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• Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has finished serving his sentence for obstructing justice. He's on his way to Texas for a job interview with an unidentified employer. Perhaps he's applying for a brush-clearing job at George Bush's ranch. Now that Bush doesn't have to look like "regular people," he's likely to abandon that camera-friendly project.

• Norm Coleman caught a break yesterday when a three judge panel ruled that Coleman can argue that 4,800 absentee ballots should be counted in his Senate race against Al Franken. The ruling did not give Coleman the opportunity to have 11,000 rejected ballots reconsidered, as he requested, but it was significantly more favorable than the 650 ballots that Franken's team wanted to remain in play.

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• Defenders of Wildlife has enlisted Ashley Judd as the face of its campaign to oppose Gov. Sarah Palin's plan to expand the aerial killing of Alaskan wolves. Palin responded by calling Defenders of Wildlife an "extreme fringe group." Does that mean Ashley Judd is palling around with terrorists?

• Dr. Trent Pierce, appointed by Mike Huckabee to chair the Arkansas State Medical Board, was the victim of an explosive device that blew up his car and left him critically injured. The motive for the apparent bombing is unknown.

• The Beanie Babies formerly known as "Marvelous Malia" and "Sweet Sasha" will henceforth be named "Marvelous Mariah" and "Sweet Sydney." The mother of the original Malia and Sasha is pleased.

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    i should think anyone (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by cpinva on Thu Feb 05, 2009 at 12:30:27 AM EST
    Palin responded by calling Defenders of Wildlife an "extreme fringe group." Does that mean Ashley Judd is palling around with terrorists?

    who pays for people to fly in helicoptors, with guns, shooting at things from the air, with no war or criminal activity going on below, is in no position to be accusing anyone else of being part of an "extreme fringe group".

    speaking only for myself.

    Are there real scientists in Alaska? (none / 0) (#13)
    by JohnRJ08 on Sat Feb 07, 2009 at 09:25:09 AM EST
    Palin is running Alaska like her own little banana republic, behaving more like an empress than the governor of a state with less than 700,000 people. She likes shooting animals, and has appointed and hired alleged experts to defend it, while attacking scientists from the lower 49 who disagree. Hail Freedonia!

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    Well (none / 0) (#1)
    by jbindc on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 01:17:47 PM EST
    If Kwame is allowed to transfer his probation to Texas, he won't be clearing brush.  Reports are that his family is already living in a pretty swank neighborhood.

    Hope that new job allows him to pay more money back to Detroit.

    Good riddance to bad rubbish.

    I read that the ruling (none / 0) (#2)
    by kenosharick on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 02:01:36 PM EST
    on coleman's behalf is not all that. Most of those ballots have been examined at least twice and will not come in. Lets hurry up and seat Al Franken already.

    Indeed (none / 0) (#3)
    by eric on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 02:35:00 PM EST
    the order isn't about counting the ballots, it was an order regarding some motions in limine that Franken brought.  It merely allows the ballots to be part of the evidence.

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    Not only that, but (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by Moishele on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 04:52:51 PM EST
    Coleman has to argue each individual ballot of the 4K+ before the court, and even if they are deemed wrongly rejected there's no guarantee they will be counted. Most of the ballots have been checked at least three times, and the likelihood of there being a Coleman ground swell is remote.

    Of the ballots Coleman has presented so far some were rejected for forged signatures and at least one for double voting. Clearly those were rightly disqualified. I'm no lawyer but it would seem to me you would lead with the stronger parts of your case. If these ballots are illustrative of the ones they want reconsidered it's going to be a long trial. I can't held but wonder if team Coleman figures their only hope is to outlast team Frankin, money wise.

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    Regarding that bomb (none / 0) (#4)
    by eric on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 02:42:22 PM EST
    in Arkansas, I understand the Dr. was critically injured.  Looking at the photos, I see that the windshield is still intact.  The bomb looks like it was planted toward the front.  I wonder if he was in the car, of in front of it?

    Fox News (none / 0) (#5)
    by squeaky on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 03:53:19 PM EST
    A step up from NYT reporting? Oh well the grey lady is getting old, I guess.

    Chief Paudert said the police initially did not suspect foul play in the case, because Dr. Pierce, a family doctor who is well known and respected in the area, was not known to be involved in any legal or other disputes, and did not perform abortions in his practice.

    NYT

    No foul play?


    Hmm (none / 0) (#6)
    by Steve M on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 04:11:49 PM EST
    How is it shoddy reporting for the NYT to report what the police chief said?

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    Did YOu Read The Fox Link? (none / 0) (#7)
    by squeaky on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 04:20:07 PM EST
    Much better reporting on the fox link than the NYT. Seemed to me that what the police chief said has no balance in reality. Essentially the NYT story is stenography from Police Chief Paudert.

    Just surprised that FOx reporters appeared to do a more balanced story than NYT.

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    I don't understand (none / 0) (#8)
    by Steve M on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 04:26:41 PM EST
    There was an explosion.  The police initially assumed there was no foul play.  Then they looked inside the wreckage and found a bomb.  At that point and not before, they realized some unknown person had planted a bomb in the car.

    You are arguing that the Fox story is better because it simply leaves out the information about the police's initial impressions.  I don't really understand that.

    It's like saying that because we now know 9/11 was terrorism, a good news story would omit the fact that some first responders initially thought there had simply been an accident.

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    No (none / 0) (#9)
    by squeaky on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 04:52:07 PM EST
    The times story centers around the notion that there is no foul play and the reporters get their whole story from the Police CHief.

    THe Fox story suggests some possible motives (homework), and does not rely on the police chief for the bulk of the story.

    Board attorney William Trice said he had no information on what caused the explosion.

    He said he knew of no disputes the chairman was involved in and said Pierce doesn't even vote on many board matters.

    "This is just off the wall," Trice said. "It's just such bizarre circumstances."

    Pierce, however, is named as a co-defendant in a case that last month made its way to the Arkansas State Supreme Court, where his motion to dismiss the appeal was granted Jan. 22.

    This may wind up amounting to nothing, but fleshing out Dr Pierce as someone who may have conflicts as opposed to the rosy picture the NYT paints seems much better reporting to me.

    You may find the two stories equal in their journalistic weight, but I think Fox did a much better job. This surprised me as I am no friend of FOx.

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    I will admit this (none / 0) (#11)
    by weltec2 on Wed Feb 04, 2009 at 06:59:17 PM EST
    for everything else they are, the Repugs are tenacious.

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