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8:15 AM ET, October 30, 2007

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David Johnston / New York Times:
Immunity Deals Offered to Blackwater Guards  —  State Department investigators offered Blackwater USA security guards immunity during an inquiry into last month's deadly shooting of 17 Iraqis in Baghdad — a potentially serious investigative misstep that could complicate efforts to prosecute …
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Immunity Jeopardizes Iraq Probe  —  Guards' Statements Cannot Be Used in Blackwater Case  —  Potential prosecution of Blackwater guards allegedly involved in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians last month may have been compromised because the guards received immunity for statements …
Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Immunity deal hampers Blackwater inquiry
Discussion: Truthdig and All Spin Zone
Holly Ramer / Associated Press:
Giuliani: Dems Will Change Minds on Iraq  —  LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) - Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said Monday that two of the Democratic candidates will change their minds again about the Iraq war and agree that it was the right decision.  —  Asked at a town-hall meeting …
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The Influence Peddler:
Is Hillary a Sure Loser?  —  Jim Geraghty has a significant post on Hillary's floor and ceiling: … The actual Rasmussen release on this point is here: … Hillary has nearly universal name identification.  Nearly every American has an opinion of her.  And regardless of what Americans …
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Rasmussen Reports:
Poll Matching Hillary Clinton and Ron Paul Tells A Lot About Clinton …
Larry Eichel / philly.com:   No debate that focus of debate is Clinton
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Iraqi Dam Seen In Danger of Deadly Collapse  —  AT THE MOSUL DAM, Iraq — The largest dam in Iraq is in serious danger of an imminent collapse that could unleash a trillion-gallon wave of water, possibly killing thousands of people and flooding two of the largest cities in the country …
Condé Nast Portfolio Magazine:
Tony Snow: "Newspapers Are a Niche Market"  —  Hi, readers.  I braved the suffocating humidity, pastel hues and abundant old people of Boca Raton to bring you insights from the American Magazine Conference.  Or perhaps I should call it the American Magabrand Conference.
White House:
President Bush Announces Recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom  —  President George W. Bush today announced recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civil award.  Established by Executive Order 11085 in 1963, the Medal may be awarded by the President …
Atrios / Eschaton:
There Is No Crisis  —  I imagine some readers who haven't been hanging around these parts for all that long might have justifiably been puzzled at the reaction to Obama's decision to try to make dealing with Social Security his signature attack on Clinton.  It's true that Obama didn't assert that there was some huge crisis.
Telegraph:
The most influential US Conservatives: 81-100  —  As the US prepares for what is arguably the most open presidential election since 1928, the last time there was no incumbent president or vice-president on the ballot, the Daily Telegraph's Washington correspondents compile a list of the 100 …
Discussion: Don Surber, Gateway Pundit and Hot Air
Sue Anne Pressley Montes / Washington Post:
Cabbie Strike Looms In D.C.  —  Halloween Protest Targets Switch To Meter System  —  District businesses are bracing for a 24-hour taxi strike threatened on Halloween, a high-volume day for cabs, in what drivers say might be the first in a series of strikes to protest Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's recent decision …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and The Plank
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Happiness Gap  —  Some elections are defined by the gap between the rich and the poor.  Others are defined by the gap between the left and the right.  But this election will be shaped by the gap within individual voters themselves — the gap between their private optimism and their public gloom.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Too good to check: DUers "prove" waterboarding is torture — by waterboarding each other  —  "[I]f it isn't torture, it can't be that bad, right?" our hero wonders rhetorically before declaring it most definitely bad — and recounting how he went in for one, two, three, four rounds of the stuff.
Dean Barnett / Weekly Standard:
Obama Stumbles...Again  —  The Illinois senator's problematic, "semi-gay" supporter.  —  MOST STANDARD READERS probably think the big campaign news of the days is Mitt Romney landing the endorsement of New Hampshire senator Judd Gregg.  As an avowed Romney supporter, I applaud this development …
Kyle Drennen / NewsBusters.org:
'60 Minutes:' U.S. Military as Bad as Taliban  —  In a segment on Sunday's "60 Minutes," anchor Scott Pelley described how "The enemy has killed hundreds of civilians this year, but surprisingly, almost the same number of civilians have been killed by American and allied forces."
Discussion: Right Wing News
 
 
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Agence France Presse:
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Tom Spaulding / Caught Up In The Fable:
Hey, Porter  —  Porter Wagoner, 80, has passed away.
Toby Helm / Telegraph:
'Hate literature easily found at UK mosques'
The Atlantic Online:
Vouching for vouchers  —  Forgive me—I'm about to get testy again …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Bigger Budget? No, Responds Safety Agency
Discussion: Rook's Rant
Kevin Hassett / Bloomberg:
Rangel's `Mother of All' Tax Bills Is `Psycho': Kevin Hassett
Janny Scott / New York Times:
Memories of Obama in New York Differ
Discussion: Reuters
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Bush: 'That's How I Work'
Discussion: Cliff Schecter
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Christine Hauser / The Caucus:
Thompson Tries to Dispel Doubts
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
For Retiring Republicans, Several Explanations
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Max Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Theocracy Now!  —  On October 20 and 21st, I attended …
AlterNet.org:
Rumsfeld Flees France, Fearing Arrest
Will Dunham / Reuters:
AIDS virus invaded U.S. from Haiti: study
Discussion: Six Meat Buffet
Barbara Starr / CNN:
U.S. destroyer pursuing hijacked ship
Discussion: UrbanGrounds and On Deadline
Scholars and Rogues:
The horror is getting to Matt Taibbi
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Authority Figure  —  The childhood roots of Giuliani's strange views of liberty.
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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