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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 …
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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.
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 …
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.
Associated Press:
Edwards to continue campaign despite return of wife's cancer — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said today that his wife's cancer has returned and is no longer curable, but is treatable. — But he said he will continue his campaign. — "We are very optimistic about this," he said.
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 …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Associated Press:
Senate panel OKs subpoenas for key aides — WASHINGTON - A Senate panel, following the House's lead, authorized subpoenas Thursday for White House political adviser Karl Rove and other top aides involved in the firing of federal prosecutors. — The Senate Judiciary Committee decided …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:Panel Authorizes Subpoenas for Administration Officials
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:E-mails on attorneys' firings could impact privilege case
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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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Jerid / Buckeye State Blog:
Calling BS on De Vellis - It Wasn't Him — Phil claims he made it? I say don't buy everything you read. — Those who have been around the Buckeye 'sphere for a while know Mr. De Vellis well. One of the most unscrupulous Democratic staffers to come to Ohio in quite a while, creative and talented Phil is not.
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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.
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Inspector General Details Failures of Iraq Reconstruction — The U.S. government was unprepared for the extensive nation-building required after it invaded Iraq, and at each juncture where it could have adjusted its efforts, it failed even to understand the problems it faced …
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 …
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Ernesto Londono / Washington Post:
In Baghdad, a Flimsy Outpost — Members of U.S. Unit, Many Untried, Prepare to Test 'a Good Plan' — The soldiers crept into the abandoned gymnasium shortly before midnight. — Flashlights provided the only light. Commanders whispered their orders. — A few dozen of the additional …
Hazel Muir / New Scientist:
Dazzling new images reveal the 'impossible' on the Sun — The restless bubbling and frothing of the Sun's chaotic surface is astonishing astronomers who have been treated to detailed new images from a Japanese space telescope called Hinode. — The observatory will have as dramatic an impact …
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