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12:00 AM ET, October 31, 2006

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Alexis Debat Reports / The Blotter:
Zawahiri Was Target in U.S. Attack on Religious School in Pakistan  —  Alexis Debat Reports:  —  Ayman al Zawahiri was the target of a Predator missile attack this morning on a religious school in Pakistan, according to Pakistani intelligence sources.  —  ABC News has learned the raid …
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MSNBC:
NBC: On-scene at blasted Pakistan madrassa  —  'Terror' school where 80 killed linked to bin Laden and Taliban, locals say … What was the scene like after the air strike by Pakistani troops on the madrassa school training suspected militants?  —  It was dark and very early in the morning when the blast occurred.
Salman Masood / New York Times:
Pakistan Attacks School for Militants
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and FP Passport
Habibullah Khan / Associated Press:
Pakistani Raid on School Kills 80
Matea Gold / Los Angeles Times:
CNN hopes blogging is election-night blessing  —  An event aimed at getting instant reaction from online opinion makers is but a part of cable channels' efforts.  —  NEW YORK — Who says the mainstream media don't respect the blogosphere?  —  CNN is trying to incorporate bloggers directly …
Discussion: Amygdala and This Modern World
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
It's A Blog Party, And CQ's Invited  —  What are you doing for Election Night?  Hopefully CQ readers will follow some of the coverage on CNN, because I'll be part of blogger coverage for CNN in the evening of Election Night.  The Los Angeles Times reported the story this morning that CNN …
Ace of Spades HQ:
Left Publicizes Facebook Pic of Corker's Daughter Kissing A Girl  —Ace  —  From Wonkette , which now seems to be officially a gay website, and which is crowing that it got the smooch story pushed into the MSM.  (Well, defnining MSM as a "nobody columnist from the Atlanta Commercial Appeal …
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The Hill / Wonkette:
Another Wonkette Victory  —  This week's coup: getting a picture of Tennessee Senate candidate Bob Corker's daughter Julia making out with another girl into the Memphis Commercial Appeal.  Now we're just working on getting Pierce Bush and Leslie Cochran into a Frank Rich column.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
David Donnelly / Public Campaign Action Fund blogs:
Request to Sen. Lieberman to disclose petty cash  —  Public Campaign Action Fund's letter to Senator Joe Lieberman regarding his nondisclosure of petty cash:  —  The Hon. Joseph Lieberman  —  PO Box 231294  —  State House Square  —  Hartford, CT 06123  —  Dear Senator Lieberman,
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CNN:
Poll: Stumping not boosting Bush popularity  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush's popularity has not been buoyed by a series of public events in recent days, a new CNN poll suggests.  —  Bush's approval rating hovers in the high 30s, where it has been throughout October.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Steven E. Landsburg / Slate:
How the Web Prevents Rape  —  ALL THAT INTERNET PORN REDUCES SEX CRIMES.  REALLY.  —  Does pornography breed rape?  Do violent movies breed violent crime?  Quite the opposite, it seems.  —  First, porn.  What happens when more people view more of it?  The rise of the Internet offers a gigantic natural experiment.
The Hill / Wonkette:
Shreddin' With Dick  —  Spotted on 10/19, by an eagle-eyed Wonkette reader: The Mid-Atlantic Shredding Services truck making its way up to the Cheney compound at the Naval Observatory.  —  Fun fact: Mid-Atlantic Shredding Services has been contracted by the Secret Service for our Executive Branch's record-not-keeping needs.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and Taylor Marsh
Kimberly Atkins / Boston Herald:
That's the ticket?  Speculation swirls over Mitt-Jeb pairing in 2008  —  Gov. Mitt Romney is tapping the seasoned political team of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, leading to speculation that the Mormon from Massachusetts may be courting the Bible Belt blueblood for a possible Romney-Bush '08 ticket.
Matthew Yglesias:
Message Discipline  —  I'm behind the curve on Amy Sullivan on David Kuo, but I thought this was interesting: … Now Amy's right.  It would be useful, for the purposes of electoral politics, for liberals in the media to avoid expressing the view that the belief — adhered to by millions of Americans …
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Lobbyists Won't Like What Pelosi Has in Mind  —  Odds are that lobbying in the House of Representatives is about to get harder.  —  If Democrats gain the 15 seats they need to win control of the House — and most analysts think they will — one of the first things the new House will do is restrict …
Spencer Platt / MSNBC:
U.S. death toll in Iraq tops 100 in October  —  Blast kills 33 Iraqis in Baghdad Shiite stronghold; 80 die across country  —  Marines pay their respects to a fellow Marine killed in Iraq.  Combat deaths have soared in October past 100.  —  NBC VIDEO
 
 
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Al-Qaeda and the election  —  How does al-Qaeda really view the upcoming elections?
Thomas Sowell / Opinion Journal:
Diversity's Oppressions  —  Why Iraq has proven to be so hard to pacify.
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
BBC Chair Samir Shah calls for UK's “outdated” regulatory regime to be improved to let public service broadcasters compete with US streaming giants for viewers

Reuters:
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