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Fox News:
Cheney Shooting Victim: Accidents Happen — The hunter shot by Dick Cheney said Friday that "accidents do and will happen" and said he is sorry for all the hullabaloo and scrutiny the incident has brought upon the vice president and his family. — "This past weekend encompassed all of us …
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Associated Press:
Cheney Gets Ovation From Wyo. Legislature — CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Vice President Dick Cheney returned to his home state Friday, getting a standing ovation from lawmakers shortly after the lawyer he accidentally shot made his first public comments about Saturday's hunting trip.
Lynn Brezosky / Associated Press:
Hospital Discharges Man Shot by Cheney — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The lawyer shot by Vice President Dick Cheney during a hunting trip was discharged from a hospital Friday and told reporters he was deeply sorry for all the trouble Cheney had faced over the past week.
Michael Muskal / Los Angeles Times:Lawyer Shot by Cheney Is Sorry for Veep's Troubles
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Riaz Khan / Associated Press:
Cleric: $1 Million to Kill Cartoonist — PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistani cleric announced Friday a $1 million bounty for killing a cartoonist who drew Prophet Muhammad, as thousands joined street protests and Denmark temporarily closed its embassy and advised its citizens to leave the country.
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Michelle Malkin:
KILL THE CARTOONISTS — ***scroll for updates, blog reax*** — Cartoon Jihad continues. — Via Breitbart/AP: … *New* The Dread Pundit Bluto notes that Quereshi has visited upstate New York to give inspirational talks to American Muslims. — More via LGF: The fear spreads.
Patrick McGeehan / New York Times:
Despite Fears, a Dubai Company Will Help Run Ports in New York — The Bush administration dismissed the security concerns of local officials yesterday and restated its approval of a deal that will give a company based in Dubai a major role in operating ports in and around New York City.
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Michelle Malkin:
STOP THE PORT SELLOUT — ***scroll for updates*** — Forget about the Cheney accidental shooting. Based on my e-mail and the growing outcry from both sides of the political aisle, this was and is the big story of the week—and it's picking up steam: … No. The buck stops with the White House.
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Debbie Schlussel, Super Fun Power Hour, History News Network, The Green Knight, A Blog For All and Tim Worstall
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
The Long Hard Slog — There are lots of people who appear to be morbidly depressed — to the point of conceding defeat — as a result of yesterday's unilateral obstruction by the incomparable White House shill Sen. Pat Roberts of the long-planned and long-promised investigation …
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Shibley Telhami / Washington Post:
In the Mideast, the Third Way Is a Myth — The reality shown by Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections is this: If fully free elections were held today in the rest of the Arab world, Islamist parties would win in most states. Even with intensive international efforts to support …
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Randy Hall / CNSNews:
Impeaching Bush Is 'Cause Worth Fighting for,' Actor Says — (CNSNews.com) - Richard Dreyfuss, the actor who starred in movies ranging from "Jaws" to "Mr. Holland's Opus," told an audience in Washington, D.C., on Thursday that "there are causes worth fighting for," and one of those is the impeachment of President George W. Bush.
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PunditGuy, bluestarchronicles …, JunkYardBlog, Mark in Mexico, Random Thoughts … and The Democratic Daily Blog
The Sandmonkey / Rantings of a Sandmonkey:
Breaking News: Egyptian Ambassador to Denmark replaced! — The Sandmonkey sources in Denmark (Thanks Klaus) has just reported that the Egyptian Ambassador to Denamrk "Mona Omar Attia" has just been replaced and she was sent to South Africa instead. This may seem weird to you …
Daniel Gross / Slate:
Twilight of the Blogs — Are they over as a business? — As a cultural phenomenon, blogs are in their gangly adolescence. Every day, thousands of people around the world launch their blogs on LiveJournal or the Iranian equivalent. But as businesses, blogs may have peaked.
David Goodman / Mother Jones:
Backroom Battles — NEWS: Economic sabotage, whisper campaigns, and threats: How the Democrats took Paul Hackett out. — Democratic Senate candidate and Marine Corps Major Paul Hackett is accustomed to waging quixotic battles and taking his hits. He just didn't expect the lowest—and fatal—blows to come from his own party.
Jim Hansen / Independent:
Climate change: On the edge — Greenland ice cap breaking up at twice the rate it was five years ago, says scientist Bush tried to gag — A satellite study of the Greenland ice cap shows that it is melting far faster than scientists had feared - twice as much ice is going into the sea as it was five years ago.
Debbie Schlussel:
Saddam Tapes or Not, I WON'T Be @ the Intelligence Summit & Here's Why (CIA's Woolsey, Deutch Cancel, Too) — To all my readers and friends, I've cancelled my appearance and will NOT be appearing or speaking at this weekend's Intelligence Summit in the Washington, DC area, as I had originally planned.
Washington Post:
Apparent Death Squad Is Linked to Iraqi Ministry — BAGHDAD, Feb. 16 — U.S. and Iraqi authorities discovered an apparent death squad operating within the country's Interior Ministry last month when Iraqi troops prevented a group of highway patrol officers from killing a Sunni Arab man …
Daily Kos:
CT-Sen: Lieberman under 50 against Lamont — Holy crap. These numbers are simply amazing. — Rasmussen. 2/15. Likely voters. MoE 4.5% (No trend lines) … Now this poll is pretty nonsensical, since Lieberman CAN'T run as an independent in the general election unless he were to quit the party before the filing deadline.
New York Times:
On Private Web Site, Wal-Mart Chief Talks Tough — In a confidential, internal Web site for Wal-Mart's managers, the company's chief executive, H. Lee Scott Jr., seemed to have a rare, unscripted moment when one manager asked him why "the largest company on the planet cannot offer some type of medical retirement benefits?"
PageOneQ / pageoneq.com:
DNC responds to criticism from gay community — Following a two-week period of unprecedented criticism from gay community leaders over the decision to eliminate the Democratic Party's constituent outreach desks, A Year of Progress for DNC LGBT Outreach Year.
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
THE "HAPPY WARRIOR" IS WEEPING IN HIS GRAVE — Most of us who have an abiding interest in politics can point to an event, or an issue, or even a person that galvanized our souls and turned us on to both the entertaining theatrics and passionate, heartfelt by-play that makes the inner workings …
