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Lara Setrakian / ABCNEWS:
Duke Lacrosse Case Charges to Be Dropped — Three Players Were Facing Charges of First Degree Kidnapping, First Degree Forcible Sexual Offense — ABC News Law & Justice Unit — The office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will announce that he is dismissing all charges …
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Washington Post:
3 Generals Spurn the Position of War 'Czar' — Bush Seeks Overseer For Iraq, Afghanistan — The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
OUT OF GAS....The Washington Post reports that the White House is casting about for a "high-powered czar" who would have authority over both military and civilian operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Only problem is, no one wants the job: … Sheesh. Even Keane doesn't want the job …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
'Katie's Notebook' Item Cribbed From W.S. Journal — Katie Couric did a one-minute commentary last week on the joys of getting her first library card, but the thoughts were less than original. The piece was substantially lifted from a Wall Street Journal column.
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Associated Press:
CBS News fires producer for plagiarism — NEW YORK - A CBS News producer was fired and the network apologized after a Katie Couric video essay on libraries was found to be plagiarized from The Wall Street Journal. — The essay was removed from the CBS Web site and an editor's note …
Washington Post:
Advertisers Pull Out of Imus Show — 'I Don't Deserve to Be Fired,' Says the Shock Jock, Under Attack for Slur — As skittish advertisers began to pull out and calls for his resignation reverberated, embattled shock jock Don Imus yesterday continued a campaign of contrition over racially …
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Jesus' General:
Oliphant's Children — I'm on the road for the next couple of days—thanks in advance to Stinkeye, Democommie, and Nez for volunteering to cover for me—and I wasn't going to post tonight. But sometimes my inner Frenchman demands that I grant him an opportunity to speak his mind, and tonight is one of those times.
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Panel Said to Alter Finding on Voter Fraud — A federal panel responsible for conducting election research played down the findings of experts who concluded last year that there was little voter fraud around the nation, according to a review of the original report obtained by The New York Times.
New York Times:
Some in G.O.P. Express Worry Over '08 Hopes — Republican leaders across the country say they are growing increasingly anxious about their party's chances of holding the White House, citing public dissatisfaction with President Bush, the political fallout from the war in Iraq and the problems …
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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Pentagon Considers Extended Tours for All Soldiers — ABC News Has Learned New Plan Would Accommodate Bush Troop Surge — ABC News has learned that the Pentagon is considering extending the tours of duty for every active duty soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan.
David Rose / Times of London:
Diabetics cured by stem-cell treatment — Diabetics using stem-cell therapy have been able to stop taking insulin injections for the first time, after their bodies started to produce the hormone naturally again. — In a breakthrough trial, 15 young patients with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes …
Michelle Malkin:
Imus vs. the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks Chart (language warning) — My syndicated column this week: THE CULTURE OF "BITCHES, NIGGAS, AND HOS" — Let's stipulate: I have no love for Don Imus, Al Sharpton, or Jesse Jackson. I repeat: A pox on all their race-baiting houses.
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Democracy Now:
EXCLUSIVE...Two Explosive Books Tell the Inside Story of the Forged Iraq-Niger Docs That Helped Build the Case for War — Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript — Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD
Jennifer Harper / Washington Times:
PBS shelves film on moderate Muslims — A 52-minute documentary film exploring the struggles of moderate American Muslims at the hands of their radical brethren has also become a showcase for the struggles between right and left in the news media. — The producers of "Islam vs. Islamists" …
Multi-National Force:
Iraqi citizens exercise peaceful right of assembly in Najaf — BAGHDAD — Citizens of Iraq assembled in Najaf Monday to conduct a demonstration against the U.S. presence in their country. — Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called for the protest on the fourth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad …
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Vikas Bajaj / New York Times:
Defaults Rise in Next Level of Mortgages — Some of the problems afflicting mortgages sold to borrowers with weak, or subprime, credit increasingly appear to be cropping up in loans made to homeowners who were thought to be less risky. — The latest sign of possible further deterioration …
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Fester / NewsHog:Heads up on Housing — I have been following the housing bubble …
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