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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.
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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 …
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: State of the Day and THE NEWS BLOG
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Man in Line of Fire Expresses Sorrow for Cheney's Troubles  —  Harry M. Whittington, who became embroiled in a drama that has consumed Washington when he was shot last weekend by Vice President Dick Cheney, emerged from the hospital today to say that he is "deeply sorry" for all that the vice president "has gone through this week."
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Will They Go to Court?  —  So, I suppose the question is...what kind of civil trial will we see, or not see, between Cheney and Whittington?  Whittington is certainly no stranger to a court room and to civil litigation.  Will Cheney pay him off, preemptively?  Will they go to court?
Discussion: Decision '08 and EU Rota
MSNBC:
Harry Whittington's hospital statement  —  Man shot by Vice President Cheney says accidents happen … MSNBC TV … Good Afternoon.  —  All of you in the media have been very patient in waiting for me to make my appearance here.  I hope you understand.
Callimachus / Done With Mirrors:
Goodman Gone Bad
Discussion: Donklephant and AMERICAN DIGEST
New York Times:
Doing the President's Dirty Work  —  Is there any aspect of President Bush's miserable record on intelligence that Senator Pat Roberts, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is not willing to excuse and help to cover up?  —  For more than a year, Mr. Roberts has been dragging …
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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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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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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Ned Lamont, the Political Entrepreneur  —  I don't normally ask for this, but please forward this post far and wide to everyone you know, especially people in Connecticut.  It's really important to get as many people on Ned Lamont's email list as possible, since this is a small universe of voters.
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Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
NYT Lobs Another Airball at Wal-Mart  —  The New York Times doesn't like Wal-Mart, and over the years, the Old Gray Lady has taken shots at America's Store in hopes of crippling it's leadership and slowing its success.  Goaded by the labor unions, the NYT goes to great lengths to splatter mud on Wal-Mart's corporate practices.
Discussion: Riehl World View
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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.
CNN:
Studies: Al Qaeda both complex and dull  —  Terror group portrayed as much like a flawed corporation  —  (CNN) — Al Qaeda and the like have similar weaknesses to other modern organizations, according to two West Point studies that portray the terror network as sophisticated but its daily operations as banal.
Discussion: blogenlust
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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 …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and NeanderNews
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.
Martin Jacques / Guardian:
Europe's contempt for other cultures can't be sustained  —  A continent that inflicted colonial brutality all over the globe for 200 years has little claim to the superiority of its values  —  Is the argument over the Danish cartoons really reducible to a matter of free speech?
Discussion: normblog and The Daily Ablution
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.

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