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3:30 AM ET, April 11, 2006

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Associated Press:
Lawyer: No DNA Match in Duke Gang Rape Case  —  DURHAM, N.C. — DNA testing failed to connect any members of the Duke University lacrosse team to the alleged rape of a stripper, attorneys for the athletes said Monday.  —  Citing DNA test results delivered by the state crime lab to police …
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Attorney: No DNA found on victim  —  From staff reports  —  DURHAM — Defense lawyers said Monday that DNA testing proves that Duke University lacrosse players did not rape a woman hired to strip at a team party, but the district attorney said he remains intent on building his case.
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Wowie Zahawie  —  Sorry everyone, but Iraq did go uranium shopping in Niger.  —  In the late 1980s, the Iraqi representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency—Iraq's senior public envoy for nuclear matters, in effect—was a man named Wissam al-Zahawie.
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BBC:
Centre-left claims Italy victory  —  Italy's centre-left opposition has won a narrow victory in the lower house of parliament, official results say.  —  It won 49.8% of the vote against 49.7% for the centre-right, according to interior ministry figures.  —  The head of the centre-left coalition …
Discussion: Barcepundit and Sister Toldjah
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Bloomberg:
Berlusconi Overtakes Prodi in Italian Election (Update1)  —  April 10 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi overtook former European Commission President Romano Prodi in Italian elections and now leads in voting for both houses of parliament, projected results showed.
Alessandra Rizzo / Associated Press:
Italian Election Remains Too Close to Call  —  ROME - Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's longest-serving premier since World War II, was locked in a battle for power early Tuesday with center-left challenger Romano Prodi as vote projections from parliamentary election returns swung dramatically back and forth.
Discussion: MSNBC
BBC:
Election cliffhanger grips Italy  —  Italy's general election is turning into an extremely close race, with early results pointing to a slender lead for PM Silvio Berlusconi.  —  Mr Berlusconi's centre-right coalition may narrowly retain control of both houses of parliament, according to projections from the Nexus pollsters.
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
Phone-Jamming Records Point to White House  —  WASHINGTON - Key figures in a phone-jamming scheme designed to keep New Hampshire Democrats from voting in 2002 had regular contact with the White House and Republican Party as the plan was unfolding, phone records introduced in criminal court show.
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CNN:
Bush: Talk of Iran attack 'wild speculation'  —  Reports suggest U.S. contemplating nuclear strike against Tehran  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush on Monday dismissed as "wild speculation" reports that his administration has considered nuclear strikes against sites in Iran to prevent the nation from building nuclear weapons.
Matthew Bigg / Reuters:
France scraps youth job law  —  PARIS (Reuters) - French President Jacques Chirac bowed to weeks of angry protests on Monday and scrapped a youth job law in a climb-down that undermined his prime minister and handed victory to opponents of the law.  —  Chirac's decision was a personal blow …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
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MSNBC:
Annex Mexico?  —  One difference between the demonstrations in France and the demonstrations in America: The French are demonstrating for the right not to work hard, while the demonstrators in America mostly want to work.  —  And most of them, I think, really want that.
Gateway Pundit:
France Surrenders!
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Immigration Advocates Rally Across U.S.  —  Crowds of immigrants and their supporters predicted to total in the hundreds of thousands marched today in more than 100 cities throughout the country, casting off the old fears of their illegal status to assert that they have a right to a humane life in this country.
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Deepti Hajela / Associated Press:
Thousands Demonstrate Over Immigration  —  NEW YORK - Hundreds of thousands of people demanding U.S. citizenship for illegal immigrants took to the streets in dozens of cities from New York to San Diego on Monday in some of the most widespread demonstrations since the mass protests began around the country last month.
Michelle Malkin:
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Dallas Protest AAR: No pics, I'm afraid, since the prostestors smashed my camera.  —  I decided last night to sleep on it before writing this.  If I had written about yesterday last night, my post would have been filled with epithets and not very coherent.  —  My camera is now scattered bits …
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
BOMBING IRAN....I think a number of people are missing the point about the latest spate of articles suggesting that George Bush has plans for an air strike against Iran.  The United States military has contingency plans for everything, they say, so it's hardly a surprise that the military has contingency plans for Iran.
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Bull Moose:
Prudent Planning  —  The Moose is pleased that the taxpayers …
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Mary Katharine Ham / Hugh Hewitt:
Immigration on the Brain  —  I was on a blogger conference call with Rep. Jack Kingston of Savannah, Ga. today.  Most everybody wanted to talk about immigration, so I wrote that up first, it being the hot topic and all.  —  Here are some excerpts from Kingston's intro on immigration:
Discussion: Wizbang and Freedom Folks
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TimChapman / Townhall.com:
Kingston talks politics...1994
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Shakespeare's Sister:
Christians Sue for Right to be Assholes  —  This is priceless.  Whatever happened to the "activist judges" rhetoric?  I guess you've got to hope for a "judiciary run amok" when you're suing for your right to be a f**king asshole. … The right to be Christian—I love it.
 
 
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House Dem Committed 250 Ethics Violations, Group Says
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Washington Post:
U.S. Envoy to Iraq Says Talks With Iran Delayed
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
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