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7:50 PM ET, July 13, 2006

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Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
Hizbullah wants soldiers moved to Iran  —  Israel has information that Hizbullah guerrillas who captured two Israeli soldiers are trying to transfer them to Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said.  —  Regev did not disclose the source of his information.
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Haaretz:
Israel: Hezbollah plans to move abducted IDF soldiers to Iran  —  Israel has concrete evidence that Hezbollah plans to transfer the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers abducted Wednesday to Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said Thursday.  —  "We have concrete evidence that Hezbollah plans …
Washington Post:
Hezbollah Raid Opens 2nd Front for Israel  —  Israel Targets Lebanese Military Base, Beirut Airport in Response  —  BEIRUT, July 13 — Israel bombed Beirut's airport, a Hezbollah television station and other targets in Lebanon Thursday and imposed a blockade on Lebanon's ports and airspace …
BBC:
Rockets hit Israeli city of Haifa  —  Two rockets have struck the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, hours after a threat by the militant Lebanese group Hezbollah to attack it.  —  Hezbollah denied firing any rockets.  There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.
Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israel Claims Hundreds of Hits in Lebanon
David Twersky / New York Sun:
War on Iran Has Begun
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Toni Locy / Associated Press:
Former CIA officer sues Cheney over leak  —  WASHINGTON - The CIA officer whose identity was leaked to reporters sued Vice President Dick Cheney, his former top aide and presidential adviser Karl Rove on Thursday, accusing them and other White House officials of conspiring to destroy her career.
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
Specter touts deal on eavesdropping review  —  WASHINGTON - The White House has conditionally agreed to a court review of its controversial eavesdropping program, Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter said Thursday.  —  Specter said President Bush has agreed to sign legislation …
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David Stout / New York Times:
White House Agrees to Review of Surveillance Program
Discussion: Althouse and Wonkette
Mike Tolson / Houston Chronicle:
Ken Lay praised and defended by family and friends  —  Dignitaries are among more than 1,000 attending  —  In a memorial service that bounced back and forth from loving salute to spirited defense, former Enron Chairman Ken Lay was remembered Wednesday as a kind and generous man …
Discussion: The All Spin Zone
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Robert Kagan / Washington Post:
On Iran, Giving Futility Its Chance  —  Let's imagine, and this is purely hypothetical, that President Bush has already decided that he will not leave office in January 2009 without a satisfactory resolution of the Iranian nuclear problem.  Let's imagine that he has already determined …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Anti-Missile Test 'Phenomenal'  —  The Army had a "phenomenal" success in the latest test of the American anti-ballistic missile defense system.  Jason Gibbs reports for the Las Cruces Sun-News that a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile intercepted and destroyed a warhead and its contents:
Richard Thompson Ford / Slate:
Hate and Marriage  —  SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SETBACKS MAY NOT BE ALL BAD NEWS FOR GAY RIGHTS.  —  It's been a bad summer for same-sex marriage.  Last week the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a state ballot initiative prohibiting same-sex marriage.  The same day New York's highest court rejected …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
07/13/06 FOX News Poll: Democrats Favored On Most Issues; Bush Approval Down  —  NEW YORK — Less than four months before Election Day, the latest FOX News Poll finds that voters strongly favor the Democrats on key issues such as the economy and gas prices, and give the minority party …
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
GQ: Reed, Abramoff Discussed "Mortgaging Old Black People"  —  Ralph Reed's primary is only a week away and things are heating up.  —  In advance of its August publication date, GQ has released a big piece on Ralph Reed today, with one gem in particular: a plan hatched by Reed and Jack Abramoff …
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Democrats Link Fortunes to Rise in Minimum Wage  —  WASHINGTON, July 12 — Democrats, seeking to energize voters over economic issues in much the way that Republicans have rallied conservatives with efforts to ban same-sex marriage, have begun a broad campaign to raise the minimum wage and focus attention on income inequality.
The Raw Story:
Fox crew shot at in Israel  —  After revealing detailed information about the movement of Israeli troops, a Fox News crew has been shot at on live television.  —  Partial transcript follows video.  —  FOX HOST: Palestinian Prime Minister, Mahmoud Abbas, says, "Israeli's incursion into Lebanon could start a regional war."
Stephen Majors / bradenton.com:
Five top staffers leave embattled Harris campaign  —  Former campaign manager claims that she 'treats people like garbage,' is disrespectful  —  Five senior staffers quit the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Katherine Harris on Wednesday.  The departures struck a blow to a campaign …
Discussion: In Search Of Utopia
 
 
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
House Rejects Changes to Voting Rights Act
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Sharon Begley / Wall Street Journal:
He, Once a She, Offers Own View On Science Spat
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Suspect Padilla gets access to secrets
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Cynthia Burton / Philadelphia Inquirer:
Kean researcher's own past ends up in spotlight
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Judd / Think Progress:
Rep. King Designs Electrified Fence For Southern Border …
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'WaPo' Online Comments a Hit, Says Editor — Soon on All Stories
Jed Babbin / Real Clear Politics:
Total Dysfunction at the New York Times
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Cunningham to be honored  —  The U.S. Capitol Historical Society …
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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