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Washington Post:
Rove Testifies for 5th Time in CIA Leak Case — Top presidential adviser Karl Rove testified today before a federal grand jury investigating the 2003 leak of a CIA operative's identity, appearing "voluntarily and unconditionally" at the request of the chief federal prosecutor, Rove's attorney said.
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John King / CNN:
Rove testifies again in CIA leak case — Bush political adviser appears before grand jury for 5th time — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, testified Wednesday for a fifth time before a grand jury in the CIA leak investigation, Rove's attorney said Wednesday.
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Associated Press:
CIA Leak Prosecutor Goes to Grand Jury — WASHINGTON - Special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald early Wednesday went before a federal grand jury looking into the leak of the identity of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame. — It is believed to be only the second session the prosecutor …
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Target Letter Drives Rove Back to Grand Jury — Karl Rove's appearance before a grand jury in the CIA leak case Wednesday comes on the heels of a "target letter" sent to his attorney recently by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, signaling that the Deputy White House Chief of Staff …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Yeah I Got Your Spin Right Here — Since Karl Rove makes yet another appearance before the Grand Jury today (his fifth), I thought it would be nice to reconstruct Rove's history of testimony. As Christy said this morning, it's quite unusual for someone to appear before the GJ so many times …
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Privately, Bush Says He Favors Citizenship — WASHINGTON — President Bush generally favors plans to give millions of illegal immigrants a chance at U.S. citizenship without leaving the country, but does not want to be more publicly supportive because of opposition among conservative House Republicans …
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Art Brodsky / tpmcafe.com:
Net Neutrality Defeated — Telcos and Cable Win — A House Committee sold out the Internet. — A couple of days ago, I wrote about an amendment in the House Commerce Committee that will go a long way to determining the future of the Internet. — The vote is over, and the amendment from Rep. Ed Markey …
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Matt Stoller / MyDD: A Letter to the Verizon/AT&T Five — I've been asked for background, so here goes.
White House:
President Announces Tony Snow as Press Secretary — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I'm here in the briefing room to break some news. I've asked Tony Snow to serve as my new press secretary. — Tony already knows most of you, and he's agreed to take the job anyway. (Laughter.)
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Roger Friedman / Fox News:
Neil Young: Exclusive 'Impeach the President' Lyrics — 'Law & Order' | Odds 'n' Ends — Neil Young: Exlusive 'Impeach the President' Lyrics — Neil Young's new album, Living with War, is an incendiary, moving, totally American document of peaceful protest that is going to make a lot of people crazy one way or another.
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Demographics of Democratic Blog Activists — As Jerome indicated in Breaking Blue, yes, the new Blogads readers surveys have indeed made my day. I am pouring over the results as I type. — Before going over the results, the first caveat I would like to note is that this is not a scientific survey …
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Drudge Report:
'PROGRESSIVE' MEDIA STALLS: 'AIR AMERICA' IN AUDIENCE PLUNGE NYC, 'DAILY KOS' BOOK SELLS ONLY 3,600 COPIES — Left-leaning new media has hit turbulence at the marketplace, newly released stats show. — A book hyped by major media as documenting a progressive revolution of "blogs" …
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Dave Winer / Dave's Wordpress Blog:
Rather may blog after leaving CBS — Last night I had a 5-minute talk with Dan Rather, former CBS News anchor and managing editor. We covered topics that weren't covered in the 1.5 hour interview with Orville Schell. Dan Farber of CNET took a picture of us talking.
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Dan / Daniel W. Drezner:
WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT GAS PRICES? — Brad DeLong provides the most concise and correct analysis of the political economy of gas prices I've ever seen: … The interesting question is why this is true. As Nick Shultz points out in Forbes, energy is an increasingly less important component …
Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Pain at Pumps May Be Felt at Polls — As Gas Prices Soar, Voters Want to Send a Message to Lawmakers — FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 26 — One of the soaring bridges to the beach here is named for longtime Republican congressman E. Clay Shaw Jr., and at its foot is a gas station where drivers …
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Mike Allen / popularmechanics.com:
How far can you drive on a bushel of corn? — Crunching the numbers on alternative fuels. — Lead Photograph by Christian Patterson — 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next — Prairie power: The East Kansas Agri-Energy plant in Garnett, Kan., turns corn into ethanol.
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Fox News:
United Nations Probes Sale of Irreplaceable Stamp Archive — Amid the many scandals at the United Nations, a new mystery now looms. What happened to the world organization's unique and valuable postal archive — in effect, the U.N.'s own stamp collection, one of the crown jewels of its past …
Theresa Agovino / Associated Press:
Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising — NEW YORK - The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate to middle incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent in 2001 without coverage, a study released on Wednesday found.
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