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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House Shelves Alaska Drilling in Budget Fight — WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 - House Republican leaders were forced to jettison a plan for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska on Wednesday night to save a sweeping spending bill, a concession that came one day after the party suffered significant election loses.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
GOP to Strike Arctic Drilling From House Bill — House GOP leaders agreed last night to strip plans to permit oil drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and in the offshore continental shelf from a $54 billion budget-cutting measure, probably securing the votes to pass the bill today.
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Dem's win in Va. gov race gives GOP a scare — House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and the House Republican campaign chairman, Rep. Tom Reynolds, were given a sobering warning last week by senior GOP political operatives. They were told that on Tuesday, Nov. 8, the Democrats were sure to win the governorship of Virginia.
Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:House Drops Arctic Drilling From Bill
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Michelle Malkin, The Anchoress, tapscottscopydesk.blogspot.com and California Conservative
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:Senator Seeks to Defer Probe of CIA Prison Leak
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The Hill, Unclaimed Territory, The Carpetbagger Report, Los Angeles Times and War and Piece
Hassan M. Fattah / New York Times:
Shocked Jordanians Protest Bombings in Their Capital — AMMAN, Jordan, Nov. 10 - Thousands of Jordanians staged protests in the heart of the capital today against the terrorist bombings that killed 59 people and wounded about 100 when they ripped nearly simultaneously through three popular hotels on Wednesday night.
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Michael Kranish / Boston Globe:
Alito reviewed '95 case involving sister's firm — Questions persist about conflicts — WASHINGTON — Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., who said in 1990 that he would disqualify himself from cases involving his sister's law firm, was a member of an appeals court that reviewed a 1995 case …
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Joe / AMERICAblog:
Alito has a history of not keeping his word to the US Senate — Here's a question for Senators: If a nominee for Supreme Court already has a history of telling the US Senate one thing to get confirmed, then doing the exact opposite, when can you trust him? … How can this issue not emerge during the confirmation proceedings?
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Hilzoy / Obsidian Wings:
Stop This Amendment. — From the AP: … To repeat: this could come up for a vote tomorrow. TalkLeft has posted a pdf of the amendment. The relevant text: … This is seriously bad news. As best I can tell, it strips the courts of all power to hear any habeas motion from a detainee …
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Daily Kos:
US Army Admits Use of White Phosphorus as Weapon — (From the diaries. Let's see them deny this s**t now — kos) — That's right. Not from Al Jazheera, or Al Arabiya, but the US f**king Army, in their very own publication, from the (WARNING: pdf file) March edition of Field Artillery Magazine …
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Michael Moynihan / Stockholm Spectator GroupBlog:How Credible is Jeff Englehart?
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Weekly Standard:
The Party of Sam's Club — THE PRESIDENCY OF GEORGE W. Bush has three years yet to run, but this season of scandal and disillusionment is an opportune moment for conservatives to start thinking seriously about the post-Bush era—and particularly how to fashion a domestic policy from the wreckage …
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Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Intelligence Probe Takes Shape — Senators Discuss Inquiry Into Administration Statements About Iraq — The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday worked out a tentative arrangement for pursuing its inquiry into how the Bush administration publicly portrayed the intelligence …
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
An Important Indictment — The flailing Bush presidency continues to spin off new compelling story lines almost daily; yesterday it was torture, today it's Bush as electoral albatross. It's almost inevitable that the media will let some fall by the wayside.
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Down Syndrome Now Detectable In 1st Trimester — Earlier Diagnosis Allows More Time for Decisions — A first-trimester screening test can reliably identify fetuses likely to be born with Down syndrome, providing expectant women with that information much earlier in a pregnancy than current testing allows …
Philip Shenon / New York Times:
Lobbyist Sought $9 Million to Set Bush Meeting — WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 - The lobbyist Jack Abramoff asked for $9 million in 2003 from the president of a West African nation to arrange a meeting with President Bush and directed his fees to a Maryland company now under federal scrutiny, according to newly disclosed documents.
Lynne Duke / Washington Post:
The Reporter's Last Take — In an Era of Anonymous Sources, Judy Miller Is a Cautionary Tale of the Times — NEW YORK Judy Miller's fumbling with the tape recorder. It's not even her tape recorder. — "This is off the record," she's saying, her voice high and nasal.
Bill / INDC Journal:
Mary Mapes Names Names ("Anonymous" Ones) — An excerpt from page 201 of her new book: … Mary, no hard feelings? Even in forced retirement, Mapes continues her legacy of accuracy, as neither Powerline, nor Spacetown, nor INDC Journal worked anonymously during the scandal.
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