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10:20 AM ET, September 22, 2007

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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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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
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
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
Guardian:
US security firm resumes Baghdad work
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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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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.
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 …
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
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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Children's health deal sets up veto fight
Discussion: New York Times
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 …
Media Matters for America:
Wash. Post's Weisman: "How about Obama blowing up the Sears Tower! ...  (Just kidding, folks.)"  —  During the September 21 "Post Politics Hour" discussion on washingtonpost.com, a reader asked Washington Post congressional correspondent Jonathan Weisman what "could really shake up either …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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."
CNN:
No immediate release for 'Jena 6' teen  —  JENA, Louisiana (CNN) — Mychal Bell, the sole defendant who remains behind bars from the group of teens known as the "Jena 6," will not be released Friday, a court decided.  —  Bell, 17, has been in jail since his arrest more than nine months ago.
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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
Discussion: RIGHTWINGSPARKLE and CNN
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
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
Horses Mouth:
I've been going through the big lawsuit that Dan Rather filed …
Discussion: The Sideshow
 Earlier Items: 
Matt / Think Progress:
Fox News To Air One-Hour Petraeus Special On Saturday Night
Associated Press:
For first time, Iran directly confronts Israel on alleged nuclear arms
Discussion: Telegraph
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: First Draft
Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
Exclusive: Petraeus' Sectarian Death Count Methodology
Drudge Report:
BOOK: CASTRO'S SON SAYS DAD DYING; BUT CUBAN LEADER DETERMINED …
The Politico:
NRCC chair threatens to resign
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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