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10:20 AM ET, April 19, 2007

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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 …
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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.
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 …
Matt Apuzzo / Associated Press:
Va. Tech gunman sent material to NBC
Discussion: Don Surber, ninemsn and Wake up America
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.
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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 …
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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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Alberto Gonzales Testimony, Part I  —  The United States Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, will be giving testimony today to the Senate Judiciary Committee.  It is being broadcast live on C-Span1 (although be advised, if there is floor activity in the House, C-Span is required to switch …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
One Prosecutor's Ouster Central to Inquiry  —  When Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales takes the witness chair on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, the dismissal of the United States attorney from New Mexico will be a topic of particular scrutiny, committee members and their staff said.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Gonzales to Admit Mistakes in Firings
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
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.
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Marcia Kramer / WCBS-TV:
Bloomberg To Fund Anti-Gun Ad Campaign
Discussion: On Politics
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Around The Sphere: Blog Reaction To Virginia Tech Massacre
Discussion: The Reaction and Better Living
Washington Post:
Democrats Would Make Iraq Timetable in Bill 'Advisory'  —  Congressional Democratic leaders are moving to make their proposed timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq "advisory" as they seek to reconcile two versions of war spending legislation into a single bill that they plan to pass next week …
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USA Today:
Public favors giving illegal immigrants a break
Discussion: Oliver Willis
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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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 …
John Solomon / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions  —  washingtonpost.com's Daily Politics Discussion  —  Don't want to miss out on the latest in politics?  Start each day with The Post Politics Hour.  Join in each weekday morning at 11 a.m. as a member of The Washington Post's team of White House …
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Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:   TPM Reader LG emails: … He's right.  Case in point …
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
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.
Greg Sargent / Horses Mouth:
This won't be a typical David Broder post, so bear with me.  As you know, Broder bows to nobody in his disdain for liberal bloggers.  He's called them "vituperative" and "foul-mouthed," suggested that bloggers are "deranged," and written that blogs are "heavier on vituperation of President Bush …
 
 
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Hillary's Hammer Returns
Discussion: TIME and Matthew Yglesias
Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
Campaign against alleged voter fraud fuels political tempest
Discussion: Think Progress
Bloomberg:
Russia Plans World's Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska (Update4)
KnoxNews:
TN moves to allow guns in public buildings
Washington Post:
FBI Searches Congressman's Home
Associated Press:
Kitty Carlisle Hart dead at 96
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Bombings Kill at Least 171 Iraqis in Baghdad
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Associated Press:
Governor signs bill defying U.S. ID law
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Says Iranian Arms Seized in Afghanistan
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

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

 
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