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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush: Arab Co. Port Deal Should Proceed  —  0acbc64803ce@news.ap.org President Bush said Tuesday that the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and that he would veto any congressional effort to stop it.  —  "After careful review by our government …
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Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
Bush Shrugs Off Objections to Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON - Brushing aside objections from Republicans and Democrats alike, President Bush endorsed the takeover of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates.
Judd / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Rumsfeld and Pace Not Consulted On Transfer Of Port Operations To UAE  —  In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism.
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Frist to Offer Bill Halting U.S. Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republican Leader Bill Frist called Tuesday for the Bush administration to stop a deal permitting a United Arab Emirates company to take over six major U.S. seaports, upping the ante on a fight that several congressmen …
White House:
Roundtable Interview of the President by the Press Pool
Discussion: Mathew Gross
Castro / volpac.org:
Sea Ports Deal Update
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Suitably Flip
President Lawrence H. Summers / president.harvard.edu:
Letter to the Harvard community  —  Dear Members of the Harvard Community,  —  I have notified the Harvard Corporation that I will resign as President of the University as of June 30, 2006.  Working closely with all parts of the Harvard community, and especially with our remarkable students …
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New York Times:
Embattled President of Harvard to Step Down at End of Semester  —  Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University, said today that he would step down at the end of the academic year.  —  Dr. Summers will likely take a yearlong sabbatical and then return to Harvard as a distinguished professor …
Discussion: Gawker and Outside The Beltway
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Summers Resigns as Harvard President  —  Lawrence Summers, the embattled president of Harvard University, resigned today after a tumultuous year during which he repeatedly clashed with the faculty at one of the nation's oldest and more prestigious schools.  —  His resignation takes effect at the end of the academic year.
Discussion: Wonkette
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Blames Cuts at Energy Lab on Mix-Up  —  GOLDEN, Colo. — President Bush, on a three-state trip to promote his energy policy, said Tuesday that a budgeting mix-up was the reason 32 workers at one of the nation's premier renewable energy labs were laid off and then reinstated just before his visit.
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CNN:
Bush blames mix-up on lab's funding shortfall  —  Employees rehired before president's visit to tout energy plans  —  GOLDEN, Colorado (CNN) — President Bush told workers at a renewable energy lab Tuesday that the government had sent "mixed signals" over the future of its federal funding.
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
There's No Such Thing As a Pro-Choice Republican (or Lieberman)  —  We knew it would happen sooner or later, and I guess it's going to be sooner: … Everybody who didn't seen this coming raise their hand.  Oh, is that you, Planned Parenthood? … Well, you might have f**king thought …
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Liza Porteus / Fox News:
Three Charged in Plan to Attack U.S. Military in Iraq  —  A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted three Ohio men for their role in assisting terrorism on U.S. targets overseas, specifically American military personnel and their allies in Iraq.  —  The indictment, which was unsealed Monday …
Discussion: Flopping Aces and In From the Cold
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Ted Frank / Information and opinion …:
Media coverage of Scalia speech  —  Justice Scalia spoke at AEI today.  In a speech of about 40 minutes (the web-cast should be available later this week), he laid out when it was and wasn't appropriate to use foreign law in American jurisprudence, and pointed out the contradictions …
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Elizabeth White / Associated Press:   Hecklers Disrupt Scalia at D.C. Appearance
USA Today:
Drives to ban gay adoption heat up in 16 states  —  Efforts to ban gays and lesbians from adopting children are emerging across the USA as a second front in the culture wars that began during the 2004 elections over same-sex marriage.  —  Steps to pass laws or secure November ballot initiatives …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Stand up for Denmark!  —  Why are we not defending our ally?  —  Put the case that we knew of a highly paranoid religious cult organization with a secretive leader.  Now put the case that this cult, if criticized in the press, would take immediate revenge by kidnapping a child.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Will Bunch / American Prospect:
Sour Charity  —  Exclusive: Inside Rick Santorum's charity, which isn't very charitable and hasn't filed the required papers with the state.  The sidebar to Bunch's cover story posted yesterday.  —  Ever conscious of political fashion, Rick Santorum wanted to demonstrate that he, too …
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Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me  —  One student skipped class and then sent the professor an e-mail message asking for copies of her teaching notes.  Another did not like her grade, and wrote a petulant message to the professor.  Another explained that she was late …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Is Sean Hannity Addicted to Coulter Crack?  —  Venturing into enemy territory, I was on "Hannity and Colmes" last night, along with Ann Coulter.  We were ostensibly there to discuss the ongoing Muslim cartoon controversy and the media's reaction to the Cheney shooting story.

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