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Melissa Drosjack / Fox News:
Sources: Tony Snow to Be Named White House Press Secretary — WASHINGTON — Tony Snow will be named new White House press secretary on Wednesday morning, FOX News has learned. Snow is expected to be at the White House for the announcement. He has been mulling the offer for the last several days.
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Fox News's Snow on Verge of Being White House Press Secretary — Fox News commentator Tony Snow has decided to accept the White House press secretary's job after top officials assured him that he would be not just a spokesman but an active participant in administration policy debates …
Michelle Malkin:
MEET THE NEW WH PRESS SEC'Y — ***update: Fox News confirms announcement coming Wednesday morning...more...Lucianne G.: "Tony's courage in the face of the horror he has endured for the last couple of years sets an example for us all. Take heart from it. I will miss doing his show every Monday.
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Brad Foss / Associated Press:
Oil, Gas Prices Drop on Bush Supply Move — Crude oil and gasoline futures fell Tuesday after President Bush gave the Environmental Protection Agency the authority to relax regional clean-fuel standards to attract more imports of gasoline to the United States and to make it easier for supplies to be moved from one state to another.
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Pat Cleary / ShopFloor.org:
Gas Prices Outpaced Only by the Rhetoric — There's probably no worse place to be than between an angry mob and the object of their ire, but with that in mind, we wade into the debate on oil prices that is now gripping the country. In fact, it has become so compelling that it has distracted …
Nedra Pickler / ABCNEWS:
Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline
Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline
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Commissar / The Politburo Diktat:
Mary McCarthy Matrix Grows — With the addition of Dem heavy-hitter Ty Cobb and Rand Beers now making the TV circuit: — Click for full size. — Meanwhile HotAir has more on the semi, sort of, backtrack.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
CIA Leak Update: Backtrack? — ***Mary McCarthy will reportedly be a guest on the John Batchelor Show tonight at 10 p.m. EST. Listen live on the web at WABC-AM. ***UPDATE: Show is on now, but McCarthy's name is no longer listed on Batchelor's website as being "featured" on tonight's program.
Katherine Shrader / ABCNEWS:
Two Sides to Story of CIA's Alleged Leaker
Two Sides to Story of CIA's Alleged Leaker
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Confederate Yankee:
Musab's Happy Video Fun Time — In a rare Internet-posted video, terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi appeared for 34 minutes, blasting the United States for a "crusader-Zionist war" against Islam. Rusty has a nice roundup going at the Jawa Report, and once you've seen that along …
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
New Video of Abu Musab al Zarqawi (Images/Video)
New Video of Abu Musab al Zarqawi (Images/Video)
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Murray Waas / National Journal:
Is There A Double Standard On Leak Probes? — When the CIA announced on Friday that it had fired an employee who the agency claims "knowingly and willfully shared classified intelligence" with a newspaper reporter, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kansas …
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Ready to Transfer Nuclear Know-How — Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that the country is ready to transfer its nuclear technology to other countries. Meanwhile, Tehran threatened to halt all cooperation with the U.N. atomic energy agency if the U.N. Security Council imposes sanctions …
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Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Says It Will Share Nuclear Skills
Iran Says It Will Share Nuclear Skills
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Justin Logan / JustinLogan.com:
Roundup of Response to Iran Piece — I've been floored by the overall positive reaction to the Iran piece. A few first takes … These are good points. Ted and I went back and forth on just what, exactly, the contours of "give up the capacity to build nukes" would look like …
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Bee Photos / Sacramento Bee:
Jury finds Hamid Hayat guilty — By Bee staff and wire reports — [Updated 5:33 p.m. Tuesday] Hamid Hayat, the 23-year-old Lodi man on trial for terrorist-related activities in Sacramento federal court, was found guilty Tuesday, just hours after a mistrial was declared in the related trial of his father …
Reuters:
Experts: Global warming behind 2005 hurricanes — MONTEREY, California (Reuters) — The record Atlantic hurricane season last year can be attributed to global warming, several top experts, including a leading U.S. government storm researcher, said on Monday.
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Jane Jacobs, Urban Activist, Is Dead at 89 — Jane Jacobs, the writer and thinker who brought penetrating eyes and ingenious insight to the sidewalk ballet of her own Greenwich Village street and came up with a book that challenged and changed the way people view cities, died today in Toronto, where she lived.
Bruce Kesler / Editor and Publisher:
Is the Press Covering the Iraq War On the Cheap? — The media needs to send more "troops" to cover the war and provide much-needed coverage. What's stopping them? Fear of violence, certainly, but also limits on training and insurance. Joe Galloway also notes the military's "growing resistance" to embeds.
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Bush, senators agree on alien citizenship, shut out critics — President Bush and a group of senators yesterday reached general agreement on an immigration bill that includes a pathway to citizenship for many illegal aliens. — But left out of the closed-door White House meeting were senators who oppose a path to citizenship.
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Paul Watson / Los Angeles Times:
Leaks of Military Files Resume — Despite security efforts, flash drives stolen from U.S. base in Afghanistan are still sold at bazaar. — BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Just days after U.S. troops were ordered to plug a security breach at their base here, the black market trade …