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Christian Science Monitor:
US is logging gains against Al Qaeda in Iraq  —  The US military says improved intelligence led to the killing of two key leaders of the group.  —  BAGHDAD AND CAIRO - In a succession of intelligence breaks, the US says it has killed two key members of Al Qaeda in Iraq in recent days …
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Zarqawi emerging as self-sustained force-US intel  —  WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's network of al Qaeda-linked insurgents is emerging as a self-sustaining force, despite repeated blows by U.S. forces and the reported death of his second-in-command, U.S. intelligence officials and other experts say.
Anna Badkhen / San Francisco Chronicle:
Insurgents seize 5 towns near Syria
Discussion: Needlenose and The Road To Surfdom
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Who was Abdullah Abu Azzam al-Iraqi?
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
DeLay Probe Winds Down; Charges May Loom  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas grand jury's recent interest in conspiracy charges could lead to last-minute criminal indictments _ possibly against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay _ as it wraps up its investigation Wednesday into DeLay's state political organization …
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Washington Post:
Arrests Made in Case Connected to Abramoff  —  Three Men Allegedly Killed 'Gus' Boulis, Who Sold A Casino Cruise Line to the Embattled Washington Lobbyist  —  Fort Lauderdale police have arrested three men on murder and conspiracy charges in the 2001 gangland-style killing of a South Florida businessman …
Victor Davis Hanson / Opinion Journal:
Ivory Cower  —  University presidents have lost their dignity.  —  Whether or not you agreed with them, university presidents used to be dignified figures on the American scene.  They often were distinguished scholars, capable of bringing their own brand of independent thinking to bear …
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Washington Post:
Former FEMA Director Blames La. Officials for Katrina Response Failures  —  Michael D. Brown, the ousted director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, appeared before a House panel this morning and blamed Louisiana officials for "serious problems" in the government's response to Hurricane Katrina …
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Los Angeles Times:
Katrina Takes a Toll on Truth, News Accuracy  —  Rumors supplanted accurate information and media magnified the problem.  Rapes, violence and estimates of the dead were wrong.  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Maj. Ed Bush recalled how he stood in the bed of a pickup truck in the days after Hurricane Katrina …
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE KATRINA REPORTING SCANDAL  —  So we now have two major reports — one on the New Orleans Times Picayune website and the other in the L.A. Times — about the way in which the major media spread all sorts of hysteria about the conditions inside flooded New Orleans.
Discussion: Instapundit.com
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Patrick Ruffini / Patrick Ruffini '05:
September Straw Poll: Tag the Vote  —  You knew it was coming.  —  Last month's GOP primary straw poll got over 17,000 votes (!) and provided reams of state-by-state and blog-by-blog data to chew over.  This month's poll has all the features you know and love — the results by blog referrer …
Washington Post:
Frist Says He Had No Inside Data On Stock  —  Senator Calls Sale An Effort to Avoid Conflict of Interest  —  Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, facing federal inquiries into his sale of hospital company stock, said yesterday that he had no inside information about the stock's likely performance …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:   Frist - Timing Is Everything (But Not To The AP)
Clayton Cramer / Clayton Cramer's BLOG:
No Lie Too Outrageous  —  There's a guy who is appearing at antiwar protests claiming to be a Republican ashamed of his own party.  His name is Jeb Eddy.  There's one little problem: Wizbang says: … And then lists his political contributions over the last few years—all to Democrats.
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
RATHERGATE UPDATE....I don't know what the rest of the book says, but if the first chapter of Mary Mapes's new book is any indication, she's still clinging to the notion that the infamous Killian memos that were broadcast on 60 Minutes last September are real.
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Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times:
Laura Bush to appear on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"  —  WASHINGTON — Facing criticism that he appeared disengaged from the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush has been looking for opportunities to show his concern.  But the White House will take the effort a step further Tuesday …
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
High Court Selection Process Winds Down  —  President Bush, close to nominating a successor to retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has narrowed his list to a handful of candidates that outside advisers say includes federal judges and two people who have never banged a gavel _ corporate …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Opinions:
Democrats In Disarray  —  Democrats and liberals are ecstatic that President Bush has finally faced his moment of accountability.  The travails of Hurricane Katrina followed a bad summer for the president and have called into question his leadership style, competence and intense partisanship.
Beth / MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:
Email from Iraq  —  I've been corresponding recently with one of my readers, who's a Marine serving in Iraq; they've been reading my crappy little blog!  He's sent the following-please read it, it's important! … Did you get that?  Peace rallies serve THE INSURGENTS.

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9/27: TimesShare  —  The MSM is always coming under fire …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Long goodbye or not, aren't pearls of wisdom such as Brown appears …
Charles Ornstein / Los Angeles Times:
Hospital Halts Organ Program
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CPB Taps Two GOP Conservatives for Top Posts
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Terror suspects eyeing up Paris metro, airport
 
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