Hey, they booked Father Guido Sarducci again... :)
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Add Senator Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to the list of Republicans not entirely pleased with President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. "I have a lot of confidence in this president. I do think he has picked some really good nominees and like all of us, we make mistakes now and then, and it's our responsibility under the constitution in the Senate to review this nominee," Lott said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9598551/Strong Grounding in the Church Could Be a Clue to Miers's Priorities. Nathan Hecht and other confidants of Miers all pledge that if the Senate confirms her nomination to the Supreme Court, her judicial values will be guided by the law and the Constitution. But they say her personal values have been shaped by her abiding faith in Jesus, and by her membership in the massive red-brick Valley View Christian Church, where she was baptized as an adult.
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The officials responsible for monitoring more than $60 billion in federal Hurricane Katrina spending promised yesterday to take a hard look at every no-bid contract awarded since the storm and to investigate the adequacy of contracts the government had in place before disaster struck.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/28/AR2005092802252.htmlPresident Bush, increasingly concerned about a possible avian flu pandemic, revealed Tuesday that any part of the country where the virus breaks out could likely be quarantined and that he is considering using the military to enforce the decision.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-10-04-bush-avianflu_x.htmReligious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today. According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1798944,00.htmlBooked: Father Guido Sarducci.
That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
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A man accused of trying to burglarize a home in Cottonwood, Arizona while naked Tuesday stopped in mid-escape to ask the victim for a pair of shorts, a sheriff's spokeswoman said. The victim threw the shorts to the accused burglar, who then fled, said Susan Quayle, a spokeswoman for the Yavapai County Sheriff's Department. Nickos George Kopsaftis was later arrested next door, apparently while trying to steal a car, Quayle said. "He was wearing the shorts that were donated to him," she said. When deputies arrived, they found a pair of wet socks and a pair of wet pants with Kopsaftis' wallet and ID inside, Quayle said. She said shed didn't know how Kopsaftis' pants got wet.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/N/NAKED_BURGLAR?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOMEIf we get the answer to that one, we'll let you know.
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Newly installed Chief Justice John Roberts on Wednesday sharply questioned a lawyer arguing for preservation of Oregon's physician-assisted suicide law, noting the federal government's tough regulation of addictive drugs.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9595961/A bomb exploded at the entrance of a Shiite Muslim mosque south of Baghdad Wednesday as worshippers gathered for prayers on the first day of Ramadan, killing at least 22 people and wounding 77, officials said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9530709/Iraq's National Assembly voted on Wednesday to reverse last-minute changes it had made to rules for next week's referendum on a new constitution following criticism by the United Nations that the rules were unfair to the Sunni minority.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9589840/Tropical Storm Tammy formed just off Florida's east coast Wednesday and could bring tornadoes, heavy rains and coastal erosion to northern Florida and parts of Georgia and the Carolinas.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9597235/Entrances to the White House from Pennsylvania Avenue, a historic Washington thoroughfare, were briefly closed on Wednesday due to a suspicious package.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9597893/Apple Computer Inc. has e-mailed invitations to reporters for a special event next week, prompting speculation on the Internet that the company would unveil a long-rumored iPod that can display videos.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9597131/Britain's heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will meet President Bush when they travel to the United States for their first joint official tour, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9598541/Americans Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock and Yves Chauvin of France won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for discoveries that let industry create drugs and advanced plastics in a more efficient and environmentally friendly way.
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