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Friday, October 28, 2005

Prior to this summer there hadn’t been a nomination to the Supreme Court for more than 10 years. Now the White House is gearing up to announce their third candidate for the court in just four months. NPR Legal affairs correspondent, Nina Totenberg, is still on the court beat 15 years after breaking the Anita Hill story that almost scuttled the nomination of Clarence Thomas. She talks about the demise of Harriet Miers’ nomination and the latest on the Valerie Plame investigation.

The Business of Business

Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace
- on the future of the New York Stock Exchange and the leaked Wal-mart memo about company health insurance


» Kai Ryssdal (Marketplace)
» The Wal-Mart memo (The New York Times - PDF file)

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30 Issues: Civil Rights for Gay New Yorkers

Tom Duane, state senator (D-29th district-Greenwich Village, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen, Upper West Side, Union Square, Stuyvesant Town),
-says it's good to harbor doubts
and
Brian Ellner, political advisor to Mayor Bloomberg and former candidate for Manhattan borough president
- debate Bloomberg and Ferrer on gay ...

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#$&*%+$!!!!

Ian Urbina, reporter for the New York Times and author, Life’s Little Annoyances: True Tales of People Who Just Can't Take It Anymore (Henry Holt 2005)
- on life's little annoyances

» Life's Little Annoyances

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While Washington Waits

Richard Wolffe, senior White House correspondent for Newsweek,
-on emerging details of a possible inictment

» Newsweek

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Reporter Name Count

From the Libby indictment:

Rober Novak: 2 times
Judith Miller: 12 times
Matt Cooper: 17 times
Tim Russert: 22 times

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Reax to Libby Indictment

VP Cheney: Mr. Libby has informed me that he is resigning to fight the charges brought against him. I have accepted his decision with deep regret.

Scooter Libby is one of the most capable and talented individuals I have ever known. He has given many years of his life to ...

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