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7:20 AM ET, May 7, 2006

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CNN:
Goss: CIA resignation 'one of those mysteries'  —  Bush expected to tap former NSA chief as replacement  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Porter Goss said Saturday that his surprise resignation as CIA director is "just one of those mysteries," offering no other explanation for his sudden departure after almost two years on the job.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Confident Democrats Lay Out Agenda  —  Party Plans Probes Of Administration If It Wins the House  —  Democratic leaders, increasingly confident they will seize control of the House in November, are laying plans for a legislative blitz during their first week in power that would raise the minimum wage …
Times of London:
Israel foils plot to kill Palestinian president  —  A HAMAS plot to assassinate Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has been thwarted after he was tipped off by Israeli intelligence.  —  Hamas's military wing, the Izza Din Al-Qassem, had planned to kill Abbas at his office in Gaza, intelligence sources said.
Discussion: Hot Air, Jihad Watch and Hyscience
Robert H. Reid / Associated Press:
Iraqis, British Troops Spar After Crash  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — A British military helicopter apparently was hit by a missile Saturday and crashed in Basra, triggering a confrontation in which jubilant Iraqis pelted British troops with stones, hurled firebombs and shouted slogans in support of a radical Shiite Muslim cleric.
Discussion: ParaPundit
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
British Copter Downed, Iraqis Cheer (video / images)  —  A British military helicopter crashed in the predominately Shia city of Basra today.  Reports from the crash indicate Iraqi cheered the helicopter crash and threw stones at British troops who arrived at the scene.  —  Image: AP.
Markos Moulitsas:
HILLARY CLINTON: TOO MUCH OF A CLINTON DEMOCRAT?  —  Hillary Clinton has a few problems if she wants to secure the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.  She is a leader who fails to lead.  She does not appear "electable."  But most of all, Hillary has a Bill Clinton problem.
Gateway Pundit:
If Ray McGovern Speaks 'Truth to Power' Why the Lie About WMD?  —  While CNN was propping up Ray McGovern as the new "Cindy Sheehan with facial hair", Ray was spewing out anti-Semitic drivel over at MSNBC's The Situation with Tucker Carlson.  —  Ray McGovern delivers mock indictments through a fence to guards at the White House.
Discussion: UNCoRRELATED and Thomas Joscelyn
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Will Lester / Associated Press:
Poll: More Drivers Feel Pinch at the Pump  —  WASHINGTON - High pump prices are pinching the pocketbooks of seven in 10 Americans, a financial hardship that more middle- and higher-income drivers say they are beginning to feel, an AP-Ipsos poll found.  —  With gasoline prices topping $3 …
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:   Bush and Gas Prices
Bob Burnett / The Huffington Post:
What Can We Do About Iraq and Iran?  —  President Bush's job approval ratings continue to plummet, as increasing numbers of Americans recognize that the Administration lacks the clear thinking required to deal with the critical issues that confront America, such as Iraq and Iran.
Washington Post:
With Smear Scandal, France Near Paralysis  —  PARIS — When French criminal investigators finish their probe of the smear, who was smeared and who did the smearing may be little more than a footnote.  —  A burgeoning political scandal of alleged dirty tricks involving the cabinet's …
Nikki Finke / Deadline Hollywood Daily:
MI3 Box Office Disappoints.  Cruise's Fault?  —  I'm told that, according to rival studio estimates, Paramount's MI3 will gross in the mid-$40 millions — $45 mil-to-$46 mil — for this opening weekend, much lower than the pre-Friday estimates of $63 mil from 4,054 theaters.
Discussion: One Hand Clapping
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
In a Dentist Shortage, British (Ouch) Do It Themselves  —  George Glasper, 81, at the Dental Access Center in Rochdale.  It gives emergency care but is always swamped.  —  ROCHDALE, England, May 2 — "I snapped it out myself," said William Kelly, 43, describing his most recent dental procedure …
Christopher Toothaker / Associated Press:
Chavez Wants Vote on Governing Until '31  —  CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that Venezuelan voters should have the chance to decide whether he should govern the country for the next 25 years.  —  Speaking at a stadium packed with supporters in central Lara state …
Discussion: Dean's World
Agence France Presse:
Islamic scholars to issue pro-Hamas fatwa  —  DOHA (AFP) - Islamic scholars are to meet in Doha next week to draw up a fatwa, or religious edict, obliging the Muslim faithful to help the internationally isolated Palestinian government headed by Hamas.  —  Influential cleric Yussef al-Qardawi …
Discussion: lgf
W. Zachary Malinowski / projo.com:
Three ACI guards charged with assaulting inmates  —  ACI Director A.T. Wall says he will move to have the correctional officers fired if they are convicted.  —  PROVIDENCE — Three state correctional officers, including a captain who allegedly forced an inmate to taste his own feces on Valentine's Day …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Nonlawyer Father Wins His Suit Over Education, and the Bar Is Upset  —  Several years ago, Brian Woods sued the school board in Akron, Ohio, on behalf of his autistic son Daniel.  Mr. Woods wanted to make sure that Daniel received an appropriate education, and he won several concessions and about $160,000.
Discussion: Ideoblog
Hindrocket / Power Line:
STICKING UP FOR ZARQAWI  —  Joe Malchow drew our attention to this astonishing article in today's New York Times, in which the Times sticks up for Zarqawi, defending him against what the Times regards as unfair criticism of his weapons-handling technique in the video released by the U.S. military last week:
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Cori Dauber / Rantingprofs:
Still Not Gettin' It  —  Now the New York Times has an article quoting …
 
 
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NewsMax.com:
Rudy Giuliani Begins Building 2008 Team
New York Times:
A Star Is Made  —  The Birth-Month Soccer Anomaly
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Jay Tea / Wizbang:
RUSH TO JUDGMENT ON KENNEDYS
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Scandals Left and Right
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Ann Bartow / SIVACRACY.NET:
"THE DECIDER" STRIKES EVEN MORE FEAR IN MY HEART THAN BEFORE
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Desperation Sets In  —  Bloomberg has a nice summary up of today's Libby hearing.
Discussion: Angry Bear
Russell Shorto / New York Times:
Contra-Contraception  —  The English writer Daniel Defoe …
 Earlier Items: 
Mohammed / IRAQ THE MODEL:
A conversation at the barber's.
Associated Press:
5 Released After Detention at N.J. Airport
Discussion: dartblog.com and lgf
MSNBC:
'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Jan. 24th
Discussion: TalkLeft and Crooks and Liars
Pam Belluck / New York Times:
Mandate for ID Meets Resistance From States
Discussion: TalkLeft
Austin Bay Blog:
UPDATED: Iran's nuclear mullahs and the UN: closer to sanctions?
Callimachus / Done With Mirrors:
At the Movies  —  So has anyone in my newsroom been to see "United 93"?
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Belle Waring / Crooked Timber:
You Just Flunked Out Of Feminism 101.  Wait, Stupid Also Just Failed Out Of Moron.
Alan Cooperman / Washington Post:
Air Force to Examine Fundraising E-Mail Sent by a General
Discussion: Hullabaloo
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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