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Robert Berkvist / New York Times:
Charlton Heston, Epic Film Star and Voice of N.R.A., Dies at 84 — Charlton Heston, who appeared in some 100 films in his 60-year acting career but who is remembered chiefly for his monumental, jut-jawed portrayals of Moses, Ben-Hur and Michelangelo, died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills …
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Fernando Suarez / CBS News:
Fiery Clinton Fields Tough Questions at Campaign Rally — From CBS News' Fernando Suarez: — EUGENE, ORE. — During a campaign stop in Oregon, Hillary Clinton fielded testier questions from the audience, more so than she has in quite a while. It was a typical campaign rally …
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Jaketapper / Political Punch:
In Oregon, Clinton Makes False Claim About Her Iraq Record Vs. Obama's — In Eugene, Ore., Saturday. Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., attempted to change the measure by which anyone might assess who criticized the Iraq war first, her or Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., by saying those keeping records …
Times of London:
Iran joined militias in battle for Basra — IRANIAN forces were involved in the recent battle for Basra, General David Petraeus, the US commander in Iraq, is expected to tell Congress this week. — Military and intelligence sources believe Iranians were operating at a tactical command level …
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Hugh Hewitt / TownHall Blog:
Senator Obama: What Would You Do About The Qods Force? — From the Times of London: … Senator Obama is within a few weeks of clinching the Democrats' nomination and he has not been pressed on Iran. When the subject has come up at all, Obama has retreated into his trade-mark ambiguity dressed up in soaring rhetoric.
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Jonathan Leake / Times of London:
Coming soon: superfast internet — THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds. — At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection …
Ali / Think Progress:
McCain repeats false claim ‘Sadr declared the ceasefire.’ — Appearing on Fox News Sunday this morning Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) repeated the false claim that Muqtada al-Sadr declared the ceasefire in Basra last week, which he pointed to as proof that Sadr didn't “think he was winning” the battle in Basra.
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
The Chris Matthews Show: Andrew Sullivan Calls Rumsfeld, Addington & Yoo War Criminals — Every week on The Chris Matthews Show, Matthews has a segment where he asks his panel of pundits to “Tell Me Something I Don't Know.” This week, Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic spoke as bluntly …
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Ben / Think Progress:
Rove's Electoral Maps Highlight Cozy Relationship Between Rove, McCain, And Fox News — The Politco recently reported that Karl Rove, former top aide to President Bush and current Fox News employee, is now “informally advising” Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) presidential campaign.
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The Associated Press fails to reveal Mukasey's favorite color — (updated below) — In the short time he's been Attorney General, Michael Mukasey has become one of the most divisive political figures in the country. He's been in the middle of numerous controversies …
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Dan Morain / Los Angeles Times:
Obama's lawyer days were effective but brief — The head of his former firm says he did good work. But not all of it was related to voting and civil rights. — CHICAGO — In his books, speeches and campaign commercials, Sen. Barack Obama often harks back to his days as a civil rights attorney.
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Robyn E. Blumner / St. Petersburg Times:
Where's the justice in this department? — The problem with a Justice Department that has allowed political considerations to interfere with legal judgments is that you just don't know when you can trust it. — Evidence abounds that under George Bush the Justice Department has been used as a tool of the Republican Party.
David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Cancer-survivor McCain will get docs to say he's fit to be Prez — Seventy-one-year-old John McCain has used his age mostly as a laugh line on the campaign trail, joking he's as “old as dirt” and has “more scars than Frankenstein.” — But Team McCain is quietly starting to get serious …