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CNN:
Manhunt on for London bomb suspect … LONDON, England (CNN) — A manhunt is under way in London for the driver of a car abandoned in the center of the city that police say was packed with explosives intended to cause huge numbers of casualties. — British police anti-terror chief Peter Clarke …
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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.
Telegraph:
Car bomb would have caused 'carnage' — A car bomb left in London's West End would have caused "significant injury or loss of life" if it had not been defused by police. — The explosive device, consisting of gas cyclinders and nails, was discovered at 2am outside a packed nightclub in The Haymarket, near Piccadilly Circus.
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:
Police: car bomb may have been inspired by al-Qaida — Vikram Dodd, Mark Tran, Hugh Muir and Sandra Laville — Senior police and Whitehall sources today said the failed attempt to inflict mass murder in central London was the work of al-Qaida or those inspired by its ideology.
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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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
High Court to Hear Terror Detainee Case — The Supreme Court said today that it would review the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees to challenge their confinements in federal court, reversing a decision in April not to take up that issue. — The justices did not say what had changed their minds.
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Not One More Roberts or Alito — The Senate's Democratic majority …
Not One More Roberts or Alito — The Senate's Democratic majority …
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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 …
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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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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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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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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Hillary concedes victory to Obama in dash for cash — WASHINGTON — With the second quarter closing on Saturday, Hillary Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said in a memo the campaign expects to take in at least $27 million, conceding that Barack Obama will be collecting "significantly" more in April, May and June.
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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.
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.
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Mrs. McCain Is Speaking Up in a Steely Tone — Cindy McCain on the presidential campaign trail in 2000 was mostly a cheerful sidekick to her husband, keeping her positions on national policy to herself. — When her husband, Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Move over, MoveOn: GOP's a-comin' — Veteran Republicans say they have quietly raised millions of dollars for a pair of nonprofit organizations that will launch this fall with the ambitious aim of providing a conservative counterweight to the liberal MoveOn.org, Politico.com has learned.