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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Protester Disrupts Hu Arrival Ceremony — President Bush expressed personal regret to Chinese President Hu Jintao for a protest during an elaborate welcoming ceremony on the White House lawn Thursday. — The protester interrupted the ceremony by shouting to Bush to stop the Chinese president from "persecuting the Falun Gong."
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Hiltzik's Blog Suspension Should Not End the L.A. Times's Interactivity with Readers — The top post at Michael Hiltzik's L.A. Times-sponsored Golden State blog reads as follows: … I have mixed feelings about this. — On one hand, I was very disappointed when I read Hiltzik's response …
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Golden State:
Notice from the Editors — The Times has suspended Michael Hiltzik's Golden State blog on latimes.com. Hiltzik admitted Thursday that he posted items on the paper's website, and on other websites, under names other than his own. That is a violation of The Times ethics guidelines …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
04/20/06 FOX Poll: Gloomy Economic Views; Bush Approval at New Low — NEW YORK — More Americans disapprove than approve of how George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Congress are doing their jobs, while a majority approves of Condoleezza Rice. President Bush's approval hits a record low …
New York Times:
Bush Counsel May Be Next in White House Shake-Up — WASHINGTON, April 20 — Joshua B. Bolten, the new White House chief of staff, has raised the possibility of moving Harriet E. Miers from her job as President Bush's counsel as part of a continuing shake-up of the West Wing …
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Bill Torpy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Tech student charged with supporting terror group — Another Atlanta area man arrested in Bangladesh — A 21-year-old Georgia Tech student taken into federal custody last month has been charged with giving "material support" to a terrorist organization, according to a federal indictment unsealed Thursday.
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New York Times:
Shiite Drops Bid to Keep His Post as Iraqi Premier — BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 20 — Under intense domestic and American pressure, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari dropped his bid to retain his job on Thursday, removing a major obstacle to forming a new government during a time of rising sectarian violence.
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Washington Post:
Al-Jafari to Give Up Nomination for Iraqi Prime Minister — BAGHDAD, April 20 — Iraq's prime minister will give up his nomination for a new term as head of the country's new government, a senior member of his Shiite party announced, only a few hours before a long-delayed parliament meeting scheduled …
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Bloggers fanning the controversy over Rumsfeld — Pentagon studies proliferation of military Web logs — WASHINGTON — The war of words between Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and former generals has spread to the lower ranks as soldiers, recent war vets, and Pentagon civilians alike use …
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
F.D.A. Dismisses Medical Benefit From Marijuana — WASHINGTON, April 20 — The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that "no sound scientific studies" supported the medical use of marijuana, contradicting a 1999 review by a panel of highly regarded scientists.
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Seeing red over 'green scare' — MEET AL GORE, scaremonger. In 2004, Gore denounced President Bush for "playing on our fears." Today, he is at the forefront of a "green scare" about global warming intended to terrify Americans into submitting to his environmental policies.
Kurt Andersen / New York Magazine:
Introducing the Purple Party — Depressed about the Democrats? Revolted by the Republicans? You're not alone. Here in New York (with its Republican mayor and Democratic voters), a third way is being plotted. Follow the purple-brick road. — B — efore I was old enough to vote …
Mary Foster / Associated Press:
New Orleans Police to Return Seized Guns — NEW ORLEANS - Under pressure from the National Rifle Association, police this week began returning guns confiscated after Hurricane Katrina. — The police department is making the guns available three days a week.
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Nico / Think Progress:
Harry Reid: No Good Military Options in Iran — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has joined the long list of national security officials, Iran experts, and others who argue that no good military options exist in Iran. (Read the full list HERE.) … The right wing is already on the attack.
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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
SORRY, YOUR VIEWPOINT IS EXCLUDED FROM FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTION: That's what the Ninth Circuit holds today, as to student speech in K-12 schools, in a remarkable — and in my view deeply unsound — decision (Harper v. Poway Unified School Dist.). — Tyler Harper wore an anti-homosexuality T-shirt …
Reuters:
Phony doctor gives free breast exams — MIAMI (Reuters) - A 76-year-old man claiming to be a doctor went door-to-door in a Florida neighborhood offering free breast exams, and was charged with sexually assaulting two women who accepted the offer, police said on Thursday.
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