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New York Times:
Duke Case Prosecutor Says He Will Resign — Durham County district attorney Michael B. Nifong said today he plans to resign his job, after admitting that he had "crossed the line" of ethical standards in some of the public statements he made about the Duke University lacrosse players he charged with rape.
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Conservative bloggers revolt over immigration … WASHINGTON (CNN) — Different conservative blogs have different pet issues — government transparency, federal judges, Fred Thompson, to name a few. — But no issue in recent memory has united conservative bloggers like the debate over immigration.
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Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Iran Curtails Freedom In Throwback to 1979 — Iran is in the midst of a sweeping crackdown that both Iranians and U.S. analysts compare to a cultural revolution in its attempt to steer the oil-rich theocracy back to the rigid strictures of the 1979 revolution.
Bill Gertz / Washington Times:
Inside the Ring — China arming terrorists — New intelligence reveals China is covertly supplying large quantities of small arms and weapons to insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban militia in Afghanistan, through Iran. — U.S. government appeals to China to check some of the arms shipments …
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Don Surber:
The week that was — Seven days you'll never get back. — SATURDAY: President Bush called Pope Benedict XVI "sir" instead of "your Holiness." Rivers turned to blood, a plague of locusts hit Texas and the first-born son of every Cabinet member turned gay.
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Ed Driscoll.com
The Atlantic Online:
Contingency? Irony? Solidarity! — Young Ezra observes that "One could easily imagine a left win that's closer to the Dobbsian/Christian Democrat compromise of social conservatism with economic progressivism." And, as he says, it's easy to imagine a situation in which politics takes place …
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Liberal Values, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, Ezra Klein, Washington Monthly and Eschaton
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Bob Geiger:
The Saturday Cartoons — We have an added treat today: Another animation from our friend, Nick Anderson. This time, Nick gives us a fun game to play called Bush Administration Missile Defense and it's a takeoff on the old arcade game. It's certainly a challenge to make this defense system work — give it a try.
New York Times:
Iran Strategy Stirs Debate at White House — A year after President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced a new strategy toward Iran, a behind-the-scenes debate has broken out within the administration over whether the approach has any hope of reining in Iran's nuclear program …
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Guest Voice: Obama's (and America's) Generation Problem — NOTE: The Moderate Voice runs Guest Voice posts from time to time by readers who don't have their own websites, or people who have websites but would like to post something for TMV's diverse and thoughtful readership.
Chris Barge / Rocky Mountain News:
Tancredo wins surprise immigration vote — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives this morning voted to withhold federal emergency services funding for "sanctuary cities" that protect illegal immigrants. — Anti-illegal immigration champion Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo. …
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New York Times, TalkLeft, Blue Crab Boulevard, The Strata-Sphere, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air and Patterico's Pontifications
Kate Greene / Technology Review:
Stanford's New Driverless Car — Junior the autonomous car passes an initial round of tests in preparation for DARPA's Urban Challenge, slated for later this year. … Yesterday, a Volkswagen Passat drove around a parking lot in Mountain View, CA, made three-point turns …
Mark Walker / North County Times:
Hearing officer: Evidence does not support murder case — The officer in charge of a military hearing expressed serious doubts Friday about the government's prosecution of Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt, one of three Marines charged in the November 2005 shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians in the city of Haditha.
Pundit Review Radio / BLACKFIVE:
ROBIN OLDS PASSES ON — Email from my Dad passes on this sad news: — Brigadier General Robin Olds, 1922-2007 … Your six is clear, General! Have a safe trip...a grateful nation thanks you for your service.
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Pajamas Media
Financial Times:
Push for Blair as new EU president — By George Parker in Brussels, John Thornhill in Paris and James Blitz in London — Tony Blair, the British prime minister, could end up swapping Downing Street for a job as the first full-time European Union president, under a plan being actively touted by Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president.
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Democracy Project