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11alive.com:
'Terrorist Act' on Tech Campus — Three explosive devices found in a courtyard between two Georgia Tech dormitories on the East Campus Monday morning were part of a "terrorist act," an Atlanta police official said. — One of the devices exploded, injuring the custodian who found them inside a plastic bag.
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Richard Clough / dailybruin.ucla.edu:
Explosive found at Midvale — A calm and quiet Westwood was briefly disrupted Friday afternoon when the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad inspected and detonated an explosive device found within the Midvale Plaza apartment complex on the 500 block of Midvale Avenue.
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Analyzing Paul Mirengoff's Piece — and Announcing My Position on Miers — As you know, I've been looking for a convincing argument that I should support Harriet Miers, or at least withhold judgment. And I keep coming up empty. Virtually every brief for Miers I have read …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
A MIERS MELTDOWN? More and more, I have to wonder what the White House was thinking with this. First of all, when you're already under fire for cronyism, and you nominate someone who's, well, a crony, you ought to be locked-and-loaded in terms of response. They weren't.
Sadaqat Jan / Associated Press:
Hungry Pakistanis Wait for Quake Relief — MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - Shopkeepers clashed with looters Monday, and hungry families huddled under tents while waiting for relief supplies after Pakistan's worst earthquake razed entire villages and buried roads in rubble. Death toll estimates ranged from 20,000 to 30,000.
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Mark Fitzgerald / Editor and Publisher:
Shield Law Sponsor Lugar: Bloggers 'Probably Not' Considered Journos — INDIANAPOLIS Bloggers would "probably not" be considered journalists under the proposed federal shield law, the bill's co-sponsor, U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar (R.-Ind.), told the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) Monday afternoon.
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Nick Antonovics / Reuters:
German coalition news dents economic reform hopes — BERLIN, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Germany's next government won't shake up wage bargaining or trim tax breaks for shift workers, leading officials said on Monday, fuelling fears among economists that it may shirk further painful reforms.
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Arianna Huffington / huffingtonpost.com:
Clueless in Phoenix — For the all-time example of a man whistling past the graveyard, check out Bill Keller's jaw dropping comments this past Friday at the Association of National Advertisers conference in Phoenix. — His paper finds itself in the midst of what may turn out to be the worst crisis …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
PC Hacks at OU Paper Covering Up Oklahoma Bombing — The University of Oklahoma student newspaper, The Oklahoma Daily (OD), today calls for the FBI break its silence on Joel Henry Hinrichs III—the OU student who blew himself up outside a football game on Oct. 1. The reason?
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Reaganites Unite!
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Dylan / Still Angry:
Et tu, W? — Friends, Americans, bloggers, lend me your ears — I come to bury Miers, not to confirm her. — The evil that Justices do lives after them; — The good is oft preserved by rejecting their nominations; — So let it be with Miers. — The noble Bush hath told you Harriet is conservative;
Scott / Environmental Republican:
The Carnival of the RINO's — Sorry about the late RINO posting, but hey, better later than really later. It's been a long week and it's only Monday. Starting with the Eagles suffering an ass-kicking by the hated Cowgirls. I'm full of piss and venom and can't wait to get this carnival started.
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
U.S. Authorities Have All but Discounted Threat to New York — American law enforcement and intelligence authorities have all but discounted the report of a terrorist threat to city's subways, an alert that prompted a sharp increase of police patrols in the subway system and some degree …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Isikoff Arrives! — Mike Isikoff of Newsweek finally brings a bit of coverage to the Karl Rove e-mail to Steven Hadley, which spawned the Matt Cooper saga. — He is essentially telling us now what I told folks last August: … To recap and supplement a bit, with thanks to Reddhedd and Polly's comments at firedoglake:
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Daniel J. Solove / Concurring Opinions:
The Airline Screening Playset: Hours of Fun! — After blogging a few weeks ago about the airline screening playset, I went ahead and ordered one. — Each day, I would check my mailbox, eager with excitement about its arrival. Today, it finally arrived. I rushed to open it and began what would be hours of exciting play.
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Attorney: Rove didn't circulate CIA operative's name — Key White House aide to testify before grand jury for fourth time — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, said Monday his client "did not circulate" the name of an undercover CIA operative.
Richard John Neuhaus / FIRST THINGS:
It's Columbus Day… — It's Columbus Day and Justice Antonin Scalia is the grand marshall of the parade down Fifth Avenue. He takes great satisfaction in being an Italian-American, and he knows how to strut with all the fun and none of the arrogance that goes into fine strutting.
