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11:25 PM ET, March 8, 2006

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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
GOP House Panel Votes to Block Ports Deal  —  WASHINGTON - In a congressional election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations.  Democrats clamored for a vote in the Senate, too.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Defying Bush, House Panel Votes to Block Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON, March 8 — The House Appropriations Committee defied President Bush this evening, voting overwhelmingly to scuttle a deal giving a Dubai company control of some major seaport operations without awaiting the outcome of a 45-day review of potential security risks.
Discussion: Riehl World View and TalkLeft
George W. Bush / White House:
Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Bush Orders DHS to Create Center for Faith-Based Aid  —  President Bush ordered the Department of Homeland Security yesterday to create a center for faith-based and community initiatives within 45 days to eliminate regulatory, contracting and programmatic barriers to providing federal funds …
Rick Lyman / New York Times:
3 College Students Arrested in Alabama Church Fires  —  Three college students from the prosperous suburbs south of Birmingham, two of them 19 and one 20, were arrested today in the burning of nine Baptist churches in rural Alabama last month that federal officials say was a prank that spun out of control.
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and Street Prophets
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CNN:
U.S.: Iran remarks 'provocative'  —  VIENNA, Austria (CNN) — The United States has dismissed Iran's comments that it can inflict "harm and pain" on Washington for its role in pushing for U.N. Security Council action over Tehran's refusal to halt its nuclear program.
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Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Israel will have to act on Iran if UN can't
cqpolitics.com:
TX 22: DeLay More Vulnerable Than Ever Following Primary  —  Tom DeLay and his partisans are hailing his primary victory Tuesday as a landslide and vindication from his constituents that the Texas Republican's legal and ethical problems are behind him.  —  But the primary result …
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Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
Jack Speaks!  —  David Margolick's forthcoming Vanity Fair piece …
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Daily Kos:
TX-28: Post mortem  —  The bottom line: we helped a campaign that was the walking dead and gave it new life, pumped in resources, and made it competitive.  We did much to even the playing field even if ultimately we came up tantalizingly short.  —  And yeah, I know "tantalizingly short" …
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Media Matters for America:
Hardball for the left, softball for the right: Conservatives dominate on Hardball … Since its CNBC debut as Politics with Chris Matthews in 1996*, MSNBC's long-running Hardball with Chris Matthews has consistently attracted criticism from the right wing.  For example, in January 2006 …
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
50 Abducted in Iraqi Raid; 24 Bodies Found in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, March 8 — Gunmen wearing the uniforms of Interior Ministry commandos and driving government vehicles raided a private Iraqi security company this afternoon, kidnapping about 50 employees and seizing weapons, computer equipment and documents, police officials said.
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Stephen Barr / Washington Post:
Retirement Fund Tapped to Avoid National Debt Limit  —  The Treasury Department has started drawing from the civil service pension fund to avoid hitting the $8.2 trillion national debt limit.  The move to tap the pension fund follows last month's decision to suspend investments in a retirement savings plan held by government employees.
Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Build a Fence — And Amnesty  —  It's time to build a real fence or a wall along every foot of the 1,989 miles of the U.S.-Mexican border.  There can be only two arguments against this approach to keeping out illegal immigrants: (1) it won't work — possible, but we won't know unless we try …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
03/07/06 FOX News Poll: Majority Opposes South Dakota Abortion Law  —  NEW YORK — A majority of Americans say they would oppose having a law in their state like the new South Dakota legislation that bans abortion in all cases except to save the life of the mother.
Benny Avni / New York Sun:
Jeers and Heckling Greet Annan At Staff Meeting at United Nations  —  UNITED NATIONS - U.N. staffers heckled and booed Secretary-General Annan yesterday in a raucous meeting after he presented a "management reform" plan that includes cutting jobs for New Yorkers employed at Turtle Bay.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Libertarian Forum Steps Out From The Pack  —  Dana Milbank writes about the animosity within the Cato Institute's form on public policy that featured Bruce Bartlett and Andrew Sullivan.  Both speakers have long been critics of the Bush administration, with the latter eventually endorsing John Kerry in the last presidential election.
Clinton W. Taylor / Townhall.com:
Giving Yale the finger  —  Since the New York Times and Wall Street Journal broke the news about the admission of Taliban official Sayeed Rahmatullah Hashemi to a special student program at Yale, we've received numerous emails from outraged Yale Alumni.  One email stood out from the rest …
Orac / Respectful Insolence:
Trial By Fire: The Holocaust History Project Won't Be Silenced  —  Today's regularly scheduled post has been delayed due to an important and tragic development.  —  Something bad happened a couple of days ago, something that cuts rather close to home.  —  Arsonists targeted the offices used …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Eyeing '08, Sen. McCain courts K St.  —  Good-government advocacy groups working on lobbying reform say their longtime ally Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has played a smaller leadership role on the issue than they had expected.  —  McCain's lower-than-hoped-for profile on the sensitive subject coincides …
Discussion: Think Progress and Demagogue
 
 
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Andy Grundberg / New York Times:
Gordon Parks, a Master of the Camera, Dies at 93
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Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Ariz. Governor Orders Troops to Border
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Breaking the Spell: Review
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Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Some Sleeping Pill Users Range Far Beyond Bed
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Paul Lewis / Philadelphia Inquirer:
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New York Post:
FORGETTING TERROR
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A Theory of the Academic Labor Market
Warren Fiske / Virginian-Pilot:
Democratic challenger to Allen joins election fray
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Austin Bay Blog:
UPDATED: Down with USA- Down with UN, too: UN prepares to invade Sudan
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CNN:
House approves Patriot Act renewal
New York Times:
Fight Looms on Lawmakers' Use of Corporate Jets
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Elizabeth Dole / BlueNC:
NRSC Fundraising Scheme Has Potential to Intimidate Elderly
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Brenda Goodman / New York Times:
Defendant Offers Details of Jeep Attack at University
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NJ's dumb bill on anonymity
 

 
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