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John McArdle / Roll Call:
Craig Arrested, Pleads Guilty Following Incident in Airport Restroom — Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) was arrested in June at a Minnesota airport by a plainclothes police officer investigating lewd conduct complaints in a men's public restroom, according to an arrest report obtained by Roll Call Monday afternoon.
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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
GOP Senator Larry Craig Arrested For "Lewd Conduct" In Men's Room — Breaking news from Roll Call: … Here's what Craig did that day, according to the incident report filed by plainclothes officer Dave Karsina: … A very quick check of Craig's record on gay issues turns up the fact …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Larry Craig's pro-Romney video taken down — Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) — who has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with an incident where he allegedly solicited a plainclothes police officer in a men's restroom — is one of Mitt Romney's top backers in the Senate.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Report: Sen. Larry Craig arrested in June on suspicion of "lewd conduct" in public restroom; Update: Big misunderstanding, says Craig; Update: Craig resigns from Romney campaign — The page at Roll Call is down due to server overload but you can read the nuts and bolts at Political Wire.
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Pam Spaulding / AMERICAblog:
Breaking: U.S. Senator Larry Craig busted for lewd conduct in airport men's room
Breaking: U.S. Senator Larry Craig busted for lewd conduct in airport men's room
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
As If 2008 Wasn't Going To Be Tough Enough
As If 2008 Wasn't Going To Be Tough Enough
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The Influence Peddler
Michael Winter / On Deadline:
Sen. Craig arrested in airport men's room; admits to disorderly conduct
Sen. Craig arrested in airport men's room; admits to disorderly conduct
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
Wham! [UPDATED] — In comparing recent stories of misconduct …
Wham! [UPDATED] — In comparing recent stories of misconduct …
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Balloon Juice
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Gonzales Resigns as Attorney General — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington.
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Think Progress:
CNN: Bush Plans To Install Inexperienced, Bush Loyalist Clay Johnson At Homeland Security — This morning, CNN's Suzanne Malveaux reported that "very senior level sources" inside the administration are telling her that Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff will replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns
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Atrios / Eschaton:
On Raising Money — One problem that the "netroots," whatever that is, has is that there's tendency by Democrats to see it as just another player in the interest group checklist politics game. So, sometimes "this will piss off the blogs" is a consideration, and a similar one to …
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Catherine Donaldson-Evans / Fox News:
Washington Post, Other Newspapers Won't Run 'Opus' Cartoon Mocking Radical Islam — A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists.
sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov:
Lunar Eclipse Diagrams — The following diagrams show the Moon's path through Earth's shadows (higher resolution versions of the above figure). The times of major stages of the eclipse are given for a number of time zones in North America. Please choose the diagram for your own time zone.
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Amygdala
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Firefighters to endorse Dodd — Chris Dodd's campaign is set this week to announce a quite major labor endorsement: the International Association of Firefighters, according to a source familiar with the plans. — The endorsement comes as something as a surprise.
USA Today:
San Francisco hopes to reverse black flight — SAN FRANCISCO — Wayne Cooksey joined the flight of African-Americans from this city last year to escape soaring rents and buy a home. Michael Higgenbotham left six years ago for a safer neighborhood and better schools for his three children.
Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
La. Treasurer Kennedy switches to GOP — BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — After months of speculation about a party switch, state Treasurer John Kennedy announced Monday that he is running for re-election this fall as a Republican, after serving two terms as a Democrat.
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New York Times:
Unauthorized Enjoyment of Song Irks Law Firm — It sounds like the setup for a joke: a law firm picks a fight with a legal blogger over the leak of an internal song celebrating — well, itself. — First, the song: after the law firm Nixon Peabody was named to Fortune magazine's 2007 list …
Russ Roberts / EconTalk:
Romer on Growth — Paul Romer, Stanford University professor and Hoover Institution Senior Fellow talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about growth, China, innovation, and the role of human capital. Also discussed are ideas in creating growth, the idea that ideas allow for increasing returns …
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