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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Edwards and Wife Plan News Conference — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat making a second bid for the presidency, announced late Wednesday night that he would hold a news conference Thursday, a day after he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Mrs. Edwards' doctor to assess her health following her recovery from breast cancer.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Edwards plans news conference after visiting doctor with his wife — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards accompanied his wife, Elizabeth, who has been treated for breast cancer, on a doctor's visit Wednesday. His campaign said they would hold a news conference in their hometown Thursday to discuss her health.
New York Times:
Edwards Plans Announcement With His Wife — John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat making a second bid for the presidency, called a news conference for Thursday to discuss the future of his campaign, a day after he and his wife, Elizabeth, visited Mrs. Edwards's doctor to assess her recovery from a bout of breast cancer.
Anne E. Korblut / Washington Post:
Edwards Sets Announcement On Campaign — Former senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) and his wife, Elizabeth, have scheduled a news conference for noon today in their home state of North Carolina, in what aides described as a major development in his 2008 presidential bid.
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Who Created "Hillary 1984"? Mystery Solved! — For the last two weeks, the Internet has been buzzing about the hottest online mystery since lonelygirl15: who was behind the "Hillary 1984" video mashup? — Some suspected right wing SwiftBoaters. Some speculated it was the work of disaffected Democratic consultants.
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The Huffington Post:
Phil de Vellis, aka ParkRidge47: I Made the "Vote Different" Ad — Hi. I'm Phil. I did it. And I'm proud of it. — I made the "Vote Different" ad because I wanted to express my feelings about the Democratic primary, and because I wanted to show that an individual citizen can affect the process.
Blue State Digital:
Our Statement On The 1984 Video — Statement from Thomas Gensemer, Managing Director, Blue State Digital — This afternoon, an employee at our firm, Phillip de Vellis, received a call from Arianna Huffington of "The Huffington Post" regarding the "1984" video currently circulating online.
Lewis Fein / Cathy's World:
In Praise of Susan Estrich, and In Memory of the Loss of Cathy — We lost Cathy at 2:05 PM today. May her memory last, her family persevere and her friends endure this terrible loss. We'll all have more to write shortly, but for now I'd like to truly praise Susan Estrich.
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Susan Estrich / Fox News:
About Cathy Seipp — On Monday, her daughter Maia sent the e-mail that Cathy Seipp's friends and readers have long been dreading. Her mother was in the hospital, her lungs had collapsed, the doctors were trying to make her comfortable, she was passing peacefully.
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Cathy's World, Dynamist Blog, Gay Patriot, neo-neocon, Crescat Sententia, Joanne Jacobs and Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler
Matt Welch / Opinion L.A.:
Cathy Seipp, RIP — Since Cathy Seipp was the freelancers' patron saint of recycling useful personal anecdotes, I'll rehash the following, about how I first met one of L.A.'s most important and entertaining journalists, who finally died at age 49 this afternoon after beating the odds on lung cancer for more than five years.
Valerie J. Nelson / Los Angeles Times:
Catherine Seipp, 49; critic took on Times
Catherine Seipp, 49; critic took on Times
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New York Times:
Democrats See a 'Document Gap' in Dismissals — The dismissal of eight United States attorneys has elicited a long and ever-growing list of theories by Democrats on Capitol Hill about ulterior motives and suspicious coincidences. Now there is a new one: the document gap.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Panel Approves Five Subpoenas on Prosecutors
Panel Approves Five Subpoenas on Prosecutors
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epw.senate.gov:
GORE REFUSES TO TAKE PERSONAL ENERGY ETHICS PLEDGE — WASHINGTON, DC - Former Vice President Al Gore refused to take a "Personal Energy Ethics Pledge" today to consume no more energy than the average American household. The pledge was presented to Gore by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) …
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Think Progress:
Boxer Slams Down Inhofe's Global Warming Filibuster: 'You Don't …
Boxer Slams Down Inhofe's Global Warming Filibuster: 'You Don't …
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Gristmill, News Hounds, The Intersection, BlondeSense, The Sideshow and blog.ourfuture.org
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Gore Implores Congress to Save Planet
Gore Implores Congress to Save Planet
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Prosecutor Says Bush Appointees Interfered With Tobacco Case — The leader of the Justice Department team that prosecuted a landmark lawsuit against tobacco companies said yesterday that Bush administration political appointees repeatedly ordered her to take steps that weakened the government's racketeering case.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
"Freedom Is About Authority" — "We look upon authority too often and focus over and over again, for 30 or 40 or 50 years, as if there is something wrong with authority. We see only the oppressive side of authority. Maybe it comes out of our history and our background.
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James Harding / Times of London:
Angola sends 'Ninja' paramilitaries to bolster Mugabe's security forces — About 2,500 Angolan paramilitary police, feared in their own country for their brutality, are to be deployed in Zimbabwe, raising concerns of an escalation in violence against those opposed to President Mugabe.
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Associated Press:
Shiite militia may be disintegrating — BAGHDAD - The violent Shiite militia known as the Mahdi Army is breaking into splinter groups, with up to 3,000 gunmen now financed directly by Iran and no longer loyal to the firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, adding a potentially even more deadly element to Iraq's violent mix.
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Los Angeles Times, Captain's Quarters, Hot Air, The Belmont Club, Outside The Beltway, alphabet city, Power Line and Jules Crittenden