Truthout roundup 9/6

Michael Winship St. Paul's Police Protest the Press
http://www.truthout.org/article/st-pauls-police-protest-press
Michael Winship, Truthout: "So, attending the Democratic National Convention in Denver and watching events at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul via television, the sights and sounds of police and protesters were familiar. And that scent, the heavy, cloying smell of gas and pepper spray, as evocative as, but far less delicate than a Proustian cookie ... What was different in St. Paul was that the police seemed especially intent on singling out independent journalists and activists covering the Republican convention for the Internet and other alternative forms of media."

Bhutto's Widower Wins Pakistan's Presidency
http://www.truthout.org/article/bhuttos-widower-wins-pakistans-presidency
Jane Perlez and Salman Masood, The New York Times: "Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of the slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and a controversial politician with little experience in governing, was elected president of Pakistan on Saturday."

Obama Hits McCain on Social Security
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-hits-mccain-social-security
Charles Babington, The Associated Press: "Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama criticized Republican John McCain's approach to Social Security on Saturday, saying it would undermine the government program aimed mainly at retirees."

Hanna Roars Ashore but Hurricane Ike Looms
http://www.truthout.org/article/hanna-roars-ashore-hurricane-ike-looms
MSNBC News: "Tropical Storm Hanna buffeted tourist beaches on the North-South Carolina border Saturday at the start of a run up the Eastern Seaboard forecast to dump heavy weekend rain from Virginia to New England."

Bob Herbert Running From Reality
http://www.truthout.org/article/running-from-reality
Bob Herbert, The New York Times: "If there was one pre-eminent characteristic of the Republican convention this week, it was the quality of deception. Words completely lost their meaning. Reality was turned upside down."

FOCUS Scores Killed by Pilotless US Aircraft
http://www.truthout.org/article/scores-killed-pilotless-us-aircraft
Pir Zubair Shah and Jane Perlez, The New York Times: "A missile strike from a remotely piloted United States reconnaissance aircraft killed 6 to 12 people in a group of houses in southern Afghanistan, very close to the border with Pakistan, Pakistani residents of the area said Friday."

FOCUS US Rescue Seen at Hand for Two Mortgage Giants
http://www.truthout.org/article/us-rescue-seen-hand-two-mortgage-giants
Stephen Labaton and Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times: "Senior officials from the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve on Friday called in top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants, and told them that the government was preparing to place the two companies under federal control, officials and company executives briefed on the discussions said."