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New York Times:
China's Leader Makes First White House Visit — WASHINGTON, April 20 — President Bush and President Hu Jintao of China, meeting for the first time at the White House today, pledged closer cooperation on fighting nuclear proliferation and addressing their massive trade imbalance.
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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 …
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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Independent Sources, Ace of Spades HQ, Decision '08, Hugh Hewitt, Carol Platt Liebau and Blue Crab Boulevard
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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 …
Michael Hiltzik / Golden State:
On Anonymity in Blogland — Some years ago, the New Yorker ran an amusing cartoon about one of the supposed virtues of the Internet, its anonymity. It showed two dogs in front a computer. One was saying to the other (I am working from memory), "On the Internet, no one knows you're a dog."
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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Matt Stoller / MyDD:
The Fake Shake-Up — Let's review something very basic about this 'shake-up'. — Donald Rumsfeld - still in place — Dick Cheney - still in place — Steven Hadley - still in place — Karl Rove - still in place — This part of a Dan Balz article says it best.
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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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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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 …
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.
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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MyDD, Michelle Malkin, Liberalism without Cynicism, The Strata-Sphere, Daily Kos and The Political Pit Bull
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 …
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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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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Tim Chapman / Townhall.com:
The railroad to nowhere — You've got to hand it to some Republican appropriators. Despite swirling political winds that threaten to blow the GOP majority right out of town, they keep on keeping on. — Never mind the fact that the pungent stench from the Abramoff scandal still permeates the corridors of K Street and Capitol Hill.