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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.  —  Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed him with shotgun pellets …
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Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire  —  NEW YORK The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday.
John Gideon / THE BRAD BLOG:
BREAKING: Cheney Shoots Man While Hunting, News Held for 24 Hours...  UPDATES...Ranch Owner Hired Cheney at Halliburton, on Covert FISA Board Under Reagan, Bush Pioneer...  Incident Occurred Saturday, Not Released Until Moments Ago...HOSPITAL SPOKESMAN ON WHITTINGTON'S CONDITION …
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a prominent Austin, Tex., lawyer on Saturday while the two men were quail hunting in South Texas, firing a shotgun at the man while trying to aim for a bird, a member of the hunting party said.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Talking Points Memo
Newsdesk / Chicago Tribune:
Slow (White House) trigger on Cheney  —  How is it that Vice President Cheney can shoot a man, albeit accidentally, on Saturday during a hunting trip and the American public not be informed of it until today?  —  That will likely be the main question asked of the White House …
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots a Fellow Hunter  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a prominent Austin lawyer while the two men were on a quail hunting expedition in South Texas on Saturday, firing shotgun pellets at the man while trying to aim for a bird, his spokeswoman confirmed today.
Shakespeare's Sister:   Cheney Shooting Kept Quiet for Almost 24 Hours
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Dick Cheney Wings Peasant
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Brigade de l'Argent des Français:
La BAF crash la manif des Islamistes contre les caricatures  —  La BAF dédicace ce gag à tous les défenseurs de la liberté d'expression et la liberté de se marrer, vivant dans des pays où les islamistes et assimilés sévissent (Syrie, Iran, Liban, Algérie, etc.).
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and Sir Humphrey's
Newsweek:
Bush's Bad Connection  —  The White House is defiant in defense of warrantless wiretaps.  That stance is beginning to bug Congress.  —  Feb. 20, 2006 issue - The attorney general of the United States was playing rope-a-dope.  Why, the senators wanted to know, did the White House circumvent …
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Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
National Security: The Attack on the Constitution
Walter Pincus / Washington Post:
Spying Necessary, Democrats Say
Karen Matthews / Associated Press:
Record-Setting Snow Buries Northeast  —  A record-breaking storm buried sections of the Northeast under more than 2 feet of snow on Sunday, marooning thousands of air travelers and making even a walk to the corner store treacherous.  —  The National Weather Service said 26.9 inches of snow …
Discussion: Instapundit.com
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Big Snowstorm Sets Record in New York and Disrupts Travel
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Gore Laments U.S. 'Abuses' Against Arabs  —  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed "terrible abuses" against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Iran is prepared to retaliate, experts warn  —  WASHINGTON — Iran is prepared to launch attacks using long-range missiles, secret commando units, and terrorist allies planted around the globe in retaliation for any strike on the country's nuclear facilities, according to new US intelligence assessments and military specialists.
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Michelle Malkin:
"RAGHEADS" AND "SAMBOS" AND "GOOKS"  —  There is much buzz this weekend about comments that conservative author/columnist Ann Coulter made at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, a speech which I missed due to a book signing at the same event.
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Backed by Radical Cleric, Iraqi Prime Minister Retains Post  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 12 — Shiite lawmakers decided by a one-vote margin today to retain Ibrahim al-Jaafari as prime minister in Iraq's next government, after a bitter internal struggle that exposed the growing power …

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