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10:50 AM ET, September 22, 2007

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Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Spitzer Grants Illegal Immigrants Easier Access to Driver's Licenses  —  New York State, home to more than 500,000 illegal immigrants, will issue driver's licenses without regard to immigration status under a policy change announced yesterday by Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Discussion: TalkLeft
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WWW.NY.GOV:
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES CHANGES LICENSE POLICY TO INCLUDE MORE NEW YORKERS AND IMPLEMENTS NEW REGIME OF ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY OF THE SYSTEM  —  Improves Safety of New York Streets, Lowers Auto Insurance Rates and Brings more New Yorkers into the System
Andrew Kirtzman / WCBS-TV:
N.Y. Drops Citizenship Proof For Driver's Licenses  —  Move Should Cut Down Unlicensed Illegal Immigrants  —  Featured Slideshows:  —  Reporting  —  (CBS) NEW YORK They were celebrating outside the governor's office Friday as Eliot Spitzer handed a landmark victory to a half-million illegal immigrants.
Discussion: Macsmind and The American Pundit
The Politico:
Protecting kids at the expense of politics  —  The current debate in the Congress over reauthorizing the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) will play an important role in shaping the future of health care in America.  —  Fundamental questions over which direction our country takes …
Discussion: The Swamp
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Christopher Lee / Washington Post:
Senate and House Reach Accord on Health Insurance for Children  —  Senate and House negotiators from both parties reached a final deal yesterday on an expansion of a health insurance program for the children of the working poor, just a day after President Bush vowed to veto it.
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Feds target Blackwater in weapons probe  —  WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors are investigating whether employees of the private security firm Blackwater USA illegally smuggled into Iraq weapons that may have been sold on the black market and ended up in the hands of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, officials said Friday.
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Blackwater Resumes Guarding U.S. Envoys in Iraq  —  American diplomats on Friday resumed travel in convoys escorted by Blackwater USA, the private American security contractor, three days after the Iraqi government banned the company following a shooting in which at least eight Iraqis were killed.
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes
The Atlantic Online:
Giuliani Claims An Evolution On Gun Rights  —  Glossing over the less appealing line items on his gun control resume, ex-NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani presented himself as sympathetic to the aims of the National Rifle Association and pledged, as president, to protect gun rights.
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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented  —  U.S. Effort More Extensive Than Previously Known  —  The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel …
New York Times:
Israeli Raid on Syria Fuels Debate on Weapons  —  American concerns about ties between Syria and North Korea have long focused on a partnership involving missiles and missile technology.  Even many hawks within the Bush administration have expressed doubts that the Syrians have the money …
Sarah Kershaw / New York Times:
Immigrants' Emergency Care Is Limited by U.S. Rule  —  The federal government has told New York State health officials that chemotherapy, which had been covered for illegal immigrants under a government-financed program for emergency medical care, does not qualify for coverage.
Discussion: TalkLeft
Mary Ann Akers / The Sleuth:
Sen. Specter Asks: Who's This Jenna Jameson?  —  Guess who got a V.I.P. tour of the Capitol Thursday?  —  Porn star - no, make that former porn star - and big Hillary Clinton fan Jenna Jameson.  —  Jameson, who quit the porn business and got a breast reduction last month …
CBC News:
U.S., France agree on new sanctions against Iran: Rice  —  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner spoke Friday of a common front against Iran's nuclear program that included support for new sanctions against Tehran.
Discussion: Don Surber and Wizbang
IBDeditorials.com:
George Soros: The Man, The Mind And The Money Behind MoveOn  —  The Left: The smear ad published against Gen. Petraeus has drawn attention to its sponsor, MoveOn.org.  But the fingerprints of the group's chief financial backer, George Soros, were all over it.  Who is this man and what is he up to?
Jonathan Schwarz / A Tiny Revolution:
Threatening Lieberman-Kyl Amendment On Iran  —  Amazingly, no one anywhere in the US media seems to have noticed that yesterday Jon Kyl (Arizona) and Joe Lieberman filed an extremely threatening amendment on Iran to the FY 2008 Defense Authorization bill.  I guess all their time was taken …
 
 
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Jonathan Zasloff / The RBC:
Is Harry Reid a wimp?
Rich Noyes / NewsBusters.org:
Dan Rather Praises Peter Arnett, Claims 'Most People' Believe His Story
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Media Matters for America:
Wash. Post's Weisman: "How about Obama blowing up the Sears Tower! ...
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Little Green Footballs:
Religion of Peace Riots in Bangladesh
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Can anyone catch Clinton?
Discussion: Chicago Tribune and TIME
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
If Al Gore Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
David Freddoso / The Corner:
Giuliani Attacks MoveOn.org
David N. Goodman / HeraldTribune.com:
Sheriff: U.S. prosecutor in child sex sting attempts suicide
 Earlier Items: 
Ronald Bailey / Reason Magazine:
On the Creeping Anti-Semitism Watch
Discussion: L.A. Times and Washington Post
Horses Mouth:
I've been going through the big lawsuit that Dan Rather filed …
Discussion: The Sideshow
Matt / Think Progress:
Fox News To Air One-Hour Petraeus Special On Saturday Night
WBBM-TV:
CBS 2 Reporter Files Complaint After Scuffle
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Americans Deeply Dissatisfied With Nation's Governance
Matt / Think Progress:
Nelson Mandela Foundation confirms 'Mandela is alive.'
Discussion: All Spin Zone
Drudge Report:
BOOK: CASTRO'S SON SAYS DAD DYING; BUT CUBAN LEADER DETERMINED …
The Politico:
NRCC chair threatens to resign
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

Evan Drellich / New York Times:
The MLB is planning national packages for streaming companies to bid on in 2028, when its national TV deals with ESPN, Fox, and Turner expire

 
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