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10:25 AM ET, June 13, 2007

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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Rivals try to deflate F. Thompson campaign  —  Fred Thompson has had a relatively easy ride as he has flirted with a bid for the Republican presidential nomination.  His strategists have found traction promoting him as the heir to Ronald Reagan — and a conservative alternative to the top tier of the GOP field.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: Fred on "The Tonight Show"; Update: Video added; Update: GOP oppo researchers start digging  —  If Karol's staying up for this, it must be a capital-"e" Event.  Likelihood of a surprise announcement: 20%.  His aides were whispering about early July, but that could have been a smokescreen to set up a surprise tonight.
Katharine Q. Seelye / The Caucus:
Thompson Wants to Be President
Discussion: Don Surber
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Analysis: Hamas's Gaza and Fatah's West Bank  —  Jamal Abu Jadian, a top Fatah commander, fled his home in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday evening dressed as a woman to avoid dozens of Hamas militiamen who had attacked it.  He and several members of his family and bodyguards were lightly wounded.
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Charles Levinson / Telegraph:
Hamas bids for total control
Discussion: Yourish.com and Jay Currie
BBC:   Abbas warns of collapse in Gaza
Nico / Think Progress:
New Justice Dept. Emails Reveal Top Rove Aides' Involvement In Attorney Scandal  —  Justice Department documents released tonight include new emails linking Karl Rove's top aides — former White House political director Sara Taylor, who resigned last month, and her deputy Scott Jennings — to the U.S. attorney scandal.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Bush Aides Helped Respond to Firings, E-Mails Show
Emptywheel / The Next Hurrah:   New Emails: Taylor, Griffin Gone, and McNulty Testifying Again
New York Times:
Silence in the Senate  —  The most remarkable thing about the debate …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Graham Bowley / New York Times:
Minarets on Shiite Shrine in Iraq Destroyed in Attack  —  Left, a file photo from Dec. 2003 shows intact the two minarets and the Golden Dome of the al-Askari mosque in Samarra.  At right, the mosque today after the attack on the minarets.  The dome was destroyed in the 2006 attack.
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CNN:
U.S. official: Mosque attack may have been inside job … BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Authorities have evidence that Wednesday's bombing of the Askariya Mosque in Samarra was an inside job, and 15 members of the Iraqi security forces have been arrested, a U.S. military official said.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Lynn Elber / Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
TV's 'Mr. Wizard' Don Herbert dies at 89  —  LOS ANGELES — Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday.  He was 89.  Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home, said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
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Dennis McLellan / Los Angeles Times:
Don Herbert, 89; TV's 'Mr. Wizard' taught science to young baby boomers  —  Don Herbert, who explained the wonderful world of science to millions of young baby boomers on television in the 1950s and '60s as "Mr. Wizard" and did the same for another generation of youngsters on the Nickelodeon cable TV channel in the 1980s, died Tuesday.
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Unfogged
New York Times:
Bush Lobbies G.O.P. Senators on Immigration  —  In an effort to revive a crippled immigration bill, President Bush visited the Capitol on Tuesday to try to assure wary Senate Republicans personally that border security was a driving force behind his push for changes in immigration law.
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Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Bush presses GOP on immigration bill
Discussion: Associated Press, MSNBC and Tammy Bruce
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Coleman faces challenge from his former adviser  —  An Iraq war veteran and former adviser to Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) yesterday said he is considering a primary challenge against the lawmaker in 2008.  —  Retired Lt. Col. Joe Repya (R) lost a race for the state Republican Party chairmanship last week …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Aaron Beard / Associated Press:
Investigator: Nifong privately acknowledged doubts in Duke lacrosse case  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As Mike Nifong was calling the Duke lacrosse team a "bunch of hooligans" in public, he was privately acknowledging that the rape case would be hard to prove and that the accuser's story was filled …
Discussion: Right Wing News and Betsy's Page
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Sylvia Adcock / Washington Post:
Prosecutor Opens Defense of Actions in Duke Case
Joshua Chaffin / Financial Times:
CBS blames sexism for bad ratings  —  Leslie Moonves, CBS chief executive, on Tuesday suggested that sexist attitudes were partly to blame for the faltering performance of Katie Couric, the news anchor he recruited to the network with a $15m annual pay package.  —  "I'm sort of surprised by the vitriol against her.
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Tom Shales / Washington Post:
Dan Rather Takes On Network News With His Tart Remark
Discussion: Norwegianity and NewsBusters.org
John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Vote-Fraud Demagogues  —  Americans overwhelmingly support voter ID.  Are they are all racists?  —  Appointments to the Federal Election Commission rarely draw attention.  But at a confirmation hearing today, there's likely to be some fireworks over Hans von Spakovsky.
Damien Cave / New York Times:
Iraqis Are Failing to Meet U.S. Benchmarks  —  Iraq's political leaders have failed to reach agreements on nearly every law that the Americans have demanded as benchmarks, despite heavy pressure from Congress, the White House and top military commanders.  With only three months until progress reports …
Ian Urbina / New York Times:
Casting Ballot From Abroad Is No Sure Bet  —  Over the last six years, the Defense Department has spent more than $30 million trying to find an efficient way for American soldiers and civilians living abroad to vote in elections back home.  —  But with the presidential primaries approaching …
Adam C. Smith / St. Petersburg Times:
Florida primary will not count, Dean warns  —  Sure, Florida is America's biggest political swing state.  But don't expect the national Democratic Party to back off punishing Sunshine State Democrats for scheduling an early presidential primary.  —  "Their primary essentially won't count …
Discussion: TIME, MSNBC and PoliBlog (TM)
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Database Is Tool in Deporting Fugitives  —  Police Officers Find Illegal Immigrants In Warrant Searches  —  Hugo Vinicio Hernandez knew that immigration agents could detain him at any time for having disregarded a deportation order in 2001.  But the Guatemalan man didn't think he would wind …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Bush no money magnet  —  Financial projections for the President's Dinner tonight confirm that Republican confidence in the president is in a state of collapse.  —  The National Republican Congressional Committee's (NRCC) fundraising goal is $7.5 million, which is half what was raised last year.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and MyDD
 
 
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Alexandra Marks / Christian Science Monitor:
Spending a day at the National Counter Terrorism Center
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Agence France Presse:
US Democrats preview new Iraq showdown
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Ms. Clinton, Thinking Small
Nouri Al-Maliki / Opinion Journal:
Our Common Struggle  —  America had its civil war.
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
McCain '08 bid losing steam
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
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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

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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