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7:50 AM ET, October 11, 2007

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CNN:
Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The United States tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Carter said Wednesday.  —  "I don't think it.  I know it," Carter told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.  —  "Our country for the first time in my life …
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Michelle Malkin:
My reply to Respectable Liberal Blogger Ezra Klein and his fellow travelers; Plus: Hillary threatens S-CHIP critics  —  Update: Hillary Clinton, She Whose Hand Rocks The Cradle, warns S-CHIP critics to "lay off."  Or else what, Mrs. Clinton? … Hillary should lay off the kiddie shields.
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
Judge Suspends Key Bush Effort in Immigration  —  A federal judge in San Francisco ordered an indefinite delay yesterday of a central measure of the Bush administration's new strategy to curb illegal immigration.  —  The judge, Charles R. Breyer of the Northern District of California …
Discussion: The Strata-Sphere
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Agence France Presse:
Empire State Building to go green for Muslim holiday  —  New York's iconic Empire State Building is to be lit up green from Friday in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid, the biggest festival in the Muslim calendar marking the end of Ramadan, officials said.  —  "This is the first time that …
President Steven Knapp / Young America's Foundation:
An open letter to Steven Knapp, president of The George Washington University  —  2121 I Street, N.W.  —  Washington, D.C. 20052  —  Dear President Knapp,  —  Seven students at your institution falsely attributed the "Hate Muslims?  So Do We!!" fliers to The George Washington University chapter of Young America's Foundation.
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Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Marines Press to Remove Their Forces From Iraq  —  The Marine Corps is pressing to remove its forces from Iraq and to send marines instead to Afghanistan, to take over the leading role in combat there, according to senior military and Pentagon officials.  —  The idea by the Marine Corps commandant …
The Politico:
Members: House is not a home  —  Rank-and-file members of Congress are grumbling about the five-day workweek instituted this year by House Democratic leaders, complaining that it leaves little time for campaigning and allows few weekdays to deal with business back home.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Jesus' General:
Ron Paul endorsed by Stormfront Radio  —  Thanks to MJS and Darryl for filling in.  Please check out their blogs, at Corrente and Hominid Views.  (Oh, and MJS and Darryl, I just got in and wasn't intending to post, so if you had something ready, please go ahead and publish it.  Thanks again.)
Alex Berenson / New York Times:
Boom Times for Dentists, but Not for Teeth  —  For American dentists, times have never been better.  —  The same cannot be said for Americans' teeth.  —  With dentists' fees rising far faster than inflation and more than 100 million people lacking dental insurance, the percentage of Americans …
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Ben Quinn / Telegraph:
Islamists damage giant rock Buddha  —  Islamist radicals in Pakistan have attempted to destroy an ancient carving of Buddha by drilling holes in the rock and filling them with dynamite.  —  The 23ft high image was damaged during the attack, which brought back memories of the Taliban's …
Discussion: TigerHawk
Greg Sargent / Election Central:
Exclusive: Nearly 90 House Dems Sign Letter Pledging To No Longer Fund War  —  I've just learned that nearly 90 members of the House of Representatives have now added their names to a letter to the President pledging not to vote for any more funding for the war and only to vote for supplementals …
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters.org:
Cuomo, Kurtz Revel in Media's Ability to Push Anti-war Agenda  —  On Tuesday's "Good Morning America," co-host Chris Cuomo and media critic Howard Kurtz ignored the role that liberal bias has played in the decline of ratings for the network evening newscasts.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Cold Fury
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Guantánamo Detainees Enjoy Historic Protections, Administration Says  —  The Bush administration, preparing for the next Supreme Court argument on the rights of the hundreds of detainees at Guantánamo Bay, asserts in a new brief that they "enjoy more procedural protections …
MSNBC:
'Countdown with Keith Olbermann' for Oct. 9  —  KEITH OLBERMANN, MSNBC HOST (voice-over): Which of these stories will you be talking about tomorrow?  —  The nexus of politics and terror new development number one, the Bush administration blows the cover of the private intelligence firm that found the last Osama bin Laden tape.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
Senate Earmark Reforms Quietly Gutted
Lewis Smith / Times of London:
Al Gore's inconvenient judgment
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Hugh Naylor / New York Times:
Syria Tells Journalists Israeli Raid Did Not Occur
Discussion: Israel Matzav
New York Post:
ANDY AND ANN?!  —  ODDEST couple of the decade: lifelong …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
U.S. Intelligence Officials Will Probe Leak of Bin Laden Video
Sissy Willis / sisu:
"There are very few who can think, but every man wants to have an opinion"
Americans United / americansunitedforchange.org:
AUFC SCHIP AD CAMPAIGN
Discussion: Redstate and Cliff Schecter
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
House Panels Vote for More Scrutiny Over Foreign Eavesdropping
Discussion: TalkLeft
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Chris Frates / The Politico:
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Duncan Gardham / Telegraph:
Suspect 'dubbed himself Osama bin London'
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Lego Architecture Models
Discussion: Punditry and PoliBlog (TM)
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
Put Some Steak on the Plate
Sara Bonisteel / Fox News:
Canada's Expectant Moms Heading to U.S. to Deliver
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Paul Krugman, pussycat
Newsweek:
Terror watch: Gonzales lawyers up
 

 
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