday.
Another giant, the Service Employees International Union, was on the brinkof backing him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/us/politics/15obama.html
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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A Key Gap In Fighting Terrorism - Private Firms Need Liability Protection
One of the most critical weapons in the fight against terrorists and otherforeign intelligence threats -- the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act(FISA) -- has not kept up with the technology revolution we have experiencedover the past 30 years. We are on the brink of bringing this 20th-centurytool in line with 21st-century technology and threats. The Senate has passeda strong bill, by an overwhelmingly bipartisan margin, that would modernizeFISA and do the right thing for those companies that responded to theircountry's call for assistance in its hour of need. It would also protect thecivil liberties we Americans cherish. The bill is now before the House ofRepresentatives.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403103.html
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How 'Inevitable' Got Outmaneuvered
What happened to Hillary Clinton? Last fall, she was the "inevitable"nominee whose "machine" would raise scads of cash and push her to an earlyvictory. She demonstrated poise and knowledge in debates, and party leaderslined up behind her, fearful of missing her fast-moving train.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403104.html
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The Audacity of Selling Hope
There's no better path to success than getting people to buy a freecommodity. Like the genius who figured out how to get people to pay forwater: bottle it (Aquafina was revealed to be nothing more than reprocessedtap water) and charge more than they pay for gasoline. Or consider howGoogle found a way to sell dictionary nouns-- boat, shoe, clock -- bycharging advertisers zillions to be listed whenever the word is searched.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403105.html
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Mr. Chavez's Bluff
If Venezuela's strongman cut off oil exports to the United States, the firstvictim would be his regime. ONE OF the more regrettable ironies ofinternational relations is that the United States, through its voraciousconsumption of oil, underwrites President Hugo Ch¿vez's regime in Venezuela.
In November alone, the United States bought more than 41 million barrels ofVenezuelan crude, roughly 10 percent of all U.S. oil imports that month. Ifthe Bush administration were really as committed to overthrowing Mr. Ch¿vezas Mr. Ch¿vez claims, the administration might be tempted to declare aboycott of Venezuelan oil. That would make a small but easily repaired dentin the U.S. economy, but it would devastate Venezuela, since it produceshigh-sulfur oil that, for the most part, can be refined only in specialU.S.-based refineries.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403325.html
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China Reacts Defensively To Spielberg Resignation
Director Left Olympics Role Over Darfur
BEIJING, Feb. 14 -- Chinese officials defended the country's human rightsrecord regarding the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur on Thursday in thefirst official reaction to Steven Spielberg's abrupt resignation as anartistic adviser to the Beijing Olympic Games.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403598.html?hpid=topnews
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Black Lawmakers Rethink Clinton Support
WASHINGTON -- In a fresh sign of trouble for Hillary Rodham Clinton, one ofthe former first lady's congressional black supporters intends to vote forBarack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, and a second, moreprominent lawmaker is openly discussing a possible switch.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021402746.html?hpid=sec-nation
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In a First, Ahmadinejad To Visit Iraq Next Month
Iran Postpones Fourth Round of Talks With U.S. BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 -- IranianPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will travel to Iraq next month in the firstsuch visit by a leader of the Islamic Republic, Iraqi officials saidThursday, adding that Iran had postponed a fourth round of talks with theUnited States to discuss Iraq's security.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/14/AR2008021403480.html?hpid=sec-world
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