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JA Bowl-a-Thon / WJLA-TV:
Student Government Asks Reporters to Leave by Monday — You've seen the news coverage from Blacksburg, complete with prominent network anchors reporting from the scene. — And now, the student government at Virginia Tech is asking for all of that to end.
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Washington Post:
Saving the Earth: The Biodiesel Bus Blog — Singer Sheryl Crow and environmentalist Laurie David have been traveling across America on a two-week Stop Global Warming College Tour, which winds up today at George Washington University. Crow and David (co-producer of the documentary …
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Associated Press:
Al-Maliki orders halt to construction of a wall around Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad — CAIRO, Egypt: Iraq's prime minister said Sunday that he has ordered a halt to the U.S. construction of a barrier separating a Sunni enclave from surrounding Shiite areas in Baghdad after fierce criticism over the project at home.
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Reuters:
Iraq PM asks for halt to Baghdad wall — Source: Reuters — Iraq's prime minister said on Sunday he had urged the U.S. military to halt work on a wall separating a Baghdad Sunni enclave from nearby Shi'ite areas after sharp criticism from some residents.
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Spitzer Plans to Introduce Gay Marriage Bill — Gov. Eliot Spitzer will introduce a bill in the coming weeks to legalize same-sex marriage in New York, his spokeswoman said Friday, a move that would propel New York to the forefront of one of the most contentious issues in politics.
Ken Silverstein / Harper's:
Democrats Getting Paid — Last spring, with Republicans controlling both houses of Congress, I wrote an item saying that for corporations and federal contractors looking for favors in Washington, it was hardly even worth buying a Democrat anymore. But the November 2006 Democratic victory changed all that.
Mark Steyn / Chicago Sun Times:
Let's be realistic about reality — Within hours of the Virginia Tech massacre, the New York Times had identified the problem: ''What is needed, urgently, is stronger controls over the lethal weapons that cause such wasteful carnage and such unbearable loss.''
Robin Acton / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Furor over author Ayaan Hirsi Ali's visit stirs debate on religious freedom — Say what you want about your religion. — Go ahead, say anything that comes into your mind — even if you don't agree with your minister, your priest, your rabbi. Even if you think you're right and they've got it all wrong …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: O'Donnell on VTech shootings — wrong on the facts, wrong on the law — First he identifies Cho's weapons as automatic, i.e., capable of firing repeatedly so long as the trigger is held down. Wrong: both were semi-automatics, requiring a fresh trigger pull for each shot.
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Rep. Millender-McDonald dies — Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-Calif.), 68, who'd taken leave from Congress after being diagnosed with cancer, died Sunday, a congressional source said. — House Clerk Lorraine Miller has secured Millender-McDonald's office and is to oversee the office until an election can be held to replace her.
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Matt Welch / Los Angeles Times:
The politics of saying 'genocide' — More than 90 years after the Armenian genocide, the U.S. is deadlocked in a humiliating linguistic debate. — ON TUESDAY, President Bush will be obliged, by law, to wrap his double-talking mouth around one of the most curiously persistent debates in modern geopolitics …
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Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
FDA Was Aware of Dangers To Food — Outbreaks Were Not Preventable, Officials Say — The Food and Drug Administration has known for years about contamination problems at a Georgia peanut butter plant and on California spinach farms that led to disease outbreaks that killed three people …
lvrj.com:
Harry Reid and a 'lost' cause — Senator forced to backpedal on remarks — The Democratic strategy to use the ongoing violence in Iraq to their political advantage in the run-up to the 2008 elections requires some skill and nuance. But it's growing harder to believe Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Debates Losing a Bit of Luster in a Big Field — The last time Jonathan Prince checked, there were nearly 40 requests for John Edwards, the Democratic presidential candidate for whom he works, to appear at a candidate debate or forum. — They came from state Democratic parties and county Democratic committees.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Newt Gingrich blames "Liberalism" for VA Tech massacre — Leave it to Newt to spread some love to the left this morning. It's all the evil—liberals that caused this horrific tragedy. I guess I could say that Newt influenced Timothy McVeigh... Download (3492) | Play (4447) Download (1574) |
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