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11:40 PM ET, July 12, 2006

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Fox News:
U.S. Blames Syria, Iran For Israeli Soldiers' Kidnapping  —  ROSTOCK, Germany — Syria and Iran are to blame for the kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah terrorists and the subsequent Israeli military response, U.S. officials said Wednesday.  —  The White House called for the immediate …
Associated Press:
Hamas Leader Badly Hurt in Israeli Bombing  —  A Hamas militant leader who has topped Israel's most-wanted list for a decade was badly wounded and underwent four hours of spinal surgery Wednesday after being wounded in an Israeli airstrike, security officials said.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IAF jets, navy gunboats pound PFLP base south of Beirut
Haaretz:
3 soldiers killed, 2 seized in Hezbollah border strike
Ibrahim Barzak / Associated Press:
Bomb Destroys Palestinian Foreign Ministry
Discussion: One Hand Clapping and Wizbang
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Patrick Hynes / Ankle Biting Pundits:
Web Video Too Low Even for DemoRATS
Discussion: The RCP Blog and The Right Angle
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Can Someone Explain This to Me?  —  I really just do not understand the endorsement by NARAL and Planned Parenthood of Joe Lieberman.  From the NARAL website (screen shot above), one of the top three action items is — Improve health-care services for rape survivors: … Joe Lieberman:
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Can Joe Stand if Contender Gets a T.K.O.?
Allison Klein / Washington Post:
July Homicide Total Rises to 14 in District  —  'Crime Emergency' Declared By Ramsey Following Surge in Crime  —  D.C. Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey reacted yesterday to a recent surge in homicides by declaring a "crime emergency," a move that gives him the freedom to quickly adjust officers' schedules and restrict their days off.
Discussion: Tammy Bruce and AMERICAblog
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Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Nation's Capital Declares Crime Emergency
Discussion: QandO and The Right Angle
Claire Shipman / ABCNEWS:
Gorbachev: 'Americans Have a Severe Disease'  —  15 Years After Being Deposed From Power, Former Leader Discusses Russia, U.S.  —  July 12, 2006 — Mikhail Gorbachev is generally regarded as the man who broke down the "iron curtain" that separated the communist world from the West and thawed …
Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Novak: Rove was a source in outing Plame  —  WASHINGTON - Columnist Robert Novak said publicly for the first time Tuesday that White House political adviser Karl Rove was a source for his story outing the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.  —  In a column, Novak also says his recollection …
Jon Tevlin / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Couric's Twin Cities visit a well-oiled machine  —  The hugely popular media star held a closed-to-the-media "listening session," then attended a fundraiser for a local charity.  —  It was a well-orchestrated media event that excluded the media, a private invitation-only meeting in the brand …
Discussion: Public Eye and NewsBusters.org
Hotline On Call:
Katherine Harris's Campaign Staff To Resign  —  The high command of Rep. Katherine Harris's FL Senate bid plans to resign by the end of the week, two people familiar with the campaign tell the Hotline.  —  The departing staff includes Glen Hodas, Harris's campaign manager, her spokesperson …
Discussion: Wonkette
Noel Sheppard / Real Clear Politics:
Is the Daily Kos About to Implode?  —  It appears that the post-Yearly Kos month from hell is continuing for Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, the proprietor of the Internet's premier liberal blog Daily Kos.  After receiving some extremely negative press from major publications such as the New York Times …
Gina Serpe / Yahoo! News:
Airwaves Again Safe for "South Park" Scientology Spoof  —  Comedy Central is finally respecting Cartman's authoritay.  —  One week after South Park's controversial "Trapped in the Closet" episode garnered an Emmy nomination, and nearly four months after it was abruptly pulled from rotation on the cable net …
New York Times:
General Sees Need for More U.S. Forces in Baghdad  —  By PAUL von ZIELBAUER and DAVID S. CLOUD  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 12 — Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the senior American commander in Iraq, said today that "terrorists and death squads" were responsible for the surge in sectarian killings …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Online Venture Seeks To Elevate the Debate  —  Civility Is In, Rancor Out on Web Site Begun by Democratic, GOP Strategists  —  A group of political strategists who have spent years firing heavy artillery at each other came together at the Hay-Adams Hotel yesterday, put aside their weapons …
Tim Starks / public.cq.com:
Confluence of Hurdles Hampers Panel's Iraq Probe  —  A Senate panel investigation into the use of intelligence leading up the the Iraq war remains in limbo after almost three years of politically charged clashes over the content and conclusions of the inquiry.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and The Horse's Mouth
Gabriel Sherman / New York Observer:
Wall Street Rift: Journal Reporters Reject Gigot Line  —  The Wall Street Journal news staff can live with occasional opposition from the paper's editorial page.  What it can't live with is the editorial page's support.  —  "People feel like we're walking around with knives in our backs," one news staffer said.
Marc Gunther / CNNMoney.com:
The extinction of mass culture  —  The advent of 300 channels and the Internet has fragmented audiences - and the explosion of choice has left us poorer  —  NEW YORK (Fortune) — Quick: Name the biggest star in prime-time television.  —  Now: Name a star created by the Internet.
 
 
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This Is London:
Choosing baby's sex to be outlawed
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Haaretz:
IAF planes level PA foreign ministry building in Gaza City
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The Story of The $14.5 Million Healthcare Centers In Iraq
Times of India:
Attacks retaliation for Gujarat riots?
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Michelle Malkin / Jewish World Review:
'La Raza' schools: Your tax dollars at work
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Warner: Fundraising shows appeal
Spiegel Online:
"Let them Hate Us"  —  The Dixie Chicks began their careers …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Conservative Scarborough: 'Accidental' leak story 'garbage'
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Cragg Hines / Houston Chronicle:
On the road: Will Bush get less Crawford this August?
Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Nations sending Iran to Security Council
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Rachel E. Stassen-Berger / TwinCities.com:
Bell drops out of U.S. Senate race
Jules Crittenden / Real Clear Politics:
Dawn Over Tokyo  —  Sixty-one years after the end of World War II …
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Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Chances of Voting Rights Act renewal dim
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Once Again, Gazans Are Displaced by Israeli Occupiers
 

 
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