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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Allen to Concede Election This Afternoon — Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) will concede that he has lost the election to Democrat James Webb at a 3 p.m. news conference in Alexandria, according to a source close to the campaign with direct knowledge of the senator's intentions.
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Matt Gouras / Associated Press:
Sen. Burns concedes Montana race — HELENA, Mont. - U.S. Sen. Conrad Burns (news, bio, voting record) conceded defeat to Jon Tester on Thursday, acknowledging that a tight election had gone to the Democrats' favor, Burns' campaign told The Associated Press.
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Sen. Allen concedes defeat in Virginia — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Republican Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record) gracefully conceded defeat Thursday after a bruising battle against Democrat Jim Webb, sealing the Democrats' control of Congress and the political downfall of a man once considered a White House contender.
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Concession in Virginia Race Tips Balance — Senator George Allen of Virginia conceded today that he lost to the Democratic challenger, Jim Webb, ending the last undecided Senate contest and giving Democrats control of the full Congress for the first time in a dozen years.
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CBS News:
"He certainly was a reporter's reporter." — (CBS) Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent Ed Bradley died Thursday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan of complications from leukemia. — Bradley joined the staff of the venerable news magazine 26 years ago. His consummate skills as a broadcast journalist …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Ed Bradley of '60 Minutes' Dies at 65 — Ed Bradley, the veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent and one of the pioneering black journalists of his generation, died today of leukemia at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York. He was 65. — Bradley, who had won 19 Emmy awards, covered an incredible array …
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Noah Shachtman / Popular Mechanics:
Rumsfeld Reaction: 4 Policy Battles That Could Shape Our Military — When President Bush appointed former CIA Director Robert Gates (right) to the Defense Secretary post today, several of Donald Rumsfeld's pet projects began to enter the political crossfire.
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Huffington Post:
CENSORED BY CNN: BILL MAHER SUGGESTS RNC CHAIR MEHLMAN IS GAY.... From CNN: … Partial transcript of Bill Maher's Live appearance on Larry King Live: — BM: A lot of the chiefs of staff, the people who really run the underpinnings of the Republican Party, are gay.
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Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
LINCOLN CHAFEE OPPOSING JOHN BOLTON OFFICIALLY: BOLTON CONFIRMATION PROCESS DEAD, DEAD, DEAD — Word has just reached me from a well-placed source that the White House has continued to push John Bolton's confirmation prospects as US Ambassador to the United Nations despite the election outcome.
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Stewart Stogel / NewsMax.com:
John Bolton Likely to Depart U.N. — New York — NewsMax has learned that U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton will likely leave his post next month. — After a rocky series of Senate confirmation hearings, Bolton was sent to the U.N. by President Bush in August 2005 under a recess appointment.
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Lynn Sweet Washington / Chicago Sun Times:
Emanuel in line for No. 4 Dem spot in House — Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), an architect of the campaign that won the Democrats the House, is putting in a bid to become the No. 4 leader in the House, with his selection by his colleagues virtually assured. — When the Democrats organize …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The Thumpees Try Their Luck at the Blame Game — President Bush had many explanations for what he called the "thumping" his party took on Tuesday, but the most creative was the notion that his chief strategist, Karl Rove, had spent too much time reading books.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
After Years On the Outs, New York Comes Back In — THE SENIOR Senator Charles E. Schumer, left, with Senator Harry Reid, the minority leader, Wednesday. Mr. Schumer said he had been asked to continue as the head of the campaign committee for Senate Democrats.
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Ian Bishop / New York Post:RANGEL 'MEANS' TO IRK VP
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HeraldTribune.com:
Dist. 13 voting analysis shows broad problem — SARASOTA COUNTY — A review of Sarasota County voting results shows that in almost every precinct a high percentage of voters didn't cast ballots in the hotly contested 13th Congressional District, a trend that likely affected the outcome of the race.
Paul Wiseman / USA Today:
Poll: Afghans express confidence in country's direction, security — Most of the 6,200 surveyed say they are satisfied with democracy, but corruption is a major problem — Despite a raging pro-Taliban insurgency, the people of Afghanistan say they are optimistic about the future …
TCS Daily:
Speaker Pelosi's Impending Intelligence Failure — Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is in line to make history as the first female Speaker—and second in line of succession for the presidency—when the new Congress convenes in January. As with any election, a wide variety of issues factored into the dynamics of this year's midterms.
Linton Weeks / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld, A Newsmaker Who's Certainly Hard to Follow — Is he stepping down? You bet. Does he admit defeat? Not by a long shot. Is the country going to miss the way he acted smarter than everyone else and often preempted media questions by interrogating himself as a rhetorical device?
Stephen Fitzpatrick / The Australian:
Beheaded girls were Ramadan 'trophies' — THREE Christian high school girls were beheaded as a Ramadan "trophy" by Indonesian militants who conceived the idea after a visit to Philippines jihadists, a court heard yesterday. — The girls' severed heads were dumped in plastic bags …
Robert / Jihad Watch:
"An almost airtight legal argument" against the Islamic death penalty for apostasy — Moderate Muslims have been an ongoing preoccupation of this site. I have repeatedly asked that they confront and refute the Islamic arguments of jihadists — which is the one thing they must …
Tony Blankley / Washington Times:
Post-election Washington — And so the inter-party struggle pauses, if briefly, and the intra-party struggles begin. After such a profound shift of political power as resulted from this week's election, both the winning and losing parties will inevitably enter a prolonged period (months …
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