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1:15 AM ET, August 31, 2006

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Rebecca Carr / Palm Beach Post:
STEVENS IS SMOKED OUT  —  After much speculation, a staffer to Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, admitted to Cox Newspapers today that the senator is the lawmaker who placed a "secret hold" on legislation that would open up the obscure world of government contracting to public scrutiny.
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CNN:
Sen. Stevens is 'the secret senator'  —  From Andrea Koppel, Ted Barrett and Abbi Tatton  —  Adjust font size:  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The identity of the blogosphere's "secret senator" has been revealed.  —  CNN has confirmed that Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Bill's Cost Troubled Me, Pork King Says  —  Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) held up a bill that would create a free, searchable database of government contracts and grants because he was worried about the proposal's price tag, his spokesman told me this afternoon.  Its cost has been estimated at $15 million.
Mark Tapscott / Tapscott's Copy Desk:
As Predicted - It's Ted Stevens; And He Wants a "Cost-Benefit Analysis;" Why Coburn Knew but Didn't Tell; A Democrat Has Also Placed An Anonymous Hold  —  Congrats to TPMuckraker's Paul Keil who got a spokesman for Sen. Ted.  Stevens, R-AK, to confirm that the Alaska Republican is the senator …
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Keith Olbermann Delivers One Hell Of a Commentary on Rumsfeld  —  Keith had some very choice words about Rumsfeld's "fascism" comments tonight.  Watch it, save it and share it.  —  Olbermann delivered this commentary with fire and passion while highlighting how Rumsfeld's comments echoes …
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Johnny Dollar / Olbermann Watch:
COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN - AUGUST 30, 2006
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Associated Press:
CBS magazine slims down Couric in photo  —  NEW YORK - No, Katie Couric didn't suddenly lose 20 pounds.  The incoming "CBS Evening News" anchor appears significantly thinner in a network promotional magazine photo thanks to digital airbrushing.  —  The touched-up photo of Couric dressed …
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Don Kaplan / New York Post:
WEIGHING ANCHOR  —  CBS PHOTO TRICKERY TAKES A LOAD OFF  —  'SLIMMER' COURIC  —  Talk about a miracle diet - Katie Couric has become the Incredible Shrinking Anchorwoman.  —  Thanks to a computer "slight" of hand, the Tiffany network has made the new face of "CBS Evening News" instantly drop about 20 pounds.
Brian Williams / MSNBC:
President Bush talks to Brian Williams  —  An exclusive conversation on the one-year anniversary of Katrina landfall … BRIAN WILLIAMS: You have apologized for the damage, but what about the damage to your presidency?  And Mr. President, here's what I mean, most call it your low point.
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USA Today:
Gasoline prices could keep falling  —  Gasoline prices are falling fast and could keep dropping for months.  —  "The only place they have to go is down," says Fred Rozell, gasoline analyst at the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS).  "We'll be closer to $2 than $3 come Thanksgiving."
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Tomlinson Cited For Abuses at Broadcast Board  —  CPB Ex-Chief Put Friend On Payroll, State Dept. Says  —  A year-long State Department investigation has found that the chairman of the agency that oversees Voice of America and other government broadcasting operations improperly used his office …
Ezra Klein:
In Defense of Tofu  —  Ah, the vegetarian paradox.  It's an odd state of affairs.  Being the guy who snacks on soy, my fellow bread breakers seem routinely fearful that I'll mention the horrific conditions at the overcrowded feedlot their burger came from.
Discussion: The News Blog, Eschaton and Pandagon
Rachael Ray / KIRO-TV:
National Guardsman Brutally Attacked In Pierce County  —  PARKLAND, Wash. — The Pierce County Sheriff's Department is searching for five people who allegedly attacked a uniformed National Guardsmen walking along 138th Street in Parkland Tuesday afternoon.  —  The soldier was walking …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and PoliPundit.com
San Francisco Chronicle:
DRIVER'S RAMPAGE THE HUMAN TOLL  —  THE VICTIMS: 'No pattern' in targets of rampage  —  The victims of Tuesday's hit-and-run carnage were men and women, old and young, black, white and Asian.  One was on a bike, the rest on foot.  —  They were mowed down in at least 11 locations in San Francisco.
Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Ad Focuses On The `Good Stuff'  —  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's new media team wants voters to go to their happy place - and think about all that their client has done for them in 18 years in the Senate.  —  In a commercial that debuted Tuesday, the team Lieberman hired after losing …
Confederate Yankee:
Armored Vehicle Experts: Reuters News Vehicle Not Hit By Israeli Missile  —  There has been quite a bit of debate in the blogosphere surrounding this story (note: link has been deactivated) of several days ago: … Despite the Israeli acknowledgement that they did fire on a "suspicious vehicle …
Barney Frank / Boston Globe:
Afghanistan ignored  —  A WAR is missing.  Sadly, it is not missing from the physical location in which it is taking place, and people continue to die as it is waged.  But it has largely disappeared from our national debate, and that debate has been sorely distorted as a consequence.
 
 
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