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New York Post:
POWDER PUFF SPOOKS KEITH — MSNBC loudmouth Keith Olbermann flipped out when he opened his home mail yesterday. The acerbic host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" was terrified when he opened a suspicious-looking letter with a California postmark and a batch of white powder poured out.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Why Doesn't Page Six Take A Big Whiff Itself? — Let's make one point clear at the beginning of this post: I cannot stand Keith Olbermann. I couldn't stand his pretentious, egotistical sportscasting when I first saw him in Los Angeles, and thought he only improved marginally at ESPN's SportsCenter.
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Editor and Publisher:
'NY Post' Makes Fun of Olbermann's Reaction to Getting Letter — At Home — With White Powder — NEW YORK One would think journalists might not make fun of a high-profile industry colleague, in this day and age, receiving an envelope — at home — which contains white powder.
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
House approves bill on terror detainees — WASHINGTON - The House approved legislation Wednesday giving the Bush administration authority to interrogate and prosecute terrorism detainees, moving President Bush to the edge of a pre-election victory with a key piece of his anti-terror plan.
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
House Approves Bill on Detainees — 253 to 168 Vote Backs Bush on Prosecution Of Terrorism Suspects — The House approved an administration-backed system of questioning and prosecuting terrorism suspects yesterday, setting clearer limits on CIA interrogation techniques but denying access …
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Hurdles Cleared for Detainee Legislation — WASHINGTON — Republicans on Wednesday cleared procedural hurdles in the House and Senate on the way to giving President Bush authority to detain, interrogate and try terrorism detainees before military commissions.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Ailes: `An assault on all journalists' — NEW YORK - Fox News chief Roger Ailes says former President Clinton's response to Chris Wallace's question about going after Osama bin Laden represents "an assault on all journalists." — Ailes said Clinton had a "wild overreaction" in the interview, broadcast on "Fox News Sunday."
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History News Network:
Deja vu — Judith Apter Klinghoffer — POLL: AL QAEDA LOST IN IRAQ — Al Qaeda has desicively lost the Iraqi battlefield. … Iraqi confidence in Iraqi forces (as opposed to militias) is increasing while its confidence in US forces is decreasing. Given US policies there can be little doubt …
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Flopping Aces, Democracy Project, Blue Crab Boulevard, Dean's World, worldpublicopinion.org, USS Neverdock and Abu Aardvark
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Robin Toner / New York Times:
New Hope for Democrats in Bid for Senate — Six weeks before Election Day, the Democrats suddenly face a map with unexpected opportunities in their battle for control of the Senate. — In Virginia, a state that few expected to be seriously competitive, Senator George Allen, a Republican …
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Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Bush urges bickering allies on terrorism — WASHINGTON - President Bush appealed to the bickering presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan on Wednesday to put aside their differences and "strategize together" over dinner on ways to defeat the common enemy of terrorism.
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The Jawa Report
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Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:Iraq war was terrorism 'recruiting sergeant'
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New York Times:
Rushing Off a Cliff — Here's what happens when this irresponsible Congress railroads a profoundly important bill to serve the mindless politics of a midterm election: The Bush administration uses Republicans' fear of losing their majority to push through ghastly ideas about antiterrorism …
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The Huffington Post, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Jesus' General, Obsidian Wings and Balkinization
Associated Press:
Casey increases lead over Santorum — Democrat Bob Casey appears to have doubled his lead over Sen. Rick Santorum in Pennsylvania's Senate race, according to a poll released today. — Mr. Casey had a 14-point lead in the Quinnipiac University Poll, with 54 percent of likely voters saying …
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Associated Press:
7-Eleven dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo — DALLAS - Convenience store operator 7-Eleven Inc. is dropping Venezuela-backed Citgo as its gasoline supplier at more than 2,100 locations and switching to its own brand of fuel. — The retailer said Wednesday it will purchase fuel from several distributors …
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
New Report That Senator Uttered Slurs — Another acquaintance of Senator George Allen said Tuesday that she heard him use a racial slur in 1976, contradicting a statement he made Monday in an effort to tamp down similar accusations. — Mr. Allen's campaign manager, Dick Wadhams …
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Obsidian Wings, The Allen Blog, Associated Press, Sister Toldjah, The Reaction, Media Blog, Riehl World View, Majikthise and Virginia Centrist
Howie Klein / Firedoglake:
BLUE AMERICA: Angie Paccione (CO-04) — [Angie Paccione joins us in the comments today to discuss her candidacy in the CO-04. Please stop by and give her a great FDL welcome. As always in Blue America threads, please stay on topic and please be polite. Welcome, Angie! — CHS]
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Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Allen and Webb Keep Digging — George Allen's and James Webb's race to the bottom continues in a heated fashion. — Today we learned, and you may want to sit down for this, Webb may have used the N-word. For people who have read Webb's books, this comes as something less than an earth-shattering revelation.
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Associated Press, Outside The Beltway, Blue Crab Boulevard, Decision '08 and Ace of Spades HQ
American Prospect:
The Prospect announces changes — Michael Tomasky to step down as editor, will stay on as editor-at large. — Michael Tomasky is stepping down as editor of The American Prospect to pursue writing projects. Tomasky, 45, has led the editorial staff at the Prospect for three years and will finish work on the November issue.
Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Estimating our national intelligence — The events of the last few days have created some misunderstandings regarding U.S. intelligence in the War on Terrorism, its appropriate uses and interpretation, and the role of politicians and the press in that process.
William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
On the NIE, the Right and the Left Are Both Wrong — The National Intelligence Estimate regarding trends in global terrorism, partially released by the administration yesterday in response to weekend news leaks, is not centrally about Iraq, and it is certainly not the final word on the subject.
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Opinion, The Moderate Voice, american footprints, AMERICAblog, Hullabaloo and Blue Crab Boulevard
Redstate:
Mitt Romney lies about abortion — "I believe that abortion should be safe and legal in this country. I have since the time when my Mom took that position when she ran in 1970 as a U.S. Senate candidate. I believe that since Roe v. Wade has been the law for 20 years that we should sustain and support it …
Associated Press:
Chairman seeks review, possible removal of memorial inscriptions — PHOENIX — A state commission that authorized placement of the Arizona 9-11 Memorial in Wesley Bolin Plaza will review controversial laser-cut inscriptions "and see if some of them could be removed," the panel's chairman said Wednesday.
Rocky Mountain News:
Report: hostage wounded — BAILEY — 9 News has reported that one of the hostages at Platte Canyon High School has been critically wounded. Emergency personnel rushed a gurney out of the school at 3:45 p.m. with an injured person. — An armed man walked into the school at took six hostages …
Dean / Dean's World:
Question for Michelle Malkin: Does the Conscience of a Conservative Still Exist? — I'm publicly calling out Michelle Malkin, someone whom I often disagree with but usually respect. I hope she will think about it and respond thoughtfully and not angrily or flippantly.
wnbc.com:
Jeanine Pirro Under Criminal Investigation — ALBANY, N.Y. — NewsChannel 4's Jonathan Dienst has learned Jeanine Pirro, the Republican candidate for New York Attorney General, has been under state and federal criminal investigation. — Images: Pirro Probed For Alleged Spy Plan
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
John Boehner Still Believes Saddam Was Tied To 9/11 And Had WMD — On Hardball this afternoon, House Majority Leader John Boehner was asked questions about Iraq. Boehner insisted that Saddam had WMD and that we just "haven't found them yet". Boehner also states that Saddam was supporting …
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