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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Reported Test 'Fundamentally Changes the Landscape' for U.S. Officials — North Korea's apparent nuclear test last night may well be regarded as a failure of the Bush administration's nuclear nonproliferation policy. — Since George W. Bush became president, North Korea has restarted …
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Wonk / Defense Tech:
NORK NUCLEAR TEST: IT'S A DUD — Cross-posted at Arms Control Wonk.com. — HA HA HA HA. — I — Jeffrey Lewis, crossposting from Arms Control Wonk — love the US Geological Survey. — They've published lat/long (41.294 N, 129.134 E) and Mb estimates (4.2) for the North Korean test.
Fox News:
U.S. OFFICIAL: NORTH KOREA TESTED NUCLEAR WEAPON — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea successfully completed a test of a nuclear weapon late Sunday night, a senior Bush administration official confirmed to FOX News. — The official said, however, that the underground blast only measured …
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Ben Johnson / Front Page Magazine:
The Left's Diplomacy Pays Off — SCORE ONE FOR BILL CLINTON and Jimmy Carter. — As of this writing in the early morning hours of October 9, President Bush is expected to announce that North Korea has conducted an underground nuclear test. Unlike the abortive launch in July …
BBC:
Outcry at N Korea 'nuclear test' — North Korea's claim to have successfully carried out a nuclear weapon test underground has sparked international condemnation. — President George W Bush said the US was working to confirm the claim, which he branded a "provocative" act.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
N. Korea Reports 1st Nuclear Arms Test — North Korea said Sunday night that it had set off its first nuclear test, becoming the eighth country in history, and arguably the most unstable and most dangerous, to proclaim that it has joined the club of nuclear weapons states.
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Katherine Shrader / Associated Press:
U.S. detects seismic event in N. Korea — WASHINGTON - The United States and South Korea detected a seismic event Sunday night at a suspected nuclear test site in North Korea, the White House said Monday after North Korea claimed it had conducted an underground nuclear test.
Stephen Fidler / Financial Times:
Analysis: North Korea test a sign of weakness — North Korea's probable test of a nuclear weapon on Monday has triggered the second nuclear crisis in 13 years on the Korean peninsula. — In 1993, North Korea announced it would pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty …
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Michelle Malkin:We are in range; another test coming?
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Brad Plumer / Bradford Plumer:KA-BOOM — I don't know what should be done about North Korea any more than you do.
Washington Post:N. Korea Claims Nuclear Test
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Thomas M. DeFrank / NY Daily News:
Scandals stymie W's momentum — DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF — WASHINGTON - Suddenly, like the fierce "blue northers" that sweep across Texas each autumn, the political winds have turned bleaker for Republicans - and President Bush's private mood has blackened accordingly.
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
At Reuters, a New Book and a Lost Job — On Tuesday, Joe Maguire, one of two editors in charge of markets coverage at Reuters, handed his bosses the galleys of his new book, "Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter." On Wednesday, Mr. Maguire discovered he would have plenty of free …
Robert Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
GOP hopefuls hope Hastert stays away — The survival of J. Dennis Hastert as speaker of the House of Representatives will produce an uncomfortable scene Thursday at the Hilton Chicago. President Bush is the principal attraction at a reception to fund congressional candidates …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"Evangelicals Blame Foley, Not Republican Party." — The NYT has an article analyzing the effect of the Foley scandal on those pesky morals voters: … So... Ron Gwaltney, homophobic bigot or believer in individual responsibility? That's just a litmus test for you this morning.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Minnesota Governor: Pawlenty Falls Behind — Hatch (DFL) 44% Pawlenty (R) 42% — After opening up a 10-point lead in early August, incumbent Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty finds himself down two points to Attorney General Mike Hatch in the latest Rasmussen Reports election survey.
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Associated Press:
AP: Allen Failed to Report Stock Options — RICHMOND, Va. — For the past five years, Sen. George Allen, has failed to tell Congress about stock options he got for his work as a director of a high-tech company. The Virginia Republican also asked the Army to help another business that gave him similar options.
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Diana B. Henriques / New York Times:
Where Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights — J. Jeffrey Heck, a lawyer in Mansfield, Ohio, usually sits on management's side of the table. "The only employee cases I take are those that poke my buttons," he said. "And this one really did." — His client was a middle-aged novice training …
Ali Waked / Ynetnews:
Al-Qaeda affiliate burns coffee shop in Gaza Strip — Al-Qaeda affiliated group takes responsibility for setting internet coffee shop ablaze in Gaza Strip as punishment for what they deem unethical behavior. Group threatens others who don't comply with ethical standards.
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Edmund Phelps — Today's Nobel Prize in economics — Edmund Phelps. Here is the announcement from Sweden. — Here is his autobiography. He was born in Chicago in 1933 and now teaches at Columbia. Here is his CV, and here is another version. Here are recent papers.
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