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3:15 PM ET, April 16, 2007

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: At least 20 29 32 dead, 28 wounded in shooting at Virginia Tech; Update: Deadliest shooting spree in U.S. history  —  Good lord.  I've been peeking at this story for hours and until a few minutes ago there was one reported dead and the gunman was in custody.
Associated Press:
Suspect reported held in fatal Va. Tech shooting  —  One person dead; 2nd assailant may be at large; 7-8 others may be victims  —  BLACKSBURG, Va. - A shooting at a Virginia Tech dormitory on Monday left at least one person dead, a state government official with knowledge of the case told The Associated Press.
Washington Post:
At Least 20 Killed in Virginia Tech Shooting  —  At least 20 people were killed this morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University after a shooting spree at two buildings on the campus.  —  The unidentified shooter was among the dead, according to officials …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THIS IS AWFUL: "At least 20 people were killed this morning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University after a shooting spree at two buildings on the campus."  Nobody seems to know much yet on what happened.  These things do seem to take place in locations where it's not legal for people …
The Roanoke Times:
At least 22 killed in shootings at Virginia Tech  —  At least 22 people died this morning in a shooting rampage at Virginia Tech.  The shooter is dead, either by his own hand or shot by police.  Details are still coming in.  —  Virginia Tech police Chief Wendell Flinchum said it's unclear what could have prompted today's shootings.
Brian Hollar / Thinking on the Margin:
Virginia Tech Shootings - At Least 20 Fatalities  —  This is just awful: … I lived in Pritchard Hall for two years, not far from Ambler Johnston Hall where one of the shootings took place.  Most of my mechanical engineering classes were in Randolph Hall next to Norris Hall where the other shootings took place.
Pajamas Media:
MASSACRE: SHOOTING RAMPAGE AT VIRGINIA TECH — 32 PEOPLE CONFIRMED DEAD  —  LATER: Police said there was only one shooter and he is now dead.  They are unsure if the shooter was a student.  (FNC)  —  LATER: Gun bill got shot down by panel in January last year; campus was kept a gun-free zone.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Breaking: Mass Murder At Virginia Tech
Discussion: Fausta's blog
Howie / The Jawa Report:   Shooting Kills [20] [29] 32 at VA Tech
Mike Carney / On Deadline:
Deadly shooting at Virginia Tech
Discussion: SayUncle and Think Progress
Adam Zagorin / Time:
Conservatives to Bush: Fire Gonzales  —  In what could prove an embarrassing new setback for embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the eve of his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, a group of influential conservatives and longtime Bush supporters has written a letter to the White House to call for his resignation.
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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 …
Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
Gonzales Deputy, in Crossfire, Looks for Quiet Exit
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Angela Doland / Associated Press:
France Knew of 2001 al-Qaida Hijack Plot  —  PARIS — France's foreign intelligence service learned as early as January 2001 that al-Qaida was preparing a hijacking plot likely to involve a U.S. airplane, former intelligence officials said Monday, confirming a report that also said the CIA received the warning.
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
What Did Clinton's CIA Know About 9-11?
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Flopping Aces
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Paying for America  —  I just paid my taxes, and I have to say, I always take pride when I do so.  I don't like having less money to spend, of course, and the complexity of the process is really upsetting.  But I am proud to pay for democracy, and I feel when I do send money to the DC Treasurer …
WWD.COM:
Pat Buckley: A New York Original  —  NEW YORK — Patricia Taylor Buckley, who died Sunday at age 80, was a true original and a fixture of New York society for more than four decades.  —  Buckley died at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut of an infection following a long illness, according to a statement from her family.
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Prayers For WFB And The Anchoress
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Matthew Yglesias:
The Metapolitics of Resentment  —  I've never addressed the growing (and growing, and growing) pile of evidence that those Duke lacross guys were innocent of the rape charges brought against them.  When the story first broke I didn't write about it, because it was a little tangential …
Discussion: TAPPED and Eschaton
 
 
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