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Editor and Publisher:
Judith Miller Out of Jail, Will Testify Friday  —  NEW YORK Judith Miller, The New York Times reporter who has been jailed since July 6 for refusing to identify a source, has been released, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on its Web site tonight.  The account was confirmed by The New York Times shortly after 8 p.m.
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John Solomon / Associated Press:
Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe  —  WASHINGTON - After nearly three months behind bars, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released Thursday after agreeing to testify about the Bush administration's disclosure of a covert CIA officer's identity.
Editor and Publisher:
Statements by Sulzberger, Keller, Miller on Her Release  —  NEW YORK The New York Times' publisher, editor, and formerly jailed reporter all issued statements Thursday night after her release, with Judith Miller's grand jury testimony now set for Friday, they confirmed separately.
Washington Post:
N.Y. Times Reporter Released From Jail  —  New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from jail late yesterday and is scheduled to testify this morning before a federal grand jury investigating whether any government officials illegally leaked the identity of CIA operative Valerie Plame to the media …
John Solomon / Associated Press:
Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Probe  —  New York Times Reporter Judith Miller Agrees to Testify in CIA Leak Investigation, Leaves Prison  —  WASHINGTON Sep 29, 2005 — After nearly three months behind bars, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was released from a federal prison Thursday …
Hindrocket / Power Line:   JUDITH MILLER WALKS
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Senate Confirms Roberts As Chief Justice  —  WASHINGTON - John Glover Roberts Jr. won confirmation as the 17th chief justice of the United States Thursday, overwhelmingly approved by the Senate as the jurist to lead the Supreme Court through turbulent social issues for generations to come.
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Billmon:
Roberts Rules of Order
Discussion: Prairie Weather
National Review:
Coming Soon: The Ronnie Earle Movie  —  For the last two years, as he pursued the investigation that led to Wednesday's indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Travis County, Texas prosecutor Ronnie Earle has given a film crew "extraordinary access" to make a motion picture about his work on the case.
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Opinions:
The DeLay Indictment  —  YESTERDAY'S indictment of House …
Daily Kos:
Bush Supporters of the Far Right: Cries from the Lake of Fire  —  At Blogs For Bush, which bills itself as the Whorehouse... er, "White House" of the Blogosphere, the ever effervescent Mark Noonan writes about the DeLay indictment: … Mark... may I call you Mark?
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Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush:
Do the Democrats Want a Civil War?  —  As our Sister Toldjah noted earlier, the "indictment" of Tom Delay is entirely bogus - from what I've read, Tom Delay didn't know about the perfectly legal transaction he is accused of conspiring to make.  We have now left entirely the field …
Oliver Willis:
Democrats Want To Lose
Discussion: Pam's House Blend and Ezra Klein
Laurence Simon / This Blog Is Full Of Crap:
Carnival of the Vanities #158 - Avignon Edition  —  Once again, a piss-poor pathetic and lazy blogger has managed to get a slot for the Carnival of the Vanities and posted something that calling it "half-assed edition" would be an insult to people with just half an ass.I linked them once in my outburst …
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Geoffrey Allen Cole / EXPATRIOTS UNITED:
THE CARNIVAL OF THE VANITIES-WATCH  —  GEOFF'S SPECIAL PICKS FOR CARNIVAL 158
Nancy Vogel / Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill Legalizing Gay Marriage  —  SACRAMENTO — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today vetoed a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in California, saying that although he believes gay couples are "entitled to full protection under the law," the bill would have wrongly reversed …
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Reuters:
Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger vetoes gay marriage bill
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
UK: Israeli offensive appropriate  —  Israel's response to the recent Kassam rocket attacks on Sderot has been measured and appropriate, Kim Howells, Britain's Minister of State for the Middle East, told The Jerusalem Post, disregarding Palestinian appeals for the world to rein in the IDF.
Discussion: Kesher Talk
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Adloyada:   BBC revelation: Israeli settlers shown as reasonably human
citypaper.net:
The Path of the Righteous Man  —  Rick Santorum is taking a piss.  He'd been tapping his foot and fidgeting with his suit jacket throughout the awards ceremony, and after draping the last medal around the last neck, he waved to the crowd and quickly disappeared offstage …
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Judge Orders Release of Abu Ghraib Photos  —  NEW YORK A federal judge ruled today that graphic pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released over government claims that they could damage America's image.  Last year a Republican senator conceded that they contained scenes of …
Discussion: Main and Central
Shakespeare's Sister:
Sacked and Begging  —  (This post will stay at the top for awhile; new posts below.)  —  Well, all the joy I felt yesterday has evaporated in record time.  Last night, Mr. Shakes and I got a notice that our property tax had been increased 100% on our matchbox of a house, and effectively immediately …
Rosie Murray-West / Telegraph:
Animal activists target children's nursery  —  A children's nursery has become the latest target of animal rights threats, forcing it to stop providing child care vouchers to parents working for the animal testing group Huntingdon Life Sciences.  —  Leapfrog Day Nurseries …
Discussion: Tim Worstall and Samizdata.net

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