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4:15 PM ET, July 5, 2007

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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
LIBBY PAYS $250,000 FINE  —  From NBC's Joel Seidman and Mark Murray  —  Convicted former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby has paid the fine of $250,400.00.  The U.S. District Court has posted the canceled check on the docket this afternoon.  (Our question: Where did Libby get this money to write this hefty check?)
CNN:
White House: Clinton shameless on Libby
Discussion: bustardblog and Angry Bear
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
White House: "Equal Justice?"
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Think Progress:   Libby pays $250,400 fine.
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.
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Clinton, Thompson Tied  —  Clinton (D) 46% Romney (R) 42%  —  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) tied with former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson (R) in an Election 2008 match-up.  Both candidates attract support from 45% of voters.
The Raw Story:
Top Democrat endorses Hillary  —  Former House Majority Leader and 2004 presidential contender Dick Gephardt (D-MO) will endorse Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) this afternoon in her bid for the presidency, according a senior campaign aide.  A spokesman for the campaign confirmed the claim to RAW STORY this morning.
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Karen Tumulty / TIME: Swampland:   Dick Gephardt Endorses Hillary Clinton
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Libby Fallout: House Committee Plans Hearing, Defense Lawyers Rejoice  —  It turns out that a president can't make the unprecedented move of commuting a former aide's prison sentence without some consequences.  —  On Capitol Hill, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) …
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Izhar Wani / Agence France Presse:
Muslim 'Rage Boy' says he's really angry  —  SRINAGAR, India (AFP) - He has become the face of Muslim fury: an angry young man whose bushy beard and fiery-eyed scowl take centre stage at nearly every pro-Islamic demonstration in Indian Kashmir.  —  Shakeel Bhat, 31, has been displaying …
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 …
Dean Barnett / Townhall.com:
A Disappointing Legacy  —  Yesterday I participated in my club's annual 4th of July golf tournament.  Because I usually dress sloppily and in haste, I headed to the course wearing a "W 2004" hat.  —  One of my partners asked me twice on the first hole whether if I knew then what I know, would I have still voted for "Dubs".
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
SHOELESS GEORGE BUSH BACKSLIDES
Discussion: SwanBlog
David Usborne / The Independent:
Guantanamo inmates allowed film nights and gardening  —  A holiday camp it plainly will never be but the American officers running the Guantanamo Bay compound in Cuba are taking steps to make the lives of its detainees marginally more tolerable with recreational treats such as once-a-week film nights and limited access to television.
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 …
Eric Kleefeld / Election Central:
Domenici Breaks With White House, Calls For Implementing ISG Recommendations  —  Put down the name of Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) as the latest Republican to break with the Bush Administration's policies on Iraq, after a long history of backing their positions in Congress.
New York Times:
Doctor Accused in Glasgow Attack Described as Loner Angry About the Iraq War  —  In some ways, he was the unexceptional product of a privileged upbringing in an educated Baghdad family: an intelligent, pious young man who enjoyed swimming, hiking and socializing at the Iraqi capital's exclusive Hunting Club.
Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Body Count In Baghdad Up in June  —  Nearly five months into a security strategy that involves thousands of additional U.S. and Iraqi troops patrolling Baghdad, the number of unidentified bodies found on the streets of the capital was 41 percent higher in June than in January, according to unofficial Health Ministry statistics.
ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: U.K. Terror Plot — Why the Bombs Failed  —  Fuel-Air Bombs Notoriously Difficult  —  A Mercedes car, which contained a suspected car bomb, is loaded onto a removals truck in Haymarket Street, near Piccadilly, in central London, last Friday.  (Simon Dawson/AP Photo)
Agence France Presse:
Arctic Monkeys shiver at Live Earth 'hypocrisy'  —  Rock group Arctic Monkeys have become the latest music industry stars to question whether the performers taking part in Live Earth on Saturday are suitable climate change activists.  —  "It's a bit patronising for us 21 year olds to try …
Washington Post:
Paganism May Not Pass Religious Muster  —  It is debatable whether paganism is a religion, per say.  It is generally defined as a pre-Christian state, but it takes a wide variety of forms—all the way from relatively benign New Age-style nature worship, to pantheism, to witchcraft, and even human sacrifice.
Discussion: The Newshoggers and Shakesville
 
 
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