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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?
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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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The Huffington Post, Crooks and Liars, New York Times, Booman Tribune and Democrat Taylor Marsh …
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.
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."
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.
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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Hullabaloo, RightWinged.com, PoliPundit.com, Suitably Flip, Hit and Run, QandO and Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Man shot by Cheney: 'Accidents do and will happen' — Vice president notes Whittington's recovery in Wyoming speech — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (CNN) — Harry Whittington said Friday he was sorry for what Dick Cheney and his family have "had to go through" after the vice president shot him in a weekend hunting accident.
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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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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Democrat Taylor Marsh …
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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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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
THE ALGEBRA HATERS CLUB....Just for the record, I think that a lot of people are missing the point of Richard Cohen's anti-algebra screed in today's Washington Post. To be sure, I'll grant that this sentence about algebra's value is beyond idiotic: … Gee, thanks, Richard! That's mighty open-minded of you!
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Outside The Beltway, Body and Soul, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice, Mark in Mexico, Decision '08, SCSUScholars, Brainster's Blog, Eschaton, ArchPundit and Caerdroia
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.
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Riehl World View
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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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The Carpetbagger Report, firedoglake, NewsHog, The Moderate Voice, Booman Tribune, The Heretik and The Left Coaster
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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.
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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 …
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.
Reuters:
Rumsfeld: Al Qaeda has better PR — Says U.S. government still functions as 'five and dime' store — NEW YORK (Reuters) — The United States lags dangerously behind al Qaeda and other enemies in getting out information in the digital media age and must update its old-fashioned methods, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Friday.
