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6:10 PM ET, June 6, 2006

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George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP: U.S. to Give Iran Nuclear Technology  —  A package of incentives presented Tuesday to Iran includes a provision for the United States to supply Tehran with some nuclear technology if it stops enriching uranium _ a major concession by Washington, diplomats said.
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Nazhila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Reacts Cautiously to Trade Offer  —  TEHRAN, June 6 — Iran reacted cautiously today to a European proposal for resolving the standoff over its nuclear program, with a senior official saying the plan contained both "positive steps" and "ambiguities that should be cleared up."
Washington Post:
A Legal Case Against Iran
Discussion: The Gadflyer and PrairiePundit
Crooks and Liars:
Coulter on the Today Show: Attacks 9/11 Widows  —  Coulter on the Today Show: Attacks 9/11 Widows  —  "I have never seen people enjoying their husband's death so much."  —  Even her idiotic writing stunned Lauer.  The last time she was on the show he treated her as a normal person.
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Los Angeles Times:
No Escaping Iraq Violence  —  Gunmen abduct more than 50 at a bus zone in Baghdad, where daily life can be torn apart without warning.  —  BAGHDAD — Clad in camouflage uniforms, the gunmen came peeling through the thick morning heat in police trucks.  They stopped at a downtown strip …
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CNN:
Baghdad targeted civilian killings soar in May  —  Most were victims of execution-style murders, Iraqi official says  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Nearly 1,400 Iraqi civilians died in a wave of targeted killings in Baghdad last month, according to a high-ranking Iraqi Health Ministry official.
Discussion: The Sundries Shack and BlondeSense
Matthew Hickley / Daily Mail:
Special forces to use strap-on 'stealth wings'  —  Elite special forces troops being dropped behind enemy lines on covert missions are to ditch their traditional parachutes in favour of strap-on stealth wings.  —  The lightweight carbon fibre mono-wings will allow them to jump from high altitudes …
Times of London:
The wrong target  —  Terrorism, not America, is a real and present threat to our freedoms  —  Al-Haditha, a town on the Euphrates northwest of Baghdad, is still a place where fighters blend into the populace and literally use civilians as cover.  Coalition forces may shoot only when threatened …
BLACKFIVE:
D-DAY REMEMBERED  —  "The wind is cold, the spray is miserable.  The clothes are soaked thru, and the landing craft is pitching and yawing like a kite in a windstorm.  The boys vomit from the rollercoaster aaffects of the seas and smashing waves that jar your teeth out of your head.
Associated Press:
Voters cast ballots in bellwether for fall election  —  CARLSBAD, California (AP) — Voters in eight states go to the polls Tuesday, with the most-watched congressional contest the only one that will actually put someone in office — a special election in southern California to replace jailed former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham.
Opinion Journal:
Fitzgerald, Scooter and Us  —  The special prosecutor wants to use our editorial as evidence.  Sorry. … Those words appeared in this column on July 17, 2003, under the headline "Yellowcake Remix."  Three years later they show we were right about Joe Wilson and his false allegation …
Lindsey Tanner / Associated Press:
Study says millions have 'rage' disorder  —  CHICAGO - To you, that angry, horn-blasting tailgater is suffering from road rage.  But doctors have another name for it — intermittent explosive disorder — and a new study suggests it is far more common than they realized, affecting up to 16 million Americans.
NY Daily News:
Treat me like I'm black, sez Teddy's son  —  Fresh from rehab, Rep. Patrick Kennedy said yesterday he wants to be treated like an African-American from Washington if and when he gets charged for crashing his car on Capitol Hill.  —  Denying that he was drunk and or that he asked the Capitol Police …
Discussion: The Therapist and Hot Air
Michelle Malkin:
THE GEORGIA CONNECTION  —  I obtained the unsealed March 2006 affidavit detailing charges against Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, one of the two Georgia-based Muslim men tied to the Canada terror bust.  There are many interesting tidbits included—note the encrypted CD that FBI technicians are unable …
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
A WORD ABOUT COURAGE  —  It was 62 years ago that US Rangers stormed the cliffs of Pointe Du Hoc near Omaha Beach.  And as the veterans of that day grow oh so gray and bent, mere shadows of the lithe and limber youths who pulled themselves up the jagged bluffs, one hand over another …
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Base Assumptions  —  This month's offensive by President Bush and his allies in Congress against gay marriage and flag burning proves one thing: The Republican Party thinks its base of social conservatives is a nest of dummies who have no memories and respond like bulls whenever red flags are waved in their faces.
Felicity Barringer / New York Times:
Debate Over Wind Power Creates Environmental Rift  —  The 44 wind turbines near Thomas, W.Va., have been lethal to bats.  The turbines are owned FPL Energy, the wind industry's dominant player.  —  OAKLAND, Md. — Dan Boone has no doubt that his crusade against wind energy is the right way to protect the Allegheny highlands he loves.
Discussion: A Blog For All
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
Inside the Cult of Kos  —  What makes the political blogger so mesmerizing to his followers?  —  "If I cared what commenters said, I'd kill myself."  In the high-octane non-stop flame war that is the political blogosphere, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga knows how to get attention.  He's kidding, of course.
 
 
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Debra Burlingame / Opinion Journal:
Ground Zero  —  Where is the memorial? … —Anonymous message, left at Ground Zero.
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CBC News:
Suspect accused of wanting to behead PM, lawyer claims
Antonia Zerbisias / Toronto Star:
Time is right for skepticism  —  Okay, not to put too fine …
John / AMERICAblog:
Rick Santorum: It's all about sodomy
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BBC:
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Ann Coulter / Townhall.com:
On the Seventh Day, God Rested and Liberals Schemed
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V. Dion Haynes / Washington Post:
Bonuses, Relaxed Rules Proposed
Philip Kennicott / Washington Post:
Unblinking Observer  —  Photographs Show a War Beyond Investigations
Pejman Yousefzadeh / TCS Daily:
Legal Overkill  —  It is the duty of a lawyer to be zealous …
Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Clinton Is the Life of the Democratic Party
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Court to Weigh Race as Factor in School Rolls
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Privately Funded Trips Add Up on Capitol Hill
Amir Taheri / Commentary:
The Real Iraq  —  Spending time in the United States after a tour …
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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