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Exclusive: O'Donnell Leaving 'The View' — Rosie O'Donnell Is Set to Announce Today Her Departure From 'The View' — Rosie O'Donnell is leaving "The View." ABC has been unable to come to a contractual agreement with "The View" co-host. As a result, her duties on the show will come to an end mid-June.
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TMZ.com:
It's True — Rosie Will Leave "View!!" — TMZ has now confirmed the buzz that we exclusively reported last night: Rosie O'Donnell will announce on today's show that she is leaving "The View." And TMZ has confirmed that "View" honchos are already searching for her replacement. — Stay tuned!
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
TMZ: Rosie to announce tomorrow that she's leaving "The View;" Update: ABC confirms — 75% of my content, up in smoke. I'm a wreck. — Assuming it's true, what do you think — did she jump or was she pushed? And if the latter, why did Barbara push her? — Update: Life has no meaning anymore.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
House Committee Authorizes Subpoena for Goodling — The House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 32-6, just authorized a subpoena for Monica Goodling's testimony and an offer of immunity. — As former U.S. Attorney for New Mexico David Iglesias pointed out yesterday, Goodling should prove …
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Wall Street Journal:
Delays in Renzi Case Raise More Gonzales Questions — WASHINGTON — As midterm elections approached last November, federal investigators in Arizona faced unexpected obstacles in getting needed Justice Department approvals to advance a corruption investigation of Republican Rep. Rick Renzi, people close to the case said.
Nico / Think Progress:
Breaking: Gonzales Aide Goodling Granted Immunity — The House Judiciary Committee voted moments ago to grant immunity to Monica Goodling — former counsel to Alberto Gonzales and the Justice Department's liaison to the White House — and issue a subpoena compelling her to testify.
George S. McGovern / Los Angeles Times:
George McGovern: Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war — The 1972 presidential nominee strikes back at the vice president for comparing today's Democrats to the McGovern platform. — VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney recently attacked my 1972 presidential platform and contended …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Kucinich's Battle Against Cheney Not So (Im)Peachy Keen — "I do not stand alone," Dennis Kucinich said as he stood, alone, in front of a cluster of microphones yesterday evening. — The Ohio congressman, a Democratic presidential candidate, was holding a news conference outside the Capitol …
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Michael J. Totten:
Meet the Iraqi Police in Kirkuk — This is the second in a two part article. Read Part One, Where Kurdistan Meets the Red Zone, here. Scroll down for video. — KIRKUK, IRAQ - Kirkuk, like Baghdad, is one of the most dangerous places in the world. Car bombs, suicide attacks, shootings …
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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:Why No One Wants An American Withdrawal
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch frauds — It is difficult to watch these clips from yesterday's House hearings investigating the absolute, deliberate lies regarding Pat Tillman and Jessica Lynch fed to the American public by the U.S. military — with an eager and accommodating assist …
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Joe Sudbay / AMERICAblog:
Laura Bush wants you to know that when it comes to Iraq, no one is suffering more than the First Couple. No one. — Listen, you Americans, Laura Bush wants you to know the President is suffering over Iraq. In fact, Laura told Anne Curry on the Today Show, that the American people need to know that …
Philip V. Brennan / NewsMax.com:
Bombshell Cripples Case Against Haditha Marines — Convincing evidence that corroborates NewsMax.com's accounts of the Haditha insurgent ambush has compelled the prosecution to take extraordinary steps to bolster their crumbling case. — The stunning announcement that all charges …
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Jules Crittenden:
Anzac Day — April 25 is Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand, marking the landings at Gallipoli in 1915 and the disastrous campaign there. Churchill's idea for a second front went badly wrong, and he ended up resigning as First Lord of the Admiralty. The deaths of thousands of diggers …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court rules for three Texas death row inmates — In three rulings Wednesday on death penalty procedures in Texas, the Supreme Court kept up its continuing challenge to the way the two courts reviewing Texas capital cases handle that assignment — the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals …
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