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3:25 PM ET, July 3, 2008

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BBC:
Google must divulge YouTube log  —  Google must divulge the viewing habits of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube, a US court has ruled.  —  The ruling comes as part of Google's legal battle with Viacom over allegations of copyright infringement.
Discussion: Newshoggers.com, TalkLeft and Truthdig
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Judge Protects YouTube's Source Code, Throws Users To The Wolves
Matthew Yglesias:
I'm Worried  —  David Broder: … And yet here we are in 2008.  And I don't think anyone can seriously dispute that the current President of the United States violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or any number of legal commitments to refrain from torture.
Discussion: TalkLeft and Washington Monthly
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
One Nation No More?  —  Civics Needs a Boost, but Our Identity Endures
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2008: Montana Presidential Election  —  Montana: Obama Leads McCain By Five  —  Barack Obama is leading John McCain by five percentage points in Montana.  The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state shows Obama attracting 48% of the vote while McCain earns 43%.
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Judge Rejects Bush's View on Wiretaps  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the “exclusive” means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the government's claim that the president's constitutional authority …
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ABC News:
Plasma, LCDs blamed for accelerating global warming  —  Audio: Flat screen TVs ‘contribute to global warming’ (The World Today)  —  A gas used in the making of flat screen televisions, nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), is being blamed for damaging the atmosphere and accelerating global warming.
CNN:
Officer injured guarding Obama  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (CNN) — It's been a rough week for the motorcycle unit of the Colorado Springs Police Department.  —  First, two officers were hurt last week when lightning struck between their motorcycles while on a training exercise.
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Associated Press:
Play of the Day: Motorcycle officer meets Obama
Discussion: TIME.com
Wall Street Journal:
McCain Allies Find Finance-Law Holes  —  Governors' Fund Recruits Big Donors; Bid to Catch Obama  —  Allies of Sen. John McCain have found new loopholes in the campaign-finance law he helped write — and they're using them to reel in huge contributions to help him compete with Sen. Barack Obama.
Douglas J. Feith / Wall Street Journal:
Why We Went to War in Iraq  —  A lot of poor commentary has framed the Iraq war as a conflict of “choice” rather than of “necessity.”  In fact, President George W. Bush chose to remove Saddam Hussein from power because he concluded that doing so was necessary.
Jon Soltz / The Huffington Post:
McCain Flips At Legit Question  —  I've been running VoteVets.org for a couple of years now.  In 2006 and in 2008, we've endorsed a number of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans for Congress.  It's still a story that the press is largely interested in, and when they call me to talk about it …
Doyle McManus / Los Angeles Times:
A short but sweet gathering  —  Barack Obama's campaign and the Democratic National Committee are toying with a convention scheduling change that has been broached before in theory but never seriously considered: cutting the party's conclave in Denver short by one day to give Obama an extra …
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
The '60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire  —  MADISON, Wis. — When Michael Olneck was standing, arms linked with other protesters, singing “We Shall Not Be Moved” in front of Columbia University's library in 1968, Sara Goldrick-Rab had not yet been born.
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Can Barack Buy the Presidency?  —  On the money front, how do Sens. Obama and McCain stack up?  No contest, it seems.  Since the campaign began, Mr. Obama has raised a staggering $295-plus million, versus Mr. McCain's almost $122 million.  But that's misleading.  —  Mr. Obama spent a lot to win the nomination.
Marc Ambinder:
First Contrast Radio Ad Of The Cycle?  —  John McCain's college roommate, Frank Gamboa, says in a Spanish-language radio that “the other candidate has just discovered the importance of the Hispanic vote...”  —  The ad will air in New Mexico and Nevada.
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs
Junaid M. Afeef / Wall Street Journal:
Obama Should Embrace His Muslim Heritage  —  Many Muslim voters love Barack Obama.  They love him even if he doesn't seem to love them back.  —  One young professional I know credited Muslims' enthusiasm for Sen. Obama to a perceived promise of a “brand new, informed international perspective.”
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blogs and pandagon.net
 
 
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David Corn / MoJoBlog:
Will Trouble in Afghanistan Become a Tough Campaign Issue for McCain?
Emily Andrews / Daily Mail:
White man convicted of racial abuse after making ‘honky’ …
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Daniel J. Chacon / Rocky Mountain News:
‘She deceived us,’ mayor says about jazz singer
Washington Post:
FISA Follies  —  THE CONTENTIOUS issue of whether telecommunications …
Discussion: Shopfloor and Cato-at-liberty
G-A-Y / Good As You:
AFA: Now trying to tarnish Golden Arches
Mark Krikorian / The Corner:
Speaking of Humiliating Communists . . .
Clifford J. Levy / New York Times:
U.S. Is in No Shape to Give Advice, Medvedev Says
Discussion: TPMCafe and Who Is IOZ?
Time:
Candidates' Vices: Craps and Poker
 Earlier Items: 
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
McCain Memo: Strengthening National Campaign
USA Today:
Obama faces online backlash for centrist views
Gail Collins / New York Times:
What We Learned in the War  —  As we slink off into the long …
Discussion: Commentary
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary
CNN:
Deputy Chief of Staff to leave White House
Discussion: Think Progress
Mathew N. Schmalz / Washington Post:
Manson, Murder and Mercy
Lewis Page / The Register:
Research: Wind power pricier, emits more CO2 than thought
Discussion: QandO
Thomas F. Madden / Wall Street Journal:
America's Days Aren't Numbered