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6:40 PM ET, August 29, 2007

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A Scandal-Scarred G.O.P. Asks, 'What Next?'  —  Scott Reed, a Republican strategist, was at a dinner in Philadelphia on Monday night when his cellphone and Internet pager began beeping like crazy.  Only later did he learn why.  His party was buzzing with news of a sex scandal involving a Republican United States senator — again.
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Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read  —  Jack Abramoff is in prison.  Ex-Rep. Duke Cunningham (R-CA) is in prison.  Ex-Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH) is in prison.  Ex-Reps. Mark Foley (R-FL), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), Curt Weldon (R-PA), and Ex-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-MT), all either lost or did not seek reelection.
Gay Patriot:
Senator Craig... For the Love of God... Shut Up!  —  So I've been traveling since 4am on Tuesday.  So as I spent yesterday away from TV and the internet, the most I knew about the world was that both Sen. Larry Craig and QB Michael Vick had admitted guilt for respective crimes.  End of story (for now), I assumed.
Discussion: The Corner and The Atlantic Online
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Republican senators: Sen. Craig should resign
Frank James / The Swamp:
Senate GOP leaders strip Craig of power
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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Tucker's Traumatic Bathroom Experience [Steve Clemons]  —  I will avoid today discussion of the reasons why so many men chose to look for sex partners in public bathrooms, gyms, and the like over the last few decades.  Most engaged in this kind of sex would probably have preferred socially supported venues …
Hassan Abdul Zahra / Agence France Presse:
Iraq's Sadr orders halt to attacks on US-led troops  —  NAJAF, Iraq (AFP) - Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his dreaded Shiite militia on Wednesday to stop attacks on US-led forces as part of a six-month suspension of the militant group's activities.
Discussion: QandO and Hot Air
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Soros-linked group hit with huge fine  —  The Federal Election Commission has fined one of the last cycle's biggest liberal political action committees $775,000 for using unregulated soft money to boost John Kerry and other Democratic candidates during the 2004 elections.
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fec.gov:
FEC To Collect $775,000 Civil Penalty From America Coming Together  —  WASHINGTON -The Federal Election Commission (FEC/Commission) announced today that it has reached a settlement with America Coming Together (ACT) regarding violations of federal campaign finance laws during the 2004 Presidential election.
Discussion: The Trail, TIME and MSNBC
Harry R. Weber / Associated Press:
Former security guard Jewell dies  —  ATLANTA - Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was erroneously linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, died Wednesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said.  —  Jewell, 44, was found dead in his west Georgia home, GBI spokesman John Bankhead said.
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Mike Morris / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Richard Jewell found dead in home  —  Olympic security guard suspected but cleared in bombing  —  Richard Jewell, the Centennial Olympic Park security guard once suspected — but later cleared — in the bombing of the park during the 1996 Summer Games, was found dead Wednesday in his home in Meriwether County.
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Barack Obama / Financial Times:
Fine unscrupulous mortgage lenders  —  T he implosion of the subprime lending industry is more than a temporary blip in our econ-omic progress.  It is a cancer that, given today's integrated financial markets, threatens to spread with devastating impact to housing and to our economy as a whole, unless we act to contain it.
Discussion: ArchPundit and PrestoPundit
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Rich Karlgaard / Forbes.com:
Obama Steals A Page From FDR
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
WYOMING TO HEAD OF PACK, FOR NOW  —  From NBC's Domenico Montanaro  —  In another sign the presidential selection process may be headed for 2007, Wyoming Republicans voted to move their conventions to Jan. 5, leapfrogging Iowa and New Hampshire.  —  "We're first in the nation," …
Discussion: MoJoBlog and Wake up America
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Associated Press:
Wyoming leapfrogs Iowa and New Hampshire
Discussion: Iowa Independent and MSNBC
Associated Press:
Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.  —  The former North Carolina senator told a forum …
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Treat us fairly, Mr. President  —  Nobody wants to have to compete for disaster relief.  —  But that is what Louisianians have had to do in the two years since Hurricane Katrina struck.  —  Despite massive destruction caused by the failure of the federal government's levees during Katrina …
Los Angeles Times:
Democratic fundraiser is a fugitive in plain sight  —  California authorities have sought businessman Norman Hsu for 15 years.  Since 2004, he has carved out a place of honor raising cash for such candidates as Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  WASHINGTON — For the last 15 years …
Karl / protein wisdom:
The Big Picture(s)  —  In the midst of the still-lingering controversy over the truthiness of The New Republic's "Baghdad Diarist," more than a few people suggested that war supporters, unable to discredit the real bad news coming from Iraq, targeted the Scott Thomas Beauchamp stories as a weak link.
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
NY Daily News:
When Condi went nuclear  —  Condoleezza Rice may be willing to compromise at a Middle East negotiating table - but not at a jewelry counter.  —  Coit Blacker, a Stanford professor who is one of the secretary of state's closest friends, recalls going into a shop where Rice asked to see earrings.
Discussion: Think Progress
Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Census Shows a Modest Rise in U.S. Income  —  The nation's median household income grew modestly in 2006, the Census Bureau reported yesterday, even as the percentage of people without health insurance hit a high.  —  Experts said the rise in income was mainly a reflection of an increase …
 
 
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Blaine Harden / Washington Post:
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Ratifying reform  —  The proposed EU reform treaty is a good basis …
Patrick Moore / Vancouver Sun:
An inconvenient fact  —  Despite the anti-forestry scare tactics …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
Dale Carpenter / The Volokh Conspiracy:
THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM:
Dr. Martin Luther King / White House:
President Bush Discusses Rebuilding Efforts in New Orleans
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Warren E. Leary / New York Times:
Astronauts Were Not Impaired for Missions, NASA Says
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The Corner:
Down on the Farm  —  Have a look at the map of Manhattan below …
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Kyle E. Moore / Comments From Left Field:
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Associated Press:
Deported Mexican migrant mom asks Mexican president to return …
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