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3:45 PM ET, January 16, 2007

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Christi Parsons / Chicago Tribune:
Obama takes first step in White House bid  —  WASHINGTON — In an announcement weighted with history and moment, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), who less than three years ago was serving in the Illinois Senate, declared today his intention to run for president.  "As many of you know …
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Campaign: Illness, Not Obama, Delayed News Conference
Discussion: The Fix and Swampland
Fox News:
SENATOR BARACK OBAMA TAKES FIRST STEP TOWARD PRESIDENTIAL BID
Discussion: Power Line
Sameer N. Yacoub / Associated Press:
U.N.: 34,452 Iraq civilians killed in '06  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Nearly 35,000 civilians were killed last year in Iraq, the United Nations said Tuesday, a sharp increase from the numbers reported previously by the Iraqi government.  —  Gianni Magazzeni, the chief of the U.N. Assistance Mission for Iraq …
Discussion: The Sundries Shack and Don Surber
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CNN:   Bombs kill 65 at Baghdad university
Kim Gamel / Associated Press:
U.N.: 34,000 Iraqis killed last year
Discussion: Democrats.com and The New Editor
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 …
Washington Post:
Some at Guantanamo Mark 5 Years in Limbo  —  Big Questions About Low-Profile Inmates  —  Shackled at the wrists and blinded by special goggles, the first captives from the U.S. war in Afghanistan were ushered to makeshift prison cells thousands of miles from the battle …
Discussion: Balkinization and The Heretik
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USA Today:
An appalling threat  —  In the sorry mess that is the Guantanamo …
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Associated Press:
Castro Reportedly in Grave Condition  —  MADRID, Spain (AP) — Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro is in "very grave" condition after three failed operations and complications from an intestinal infection, a Spanish newspaper said Tuesday.  —  The newspaper El Pais cited two unnamed sources …
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Guardian:
Castro prognosis 'very grave' after failed surgery
Discussion: The Corner
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.
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.
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker and Daily Kos
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.
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Democrats Seek the Middle on Social Issues  —  The promise may not outlast their political honeymoon, but Democratic Congressional leaders say they are committed to governing from the center, and not just on bread-and-butter issues like raising the minimum wage or increasing aid for education.
Washington Post:
What Congress Can (And Can't) Do on Iraq  —  Congressional Democrats (and Republicans) who oppose President Bush's decision to send additional American troops to Iraq may frustrate his plan, but not — as suggested by Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn — by imposing 21,500 strings on the 21,500 new troops.
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: TAPPED and FP Passport
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 …
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.
Washington Post:
Burden Set to Shift On Balanced Budget  —  When he takes the House rostrum next week for the State of the Union address, President Bush will list among his goals a balanced federal budget, a shift for a president who has presided over record deficits while aggressively cutting taxes.
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 …
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.
 
 
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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
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Mike Glover / Associated Press:
Giuliani Hires Ex-Congressman As Adviser
Los Angeles Times:
Iraq edges closer to Iran, with or without the U.S.
Carla Marinucci / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi warns Bush shouldn't 'abuse power' on troop escalation
Discussion: Liberal Values and PunditGuy
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Second Iraq Hanging Also Went Awry
Washington Wire:
Grumbling in the Ranks  —  Vocal opposition to President's …
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A Rifle in Every Pot
 

 
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Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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