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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Audio of Larry Craig's Bust! — Download (1950) | Play (2619) … Seems that Larry doesn't know what hand his gold ring is on...Sadly, No! has more...
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
FOOT TAPPING AND BATHROOM CRUISING....Yesterday one of my readers emailed to say he was annoyed by all the ignorant blog commentary emanating from straight young whippersnappers on the subject of Larry Craig's restroom shenanigans in Minnesota: … Today, non-whippersnapper blogger …
Gavin M. / Sadly, No!:
Nono! The Code for THAT Is A Wide Stance And TWO Foot-Bumps! — From the Larry Craig arrest tape: … Indeed not! Then again, who doesn't love a challenge?
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Sen. Craig on tape: 'You shouldn't... entrap people'
Sen. Craig on tape: 'You shouldn't... entrap people'
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The Politico
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Sources: Thompson announcement on Sept. 6 — Fred Thompson's campaign-in-waiting will hold a 4 p.m. conference call today with supporters to brief them on plans for the former Tennessee senator's presidential announcement next week, according to an e-mail obtained by Politico.com.
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Rick Klein / Associated Press:
Analysis: Has Fred Thompson Waited Too Long? — Former Sen. Fred Thompson's Reluctance to Jump Into '08 Race May Have Cost Him Momentum — He was primed to be the summer's big blockbuster and the script was written in advance: A dispirited party finds its great hope in a swashbuckling Southern senator …
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Rachel Dry / The Trail:
Thompson to Tell Supporters He's In Today
Thompson to Tell Supporters He's In Today
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Redstate:
Fred Thompson will announce today at 4:30pm EDT
Fred Thompson will announce today at 4:30pm EDT
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Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Chemical Weapons Scare at U.N. Headquarters — Brian Ross Reports: — United Nations weapons inspectors discovered six to eight vials of a dangerous chemical warfare agent, phosgene, as they were cleaning out offices at a U.N. building in New York, federal authorities tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
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ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Nerve gas found at United Nations building
Nerve gas found at United Nations building
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Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Suspect material found in U.N. office
Suspect material found in U.N. office
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The Carpetbagger Report
New York Times:
Locked, Loaded and Looney — As the Army's suicide rate hits record levels in the Iraq war, there's small wonder practically everyone in Congress wants to deal with the parallel emerging crisis of depressed veterans tempted to take their own lives. Everyone, that is, except Senator Tom Coburn, Republican of Oklahoma.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
THE NEW YORK TIMES' EDITORS think that the phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is in the Constitution. But then, they believe many things that are demonstrably untrue. — UPDATE: More questions about the NYT's constitutional scholarship. — ANOTHER UPDATE …
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Associated Press:
BREAKING NEWS: Polk judge rules against gay marriage ban — A Polk County judge on Thursday struck down Iowa's law banning gay marriage. — The ruling by Judge Robert Hanson concluded that the state's prohibition on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional and he ordered the Polk County recorder …
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Michael Graczyk / Associated Press:
Texas governor spares getaway driver — HUNTSVILLE, Texas - Gov. Rick Perry accepted a parole board recommendation Thursday to spare condemned inmate Kenneth Foster, the getaway driver in a 1996 murder who had been scheduled for execution within hours. — The sentence had drawn protests …
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
When Fox News Republicans Lie, Democrats Should Tell The Truth — Regarding Karen Hanretty's comments in which she invoked the name of Barry Goldwater while she lied about me: — I knew Barry Goldwater. Barry Goldwater was an authentic conservative who believed in political discourse of honesty and civility.
James Janega / Chicago Tribune:
Durbin: Petraeus to warn of low troop morale — Following a dinner they shared in Baghdad, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Wednesday that he expects Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, to report to President Bush and Congress next month that American troops are exhausted by the war effort there.
Courtney / Feministing:
Not Oprah's Book Club: I Love Female Orgasm — It was the night before I had the awesome opportunity to see Barack Obama in-studio on The Daily Show. I got my The Audacity of Hope and my Obama biography and curled into bed, thinking I would read some passages and get excited about seeing …
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The Moderate Voice
New York Magazine:
'Post' Homophobia Still Mysteriously Unfunny — You know what? We're getting pretty bored by the New York Post's homophobia. For a while, we giggled at "Page Six"'s use of archaic adjectives like "swishy" and "limp-wristed" to describe gay subjects. We tried to find the humor …
Time:
Edwards On Track in Iowa — John Edwards is betting that a strong showing in the Iowa caucuses will catapult him into national contention, and so far his strategy in the state is on track. A new TIME poll of likely Iowa caucus goers, taken a week after Edwards' seven-day …