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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: firedoglake and Obsidian Wings
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.
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:
Associated Press:
Hunter Shot by Cheney Has Heart Attack  —  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The 78-year-old lawyer wounded by Vice President Dick Cheney in a hunting accident suffered a mild heart attack Tuesday after a shotgun pellet in his chest traveled to his heart, hospital officials said.
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Hunter Shot by Cheney Suffers Mild Heart Attack  —  The 78-year-old lawyer who was accidentally shot by Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday suffered a mild heart attack today after bird shot migrated to his heart, doctors in South Texas said, and he underwent a successful catheterization to determine the extent of the damage.
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.
Mike Allen / Time:
Slow Leak: How Cheney Stalled News Reports of Hunting Accident
National Review:
Meet the Press  —  Never has an accidental shooting occasioned so much glee.
Discussion: The RCP Blog and PunditGuy
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.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Blogger v. Blogger (O, Canada! Edition)
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and azerbic
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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 …
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Vaughn Ververs / News Blog:   It's How You're Labeled, Not What You Say That Counts in Media Bias Study
Ian / Expose the Left:
Begala Pulls a Milbank, Dresses Up Like Cheney (VIDEO)  —  Begala spent the segment lambasting Cheney because he behaved "very negligently".  He says this on the basis that Cheney knew that Willington friend was missing, and it was his [Cheney's] responsibility to know that his friend was with him …
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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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BBC:
Party elders attack China censors
Discussion: Democratic Peace
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 …
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Why Ann Coulter matters  —  (updated below)  —  Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds accuses me today of "degrad(ing) the blogosphere" because I wrote a post at Crooks & Liars observing that Reynolds had done nothing to denounce the violence-advocating and epithet-spewing remarks of Ann Coulter …
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
SALUTING THE 3RD ACR  —  Via email from a 3rd ACR family member, a letter from the Mayor of Tall 'Afar, Iraq to the men and women of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and their families. … Members of the Regiment are now returning home to Ft Carson, Colorado.

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