The Morning Brunch Quickie.

Iraqi Insurgent Gives Chilling Confession; alleged al-Qaeda agent, Ziad Khalaf al-Kerbouly, gave an emotionless telling of hijacking, kidnapping and murder in the name of holy war Tuesday, a day after the Jordanian government announced his arrest in an operation carried out in Iraq.

Following all the news about Hastert and some $50k bribe: ABC won't pull story about Hastert bribe; they claim their story is "solid".

And it figures: Hastert aide: Probe rumor is retaliation; politics as usual in DC, folks!

A dozen Marines may face courts-martial for alleged Iraq massacre; Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Mike Hagee insists that a probe into the massacre will show that "mistakes were made"...gee, really?

FBI wants to meet with top House Members in NSA leak probe; wow...the White House sure is "diplomatic". Hell, they aren't even diplomatic with members of their own damn party. Both the Dem and the GOP House leaders are being targeted by the FBI for leaking information of the NSA spying program to the NY Times. How much longer will the GOP-controlled Congress and the White House remain on good terms if this keeps up?

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will call a referendum on the borders of a Palestinian state if Fatah and Hamas cannot agree on a political programme.

UN investigates 'forced suicides' in Turkey; "Many of the women who have died were allegedly the victims of 'forced suicides', where husbands or relatives pushed them into killing themselves to cleanse a perceived offence against family honour."

Bush Calls For New Nuclear Plants; "In the shadow of twin giant cooling towers, Bush said that his plan to expand nuclear power would curb emissions contributing to global warming and would provide an 'abundant and plentiful' alternative to limited energy sources. Bush called the nuclear sector an 'overregulated industry' and pledged to work to make it more feasible to build reactors."

NewsBusters claims that Google censors "conservative" blogs; actually, guys, if you try to cheat their system by getting yourself ranked first in the search engine through nefarious means, then you are blocked.

Capitol Police Visit Santorum's Penn Hills Home; knock, knock...no one's home. Because no one lives there.

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