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6:55 AM ET, September 7, 2007

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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Groups: Bin Laden plans video on 9/11  —  CAIRO, Egypt - Osama bin Laden will release a new video in the coming days ahead of the sixth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in what would be the first new images of the terror mastermind in nearly three years, al-Qaida's media arm announced Thursday.
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Rusty / The Jawa Report:
Website: Soon, The Blessed Invasion of Manhattan— "Special Gift" for 9/11  —  UPDATE 5:00: New bin Laden video coming soon!  Perhaps this is the "special gift"?  —  I promised myself that I wouldn't give my 'friend' Inshallahshaheed from the Wordpress hosted al Qaeda support website …
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Al Qaeda Announces New Bin Laden Video
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Blogs of War
CNN:
Bin Laden to issue video as 9/11 anniversary approaches
Discussion: Central Sanity
Fox News:
Report: Bin Laden to Address Americans on Sept. 11
Discussion: QandO
San Francisco Chronicle:
Fugitive fundraiser captured in Colorado tonight  —  (09-06) 20:52 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Fugitive political fundraiser Norman Hsu, who skipped out on San Mateo County authorities this week rather than face sentencing in a fraud scheme, was apprehended tonight by federal and local lawmen in Grand Junction, Colo.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Norman Hsu captured in Colorado; Update: Hospitalized after falling ill on train  —  In Grand Junction.  No details yet, but it sounds like he may have been injured somehow: … Stand by for updates.  —  Update: The feds are going to drop the interstate fugitive charge against him when they turn him over to California?
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting  —  Among the 11 public officials arrested in an F.B.I. corruption sting in New Jersey today was a leading Democratic supporter of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign in that state, Mayor Samuel Rivera of Passaic.
Daily Sentinel:
Disgraced Democratic donor arrested in Grand Junction  —  Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu was taken into federal custody Thursday night at St. Mary's Hospital after he fell ill on an Amtrak train passing through Grand Junction.  —  FBI agents took Yung Yuen "Norman" Hsu, 56 …
Washington Post:
Ex-Fugitive's Fundraising Talent Put Him on Democrats' A-List
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge strikes down part of Patriot Act  —  NEW YORK - A federal judge struck down a key part of the USA Patriot Act on Thursday in a ruling that defended the need for judicial oversight of laws and bashed Congress for passing a law that makes possible "far-reaching invasions of liberty."
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ACLU:
Federal Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
New York Times:
Petraeus, Seeing Gains in Iraq as Fragile, Is Wary of Cuts  —  Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top American commander in Iraq, has told President Bush that he wants to maintain heightened troop levels in Iraq well into next year to reduce the risk of military setbacks, but could accept the pullback …
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CNN Political Ticker:
Senior Thompson aide no fan of Iowa's ethanol  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) - Former Sen. Fred Thompson chose Iowa Thursday to kick-off his bid for the White House, but at least one of his top aides has recently expressed frustration with the Hawkeye State's influence in the presidential nominating process.
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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Thompson Runs to The Right
Discussion: Truthdig
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James B. / Screw Loose Change:
So Much For 84%  —  911truth.org is all excited over a poll …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Andrew Norfolk / Times of London:
Hardline takeover of British mosques  —  Almost half of Britain's mosques are under the control of a hardline Islamic sect whose leading preacher loathes Western values and has called on Muslims to "shed blood" for Allah, an investigation by The Times has found.
Steve Jobs / Apple:
To all iPhone customers:  —  I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale.  After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions.
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
BURIED LEDE ALERT....Fred Kaplan has a good piece in Slate today about the upcoming Petraeus report and what Congress needs to ask about it.  But I was more taken by an astonishing statement at the end of the piece from Stephen Biddle, a member of Petraeus's advisory panel.
Discussion: Slate
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: Time to Take a Stand  —  Gen. David Petraeus has a history of making overoptimistic assessments of progress in Iraq that happen to be convenient for his political masters.
Pew Research Center:
Clinton and Giuliani Seen as Not Highly Religious; Romney's Religion Raises Concerns  —  Religion in Campaign '08  —  Summary of Findings  —  So far religion is not proving to be a clear-cut positive in the 2008 presidential campaign.  The candidates viewed by voters as the least religious among …
Discussion: The Trail and Hot Air
 
 
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Will Dunham / Reuters:
Distant space collision meant doom for dinosaurs
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Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Democratic retreat on Iraq?
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Senior Qods Force link captured in Karbala
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Larry Craig: Slog Reader Visits the Scene of the Crime
John Wildermuth / San Francisco Chronicle:
WINNER-TAKE-ALL? NOT NECESSARILY
Discussion: Needlenose and Daily Pundit
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Edwards to Offer Anti-Terror Plan Criticizing Bush and Democratic Rivals
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Do Americans believe the Petraeus/White House Report will be honest?
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Discussion: MyDD, Taylor Marsh and The Swamp
Michael van der Galiën / The Van Der Galiën Gazette:
A New Realism: Bill Richardson's Foreign Policy
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly on "assassins who work for Media Matters and Move On"
Associated Press:
US Democratic hopeful Kucinich meets Assad, blasts Bush
 

 
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Peter White / Deadline:
Fox and Hulu extend their content partnership, including in-season streaming rights for Fox's programming; sources: the deal is worth $1.5B over four years

Shawn Musgrave / The Intercept:
A US federal court allows The Intercept's claim that the DMCA stops OpenAI from stripping a story's title or byline but dismisses its claims against Microsoft

 
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