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• Speed Read Feed for August 6, 2007

  Published: August 5, 2007, 11:18 pm

  Tags: Speed Read Feed, Adoption, British, Eagles, Jack Bauer, Madonna, New York Times, President Bush, Rupert Murdoch, Wsj

  Jack Bauer’s next mission could be fighting global warming- Washington Post With WSJ in tow, Rupert Murdoch planning all out media war- MSNBC Mitt Romney gets heated during interview talking about his faith- Politico Foot-and-mouth disease found in British meat (again)- Yahoo! News House approves taxes on oil companies- My Way New York Times

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• August: Bush gaining distance from Washington

  Published: August 7, 2007, 6:30 am

  Tags: President Bush

  Texas, all show up on the president's schedules in the course of a week. And, so it is August: President Bush is having lunch today with Defense Secretary Robert Gates today at Camp David, the wooded retreat nestled in Catoctin Mountain Park in northern Maryland where Bush played host to the president of Afghanistan the past two days.

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• Bush: Congrats but no phone call to Barry Bonds

  Published: August 8, 2007, 9:41 am

  Tags: President Bush

  President Bush, former managing partner of the Texas Rangers, often invites national league and NCAA champions to the White House for celebrations. But the White House says Bush has made no call to Barry Bonds, the new homerun king, today. No no call to Barry Bonds,'' Tony Snow, the White House press secretary, said this morning. The

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• Report card on president's health: 'Superior'

  Published: August 8, 2007, 2:01 pm

  Tags: President Bush

  President Bush, once a brisk jogger, has turned to lower-impact exercise. And he takes his mountain bike with him when he travels, pictured here leading China's Mountain Biking Team on a Sunday afternoon in Beijing in November 2005. White House photo by Paul Morse by Mark Silva President Bush, "fit for duty'' at 61, has undergone his

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• Dingell's energy plan would hike gas taxes

  Published: August 8, 2007, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Congress, Energy, Environment, Gas Prices, Politics, President Bush, Taxes

  by William Neikirk Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) has a plan for combating global warming. He would slap a 50-cent per gallon tax on gasoline, end the mortgage tax deduction for so-called "McMansions," and tax and put a cap on carbon dioxide emissions. Proposals by a single congressman are usually not so noteworthy, but Dingell happens to be the

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• Postscript on presidential call to Barry Bonds

  Published: August 8, 2007, 5:55 pm

  Tags: President Bush

  today over whether or not President Bush would place a congratulatory call to Barry Bonds, the new homerun king who faces questions about steroids, the president made that call early this afternoon. And later today, the president explained his initial delay as a matter of time zones -- Bonds blasted his 756th home run on the Pacific

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• THE LOCKER ROOM 8/8 - Evening Edition

  Published: August 8, 2007, 6:07 pm

  Tags: Amani Toomer, Barry Bonds, Carolina Hurricanes, David Rabinowitz, Eric Smith, Eric Staal, Jordan Staal, Nfl, Nhl, New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Penguins, President Bush, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, The Locker Room, Tom Coughlin

  bachelor party last month. President Bush called Barry Bonds to congratulate him on breaking Hank Aaron's

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• AP: All Bush Has Left are White, Church-Going Men

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:14 am

  Tags: Iraq, Polling, President Bush

  person who still backs him, President Bush need only look in the mirror. The president fits the composite of today's Bush supporter: a conservative, white, Republican man, an evangelical Christian who goes to church regularly. Hammered by bad news in Iraq, congressional investigations and recent failed domestic initiatives such as immigration

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• Bush: Is the fight in Iraq 'worth it?... Absolutely.'

  Published: August 9, 2007, 11:52 am

  Tags: President Bush

  constructive role?'' the president said of Maliki. I assume he is.'' Still, should Iran play any unconstructive'' role, Bush said, There will be a price to pay.'' As the president heads out for Kennebunkport this afternoon for a long weekend at his parent's summer home on the rocky Maine shore and also to play host for French

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• Three Bushes in a boat: 'What other families do'

  Published: August 10, 2007, 1:57 pm

  Tags: President Bush

  President Bush, second from the left, waves with his brother, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, second from right, as they go fishing off the coast of Kennebunkport, Maine. (Photo by Getty Images/Jim Watson.) by Mark Silva President Bush went boating and fishing today with his father, the former President George Herbert Walker Bush, and his

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• Speed Read Feed for August 11, 2007

  Published: August 11, 2007, 3:03 am

  Tags: Speed Read Feed, Breast Feeding, Breastfeeding, Bumpshack, Los Angeles, Lottery, Mcdonalds, Merv Griffin, Milk, President Bush, Sex, Sex Slavery, Vacation

  in Los Angeles- Yahoo! News President Bush on pace to have most vacations- Chron Man sues McDonald’s for cheese on his burger- Charleston Daily Mail Milk prices have risen to record highs- Breitbart Merv Griffin in grave condition- AZ Central Woman must forfeit $1 million lottery win- KPTV Five breast-feeding mistakes and remedies- CNN

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• Bush administration announces sanctions against businesses that knowingly hire illegals.

  Published: August 11, 2007, 10:51 am

  Tags: Arizona Politics, Immigration, President Bush

  Now where does Magruder & Co. go for aid and comfort? With the intent to make finding employment in the United States more difficult for those here in violation of our law, employers will be required to show they have verified the identity of workers. Fines for non-compliance for those who knowing hire illegal workers will be increased

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• Bush offers French leader hot dogs or hamburgers

  Published: August 11, 2007, 4:40 pm

  Tags: President Bush

  at Walker's Point asked President Bush if he could speak any French. No, I can't,'' Bush said. I can barely speak English.'' And what was for lunch? We're going to give him a hamburger or hot dog, his choice,'' Bush said. With mustard or catsup? It's up to him.'' President Bush and his

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• Bush: August 'slow news month,' except in Iraq

  Published: August 11, 2007, 10:06 am

  Tags: President Bush

  Predent Bush and Afghan President Hamid Karzai at Camp David this week: Karzai portrayed the Taliban as "defeated'' and "hiding.'' White House photo. by Mark Silva August may be "a slow news month,'' President Bush says, but it is delivering good news from Iraq and Afghanistan. "In America, August is considered a slow news month,''

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• Jim Morris stands in for GWB at a recent press conference!

  Published: August 7, 2007, 2:36 pm

  Tags: Video, President Bush, Jim Morris, Satirist, Impressionist, Press Conference

  JTOB in,Jim Morris and the Presidential Follies of 2008Playing August 30 thru September 30, 7:30 pm show timejtoffbroadway.com for information and ticketsCalled by the New Yorker Magazine the country's leading political impressionist Jim Morris creates a hilarious living political cartoon in his one man show the Presidential Follies of

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