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9:55 AM ET, April 16, 2007

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CBS News:
Cheney Steers Clear Of Libby Mess  —  VP Says Some Democrats Have Been "Irresponsible" On Iraq In Pushing For Withdrawal Timetable  —  (CBS) Despite the conviction of his former chief of staff in a high-profile trial, Vice President Dick Cheney said today that he has not had an opportunity …
Discussion: WSJ.com
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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 …
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Jill / Brilliant at Breakfast:
Oh, God, Please No  —  Link via Americablog: … Perhaps not, John.  But the rest of us do.  We have not forgotten how you took your $14 million in leftover campaign cash and went home before the votes in Ohio were even counted yet; while your running mate was out there saying you would not give …
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 …
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 …
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 and The American Street
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
I.R.S. Audits Middle Class More Often, More Quickly  —  Middle-class Americans, listen up: the I.R.S. is much more likely to audit you this year.  Those caught cheating can expect to pay about $4,100 more on average in income taxes.  —  Since 2000, authorities at the Internal Revenue Service …
Discussion: Needlenose
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Kevin Hassett / Washington Post:
Why We Pay Without A Whimper
Discussion: Angry Bear and The Moderate Voice
The Agonist:
More Economic Lies From the White House  —  For economic commentary and analysis, go to the Bonddad blog … Let's look at this statement more carefully, shall we?  —  According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, Clinton's expansion laster from March 1991 to March 2001.
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.
Charles Hurt / Examiner:
Congressional junkets picking up steam  —  WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Congress is keeping Andrews Air Force base plenty busy this year ferrying lawmakers all over the globe at taxpayers' expense.  Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi took his wife, nine Democrats and two Republicans …
Discussion: Power Line and Iowa Voice
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 …
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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.
 
 
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Atrios / Eschaton:
Make Them Stop  —  Begala and Carville on CNN defending Imus... again.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Thousands of Iraqi Shiites training for war in Iranian camp
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Prayers For WFB And The Anchoress
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:
Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
Four Hired Guns in an Armored Truck, Bullets Flying, and a Pickup …
Discussion: NION, The Arabist and Daily Kos
Bill Hobbs / Ecotality Blog:
Does Solar Make Economic Sense?  NYT Says No, San Francisco Chronicle Says Yes
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Paul Ohm / The Volokh Conspiracy:
DO BLOGS INFLUENCE SSRN DOWNLOADS?  Yes.  In fact, yes, they do.
Janon Fisher / New York Post:
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Discussion: Maggie's Farm and Don Surber
Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
Divided Iraq has two spy agencies
Associated Press:
Conclusions Are Reported on Teaching of Abstinence
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
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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”

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

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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