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11:05 AM ET, August 17, 2006

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Sutin Wannabovorn / Associated Press:
Suspect Admits Killing JonBenet Ramsey  —  The American suspect in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case said publicly Thursday he was with the 6-year-old when she died and called her death "an accident," a stunning admission that will help answer 10 years of questions in the unsolved murder case.
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New York Times:
Insurgent Bombs Directed at G.I.'s Increase in Iraq  —  A recent bombing in Baghdad.  Most of the roadside bombs are directed at American-led forces, officials say.  —  The number of roadside bombs planted in Iraq rose in July to the highest monthly total of the war, offering more evidence …
NEWS.com.au:
Kidman condemns Hamas, Hezbollah  —  NICOLE Kidman has made a public stand against terrorism.  —  The actress, joined by 84 other high-profile Hollywood stars, directors, studio bosses and media moguls, has taken out a powerfully-worded full page advertisement in today's Los Angeles Times newspaper.
Matt Moore / Associated Press:
Plane-Plot Suspects to Be Kept in Jail  —  LONDON — A district judge ruled Wednesday that British investigators have until next week to investigate the suspects arrested in an alleged plot to blow up as many as 10 trans-Atlantic jetliners, saying they could be kept in custody without charge.
Discussion: Unfogged
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING BOMB PLOT....The Associated Press provides …
Discussion: Ezra Klein and TPMCafe blogs
Deacon / Power Line:
THE NEED TO BE CLEAR  —  The magnitude of Israel's failure in Lebanon becomes clearer every day.  Hezbollah, stating the obvious, has said it has no intention of disarming (but it may curtail public displays of its weapons).  Lebanese officials have made it clear that the "government" has no intention of disarming Hezbollah.
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Washington Post:
Lebanon Sending Troops Into South
Discussion: All Things Beautiful
New York Times:
Eye on Election, Democrats Run as Wal-Mart Foe  —  Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, a likely Democratic presidential candidate in 2008, delivered a 15-minute, blistering attack to warm applause from Democrats and union organizers here on Wednesday.  But Mr. Biden's main target …
Patterico / Patterico's Pontifications:
Hagee's Office Responds: Contradicts L.A. Times  —  I heard back from General Hagee's office yesterday regarding my inquiry about when Gen. Hagee briefed John Murtha about Haditha.  The bottom line: Gen. Hagee's office has directly contradicted an assertion by the L.A. Times …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Faces, Too, Are Searched at U.S. Airports  —  As the man approached the airport security checkpoint here on Wednesday, he kept picking up and putting down his backpack, touching his fingers to his chin, rubbing some object in his hands and finally reaching for his pack of cigarettes, even though smoking was not allowed.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Duke Cunningham's Wife Speaks!  (But Not to Us)  —  It's not a pretty picture: the night before Duke Cunningham was sentenced and taken into custody, he dumped a duffel bag filled with dirty underwear and $32,000 in $20 and $100 bills in his wife's driveway as a desperate attempt to salvage some of his ill-gotten gains.
Discussion: Wonkette
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
For the GOP, a Heartland Plunge  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — When the Columbus Dispatch's respected poll recently reported that Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell was trailing Democratic Rep. Ted Strickland by 20 points in the race for governor of Ohio, there was dismay but no shock among his fellow Republicans.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Democrats' Stock Is Rising on K Street  —  Washington lobbying firms, trade associations and corporate offices are moving to hire more well-connected Democrats in response to rising prospects that the opposition party will wrest control of at least one chamber of Congress from Republicans in the November elections.
The Blotter:
Authorities Warning Women Not to Wear Gel Bras As Worries of Possible Female Bombers Increase  —  Richard Esposito and Anna Schecter Report:  —  U.S. authorities are advising women not to wear gel bras on airplanes as information developed in the foiled London plot points to an expanding role …
Discussion: King of Zembla, Blinq and BlondeSense
Anita Kumar / St. Petersburg Times:
Backing Harris?  Her list shortens … In the U.S. Senate primary, Rep. Katherine Harris has been touting key political endorsements from fellow Republican lawmakers.  The problem is, some of them never endorsed her.  —  Several members of the U.S. House called the Harris campaign …
Judy Sarasohn / Washington Post:
Putting the Pork in One Barrel  —  One legislator's "pork," of course, is another's vital public works project.  But all are earmarks, those tax and spending directions added to money bills at the behest of anonymous lawmakers — anonymous, that is, until the legislation is passed and they can boast of it to constituents.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 
 
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Joshua Sharf / View From a Height:
The Iranian Cartoons Unveiled
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Costa Rica to relocate embassy to TA
Daniel Freedman / New York Sun:
Mugged by Reality  —  Douglas Murray isn't a man you'd immediately peg …
Jonathan S. Landay / Knight Ridder:
White House backing new plan to defuse insurrection in Pakistan
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TV Stations' 'Fake News' Scrutinized
Joe Scarborough / The Huffington Post:
Is Bush an idiot?  —  The greatest political gift a politician …
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Pakistan says al-Qaida link to plot found
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
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Suzanne Gamboa / Associated Press:
Democratic Web Ad Angers Some Hispanics
Agence France Presse:
International jurists group to probe Israel-Hezbollah conflict
Associated Press:
Judge refuses New Orleans' request to dismiss NRA lawsuit
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The Day After / How we suffered a knockout
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Telegraph:
Ditch US in terror war, say 80pc of Britons
 

 
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