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9:20 AM ET, June 18, 2008

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Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Associated Press: You owe me at least $132,125!  —  The Internet firestorm over the Associated Press's heavy-handed attempt to bully bloggers over fair use article excerpts has been absolutely schadenfreude-licious.  Now, it's time to turn the tables.  If your blog or blog commenters …
Discussion: QandO and bRight & Early
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Tim Conneally / BetaNews:
AP sets up a toll booth for bloggers citing its stories  —  The AP's disharmony with bloggers may have only just begun, as the alternative it's now offering to being served with takedown notices involves paying an up-front sum for excerpting online articles — as few as five words.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
AP wants $2.50 a word to excerpt its stories now?
Discussion: Wizbang and Ace of Spades HQ
New York Times:
Michelle Obama Looks for a New Introduction  —  Michelle Obama's eyes flicker tentatively even as she offers a trained smile.  As her campaign plane arcs over the Flathead Range in Montana, she is asked to consider her complicated public image.  —  Conservative columnists accuse …
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Julia Hoppock / Political Punch:
Obama Pushes Back on McCain Camp Terrorism Attacks  —  Responding to charges by the campaign of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, that comments he made to ABC News indicate he has a “naive” pre-9/11 view of terrorism, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, told reporters Tuesday that Republicans are not trying …
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Bill Sammon / Examiner:   Obama advisers say bin Laden can appeal to U.S. courts
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
‘Danger Signs’ as Clinton Supporters Resist Obama  —  Democratic Candidate Leads but Still Struggles to Win Over Key Groups  —  Sen. Barack Obama has emerged from his bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination with only a six point lead over Sen. John McCain and claiming …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Hillary Clinton's campaign photo album's got something missing
Discussion: Don Surber and The Huffington Post
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Bush Will Seek to End Offshore Oil Drilling Ban  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush, reversing a longstanding position, will call on Congress on Wednesday to end a federal ban on offshore oil drilling, according to White House officials who say Mr. Bush now wants to work with states to determine where drilling should occur.
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The Politico:
McCain plays with fire on offshore drilling  —  By calling for an end to the federal ban on offshore oil drilling, John McCain is placing a risky bet.  He is wagering that skyrocketing gas prices have finally reached a tipping point, a threshold moment that has led voters to rethink their strong …
Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
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Washington Post:
Mr. Zebari's Message  —  SEN. BARACK OBAMA told Iraq's foreign minister this week that he plans to visit the country between now and the presidential election.  We think that's a good thing, not because Sen. John McCain has been prodding the candidate to do it but because it will give …
Discussion: Commentary
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Vulgarian at the Gate  —  In the razor-close and nationally important Senate race in Minnesota, Republican incumbent Norm Coleman is presented with a unique political problem.  Should he raise in his ads the issue of comedian Al Franken's offensive vulgarity?
Richard Fernandez / Pajamas Media:
Obama's Shifting Positions on Iraq: A Rezko Connection?  —  The time line of Obama's flip-flops on Iraq just happens to correlate to his friend's business dealings in that country.  —  Barack Obama's position on Iraq has shifted significantly over the last six years.
Tennessee Center for Policy Research:
For Immediate Release: June 17, 2008  —  Gore's personal electricity consumption up 10%, despite “energy-efficient” home renovations  —  NASHVILLE - In the year since Al Gore took steps to make his home more energy-efficient, the former Vice President's home energy use surged more than 10% …
Los Angeles Times:
‘Curveball’ speaks, and a reputation as a disinformation agent remains intact  —  The Iraqi refugee and German intelligence source code-named Curveball, left, meets with reporter John Goetz somewhere in Germany.  His tall tales of Saddam Hussein's mobile germ weapons labs helped the White House justify the invasion of Iraq.
Discussion: The Reaction and American Street
 
 
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Clinton takes month off
Discussion: The Caucus and New York Times
Jo Mannies / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
McCain in Springfield, Mo.
Discussion: Think Progress and TIME.com
Washington Post:
DISTRICT BRIEFING  —  A 44-year-old Maryland man pleaded guilty …
Discussion: The Foundry
Department of Homeland Security:
DHS Signs Visa Waiver Program Interim Declaration with Bulgaria
Discussion: The Corner and ParaPundit
New York Times:
McCain's Energy and Climate Speech
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Groups Push to Restore Va. Felons' Voting Rights
 Earlier Items: 
Evan Thomas / Newsweek:
A Disconnect  —  What Obama promises.  How Washington really works.
Examiner:
MKH on O'Reilly  —  Many thanks to Allah Pundit for grabbing this clip for me.
Discussion: The Other McCain
Brian C. Ledbetter / snapped shot:
Afternoon Fan Mail
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Telegraph:
Abu Qatada: Islamic cleric is released from jail
Discussion: Guardian and ThreatsWatch
Matthew Yglesias:
Your Reductio is My Dystopia
Discussion: Eschaton
SteveK / TVNewser:
How F&F Became WPITW  —  Keith Olbermann gave Fox & Friends …
Discussion: FishBowlDC and Ed Driscoll.com
NY Daily News:
Rush & Molloy: Feud for thought
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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