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New York Times:
Prosecutor Weighs Charges Against Rove in Leak Case — WASHINGTON, April 27 — Patrick J. Fitzgerald, the special prosecutor in the C.I.A. leak case, is expected to decide in the next two to three weeks whether to bring perjury charges against Karl Rove, the powerful adviser to President Bush …
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rawstory.com:
MSNBC reports Rove believes he is in legal jeopardy — Karl Rove has described his three and a half hour meeting with a grand jury as grueling, and is more worried about being prosecuted than ever, MSNBC is reporting. — RAW STORY has also learned that an MSNBC report tonight will reveal …
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Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Red Lights on Capitol Hill? — The Wall Street Journal reported today that indicted former California Congressman Randall "Duke" Cunningham may not have limited his good times to partying on a rented yacht. It turns out the FBI is currently investigating two defense contractors …
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Billmon:
Sex Pistols — I'm still trying to wrap my mind around the possibility (from Harper's via TPM Muckraker) that Porter Goss, director of the CIA, may be implicated in a hooker service for corrupt (and horny) congressmen paid for by defense contractors and run out of — you really gotta love this part — the Watergate Hotel.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Join The 101st Fighting Keyboardists! — Our friends on the port side of the blogosphere have had quite a time tossing around funny little nicknames for those of us who support the war on terror and use our blogs to express our convictions about it. We've seen the names here at CQ …
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H. Josef Hebert / Associated Press:
Congress Struggles to Act on Gas Prices — WASHINGTON - Lawmakers are walking a tightrope. With gasoline prices soaring they want to appear tough on oil companies. — But apparently not too tough. — While congressional Republicans and Democrats in both the House and Senate promised …
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New York Times:
U.S. Economy Still Expanding at Rapid Pace — Gas prices are rising, as are mortgage rates. House prices in many once-hot markets have started slipping. The American automobile industry shows no sign of recovery. And the paychecks of most workers have not even kept up with inflation over the last four years.
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Pamela McClintock / Variety:
'Atlas' pic mapped — Ayn Rand's most ambitious novel may finally be brought to the bigscreen after years of false starts. — Lionsgate has picked up worldwide distribution rights to "Atlas Shrugged" from Howard and Karen Baldwin ("Ray"), who will produce with John Aglialoro.
CNN:
White House scribe asks for the remote — Press corps asks to watch CNN on Air Force One — WASHINGTON (CNN) — It wasn't the price of gasoline, Darfur or the rebuilding effort in New Orleans that preoccupied the White House press corps Thursday aboard a flight on Air Force One.
cbs5.com:
State Senate Supports Immigrant Walkout On Monday — (AP) SACRAMENTO California's state senators on Thursday endorsed Monday's boycott of schools, jobs and stores by illegal immigrants and their allies as supporters equated the protest with great social movements in American history.
Lance / Maine Web Report:
State Contractor Files Federal Lawsuit Against Me — Warren Kremer Paino Advertising has filed a 3 count multi-million dollar federal lawsuit against me for the reporting I've done in this blog. They are claiming defamation, libel, and copyright infringement.
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
A Day in Court — Scalia floats and Breyer rocks. — On Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Roe v. Wade, creating the right to an abortion. This column is not about abortion. It is about the Supreme Court. — The preceding two sentences would strike some as a contradiction.
Daniel Dombey / Financial Times:
Russia and China warn UN not to antagonise Iran — Russia and China on Thursday warned against escalating the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme. The call came on the eve of an eagerly awaited report on whether the country has met United Nations demands.
Thomas Joscelyn:
Guantanamo Detainee Caught At The Border — As the nation continues to debate what to do about our southern border, I thought I would point out a piece of informaton I found in a cache of documents released by the Pentagon in early March. In connection with a lawsuit brought by the Associated Press …
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