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9:00 AM ET, April 16, 2007

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Scot J. Paltrow / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Probes Abramoff Ties To White House  —  The Justice Department's Public Integrity Section is investigating connections between disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff and the White House, a probe that may be affected by missing White House emails.  —  Lawyers involved in the case …
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New York Times:
'Nothing to Hide,' Attorney General Insists  —  Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales offered a measured apology for his mistakes in the dismissal of eight United States attorneys, but said in testimony prepared for a Senate hearing on Tuesday that he had "nothing to hide" …
Washington Post:
Ex-Justice Official's Statements Contradict Gonzales on Firings  —  The former Justice Department official who carried out the firings of eight U.S. attorneys last year told Congress that several of the prosecutors had no performance problems and that a memo on the firings was distributed …
Dan Boniface / 9NEWS:
Kerry reopens door to possible presidential run  —  DENVER - Sen. John Kerry (D-Massachusetts) reopened the door to a possible 2008 presidential campaign during a book signing in Denver and then again, in an interview with 9NEWS.  —  The 2004 Democratic nominee told a crowd of more than 250 …
Pew Research Center:
Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions  —  What Americans Know: 1989-2007  —  Summary of Findings  —  Since the late 1980s, the emergence of 24-hour cable news as a dominant news source and the explosive growth of the internet have led …
Discussion: The Swamp
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
24/7 News Didn't Make Us Smarter
Discussion: The American Street
Opinion Journal:
The Wolfowitz Files  —  The anatomy of a World Bank smear.  —  The World Bank released its files in the case of President Paul Wolfowitz's ethics on Friday, and what a revealing download it is.  On the evidence in these 109 pages, it is clearer than ever that this flap is a political hit based …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
New York Times:
Donors Linked to the Clintons Shift to Obama  —  As Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton seeks to reassemble the Democratic money machine her husband built, some major fund-raisers long associated with her and him have signed on with Senator Barack Obama.  —  Among the biggest fund-raisers …
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Ritual-washing area for Muslims at MCTC may be only the beginning  —  Last week, I wrote about Minneapolis Community and Technical College, which is planning to install facilities to help Muslim students perform ritual washing before daily prayers.  It's a simple matter of extending …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:   DO DO THAT WUDU THAT YOU DO SO WELL  —  Today Katherine Kersten …
John J. Sheehan / Washington Post:
Why I Declined To Serve  —  Service to the nation is both a responsibility and an honor for every citizen presented with the opportunity.  This is especially true in times of war and crisis.  Today, because of the war in Iraq, this nation is in a crisis of confidence and is confused …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:   WHY THE WAR CZAR BALKED....General John Sheehan, who was recruited …
MSNBC:
MTP Transcript for April 15, 2007  —  MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: The war in Iraq, are there any good options?  With us, the former special envoy to the Middle East and author for "The Battle for Peace," retired General Tony Zinni.  Then, the debate over Don Imus and his comments …
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs and PoliBlog (TM)
Media Matters for America:
Kurtz: "Imus made fun of blacks, Jews, gays, politicians.  He called them lying weasels.  This was part of his charm"  —  On April 12, during a report on the controversy sparked by Don Imus' remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team, ABC's World News aired comments …
Discussion: The Reaction
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City Journal:
The Media Cornucopia  —  It's a Golden Age of media—but not for long, if the Left has its way.  —  Throughout most of history, humans lived in a state of extreme information poverty.  News traveled slowly, field to field, village to village.  Even with the printing press's advent, information spread at a snail's pace.
Nate Chinen / New York Times:
Don Ho, Hawaiian Musician, Dies at 76  —  Don Ho, an entertainer who defined popular perceptions of Hawaiian music in the 1960s and held fast to that image as a peerless Waikiki nightclub attraction, died yesterday in Honolulu.  He was 76.  —  The cause was heart failure, his daughter Dayna Ho said.
Janon Fisher / New York Post:
MOORE'S 'SICKO' STUNT  —  TAKES 9/11 WORKERS TO CUBA  —  Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, according to several sources with knowledge of the trip.
Discussion: Maggie's Farm and Don Surber
Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
Four Hired Guns in an Armored Truck, Bullets Flying, and a Pickup and a Taxi Brought to a Halt.  Who Did the Shooting and Why?  —  A Chaotic Day On Baghdad's Airport Road  —  On the afternoon of July 8, 2006, four private security guards rolled out of Baghdad's Green Zone in an armored SUV.
Discussion: NION, The Arabist and Daily Kos
Jeff Fecke / Blog of the Moderate Left:
Message: I Don't Care  —  So evidently Markos really doesn't give a damn that he pissed off everyone with his idiotic comments regarding Kathy Sierra.  How else can you explain a post that says, in effect, "Yeah, right-codes of conduct are stupid.  What do we disagree on?"
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Chris Clarke / Pandagon:   The Tempest: A one-act play in hyperbole
 
 
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Weston Kosova / Newsweek:
The Power That Was  —  As he spoke, Don Imus had no inkling …
Discussion: Redstate, Althouse and PSoTD
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Special Post-Imus Dinosaur Edition
Discussion: The Corner
Michael van der Galien / The Moderate Voice:
Independents and the 08 Elections … Dan Balz writes at the Washington Post:
Bill Hobbs / Ecotality Blog:
Does Solar Make Economic Sense?  NYT Says No, San Francisco Chronicle Says Yes
Political Insider:
Competitive Districts Not a Stepping Stone for Higher Office
Discussion: MyDD
Paul Ohm / The Volokh Conspiracy:
DO BLOGS INFLUENCE SSRN DOWNLOADS?  Yes.  In fact, yes, they do.
Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Divided Iraq has two spy agencies
Associated Press:
Conclusions Are Reported on Teaching of Abstinence
 Earlier Items: 
Thomas P.M. Barnett / KnoxNews:
Nixon and Deng: architects of our globalized world
Discussion: The Peking Duck
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
For Some Hispanics, Coming to America Also Means Abandoning Religion
New York Times:
Lenders Sought Edge Against U.S. in Student Loans
Kevin Hassett / Washington Post:
Why We Pay Without A Whimper
Gateway Pundit:
Brrrrrr! Global Warming Rally Roundup... It Was Cold!
Ynetnews:
'We killed BBC reporter', Palestinian group says
Neil the Ethical Werewolf / Ezra Klein:
Republicans Wish You A Painful Tax Day
Discussion: Right Voices
Stirling Newberry / Firedoglake:
FDL Book Salon: Feldman Frames the Debate
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B

 
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