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9:50 AM ET, August 16, 2007

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Associated Press:
Dutch bishop: Call God 'Allah' to ease relations  —  Roman Catholic leader stokes already heated debate on religion  —  AMSTERDAM - A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding, stoking an already heated debate …
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Dutch Bishop Suggests Calling God Allah
Discussion: Once Upon a Time
Washington Post:
An Early Clash Over Iraq Report  —  Senior congressional aides said yesterday that the White House has proposed limiting the much-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill next month of Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker to a private congressional briefing …
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
As Rove Departs, President Again Turns to Gillespie
Discussion: CNN Political Ticker
Kevin Poulsen / Threat Level:
NSA Judge: 'I feel like I'm in Alice and Wonderland'  —  Ryan Singel and David Kravets are blogging the U.S. 9th Circuit hearing on the NSA's spying, and AT&T's alleged complicity, reporting live from the San Francisco courthouse.  Hit 'refresh' in your browser and scroll to the bottom for updates.
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Karl Vick / Washington Post:
Judges Skeptical of State-Secrets Claim
Discussion: Threat Level and Rising Hegemon
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
U.S. Defends Surveillance to 3 Skeptical Judges
Discussion: Threat Level
Associated Press:
At least 337 die in strong Peru quake  —  CHINCHA, Peru - The death toll from a powerful earthquake rose to at least 337 Thursday, a day after the magnitude-7.9 temblor shook Peru's coast, toppled buildings and shattered roads, officials said.  —  More than 827 people were reported injured …
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
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CNN:
Deadly earthquake strikes Peru
Discussion: Blogs of War and PoliBlog (TM)
MSNBC:   Hundreds killed in Peru quake
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years  —  WASHINGTON — Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.  —  The report, obtained by The Associated Press ahead …
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RushLimbaugh.com Home:
Rush Interviews Karl Rove  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: I would like to introduce you all to Karl Rove.  Karl, welcome to the EIB Network.  I cannot tell you how great it is finally to have you here with us.  —  KARL ROVE: Well, thanks, Rush.  I'm honored you'd ask me and delighted to be with you.
CNN:
Unknown noises from mine shift drilling plan  —  HUNTINGTON, Utah (CNN) — Rescue workers said they detected a noise Wednesday night — though it's unclear what it was — deep inside the Utah mine where six men have been trapped for nine days.  —  "We saw some indication of noise for a period …
Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
The Death of Diversity  —  People in ethnically diverse settings don't care about each other.  —  Diversity was once just another word.  Now it's a fighting word.  One of the biggest problems with diversity is that it won't let you alone.  Corporations everywhere have force-marched middle managers …
David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Fred Thompson's Gamble  —  When Fred Thompson makes his long-delayed entrance into the Republican presidential race, he will not tiptoe quietly.  Instead, he will try to shake up the establishment candidates of both parties by depicting a nation in peril from fiscal and security threats …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
FBI probes contracts to company with ties to Stevens  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating the National Science Foundation's award of $170 million in contracts to the oil field services company that oversaw renovations on U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens' home, McClatchy Newspapers has learned.
Julian Borger / Guardian:
US documents show Pakistan gave Taliban military aid  —  The Pakistani government gave substantial military support to the Taliban in the years leading up to the September 11 attacks, sending arms and soldiers to fight alongside the militant Afghan movement, according to newly released US official documents.
Chicago Tribune:
Padilla jurors begin deliberations in terror case  —  MIAMI, FLORIDA - Jurors began deliberations Wednesday after three months of testimony in the trial of Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on charges of operating a support cell for Islamic terrorists, including Al Qaeda.
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Death toll from Iraq bombings likely to be worst of war  —  BAGHDAD — Officials said Wednesday that as many as 500 people probably died in a series of coordinated truck bombings that devastated two northern Iraqi villages Tuesday and set a record for mass carnage in war-torn Iraq.
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Reign of Error  —  THE AVERAGE NEWSPAPER CORRECTS VERY FEW OF ITS FACTUAL ERRORS, SAYS PROFESSOR.  —  The average newspaper should expand by a factor of 50 the amount of space given to corrections if Scott R. Maier's research is any guide.  —  Maier, an associate professor at the University …
Discussion: Right Wing News
Editor and Publisher:
GALLUP: Gen. Petraeus Viewed Favorably By Public — So His 'Surge' Report May Gain Support  —  NEW YORK Despite rising criticism from some quarters, Gen. David Petraeus appears to command considerable respect from the average American, a new Gallup poll reveals, booosting the chances …
Discussion: QandO, Prairie Weather and Wizbang
 
 
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REGION  —  Dubai: Under pressure from the Congress …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Is Prodding Pakistan Leader to Share Power
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead
Discussion: POLITOPICS
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
More unidirectional multiculturalism
Peter King / Washington Times:
The two Mitt Romneys
Discussion: MSNBC and The Corner
Michelle Malkin:
The search for Ellen Goodman's "intrepid graduate student"
Discussion: INSTAPUTZ and TBogg
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Folly and the Fed  —  Exactly a century ago, panic seized financial markets.
Richard Luscombe / Guardian:
Blogger gets hot and bothered over Nasa's climate data error
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Nifong: The Dog Ate My Law License
Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Hot tempers on global warming
Daily Mail:
Sex on duty cop acquitted of misconduct because he was still 'wearing his earpiece'
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Domestic Use of Spy Satellites To Widen
Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Resigned as Defense Secretary on Day Before Elections
Denver Post:
Russians get day off to procreate, then win prizes
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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