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12:50 PM ET, March 15, 2008

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Colleen Long / Associated Press:
Call girl laments use of exotic photos  —  NEW YORK - The lawyer for the call girl linked to the downfall of Gov. Eliot Spitzer lashed out at the media on Friday for thrusting the 22-year-old woman into the “public glare” without her consent and publishing revealing photos.
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Daryl Lang / pdnonline.com:
Press Taps MySpace For Photos Of Spitzer Call Girl  —  When a prostitute hired by former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was identified Wednesday, news outlets eagerly published photos grabbed from her MySpace profile.  —  Can they get away with that?  —  Three attorneys who specialize …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Saddam's Dangerous Friends  —  What a Pentagon review of 600,000 Iraqi documents tells us.  —  This ought to be big news.  Throughout the early and mid-1990s, Saddam Hussein actively supported an influential terrorist group headed by the man who is now al Qaeda's second-in-command …
Jodi Kantor / New York Times:
Obama Denounces Statements of His Pastor as ‘Inflammatory’  —  In the handful of years Senator Barack Obama has spent in the national spotlight, his stance toward his pastor has gone from glowing praise to growing distance to — as of Friday — strong criticism.
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Alex Johnson / MSNBC:
Controversial minister leaves Obama campaign
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Wright leaves Obama campaign
Rukmini Callimachi / Associated Press:
Muslims nations: Defame Islam, get sued?  —  DAKAR, Senegal - The Muslim world has created a battle plan to defend its religion from political cartoonists and bigots.  —  Concerned about what they see as a rise in the defamation of Islam, leaders of the world's Muslim nations …
Anthony J. Diaz / Washington Post:
Hard-Won Progress In Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD — Since I arrived here last August, I have been struck by four things: the financial commitment we have made to reconstruction; the precipitous decline in violence; the inklings of representative government; and the small yet significant progress …
Ben / Think Progress:
AP Says McCain Is A ‘Man Of The People’ For Taking Train Despite Noting He Rode First Class  —  Earlier this month, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) hosted a “thank you” Sunday cookout for over 40 reporters from a wide variety of news outlets at his vacation home in Arizona.
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Violence in Tibet as Monks Clash With the Police  —  Chinese security forces in Lhasa, Tibet, took cover during a fifth day of protests.  The banner overhead reads, “Strengthen public safety management, safeguard political stability.”  Beijing is facing the most serious demonstrations in Tibet since the 1980s.
William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
Six Signs the U.S. Is Not Headed for War in Iran  —  There are a couple of military adages — “An Army marches on its stomach” and “Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics” — that should adequately explain why the United States is not headed for war with Iran.
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
House Votes to Reject Immunity for Phone Companies Involved in Wiretaps  —  WASHINGTON — After its first secret session in a quarter-century, the House on Friday rejected retroactive immunity for the phone companies that took part in the National Security Agency's program of eavesdropping without warrants …
Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Obey lays down the law on procedural votes  —  House Appropriations Chairman Dave Obey (D-Wis.) said Friday he canceled meetings with a New Orleans delegation because a Louisiana lawmaker had defied party leadership on a procedural vote the night before.  —  And he's warning others …
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Pressure and the Prophet  —  The economy is a rising issue …
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Smearing Obama  —  He's a Muslim.  He was sworn into office on the Koran.
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