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10:30 AM ET, August 19, 2006

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Experts Fault Reasoning in Surveillance Decision  —  Even legal experts who agreed with a federal judge's conclusion on Thursday that a National Security Agency surveillance program is unlawful were distancing themselves from the decision's reasoning and rhetoric yesterday.
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Washington Post:
Allen Flap May Give A Boost To Webb  —  RICHMOND — The nationwide fallout from controversial remarks Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) made last week has given Democrats new hope in a race many thought would be difficult to win in the historically conservative state.
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Jim Hodges / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
McCain tries to rally veterans for Allen  —  POLITICS: SENATE CAMPAIGN — Maybe somebody should have clued in Sen. John McCain.  —  First, Sen. George Allen, R-Va., wound up a few dozen veterans with a "we win, they lose, there's no substitute victory" strategy for Iraq …
Discussion: Wonkette and Shakespeare's Sister
Sam F. Ghattas / Associated Press:
Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon raid  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Hezbollah fighters battled Israeli commandos who landed near the militants' stronghold deep inside Lebanon early Saturday, killing one soldier, in the first apparent large-scale violation of the U.N.-brokered cease-fire between the sides.
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BBC:
Israel mounts fresh Lebanon raid  —  Israel carried out an overnight raid inside Lebanon aimed at disrupting an arms transfer, the Israeli army says.  —  One soldier died and two were injured in the Bekaa Valley operation, it said.  Lebanese sources earlier told Reuters agency that three militants also died.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Truthdig
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Ruling Against Wiretaps Further Sharpens Partisan Divide  —  A federal judge's ruling that the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping is unconstitutional set off a flurry of political responses yesterday, as Republicans tried to keep control of the national security debate amid signs …
Discussion: The Horse's Mouth
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Young Quits As Walmart Spokesman Amid Racial Comments Flap  —  Just in case you thought Virginia Senator George Allen was the only person who seems tolerance-challenged and suffers from foot-in-mouth disease, think again: … So let's get this straight for a second: Young has been someone who has been working for racial tolerance?
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Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
G.O.P. Deserts One of Its Own for Lieberman  —  Alan Schlesinger, in Hartford last month, has dismissed calls for him to exit the race.  One poll shows him with just 4 percent of the vote.  —  Facing Senator Joseph I. Lieberman's independent candidacy, Republican officials at the state …
Nick Schou / Los Angeles Times:
The CIA-Contra-Crack Connection, 10 Years Later  —  Reporter Gary Webb was the victim of his own hyperbole, but he never got credit for what he got right.  —  TEN YEARS AGO today, one of the most controversial news articles of the 1990s quietly appeared on the front page of the San Jose Mercury News.
Theo Emery / New York Times:
In Nashville, Sounds of Political Uprising From the Left  —  A bar on Music Row in Nashville.  Democrats in the music industry are frustrated with country and western's reputation for being conservative.  —  NASHVILLE — Country music videos flashed on a television set at the Idle Hour …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard and The Corner
Daily Mail:
It's art, says the naked woman who'll hug a dead pig on stage  —  After pickled sheep, unmade beds and painting with elephant dung, some questioned where modern art could go next.  —  Kira O'Reilly will provide her own answer today by spending four hours naked, hugging a dead pig - at the taxpayer's expense.
Larisa Alexandrovna / The Raw Story:
Intelligence officials doubt Iran uranium claims, say Cheney receiving suspect briefings  —  The Bush administration continues to bypass standard intelligence channels and use what some believe to be propaganda tactics to create a compelling case for war with Iran, US foreign policy experts …
Discussion: The Agonist
Scott T. Paul / boltonwatch.tpmcafe.com:
Question for Bolton: Is Islam the Enemy?  —  As far as I can tell, Bolton has interviewed with one blog, and that is Atlas Shrugs, which Bolton considers a "news publication" and whose author he considers a "journalist."  Here's what Atlas Shrugs has to say about Islam: "the Quran …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Macsmind
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Dirk Diggler's Atlas
Discussion: The Reaction
Daily Mail:
Panic for Rolling Stones as tour tickets go unsold  —  Mick Jagger and his bandmates will never have to worry about where the next paycheque is coming from.  —  And that is, perhaps, something they should be grateful for judging by the apparent apathy surrounding tickets sales …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Reuters:
U.N. Congo peacekeepers again accused of sex abuse  —  Source: Reuters  —  The United Nations is investigating a suspected child prostitution ring involving its peacekeepers and government soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. mission said on Thursday.
Associated Press:
Bush: In time, world will recognize Hezbollah's loss  —  CAMP DAVID, Maryland (AP) — President Bush acknowledged Friday that it could take time for the people of Lebanon and the world to view the war between Israel and Hezbollah as a loss for the militant group.
Discussion: Hot Air
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Time Magazine, Hoping to Gain Readers, Shifts to Friday  —  Time magazine, which has been landing on newsstands and in mailboxes on Mondays for four decades, will soon be available on Fridays.  —  The switch is an attempt to increase newsstand sales and is expected to have significant implications …
Discussion: Media Blog
 
 
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE PRICE OF PEACE  —  Yesterday I derogated UN Resolution 1701 …
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Justin Rood / TPMmuckraker:
At White House, Strange Silence Over Terror Probe Leak
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Gateway Pundit:
Iranian Bloggers Show Regime's Satellite Dish Destruction
Mr Eugenides:
The BBC does the classics
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Wizbang
Associated Press:
Israeli Troops Criticize War Handling
Murray Evans / Associated Press:
Judge Gets 4 Years for Exposing Himself
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Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
Let's Start Racial Profiling — Young White Boys
Val Prieto / Townhall.com:
Truth, even if clandestine, is still truth.
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 Earlier Items: 
US News:
Senators' numbers  —  Some interesting numbers in SurveyUSA's …
Discussion: Power Line and Dean's World
Elissa Gootman / New York Times:
In Elite N.Y. Schools, a Dip in Blacks and Hispanics
Discussion: Rantingprofs
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In South Carolina, A Major Endorsement For McCain
Leora Falk / New York Sun:
Washington Post Editor Rebukes His Reporter for Television Comments on Israel
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Supporters Scuffle At Candidate Forum
BBC:
Terror police find 'martyr tapes'
Roy Spencer / TCS Daily:
'Cane Mutiny  —  What a difference one year makes.
David D. Perlmutter / Editor and Publisher:
Photojournalism in Crisis  —  The Israeli-Hezbollah war has left …