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5:10 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 …
Fox News:
Counterterrorism Officials Analyzing Islamic Web Post Warning of 'Special Gift'  —  DEVELOPING STORY: Federal counterterrorism officials are analyzing a posting on an Islamic forum Web site that warns of "a special gift" to be given on the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, FOX News has learned.
Brian Ross Reports / The Blotter:
Al Qaeda Announces New Bin Laden Video  —  Brian Ross Reports:  —  Osama bin Laden will soon send a video message to America, according to a Web site regularly used by al Qaeda.  —  A posting late this afternoon said, "Soon, with the permission of God, a new visual tape, the Sheikh, the Lion, Osama bin Laden.
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Blogs of War
Fox News:
Report: Bin Laden to Address Americans on Sept. 11
Discussion: QandO
CNN:
Bin Laden to issue video as 9/11 anniversary approaches
Discussion: Central Sanity
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
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
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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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Judge Invalidates Patriot Act Provisions  —  A federal judge struck down controversial portions of the USA Patriot Act in a ruling that declared them unconstitutional yesterday, ordering the FBI to stop its wide use of a warrantless tactic for obtaining e-mail and telephone data from private companies …
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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Satyam / Think Progress:
O'Hanlon Rips GAO Report: It Is 'Flat-Out Sloppy'  —  Last week, Gen. David Petraeus alleged a 75 percent reduction in "sectarian violence" in Iraq and is expected to say the same before Congress.  In contrast, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office recently reported that daily attacks in Iraq have …
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James B. / Screw Loose Change:
So Much For 84%  —  911truth.org is all excited over a poll …
Discussion: protein wisdom
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
Abigail Thernstrom / Opinion Journal:
The Massacre of Innocence  —  A stunning new book shows how elite culture made the Duke rape hoax possible.  —  Privileged, rowdy white jocks at an elite, Southern college, a poor, young black stripper, and an alleged rape: It was a juicy, made-for-the-media story of race, class and sex …
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly:
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