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Craig S. Smith / New York Times:
Sarkozy Wins the Chance to Prove His Critics Wrong — Arrogant, brutal, an authoritarian demagogue, a "perfect Iago": the president-elect of France has been called a lot of unpleasant things in recent months and now has five years to prove his critics wrong.
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Martin Arnold / Financial Times:
Defeated Socialists search for scapegoats — Let the finger-pointing begin. Ségolène Royal's defeat on Sunday night left the French Socialist party in disarray and searching for someone to blame. There is hardly a shortage of scapegoats. — It is the party's third consecutive presidential defeat.
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
L'Adulte — Can Sarkozy reform France? — Conservative Nikolas Sarkozy's comfortable victory over Socialist Ségolène Royal in France's presidential race may that indicate Europe's slowest-growing major economy is finally ready for some change.
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Angela Charlton / Associated Press:Nicolas Sarkozy wins French presidency
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Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Newspaper Suicide: The Star Tribune Kills Lileks' Column — Let's see. Your circulation is crashing. The value of your paper has plummeted. Everyone in the industry recognizes that the the future is online, and most realize that the byline has become the brand and that writers …
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
BIG BANG AT THE STAR TRIBUNE — Paul Schmelzer and Brian Lambert have been previewing a shakeup among the columnists at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Despite these rumblings, I find it almost unbelievable that the first evidence of the shakeup is the folding of the daily column by James Lileks.
Nancy / nancynall.com:
A bleat. — I wasn't going to write anything about James Lileks', er, sudden change of assignment. I mean, talk about your inside baseball. But reading about the right-wing blog star / Minneapolis Star Tribune "humor" columnist's predicament — abruptly told the paper had other plans for his FTE …
Paul Schmelzer / Minnesota Monitor:
Strib Shakeup: Amid Columnist Queries, Rumors of Buyouts and a 'Backfence' Departure — The Star Tribune has asked its metro columnists to voluntarily give up columns and take over reporting beats, The Rake's Brian Lambert reports — but, according to newsroom insiders, the shakeup won't end there.
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Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
1 dead in casino parking lot explosion — LAS VEGAS - A device left in a casino parking garage exploded early Monday, killing a hotel employee who picked it up, authorities said. — The man was removing the device from atop a car when it exploded shortly after 4 a.m. on the second floor …
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Iraq War Hampers Kansas Cleanup — GREENSBURG, Kan. (AP) — The rebuilding effort in tornado-ravaged Greensburg, Kansas, likely will be hampered because some much-needed equipment is in Iraq, said that state's governor. — Governor Kathleen Sebelius said much of the National Guard equipment …
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:Bush Derangement Syndrome at AP: 'Iraq War Hampers Kansas [Tornado] Cleanup'
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
California Gains Clout With Earlier Primary — When Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, finished a speech on foreign policy recently in Northern California, he was surrounded by reporters who wanted to ask about another topic: global warming and how it was contributing to the state's water shortage.
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read — I'm not sure if this qualifies as ironic or just sadly fitting. — As we've attempted to document here, the Civil Rights Division has been the focus of the most dramatic effort at politicization in the Justice Department. Career lawyers, harassed and discouraged …
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Alec MacGillis / Washington Post:
On Poverty, Edwards Faces Old Hurdles — Critics Say He Brings Few Fresh Ideas to Signature Issue — ALLENDALE, S.C. — His rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination were busy April 26 preparing for their first televised debate, but John Edwards was 45 miles south …
Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:
The Loyalty Enforcer — The role of Monica Goodling, a former GOP "oppo" researcher who became a top aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, is getting new scrutiny in the U.S. attorneys flap. — Justice confirmed it's investigating whether Goodling improperly assessed the political loyalties …
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
CBS's Late Bloomer — NEW YORK—Byron Pitts was chatting with students at a Harlem charter school the day before a recent visit by President Bush when the CBS correspondent had a realization: They viewed him as just another empty suit who couldn't possibly understand their problems. Little did they know.
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Panel to Find That Wolfowitz Broke Rules, Officials Say — The World Bank committee investigating misconduct charges against Paul D. Wolfowitz, the bank president, failed to complete its review on schedule this weekend, but bank officials said the panel would eventually find that he violated bank rules barring conflicts of interest.
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