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Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
ABC Team Stabilized After Iraq Convoy Hit  —  BAGHDAD, Jan. 29 — A co-anchor of ABC's "World News Tonight" and an ABC cameraman suffered serious head wounds Sunday in a roadside bomb attack in Taji, north of Baghdad.  They were stabilized at a military hospital and were later flown to Germany …
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New York Times:
ABC News Anchor Is Badly Injured by Bomb in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 29 — One of the new co-anchors of ABC's evening newscast, Bob Woodruff, and a network cameraman suffered head wounds and other serious injuries on Sunday when a large roadside bomb struck the Iraqi military vehicle carrying them north of the capital.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
In Alito, G.O.P. Reaps Harvest Planted in '82  —  Last February, as rumors swirled about the failing health of Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, a team of conservative grass-roots organizers, public relations specialists and legal strategists met to prepare a battle plan to ensure any vacancies were filled by like-minded jurists.
Discussion: Balkinization
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
Al Qaeda Detainee's Mysterious Release  —  Moroccan Spoke Of Aiding Bin Laden During 2001 Escape  —  RABAT, Morocco — For more than a decade, Osama bin Laden had few soldiers more devoted than Abdallah Tabarak.  A former Moroccan transit worker, Tabarak served as a bodyguard for the al Qaeda leader …
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John Arquilla / San Francisco Chronicle:   Why we should take Osama's olive branch It's the first step in winning the peace
MSNBC:
Transcript for January 29  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: Hamas wins in the Middle East, domestic eavesdropping in America, the Jack Abramoff scandal, Hurricane Katrina, and more.  With us: an exclusive interview with the majority leader of the United States Senate, Dr. Bill Frist, Republican from Tennessee.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Michelle Malkin:
PHOTO OF THE DAY  —  Yahoo!/AP caption: In this photo released by Venezuela's Miraflores Press, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez embraces visiting U.S. peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, during his national broadcast 'Hello President' in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006.
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Bridget / GOP Vixen:   HOW HUGO CHAVEZ PLANS TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES
Debra Burlingame / Opinion Journal:
Our Right to Security  —  Al Qaeda, not the FBI, is the greater threat to America.  —  One of the most excruciating images of the September 11 attacks is the sight of a man who was trapped in one of the World Trade Center towers.  Stripped of his suit jacket and tie and hanging on to what appears …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
In Election, a Fight to Lead the G.O.P. in a Crucial Year  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — House Republicans will choose a leader to replace Tom DeLay this week in a private election that holds major significance for their party's public image as they head uneasily toward crucial midterm elections.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Corruption Scandals Cast Shadow on GOP Leadership Race  —  In eight concise paragraphs, two moderate and two conservative House Republicans put into writing last week what they say many of their colleagues quietly fear: the GOP's plunging poll numbers, rising public support for a Congress controlled …
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Rice Admits U.S. Underestimated Hamas Strength  —  LONDON, Jan. 29 — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice acknowledged Sunday that the United States had failed to understand the depth of hostility among Palestinians toward their longtime leaders.  The hostility led to an election victory …
Discussion: TalkLeft, The Heretik and Daniel Gross
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Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Hamas faces EU threat to cut Palestinian aid
Discussion: Shot In The Dark and Kesher Talk
Katrina vanden Heuvel / The Huffington Post:
Liberal Bloggers—Tim Kaine Isn't the Problem  —  Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat's reply to Bush's State of the Union?  There's been fury in the blogosphere about everything from Kaine's looks, style …
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Shankar Vedantam / Washington Post:
Study Ties Political Leanings to Hidden Biases  —  Put a group of people together at a party and observe how they behave.  Differently than when they are alone?  Differently than when they are with family?  What if they're in a stadium instead of at a party?  What if they're all men?
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Budget to Hurt Poor People on Medicaid, Report Says  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 — Millions of low-income people would have to pay more for health care under a bill worked out by Congress, and some of them would forgo care or drop out of Medicaid because of the higher co-payments and premiums …
Paul Boutin:
Chinese Google filter only works if you can spell  —  google.cn image search for Tiananmen: Gate of Heavenly Peace.  —  google.cn image search for Tianenmen, Tienanmen and Tiananman: Tanks, tanks, more tanks.  —  Try it yourself: Compare the same image search on google.com and google.cn.
Washington Post:
Swann's Popularity Has a Downside for Some Pennsylvania Republicans  —  Former Pittsburgh Steelers legend Lynn Swann, who is hoping to be the Republican nominee in this year's Pennsylvania governor's race, is giving Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell more than a run for his money in the latest polls.
John / AMERICAblog:
Why I Oppose the Filibuster  —  Before you post any searing criticism of me in response to this post, I ask you to at least give me the decency of actually reading my analysis below.  Then go for it.  Thank you, JOHN  —  I understand that my friend Cenk at the Young Turks radio show is taking me on …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD:   You Don't Get Points for Trying

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