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John M. Broder / New York Times:
States Curbing Right to Seize Private Homes — In a rare display of unanimity that cuts across partisan and geographic lines, lawmakers in virtually every statehouse across the country are advancing bills and constitutional amendments to limit use of the government's power of eminent domain …
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Charles Lane / Washington Post:
With Longevity on Court, Stevens's Center-Left Influence Has Grown — One day last summer, an unusual baseball practice took place at Bluemont Park in Arlington. A white-haired gentleman in owlish glasses tossed one pitch after another to a female catcher half his age, trying to hit the strike zone.
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Justices to Weigh Late-Term Abortion Ban — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Tuesday it will consider the constitutionality of banning a type of late-term abortion, teeing up a contentious issue for a newly-constituted court already in a state of flux over privacy rights.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:Kelo In The Times — The NY Times covers the aftermath …
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Michael McAuliff / Mercury News:
Dubai company set to run U.S. ports has ties to administration — WASHINGTON - The Dubai firm that won Bush administration backing to run six U.S. ports has at least two ties to the White House. — One is Treasury Secretary John Snow, whose department heads the federal panel that signed off …
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Dan Morgan / nospeedbumps.com:
Is Instapundit a Conservative? — You may have wondered if Glenn Reynolds is a conservative. Today he writes: … I have read his Instapundit blog nearly every day for a year. Being a non-liberal, I have found that I agree with him much more than not. This says that he is likely a non-liberal too.
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Dulue Mbachu / Associated Press:
Anti-Muslim Riot in Nigeria Turns Deadly — LAGOS, Nigeria - Christian mobs rampaged through a southern Nigerian city Tuesday, burning mosques and killing several people in an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence that followed deadly protests against caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad over the weekend.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Administration Critics Chafe at State Dept. Shuffle — Merger Has Brought Appointees Into Conflict With Longtime Workers, Who Say They Are Sidelined — A State Department reorganization of analysts involved in preventing the spread of deadly weapons has spawned internal turmoil …
BBC:
Holocaust denier Irving to appeal — British historian David Irving is to appeal against the prison term imposed by an Austrian court for denying the Holocaust of European Jewry. — Irving, who appeared stunned by the three-year sentence, told reporters: "I'm very shocked."
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
U.S. Reclassifies Many Documents in Secret Review — WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 — In a seven-year-old secret program at the National Archives, intelligence agencies have been removing from public access thousands of historical documents that were available for years, including some already published …
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Will Bunch / American Prospect:
With A Little Help From His Friends — Exclusive: An investigation into the private and public finances of Rick Santorum suggests that the Senate GOP might want to reconsider making him its ethics czar. — "In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when …
Zogby:
Presidents Day Rating: Bush 40% — President's job approval rating now stable, but base weakened by weight of Iraq War concerns, new Zogby International telephone poll shows — As America marks its official Presidents Day holiday, the nation's likely voters appear to have settled …
Associated Press:
Ex-Malasian Leader Says He Paid Abramoff — Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said Monday that disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was paid $1.2 million to organize his 2002 meeting with President Bush, but denied the money came from the Malaysian government.
Philip P. Pan / Washington Post:
Bloggers Who Pursue Change Confront Fear And Mistrust — BEIJING — When Zhao Jing moved his blog to Microsoft's popular MSN Spaces site last summer, some users worried the Chinese government would block the entire service. The censors had blacklisted the last site where the young journalist …
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
U.S. Counterinsurgency Academy Giving Officers a New Mind-Set — Course in Iraq Stresses the Cultural, Challenges the Conventional — TAJI, Iraq — If the U.S. effort in Iraq ultimately is successful, one reason may be the small school started recently on a military base here by Army …
New York Times:
U.S. Warns Iraq It Won't Support Sectarian Goals — BAGHDAD, Iraq, Feb. 20 — The American ambassador to Iraq issued an unusually strong warning on Monday about the need for Iraq's political factions to come together, hinting for the first time that the United States would not be willing …
Spring Training / News Press:
Freedom Of Speech Guest Opinion: Daryl Cagle They're not really 'political' — Crowds fill the streets in the Middle East, demanding the execution of the Danish cartoonists who drew caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad. Bounties for the murder of the cartoonists have been offered …
Jesse Kornbluth / The Huffington Post:
'Brokeback' & Abu Ghraib: What's our problem with gays? — Talk about a gloomy week! Dick Cheney shot a man and kept his mouth shut — and his Garbo turn kept the shooting at the top of the news day after depressing day. — To lessen my despair — but keep up on current events —
