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New York Times:
Two-Hour Delay Is Linked to Bad Lead — The police identified Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old student, as the killer of 32 people in the shooting rampage at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, releasing new information on Tuesday about the troubled mind of a young man few people on campus knew.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
New VTech thread: Victim's roommate debunks the jilted lover theory …
New VTech thread: Victim's roommate debunks the jilted lover theory …
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Virginia Tech Blog Roundup, Dr. Helen, Brilliant at Breakfast, The Lede, Verum Serum and Riehl World View
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
20/20 mistakes — [Megan] (Enters, stage centre-right …
20/20 mistakes — [Megan] (Enters, stage centre-right …
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Outside The Beltway, Virginia Tech Blog Roundup, Daimnation!, Dr. Helen and Daniel W. Drezner
Glenn Reynolds / NY Daily News:
People don't stop killers. People with guns do — On Monday, as the news of the Virginia Tech shootings was unfolding, I went into my advanced constitutional law seminar to find one of my students upset. My student, Tara Wyllie, has a permit to carry a gun in Tennessee, but she isn't allowed to have a weapon on campus.
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David Espo / Associated Press:
Reid Warns Against Rush on Gun Control — After the worst mass shooting in U.S. history, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cautioned Tuesday against a "rush to judgment" on stricter gun control. A leading House supporter of restrictions on firearms conceded passage of legislation would be difficult.
Associated Press:
N.J. Gov.'s SUV Went 91 Mph Before Crash — TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The SUV carrying Gov. Jon S. Corzine was traveling about 91 mph moments before it crashed, Superintendent of State Police Col. Rick Fuentes said Tuesday. — The governor was critically injured when the vehicle crashed …
Daily Mail:
Polygamous husbands can claim cash for their harems — Polygamous husbands settling in Britain with multiple wives can claim extra benefits for their "harems" even though bigamy is a crime in the UK, it has emerged. — Opposition MPs are demanding an urgent change in the law …
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Gates Says Iraqi Shake-Up Could Aid Reconciliation — The decision by anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to withdraw ministers loyal to him from the Iraqi cabinet could advance political reconciliation if the vacancies are used to broaden the government's representation, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Tuesday.
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Michael P.F. van der Galiën
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
GATES: HOORAY FOR DEMOCRATS!....Defense Secretary Robert Gates …
GATES: HOORAY FOR DEMOCRATS!....Defense Secretary Robert Gates …
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Daily Kos
Texas Rainmaker:
Obama Compares Va Tech Massacre to... Outsourcing — Here's the audio of a speech Barack Obama gave today discussing the Virginia Tech massacre: … I don't know what's dumber... equating a business decision to outsource work as 'violence' against employees... or equating this whole stupid line …
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama on Virginia Tech, and "Violence"
Obama on Virginia Tech, and "Violence"
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Betsy's Page, Reason Magazine, Michelle Malkin, Sister Toldjah, EconoPundit and Macsmind
Rick Perlstein / commonsense.ourfuture.org:
E. coli conservatives — First, they came for the spinach. — I remember the day last September. The supermarket had a new kind of salad dressing, one that looked like it would taste good with spinach. I went to the produce section to buy a bag. But they all had been recalled.
Tobias Buck / Financial Times:
EU aims to criminalise Holocaust denial — Laws that make denying or trivialising the Holocaust a criminal offence punishable by jail sentences will be introduced across the European Union, according to a proposal expecting to win backing from ministers Thursday.
Matthew Keenan / Bloomberg:
Clinton Triples College Speaking Schedule as Hillary Campaigns — Former President Bill Clinton, one of the most coveted and elusive commencement speakers at U.S. colleges, spurns dozens of invitations each year. — This spring, he's stepping up his schedule as his wife …
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
For Clinton, Even Presidential Politics Is Local — Senator Hopes Attention to Little Things Will Help Her Take Next Big Step — On the same day that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) announced that he had raised $25 million in the first three months of his presidential campaign …
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On Politics
Haaretz:
Israeli lecturer died shielding Virginia Tech students from gunman — Students of an Israeli lecturer who died in the Monday massacre at a Vriginia Tech said he saved the lives of several students by blocking the doorway of his classroom from the approaching gunman before he was fatally shot, his son said Tuesday.
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Bill Theobald / Tennessean.com:
Thompson's pre-decision tour continues — WASHINGTON — When actor and former Sen. Fred Thompson first said in a television interview March 11 that he was "giving some thought" to running for president, it sounded almost casual. — Since then, however, Thompson and his supporters …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
No Offense Intended With This Year's Choice of Entertainer, but Still an Outcry — After more than 40 years in show business, Rich Little is still a working comedian, doing his well-practiced impersonations from Las Vegas to Granite Falls, Minn. He is even available for corporate retreats and weddings.
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Articles of Impeachment To Be Filed On Cheney — Looks like he's reached his boiling point. — Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), the most liberal of the Democratic presidential candidates in the primary field, declared in a letter sent to his Democratic House colleagues this morning that he plans …