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David Burge / iowahawk:
THE PANDAGON PAPERS — [Strong content warning - ed.] — Dear Senator Edwards: — I am f**king delighted to accept your offer of the position of Official Blogger for the Edwards 2008 presidential campaign. Please find attached my f**king W-2 form. — I would like to express …
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Bryan / Hot Air:
IMPORTANT ACTION ALERT: Stop taking yourselves so seriously
IMPORTANT ACTION ALERT: Stop taking yourselves so seriously
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
7 GOP Senators Back War Debate — Lawmakers Had Blocked Action on Troop Resolution — Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush's new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
House Sets Path for Iraq Vote, but Must Decide What to Say — As the House prepares for three days of debate next week on Iraq, Democratic leaders sought Wednesday to reconcile deep differences within the party in order to shape a symbolic resolution denouncing President Bush's troop buildup plan.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
The Libby Trial: Why Did Tim Russert Fight So Hard to Avoid Telling the Grand Jury What He Had Already Told the FBI? — Tim Russert hobbled into the courtroom this afternoon on crutches. When he left the stand at the end of the day (slated to return for more cross-examination tomorrow) …
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Swopa / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: Tim Russert, Two — More cross-examination by Wells of Tim Russert ... NOTES: (1) This is not an official transcript — just a very loose paraphrase, at best — so don't treat it as one. Even exchanges that look like verbatim dialogue are just the gist of each question and each answer …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Pentagon Rejects Speaker Pelosi's Request for Military Aircraft — Speaker Wants Aircraft That Can Handle Nonstop Cross-Country Flight, Citing Security Concerns — A source close to the controversy over the request made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., for use of a military plane …
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Washington Post:
Russert Says He Didn't Tell Libby About CIA Officer — Journalist Says He Learned Plame's Role After Leak — Tim Russert, the Washington bureau chief for NBC News, yesterday swiftly and firmly rejected I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's assertion that the journalist revealed the identity …
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New York Times:
At Libby Trial, Russert of NBC Gives and Gets — The prosecution in the perjury trial of I. Lewis Libby Jr. neared the end of its case Wednesday with a final dramatic flourish — putting Tim Russert of NBC News on the witness stand to deliver what could be a serious blow to Mr. Libby's defense.
Rasha Madkour / Associated Press:
Charged Astronaut Returns to Texas — HOUSTON (AP) - Hiding her face from the cameras, astronaut Lisa Nowak returned to Texas on Wednesday, a day after being charged in Florida with trying to murder the woman she believed was her romantic rival for a space shuttle pilot's affections.
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New York Times:
Copter Crashes Suggest Change in Iraqi Tactics — With two more helicopter crashes near Baghdad, including a Marine transport crash on Wednesday that killed seven people, the number of helicopters that have gone down in Iraq over the past three weeks rose to six.
Bill Torpy / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Atlanta officers to face murder indictment — Fulton DA seeks charges in shooting of elderly woman in her home — Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard will seek criminal charges, including felony murder, against three Atlanta narcotics officers involved in a botched drug raid …
Eytan Avriel / Haaretz:
NY Times publisher: Our goal is to manage the transition from print to internet — Despite his personal fortune and impressive lineage, Arthur Sulzberger, owner, chairman and publisher of the most respected newspaper in the world, is a stressed man. — Why would the man behind the New York Times be stressed?
New York Times:
Mormon Candidate Braces for Religion as Issue — As he begins campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is facing a threshold issue: Will his religion — he is a Mormon — be a big obstacle to winning the White House?
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Mike Barber / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Mistrial in Watada court-martial — FORT LEWIS — The court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada ended in a mistrial Wednesday. — The case's just, Lt. Col. John Head, declared the trial over after a day of wrangling over a stipulation of facts that Watada had signed before the trial …
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Carl / Israel Matzav:
Breaking: Lebanese troops open fire on IDF units on border — This is breaking news from the Jerusalem Post's Israel Alert Service - no link yet: — Lebanese troops opened fire on IDF units along Israel's northern border (between Israel and Lebanon) this evening.