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1:45 PM ET, March 22, 2007

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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Edwards to Suspend Campaign  —  John Edwards is suspending his campaign for President, and may drop out completely, because his wife has suffered a recurrence of the cancer that sickened her in 2004, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, an Edwards friend told The Politico.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Getting It Wrong  —  A single, confident source close to John Edwards told me this morning that Edwards was "suspending his campaign," and I posted it to the blog at 11:06 this morning.  —  My source, and I, were wrong.  —  The source, whose anonymity I agreed to respect …
Discussion: TAPPED and FishBowlDC
CNN:
Edwards: Wife's cancer returns, campaign goes on … CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina (CNN) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned but his bid for the White House will go on.  —  "The campaign goes on," John Edwards said at a news conference outside …
Discussion: protein wisdom, PoliBlog (TM) and QandO
MSNBC:
Wife's illness won't idle Edwards '08 campaign  —  'Campaign goes on,' Democratic hopeful says despite return of wife's cancer  —  WASHINGTON - His wife's cancer has returned, but former North Carolina senator John Edwards says he'll continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Edwards will continue presidential run  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - John Edwards said Thursday his wife's cancer has returned, but said he will continue his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  "The campaign goes on.  The campaign goes on strongly," Edwards told reporters, his wife by his side.
Discussion: GINA COBB and Blue Crab Boulevard
New York Times:
Edwards to Continue '08 Bid Despite Wife's Cancer  —  John Edwards, the North Carolina Democrat, said today that his wife's cancer had returned, but that his bid for the presidency "goes on strongly."  —  "The campaign goes on, the campaign goes on strongly," he said, with his wife, Elizabeth, at his side.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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.
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.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:   BREAKING: John Edwards Will Continue Campaign Despite Wife's …
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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USA Today:
3 fired prosecutors were in top 10 for convictions, federal data show
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Senate Committee Votes to Authorize Subpoenas for WH Officials
Discussion: The Agonist
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Was She Covert?  —  Republican Rep. Peter Hoekstra could hardly believe what he heard on television Friday as he watched a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.  Rep. Henry Waxman, the Democratic committee chairman, said his statement had been approved by the CIA director, Michael Hayden.
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The Hill:
Votes, days tick away on Iraq bill
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon:
What Bush is hiding  —  In the U.S. attorney scandal, Alberto Gonzales gave orders, but he also took them — from Karl Rove, who plotted to turn the federal criminal justice system into the Republican Holy Office of the Inquisition.  —  Alberto Gonzales, right, and Karl Rove at the Jan. 31 …
Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Florida moves to wipe out clout of smaller states with Jan. 29 presidential primary  —  Tallahassee - Hoping to muscle Florida into a pre-eminent role in picking next year's Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, the state House voted Wednesday to leapfrog almost all the other states …
Ahmed Rashid / Washington Post:
Musharraf at the Exit  —  LAHORE, Pakistan — In the rapidly unfolding crisis in Pakistan, no matter what happens to President Pervez Musharraf — whether he survives politically or not — he is a lame duck.  He is unable to rein in Talibanization in Pakistan or guide the country toward a more democratic future.
Penelope Green / New York Times:
The Year Without Toilet Paper  —  DINNER was the usual affair on Thursday night in Apartment 9F in an elegant prewar on Lower Fifth Avenue.  There was shredded cabbage with fruit-scrap vinegar; mashed parsnips and yellow carrots with local butter and fresh thyme; a terrific frittata …
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

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