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1:05 AM ET, July 11, 2006

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Susan Haigh / Newsday:
Lieberman campaign files forms to run as petitioning candidate  —  HARTFORD, Conn. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman filed paperwork Monday that will allow him to collect signatures to petition his way onto the November ballot if he loses an August primary.  —  Lieberman's campaign announced the move in an e-mail to reporters.
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Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Beheading Desecration Video of Dead U.S. Soldiers Released on Internet by al Qaeda (Video/Images)  —  A brutal video showing the desecration of the bodies of two U.S. soldiers has been released on the internet by an al Qaeda linked group.  The Jawa Report has obtained a copy of the video.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Tucker and Menchaca (Update: Jihadis claim revenge for rape victim)  —  Bryan and I have been debating for the past half hour or so whether I should post this.  Michelle's away from the computer at the moment; when she returns, she might make an executive decision to have it removed.
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Judge: FBI Raid on Lawmaker's Office Legal  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI raid on a Louisiana congressman's Capitol Hill office was legal, a federal judge ruled Monday.  —  Chief U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan said members of Congress are not above the law.
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Allan Lengel / Washington Post:   FBI Search of Jefferson's Office Constitutional, Judge Rules
Jason Ryan Reports / The Blotter:
Jefferson Corruption Case "Back on Track"
John Aloysius Farrell / Denver Post:
Rove: Bush to veto DeGette bill  —  President Bush will likely cast the first veto of his presidency if the Senate, as expected, passes legislation to expand federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, White House aide Karl Rove said today.  —  "The president is emphatic about this," …
New York Times:
The U.N. Sideshow on Korea  —  The United Nations Security Council certainly should register international condemnation of last week's North Korean missile launches.  But if any serious progress is going to be made on this and the related North Korean nuclear issue, it will not be through Security Council resolutions or sanctions.
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Mari Yamaguchi / Associated Press:
Japan considers strike against N. Korea
BBC:
Zidane blames Materazzi insults  —  Zinedine Zidane's agent says the France captain headbutted Marco Materazzi in Sunday's World Cup final because the Italian made a "very serious" comment.  —  Zidane appeared to react to something that was said and was dismissed for his violent charge into his opponent.
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Kevin McCarra / Guardian:
Italy strike gold as Zidane sees red
Discussion: Majikthise and Secular Blasphemy
Marc Danziger / Examiner:
Democrats would be weaker without Lieberman  —  WASHINGTON - The week's big news is the decision by Joe Lieberman to hedge his bets and gather the signatures he will need to run — and most likely win — as an independent.  —  I've not been a big fan of Lieberman's; he's one of the key votes …
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John Heilemann / New York Magazine:
The Kos Campaign  —  Liberal blogs like Daily Kos have made Joe Lieberman their first domino.  But without a bigger vision, they may be the ones who fall.  —  M  —  arkos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder and chief firebrand of the liberal blog Daily Kos, sounded weary in a post …
Atlas Shrugs:
FREE GILAD NOW!  NY RALLY! … It was something to see.  An incredibly beautiful scene.  —  Roughly a thousand people (to my eye at the height.)  Young (alot), old all walks of life.  My only issue was the co-opting of this rally by the Democrats.  Clearly Israel is a non-partisan issue.
Discussion: A Blog For All
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Van / Kesher Talk:   Jews Take to the Streets: "Free Gilad Now!"
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
A Matter of Ethics...  I am an attorney by training and by my professional practice of the law for a number of years.  Although I am no longer practicing (this blog and motherhood taking up a substantial amount of my time), I do keep my mind in the game by reading a lot of the newer opinions …
Associated Press:
Officials: 15 Injured In Building Blast  —  NEW YORK — A four-story building on Manhattan's Upper East Side collapsed into a pile of rubble Monday after a thunderous gas explosion that hurled fireballs high into the sky and left the upscale block covered in bricks, broken glass and splintered wood.
Discussion: PunditGuy and Classical Values
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John Holusha / New York Times:
Gas Explosion Blamed for N.Y. Building Collapse
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Dave Astor / Editor and Publisher:
Universal Says It Doesn't Think Coulter Plagiarized  —  NEW YORK Universal Press Syndicate said today that it doesn't think controversial columnist Ann Coulter is guilty of plagiarism.  —  When reached for reaction to Universal's statement, the head of the company the New York Post asked …
New York Post:
KILL, DON'T CAPTURE  —  HOW TO SOLVE OUR PRISONER PROBLEM  —  July 10, 2006 — THE British military defines experience as the ability to recognize a mistake the second time you make it.  By that standard, we should be very experienced in dealing with captured terrorists, since we've made the same mistake again and again.
CNN:
Russia kills most-wanted warlord  —  MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — Russia's most wanted man, Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev, has been killed by the country's special forces, the state security chief has told President Vladimir Putin.  —  FSB chief Nikolai Patrushev said on Monday that Basayev …
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Esquire Puts One Of Their Own On The Cover — McCain  —  Sen. John McCain is the subject of a very positive yet appropriately elegiac profile in the coming issue of Esquire.  Written by Chris Jones , it's slated for the cover.  —  The thesis: McCain is worried about the country he loves.
Los Angeles Times:
Wake up, Democrats: Ideas and vision do matter  —  Just waiting for the Republicans to self-destruct is a losing strategy.  —  SOMETHING HAPPENS to a political party when it is not just out of power but has had to play on the home field of its opponents for a generation: It loses faith in itself and becomes scared.
Nancy Zuckerbrod / Associated Press:
Online Wagering Under Attack in Congress  —  Gamblers who prefer their laptops to blackjack tables won't like what Congress is doing.  On Tuesday, the House plans to vote on a bill that would ban credit cards for paying online bets and could padlock gambling Web sites.
 
 
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