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Terror Plot Involves Islamic Extremists; Police Have 'Crystal Clear' Picture of Suspect — Brian Ross and Richard Esposito Report: — British police have a "crystal clear" picture of the man who drove the bomb-rigged silver Mercedes outside a London nightclub, and officials tell the Blotter …
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Associated Press, BBC, Little Green Footballs, Michael P.F. van der Galiën, Iain Dale's Diary, TigerHawk, Neptunus Lex and Ali Eteraz
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CNN:
London car bombs packed with fuel and nails … LONDON, England (CNN) — A vehicle containing fuel, gas canisters and nails found early Friday near Trafalgar Square is "clearly linked" to another explosives-packed car found outside a nightclub near Piccadilly Circus, Metropolitan Police said.
Greg Gutfeld / The Huffington Post:
Seven Things We Now Know About Today's Car Bombing Attempt — Folks, I just spent three hours surfing the net and did I learn a lot! Did you know that most of the news we get is controlled by the Bu$hies? Let me enlighten you about today's so-called terrorist bombing attempt in London:
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NewsBusters.org
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court switches, will hear detainee cases — In a startling turn of events in the legal combat over the war on terrorism, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to reconsider the appeals in the Guantanamo Bay detainee cases. It vacated its April 2 order denying review of the two packets of cases.
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The Volokh Conspiracy, The Moderate Voice, Discourse.net, JURIST, TalkLeft, Abovethelaw.com, Firedoglake, ACSBlog and The Debate Link
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William Glaberson / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Guantánamo Detainees' Case — The United States Supreme Court reversed course today and agreed to hear claims of Guantanamo detainees that they have a right to challenge their detentions in American federal courts. — The decision, announced in a brief order released …
New York Times:
Transcript of the Third Democratic Primary Presidential Debate — The following is a transcript of the Democratic primary presidential debate on PBS. The participants were Senator Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-Del.); Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.); Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) …
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Jonathan S. Landay / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Bush plays al Qaida card to bolster support for Iraq policy — WASHINGTON — Facing eroding support for his Iraq policy, even among Republicans, President Bush on Thursday called al Qaida "the main enemy" in Iraq, an assertion rejected by his administration's senior intelligence analysts.
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News Hounds, Comments From Left Field, All Spin Zone, The Carpetbagger Report and The Garlic
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Associated Press:
Romney Accused of Mistreating Family Dog — BOSTON (AP) — An example of Mitt Romney's crisis management skills has turned into something of a political problem for the Republican presidential contender. — Romney placed his family dog, an Irish setter named Seamus, into a kennel lashed …
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William Douglas / Salt Lake Tribune:
Romney second to Hillary in the can't-stand-'em poll — WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans say they wouldn't consider voting for Sen. Hillary Clinton for president if she becomes the Democratic nominee, according to a new national poll made available to McClatchy Newspapers and NBC News.
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Associated Press:
Farfour Mouse dies in last episode — Hamas TV on Friday broadcast what it said was the last episode of a weekly children's show featuring "Farfour," a Mickey Mouse look-alike who had made worldwide headlines for preaching Islamic domination and armed struggle to youngsters.
Ray Rivera / New York Times:
City May Seek Permit and Insurance for Many Kinds of Public Photography — Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including sidewalks.
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Boing Boing
Tom Palmer / tomgpalmer.com:
This is Nuts! — A friend just sent me a rather shocked link to Amazon.com's page for Jonah Goldberg's new book with the utterly crazy title: "Liberal Fascism: The Totalitarian Temptation from Hegel to Whole Foods." The original subtitle was "The Totalitarian Temptation from Mussolini to Hillary Clinton."
KPHO-TV:
Diabetic Man Kicked Off Train Found Alive — Passenger Barefoot, Dehydrated, Disoriented, Deputies Say — WILLIAMS, Ariz. — A 65-year-old St. Louis man who Amtrak personnel kicked off a train in the middle of a national forest in Williams has been found dehydrated and disoriented two miles from where he was dropped off.
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On Deadline
Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Court Reissues PlameGate Opinion Adding Karl Rove's Name — How close did Karl Rove come to getting indicted in PlameGate? As they say, "this close." Check out today's re-issued opinion (pdf) in the Judith Miller - Matthew Cooper D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals subpoena case containing new un-redactions: the name of Karl Rove.