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5:55 PM ET, March 10, 2008

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Danny Hakim / New York Times:
Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring  —  ALBANY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has informed his most senior administration officials that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, an administration official said this morning.  —  Mr. Spitzer, who was huddled with his top aides early this afternoon …
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Joseph Goldstein / New York Sun:
Prostitution Case Features Prosecutors of Corruption  —  Prosecutors specializing in government corruption cases are leading the investigation into what authorities say was a prostitution service that charged up to $5,500 an hour — suggesting that the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan …
Fox News:
Sources: Spitzer to Resign Following Reports of ‘Involvement’ With Prostitution Ring, Faces Indictment  —  New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer apologized to his family in an appearance before reporters Monday following reports that he was linked to a high profile prostitution ring.
WCBS-TV:
Sources: Spitzer Could Resign Tonight  —  Lt. Gov. David Paterson Could Be Sworn In By 7 P.M.  —  AP: Spitzer Caught On Federal Wiretap, Identified As ‘Client 9’  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― Gov. Eliot Spitzer was not expected to continue as governor and may resign by Monday evening …
CNN:
Source: Spitzer investigated for allegedly meeting with prostitute  —  (CNN) — New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is under investigation for allegedly meeting with a prostitute in a Washington hotel, two sources with knowledge of the investigation tell CNN.  —  One of the sources said Spitzer …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
America's worst governor linked to hookers?  Update: The Emperor's Club?  Update: Spitzer to resign?  Update: Spitzer apologizes; Update: Caught on federal wiretap; Update: Video added; no resignation; Update: Not indicted; Update: Hillary scrubs website of Spitzer references
MSNBC:
Governor apologizes after prostitution link  —  Spitzer doesn't directly cite allegation first reported by New York Times  —  NEW YORK - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who swept to office as a no-nonsense crimebuster known as the “sheriff of Wall Street, apologized to his family and the public Monday …
Discussion: GINA COBB and THE LIBERAL JOURNAL
Amy Westfeldt / Associated Press:
NY governor linked to prostitution ring  —  NEW YORK - Gov. Eliot Spitzer, the crusading politician who built his career on rooting out corruption, apologized Monday after allegations surfaced that he paid thousands of dollars for a high-end call girl.  He did not elaborate on the scandal, which drew calls for his resignation.
Michelle Malkin:
The fall of Eliot Spitzer: “Client Number 9?”  Update: Report - Expected to resign; Report - indicted?  ; Update: “I apologize to my family.  I apologize to the public.”  Rumor: Resignation at 7pm?  ; Federal wiretap info; Wall Street cheered  —  Scroll down for updates...3:00pm Eastern Spitzer is expected to resign...Wow.
RADAR:
CLINTON YANKS SPITZER ENDORSEMENT FASTER THAN A HOOKER YANKS... WELL, YOU GET IT
Discussion: Daily Kos
Deacon / Power Line:
THIS IS SAD  —  New York Governor Elliot Spitzer has …
Flip / Suitably Flip:
From Troopergate To Shtupergate [Update: Spitzer To Resign]
Discussion: Gawker
Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Spitzer's fall: The prosecutor and the prostitutes
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Marc Ambinder:
NYT News Alert: “Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring”
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Obama replies with scorn to HRC veep plan  —  My colleague Carrie Budoff Brown e-mails from Columbus, Miss., with Obama's response to the Clintons' flotation of the notion that he could be her veep: scorn. … Obama was responding to comments from Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson …
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Ben / Think Progress:
Rove: ‘I Fully Expect To Be Indicted By The End Of The Year’  —  Karl Rove, former senior aide to President Bush, spoke to a hostile crowd at the University of Iowa yesterday evening.  Students and local citizens protested his appearance at the university and “staged a mock trial” for Rove inside the student union before the speech.
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CNN:   Rove taunted at University of Iowa
Mark Geary / KCRG-TV:
Karl Rove's Visit to U of I Sparks Controversy
Associated Press:
Tucker Carlson Out at MSNBC … NEW YORK (AP) - The bow tie is out at MNSBC.  David Gregory is replacing Tucker Carlson as host of a one-hour show each evening.  —  The news network is making a handful of changes to respond to heavy political interest.  Gregory's new show is called …
Discussion: The Seminal
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Chris / TVNewser:
David Gregory To Anchor 6pm Show on MSNBC
Discussion: The Politico, Eschaton and Jossip
MSNBC:
Tucker Carlson replaced on MSNBC
Discussion: The Page
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Obama Recaptures Lead Among Democrats  —  Based on polling conducted March 7-9, 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-nine percent of Democratic voters nationally support Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination compared with 44% backing Hillary Clinton, giving Obama a slight …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:   Obama's March Surge
Jackson Diehl / Washington Post:
The FARC's Guardian Angel  —  Latin American nations and the Bush administration spent the past week loudly arguing over what censure, if any, Colombia should face for a bombing raid that killed one of the top leaders of the FARC terrorist group at a jungle camp in Ecuador.
Discussion: Israpundit
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Democracy Now:
Headlines for March 10, 2008  —  President Bush has vetoed …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Richard Owen / Times of London:
Seven new deadly sins: are you guilty?  —  Drug pushers, the obscenely rich, environmental polluters and “manipulative” genetic scientists beware - you may be in danger of losing your mortal soul unless you repent.  —  After 1,500 years the Vatican has brought the seven deadly sins up to date …
Discussion: Pharyngula, Harry's Place and normblog
Associated Press:
McCain: Renzi no longer part of campaign  —  PHOENIX — John McCain says indicted Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi is no longer taking part in his presidential campaign.  —  McCain told reporters in Phoenix on Monday that he didn't know if Renzi had officially stepped down as a campaign co-chair.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Carbon Output Must Near Zero To Avert Danger, New Studies Say  —  The task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert a dangerous rise in global temperatures may be far more difficult than previous research suggested, say scientists who have just published studies indicating …
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data  —  Terror Fight Blurs  —  Line Over Domain;  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five years ago, Congress killed an experimental Pentagon antiterrorism program meant to vacuum up electronic data about people in the U.S. to search for suspicious patterns.
 
 
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