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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; Update: Immigration angle? — 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 …
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting
Clinton Supporter Arrested in N.J. Corruption Sting
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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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Washington Post:
Petraeus Open to Pullout of 1 Brigade — Top General in Iraq Said to Favor Caution — Army Gen. David H. Petraeus has indicated a willingness to consider a drawdown of one brigade of between 3,500 and 4,500 U.S. troops from Iraq early next year, with more to follow over the next months based …
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.
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Jurassicpork / Pottersville:
Paul Krugman: Time to Take a Stand — Here's what will definitely happen when Gen. David Petraeus testifies before Congress next week: he'll assert that the surge has reduced violence in Iraq — as long as you don't count Sunnis killed by Sunnis, Shiites killed by Shiites …
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.
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
What Congress Needs To Ask Petraeus and Crocker — IF WE'RE STAYING IN IRAQ, WE NEED TO KNOW WHY. — The globe will resume spinning on its axis next week, as Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker deliver their long-awaited report on conditions in Iraq.
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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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Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Thompson Runs to The Right — Fred D. Thompson took his bid for the White House to the campaign trail Thursday, vowing to compete aggressively for the support of Iowans and pitching steady, experienced and conservative leadership. — "I still have the same common-sense conservative beliefs …
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Rob / Say Anything:
More On Ed Schultz's Bar Fight — Earlier this evening I wrote a post about North Dakota and national radio personality (and Democrat mouthpiece) Ed Schultz getting into an altercation with Kevin Nagle. Upon first hearing of the story, something just didn't seem right.
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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.
Lydia Saad / Gallup Poll:
Gallup Ranks the 2008 Candidates According to a Feeling Thermometer — Obama rated the most positively by Americans; Hillary enjoys broadest partisan support — PRINCETON, NJ — Using a "feeling thermometer" rating scale, Gallup recently tested the public images of several of the Republican …
Walter Shapiro / Salon:
Killing her softly with his song — Barack Obama wants to transform politics. But can he defeat Hillary Clinton by casting her as the divider and himself as the uniter? — Barack Obama speaks with local residents in Storm Lake, Iowa, on Sept. 5. — Barack Obama has long been searching …
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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.