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The administration contends the president has inherent war powers under the Constitution to order eavesdropping without warrants.

"I am very wary of inherent authority" claimed by presidents, testified U.S. Magistrate Judge Allan Kornblum. "It sounds very much like King George."

• The Falafel King has a new war: St. Paul City Office Boots Easter Bunny

Now this:

• Marshmallow Peeps stand in protest of Easter Bunny's eviction

O'Reilly must be sh*tting himself.

Mich. Gov. Signs Minimum Wage Increase

LANSING, Mich. -- Workers earning the minimum wage in Michigan will get a raise in October under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm.

The minimum rate will climb from $5.15 an hour to $6.95 an hour, then to $7.15 an hour in July 2007 and to $7.40 an hour in July 2008.

Michigan's current hourly minimum rate matches the federal minimum wage. Seventeen states and the District of Columbia set minimum wages higher than the federal minimum, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Michigan's Republican-dominated Legislature passed the minimum wage increase this month after it became evident that a petition drive to put the issue before voters in November was likely to succeed.

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• 24 More Iraqis Kidnapped From Businesses The good news: At least the gunmen will treat the hostages better than we treat Gitmo detainees.
• Schools, Kids Becoming Targets in Iraq The good news: Out of the kindness of their heart, the bomber(s) waited until after the morning spelling bee to blow sh*t up.
• Bomb Explodes Outside Iraqi Police Station The good news: Iraqi police were on the scene in less than 5 minutes.
• Shiites suspend talks with U.S. The good news: Nothing bad can be said out of anger.

In 90 minutes Monday at a Country Club Plaza-area home, she took in at least $40,000 for her Senate re-election campaign.

Clinton did not announce the fundraising event in advance, and on Tuesday, politicians in both parties called that unusual.

Republicans say she tried to hide her visit because she's too liberal for Missouri.

"It makes perfect sense," said GOP spokesman Paul Sloca. "The Democrats know and Hillary Clinton knows that she does not represent Missouri values in any way, shape or form. It makes sense for her to sneak in and then zip right out."

Is that why Missouri went to Clinton twice in the 90's Mr Sloca? Dumbazz. Here's why your party is hypocritical:

Cheney at Fund-Raiser, but Not With the Candidate

In the biggest campaign fund-raiser yet on behalf of State Senator Thomas H. Kean Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to New Jersey on Monday and praised Mr. Kean as someone with "the experience, the values and the vision to be a superb United States senator."

But there was one problem: Mr. Kean was a no-show.

Actually, Mr. Kean did show up at the event, which was held at the offices of the IDT Corporation in downtown Newark. But he did not make it until 6:15, roughly 15 minutes after Mr. Cheney's motorcade had left.

So what should have been a routine political story about a successful fund-raiser, netting close to $400,000, became one in which Mr. Kean was asked repeatedly whether he had deliberately avoided being photographed with the vice president, who is deeply unpopular in New Jersey.

Bar Sweep Sparks Controversy

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission sent a message to bar patrons last week.

TABC agents and Irving police swept through 36 Irving bars and arrested about 30 people on charges of public intoxication. Agency representatives say the move came as a proactive measure to curtail drunken driving.

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At one location, for example, agents and police arrested patrons of a hotel bar. Some of the suspects said they were registered at the hotel and had no intention of driving. Arresting authorities said the patrons were a danger to themselves and others.

"Going to a bar is not an opportunity to go get drunk," TABC Capt. David Alexander said. "It's to have a good time but not to get drunk."

Iraqi diplomat gave U.S. prewar WMD details
Saddam's foreign minister told CIA the truth, so why didn't agency listen?

In the period before the Iraq war, the CIA and the Bush administration erroneously believed that Saddam Hussein was hiding major programs for weapons of mass destruction. Now NBC News has learned that for a short time the CIA had contact with a secret source at the highest levels within Saddam Hussein's government, who gave them information far more accurate than what they believed. It is a spy story that has never been told before, and raises new questions about prewar intelligence.

What makes the story significant is the high rank of the source. His name, officials tell NBC News, was Naji Sabri, Iraq's foreign minister under Saddam. Although Sabri was in Saddam's inner circle, his cosmopolitan ways also helped him fit into diplomatic circles.

In September 2002, at a meeting of the U.N.'s General Assembly, Sabri came to New York to represent Saddam. In front of the assembled diplomats, he read a letter from the Iraqi leader. "The United States administration is acting on behalf of Zionism," he said. He announced that there were no weapons of mass destruction and that the U.S. planned war in Iraq because it wanted the country's oil.

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For example, consider biological weapons, a key concern before the war. The CIA said Saddam had an "active" program for "R&D, production and weaponization" for biological agents such as anthrax. Intelligence sources say Sabri indicated Saddam had no significant, active biological weapons program. Sabri was right. After the war, it became clear that there was no program.

Bush signs debt limit increase to $8.965 trillion

CLEVELAND, March 20 (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday signed into law a $781 billion increase in U.S. borrowing authority, making the Treasury Department's new debt limit $8.965 trillion, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said.

Last week, the Senate approved the increase in borrowing authority requested by the Treasury Department to avoid a government default. The U.S. House of Representatives approved the legislation nearly a year ago.

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...someone commented that the press was sure beating up on Mike Brown, to which the President replied : "I'd rather they beat up on him than me or Chertoff."

The delay is "in order to allow Mr. Abramoff's cooperation to continue
uninterrupted," according to a joint motion for a new status conference filed
late Thursday.
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The length of Abramoff's sentences in both cases will depend on the level
of help he provides to investigators as they continue their probe of corruption
among public officials.

The shortcomings were little surprise but are nonetheless "appalling," said Gene Spafford, a Purdue University computer science professor who has long been urging greater cybersecurity research and more development dollars.

The Department of Homeland Security has proven itself a particular magnet for criticism and had been chided for its failure to develop a cyber crisis contingency plan, prompting experts to question its ability to handle a massive attack.

- $300 million to enable U.S. customs agents to inspect high-risk
containers at all 140 overseas ports that ship directly to the United States.
Current funding only allows U.S. customs agents to operate at 43 of these
ports.

- $400 million to place radiation monitors at all U.S. ports of
entry. Currently, less than half of U.S. ports have radiation
monitors.

- $300 million to provide backup emergency communications
equipment for the Gulf Coast.