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9:25 AM ET, April 19, 2007

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Countdown With Olbermann:
Full coverage: Virginia Tech massacre  —  April 18: NBC News releases a picture of Cho Seung-Hui that was in the package the Virginia Tech gunman sent to NBC between the two shootings on Monday.  —  Photos & audio  —  Virginia Tech students, faculty come to terms with the horror of the mass shooting at the Blacksburg, Va., school.
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Package Forced NBC to Make Tough Decisions  —  The package that arrived yesterday at NBC headquarters in New York was almost immediately flagged as suspicious, because it had been mailed from Blacksburg, Va., and bore the return name A. Ishmael.  —  Last night, the anchor of "The NBC Nightly News …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org and Betsy's Page
Barbara Oakley / New York Times:
The Killer in the Lecture Hall  —  THE sticky note on my door was wiggling.  It was a gift from a student.  —  Glued to the middle of it was a cockroach.  —  Don't get me wrong.  It wasn't that I was an unpopular professor.  To the contrary — according to student evaluations …
NBC Nightly / The Daily Nightly:
ONE WORD  —  This morning, about five miles outside of Roanoke, Va., I watched a Nissan pickup truck merge into traffic in front of us on the interstate.  I noticed there was something written on the rear cab window.  When we got closer, I was able to read what it was — just one word, written in white shoe polish on the glass: WHY?
Discussion: Threat Level and On Deadline
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
McCain says he backs no gun control  —  WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate John McCain (news, bio, voting record) declared Wednesday he believes in "no gun control," making the strongest affirmation of support for gun rights in the GOP field since the Virginia Tech massacre.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Around The Sphere: Blog Reaction To Virginia Tech Massacre
Discussion: The Reaction and Better Living
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Va. Tech gunman sent material to NBC
Discussion: ninemsn, Don Surber and Wake up America
Nazila Fathi / New York Times:
Iran Exonerates Six Who Killed in Islam's Name  —  The Iranian Supreme Court has overturned the murder convictions of six members of a prestigious state militia who killed five people they considered "morally corrupt."  —  The reversal, in an infamous five-year-old case from Kerman …
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Reversal, Justices Back Ban on Method of Abortion  —  The Supreme Court reversed course on abortion on Wednesday, upholding the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-to-4 decision that promises to reframe the abortion debate and define the young Roberts court.
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court OKs Abortion Procedure Ban
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
On the Hill, Gonzales Gets His Chance at Redemption  —  When Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales's top aide contemplated the mass dismissal of chief federal prosecutors two years ago, he advocated keeping the "loyal Bushies."  Two years later, the question confronting President Bush is whether …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Gonzales to Admit Mistakes in Firings
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Can conservative bloggers tell the truth?  —  Here's a simple challenge for John Hinderaker, a writer for the popular conservative blog Power Line who recently revisited the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign controversy.  Upset by recent media references that suggested …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   INEFFECTIVE, EVEN FOR A LIBERAL  —  Eric Boehlert of Media Matters must …
Bill Theobald / Tennessean.com:
Looking 'presidential,' Thompson dazzles GOP  —  WASHINGTON — Fred Thompson took the stage and gave a virtuoso performance Wednesday during a private meeting with House Republicans — leaving many star-struck and gushing about the prospect of the former Tennessee Republican senator running for president.
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Discussion: Pacific Views
Michael Stokes Paulsen / Balkinization:   The Pernicious Doctrine of Stare Decisis
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Carolyn McCarthy doesn't understand her own gun-control legislation  —  I wish I could show you the bill (H.R. 1859) but the text isn't online at Thomas yet.  It's probably identical or nearly identical to this bill, which she introduced in February, to reinstate the assault-weapons ban.
Washington Post:
Giuliani's Lead Shrinks, Clinton's Margin Holds  —  Former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's lead over his Republican presidential rivals has narrowed considerably, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) has maintained her advantage in the race for the Democratic nomination, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and TalkLeft
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Don't Reward Failure By Giving Money to NARAL  —  I'm sure Nancy Keenan is licking her sweet chops over the latest SCOTUS decision.  It is, after all, probably going to be the biggest fundraising opportunity she's had during her tenure at NARAL.  Bigger even than Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.
The Hill:
FBI searches Republican lawmaker's home  —  The FBI searched the Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) last Friday in its investigation into ties between the congressman and his wife, Julie, and disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to law enforcement and other Congressional and K Street sources.
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USA Today:
Public favors giving illegal immigrants a break
KnoxNews:
TN moves to allow guns in public buildings
MSNBC:
'He never spoke a word'
Discussion: neo-neocon
Associated Press:
Kitty Carlisle Hart dead at 96
Joe Bodell / Minnesota Monitor:
Sheriff Anticipates Arresting Thousands During 2008 RNC
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Our benevolent surveillance state
Discussion: AMERICAblog and CANNONFIRE
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Associated Press:
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