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10:10 PM ET, January 21, 2007

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Jonathan Greenberger / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Richardson Enters 2008 Presidential Race  —  New Mexico Governor Would Be Nation's First Hispanic President  —  The field for the Democratic presidential nomination got still more crowded this morning, with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson announcing he will take the first step …
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Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Bill Richardson Enters '08 Field  —  Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico jumped into the 2008 presidential race today, announcing that he had formed a campaign exploratory committee in order to seek the Democratic nomination.  —  "I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage that's …
Discussion: James Wolcott's Blog
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
A Question for Bill Richardson
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Michelle Malkin / New York Post:
LURID AP REPORT ON IRAQ OUTRAGE DOESN'T CHECK OUT  —  WELL, the Iraqi Ministry of Interior says disputed Associated Press source Jamil Hussein does exist.  But at least one story he told the AP just doesn't check out: The Sunni mosques that as Hussein claimed and AP reported as "destroyed …
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Alan Wolfe / New York Times:
None (but Me) Dare Call It Treason  —  At first Dinesh D'Souza considered him "a dark-eyed fanatic, a gun-toting extremist, a monster who laughs at the deaths of 3,000 innocent civilians."  But once he learned how Osama bin Laden was viewed in the Muslim world, D'Souza changed his mind.
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Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Book Review: "The Enemy at Home"
Discussion: Power Line
Nico / Think Progress:
Kristol On War Critics: 'It's So Irresponsible That They Can't Be Quiet For Six Or Nine Months'  —  This morning on Fox News, Weekly Standard editor William Kristol said that opponents of escalation in Congress are "leap-frogging each other in the degrees of irresponsibility they're willing to advocate."
Payson / Think Progress:
Hagel Says Cheney Criticism Is 'Complete Nonsense'  —  Last weekend on Fox News Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney claimed congressional opposition to the administration's escalation plan undermines the troops.  Cheney said "you cannot run a war by committee," and whatever Congress does …
Discussion: CorrenteWire and The Impolitic
Emily Bazelon / New York Times:
Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?  —  Early on a a windy Saturday morning in November, Rhonda Arias drove her Dodge Caravan past a Wal-Mart at the end of her block and onto the Interstate.  She was beginning the 50-mile drive from her house in southwest Houston to Plane State Jail …
Discussion: Feministe
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for Jan. 21, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: the war in Iraq.  Should Congress support President Bush's plan to send more American troops to Iraq?  Yes, says the leading advocate for a troop increase.  —  SEN. JOHN McCAIN (R-AZ): These moves will give …
Discussion: THE CUNNING REALIST
Telegraph:
Muslims in police will rise up, Bakri insists  —  Moderate British Muslims in the police, Armed Forces and Civil Service will one day revolt against the system to "crush it from within", according to Omar Bakri Mohammed, the notorious Islamic extremist.  —  In claims condemned as a cynical attempt …
Washington Post:
Embattled, Bush Held To Plan to Salvage Iraq  —  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had a surprise for President Bush when they sat down with their aides in the Four Seasons Hotel in Amman, Jordan.  Firing up a PowerPoint presentation, Maliki and his national security adviser proposed …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
With Rich Little, Press Corps Is Assured a Nice Impression  —  The White House press corps last week found itself embroiled in controversy — a controversy over its efforts to avoid controversy at an event whose guests include President Bush.  —  Stung by criticism that comedian Stephen Colbert went …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Steve Rosenbaum / The Huffington Post:
Video Showdown: Obama vs. Hillary  —  The 2008 primaries have already begun - online.  —  Barack Obama was first out of the gate, announcing his candidacy in a video placed on the web.  Hillary Clinton responded with her own video yesterday.  Andy Plesser handicaps the technology behind the two videos …
Discussion: Beet.TV and Patrick Ruffini
Opinion Journal:
Will Al Gore Melt?  —  If not, why did he chicken out on an interview?  —  Al Gore is traveling around the world telling us how we must fundamentally change our civilization due to the threat of global warming.  Last week he was in Denmark to disseminate this message.
Tim B. / Tim Blair:
FRANCE RETURNS TO DARK AGES  —  French darkeneurs plan an electricity-free earth-saving experiment: … Don't do themselves any favours with their advertising, do they?  The only illumination during this period will be courtesy of French youths.  Sydney folk may be annoyed …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Associated Press:
Calif. Lawmaker Seeks Ban on Spanking  —  Calif. Lawmaker to Introduce Bill That Would Ban the Spanking of Children Under 4 Years Old  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. Jan 20, 2007 (AP)— California parents could face jail and a fine for spanking their young children under legislation a state lawmaker has promised to introduce next week.
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Nancy Vogel / Los Angeles Times:
A spanking ban: are we gonna get it?
Discussion: Polimom Says
 
 
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Patrick Ruffini:
Reweighting Newsweek's '08 Poll
Discussion: Power Line
TRex / Firedoglake:
A Shark in the Kiddie Pool (FDL Book Salon Presents Cliff Schecter)
Jeff Stein / CQ.com:
Spying in Baghdad: The CIA's Real Mission Impossible
David Boaz / Cato-at-liberty:
Worse Than Hillary?  —  The airwaves are abuzz today …
Benny Morris / Jerusalem Post:
Essay: This Holocaust will be different
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Media are gonna Barack around the clock
Discussion: Daily Pundit and Power Line
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Look Up! Is It a Threat? Or a Plea for a Ban?
Discussion: Redstate
Solomon / Solomonia:
Exclusive: The Islamic Society of Boston and Intimidation 101 by Charles Jacobs
 Earlier Items: 
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Dan Riehl versus Mike Stark on "Reliable Sources"
Washington Wire:
Poll Shows Voters Unconvinced on Iraq
Faiz / Think Progress:
McCain: Bush Escalation Is Too Small
Carlotta Gall / New York Times:
Rough Treatment for 2 Journalists in Pakistan
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and OxBlog
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Brownback Announces Presidential Bid
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Observer:
Don't you know your left from your right?
Nasser Karimi / Associated Press:
Iran Plans to Conduct Missile War Games
Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Windows Vista Content Protection - Twenty Questions (and Answers)
Discussion: Instapundit.com
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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