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6:55 AM ET, September 22, 2007

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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
Discussion: BAGnewsNotes and MSNBC
Guardian:
US security firm resumes Baghdad work
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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: The American Pundit
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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
Marc Santora / New York Times:
Giuliani Tells N.R.A. He Opposes New Gun Limits  —  Rudolph W. Giuliani appeared today before the National Rifle Association — a group he once likened to extremists — and defended his very vocal past advocacy of tougher gun laws while affirming the right of law-abiding citizens to bear arms.
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The Washington Post / The Trail:
For Mrs. Giuliani, the NRA Can Wait
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Washington Wire:   Republicans Aim for Bull's-Eye at NRA
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Rudy and the NRA  —  In politics, showing up is at least half the battle.
CNN:
2 arrested in noose incident near Jena  —  ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana (CNN) — Authorities in Alexandria, Louisiana, arrested two people after nooses were seen hanging from the back of a red pickup Thursday night, the city's mayor told CNN.  —  Alexandria is less than an hour away from Jena …
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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.
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Children's health deal sets up veto fight
Discussion: New York Times
James Taranto / Opinion Journal:
Best of the Web  —  Today's Video on WSJ.com: Brendan Miniter on Greenspan and other critics of GOP fiscal policy.  —  Dead Metaphor?  —  Here is a story to brighten your weekend: Early this afternoon we received an email from one of our most loyal readers.
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Matt / Think Progress:
Nelson Mandela Foundation confirms 'Mandela is alive.'
Discussion: All Spin Zone
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
The Politico:
NRCC chair threatens to resign  —  House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is trying to force out the top two staffers of the National Republican Campaign Committee — leading to a threat of resignation from the NRCC by Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) if it happens, said GOP insiders.
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
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 …
Horses Mouth:
I've been going through the big lawsuit that Dan Rather filed against CBS the other day, and there's some stuff in it that's pretty eye-opening and definitely deserving of more attention.  —  Rather's lawsuit, of course, deals mostly with the scandal around the story about Bush and the Air National Guard.
Drudge Report:
BOOK: CASTRO'S SON SAYS DAD DYING; BUT CUBAN LEADER DETERMINED TO OUTLIVE BUSH PRESIDENCY  —  The highly anticipated book on Fidel Castro from one of the preeminent authorities on Cuban and Miami politics and CBS' correspondent on Castro, Ann Louise Bardach, WITHOUT FIDEL …
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Associated Press:
Cuba's Castro looks healthy in new video
Discussion: JammieWearingFool and Babalu Blog
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?
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and TBogg
WBBM-TV:
CBS 2 Reporter Files Complaint After Scuffle  —  Mike Flannery Was Shoved By Aide After Rep. Weller Speech  —  (CBS) JOLIET, Ill. CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery has filed a complaint after he was shoved and sent down a flight of stairs while questioning a congressman Friday, knocking him into a woman who also fell.
David Freddoso / The Corner:
Giuliani Attacks MoveOn.org  —  The long, oddly shaped dining room in Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel was packed.  State GOP Chairman Saul Anuzis grabbed me before the speech to remark, "We've got so many people here that we've literally run out of seats.  I had to give mine up for one of our donors."
 
 
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Little Green Footballs:
Religion of Peace Riots in Bangladesh
Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Can anyone catch Clinton?
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
If Al Gore Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Jonathan Schwarz / A Tiny Revolution:
Threatening Lieberman-Kyl Amendment On Iran
David N. Goodman / HeraldTribune.com:
Sheriff: U.S. prosecutor in child sex sting attempts suicide
Ronald Bailey / Reason Magazine:
On the Creeping Anti-Semitism Watch
Discussion: L.A. Times and Washington Post
Associated Press:
For first time, Iran directly confronts Israel on alleged nuclear arms
Discussion: Telegraph and The Newshoggers
Frank Newport / Gallup Poll:
Americans Deeply Dissatisfied With Nation's Governance
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Bowers / Open Left:
It Is Either Iraq Blurring Strategy Or Iraq Realignment
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Exclusive: Petraeus' Sectarian Death Count Methodology
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Thompson's campaign plagued by errors
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
"It simply seemed depressing, oppressive and hopeless. …
Discussion: Judith Warner and Jezebel
Doug B. / Sentencing Law and Policy:
Breaking news (and SL&P exclusive?): federal Judge Paul Cassell resigning!
White House:
Press Briefing by Dana Perino
The Blotter:
Anti-War YouTube 'Vet' Admits He Is Faker
Media Matters for America:
O'Reilly surprised "there was no difference" …
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Amazon unveils X-Ray Recaps on Prime Video, an AI feature that generates “spoiler-free and concise summaries” of TV shows, in beta to Fire TV users in the US

 
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