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7:15 PM ET, January 16, 2007

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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama takes 1st step in presidential bid  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) said Tuesday he is taking the initial step in a presidential bid that could make him the nation's first black to occupy the White House.  —  Obama announced on his Web site …
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Lynn Sweet / sweet:
Sweet blog scoop: Obama morning conference call with supporters to announce White House run.  —  Supporters of Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) are being told this morning there will be an 11 a.m. Chicago time conference call.  Expected to be discussed is Obama filing papers to officially launch his 2008 White House run.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Obama Forms Presidential Exploratory Committee
Discussion: OxBlog
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Campaign: Illness, Not Obama, Delayed News Conference
Discussion: The Fix, Swampland and New York Post
Taylor Marsh / Firedoglake:
Obama Ups the '08 Sweepstakes
Discussion: QandO and Hotline On Call
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Choice of Martinez sparks GOP rebellion  —  Rebellion is brewing among conservatives on the Republican National Committee over President's Bush's attempt to "impose" Sen. Mel Martinez of Florida as "general chairman" of the party, who favors "amnesty" for illegal aliens.
Laura Rozen / Washington Monthly:
Rumsfeld is gone, but the veep's other loyalists remain.  —  With the departure of his longtime friend Donald Rumsfeld, John Bolton's resignation as U.N. ambassador, and Democrats taking over Congress, times seem grim for the Dick Cheney wing of the Bush administration.
Anne Applebaum / Slate:
Legalize It  —  HOW TO SOLVE AFGHANISTAN'S DRUG PROBLEM.  —  The British Empire once fought a war for the right to sell opium in China.  —  In retrospect, history has judged that war destructive and wasteful, a shameless battle of colonizers against colonized that in the end helped neither side.
Discussion: FP Passport, Jay Reding.com and TAPPED
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse  —  For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.  —  In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse …
CNN:
Bombs kill 65 at Baghdad university … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Scores of people were killed in Baghdad on Tuesday in bombing and shooting incidents, most of them in neighborhoods where the militia of a powerful anti-American Shiite cleric holds sway.  —  A suicide bomber and a car bomb killed …
Discussion: MotherJones.com and Rox Populi
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Fox News:
FORMER U.N. OIL-FOR-FOOD CHIEF BENON SEVAN INDICTED OVER BRIBES FROM SADDAM'S REGIME  —  Benon Sevan.  —  Former U.N. Oil-for-Food chief Benon Sevan has been indicted in New York federal court for allegedly taking bribes under the program from Saddam Hussein's regime, U.S. authorities announced Tuesday.
Natasha Pearlman / Daily Mail:
A crowded womb  —  A twin leans over and kisses the cheek of her sister in a heart-warming picture that would not be out of place in any family home.  —  Yet these siblings are a not even born and the astonishing images have been captured on a new 'four-dimensional' ultrasound scan of the womb.
progressivestates.org:
Stop the Escalation in Iraq  —  To: Legislators, Staff, and Interested Parties  —  From: Progressive States Network  —  Re: Preventing Escalation in Iraq  —  This LegAlert discusses the President's proposed escalation in Iraq, its implications for states and the nation …
Sharon Theimer / Associated Press:
AP: Iran Gets Army Gear in Pentagon Sale  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has sold forbidden equipment at least a half-dozen times to middlemen for countries - including Iran and China - who exploited security flaws in the Defense Department's surplus auctions.
Cliff Schecter:
McCain Was Against War In Iraq Before He Was For It  —  So I began looking through some old newspaper clippings on the Gulf War for some research I have been doing, and you just wouldn't believe what I happened across.  Featured prominently in one article from August of 1990 …
Examiner:
Yeas and Nays: Tuesday, Jan. 16  —  WASHINGTON - Jeff Dufour and Patrick Gavin cover people, power and politics in the beltway each weekday.  Email them at yan@dcexaminer.com .  —  Little to head WHCA's big night  —  He does a mean Ronald Reagan impersonation and his imitation of Richard Nixon is legendary.
Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Rice Speaks Softly in Egypt, Avoiding Democracy Push  —  In the days before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with officials in Egypt, the news media here were filled with stories detailing charges of corruption, cronyism, torture and political repression.
Paul Crespo / NewsMax.com:
Dinesh D'Souza: 'The Left is Afraid of Bush'  —  A new book by respected conservative pundit and best-selling author Dinesh D'Souza argues that Islamic antipathy toward the U.S. stems from liberal values promulgated by the "cultural left" and promoted abroad.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Feinstein Speaks out on U.S. Atty Firings  —  As Justin mentioned in his previous post, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) hit the administration hard on the floor of the Senate this morning for its unexplained "forced resignations" of federal prosecutors around the country.  —  Here's the video:
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Campos Heap  —  Evidently, "if chutzpah was a crime," Glenn Reynolds, Tom Friedman, and Bill Kristol would be serving life sentences—ostensibly for slandering true patriots like University of Colorado Law professor Paul Campos (and those like him) who have for years now been endeavoring …
Discussion: Rocky Mountain News
 
 
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Jim Davenport / Associated Press:
McCain to make amends with Dobson
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Mary Anastasia O'Grady / Opinion Journal:
The Poor Get Richer  —  Incomes in the developing world start to catch up.
MSNBC:
Jury selection ends for day in Libby perjury trial
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
Faiz / Think Progress:
ABC's The Note: Bush Gave His 'Best TV Performance In Years' On 60 Minutes
Discussion: Blue Bayou and Yahoo! News
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Romenesko
Alex Koppelman / Salon:
Iranian regime change: "Faster, please!"
Kevin / Pundit Review:
Michael Yon, Live from Mosul Iraq, on Pundit Review Radio
Washington Post:
Some at Guantanamo Mark 5 Years in Limbo
Discussion: Balkinization and The Heretik
 Earlier Items: 
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Kucinich To Bring Back The Fairness Doctrine
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Our Tunnel Vision  —  Some years ago, I accompanied John McCain to Vietnam.
Los Angeles Times:
Iraq edges closer to Iran, with or without the U.S.
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats Seek the Middle on Social Issues
Washington Post:
Burden Set to Shift On Balanced Budget
Washington Wire:
Grumbling in the Ranks  —  Vocal opposition to President's …
Washington Post:
What Congress Can (And Can't) Do on Iraq
Associated Press:
Castro Reportedly in Grave Condition
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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