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9:25 AM ET, April 6, 2007

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R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Hussein's Prewar Ties To Al-Qaeda Discounted  —  Pentagon Report Says Contacts Were Limited  —  Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides "all confirmed" that Hussein's regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq …
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Tony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Pentagon `Undercut' CIA on Pre-War Intelligence, Probe Finds
Discussion: At-Largely and CANNONFIRE
Oliver Willis:
Bill O'Reilly Loses His Damn Mind  —  In the entire, dark, black history of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor, this is probably the craziest clip ever.  A young girl was tragically killed by a drunk driver.  But this was not enough for O'Reilly.  Instead, because the criminal was an illegal alien …
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WAVY TV 10:
News conference held in response to Bill O'Reilly's criticism  —  Thursday night the city of Virginia Beach responded to criticism from a national talk show host.  —  Bill O'Reilly took aim at the city of Virginia Beadch on his show Wednesday night.  City officials held a news conference Thursday evening and responded to O'Reilly.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Bill O'Reilly's head practically explodes as he screams at Geraldo...  We've seen Bill lose it before, but I think this one is the wildest segments I've ever seen.  I really thought Bill was going to haul off an upper cut to Geraldo's jaw.  Geraldo yelled at O'Reilly that the way he used this case was " A SIN!"
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Britain's Humiliation — and Europe's  —  Iran has pulled off a tidy little success with its seizure and release of those 15 British sailors and marines: a pointed humiliation of Britain, with a bonus demonstration of Iran's intention to push back against coalition challenges to its assets in Iraq.
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Claudia Rosett / philly.com:
Pelosi was nuts to visit with Assad  —  In visiting Syria this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi no doubt meant well.  She wants dialogue.  As a woman, mother, and now the third-highest-ranking elected official in American politics, she has achieved a great deal in life by talking with people.
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New York Times:
Federal Official in Student Loans Held Loan Stock  —  A senior official at the federal Education Department sold more than $100,000 in shares in a student loan company even as he was helping oversee lenders in the federal student loan program.  —  The official, Matteo Fontana …
Discussion: The Swamp and The RBC
New York Times:
Guantánamo Follies  —  There has been much speculation about the Supreme Court's decision not to hear an appeal from a group of Guantánamo Bay inmates until they have exhausted their legal options.  Was the court signaling that the appeal had no merit?
Discussion: Prairie Weather
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Romney Used His Wealth to Enlist Richest Donors  —  Mitt Romney, the multimillionaire founder of a giant private equity firm, knew he did not need other people's money to mount a presidential campaign.  But as they began planning a campaign more than two years ago, Mr. Romney and his advisers wanted …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Daily Kos
WCCO-TV:
4 In U.S. Attorney's Office Resign In Protest  —  (WCCO) The four top administrators in the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota have resigned their administrative positions.  According to highly placed sources, the administrators have quit in protest over the job being done by Rachel Paulose, the U.S. Attorney for Minnesota.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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myfoxtwincities.com:
Exclusive: Shake Up at the U.S. Attorney's Office
Kathy / Liberty Street:
Getting Paid To Blog  —  The Nation raises the shame of the leftie blogosphere: We don't support our own in the way that counts the most: … Unfortunately, this article is a near-perfect illustration of the problem.  Becca Golubock Watson writes about the difficulty experienced …
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Steve Hargreaves / CNNMoney.com:
And Iraq's big oil contracts go to ...  Companies from China, India and other Asian nations are seen getting the first contracts.  But don't write off Big Oil just yet.  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Despite claims by some critics that the Bush administration invaded Iraq to take control of its oil …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Right Voices
MSNBC:
12,000 more Guard troops may be going to Iraq  —  Deployment order planned to lessen 'surge's' strain on stretched-thin Army  —  WASHINGTON - Coming on the heels of a controversial "surge" of 21,000 U.S. troops that has stretched the Army thin, the Defense Department is preparing to send …
C. J. Chivers / New York Times:
Dutch Soldiers Stress Restraint in Afghanistan  —  QALA-E-SURKH, Afghanistan — The Dutch infantrymen stood on a ridge near the Baluchi Valley, an area in south-central Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban and tribes opposed to the central government.  —  Whenever they push farther …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 
 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Reuters:
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