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Telegraph:
Car bomb found in London's West End — Police have defused a car bomb found near Piccadilly Circus in London's West End. — The "explosive device", discovered at 2am, posed a real and substantial threat to the surrounding area, according to a police source.
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Associated Press:
Police Discover, Defuse Bomb in London — LONDON — Police defused an explosive device found in a parked car in central London on Friday, and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior security chiefs to investigate what many feared could have been a planned terror attack.
New York Times:
Explosive Device Found in London, Police Say — British police said they discovered an explosive device in a car abandoned outside a nightclub in the West End theater and entertainment district of central London early today and began a terrorism investigation.
Guardian:
London car bomb 'could have killed many' — A bomb made from gas cylinders, petrol and nails was found in an abandoned car in central London today, sparking a major terrorism alert. — Peter Clarke, Scotland Yard head of counter-terrorism, said the device, discovered in Haymarket …
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Debate winners at the latest panderfest! — Who won the Democratic debate at Howard University Thursday night? — The American people. As always. — But if you want a more reckless, immature and irresponsible view, you have come to the right place! — Once again, here are the winners …
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New York Times:
Domestic Issues Frame Democratic Debate — For 90 minutes Thursday night, eight Democratic candidates debated before an audience made up largely of one of their party's most reliable and liberal constituencies, African-American voters, and used the stage to urge a revitalization of domestic programs …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration — With competing blocs of justices claiming the mantle of Brown v. Board of Education, a bitterly divided Supreme Court declared Thursday that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures …
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Balkinization:The Parents Involved decision— Swann Song or Bakke for our times?
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New York Times:
Immigrant Bill Dies in Senate; Defeat for Bush — President Bush's effort to overhaul the nation's immigration policy, a cornerstone of his domestic agenda, collapsed Thursday in the Senate, with little prospect that it can be revived before Mr. Bush leaves office in 19 months.
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
Do Idiots Run Washington? — I don't blame any American for wondering. Did you see the NYTimes picture of the illegal immigrants immigration-bill proponents brought to the Senate?? — As a Senate friend said to me about it: "all they did was remind people what the problem is.
Peter Baker / Washington Post:Bush May Be Out of Chances For a Lasting Domestic Victory
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Tapscott's Copy Desk:
An Incredible Week on the Long March to Right America — Winston Churchill once remarked that God takes care of drunks and the United States of America and so it seems to be as we approach the end of a remarkable week in which milestones of success for the conservative movement have come one after another.
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David Brown / Washington Post:
Why Do Cats Hang Around Us? (Hint: They Can't Open Cans) — Genetic Research Suggests Felines 'Domesticated Themselves' — Your hunch is correct. Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around. The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision. — But don't take this feline diffidence personally.
Edwin Chen / Bloomberg:
Bush Faces `No-Win' Pressures to Pardon Convicted Cheney Aide — President George W. Bush is likely to pay a political price if he decides to pardon convicted vice presidential aide Lewis ``Scooter'' Libby — or if he decides not to pardon him. — With the start of Libby's 2 1/2-year prison term looming …
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Daily Mail:
Putin's Arctic invasion: Russia lays claim to the North Pole - and all its gas, oil, and diamonds — Russian President Vladimir Putin is making an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic - so he can tap its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Pelosi, Reid plan new push to end war — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are expected tomorrow to announce a new coordinated effort to force votes in July to end the Iraq war, according to Democratic insiders.
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