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Virginia Tech Killer Identified — Cho Seung-Hui, 23-Year-Old Student, Left 'Distrubing Note' — We now know the identity of the killer at Virginia Tech. — He is Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old resident alien of the United States, as first reported by ABC News.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, Confederate Yankee, The Strata-Sphere, Clayton Cramer's BLOG, The Jawa Report, Gateway Pundit, PoliBlog (TM) and The Blotter

Associated Press:

Israeli professor killed in US attack — As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 75-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech college that left 32 dead and over two dozen wounded.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Glittering Eye, Gateway Pundit, ShrinkWrapped, Debbie Schlussel, Argghhh!, Macsmind, Sister Toldjah, YID With LID, BLACKFIVE, Power Line, Riehl World View, Fausta's blog and JammieWearingFool

Michael Sneed / Associated Press:

Gunman kills 32 at Virginia Tech before being killed — Authorities were investigating whether the gunman who killed 32 people on the Virginia Tech campus in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history was a Chinese man who arrived in the United States last year on a student visa.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Hot Air, The Jawa Report, Wizbang, MSNBC, blackprof.com, Debbie Schlussel, Gateway Pundit, CANNONFIRE, Wake up America, Blog P.I., Firedoglake, The Peking Duck, Riehl World View and Tim Blair

John M. Broder / New York Times:

32 Shot Dead on Virginia Tech Campus — Thirty-two people were killed, along with a gunman, and at least 15 injured in two shooting attacks at Virginia Polytechnic Institute on Monday during three hours of horror and chaos on this sprawling campus. — The police and witnesses said some victims …

Discussion: Pottersville, The Huffington Post, Boing Boing, Althouse and the talking dog

New York Times:

Virginia Tech Shooting Leaves 33 Dead — Thirty-three people were killed today on the campus of Virginia Tech in what appears to be the deadliest shooting rampage in American history, according to federal law-enforcement officials. Many of the victims were students shot in a dorm and a classroom building.

Discussion: TheNewsHole, NION, Blogcritics Section, Iowa Voice, SABREOCRACY.NET, Boing Boing, Kiko's House, Brutally Honest, Planet Blacksburg, Ali Eteraz, Instapundit.com, The Roanoke Times, The Moderate Voice and Feministe

Debbie Schlussel:

Who is the "Asian" Mass Murderer at Virginia Tech? UPDATE: Shooter is S. KOREAN w/Student Visa — **** UPDATE #3, 04/17/07: The shooter has now been identified as a South Korean national. **** UPDATE #2: The shooter has now been identified as a Chinese national here on a student visa. Lovely.

Discussion: Associated Press, PoliBlog (TM), The Caucus, DownWithTyranny!, Outside The Beltway and TBogg

Doug Donovan / Baltimore Sun:

'I don't think my teacher got out' … In Monday morning's lecture on solid mechanics, all was quiet except for the sound of Professor Liviu Librescu's voice. — Then came the gunshots — in the classroom next door. In an instant, Virginia Tech's Norris Hall, a building dedicated …

Discussion: Hot Air, Pam's House Blend, Verum Serum and digg

Sheldon Drobny / The Huffington Post:

Take A MSM Holiday — If you want to get through the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre in a healthier way, don't watch the news for about a week. If you did not need an anti-depressant before this event, you may have to start if you decide to listen, watch, or read the news.

Discussion: The Heretik and KnoxViews

Richard Esposito Reports / The Blotter:

'I Want to Clear My Name' — Richard Esposito Reports: — He is Asian, he lives in the dorm where the first shooting occurred and he recently broke up with his girlfriend. He also happens to have a Web blog packed with pictures in which he poses with firearms. On the Internet, Wayne Chiang is as good as convicted.

Discussion: It was then that I carried you, Classical Values, Hot Air, Don Surber and Michelle Malkin

Adam Geller / Associated Press:
Va. Tech president: Gunman was student

Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Brilliant at Breakfast

Washington Post:
Gunman Kills 32 at Virginia Tech In Deadliest Shooting in U.S. History

Discussion: Bloomberg, On Deadline, TPMCafe blogs, On Politics and TalkLeft

John Tabin / American Spectator:
A Disarmed Campus — In January 2006, Virginia Delegate Todd …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, NewsBusters.org, The Neal Boortz Show and Kiko's House

CBS News:
Virginia Tech Gunman Identified

Discussion: QandO

Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
HOW COMMON ARE MASS SHOOTINGS AT US SCHOOLS? Eugene poses …

Discussion: Reason Magazine, Daniel W. Drezner and ABCNEWS

David Williams / Daily Mail:
A lovers' tiff in the dormitory... then the university killer began his rampage

Discussion: The Strata-Sphere, ABCNEWS, local6.com, Scared Monkeys, Sister Toldjah, Washington Post, CANNONFIRE and Done With Mirrors

Joseph A. Palermo / The Huffington Post:
Virginia Tech: Here We Go Again

Discussion: Right Wing News, Wizbang, ProfessorBainbridge.com ®, JammieWearingFool and AMERICAblog

Washington Post:

Final War Funding Bill in Works — U.S. Divided on Pullout, Favor Congress to Set Policy, Poll Finds — Congress and the White House will move this week toward a final showdown over a contested war funding bill, with most Americans trusting Democrats over President Bush to set Iraq policy …

Discussion: The Carpetbagger Report, DownWithTyranny!, First Read, Political Animal, The Gun Toting Liberal™, Oliver Willis and Think Progress

David Johnston / New York Times:

Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Discussed Firings — The former top aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has told Congressional investigators that Mr. Gonzales was "inaccurate," or "at least not complete" in asserting that he had no role in the deliberations about individual United States attorneys …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Washington Post, AMERICAblog and Think Progress

Washington Post:
Senate Delays Gonzales Testimony on Firings

Discussion: The Blotter, The Swamp, Power Line, The Garlic and TPMmuckraker

Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read

Discussion: TalkLeft and Think Progress

Margaret Talev / Real Cities: Bush, Gonzales reportedly discussed fired prosecutor

Washington Post:

New Loyalties for Old Fundraising Networks — The two most dominant political fundraising networks of the past quarter-century have splintered during the wide-open 2008 presidential race, newly released campaign finance records show. — Large numbers of the Rangers and Pioneers …

Discussion: TIME

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Fundraising Totals Challenge Early Campaign Assumptions

Discussion: The Caucus

Shmuel Rosner / Haaretz:

Republican presidential hopeful Thompson: Money-making part of Jewish tradition — WASHINGTON - Former Wisconsin governor and Republican presidential hopeful Tommy Thompson told Jewish activists Monday that making money is "part of the Jewish tradition," and something that he applauded.

Discussion: Captain's Quarters, The Volokh Conspiracy, Eschaton, Is That Legal?, Shakesville, Hullabaloo, toohotfortnr, Matthew Yglesias, Althouse and Wonkette

Eduardo Porter / New York Times:

For Illegal Immigrants, Housing Slump Takes Toll — HURON, Calif. — Some of the casualties of America's housing bust are easy to spot up and down California's Central Valley. — From Fresno to Sacramento, big tangles of wire and PVC pipes clutter vacant lots in silent subdivisions, waiting for houses to be built — some day.

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog, ParaPundit and EconoPundit

Rocco DiPippo / American Thinker:

Hypocrisy has a Human Price on the Streets of Baghdad … I have observed first-hand the effects of the Bush Administration's new Iraq security plan since it began two months ago. Street violence in Baghdad and surrounding areas has declined. Shops and markets once boarded up are reopening.

Discussion: Power Line and Blogs of War