May 11, 2008—On the eve of the [Iraq] war, five years ago, oil was trading at about $30 a barrel. On Friday, it closed at $125.96 a barrel. --NYT WK 3 [USA did not war in Iraq for cheap oil]
May 10, 2008—Iraq Contractor in shooting case is rehired by US; Blackwater Rebounds. NYT A1
--Better yet, the chocolatier Patrick Roger on Boulevard St. Germain is offering a paving stone—the protesters’ weapon of choice in 1968—of pure chocolate praline. It costs 49 euros (about $75!) and comes in a display-case gift box. NYT A26
May 9,2008—FBI says the military had bogus computer gear. NYT C4 [voting machines?]
--Rep. Vito J.Fossella, the Staten Island Republican who was arrested on drunken-driving charges in Virginia last week, acknowledged on Thursday that he had fathered a daughter, now 3, in an extramarital affair. NYT C1 [Spitzer trumped by Republican family values!!]
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