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John Byrne / rawstory.com:
Democrats will propose eliminating federal gas taxes for sixty days; 18 cents a gallon — Mulling proposal to give feds more power to target price gougers — Democrats are set to introduce a measure that would create a "federal gas tax holiday" by eliminating the federal tax on gas and diesel for sixty days, RAW STORY has learned.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump. He also halted for the summer the purchase of crude oil for the government's emergency reserve.
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Denny Pelosi — Gas prices rise, and Republicans panic. — Few things are less becoming in a political party than desperation, as Republicans are now demonstrating as they panic over rising oil and gas prices. If blaming private industry for Congress's own energy mistakes is the best the GOP can do …
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: TY COBB AIN'T NO BENCHWARMER — The Mary McCarthy story just took a fascinating turn with the revelation that high powered criminal attorney Ty Cobb has taken on McCarthy as a client. — What is significant about Mr. Cobb is that he defended some of the highest profile criminals …
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Washington Post:
Dismissed CIA Officer Denies Leak Role — Official Says Agency Is Not Asserting She Told of Secret Prisons — A lawyer representing fired CIA officer Mary O. McCarthy said yesterday that his client did not leak any classified information and did not disclose to Washington Post reporter Dana Priest …
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Help Me! I AM Tracked In This Circle Of Logic! — Dana Linzer of the WaPo answered questions about sacked CIA officer Mary McCarthy in an online WaPo chat. I am still spinning from this one: … But... but... if Ms. McCarthy was *not* a source for Dana Priest, then there is no compact, yes?
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New York Times:
Fired C.I.A. Officer Denies Role in Leak — WASHINGTON, April 24 — The lawyer for a Central Intelligence Agency official dismissed last week after being accused of leaking classified information said on Monday that his client denied disclosing any classified information and was not the source …
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Sources: Tony Snow likely to take White House post — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan. — The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Lone Lawmaker Blocks Flight 93 Monument in Pa. — For emotional wallop, there are few rivals to the windswept, grassy field outside of Shanksville, Pa., where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. — But for three years, that field has made do with a makeshift monument …
Michael Forsythe / Bloomberg:
Democrats Beat Republicans in 2005 Fund-Raising on Wall Street — April 24 (Bloomberg) — Democrats outdid Republicans last year in attracting political donations from investment banks, brokerages and fund managers for the first time since 1994, helped by support from hedge funds and companies such as Merrill Lynch & Co.
Christopher Elliott / New York Times:
One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand — The airlines have come up with a new answer to an old question: How many passengers can be squeezed into economy class? — A lot more, it turns out, especially if an idea still in the early stage should catch on: standing-room-only "seats."
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Boston Globe:
'Opal Mehta' vs. 'Sloppy Firsts' — Harvard undergraduate Kaavya Viswanathan faces an accusation that numerous passages in her first novel, ''How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got a Life" closely resemble a 2001 novel, ''Sloppy Firsts," by Megan F. McCafferty. Here are a few of the passages in dispute:
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Richard Allen Greene / BBC:
Blogs link families with children at war — Carla Lois started an online diary - a weblog - just before the army sent her son Noah to Iraq in January 2005. — Eight months later, it paid off in a way she must always have prayed it would not, when she posted a terse item headlined: "My Son Has Been Injured."
Jonathan Finer / Washington Post:
Shiite Militias Move Into Oil-Rich Kirkuk, Even as Kurds Dig In — Control of Iraqi City Has Long Been in Dispute — KIRKUK, Iraq — Hundreds of Shiite Muslim militiamen have deployed in recent weeks to this restive city — widely considered the most likely flash point for an Iraqi civil war …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Roberts seeks delay of Intel probe — Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said he wants to divide his panel's inquiry into the Bush administration's handling of Iraq-related intelligence into two parts, a move that would push off …
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