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9:25 AM ET, January 3, 2007

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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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Reuters:
Shocked Italy seeks execution ban  —  ROME, Italy (Reuters) — Italy will campaign at the United Nations for a global ban on the death penalty, Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Tuesday, after graphic images of Saddam Hussein's hanging shocked people around the world.
Colum Lynch / Washington Post:   New U.N. Chief Defends Death Penalty for Hussein
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:   Ban Puts Saddam Death Penalty In Perspective
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
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.
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
The Nature Of Youthful Indiscretions  —  ... is that they should be handled discreetly.  However, the tabloidesque nature of national politics over the last generation has eliminated discretion, and it appears the next example of this will be Barack Obama.  The Washington Post manages …
Discussion: shotinthedark.info
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David Saltonstalland Ben Smith / NY Daily News:
'This is clearly a dirty trick'  —  Giuliani camp says dossier was taken, copied & returned  —  The fledgling Giuliani presidential campaign charged yesterday that it was the victim of a mysterious "dirty trick" in the theft of the former mayor's political road map for 2008.
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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
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.
Michael Calderone / New York Observer:
Will Bill Keller End 'Public Editor' Slot at The Times?  —  Dan Okrent Protests; Faithful Barney Calame Sputters Weary Defense  —  The New York Times will soon decide whether it will do away with its public editor.  —  The two-year term of the current public editor, Byron (Barney) Calame, will conclude in May.
Discussion: The Corner and Brendan Nyhan
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.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Pat Robertson predicts 'mass killing'
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Bill Kristol: Pundit Superstar
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
TERROR'S SURPRISE LOSS
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Let The Healing Begin Part VII
Bill / INDCJournal:
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
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Favoritism Shown For Clinton Pal?
Daily Mail:
TV ban on adverts for cheese, the latest 'junk food'
Washington Post:
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 …
MEMRI:
Islamist Websites Monitor Project No. 41
Discussion: American Thinker
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
A Party, With Pelosi Front and Center
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