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Daily Mail:
Sarkozy's election victory marred by riots — Street violence took some of the shine off victory in the French elections for new president Nicolas Sarkozy. — Far-left activists had running battles with police across France as 270 people were taken in for questioning and 367 parked vehicles were torched
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
L'Adulte — Can Sarkozy reform France? — Conservative …
L'Adulte — Can Sarkozy reform France? — Conservative …
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KCBS - KCBS All News 740 AM:
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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Amanda / Think Progress:
Sebelius: Iraq War Is Slowing National Guard's Tornado Response — Over the weekend, tornadoes touched down in six southwest Kansas counties, devastating the small town of Greensburg. At least eight people died and a Greensburg administrator "estimated that 95 percent of the town of 1500 was destroyed by Friday's tornado."
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Associated Press:
Backpack blast near Vegas casino kills 1 — LAS VEGAS (AP) — A backpack exploded in a parking garage attached to a Las Vegas hotel early Monday, killing a man who had picked it up and injuring another person, authorities said. — The man had removed the backpack from atop his car …
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Michelle Malkin:
Breaking: Explosion at the Luxor Hotel — Scroll for updates... A backpack explosion at 4am PST this morning. One dead: … 11am Eastern update: Still sketchy details. Las Vegas readers, keep us posted. — 11:29am Eastern update. Reader David e-mails: "KLAS-TV says the victim was an employee of the hotel."
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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 …
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Rob Bluey / Bluey Blog:
Queen Elizabeth Visits the White House — I spent the morning with 7,000 of my closest friends for Queen Elizabeth's arrival at the White House. It was a beautiful day in Washington, perfectly suited for the British royal family to visit President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
'People in the White House are talking only to each other'
'People in the White House are talking only to each other'
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Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Zombies — More people talking out of their asses about the political blogosphere: … I'll repeat what I said for the benefit of Wee Tucker, from the 2006 Blogads readership survey: … I don't know what it's going to take to kill the "teenagers in their pajamas" stereotype but I suppose I should be grateful.
Tim Shorrock / Salon:
George Tenet cashes in on Iraq — If you go by the book jacket of his new memoir, "At the Center of the Storm," George Tenet is enjoying the life of a retired government servant teaching at Georgetown University, where he was appointed to the faculty in 2004.
TechRepublican.com:
Today our Revolution begins. Tomorrow we fight. — Over the past few years, I've been living and breathing the technology + politics Revolution. I've worked on House and Senate campaigns, and also in House and Senate official offices. And, of course, I've always volunteered for Republican campaigns.
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Associated Press:
French police arrest nearly 600 people in post-election violence+ — (Kyodo)— French police have arrested a total of 592 people across the country as bands of rioters protested conservative Nicolas Sarkozy's presidential election victory Sunday, French media reported.
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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 …
Sam Dillon / New York Times:
Whistle-Blower on Student Aid Is Vindicated — WASHINGTON — When Jon Oberg, a Department of Education researcher, warned in 2003 that student lending companies were improperly collecting hundreds of millions in federal subsidies and suggested how to correct the problem, his supervisor told him to work on something else.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
A Mini-Interview With Angela McGlowan, Author Of Bamboozled — On Friday, I did a phone interview with Angela McGlowan to discuss her new book, Bamboozled: How Americans are being Exploited by the Lies of the Liberal Agenda. What follows is an edited transcript of our conversation.
Ana Marie Cox / TIME: Swampland:
The Seven Year Which??? — Romney this weekend: … And how gullible and provincial from presidential candidates of the past. But didn't Romney go to France for his mission? Think some sweet gamin spun this whole "seven year hitch" fable as an elaborate practical joke?
Damon Darlin / New York Times:
Journalists Intend to Sue Hewlett-Packard Over Surveillance — In an unusual step for the news media, three journalists whose private phone records were scrutinized by investigators working for Hewlett-Packard intend to sue the company for invasion of privacy.
Michael Portillo / Times of London:
Having large families 'is an eco-crime' — HAVING large families should be frowned upon as an environmental misdemeanour in the same way as frequent long-haul flights, driving a 4x4 car and failing to reuse plastic bags, according to a report to be published tomorrow by a green think tank.