NATIONAL & WORLD NEWS - June 17, 2008

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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-Booming, China Faults U.S. Policy on the Economy
By EDWARD WONG
Americans once scolded the Chinese on mismanaging their economy. But inrecent weeks, the fingers have been wagging in the other direction.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/world/asia/17china.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

-Is McCain Like Bush? It Depends on the Issue
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
It is hard to categorize John McCain as doctrinaire, but he appears to haveceded some of his maverick reputation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/us/politics/17policy.html?hp

-Tiger Woods - Frozen Gaze
Rocco Mediate's head swiveled about as he walked up the fairway of thesudden-death hole of the U.S. Open on Monday. Somebody would catch hisattention, and his eyes would dart over and he'd wave or make a crack. TigerWoods's gaze, on the other hand, remained fixed on the ground, a few feetahead of his steps. He was, as always, locked in, focused andself-contained.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/opinion/17brooks.html?ref=opinion

-A Better System for Young Offenders
The New York City courts that process arrested adults have long been openseven days a week. But until just recently, the courts that process arrestedchildren were closed on weekends, making it necessary for children takeninto custody to be detained for 48 hours or even longer before seeing ajudge.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/opinion/17tue2.html?ref=opinion

-Taliban Commander Is Face of Rising Threat
The attack was little reported at the time. A suicide bombing on March 3killed two NATO soldiers and two Afghan civilians and wounded 19 others inan American military base. Maulavi Jalaluddin Haqqani, whose group claimedresponsibility for the attack. It was only weeks later, when Talibanmilitants put out a propaganda DVD, that the implications of the attackbecame clear.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/world/asia/17warlord.html?hp

-Same-Sex Marriages Begin in California
With a series of simple "I dos," gay couples across California inauguratedthe state's court-approved and potentially short-lived legalization ofsame-sex marriage on Monday, the first of what is expected to be a crush ofsuch unions in coming weeks.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/us/17weddings.html?hp

-Grand Jury Said to Look at Attorneys' Dismissals
Justice Department prosecutors are using a grand jury to investigatecriminal accusations that grew out of the dismissals of nine United Statesattorneys, signaling a new stage in one aspect of the inquiry, lawyers inthe case said Monday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/washington/17attorneys.html?hp

-Israel Seems to Make Progress in Talks
Israel appeared to be making diplomatic progress Monday on three fronts: apossible prisoner exchange with Hezbollah; a second round of indirect talkswith Syrian representatives in Turkey; and a possible truce with Hamas inGaza.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/18/world/middleeast/18mideast.html

-The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs
The Associated Press, one of the nation's largest news organizations, saidthat it will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as tohow much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerptwithout infringing on The A.P.'s copyright.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/business/media/16ap.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1213668420-HGaSg+4egsvmMu+1vJS5pg


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Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
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-Father Knows Best BY E.J. Dionne Jr.
Was Obama's Father's Day call to responsible parenting a simple politicalploy?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602088.html

-Contempt of Courts by George F. Will
McCain's posturing on Guantanamo is not only hypocritical, it's irresponsible.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602041.html

-McCain Seeks End to Drilling Ban
Senator's call for an end to the federal ban on offshore oil drilling is aresponse to high gas prices.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602731.html?hpid=topnews

-Court to Rule In Suit Against Ashcroft, Others
The Supreme Court said yesterday it will decide whether former attorneygeneral John D. Ashcroft and top Bush administration officials are protectedfrom a lawsuit filed by a Pakistani man who alleges he was abused after hisarrest following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061600810.html?hpid=sec-politics

-Stalking Yemen's Streets: Self-Appointed Morals Police
Call them vice and virtue vigilantes: Even as Islamic scholars and lawmakerspush Yemen to create a police unit to enforce religious standards, gangs ofbearded men have appeared ad hoc to police public mores.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602362.html?hpid=sec-religion

-Put Your Right Wing In, Take Your Left Wing Out
If John McCain keeps dancing like this, he's liable to break a hip. Lastmonth, he shimmied to the left on energy policy, infuriating conservativeswith a plan to cap carbon emissions. Yesterday, he shuffled back to theright, demanding an end to quarter-century-old bans on offshore oildrilling.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/16/AR2008061602148.html


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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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-CEOs are spared economic pain
Despite the mantra of pay for performance, many CEOs saw theirmultimillion-dollar pay soar while their companies' stock tanked.
http://www.miamiherald.com/103/story/572585.html

-Washington silent on attack at U.S. Embassy
On June 9, another U.S. Embassy suffered an attack by an enraged mob thatthreatened to burn the building down if the ambassador was not thrown out ofthe country. This time the riot occurred in La Paz, Bolivia, and not in afar away Middle Eastern or African capital.
http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/other_views/story/572724.html


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Fort Report
http://www.fortreport.com/
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-The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs
The Associated Press, one of the nation's largest news organizations, saidthat it will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as tohow much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerptwithout infringing on The A.P.'s copyright.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/business/media/16ap.html?adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1213668420-HGaSg+4egsvmMu+1vJS5pg

-Red, blue state? It's purple in Michigan
Swing state chooses Dems for president and Congress, Republicans for second-tier spots. In a nation of red and blue states, color Michigan a confused purple. Not since 1988 has a Republican presidential candidate carried the state, and only one Republican has represented Michigan in the U.S. Senate since 1980.
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061106/POLITICS01/611060353&imw=Y

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