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Qassim Abdul-Zahra / Associated Press:
Bombing at Iraqi parliament kills 2 — BAGHDAD - A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in the Iraqi parliament's cafeteria in a stunning assault in the heart of the heavily fortified, U.S.-protected Green Zone, killing at least two lawmakers and wounding 10 other people.
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Washington Post:
Bombing Inside Green Zone Kills Iraqi Lawmakers — A bomb struck the Iraqi parliament building inside the well-protected Green Zone today, killing at least two Iraqi lawmakers and demonstrating the vulnerability of even heavily guarded targets despite increased American attempts to secure the capital.
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Spencerackerman / toohotfortnr:
STREET BY STREET, BLOCK BY BLOCK, TAKING IT ALL BACK: — One of the pleasures of the Green Zone is to walk into the manicured courtyard of the Ocean Cliffs facility, where the press center is located, and linger awhile, free of body armor, on one of the benches next to the fountain.
MSNBC:
Blast rocks Iraq parliament; 2 lawmakers killed — Explosion was inside cafeteria; truck bomb blast kills 10 on nearby bridge — BAGHDAD, Iraq - A bomb exploded in the Iraqi parliament's cafeteria in a stunning assault in the heart of the heavily fortified, U.S.-protected Green Zone on Thursday …
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Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush aides' use of GOP e-mail probed — WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday it had mishandled Republican Party-sponsored e-mail accounts used by nearly two dozen presidential aides, resulting in the loss of an undetermined number of e-mails concerning official White House business.
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Laurie Kellman / 165.1.76.240:
Leahy Says Bush Aides Lied About E-Mails — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush's aides are lying about White House e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been lost, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy said Thursday, vowing to subpoena those documents if the administration fails to cough them up.
Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Leahy: Missing RNC E-mails are like Nixon's 18-minute gap — The top Senate Democrat leading investigations into the dismissal of 8 U.S. Attorneys by the Justice Department is comparing e-mails lost by the Republican National Committee to President Richard Nixon's famous "18-minute" gap in White House tape recordings.
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USA Today:
Clinton: Attacks won't scare me off — FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton says the pain and turmoil of her White House years don't discourage her in the least as she wages a campaign she hopes will bring her back to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. — "I've decided this country …
Dinitia Smith / New York Times:
Kurt Vonnegut, Novelist Who Caught the Imagination of His Age, Is Dead at 84 — Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle" and "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died last night in Manhattan.
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Bill Hobbs:
Suing a Blogger — Big, powerful law firms like Nashville's King & Ballow really ought to hire someone with journalistic and new media experience to advise them on how to handle clients who complain about things published by bloggers. Then they wouldn't do stupid things like issue threats …
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New York Times:
In 5-Year Effort, Scant Evidence of Voter Fraud — Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections, according to court records and interviews.
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Guardian:
Blair blames spate of murders on black culture — Patrick Wintour and Vikram Dodd — Tony Blair yesterday claimed the spate of knife and gun murders in London was not being caused by poverty, but a distinctive black culture. His remarks angered community leaders, who accused him of ignorance …
Patrick / mediabistro.com:
Imus Snipping Back At Sharpton? — Barely 12 hours after being fired from MSNBC... 6:12 AM: On Imus' radio program (no longer simulcast on MSNBC) this morning, Chris Carlin, who covers sports for the program, discussed yesterday's dismissal of charges against the Duke lacrosse players.
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New York Times:
Civilian Claims on U.S. Suggest the Toll of War — In February 2006, nervous American soldiers in Tikrit killed an Iraqi fisherman on the Tigris River after he leaned over to switch off his engine. A year earlier, a civilian filling his car and an Iraqi Army officer directing traffic …
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Matt Rosenberg / Seattle Times:
Putting politics ahead of kids — White people, you're privileged, and guilty, guilty, guilty of oppressing disadvantaged minorities. Denial only makes things worse. — This is the message currently emanating from the Seattle School District. Never mind that this dubious construct …
The Barrister / Maggie's Farm:
PoMo Politics at Duke, and the Sin of "The Narrative" — Welcome to Maggie's Farm, fellow Instapundit addicts. While you're here, check us out. You might enjoy getting to know our always-surprising, eclectic, and educational blog, and our fine fellow Yankee farmer contributors.
Ana Marie Cox / Time:
An Imus Guest Says No More — Every time I've been on Don Imus' show, he has reminded listeners that he "discovered" me. It's not exactly hyperbole. He first invited me on when I was just a foulmouthed blogger who ran the gossipy political site Wonkette.
Charles H. Brunie / City Journal:
My Friend, Milton Friedman — It was my good fortune to meet Milton Friedman in February 1968, while I was at Oppenheimers. The stock market was in what looked like the early stages of a bear market, with the S&P 500 down 8 percent in a couple of months. My partner and good friend …
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