NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST March 16, 2008

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MoveOn.Org
http://www.moveon.org
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This week, film director Robert Greenwald released a short YouTube videocalled "FOX Attacks Obama: Part 2"-his second video detailing how FOXcontinuously smears Barack Obama. But worse, he shows how other networks arerepeating FOX's smears word-for-word! MoveOn and Greenwald's Brave NewFilms are launching a petition to major media outlets that says: "FOX is aRepublican mouthpiece, not a legitimate news organization. Real newsorganizations must reject FOX's smears of Barack Obama, not parrot them."Can you watch the new Fox Attacks video and sign the petition to the mediatoday? Just click here:
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3495&id=12319-5533006-3U9gix&t=147
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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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For Democrats, Increased Fears of a Long Fight
Many superdelegates cite the will of the voters as a guiding principle, aboon to Senator Barack Obama.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/us/politics/16delegates.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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Studying the Footprints of a Governor-to-Be
Lt. Gov. David A. Paterson is about to face scrutiny of his legislativerecord and political connections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/nyregion/16paterson.html?hp
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Through Bush-Colored Glasses
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/opinion/16sun1.html?ref=opinion
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The Pimps' Slaves
Reading between the sheets, the world of "Kristen" and Eliot Spitzer may seem relatively benign. She may have been abused as a child, and tangled with drugs and homelessness, but she was also a consenting adult who apparently kept half the cash that customers paid for her.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/opinion/16kristof.html?ref=opinion
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The Intelligence Cover-Up
For more than two years now, Congress, the news media, current and former national security officials, think tanks and academic institutions have been engaged in a profound debate over how to modernize the law governing electronic spying to keep pace with technology. We keep hoping President Bush will join in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/opinion/16sun2.html?ref=opinion
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Reflections on the Invasion of Iraq
To mark this week's fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the Op-Ed page
asked nine experts on military and foreign affairs to reflect on theirattitudes in the spring of 2003 and to comment on the one aspect of the warthat most surprised them or that they wished they had considered in theprewar debate.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/opinion/16intro.html?ref=opinion
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A Tour for the Times, Seeking Deals Among the Repossessed
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - Most of the houses on the real estate tour in and around this quaint resort town on Lake Michigan were in fairly good condition, empty and scrubbed clean of the sort of things that might bring to mind the previous owners.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/us/16repo.html
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The Double Lives of High-Priced Call Girls
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/nyregion/16call.html
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Why Shariah?
Last month, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, gave a nuanced, scholarly lecture in London about whether the British legal system should allow non-Christian courts to decide certain matters of family law. Britain has no constitutional separation of church and state. The archbishop noted that "the law of the Church of England is the law of the land" there; indeed, ecclesiastical courts that once handled marriage and divorce are still integrated into the British legal system, deciding matters of church property and doctrine. His tentative suggestion was that, subject to the agreement of all parties and the strict requirement of protecting equal rights for women, it might be a good idea to consider allowing Islamic and Orthodox Jewish courts to handle marriage and divorce.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/magazine/16Shariah-t.html
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Washington Post
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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D.C.'s Gun Ban Gets Day in Court
Justices' Decision May Set Precedent In Interpreting the 2nd Amendment
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2008/03/15/ST2008031502430.html?hpid=topnews
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Republicans See Storm Clouds Gathering
Week of Bad News Highlights Difficult Challenges for GOP in Fall Elections
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502047.html?hpid=topnews
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For Germany's Former Communists, a Stunning Resurgence
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031502081.html?hpid=topnews
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Getting Coverage if Your Employer Doesn't Offer It
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031500076.html?hpid=sec-health
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Keeping a Health Policy After You Leave Your Job
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031500077.html?hpid=sec-health
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Tax Time 2008
Take advantage now of tax advice that can make budgeting with the IRS a smooth process.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/15/AR2008031500077.html?hpid=sec-health
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Waiting Games in the Middle East
President Bush seems ready to pack up and move back to Texas. There he was last weekend singing a jolly farewell at the Gridiron Club dinner, a fancy gathering for journalists and their big-shot sources.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403335.html
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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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OBAMA SPEAKS OUT AGAINST "THE FORCES OF DIVISION"
Following a week in which he faced a growing controversy regarding hisrelationship with his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Sen. Barack Obamaspoke about the increasingly divisive nature of the Democratic race.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/15/the-forces-of-division-_n_91706.html
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Is sex story newsworthy? You decide
Funny, Republicans aren't yelping these days about The New York Times reporting on sex and politicians. When Sen. John McCain was the subject, the Times was guilty of shoddy journalism. When Gov. Eliot Spitzer was the target, the Times was practicing first-rate journalism.
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/opinion/epaper/2008/03/16/a1e_schultzcol_0316.html
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Obama Expands Delegate Lead Over Clinton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-democrats-iowa,0,2401064.story
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