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10:05 AM ET, June 22, 2007

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Leslie Wayne / New York Times:
In Aiding Poor, Edwards Built Bridge to 2008  —  John Edwards ended 2004 with a problem: how to keep alive his public profile without the benefit of a presidential campaign that could finance his travels and pay for his political staff.  —  Mr. Edwards, who reported this year that he had assets …
Discussion: MSNBC, TIME and National Review
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The Politico:
New Yorkers salivating over 'subway election'  —  What a time to be a New York pol.  —  Three of the leading presidential candidates - judging, at least, by column inches in the largely New York-dominated national media - are New Yorkers: Its junior senator and its current and former mayors.
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Melinda Henneberger / New York Times:
Why Pro-Choice Is a Bad Choice for Democrats
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Elizabeth Williamson / Washington Post:
Democrats Pass Provision for Contraceptives in House Foreign Aid Bill
Discussion: On Deadline
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Cheney in Dispute on Oversight of His Office  —  For four years, Vice President Dick Cheney has resisted routine oversight of his office's handling of classified information, and when the office in charge of overseeing classification in the executive branch objected, the vice president's office suggested …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Cheney Defiant on Classified Material
Discussion: Corrente
Ulrike Putz / Spiegel Online:
A Visit to Fatah's Torture Chamber  —  A building formerly occupied by Fatah's intelligence service in Gaza was long notorious for torture and execution.  Now Hamas is in control — and is letting former inmates visit the chamber of horrors.  —  The cells are small, perhaps six feet by six feet …
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Andy McCarthy / National Review:
Priceless: Fatah's Abbas Won't Negotiate with "Murderous Terrorists" from Hamas
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
White House contempt  —  House Judiciary Committee Democrats warned yesterday they would pursue a contempt of Congress motion if the White House fails respond to subpoenas for testimony and documents related to the firings of U.S. attorneys last year.  —  The deadline for a response is Thursday, June 28.
Discussion: Think Progress
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Partisan bickering erupts over website  —  A website, of all things, has inflamed partisan bickering in the evolving U.S. attorneys scandal.  —  Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee charged their Democratic counterparts Thursday with violating chamber rules by launching a website …
Discussion: The American Street
Boston Globe:
Romney aide is the focus of probe  —  Allegedly acted as State Police trooper  —  State Police are investigating one of Mitt Romney's top campaign aides for allegedly impersonating a trooper by calling a Wilmington company and threatening to cite the driver of a company van for erratic driving …
Center for American Progress:
The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio  —  Despite the dramatic expansion of viewing and listening options for consumers today, traditional radio remains one of the most widely used media formats in America.  Arbitron, the national radio ratings company, reports that more than 90 percent …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
The Man Who Knows Too Little  —  WHAT RUDY GIULIANI'S GREEDY DECISION TO QUIT THE IRAQ STUDY GROUP REVEALS ABOUT HIS CANDIDACY.  —  If you don't read Newsday, you might not know (I didn't until this week) that Rudy Giuliani was an original member of the Iraq Study Group …
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David Von Drehle / Time:
Will Rudy's Get-Tough Image Backfire?
Discussion: MSNBC
Benedict Carey / New York Times:
Research Finds Firstborns Gain the Higher I.Q.  —  The eldest children in families tend to develop higher I.Q.'s than their siblings, researchers are reporting today, in a large study that could settle more than a half-century of scientific debate about the relationship between I.Q. and birth order.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Washington Post:
CIA to Air Decades of Its Dirty Laundry  —  Assassination Attempts Among Abuses Detailed  —  The CIA will declassify hundreds of pages of long-secret records detailing some of the intelligence agency's worst illegal abuses — the so-called "family jewels" documenting a quarter-century …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gore's 2000 team stays on sidelines  —  Most members of Al Gore's inner political circle have not yet signed up with any presidential campaign, triggering speculation that the 2000 Democratic nominee will jump into the race for the White House later this year.
Michael Yon:
Arrowhead Ripper: Surrender or Die  —  Battle for Baqubah  —  22 June 07  —  First a quick media round-up.  (This is not all inclusive.)  —  Alexandra Zavis from Los Angeles Times is down in the heat of the battle bringing home information.  Michael Gordon from New York Times is still slugging it out …
Discussion: Macsmind
IRIN • humanitarian news and analysis …:
IRAQ: Hundreds flee homes as Turkish forces battle Kurdish fighters  —  Hundreds of Iraqi Kurds have been forced to flee their homes after up to 30,000 Turkish soldiers massed on the Iraqi-Turkish border and launched attacks against Kurdish fighters, Iraqi border police say.
Discussion: American Footprints
Fox News:
Inhofe: Clinton, Boxer Want to Squash Conservative Radio Talk Shows  —  Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barbara Boxer have big plans to rein in conservative radio talk shows, according to Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla.  —  He said Thursday on John Ziegler's evening radio show on KFI in L.A. that he overheard Clinton …
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Investors' Suits Face Higher Bar, Justices Rule  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a blow to investors who want to sue companies and executives because of suspected fraud, setting a higher standard for class-action lawsuits to go forward.  —  The decision was the second one this week …
Discussion: Economist's View
 
 
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Senate Adopts an Energy Bill Raising Mileage for Cars
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Thomas Lifson / American Thinker:
The Incredible Shrinking New York Times
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and Reuters
Christopher Hayes / The Nation:
In Praise of Red Tape
Reuters:
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Washington Post:
Voucher Students Show Few Gains in First Year
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Inside Story Of What's Happening With The Immigration Bill: Part 3
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Nico / Think Progress:
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 Earlier Items: 
George Borjas / The Borjas Blog:
An Inconvenient Truth That Somehow Didn't Make The CEA Report
Rod McGuirk / Associated Press:
Australia to Ban Alcohol for Aborigines
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Virginia Heffernan / New York Times:
Really, Really Rosie  —  Watched Rosie this morning.  You know, Rosie O'Donnell.
Discussion: Bookworm Room
Jane Perlez / New York Times:
Muslims' Veils Test Limits of Britain's Tolerance
MSNBC:
White House denies Gitmo report
Discussion: D-Day
Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:
House Republican wants to restrict Pelosi's travel
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Freefall  —  The president's approval ratings just scored …
Mark Benjamin / Salon:
The CIA's torture teachers
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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