Keith's back and talking about Crazy Eyes Coulter... STOP WITH THE TOM CRUISE CRAP ALREADY!!!!
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A constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage went down to Senate defeat Wednesday, but supporters said that several new votes for the measure represent progress that gives the GOP's base reason to vote on Election Day. The 49-48 vote fell 11 short of the 60 required to send the matter for an up-or-down tally by the full Senate. Had the amendment survived, a two-thirds majority in both houses of Congress would have been required to send it to the states. It then would have had to be ratified by at least 38 state legislatures.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13181735/Meanwhile, on the subject of something that might just require Congress' attention...
U.S. Marines accused of killing 24 unarmed Iraqis in Haditha will cite chaotic battle conditions as their defense if charged with murder, said a source close to one of the soldiers under investigation. The source, who declined to be identified because military prosecutors have yet to press charges, said some of the 24 dead could have been insurgents. Those killed in the western Iraqi town last November 19 included men, women and children.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-06-07T153858Z_01_N07171643_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-HADITHA-DEFENSE.xmlCountdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.
KEITH is BACK.
A former Republican congressman narrowly beat his Democratic rival early Wednesday for the right to fill the House seat once held by imprisoned Randy "Duke" Cunningham, a race closely watched as a possible early barometer of next fall's vote.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13169540/Keith weighs in on the Ann Coulter appearance with Matt Lauer.
The Church of Scientology is gearing up to bring its message to a whole new arena: racing fans. "Ignite Your Potential" is the mantra Scientology uses to get Tom Cruise and other Hollywood celebs jumping up and down. Now that message will be used to fuel the engines of a new NASCAR race team.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2044770Celebrity magazines racing to publish the first photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's infant daughter may have been beaten to the punch Tuesday when a supposed portrait of the couple and their baby surfaced on the Internet.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13172596/That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
Finally,
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drone aircraft, are about to be launched for the first time by the police in Los Angeles. UAVs have long been used by the military in war zones such as Iraq or Afghanistan. But the technology has been adapted for domestic use and could revolutionize the way law enforcement agencies carry out surveillance and rescue operations. "It has a video link that sends data in real time down to our ground station - the operator can then see, in real time, what it's seeing," explains SkySeer inventor Sam De La Torre, from Octatron Inc - a surveillance technology firm. The SkySeer has been designed for quick and easy use by police officers on the street. It can be folded up and stored like a tent in a backpack.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5051142.stmIt's getting really weird.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/Other News:
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki released nearly 600 detainees Wednesday, making good on a pledge intended to ease feuding between Sunni Arabs and Shiites.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13163802/World powers have compromised on a demand that Iran commit to a long-term moratorium on uranium enrichment and are asking only for suspension during talks on Tehran's nuclear program, diplomats said Wednesday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13177731/Fourteen European nations colluded with U.S. intelligence in a "spider's web" of secret flights and detention centers that violated international human rights law, the head of an investigation into alleged CIA clandestine prisons said Wednesday. Swiss Senator Dick Marty said the nations aided the movement of 17 detainees who said they had been abducted by U.S. agents and secretly transferred to detention centers around the world. Some said they were transferred to the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and others to alleged secret facilities in countries including Poland, Romania, Egypt and Jordan. Some said they were mistreated or tortured.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13175897/Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday that while the country has been able to absorb sharp increases in oil prices, high energy costs are beginning to stunt economic growth.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13182507/Is K-Fed being replaced? Britney Spears has hired a male nanny - some have dubbed him a "manny" - to help take care of baby Sean Preston, and the buzz is that her hubby is jealous of the hunky new guy in her life.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13105678/
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