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Associated Press:
Man shot by Cheney has minor heart attack … CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The 78-year-old lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident has some birdshot lodged in his heart and he had a "minor heart attack," a hospital official said Tuesday.
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Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack — The 78-year-old lawyer who Vice President Cheney accidentally shot in a hunting accident suffered a minor heart attack this morning after a piece of birdshot moved and lodged in his heart, doctors said. — Doctors treating Harry Whittington …
Washington Post:
Cheney's Response A Concern In GOP — Vice President Cheney's slow and unapologetic public response to the accidental shooting of a 78-year-old Texas lawyer is turning the quail-hunting mishap into a political liability for the Bush administration and is prompting senior White House officials …
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
What Happens in Texas Hunting Accidents If You're Hispanic? — This is what the State of Texas thinks of hunting accidents that injure innocent people if your surname happens to be Hispanic and you're not the big, white boozehound Vice President of the United States:
Nedra Pickler / San Diego Union-Tribune:
Cheney issued a warning for breaking Texas hunting law — WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney has been given a warning citation for breaking Texas hunting law by failing to buy a $7 stamp allowing him to shoot upland game birds. — The warning came from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department …
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Aram Roston / MSNBC:
Cheney's hunting host lobbied White House — Ranch owner who divulged accident earned $160,000 for work in 2004 — Katharine Armstrong, who's family owns the ranch where Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a hunting partner, is a registered lobbyist who has been paid to lobby the White House, according to records.
Paul Burka / Slate:
Full of Holes — The gossip about Cheney's bad shot. — Austin, TEXAS—The headquarters of Harry Whittington, the 78-year-old Austin lawyer who was shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident Saturday, is the nondescript 10-story Vaughn Building, located a block from the Texas Capitol in downtown Austin.
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Update 22: White House Finds Humor in Hunting Mishap — The White House has decided that the best way to deal with Vice President Dick Cheney's shooting accident is to joke about it. — President Bush's spokesman quipped Tuesday that the burnt orange school colors of the University …
New York Times:
Fellow Hunter Shot by Cheney Suffers Setback — WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 — The 78-year-old lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident over the weekend suffered a minor heart attack early Tuesday caused by birdshot lodged in his heart, hospital officials in Texas said.
CNN:
Hunter shot by Cheney has 'minor heart attack' — Doctors: Birdshot moved to Harry Whittington's heart — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) — The fellow hunter who was shot and wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney has suffered a "minor heart attack" after a piece of birdshot migrated to his heart, a hospital spokesman said Tuesday.
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Associated Press:Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:McClellan Takes Aim at Cheney
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Ian / Expose the Left:Begala Pulls a Milbank, Dresses Up Like Cheney (VIDEO)
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Congressional Probe of NSA Spying Is in Doubt — Congress appeared ready to launch an investigation into the Bush administration's warrantless domestic surveillance program last week, but an all-out White House lobbying campaign has dramatically slowed the effort and may kill it, key Republican and Democratic sources said yesterday.
Matthew Moore / Sydney Morning Herald:
The photos America doesn't want seen — MORE photographs have been leaked of Iraqi citizens tortured by US soldiers at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison on the outskirts of Baghdad. — Tonight the SBS Dateline program plans to broadcast about 60 previously unpublished photographs …
Ottawa Watch:
Warren Kinsella Sues for One Hundred Bazillion Dollars* — *Actually, the Liberal lobbyist and self-styled political asskicker wants $600,000. Should I write him a cheque or fight this thing? Hmm... write a cheque... fight this thing??? — Um, I think I'll fight it. — Looks like we're going to court, folks.
Joseph Kahn / New York Times:
In Rare Briefing, China Defends Internet Controls — BEIJING, Feb. 14 — Chinese authorities are determined to stop "harmful information" from spreading through the Internet, but the controls it places on Web sites and Internet service providers in mainland China do not differ much from those employed …
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If It's Sunday, It's Conservative: An analysis of the Sunday talk show guests on ABC, CBS, and NBC, 1997 - 2005 — Executive Summary — The Sunday-morning talk shows on ABC, CBS, and NBC are where the prevailing opinions are aired and tested, policymakers state their cases …
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CNN:
Poll: Fifth of Americans think calls have been monitored — WASHINGTON (CNN) — About a fifth of Americans think federal agents have listened in on their phone calls, a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll released Tuesday suggests. — Twenty-one percent of the 1,000 adults who replied …
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Benny Avni / New York Sun:
Annan Backs Russia on Hamas Talks — UNITED NATIONS - In apparent disagreement with President Bush, Secretary-General Annan yesterday indicated he was in accord with Russia and the European Union, believing there is an "opportunity" to transform the terrorist organization Hamas …
Ted / Crooked Timber:
Block that kick — Steve Benen at the Carpetbagger Report passes on a story about public financing of advertising and PR campaigns. In the past two and a half years, the federal government has spent $1.6 billion on it. While that's a drop in the federal bucket, it's enough money to get excited about.
National Review:
Women We Love — Who are the women National Review Online types love? That's a tall order. Maybe just a list of "Women Who Make the World Better," including, of course, NR's Kate O'Beirne, would be a good enough start. — We asked some (male) bloggers, writers, and other friends …
