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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 …
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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.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Judy Miller Walks, Will Talk  —  The NY Times confirms early accounts from Knight Ridder: … OK, Lewis Libby had been everybody's pick for months, so there is no surprise there.  But who knew the Times could execute so lovely a pirouette? … Why did it take so long for Ms. Miller to receive this waiver?
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.
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.
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 …
Murray Waas / whatever already!:
Miller released from jail; to testify regarding Libby very soon... Fitz to make his decision soon on whether to bring charges  —  After having spent more than 12 weeks in jail, New York Times reporter Judith Miller was freed today.  The news of her release aside, she will soon be debriefed …
Hindrocket / Power Line:   JUDITH MILLER WALKS
John Podhoretz / The Corner on National Review Online:
JUDY MILLER'S RELEASE
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Washington Post:
Decline in Iraqi Troops' Readiness Cited  —  Generals Tell Lawmakers They Cannot Predict When U.S. Forces Can Withdraw  —  The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday …
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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.
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
Tony Batt / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Money connected to Reid  —  Senator arranged for grant now involved in indictment of pastors  —  WASHINGTON — The money that led to the indictment this week of two Las Vegas pastors and the wife of one of them came from federal grants arranged by Sen. Harry Reid in September 2001, a Reid spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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
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?
David Burge / iowahawk:
Rainforest Iowa: Right For America, Right For Puppies  —  Rainforest Iowa (artist's concept).  —  Hello everyone, this is David Burge.  In my role as the internet's 'Iowahawk,' it has been my privilege to entertain tens of readers like you around the globe with my quirky brand of wacky wisecracks …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Campaign Methods Put to Test in Tour To Boost U.S. Image  —  Bush Policies Remain Obstacle for Hughes  —  ISTANBUL, Sept. 29 — When Karen Hughes met with Egyptians on a boat on the Nile River during the second day of her Middle East tour, she wore a piece of jewelry she had just purchased …
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