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U.S. Navy Hangs Back in Persian Gulf as Questions Mount About Defecting Iranian Revolutionary Guard Members of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard are showing “discontent,” according to the former crown prince of Iran, as the U.S. Navy sits back in “non-incident mode” in the Persian Gulf. The U.S. Department of Defense is “on edge” over the turmoil [...]

The State: S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s staff said this morning that the governor, who went mysteriously incommunicado for several days, plans to return to his office Wednesday. Late Monday, his office said the governor was hiking on the Appalachian Trail, ending four days during which staff and state officials said they had not heard from [...]

The video is, unfortunately, absolute quality. I don’t know what the hell the recorder was thinking, but none the less, the punch happens at 38 seconds in. Enjoy. Normally, I wouldn’t bother reporting celebrity garbage like this, but this particular story strikes some good chords with me, given that, if you remember, Perez Hilton was [...]

ACORN’s entanglements with vote-fraud allegations have grown so radioactive that the organization may jettison the ACORN name altogether. ACORN’s global entity, ACORN International, announced June 17 that it has changed its name to “Community Organizations International.” Speculation is rampant that the parent ACORN organization, whose formal name is the Association of Community Organizations for Reform [...]

FOX News: Protesters in Iran are hailing 26-year-old Neda Soltan as a martyr after graphic videos of her apparent murder at a protest in Tehran hit the Internet. Iran experts say images of her bloody death have galvanized the country and that mourning for her — which has been banned by authorities — will bring [...]

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The Washington Times: Despite signs that the recession gripping the nation’s economy may be easing, the unemployment rate is projected to continue rising for another year before topping out in double digits, a prospect that threatens to slow growth, increase poverty and further complicate the Obama administration’s message of optimism about the economic outlook. The [...]

CHICAGO (AP) – Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s former chief fundraiser was sentenced Monday to three years in prison for hiding the use of his company’s money to pay thousands of dollars in gambling debts and other expenses. Christopher G. Kelly, 50, who was a key member of Blagojevich’s inner circle, also was fined $7,500 [...]

NewsBusters: During an interview with President Obama, Harry Smith asked about recent criticism by Dick Cheney and President Bush: “Leon Panetta intimated that the former Vice President was playing politics with national security issues. The former President has intoned his own displeasure with some of your policy changes. I think they feel like some of [...]

FOX News: PARIS — President Nicolas Sarkozy said the Muslim burqa would not be welcome in France, calling the full-body religious gown a sign of the “debasement” of women. In the first presidential address to parliament in 136 years, Sarkozy faced critics who fear the burqa issue could stigmatize France’s Muslims and said he supported [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama cited his own long struggle to quit the cigarettes he got hooked on as a teenager as he signed the nation’s strongest-ever anti-smoking bill Monday and praised it for providing critically needed protections for kids. “The decades-long effort to protect our children from the harmful effects of tobacco has [...]

The Guardian UK: Staff at Goldman Sachs staff can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm’s 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, sparking concern that the big investment banks which survived the credit crunch will derail financial regulation reforms. A lack of competition and a surge in revenues [...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A North Korean-flagged ship under close watch in Asian waters is believed to be heading toward Myanmar carrying small arms cargo banned under a new U.N. resolution, a South Korean intelligence official said Monday. Still, analysts say a high seas interception—something North Korea has said it would consider an act [...]

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Sen. McCain reads an AP article on protest crackdown but mainly focuses on the death of the woman known as “Neda,” who was killed and her video posted on YouTube. He then reads another article detailing the death. . C-SPAN:

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