memeorandum: Iranian Leaders Criticize President (Ali Akbar Dareini/Associated Press)

11:45 PM ET, February 26, 2007

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Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" — Gore's home uses more than 20 times the national average — Last night, Al Gore's global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar …

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John Hinderaker / News Bloggers Blog:

Get Out A Cross and a Clove of Garlic — I was talking to a reporter the other day about Republican Presidential candidates; Newt Gingrich's name came up, and I said that whenever anyone suggests Newt as a contender, I get out a cross and a clove of garlic.

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:

The Mote And The Beam Of Global Warming — After last night's Oscar win, Al Gore has ridden a wave of good press about his efforts to end global warming. Having Leonardo DiCaprio try to push Gore into a Presidential run in front of a billion people worldwide has to be heady stuff for the former VP and erstwhile candidate.

Dave Johnson / Seeing the Forest:
A Far Too Convenient $mear: Part One

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Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:

The Omnipresent Vice President — President Bush has all but vanished from the national and international radar. But Vice President Cheney is everywhere and at the thick of it all. — His credibility may be shot, he and his boss may be lame ducks, his signal achievement — the war in Iraq …

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Fox News:
ONE JUROR DISMISSED IN CIA LEAK TRIAL, 11-MEMBER JURY CONTINUES DELIBERATION

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Mark Silva / Chicago Tribune:
While abroad, Cheney makes waves defending U.S. policies

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MSNBC:
Judge dismisses juror from Libby case

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Washington Post:
Juror Dismissed in CIA Leak Trial

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Guardian:

Ahmadinejad under fire in Iran for hardline nuclear stance — Robert Tait in Tehran and Ian Black — Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, came under fire from domestic critics yesterday for his uncompromising stance on the nuclear issue as the US and Britain launched a new diplomatic effort …

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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:

Iranian Leaders Criticize President — TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faced a new round of sharp criticism at home Monday after he said Iran's nuclear program is an unstoppable train without brakes. Reformers and conservatives said such tough talk only inflames the West as it considers further sanctions.

Nico / Think Progress:

POLL: Americans Strongly Support Murtha's Iraq Plan — The Washington Post editorial board — which four years ago called President Bush's plan for war in Iraq "an operation essential to American security" — is now harshly attacking Rep. John Murtha's (D-PA) effort to increase support …

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Democrats back away from Iraq plan

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New York Times:

U.S. Says Raid in Iraq Supports Claim on Iran — A raid on a Shiite weapons cache in the southern city of Hilla one week ago is providing what American officials call the best evidence yet that the deadliest roadside bombs in Iraq are manufactured in Iran, but critics contend …

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Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Iraq's Superbombs: Home Made?

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Zogby:

Hillary Holds On; Giuliani Expands Lead in National Primary Tests Obama advances, but McCain fades in partisan contests; Obama, Giuliani do best in general election match-ups — New York Sen. Hillary Clinton clings to a shrinking lead over Illinois Senator Barack Obama in a national test …

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This Is London:

SCORN POURED ON JAMES CAMERON'S 'COFFIN OF CHRIST' THEORY — Archaeologists and biblical scholars have poured scorn on a Hollywood film director's sensational claim that he has discovered the coffin of Jesus Christ. — Oscar-winning 'Titanic' director James Cameron's assertion that the bones …

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The Blog Report:

GLENN GREENWALD: The Iraq tragedy in a nutshell — When historians endeavor to understand how America embarked on this dark and disastrous period in our history — how we not only collectively made our worst strategic mistake by invading Iraq on multiple false pretenses …

Associated Press:

Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession — Alan Greenspan Warns That U.S. Economy May Slip Into Recession by End of Year — HONG KONG (AP) — Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday that the American economy might slip into recession by year's end.

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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:

A Day in The Life of a Congressman — I just read through the charging documents against Will Heaton, ex-Rep. Bob Ney's (R-OH) former chief of staff who pled guilty today, and they contain a couple precious details about how it was being Ney's right hand man for four years.

Edward Wong / New York Times:

Iraqi Cabinet Approves Draft of Oil Law — The Iraqi cabinet approved a draft of a law today that would set guidelines for countrywide distribution of oil revenues and foreign investment in the immense oil industry. — The endorsement marked a major agreement among the country's ethnic …

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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:

The Washington Post's crush on right-wing bloggers — Under normal circumstances, the recent lunch at at a Filipino cafe in Washington, D.C., between Washington Post media writer Howard Kurtz and right-wing blogger Michelle Malkin would have been an awkward affair.

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