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6:20 AM ET, April 5, 2008

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HillaryClinton.com:
Hillary and Bill Clinton Tax Returns  —  Statement of Jay Carson  —  Today Senator Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton are releasing their tax returns for the years 2000 through 2006, and are providing information regarding their 2007 taxes as well.
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Associated Press:
Clintons made nearly $109M since 2000
Discussion: Buck Naked Politics
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Clinton Releases Tax Returns
Discussion: Power Line
Alex Dowdalls / Daily Mail:
Muslim is spared a speeding ban so he can drive between his two wives  —  When it comes to avoiding a ban for speeding, the courts hear every excuse in the book.  —  But yesterday one motorist offered what must be a unique reason why he should keep his licence.
Discussion: Jules Crittenden
Eli Lake / New York Sun:
Obama Adviser Calls for Troops To Stay in Iraq Through 2010  —  WASHINGTON — A key adviser to Senator Obama's campaign is recommending in a confidential paper that America keep between 60,000 and 80,000 troops in Iraq as of late 2010, a plan at odds with the public pledge of the Illinois senator …
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Josh Kraushaar / The Crypt's Blogs:
GOP lands top-tier recruit against Lautenberg  —  Biotech executive John Crowley is expected to enter the New Jersey Senate race against Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, according to a source familiar with his thinking.  It would give Republicans a candidate with a compelling personal narrative …
Jane Macartney / Times of London:
Exclusive: Chinese police kill eight after opening fire on monks and Tibet protesters  —  ‘They cried long live the Dalai Lama - then the firing started’  —  Chinese paramilitary police killed eight people and wounded dozens more when they fired on a protest by several hundred Tibetan monks and villagers, The Times has been told.
Discussion: FP Passport and Boing Boing
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Howard W. French / New York Times:
Ethnic Unrest Continues in China
Fox News:
McCain Gives Mea Culpa in Memphis Over Vote Against King Holiday  —  Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, John McCain sought to make amends Friday for originally opposing the creation of a national holiday in honor of the civil rights leader.  —  In a driving rain …
Discussion: Political Machine and Hot Air
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Hillary Clinton / Rasmussen Reports:
What If Democrats Used Winner Take All?  —  A Commentary by Wesley Little  —  Even as the Obama and Clinton campaigns fight frantically to establish the appropriate yard-stick by which to judge the will of the American people, one fact has been largely ignored: Obama's significant delegate lead …
Ariel Alexovich / The Caucus:
New Michigan Primary: It's Really Most Sincerely Dead  —  Updated |  4:25 p.m. There'll be no primary re-vote in Michigan, the state's Democratic party announced today.  In a phone meeting, Michigan party executives unanimously decided that such a move “is not practical.”
Discussion: MyDD, TalkLeft, Salon and The Page
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Jason Horowitz / New York Observer:
Clinton Donors Press Dean at Fifth Avenue Bundler Summit
Discussion: Trailhead and TPM Election Central
The Hill:
Dean says he is also committed to seating Michigan
Discussion: Wampum
Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Obama's Quandary  —  Margaret Carlson contends that Barack Obama has made two big errors in his campaign.  One was failing to recognize the impact of Rev. Wright's incendiary language The other was his failure at bowling.  She makes a good case that, in working-class, primarily white suburbs …
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard Blog:
Think Progress Screws Up Again  —  Last week Think Progress blogger Amanda accused John McCain of plagiarizing a speech from Admiral Timothy Ziemer only to retract the story hours later.  Amanda, last name unknown, had failed to check with McCain's office before running her “exclusive,” …
Suzanne Langlois / The Huffington Post:
The Baghdad Lottery: “He Can't Win, If We Don't Play”  —  Let me reflect on a few events of the past week.  You have expressed concern for my safety.  I arrogantly told you to “relax” and to stop watching the news...I'm sorry.  —  My friend Jack is back in Baghdad.
Discussion: Bang the Drum
Sarah Wheaton / New York Times:
McCain Ends Resistance to Secret Service Protection  —  Senator John McCain said Friday that he would meet with officials next week to discuss receiving Secret Service protection, even though he has resisted it in the past.  —  “I think that it's important as we get more and more visibility …
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
An Economic Cleansing  —  Recessions are part of capitalism.  They happen every so often.  We've had two in the last 25 years.  And it looks like we are entering a third one after today's jobs-loss report.  —  The unemployment rate went up to 5.1 percent.  Non-farm payrolls have fallen for three straight months.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
ABCNEWS:
Silicon Insider: Should Drudge and Huffington Get Pulitzers?  —  OPINION By MICHAEL S. MALONE  —  Flash!  Here's a breaking item on Wednesday's PR NewsWire from Germany: “According to InfoCom's latest research, newspapers are realizing that the most important part of the word is ‘news’ and not ‘paper.’”
Discussion: Roger Ailes and Romenesko
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Roommates.com can be sued for violating fair housing laws, court rules  —  The website requires users to provide information, including their race and sexual orientation, which could foster housing discrimination.  —  The law may temper the freewheeling nature of the Internet after all.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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John Marshall / Associated Press:
Woman Sentenced in Death of Mother-To-Be
Discussion: TalkLeft and On Deadline
Marian Wright Edelman / The Huffington Post:
Honoring King is Not Enough
Discussion: Guardian Unlimited
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Jesus' General:
A shining interrogation center upon a hill
Ben / Think Progress:
Hagel: McCain too busy campaigning to deal with GI Bill.
USA Today:
IEDs go beyond Iraq, Afghanistan
Discussion: Danger Room
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
STATE DEPT REPLACES TOP PASSPORTS OFFICIAL
Discussion: On Deadline
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Clinton returns: Assets and liabilities
Discussion: Spin Cycle
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The Friday Senate Line: Schumer Sets Expectations?
Phillip Inman / Guardian:
Lloyd's warns of a lack of natural disasters
Discussion: Gristmill and Wonk Room
Susan Dominus / City Room:
This T-Shirt Is About Rape
Washington Post:
Administration Asserted a Terror Exception on Search and Seizure
Marc Ambinder:
Is Rove Behind McCain's Tour?
jhsph.edu:
Statement Regarding POPLINE Database
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
When Liberalism's Moment Ended
City Journal:
The Passivist  —  Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw …