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9:30 AM ET, May 3, 2007

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Washington Post:
Democrats Back Down On Iraq Timetable  —  Compromise Bill in Works After Veto Override Fails  —  President Bush and congressional leaders began negotiating a second war funding bill yesterday, with Democrats offering the first major concession: an agreement to drop their demand for a timeline to bring troops home from Iraq.
Reuters:
Senior al Qaeda leader killed in Iraq: ministry  —  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed the head of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq, an al Qaeda-led militant group that has claimed many major attacks in the country, Iraq's deputy interior minister said on Thursday.
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Reuters:
U.S. Says Qaeda Militant Killed in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, May 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Thursday it had killed a senior al Qaeda official in Iraq who it accused of involvement in the kidnapping of Americans Jill Carroll and Tom Fox and other foreigners.
Discussion: Power Line
Pajamas Media:
Another Al-Qaeda Top Leader Down in Iraq?  —  Map of the Sunni Islamic State of Iraq  —  Iraqi authorities announced that the leader of al-Qaeda's political front organization the Islamic State of Iraq, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, was killed in the Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad this morning.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
24 For Kids  —  Ann Coulter: set your Tivo.  Money quote: … That's a strong "enhanced" message.  Just like Mr Tenet says.
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Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:   ANDREW SULLIVAN FALLS FOR PRANK STORY
Dean Barnett / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
The Conservatism of Doubt in Action
Discussion: Heading Right and Media Blog
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Washington Post:
Ex-Aide to Gonzales Accused Of Bias
Discussion: Balkinization
Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Rove e-mails subpoenaed
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Senate subpoenas Gonzales on Rove e-mail
Discussion: The Left Coaster
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Obama Camp Takes Control of MySpace Page  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Is MySpace always mine or can it belong to someone else?  At the cost of losing 160,000 friends, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign has taken over control of the MySpace page listed under his name on the popular social networking site.
Discussion: digg and Althouse
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / The Caucus:
Bush: "I'm the Commander Guy"  —  WASHINGTON, May 2-And you thought he was still "the decider."  —  President Bush coined a new nickname for himself — ''the commander guy" — on Wednesday, as he criticized Congressional Democrats in a speech to the annual gathering of the Associated General Contractors …
Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
Exonerations Change How Justice System Builds a Prosecution  —  Jerry Miller is the newest poster child of the wrongfully convicted, the 200th to be exonerated by DNA evidence — after he spent 25 years behind bars in Illinois for a rape he did not commit.  —  But Miller, a black man, hardly stands out in the crowd of the exonerated.
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newsinfo.iu.edu:
Content analysis of O'Reilly's rhetoric finds spin to be a 'factor'  —  Commentator uses name-calling more than once every seven seconds in 'Talking Points Memo'  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Bill O'Reilly may proclaim at the beginning of his program that viewers are entering the …
New York Times:
Iraqi Blocs Opposed to Draft Oil Bill  —  Kurdish and Sunni Arab officials expressed deep reservations on Wednesday about the draft version of a national oil law and related legislation, misgivings that could derail one of the benchmark measures of progress in Iraq laid down by President Bush.
Hal R. Varian / New York Times:
Sometimes the Stock Does Better Than the Investor That Buys the Stock  —  Stocks have been a great investment in the last 80 years, with an average return of about 10 percent a year.  But have investors in the stock market done as well as stocks?  Surprisingly, the answer …
Discussion: EconLog
Michael Casey / Associated Press:
Experts target rice as climate culprit  —  BANGKOK, Thailand —As delegates to a climate conference here debate how to reduce greenhouse gases, one of the problems — and a possible solution — lies in the rice fields that cover much of Thailand, the rest of Asia and beyond.
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
G.O.P. Contenders Ponder What to Say About Bush  —  As they gather Thursday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library for their first debate, the Republican presidential candidates are thrilled at the chance to associate themselves with Reagan.  But they may not be able to escape …
Discussion: The RBC
 
 
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Police action on journalists at melee is assailed
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Reuters:
FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 2
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Turkey's political intrigue
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Bombs Away: Hmmm . . . What's His Name & Religion?
Associated Press:
Feds Accuse Alabama Militia of Planning Machine-Gun Attack on Mexicans
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Fred Thompson: MoveOn, Reid Are Taking 'Extremist Positions …
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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