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William Glaberson / New York Times:
Detainee Convicted by Military Panel — GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — A panel of six military officers convicted a former driver for Osama bin Laden of a war crime Tuesday, completing the first military commission trial here and the first conducted by the United States since the end of World War II.
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Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Bin Laden's Former Driver Convicted by Military Tribunal — Trial Is First Test of System Set Up to Try Guantanamo Detainees — Osama bin Laden's former driver was convicted on one charge and acquitted on another Wednesday, handing the Bush administration a partial victory …
Christopher Wilson / Tales from the Trail:
McCain takes air out of tire pressure debate — HUNTINGTON, W. Va - Republican John McCain appeared to back down on Tuesday in his dispute with his opponent Barack Obama over tire pressure. — Last week in St. Louis, Obama told an audience that steps such as inflating tires to the correct levels …
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Deflating — The Obama campaign gleefully circulated McCain's comment last night that ""Obama said a couple of days ago says we all should inflate our tires. I don't disagree with that. The American Automobile Association strongly recommends it," and McCain's camp pushes back this morning, noting that the candidate continued:
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Paris Hilton responds. Really. — Paris Hilton makes fun of John McCain's age and unveils her own energy policy. Really. — UPDATE: Obama spokesman Bill Burton reacts: “Whatever.” — UPDATE: McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds emails: “It sounds like Paris Hilton supports John McCain's …
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CNN:
Obama touts Bayh, but not as VP — (CNN) — Sen. Barack Obama on Wednesday called Sen. Evan Bayh “one of the finest United States senators that we have,” but gave no mention of what kind of vice president he thinks Bayh could be. — The Indiana senator, who introduced Obama, has been at the heart of the VP buzz.
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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:
Bundler Collects From Unlikely Donors — The bundle of $2,300 and $4,600 checks that poured into Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign on March 12 came from an unlikely group of California donors: a mechanic from D&D Auto Repair in Whittier, the manager of Rite Aid Pharmacy No. 5727 …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
McCain's Green-Eyed Monster — Not since Iago and Othello obsessed on the comely Cassio, not since Richard of Gloucester killed his two nephews, not since Nixon and Johnson glowered at the glittering J.F.K., has there been such an unseemly outpouring of boy envy.
Gateway Pundit:
BUSH GOTS SEOUL!!... Pro-American Protesters Give Bush a HUGE Korea Welcome!! — Amy Proctor is currently blogging from Korea and has this wonderful news including video of Bush's Big Welcome in Seoul, South Korea. — Christians for Bush— Christians participate in a prayer meeting held …
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Diane Stafford / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Kansas politician who crusaded against abortion loses big — For the second time in two years, voters in Kansas have handed a stinging defeat to Phill Kline, an anti-abortion crusader who's reputation was made attempting to prosecute the state's abortion providers, first as state attorney general …
David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
Obama stalls in public polling — In the two months since Barack Obama captured the Democratic nomination, he has hit a ceiling in public opinion, proving unable to make significant gains with any segment of the national electorate. — While Obama still leads in most matchups with John McCain …
Hillary Rodham Clinton / Wall Street Journal:
No Crisis Is Immune From Exploitation Under Bush — Tucked away on the Cayman Islands sits Ugland House, an unassuming, nondescript building of modest scale and size. However, according to a recent report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), this five-story office building is home …
Washington Post:
Tapping Tired Wells — There were good ideas in the energy plan Sen. Barack Obama unveiled Monday. The most important of these is a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases that would auction off 100 percent of emission credits. The Illinois Democrat also announced a strong commitment …
Asra Q. Nomani / Wall Street Journal:
You Still Can't Write About Muhammad — Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled weekends on a racy historical novel about Aisha, the young wife of the prophet Muhammad. Ms. Jones learned Arabic, studied scholarly works about Aisha's life, and came to admire her protagonist as a woman of courage.
Pew Research Center:
Obama Fatigue - 48% Hearing Too Much About Him — McCain's Ads Seen As Negative, Obama's as Positive — As he has since January, this week, Barack Obama enjoyed much more visibility as far as the public was concerned than did John McCain. By a margin of 76% to 11% respondents …
Mike Allen / The Politico:
DNC launches 'Exxon-McCain ‘08’ — Stung by Republican taunts about tire gauges, Democrats are pumping up a stunt of their own. — The Democratic National Committee on Wednesday is launching an “Exxon-McCain '08” campaign, complete with a gas-pump logo and garish red buttons, bumper stickers and yard signs.
Vaughn Ververs / CBS News:
CBS News Poll: Veep Picks May Matter More This Year — A new CBS News poll on the presidential election will be released this evening but we have a few nuggets to share this morning. While most voters (67 percent) say their vote will be based mostly on the candidate at the top of the ticket …
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