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1:20 PM ET, September 15, 2006

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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
Muslims Assail Pope's Remarks on Islam  —  Turkey's ruling Islamic-rooted party joined a wave of criticism of Pope Benedict XVI on Friday, accusing him of trying to revive the spirit of the Crusades with remarks he made about Islam.  Muslim leaders in the Middle East expressed dismay …
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BBC:
Muslim anger grows at Pope speech  —  A statement from the Vatican has failed to quell criticism of Pope Benedict XVI from Muslim leaders, after he made a speech about the concept of holy war.  —  Speaking in Germany, the Pope quoted a 14th Century Christian emperor who said Muhammad …
Sophie Hardach / Reuters:
Italy's provocative journalist Fallaci dies  —  MILAN (Reuters) - Oriana Fallaci, one of Italy's best-known writers and war correspondents who goaded the world's great and issued a vitriolic assault on Islam after the September 11 attacks on the United States, died on Friday aged 77.
Daily Mail:
Muslim fury grows at Pope's speech
Discussion: Say Anything and Macsmind
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Rebuff for Bush on Terror Trials in a Senate Test  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee defied President Bush on Thursday, with four Republicans joining Democrats in approving a plan for the trial and interrogation of terrorism suspects that the White House has rejected as unacceptable.
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Washington Post:
A Defining Moment for America  —  PRESIDENT BUSH rarely visits Congress.  So it was a measure of his painfully skewed priorities that Mr. Bush made the unaccustomed trip yesterday to seek legislative permission for the CIA to make people disappear into secret prisons and have information extracted …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
An Unexpected Collision Over Detainees
David Espo / Associated Press:
Ohio Rep. Ney expected to plead guilty  —  WASHINGTON - Abandoning months of defiant denials, Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) intends to admit guilt in the congressional corruption probe spawned by disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to Republican officials.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The Tehran Calculus  —  In his televised Sept. 11 address, President Bush said that we must not "leave our children to face a Middle East overrun by terrorist states and radical dictators armed with nuclear weapons."  There's only one such current candidate: Iran.
Stuart Steers / Rocky Mountain News:
Ritter tops in poll  —  Democrat holds 17-point lead over Beauprez for guv  —  Democrat Bill Ritter has a remarkable 17-point lead over Republican Congressman Bob Beauprez in the race for Colorado governor, according to a Rocky Mountain News/ CBS 4 poll of likely voters.
Steven Reinberg / Yahoo! News:
Private Health Insurance Hard to Get and Costly  —  THURSDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) — Almost nine out of every 10 Americans who seek private health insurance never buy a plan, and one in five who apply are turned down or charged more because of preexisting conditions, a new report finds.
Discussion: TAPPED and Ezra Klein
Andrew Bridges / Associated Press:
E. coli cases traced to bagged spinach  —  WASHINGTON - Consumers nationwide should not eat fresh bagged spinach, say health officials probing a multistate outbreak of E. coli that killed at least one person and made dozens of others sick.  —  Food and Drug Administration and state officials …
Austin Bay Blog:
Oil Prices  —  Two years ago -as oil prices began to rise- two friends of mine in the industry said to look for a dramatic climb in prices but "over the long term" (a decade? fifteen years?) look for oil to settle in a zone of $40 to $55 a barrel.  When oil reached $70 a barrel I thought about that "zone."
Les Blumenthal / Real Cities:
Senate approves bill to tighten port security  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate approved a port-security bill Thursday that its sponsors said would make the nation safer from terrorist attack, after it rejected a plan to inspect every inbound cargo container for nuclear weapons.
Alessandra Rizzo / Associated Press:
Italian Writer Oriana Fallaci Dies  —  ROME — Oriana Fallaci, the Italian writer and journalist best known for her abrasive interviews and provocative stances, has died, officials said Friday.  She was 76.  —  Fallaci, who had been diagnosed with cancer years ago, died overnight …
Discussion: Gates of Vienna
Popular Mechanics:
The Great Nuclear Debate  —  To add your voice to the nuclear debate click here. … Nuclear Energy Provides Practical Baseload Power  —  by Patrick Moore  —  When I helped found Greenpeace in the 1970s, my colleagues and I were firmly opposed to nuclear energy.  But times have changed.
Discussion: The Indepundit
 
 
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Victoria Toensing / Opinion Journal:
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Obama Watch: Another Hint of '08 Intent?
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Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps?  (CJR Daily Jumps the Shark Edition)
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
In a Volatile Region of Iraq, U.S. Military Takes Two Paths
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
High Court to Post Same-Day Transcripts
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
House Votes To Disclose Earmarks
Isambard Wilkinson / Telegraph:
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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