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9:40 AM ET, October 4, 2006

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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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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.
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.
Niles Lathem / New York Post:
SICK NEW FOLEY E-MAILS  —  HAD VIRTUAL SEX WITH TEEN BETWEEN VOTES  —  Shocking new Internet messages surfaced yesterday, revealing that former Rep. Mark Foley engaged in online sex with a male high-school page - while taking a break from an important vote on the House floor.
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Deborah / News Hounds:
FOX Uses Subliminal Ploy On Foley Head Shot
Michael Luo / New York Times:
8 G.I.'s Die in Baghdad, Most in a Day Since '05  —  Eight United States soldiers were killed Monday in Baghdad, the United States military said, the most in the capital in a day since July 2005.  —  Four of the soldiers died in a roadside bomb attack; the four others were killed by small-arms fire in separate incidents.
Discussion: politburo diktat 2.0 and Dinocrat
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Jill Terreri / TheAmherstRecord.com, Amherst, NY:
In local news conference, Reynolds plays defense  —  Rep. Thomas Reynolds beat back criticism on Monday that he didn't do enough to stop another congressman's inappropriate e-mail exchanges with a minor, saying he did his "due diligence" by alerting his superiors to the possible problem.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and First Draft
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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 …
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 …
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Here's how dishonest Beltway journalism has become  —  Books about politics and the press don't come much more dishonest, or depressing, than the new tome hitting stores this week, The Way to Win (Random House).  Written by corporate media bigwigs Mark Halperin, political director of ABC News …
Discussion: TalkLeft
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mia Culpa
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
Howard Fineman / Newsweek:
It Takes a Sex Scandal  —  The real world cares about the Foley e-mails.  If Democrats can't win now, they're doomed to become modern-day Whigs.  —  An Iraq war that has cost us nearly half trillion dollars—and the good will of the world—might not have done it.
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 …
 
 
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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

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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

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