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Peter Whoriskey / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh Turns Himself In On Fraud Charge In Rx Drug Probe — MIAMI, April 28 — Talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh surrendered to authorities Friday on a charge of committing fraud to obtain prescription drugs, concluding an investigation that for more than two years has hovered over the law-and-order conservative.
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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
ABC Leads with Limbaugh "Arrest" But Doesn't Touch What CNN Calls a "Sweet Deal" — News broke on MSNBC at approximately 6:15pm EDT Friday night about the "arrest" of Rush Limbaugh on a "prescription fraud" charge. While the 7pm EDT Situation Room on CNN led with the "Breaking News" of the …
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Jeff Leeds / New York Times:
In Legal Deal, Limbaugh Surrenders in Drug Case — Rush Limbaugh, the conservative talk-radio host, was charged yesterday with prescription drug fraud and turned himself in to Florida authorities as part of a deal to resolve a lengthy inquiry into whether he improperly obtained painkillers.
Washington Post:
Prostitution Alleged In Cunningham Case — Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a California defense contractor arranged for a Washington area limousine company to provide prostitutes to convicted former congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-Calif.) and possibly other lawmakers …
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Report Sets Stage For Action on Iran — U.N. Nuclear Agency Provides Evidence Needed to Open Security Council Debate — PARIS, April 28 — In a sharply worded report, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed Friday that Iran is accelerating its uranium enrichment efforts …
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
UNITED 93: A REVIEW — This review originally appears in The American Thinker — There is a moment in the film United 93 where director Paul Greengrass takes a small step backward from the unrelenting intimate universe into which he has boldly thrust the audience and allows a glimmer …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Enters Anthem Fight on Language — WASHINGTON, April 28—President Bush has never been shy about speaking Spanish in public, and he is known to love all kinds of music: country, folk and even Tex-Mex style rock. But one thing you will not find on his iPod: "Nuestro Himno," …
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Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Hiltzik Column Discontinued; He Won't Be Fired — Los Angeles Times editors announced this afternoon that they are discontinuing Michael Hiltzik's Golden State column, as well as the blog of the same name. Hiltzik will be reassigned after serving a suspension. Here is the editors' note:
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Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Ex-Head of F.D.A. Faces Criminal Inquiry — WASHINGTON, April 28 — Dr. Lester M. Crawford, the former commissioner of food and drugs, is under criminal investigation by a federal grand jury over accusations of financial improprieties and false statements to Congress, his lawyer said Friday.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Waas On Rove — Murray Waas reviews the circumstances behind Karl Rove's fifth grand jury appearance. — I have a quarrel with his insinuation that Rove and Libby could not have caveatted their leaks because reporters wrote with confidence: … Emphasis added.
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Noel Randewich / Reuters:
Mexico to decriminalize pot, cocaine and heroin — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Possessing marijuana, cocaine and even heroin will no longer be a crime in Mexico if the drugs are carried in small amounts for personal use, under legislation passed by Congress. — The measure given final passage …
Terry Collins / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Six arrested in antiwar rally at U — High school and college students gathered to protest, with one man throwing paint on a military recruiting station. — It began peacefully before turning red in the end. — Six people, including a man who allegedly splashed paint on a recruiting station …
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
al-Qaida Leader: U.S. 'Broken' in Iraq — CAIRO, Egypt - Hundreds of suicide bombings in Iraq have "broken the back" of the U.S. military, al-Qaida's No. 2 said in a video posted Saturday — the latest in a series of messages from the terror network. — The video by Ayman al-Zawahri …
Tim Roemer / New York Times:
Enough Already — AMERICANS have clearly had enough of the Bush administration's record: 7 in 10 say the nation is headed in the wrong direction. But with the 2006 Congressional elections fast approaching, Democrats must not get so irrationally exuberant that they lapse into old, bad habits.
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National Review:
Out of Nowhere: A Blogger's Best-seller — There's something interesting happening on the best-seller list these days. A new book, How Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run Amok, by the left-wing blogger Glenn Greenwald, is number one on Amazon.com's top sellers list.
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New York Times:
Trading Frenzy Adding to Rise in Price of Oil — A global economic boom, sharply higher demand, extraordinarily tight supplies and domestic instability in many of the world's top oil-producing countries — in that environment higher oil prices were inevitable.
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Mike McCurry's Reiterates His Lies — Last week the Save the Internet coalition launched to stop the telcos from stopping internet freedom. This was the first attempt to raise popular awareness of what's going on; it is a warning shot, and the battle is now moving to the Senate.
Washington Post:
Prosecutors Opt for Wide Probe of Rep. Ney — Federal prosecutors signaled this week that they have decided to pursue a wide range of allegations about dealings between Rep. Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio) and lobbyist Jack Abramoff, rather than bringing a narrowly focused bribery case against the congressman.
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