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9:15 AM ET, May 3, 2006

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Juan / Informed Comment:
Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist  —  And, "We don't Want Your Stinking War!  —  Christopher Hitchens owes me a big apology.  —  I belong to a private email discussion group called Gulf2000.  It has academics, journalists and policy makers on it.
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran Threatens Israel if U.S. Attacks
Discussion: Bloggledygook
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Congress Set to Drop Fuel Price Rebate Plan  —  WASHINGTON, May 2 — A Republican proposal to provide taxpayers with a $100 rebate to compensate for higher fuel prices appeared all but dead today as leading congressional Republicans said it had quickly run out of gas.
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Democrats Push Fight for House in the Northeast
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Jacques Steinberg / New York Times:
After Press Dinner, the Blogosphere Is Alive With the Sound of Colbert Chatter  —  Mark Smith, a reporter for The Associated Press who is president of the White House Correspondents' Association, acknowledges that he had not seen much of Stephen Colbert on Comedy Central before he booked …
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
I Gotcher Bad Taste For Ya Rite-chia
Associated Press:
Longtime TV host Louis Rukeyser dead at 73  —  HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) — Louis Rukeyser, a best-selling author, columnist, lecturer and television host who delivered pun-filled, common-sense commentary on complicated business and economic news, died Tuesday.  He was 73.
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Bush, Hill Republicans Agree To Extend Expiring Tax Cuts  —  Democrats Point to Deficit and Benefits for the Rich  —  President Bush and congressional Republicans agreed yesterday on a $70 billion package of tax-cut extensions that they hope will help halt the deterioration of their political fortunes.
Washington Post:
Voters Oust Backers of Immigrants In Herndon  —  Three Incumbents Lose Who Supported Center  —  Herndon voters yesterday unseated the mayor and two Town Council members who supported a bitterly debated day-labor center for immigrant workers in a contest that emerged as a mini-referendum …
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Administration Is Singing More Than One Tune on Spanish Version of Anthem  —  President Bush declared last week that the national anthem should be sung in English not Spanish, but he evidently never told his own government or campaign organizations.  —  The State Department posts four Spanish versions of …
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
After Protests, Backlash Grows  —  Opponents of Illegal Immigration Are Increasingly Vocal  —  While a series of marches focused much of the nation's attention on the plight of illegal immigrants, scores of other Americans quietly seethed.  Now, with the same full-throated cry expressed …
Drudge Report:
MARY CHENEY SAYS HER FATHER SAID EXACTLY WHAT SHE WANTED TO HEAR WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE WAS GAY  —  Vice president tells VANITY FAIR his image might be better if he spent more time trying to improve it, "but that's not why I'm here"  —  New York, N.Y. - In her new memoir, NOW IT'S MY TURN …
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Taliban Threat Is Said to Grow in Afghan South  —  TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, April 27 — Building on a winter campaign of suicide bombings and assassinations and the knowledge that American troops are leaving, the Taliban appear to be moving their insurgency into a new phase …
Sam Enriquez / Los Angeles Times:
Mexico to Allow Use of Drugs  —  Fox will sign the bill, one of the world's most permissive policies, in a bid to curb trafficking.  U.S. officials say it will lead to more addiction.  —  MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Vicente Fox will sign a bill that would legalize the use of nearly every drug …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Man Who Won't Sell His Soul  —  BRUSSELS — Sen. John McCain likes the moral high ground, and he takes palpable pleasure in delivering zingers to errant Russians, Iranians and Europeans, as he did at a conference here last weekend.  But as the apparent front-runner in the 2008 presidential race …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In the Roberts Court, More Room for Argument  —  WASHINGTON, May 2 — This is the week that the Supreme Court, done with its regular argument sessions, enters the stretch run.  —  While it is too soon for substantive appraisals of the first year of the Roberts court, it is not too soon …
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Greg Giroux / CQPolitics.com:
OH 18: Ney Takes Primary, But Cracks in GOP Base Are Clear
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J.-F. Revel, French Philosopher, Is Dead at 82
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Acrimony Over Bush Judicial Nominations Resurfaces
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Philip Weiss / The Huffington Post:
Kenneth Pollack, Iran Expert Who's Never Been There
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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