After a couple of weeks of no word a group of thugs in Gaza now claim they have Fox News Journalist, Steve Centanni and his cameraman Olaf Wilig.
“A previously unknown militant group in Gaza claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the kidnapping nine days ago of two Fox journalists and demanded the United States release [...]

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Living in Florida any Hurricane season we have that doesn’t have a hurricane is a blessing. But of course the MSM can’t stand that! No, that’s two boring….
“There has been little action in the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season so far, but that may be about to change.
Max Mayfield, director of the U.S. [...]

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Per Drudge:
“Palestinian gunmen ambushed a car carrying a Fox News crew in Gaza City on Monday and kidnapped two of the journalists inside, according to witnesses and Fox. “We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza,” Fox News said in a statement.
A Fox employee in Gaza, who declined [...]

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If I were the AP, Reuters or even UPI, I’d begin to look real long and hard at just who’s pictures I was buying. First we have the Reuter’s fiasco, now it appears (unsurpisingly - they’ve done it in the past as well), the Associated Press has an issue as well.
“Weaping Woman”:
“A woman [...]

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The NY Times has a “glamor” article up today about Hezbollah, and get ready…..It’s hankie blowing time!
“Hezbollah paid for his wife‚Äôs Caesarean section. It brought olive oil, sugar and nuts when he lost his job and even covered the cost of an operation on his broken nose.
Like many poor Shiites across southern Lebanon, Ahmed Awali, [...]

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This is going to be a case for the “New Media” to watch:
“A freelance journalist and blogger has been jailed after refusing to turn over video he took at an anti-capitalist protest last summer and after refusing to testify before a grand jury looking into alleged crimes committed at the protest.
The freelancer, Josh Wolf, 24, [...]

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From just their work so far Scooter Libby’s lawyers strike me as brilliant. This is further proof of that:
“WASHINGTON –Former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby wants a memory expert to explain how he — and prosecution witnesses — may have different recollections of their conversations about a CIA officer’s identity.
In a court [...]

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Slate’s Ed Kaplin calls Bolton’s nomination hearings “Excruciating”. Yet he offers no substance for that diagnosis beyond this drivel:
“Over the years, Bolton has said many things that blatantly disqualify him for the position, but my favorite is this line from 1999:
It’s a big mistake for us to grant any validation to international [...]

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The Washington Post has an article up by one of their interns Joshua Partow, where he solicits opinions from soldiers about their situation in Iraq:
“BAGHDAD, July 26 Army Staff Sgt. Jose Sixtos considered the simple question about morale for more than an hour. But not until his convoy of armored Humvees had finally rumbled back [...]

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Mr. Leak is at it again.
“WASHINGTON, July 26 ‚Äî Senior Bush administration officials said Wednesday that it would be impractical for them to obtain individual warrants every time they needed to eavesdrop on a conversation suspected of involving Al Qaeda. They urged Congress to approve a proposal that critics said would give the president broad, [...]

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