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8:10 AM ET, October 4, 2006

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Washington Post:
Some Say They Felt Uneasy About Representative's Attention  —  In 1995, male House pages were warned to steer clear of a freshman Republican from Florida, who was already learning the names of the teenagers, dashing off notes, letters and e-mails to them, and asking them to join him for ice cream, according to a former page.
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New York Times:
Hastert Fights to Save His Job in Page Scandal  —  Backed by measured words of support from President Bush, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert opened an intense drive on Tuesday to hold on to his post, but behind the scenes senior Republicans weighed whether he could survive the scandal surrounding former Representative Mark Foley.
rushlimbaugh.com:
House Speaker Dennis Hastert
Kerry Howley / Reason:
Foley AIMs to Please
Discussion: Tim Blair and Balloon Juice
Brad / The BRAD BLOG:
INCREDIBLE!  FOX 'NEWS' LABELS FOLEY AS DEM DURING O'REILLY FACTOR!  —  Three Different Video Cutaways, 15 Seconds or More Each, Credit Disgraced REPUBLICAN Congressman as Being a Florida DEMOCRAT!  —  UPDATED: NOW WITH VIDEO!  LATER UPDATE: 'Erroneous' Caption Scrubbed from Late-night O'Reilly Rebroadcasts Without Explanation!
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Deborah / News Hounds:
FOX Uses Subliminal Ploy On Foley Head Shot  —  While a former congressional page, Tyson Vivyan, was talking about the e-mails he received from Mark Foley on The O'Reilly Factor tonight,10/3, a photo was flashed on the screen labeled Mark Foley D.-FL.  This happened at 8:30 and 8:32 PM ET.
Discussion: The Blue State
Redstate:
New polling on the Irey-Murtha race  —  When the Irey campaign did preliminary polling last spring, the results were not encouraging.  The 30-year incumbant in the PA-12 seat, John Murtha, led the little-known Diana Irey by thirty points.  Mr. Murtha was emerging as the liberal conscience of the Iraq war …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Sex scandal, Iraq book take toll on Bush, GOP  —  NBC/WSJ poll: Bush back in 30s; Dems favored for control of Congress  —  WASHINGTON -  —  After what they have seen and heard over the past few weeks — events including the news of a Republican congressman's improper correspondence …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Foley lawyer to announce "bombshell" at press conference?  Update: Molested as a kid by a priest (Video Added)  —  So says Raw Story.  The conference is due to start soon.  We'll have video.  —  Update: ABC's hearing "bombshell," too.  —  Update: Some of Foley's colleagues …
Sonya Geis / Washington Post:
Border Security, Job Market Leave Farms Short of Workers  —  Growers Frustrated by Delay in Agriculture Legislation  —  CLOVIS, Calif. — Bins of Granny Smith apples towered over two conveyor belts at P-R Farms' packing plant.  But only one belt moved.  P-R Farms, like farms up and down California …
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
OMB Welcomes Help From Anti-Pork Bloggers  —  Call it the Office of Management and Blog-it.  —  The Office of Management and Budget is turning to bloggers for help in pushing the OMB's government reform plans after last week's success of its pet project, the Federal Funding Accountability …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
James Parks / AFL-CIO Weblog:
Labor Board Ruling May Bar Millions of Workers from Forming Unions  —  The Republican-dominated National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) today voted along party lines to slash long-time federal labor laws protecting workers' freedom to form unions and opened the door for employers to classify millions of workers as supervisors.
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
In Bill's Fine Print, Millions to Celebrate Victory  —  As the Bush administration urges Americans to stay the course in Iraq, Republicans in Congress have put down a quiet marker in the apparent hope that V-I Day might be only months away.  —  Tucked away in fine print in the military spending bill …
MSNBC:
Terrorists' mail still not monitored  —  Prison system yet to crack down on incarcerated terrorists, report finds  —  WASHINGTON - Convicted terrorists locked up in U.S. prisons can still use mail and verbal communications to conduct terrorist or criminal activities, according …
The Aardvark / Abu Aardvark:
Debating withdrawal IV: what al-Qaeda wants  —  Does al-Qaeda really want the United States to withdraw from Iraq, as current administration arguments would have it?  Not according to the letter captured during the raid which killed Abu Musab Zarqawi, allegedly from a member of al-Qaeda's inner circle …
Discussion: Political Animal
Politics Central:
THE BRIEF DUTCH SHARIA ERUPTION  —  Pieter Dorsman reports on the issue of Sharia law replacing the constitution in the Netherlands: "If a situation could arise where a majority could agree to shred a constitution in favor of religious law - and one from the Middle Ages at that …
 
 
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Reuters:
Google boss warns politicians about Internet power
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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Violence in Iraq leaves at least 52 dead
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David Charter / Times of London:
Mothers lose right to equal salaries
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Washington Post:
N. Korea Pledges Nuclear Test
Brooke A. Masters / Washington Post:
Dow Hits New High After a Long Recovery
Eric Rich / Washington Post:
Bible-Reading Student Gets Lesson in Litigation
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Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
It Takes a Sex Scandal
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Allen Seeks to Refocus Campaign With Long Ad
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An Opera In the Key Of Denial
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Leaders We Have  —  While leading the hunt for weapons …
Buffalowatchdog / wnymedia.net:
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Arrest over Cheney barb triggers lawsuit
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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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