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Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Senate Confirms Alito to Supreme Court — Samuel Anthony Alito Jr. became the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice on Tuesday, confirmed with the most partisan victory in modern history after a fierce battle over the future direction of the high court. — The Senate voted 58-42 …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Alito Is Confirmed for Supreme Court in 58-42 Vote — WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 — Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., who has been widely praised for his intellect and integrity but both admired and assailed for his conservative judicial philosophy, was confirmed today as the 110th justice in the history of the Supreme Court.
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Deacon / Power Line:
ALITO CONFIRMED — The Senate has confirmed Samuel Alito by a vote of 58-42. Four Democrats (Byrd, Conrad, Johnson, and Ben Nelson) joined 54 Republicans (all but Chafee). The margin exceeded my low expectations by a few votes due, I think, to the quality of Alito's performance …
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MSNBC:Senate confirms Alito for Supreme Court
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nbc11.com:
Cindy Sheehan Plans To Be In Audience At Bush Address — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cindy Sheehan said she will be part of the live audience during the president's State of the Union speech to congress Tuesday. — Bay Area Congresswoman Lynn Woosley gave anti-war activist a gallery pass late Tuesday …
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Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush to Say 'America Is Addicted to Oil' in Talk — WASHINGTON - Hampered by huge budget deficits and an unpopular war, President Bush will seek to take charge of the election-year agenda Tuesday by declaring America must break its dependence on Mideast oil and calling for training 70,000 math …
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Rowley issues apology to Rep. John Kline over his depiction on website — Casting Kline as bumbling Colonel Klink from "Hogan's Heros" on the Democrat's blog a "new low," says GOP. — WASHINGTON - Rep. John Kline demanded and got an apology Monday from his Democratic rival, Coleen Rowley …
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Think Progress:
Embargoed: State of the Union Text — We'll start respecting White House embargoes when they start telling the truth. — Embargoed Until Delivery of the State of the Union Address at 9:01 PM EST — January 31, 2006 — STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS — As Prepared For Delivery
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Wounded Newsmen Show Slow Recovery — ABC Likely to Use Substitutes for Anchor — ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman showed "slow improvement" yesterday at a U.S. military hospital in Germany and remain in serious but stable condition after sustaining head injuries …
Washington Post:
Zawahiri Taunts Bush After Attack Misses Him — BERLIN, Jan. 30 — The deputy leader of al Qaeda aimed a fresh fusillade of threats and scorn at the United States in a videotape broadcast Monday, serving notice that he was alive and well despite a recent attempt by the CIA to kill him with a missile strike in Pakistan.
Peter Applebome / New York Times:
Coretta Scott King, 78, Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies — Coretta Scott King, first known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then as his widow, then as an avid proselytizer for his vision of racial peace and non-violent social change, has died, her sister in law, Christine King Farris, said this morning.
Mark Blumenthal / Mystery Pollster:
SOTU: ON BOUNCES AND SPIN — From the polling perspective, if recent history repeats itself, we can assume two things will occur after the President's State of the Union (SOTU) speech tonight. First, CNN/USAToday/Gallup and perhaps CBS News will conduct instant reaction polls among speech watchers …
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David Finkel / Washington Post:
Utah Town Has Question About President: 'What's Not to Like?' — RANDOLPH, Utah — To get to the place where they like George W. Bush more than any other place in America, you fly west for a long time from Washington, then you drive north for a long time from Salt Lake City …
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
La. Turned Down Feds' Help, Documents Show — A ranking Louisiana health official turned down federal offers to help move or evacuate patients as Hurricane Katrina bore down on New Orleans, a newly released document shows. — But the state's top medical officer said Louisiana coordinated …
Ari Shavit / New Yorker:
WATCHING HAMAS — Shalom Harari is a former Israeli Military Intelligence officer who has been following the rise of Hamas—the Islamic Resistance Movement—for almost a quarter century. An awkward, voluble man of nearly sixty, Harari gained a measure of fame in intelligence circles …
The Prowler / American Spectator:
Supreme Struggles — ALITO SCENARIO — According to White House sources, should Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito be confirmed at the 11 a.m. Senate vote this morning, the President intends to swear him in and have him present with his colleagues at the State of the Union Address Tuesday evening.
CNN:
Bush to aim speech at 'kitchen table' issues — President to discuss U.S. 'addiction' to oil, according to excerpt — WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush will target the economy, health care, security and oil in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, as he attempts to move past a difficult year …
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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
CNN's Amanpour: "The War in Iraq Has Basically Turned Out to Be a Disaster" — "The war in Iraq has basically turned out to be a disaster," Christiane Amanpour, CNN's chief international correspondent, declared from London live on Monday's Larry King Live. In the segment in which journalists discussed …
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WorldNetDaily:
Is new AOL IM slogan marketing blasphemy? — 'I AM' pitch takes God's name in vain, say some shocked critics — When Ian Millar opened up his AOL Instant Messenger program yesterday and linked to the new AIM Triton site, he wasn't prepared for what he saw.
Terence Hunt / Associated Press:
Bush to Say 'America Is Addicted to Oil' in Talk — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, in a push to take charge of the election-year agenda, is expected to say Tuesday that "America is addicted to oil" and must break its dependence on foreign suppliers in unstable parts of the world.
