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7:10 AM ET, December 16, 2006

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Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Clinton to Tout Re-Release of 'Village'  —  NEW YORK — It will be a daytime gabfest with Barbara, Rosie _ and Hillary.  —  New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be making the rounds of the morning shows next week, promoting the rerelease of her book, "It Takes a Village," …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Ron Word / Associated Press:
Official says Fla. execution was botched  —  OCALA, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that prison officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.
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Henry Weinstein / Los Angeles Times:
Judge calls California's lethal-injection procedure 'intolerable'  —  A federal judge in San Jose said that California's lethal injection procedure represents "an undue and unnecessary risk" of a violation of the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Raleigh News & Observer:
Head of DNA lab says he and Nifong agreed not to report results  —  The head of a private DNA laboratory said under oath today that he and District Attorney Mike Nifong agreed not to report DNA results favorable to Duke lacrosse players charged with rape.  —  Brian Meehan, director …
Associated Press:
Carter Nixes Debate With Outspoken Prof  —  Former President Carter turned down a request to debate Alan Dershowitz about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the outspoken Harvard law professor "knows nothing about the situation."  —  Carter, author of a new book advocating …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Matt Damon: Ship the Bush Twins off to Iraq  —  Robert De Niro and Matt Damon will be on Hardball next week, so they played a little teaser clip for us.  Damon thinks that all of America should share the burden of war and maybe the Bush Twins could be serving our country better shopping in Baghdad.
Discussion: Flopping Aces, NO QUARTER and Macsmind
Carl Cameron / Fox News:
INDIANA SEN. EVAN BAYH DECIDES NOT TO SEEK DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT  —  WASHINGTON — Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh will not seek the Democratic nomination for president in 2008, FOX News has learned.  —  Bayh made the decision depsite having made several visits to test states like Iowa …
Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
Army Captain's Simple Demonstration: How to Win in Iraq  —  Officer Killed in Battle, but His Ideas Live On  —  President Bush has spent the last few weeks engaged in complex briefings with senior military officers, State Department officials and outside experts as he tries to come up with a new plan to achieve victory in Iraq.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
DO WE NEED A BIGGER ARMY?  Gen. Peter Schoomaker says that we do: … Back in 2004, in the face of good news about recruitment and retention, I observed: "Nonetheless, I suspect that it's a good time to be looking at enlarging the military and adjusting the force structure."
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
HostGator Will Not Stand Up For Clients' Free Speech  —  Stop the ACLU and My Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy have a disturbing story for those of us who defend freedom of speech through our blogging; a hosting service has shut down a blogger for voicing a controversial satire.
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U.S. Newswire:
FL Web Host Asked to Drop 'Kill All Muslim Kids' Site
Discussion: Blogs of War
Taylor Marsh on Politics Now:
About Afghanistan...  UPDATED and cross-posted on Huffington Post  —  This morning I hope to connect with Scott Kesterson who is a photojournalist embedded in Afghanistan.  The interview will begin at 10:30 a.m. eastern - 7:30 a.m. pacific.  He's got a post up at Huffington Post.
IraqPundit:
Aiming For Abdul Mahdi  —  There's been an attempt on the life of Iraq's Shiite vice president, Adel Abdul Mahdi, according to Reuters.  No one was hurt in the attack, since U.S. forces helped chase the gunmen away from Abdul Mahdi's convoy.  But while there's violence in the streets of Baghdad everyday …
Discussion: Hot Air, IRAQ THE MODEL and INDCJournal
Catherine Holahan / Business Week:
Virtually Addicted  —  A lawsuit against IBM is reviving debate over whether Web overuse may be classified as an addiction.  The answer will have big implications for business  —  By his own admission, James Pacenza was spending too much time in Internet chat rooms, in some of them discussing sex.
Payson / Think Progress:
Cheney: Rumsfeld 'Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had'  —  Today, Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at a ceremony honoring outoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.  Cheney, himself a former Defense Secretary under George H. W. Bush, said Rumsfeld was the "finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had."
Discussion: State of the Day and digg
Laura Mansnerus / New York Times:
Legislators Vote for Gay Unions in N.J.  —  The Legislature voted on Thursday to make New Jersey the third state in the nation to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples.  In doing so, it moved quickly to fulfill a court mandate to provide equal rights to gay couples but frustrated people on both sides of the emotional issue.
Discussion: The Remedy
 
 
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Think Progress:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Forbids Publication Of Op-Ed On Iran By Former Bush Official
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Associated Press:
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Marc Cooper / The Nation:
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Stephen Hunter / Washington Post:
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Wall Street Journal:
Call to Add U.S. Forces Is Resisted at Home, in Iraq
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