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Mars lander almost at destination
The Phoenix Mars Lander, bristling with scientific instruments to poke, probe, look at and analyze Martian soil, ice and atmosphere, has almost reached its destination after a nearly 10-month journey…

Dead Kennedys singer responds to Savage: How the hell does he get away with stuff like this?
Earlier this week, after Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) was diagnosed with a brain tumor, right-wing talker Michael Savage offensively mocked Kennedy’s condition by playing the Dead Kennedys song “California Über Alles” and reading aloud its lyrics on his radio show. In an expletive-laden interview with the Boston Phoenix, Dead Kennedys lead singer Jello Biafra responded […]

Earlier this week, after Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) was diagnosed with a brain tumor, right-wing talker Michael Savage offensively mocked Kennedy’s condition by playing the Dead Kennedys song “California Über Alles” and reading aloud its lyrics on his radio show. In an expletive-laden interview with the Boston Phoenix, Dead Kennedys lead singer Jello Biafra responded to Savage’s use of his song, saying he took the “song way the hell out of context and did it deliberately.” From the interview:

But the bigger issue is Savage himself and how the hell he gets away with stuff like saying this, and saying that people with AIDS should be put in concentration camps. And then when people protest at the station, he calls on his own listeners to come down and beat them up.

Cindy McCain Reported Income Exceeding $6 Million in 2006
Cindy McCain, the wife of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, reported an income of more than $6 million in 2006, most of it from real estate, trusts and other unearned income from the wealth spun off of her family beer empire, tax returns show.

Former Aide Is Under Investigation
Authorities are investigating whether a former executive assistant in the U.S. House misappropriated thousands of dollars to finance a vacation and personal items, as part of a widening effort to determine whether congressional accounts are inadequately monitored, according to two sources familiar…

McCain’s False View of Global Power
Philip Stephens, Financial Times