Today was the annual Brian Lehrer Show End-Of-The-Year News Quiz! Guest Quizmaster Gail Collins (on her last official day as New York Times Editorial Page Editor) joined Brian to see how much our listeners have retained from the headlines in 2006. Here are the official winners:
Vito Ferrante, New Canaan, CT
Jim Slaughter, Manhattan, NY
A.C. Chaterj, Manhattan, NY
Arjun Patney, Manhattan, NY
James Brock, Brooklyn, NY
Dan Majkut, Brooklyn, NY
Carlos Colomer, Weehawken, NJ
Valerie Robinson, Piscataway, NJ
Congratulations!
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Nuclear material secretly moved
Transit Projects get Federal Money
Judith Regan Fired After Anti-Semitic Slur
Spitzer Says he Won’t Raise Taxes
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Bloomberg is Daily News' New Yorker of the year
Iranian Protesters Fear for Their Lives
CIA Blocks Former Agent’s Op-Ed
LA Setting Example in Public Transportation
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Rice Rejects Overture To Iran And Syria (Washington Post)
Democratic Sen. Johnson in Stable Condition After Brain Surgery (Washington Post)
They Saw The Uniforms And Knew To Run (LA Times)
Reversing Trend, Big Drop Is Seen in Breast Cancer (NY Times)
Legislators Vote for Gay Unions in New Jersey (NY Times)
Who Americans Are and What They Do (NY Times)
Mesmerized By The Media (NY Post)
Dramatic Overhaul Is Urged Of Nation's Education System (NY Sun)
Freedom Tower Columns Ready For Signatures (NY Daily News)
Man's Best Find! Katrina Victim, Dog Reunited On L.I. (NY Daily News)
MTA Big Reaching End Of The Line (NY Post)
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Today we discuss opinions on different types of health insurance. here are the results of a WNYC/Pace poll conducted in October (word doc)
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Joint Chiefs Advise Change In War Strategy (Washington Post)
'04 Pentagon Report Cited Detention Concerns (Washington Post)
Iraqis Flee War, Run Into Hostility (LA Times)
EU Set To Raise Bar For New Members (London Guardian)
U.S. Subpoena Is Seen as Bid to Stop Leaks (NY Times)
Study Questions Colonoscopy Effectiveness (NY Times)
N.Y. State Senator Is Charged With Stealing More Than $400,000 (NY Times)
Pataki's Pet 'Perv' Law Dies In Capitol (NY Post)
Net Arena Over$old (NY Post)
Secret Sale Storm (NY Daily News)
Skies Have Eyes (NY Daily News)
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Saudis Say They Might Back Sunnis if U.S. Leaves Iraq (NY Times)
Pentagon's Plan: More U.S. Troops In Iraq (LA Times)
White House to Delay Shift on Iraq Until '07 (NY Times)
Immigration Raid Linked To ID Theft, Chertoff Says (USA Today)
Army, Marine Corps To Ask for More Troops (Washington Post)
Pakistan Court Drops Charge in London Plot Case (NY Times)
Pakistan's Support for Militants Threatens Region, Karzai Says (NY Times)
Web Site Hunts Pedophiles, and TV Goes Along (NY Times)
Salvo Fired in Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Battle (NY Sun)
School 'Cell' Switch (NY Post)
Pals Hit On N.Y.'s Rich Moocher (NY Daily News)
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Here is a link to an excerpt of the Iraq Study Group report where it deals with the Israeli/Arab conflict:
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Intrigue Over Spy's Death Spreads to Germany (NY Times)
Seeking Iran Intelligence, U.S. Tries Google (Washington Post)
Augusto Pinochet, Dictator Who Ruled by Terror in Chile, Dies at 91 (NY Times)
2008 Hopefuls Woo Bush Clan Donors, Aides (LA Times)
Annan To Blast U.S. In Farewell (USA Today)
50 Bullets, One Dead, and Many Questions (NY Times)
Union Square Protest Over Plans For Park (NY Post)
Eurotrash Making Marks On Subways (NY Daily News)
Fighting Fear Of Flu Shot (NY Post)
Lactose Tolerance in East Africa Points to Recent Evolution (NY Times)
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Panel To Urge Pressure On Iraq (Washington Post)
Iraq Study Group Report available just after 11:00 AM:
U.S. Institute of Peace
James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for the Study of the Presidency
Column: Al wants march down Fifth Ave. (NY Daily News)
On Call: Fifty Shots (New Yorker)
New York Bans Most Trans Fats in Restaurants (NY Times)
No Change in Definition of Gender (NY Times)
Park Pooches Get a Leash Break (NY Daily News)
Defense Nominee Gains Approval of Senate Panel (NY Times)
Iraqi Premier Moves to Plan Regional Talks (NY Times)
Muslim Cop $Laps CIA 'Bigot' (NY Times)
Guns Gone Wild (Village Voice)
Mega-Study Debunks Cellphone-Cancer Link (NY Post)
No, No, No. Yes. The Mayor's Curious Evolution on Public Money for Private Real Estate (NY Observer)
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Bolton to Leave Post as U.S. Envoy to U.N. (NY Times)
Panel Faults U.S.-Trained Afghan Police (NY Times)
Video Is a Window Into a Terror Suspect's Isolation (NY Times)
Bucking School Reform, a Leader Gets Results (NY Times)
His American Dream (NY Mag)
Belly Band' Ops Give Teens Hope (NY Daily News)
Fees To Ease Midtown Traffic Jams May Get a New Look From City Hall (NY Sun)
Ever (More) Green (NY Daily News)
Breast-Feed Rights Bill (NY Post/AP)
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