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5:55 PM ET, June 29, 2007

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CNN:
Two cars were rigged as nail bombs, London police say … LONDON, England (CNN) — As authorities were investigating an explosives-packed car discovered outside a nightclub near Piccadilly Circus on Friday, a second vehicle was found in London that had similar explosive material inside, security sources 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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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.
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Supreme Court Will Hear Case on Detainees  —  The United States Supreme Court reversed course today and agreed to hear claims of Guantánamo detainees that they have a right to challenge their detentions in American federal courts.  —  The decision, announced in a brief order released this morning …
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Supreme Court to review Guantanamo cases
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
First Read: Poll asks, 'Is Clinton electable?'  —  From NBC's Mark Murray  —  Earlier today, Howard Wolfson, the communications director for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, said in a memo: "As [Clinton strategist] Mark Penn likes to say, people always ask 'can Hillary win? …
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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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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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Garlic
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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.
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.) …
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.
Discussion: Boing Boing
Bill Moyers / The Huffington Post:
On Murdoch  —  If Rupert Murdoch were the Angel Gabriel, you still wouldn't want him owning the sun, the moon, and the stars.  That's too much prime real estate for even the pure in heart.  —  But Rupert Murdoch is no saint; he is to propriety what the Marquis de Sade was to chastity.
Tucker Reals / CBS News:
Was London Bomb Plot Heralded On Web?  —  Internet Forum Comment From Night Before: "London Shall Be Bombed"  —  (CBS) This article was written by CBSNews.com's Tucker Reals.  —  Hours before London explosives technicians dismantled a large car bomb in the heart of the British capital's …
Mark Henderson / Times of London:
Car bomb would have caused huge fireball  —  The "patio gas" bomb defused in Haymarket would have generated a fireball the size of a house and a shock wave spreading out over a diameter of at least 400 yards, explosives experts said today.  —  The propane cylinders and petrol used in the device …
Discussion: Danger Room, Power Line and Yourish.com
 
 
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