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8:30 AM ET, January 3, 2007

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George W. Bush / Opinion Journal:
What the Congress Can Do for America  —  Let them say of these next two years: We used our time well.  —  Tomorrow, members of the 110th Congress will take their oaths of office here in Washington.  I will have the privilege of working with them for the next two years—one quarter of my presidency …
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Associated Press:
Bush seeks cooperation from new Congress
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
The New Crowd's First Test
Discussion: Rox Populi
New York Times:
Iraq to Review Abusive Acts at Hussein's Execution  —  Iraq's Shiite-led government said Tuesday that it had ordered an investigation into the abusive behavior at the execution of Saddam Hussein, who was subjected to a battery of taunts by official Shiite witnesses and guards as he awaited his hanging.
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John F. Burns / New York Times:
Iraq Plans Inquiry Into Hussein Execution  —  With angry demonstrations spreading across Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland, the country's Shiite-led government said today that it had ordered an investigation into the disorderly scenes at the execution of Saddam Hussein, who was mocked and taunted …
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:
New U.N. Chief Defends Death Penalty for Hussein  —  U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon said Tuesday that Iraq and other countries have the right to impose the death penalty, adding that the world should never forget Saddam Hussein's "heinous crimes."  —  Ban's first public reaction …
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Reuters:
Shocked Italy seeks execution ban
Discussion: Power Line and Bill's Bites
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Ban Puts Saddam Death Penalty In Perspective
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Reports Duct-Taping, 'Baptizing' at Guantanamo  —  FBI agents witnessed possible mistreatment of the Koran at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, including at least one instance in which an interrogator squatted over Islam's holy text in an apparent attempt to offend a captive …
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CNN:   FBI: Workers saw prisoner abuse at Guantanamo
Telegraph:
UN staff accused of raping children in Sudan  —  In pictures: The vulnerable children of Sudan  —  Members of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in southern Sudan are facing allegations of raping and abusing children as young as 12, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
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Saul Hansell / New York Times:
Google Answer to Filling Jobs Is an Algorithm  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Have you ever made a profit from a catering business or dog walking?  Do you prefer to work alone or in groups?  Have you ever set a world record in anything?  —  The right answers could help get you a job at Google.
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:   Google is seeking to hire in a wide range of fields.
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Effect of Obama's Candor Remains to Be Seen  —  Senator Admitted Trying Cocaine in a Memoir Written 11 Years Ago  —  Long before the national media spotlight began to shine on every twist and turn of his life's journey, Barack Obama had this to say about himself: "Junkie.  Pothead.
Gina Kolata / New York Times:
A Surprising Secret to a Long Life: Stay in School  —  James Smith, a health economist at the RAND Corporation, has heard a variety of hypotheses about what it takes to live a long life — money, lack of stress, a loving family, lots of friends.  But he has been a skeptic.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Favoritism Shown For Clinton Pal?  —  Here's a story that managed to fly under the radar during Christmastime.  Suzanne Magaziner, the wife of Clinton friend and organizer Ira Magaziner and herself a major activist with ties to the new Governor in Massachusetts, got her drunk-driving charges …
Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Political Paper Stolen, Giuliani Camp Says  —  Advisers to former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said yesterday that someone infiltrated the Giuliani camp last fall and stole a document about his presidential prospects and political liabilities.  It was then leaked, they said, as a "dirty trick" …
Discussion: PrairiePundit and Feministe
 
 
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Let The Healing Begin Part VII
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Where in the ...  I just got back from a first mounted patrol/IED hunt …
John Keegan / Telegraph:
50,000 more US troops can save Iraq
Discussion: PrairiePundit
Jim Bronskill / Globe and Mail:
CSIS study warns of 'dirty bomb'
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Activists on the Left Applying Pressure to Democratic Leaders
Daily Mail:
TV ban on adverts for cheese, the latest 'junk food'
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Statement From Parents of SPC Ross A. McGinnis, December 23, 2006
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Fairness for Lewinsky  —  In the various books I've read …
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Tina Kelley / New York Times:
Lock the Library! Rowdy Students Are Taking Over
MEMRI:
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Discussion: American Thinker
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
A Party, With Pelosi Front and Center
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Spitzer Is Sworn and Begins Push on Ethics Rules
Greg Pierce / Washington Times:
Inside Politics  —  Blogging the Senate  —  Senate Republicans …
Discussion: Power Line and The Debate Link
Drudge Report:
HILLARY PREDICTS: OBAMA CANDIDACY WILL DIMINISH
John Brockman / edge.org:
GOT OPTIMISM?  —  THE WORLD'S LEADING THINKERS SEE GOOD NEWS AHEAD
CBC News:
Kenya arrests as many as 2 men with Canadian passports: reports
Discussion: Captain's Quarters