Finally: A voting panel urges California officials to stop using a voting machine made by Diebold Election Systems, and recommends that the state consider filing civil and criminal charges against the company. The risks for children taking some antidepressants could outweigh the benefits, according to an analysis of data that pharmaceutical companies did not make …
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Bob Woodward
The Condensed Bob Woodward. U.S.-Saudi relations an election focus. McCain calls for fresh troops for Iraq.
Spoils of War
Bribes and black marketeering are rampant, Halliburton subsidiaries charging double for gas, Iraqi officials and Arabic translators unrestrained from pocketing millions of dollars, or even members of the interim governing Council accusing each other of taking tens of millions in bribes. Marketplace looks into the rebuilding Iraq. Diebold Election Systems on the hot seat in …
Politics
At least three senior United Nations officials are suspected of taking multimillion-dollar bribes from the Saddam Hussein regime. Oil for food scam? Iraqis enjoy new freedom of expression on Web journals. At least they have that. Old news by now but, Mice created without fathers. Church group slams Bush on Clean Air Act. Two trains …
Good job, boys
Arab ally snubs Bush amid ‘unprecedented hatred’ for US. The Arab world sees us as giving a free pass to Israel, now the world looks at Iraq and sees a similar situation. The Pentagon deleted from a public transcript a statement Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld made to author Bob Woodward suggesting that the administration …