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11:15 AM ET, July 5, 2007

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John Steel / Telegraph:
45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids  —  A group of 45 Muslim doctors threatened to use car bombs and rocket grenades in terrorist attacks in the United States during discussions on an extremist internet chat site.  —  Police found details of the discussions on a site run by one of a three-strong "cyber-terrorist" gang.
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
A Mob-Rule Moment  —  Former senator Fred Thompson has begun his unannounced quest for the Republican presidential nomination by telling audiences in New Hampshire that Washington is badly out of touch with the country.  —  As a senior campaign adviser put it to The Post's Michael Shear …
Catherine Elsworth / Telegraph:
Al Gore's son arrested for drugs  —  The son of Al Gore, the former vice president and prominent environmental campaigner, was yesterday arrested for possession of drugs after being pulled over by police for speeding.  —  Al Gore III, 24, was stopped as he was driving a blue Toyota Prius …
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John Solomon / Washington Post:
Splitting Hairs, Edwards's Stylist Tells His Side of Story  —  Man Behind Pricey Coifs Details Long Relationship  —  For four decades, Joseph Torrenueva has cut the hair of Hollywood celebrities, from Marlon Brando to Bob Barker, so when a friend told him in 2003 that a presidential candidate needed grooming advice, he agreed to help.
Laura McGann / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  Special interest groups can't buy a multi-millionaire like California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), as he has claimed since his recall election campaign in 2003.  But charities can use tax-deductible donations to pick up the tab on his private jet jaunts and stays in top tier hotels …
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Paul Pringle / Los Angeles Times:   Nonprofit subsidizes Schwarzenegger travel frills
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Romney's Data Cruncher  —  In late 2002, Alex Gage sold his share of a well-established polling firm and set about convincing Karl Rove that he had the answer to ensuring President Bush's reelection.  —  His pitch was simple: Take corporate America's love affair with learning everything …
Discussion: Donklephant
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama wows Iowa transcendental meditators  —  FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Sen. Barack Obama drew his heartiest welcome of a two-day swing through Iowa in the state's capital of inner peace.  —  To the frustration of the cameramen in the Fairfield town square, Obama delivered his remarks facing East …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Althouse
Quinnipiac University News and Events:
July 5, 2007 - Bloomberg Spoils Giuliani Lead In New Jersey Pres Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Bush Approval Drops To Lowest Ever In Any Poll  —  New York Sen. Hillary Clinton has gained some ground on former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani in a 2008 presidential matchup …
Discussion: KnoxViews and Pollster.com
Afghan LORD:
Taliban Radio station back On air  —  Radio Voice of Shariat has been launched again by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.  Locals and authorities have accepted that they started broadcasting in the southern provinces.  Radio Voice of Shariat has been heard in the provinces of Paktia, Paktika and Khost.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Associated Press:
New al-Qaeda video calls on Muslims to unite in jihad  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaeda's No. 2 has issued a new video tape calling on Muslims to unite in jihad, or holy war, and support the Islamist movement in Iraq, a U.S.-based intelligence monitoring group said Wednesday.
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Michael Kinsley / New York Times:
The Lying Game  —  WHEN the Republicans in Congress impeached President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair, they insisted that it wasn't about sex, it was about lying.  Of course that wasn't true.  Even at the height of their power-mad self-delusions (when Newt Gingrich was conducting …
Reuters:
Ozzy Osbourne to help Taiwan in U.N. membership quest  —  TAIPEI (Reuters) - After 14 failed attempts at joining the United Nations using media campaigns and presidential appeals, Taiwan is turning to a local goth-style rock band backed by Ozzy Osbourne in its quest for membership to the world body.
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Surge Seen in Applications for Citizenship  —  The number of legal immigrants seeking to become United States citizens is surging, officials say, prompted by imminent increases in fees to process naturalization applications, citizenship drives across the country and new feelings of insecurity among immigrants.
Discussion: Don Surber and Air America Radio
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Taking U.S. citizenship oaths in Iraq  —  Hundreds of American immigrants serving in the military are naturalized in ceremonies around the war-torn country.  —  BAGHDAD — U.S. soldiers and Marines filed into the marble hall of Saddam Hussein's former Al Faw Palace on Independence Day as foreigners at home as well as here.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
This Is London:
'I CAN'T BELIEVE MY SON'S A FANATIC'  —  They spent yesterday being questioned at at a high-security police station after they were dramatically arrested on the M6 at the weekend.  —  Junior doctor Mohammed Asha, 26, and his university-graduate wife Marwah were held because he is suspected of playing a key role in the car bomb plot.
Discussion: Right Wing News
 
 
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Nora Boustany / Washington Post:
Janjaweed Using Rape as 'Integral' Weapon in Darfur, Aid Group Says
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ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: U.K. Terror Plot — Why the Bombs Failed
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Baltimore Sun:
Liberties lost  —  Besides all his other gifts, Thomas Jefferson …
Discussion: Firedoglake
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Body Count In Baghdad Up in June
Mark Steel / The Independent:
Most Druids are crazy, so why don't they attack us?
Discussion: Harry's Place
The Atlantic Online:
The Suburbanist Paradox  —  Whenever I say that one key pillar …
Discussion: Eschaton
Susan Milligan / Boston Globe:
Giuliani watchers wonder if he will overplay 9/11 card
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James Risen / New York Times:
Contractors Face Combat-Related Stress After Iraq
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Evokes Revolutionary War to Bolster the U.S. Cause in Iraq
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CTV.ca:
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Severe Weather Hit D.C. Suburban Area
Discussion: Instapundit.com
John Christoffersen / Associated Press:
Fed Up With War, Some Won't Pay Taxes
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Conyers questions presidential pardons
Michael Ledeen / The Corner:
Jihadi Transvestite Busted in Islamabad
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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
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