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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.
Discussion: THE NEWS BLOG
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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 …
Digby / Hullabaloo:
What To Tell The Children
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Washington Post:
Senate Rejects Wiretapping Probe
CNN:
Senate plans no probe of NSA spy program
Discussion: Fact-esque, AMERICAblog and ACSBlog
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.
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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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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CNN:
Studies: Al Qaeda both complex and dull
Discussion: blogenlust
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.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
What Is the Value of Algebra?  —  I am haunted by Gabriela Ocampo.  —  Last year, she dropped out of the 12th grade at Birmingham High School in Los Angeles after failing algebra six times in six semesters, trying it a seventh time and finally just despairing over ever getting it.
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.
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.
Discussion: The Heretik and Roger Ailes
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Quell Quailgate  —  Cheney's Call Was Wrong but Understandable  —  I'm just glad he didn't shoot Scalia.  —  Well, everyone's entitled to one Quailgate joke, so that's mine.  Although the best one, occurring at the White House news briefing Monday, was only inadvertently funny.
Cameron W. Barr / Washington Post:
Policing Porn Is Not Part of Job Description  —  Montgomery Homeland Security Officers Reassigned After Library Incident  —  Two uniformed men strolled into the main room of the Little Falls library in Bethesda one day last week and demanded the attention of all patrons using the computers.
Discussion: SIVACRACY.NET and PoliBlog
Richard Spencer / Telegraph:
On the menu today: horse penis and testicles with a chilli dip  —  The menu at Beijing's latest venue for its growing army of gourmets is eye-watering rather than mouth-watering.  —  China's cuisine is renowned for being "in your face" - from the skinned dogs displayed at food markets …
Discussion: Whatever It Is …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Specter Denies Funneling Money for Lobbyist  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 — Senator Arlen Specter defended himself and a member of his staff on Thursday after the disclosure that clients of a lobbyist married to the staff member had received money through the senator's actions.

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