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10:15 AM ET, June 16, 2008

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Saul Hansell / New York Times:
The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs  —  The Associated Press, one of the nation's largest news organizations, said that it will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Here's Our New Policy On A.P. stories: They're Banned  —  The stories over the weekend were bad enough - the Associated Press, with a long history of suing over quotations from their articles, went after Drudge Retort for having the audacity to link to their stories along with short quotations via reader submissions.
Cernig / Newshoggers.com:
AP Gets Worried  —  News of the Associated Press' bully-boy tactics against bloggers on Friday and the pushback Saturday and Sunday which has led a bipartisan boycott of AP to spread widely across the internet has hit the mainstream media after the weekend of bipartisan blogger buzz.
Karl / protein wisdom:
A controversial suggestion for NBC's Meet the Press  —  The mourning over the untimely death of Tim Russert — host of Meet the Press and Washington bureau chief of NBC News — may continue, but the Politico, the L.A. Times and BloggingStocks are just a few of the media outlets covering …
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Gary Levin / USA Today:
Pressing on without Tim Russert: What next for ‘Meet the Press’?
New York Times:
A Delegator, Obama Picks When to Take Reins  —  WASHINGTON — In the months leading up to Senator Barack Obama's big loss in the Pennsylvania primary, he was a detached manager: around, but not meddling.  Rarely on early-morning conference calls with his senior advisers …
Wall Street Journal:
Beltwaywide Financial  —  The Countrywide Financial sweetheart loan scandal continues to grow, spreading to Senators and other Beltway potentates.  We are about to find out if Congress's passion for investigating business ethics extends to conflicts of interest and cash that involve fellow Members.
Discussion: michellemalkin.com and Hot Air
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New York Post:   COUNTRYWIDE'S PALS . . .  When it comes to charging abuse …
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Women voters lining up behind Obama  —  McCain hopes to lure Clinton loyalists.  But polls show they are staying Democratic.  —  Marilyn Authenreith, a mother of two in North Carolina, felt strongly about supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary.
Christopher Hass / Barack Obama:
Barack Obama: Father's Day Speech  —  Barack celebrated Father's Day today by speaking at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago.  He began by quoting the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus closes by saying, “Whoever hears these words of mine, and does them, shall be likened to a wise man who built his house upon a rock.”
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Obama Sharply Assails Absent Black Fathers
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
GOV BLASTS ‘NASTY’ MIKE  —  SHOCKING BROADSIDES BY MILD-MANNERED DAVE  —  Mayor Bloomberg is a nasty, untrustworthy, tan trum-prone liar who “has little use” for average New Yorkers - like the 1,500 workers who would have lost their jobs had OTB closed, a furious Gov. Paterson has said privately.
Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
A Way Forward After Last Week's Supreme Court Ruling on Enemy Combatants  —  While lots more gnashing of teeth is called for, I think it's extremely important that we push ahead with concrete, practical steps to prevent what could be disastrous fallout from the Supreme Court's catastrophic …
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CBS News:
McCain Takes Gitmo Ruling Personally
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Informed Comment
Ben Smith / The Politico:
Bush backer pens pro-Obama book  —  The conservative Evangelical biographer of George W. Bush and Tom DeLay has moved on to a new subject: Barack Obama.  And his new book, due out this summer, may lend credibility to Senator Obama's bid to win Evangelical Christian voters away from the Republican Party.
Bryan Bender / Boston Globe:
Some call Georgian a good fit for Obama  —  Ex-Sen. Nunn an ally with defense expertise  —  WASHINGTON - When a newly elected Senator Barack Obama was staking out issues to champion in Congress, he sent word that he would like to meet with a former senator he had admired from afar: Sam Nunn of Georgia.
Tom Lasseter / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — American soldiers herded the detainees into holding pens of razor-sharp concertina wire, the kind that's used to corral livestock.  —  The guards kicked, kneed and punched many of the men until they collapsed in pain.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fiscal Poison Pill  —  A poison pill, in corporate jargon, is a financial arrangement designed to protect current management by crippling the company if someone else takes over.  —  As I read the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center's analysis of the presidential candidates' tax proposals …
Michelle Malkin:
Fight Their Smears: ABC News, Bob Beckel, Time, AP, Guardian, and NYT slime the Right  —  Time lies.  The NYTimes slimes.  AP distorts.  ABC News, the Guardian, and the blithering Bob Beckel have all now piled on, too.  They are at it again.  Smearing conservative bloggers and talk radio.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll.com
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Klaus Marre / The Hill:
Gingrich: Jindal is best choice for vice president  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Sunday that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal “would be far and away the best candidate” to appear on the Republican presidential ticket with Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Face The Nation: Jindal Thinks Intelligent Design Should Be Taught With Evolution
 
 
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Larisa Alexandrovna / At-Largely:
Bush is MIA, again...
Associated Press:
Obama camp sees possible win without Ohio, Fla.
Discussion: TIME.com
New York Times:
Taxes and Economy Top Worries in New York Poll
Discussion: City Room
Duncan Campbell / Guardian:
What do we want? George Bush. What do we get? A no-show
Chris Christoff / Detroit Free Press:
Obama to stop in Flint today
Discussion: TIME.com
Chris Kelly / The Huffington Post:
Prominent Democrats Back McCain
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Ben Adler / The Politico:
Can McCain compete with Obama online?
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
As Obama Aide, Reporter Dons Flack Jacket
Discussion: The Caucus and Booman Tribune
 Earlier Items: 
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Historians see little chance for McCain
Phillip Carter / Intel Dump:
McCain's War  —  Sunday's New York Times carries a fascinating …
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The Internet and the 2008 Election
Richard S. Dunham / Houston Chronicle:
Texan's '90 joke about rape now PR issue for McCain
Patterico's Pontifications:
Alex Kozinski's Wife Speaks Out
Discussion: TownHall Blog and Overlawyered
Carl Hulse / The Caucus:
Obama's Down-Ballot Effect
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Evan Perez / Wall Street Journal:
Investigation Advances For U.S. Attorneys Scandal
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HOLDER NEXT?  —  The news this morning is full of speculation …
 

 
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Paige Smith / Bloomberg:
The CFPB will supervise tech companies with digital wallets, like Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Venmo, with 50M+ annual transactions, treating them more like banks

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Cybersecurity startup Wiz acquires Dazz, a specialist in security remediation and risk management; sources say the cash-and-stock deal is valued at $450M

 
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