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6:55 PM ET, March 27, 2007

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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
John McCain's MySpace Page "Enhanced"  —  Someone on Presidential hopeful John McCain's staff is going to be in trouble today.  They used a well known template to create his Myspace page.  The template was designed by Newsvine Founder and CEO Mike Davidson (original template is here).
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Hacking John McCain  —  politics, humor, myspace, gay-marriage, mccain, john-mccain, hacks  —  If you visit John McCain's MySpace page (as of 9am PST Tuesday morning), you will notice an interesting announcement from him.  He's apparently reversed his position on gay marriage as well as revealed a bias towards attractive lesbians.
Associated Press:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Presidential spokesman Tony Snow's surgery to remove a small growth showed that his cancer has returned, the White House said Tuesday.  —  Snow, 51, had his colon removed in 2005 and underwent six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with colon cancer.
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Tests Show Snow's Cancer Has Returned  —  White House press secretary Tony Snow, who has become the face of the Bush presidency over the last year, has cancer again.  —  Snow's deputy, Dana M. Perino, broke into tears at an off-camera briefing this morning as she announced that the cancer has spread to his liver.
Charles Karel Bouley / The Huffington Post:
There's All Types of Cancers Growing
Discussion: Hot Air and NewsBusters.org
CBS News:
Tony Snow's Cancer Spreads To Liver
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Senate Signals Support for Iraq Timeline  —  The Senate today narrowly endorsed a Democratic-led effort to set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq a year from now, voting down a Republican amendment that would have stripped the provision from a $122 emergency spending bill.
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Senate Signals Support for Iraq Timeline  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying a veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March.  —  Republican attempts to scuttle the non-binding timeline failed on a vote of 50-48, largely along party lines.
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Democrats win Senate vote on Iraq withdrawal date  —  Senate Democrats Tuesday afternoon won a key vote that clears the way for setting a date by which most U.S. troops would be required to leave Iraq.  —  Democrats defeated by a vote of 50-48 the Republican effort to strip language …
Charles Hurt / Examiner:
Senate war bill features $20B in pork
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Drudge and The Politico — poisonously joined at the hip  —  The new online political magazine, The Politico, is a pernicious new presence in our media landscape.  As I noted the other day, it really is nothing more than the Drudge Report dressed up with the trappings of mainstream media credibility.
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Media Matters for America:
Drudge flagged Obama hit piece on Politico — which presented …
Discussion: MyDD
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Obama's Back Story  —  While I was whiling away my youth …
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New York Times:
Senate Keeps Pullout Date in Iraq War Bill
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Sydney Morning Herald:
US captures car-bombing ring in Iraq  —  The US military has captured the leaders of a car-bombing ring blamed for killing hundreds of Iraqis.  —  The news came as the departing US ambassador said Americans are in ongoing talks with insurgent representatives to try to persuade them to turn against al-Qaeda.
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Jules Crittenden:
By The Way, It's Official ...  ... we can win in Iraq …
Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line
Fox News:
WEBB DENIES HE GAVE AIDE GUN THAT LED TO ARREST  —  Sen. Jim Webb, whose aide was arrested Monday for carrying a handgun into a Senate office building, gave the Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address in January.  —  WASHINGTON — Virginia Sen. Jim Webb said Tuesday …
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Kelly McCormack / The Hill:
Fifty percent of adults would not vote for Clinton  —  Half of voting-age Americans say they would not vote for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) if she became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008, according to a Harris Interactive poll released Tuesday.
Jeff Coen / Chicago Tribune:
Questions on firings shorten Gonzales news conference  —  Atty. Gen. Alberto Gonzales today cut short a press conference about Internet safety, leaving the room at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago when reporters questioned him about the firings of U.S. attorneys.
Discussion: The Next Hurrah and TPMmuckraker
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Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Gonzales visits Chicago
Discussion: Denver Post
Ross Douthat / The American Scene:
The Problem With Fred Thompson: Wait - I'm gone a week and Fred Thompson makes some noises about running for President and immediately jumps to third in the GOP primary polls?  Now the easy thing would be to crack wise about this development, but Matt Yglesias, Daniel Larison and (especially) …
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MS. PERINO: Good afternoon.  I have a readout for you this afternoon of the President's meeting with the Big 3 automakers.  They had a very good meeting.  It was scheduled to go just 30 minutes; it almost went to 45 minutes.
Jerome R. Corsi / WorldNetDaily:
Embattled AG now accused in teen sex scandal 'cover-up'  —  Attorney General Gonzales among officials who allegedly ignored abuse of minor boys  —  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, both already under siege for other matters, are now being accused of failing …
Carol J. Williams / Los Angeles Times:
Australian pleads guilty at Guantanamo  —  David Hicks admits to material support of terrorism.  He says he did not commit a violent act.  —  GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA — Australian David Hicks pleaded guilty Monday to material support of terrorism, securing a symbolic victory for the Bush administration …
Justin Rood Reports / The Blotter:
Exclusive: Report Charges Broad White House Efforts to Stifle Climate Research  —  Justin Rood Reports:  —  Bush administration officials throughout the government have engaged in White House-directed efforts to stifle, delay or dampen the release of climate change research that casts …
 
 
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Michael Ware: "I dont know what part of Neverland Senator McCain …
Michael J. Totten:
The Iranian Revolution in Iraq
Discussion: Moderate Risk
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Iraq Supplemental Update: Huge Senate Vote This Afternoon
Discussion: Firedoglake and AMERICAblog
Lisa Girion / Los Angeles Times:
Health insurance options dwindle for self-employed
Ian / Hot Air:
Audio: Chris Wallace rips Keith Olbermann
Discussion: Media Blog
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
U.S. Navy Shows Force in Persian Gulf
Discussion: Firedoglake and Booman Tribune
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Mideast Leaders Agree to Meet Biweekly
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Who is Monica Goodling?
CBC News:
Charest keeps seat as Liberals cling to power in Quebec
John Quiggin / Crooked Timber:
Eumerica  —  There's been a lot of discussion of a recent Pew …
Expatica:
Hirsi Ali under threat in US
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USA Today:
Poll backs subpoenas of Bush aides
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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