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1:05 PM ET, October 3, 2006

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Washington Times:
Resign, Mr. Speaker  —  The facts of the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a disgrace for every Republican member of Congress.  Red flags emerged in late 2005, perhaps even earlier …
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MSNBC:
Hastert won't resign over Foley scandal  —  Washington Times opines House Speaker 'must do the only right thing'  —  WASHINGTON - Despite a call from a conservative newspaper for his resignation over his handling of a congressional sex scandal, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., intends to retain his leadership position.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and A Blog For All
Opinion Journal:
Paging Mr. Hastert  —  Could a gay Congressman be quarantined?  —  Florida Republican Mark Foley's sexually explicit emails to a Congressional page certainly warranted his resignation from the House, and they may well merit prosecution.  But this being five weeks from an election …
New York Times:
Papers Knew of Foley E-Mail but Did Not Publish Stories  —  At least two news organizations were tipped off to e-mail messages sent by Representative Mark Foley long before the story of his sexually explicit remarks to teenage pages broke last week and forced him to resign.
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Warnings About Foley's Behavior Failed to Move Congress to Action  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  Despite repeated warning signs going back at least five years, almost nothing was done in Congress to stop Foley's suspect behavior with pages.  —  Today, Republican leaders said they had no idea …
Washington Post:
After Foley, New Fears For the GOP  —  Some Say Party Could Lose House and Senate  —  Republican strategists said yesterday that public revulsion over the sexually graphic online conversations between Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fla.) and former House pages could compound the party's problems enough …
Miami Herald:   Foley's shame; Congress' stumble
Bo-Mi Lim / Associated Press:
North Korea says it will stage nuke test  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test in the face of what it claimed was "the U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war," ratcheting up tensions amid international pressure to return to negotiations on its atomic program.
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Jonathan Thatcher / Reuters:   North Korea says will conduct nuclear test
Bo-Mi Lim / Associated Press:
N. Korea Says It Will Conduct Nuke Test
Discussion: The Jawa Report
BBC:
N Korea statement on nuclear test
Discussion: The Agonist
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn and Helen Show: John Fund on Election Fraud and its Cures  —  With the elections only a month away, we talk to John Fund, Wall Street Journal writer and author of Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy.  Fund talks about high-tech problems with electronic voting machines …
Discussion: Pajamas Media
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Politics Central:
THE GLENN AND HELEN SHOW: JOHN FUND ON ELECTION FRAUD AND ITS REMEDIES
Discussion: Hot Air
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Three Years Of CQ  —  Three years.  8,156 posts.  Over 109,000 comments and 16,000 trackbacks. 23 million visits.  And the best blog community in the 'sphere.  —  It all started with this post: … When I first started this blog, I expected it to serve two purposes …
James Rosen / Fox News:
RICE OFFERED TO RESIGN FOLLOWING BUSH'S 2004 RE-ELECTION  —  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she offered to resign as President Bush's National Security Adviser as part of a broader house-cleaning following the president's re-election in 2004.
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
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Pete Hegseth / Opinion Journal:
More Troops, Please  —  "Not losing" isn't the same as winning.  —  I've heard President Bush repeatedly state he will send more troops to Iraq if the commanders on the ground ask for them.  I think, having returned home from Iraq two months ago, that there must be a breakdown in communication somewhere along the line.
Judd / Think Progress:
CBS Turns Over News Broadcast To Man Who Blames School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion  —  Last night, the CBS Evening News turned their broadcast over to a man named Brian Rohrbough, who lost his son during the Columbine massacre.  Mr. Rohrbough proceeded to blame recent school shootings on …
Discussion: Political Animal and Norwegianity
Washington Post:
Outside Groups Shoveling Cash Into Tight Races  —  As the race for control of Congress turns toward its final sprint to Election Day, independent organizations with ideological or commercial stakes in the outcome are pouring record amounts of money into the closest contests …
 
 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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