Subject: Today's Headlines: Ex-Justice Aide Admits Politics Affected Hiring

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Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 03:32:03 -0500

TODAY'S HEADLINES
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Compiled 2 AM ET

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- TOP STORIES -

Ex-Justice Aide Admits Politics Affected Hiring
By DAVID JOHNSTON and ERIC LIPTON
Monica M. Goodling said that she had "crossed the line" in
considering the political beliefs of Justice Department
applicants.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/washington/24monica.html?th&emc=th

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Insurers Agree to Pay Billions at Ground Zero
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
The agreement ends a long legal battle and ensures that
$4.55 billion will be available for rebuilding the World
Trade Center site.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/nyregion/24insure.html?th&emc=th

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Oil Industry Says Biofuel Push May Keep Gas Prices Up
By JAD MOUAWAD
Some oil executives warn that current fuel shortages could
become a long-term problem, leading to higher prices at the
pump.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/business/24refinery.html?th&emc=th

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- QUOTATION OF THE DAY -

"It is a place that they send young women during their pregnancies, and I can't think of any sound academic reason that they exist."
- BENITA MILLER, the executive director of the Brooklyn Young Mothers'
Collective, on special New York City schools for pregnant
students.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/education/24educ.html?th&emc=th

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- TRAVEL -
Frugal Traveler: American Road Trip
For 12 weeks, the Frugal Traveler will file dispatches and video about his cross-country road trip.
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- TIMESSELECT -
Our Lives as Atoms: The New Silent Majority
Mark Buchanan on "pluralistic ignorance" and the media coverage of politics.
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- WORLD -

Snubbed by U.S., China Finds New Space Partners
By JIM YARDLEY
Beijing is trying to position itself as a space benefactor
to countries whose natural resources it covets here on
earth.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/world/asia/24satellite.html?th&emc=th

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Body Found in Iraq May Be  That of Missing G.I.
By DAMIEN CAVE
Iraqi police officials said the body was partly clothed in
a U.S. military uniform.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/world/middleeast/24iraq.html?th&emc=th

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NEWS ANALYSIS
On War Funds, Democrats Saw No Option but to Cede Ground to
Bush
By CARL HULSE
The idea that many Democrats would be left on the losing
side in a consequential vote on the Iraq spending bill has
exposed a sharp divide within the Democratic Party.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/washington/24cong.html?th&emc=th

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- U.S. -

As Law Is Renegotiated, Immigrant Families Are on Edge
By JULIA PRESTON
A bipartisan bill would worsen the plight of legal
immigrants who have been waiting as long as seven years to
bring their families to live with them.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/us/24family.html?th&emc=th

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Study Finds Hurricanes Frequent in Some Cooler Periods
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Over the last 5,000 years, the eastern Caribbean has
experienced several periods in which strong hurricanes
occurred frequently despite cooler ocean temperatures.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/science/earth/24storm.html?th&emc=th

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Hispanic Hopeful for '08 Confronts Immigration
By ADAM NAGOURNEY
Gov. Bill Richardson, Democrat of New Mexico, has weathered
the crosscurrents of the immigration battle.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/us/politics/24richardson.html?th&emc=th

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- BUSINESS -

Years Ago, Agency Was Warned of a Drug's Risks
By STEPHANIE SAUL  and GARDINER HARRIS
A leading diabetes doctor sent the Food and Drug
Administration a letter seven years ago that warned of the
heart risks of the drug Avandia.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/business/24drug.html?th&emc=th

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S.E.C. Revises Its Standards for Corporate Audits
By ERIC DASH
The new guidelines are part of an effort to make compliance
on accounting less costly for small companies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/business/24regs.html?th&emc=th

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China Talks Don't Resolve Major Issues
By STEVEN R. WEISMAN
The Bush administration failed to achieve an increase in
the ownership ceilings that the Chinese impose on joint
ventures with American firms, officials said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/business/worldbusiness/24trade.html?th&emc=th

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- SPORTS -

YANKEES 8, RED SOX 3
Yanks Make a Dent as Pettitte Finds Support
By TYLER KEPNER
The Yankees still remain far behind the Red Sox. But Andy
Pettitte gave his team the kind of outing they needed and
the hitters finally supported him Wednesday.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/sports/baseball/24yankees.html?th&emc=th

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Giambi Meets Baseball Officials Over Steroids
By JACK CURRY
Major League officials wanted to learn what kind of
performance-enhancing drugs the slugger used.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/sports/baseball/24giambi.html?th&emc=th

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METS 3, BRAVES 0
Pérez, Using His Full Repertory, Baffles the Braves Again
By BEN SHPIGEL
The Mets have defeated the Braves three times this season
and the team will leave Atlanta atop the National League
East.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/sports/baseball/24mets.html?th&emc=th

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- ARTS -

MOVIE REVIEW | 'PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END'
Back to the Bounding Main
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
"At World's End" is the third and perhaps final episode in
the swishy, swashbuckling "Pirates of the Caribbean" saga.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/movies/24pira.html?th&emc=th

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MUSEUM REVIEW | CREATION MUSEUM
Adam and Eve in the Land of the Dinosaurs
By EDWARD ROTHSTEIN
At the $27 million Creation Museum evolution gets its
continual comeuppance, while biblical revelations are
treated as gospel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/arts/24crea.html?th&emc=th

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THE TV WATCH
A Rose-Colored Reality Where Everyone Wins
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Reality shows do not reflect the human condition; they tidy
it up.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/arts/television/24watc.html?th&emc=th

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- FASHION & STYLE -

Love, Money and Clothes
By ERIC WILSON
A Chilean collector outbids the Met for prize couture.  His
mother is his muse.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/fashion/24COLLECT.html?th&emc=th

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SKIN DEEP
Implants Are Back, and So Is Debate
By NATASHA SINGER
Some doctors balk at silicone F.D.A. guidelines, saying
they are bureaucratic and unscientific.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/fashion/24skin.html?th&emc=th

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CYBERFAMILIAS
Visits to Doctors Who Are Not in, Ever
By MICHELLE SLATALLA
Online symptoms searches can be useful. They can also give
you acute misinformation.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/fashion/24Cyber.html?th&emc=th

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- EDITORIALS -

Witness for the Prosecutors
Monica Goodling made some disturbing admissions yesterday,
even as she strained to present every fact in the most
favorable light to her Bush administration allies.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/opinion/24thu1.html?th&emc=th

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Giving Juvenile Offenders a Chance
The Connecticut State Senate set a welcome national example
with a bill that would move 16- and 17-year-old offenders
out of the adult courts and back into the juvenile justice
system where they belong.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/opinion/24thu2.html?th&emc=th

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Killing the Russian Media
Since the year 2000, when President Vladimir Putin was
first elected, at least 14 journalists have been murdered
because of their work. None of these murders have been
solved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/opinion/24thu3.html?th&emc=th

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Be Kind to Our Whistle-Blower Friends
The House has approved an overdue remedy that would
strengthen whistle-blower protection and the penalties for
retaliators.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/opinion/24thu4.html?th&emc=th

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- OP-ED -

GUEST COLUMNIST
Rethinking Old Age
By ATUL GAWANDE
We don't much talk about getting more control over our
lives in nursing homes. And that's a problem.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/opinion/24gawande.html?th&emc=th
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OP-ED COLUMNIST
Pirates and Sanctions
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
China has thrived largely because of values we like to
think of as American: ingenuity, diligence,
entrepreneurship and respect for markets.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/opinion/24kristof.html?th&emc=th
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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Prisoner of Her Desires
By REUEL MARC GERECHT
Iran has failed to engage diplomatically with the United
States and Europe, and the jailing of Haleh Esfandiari is a
case in point.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/opinion/24gerecht.html?th&emc=th

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- ON THIS DAY -

On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic. 

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