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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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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 …
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.
Washington Post:Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Pricing
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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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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 …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:Help Me! I AM Tracked In This Circle Of Logic!
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Washington Post:Dismissed CIA Officer Denies Leak Role
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:CIA Leak: A Blog Primer
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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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MSNBC:
Zarqawi appears in rare Web video — Believed to be first 'message' from al-Qaida in Iraq leader, officials say … MSNBC TV — CAIRO, Egypt - In a rare video posted on the Internet, al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi accused the West and the United States of waging a "crusader" …
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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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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"Cole Fire: Yale is set to ditch Taliban Man and may hire a notorious anti-Israel professor" (UPDATED) — From the good news / bad news file. From John Fund, WSJ: … [My emphases] — Fabulous! And predictable: any outcry over the welcoming of the Other at Yale was sure to be muted at best …
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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."
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Ben Platt / MLB.com:
Monday's act heroic after 30 years — Outfielder recalls protecting country's honor from protesters — LOS ANGELES — It was 1976, a fun year for America. It was the country's bicentennial, the war in Vietnam had ended a year earlier and everyone really wanted to put all the problems from the 1960s …
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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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 …
Kim Chipman / Bloomberg:
Bush Faces Dissent From Republicans on Climate Change (Update1) — April 24 (Bloomberg) — Representative Bob Inglis, a South Carolina Republican, says he ``pooh-poohed'' global warming until he trekked to the South Pole in January. — ``Now, I think we should be concerned,'' says Inglis …
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