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9:30 AM ET, April 8, 2010

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ABCNEWS:
Air Marshals Stop Alleged ‘Shoe Bomb’ Attempt On United Jet to Denver  —  Qatari Diplomat In Custody After Attempting to ‘Light Up’ His Shoes  —  Federal air marshals subdued a man who authorities say attempted to “light his shoes on fire” on a United flight from Washington Reagan to Denver Wednesday night …
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Gabriel Malor / Ace of Spades HQ:
MISUNDERSTANDING?  —  ABOVE THE POST UPDATE: According to CNN, another diplomat is saying that this is a misunderstanding.  The story is that the man was smoking in the lavatory and when challenged by an air marshal, he mouthed off sarcastically “I was trying to light my shoes on fire.”
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Latest  —  Okay, this story has moved pretty rapidly.  It was initially reported as an attempted shoe bombing.  Next the idea was that it was what can only be called a very ill-considered joke on the part of the man taken into custody.  Now it seems the guy in question was smoking …
msnbc.com:
NBC: Passenger subdued aboard United jet  —  Air marshal smelled smoke on flight from D.C. to Denver; jet lands safely  —  A passenger was subdued by a federal air marshal during an incident aboard an airliner flying from Washington to Denver on Wednesday night, sources told NBC News.
Discussion: Associated Press and The Agonist
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Attempted terror attack on U.S. flight thwarted?
Fox News:
Qatar Diplomat Arrested After Disturbance on United Flight
Discussion: Power Line
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
McDonnell apologizes  —  After a defensive first reaction, Bob McDonnell realizes that there's little upside to this fight for him:  —  The proclamation issued by this Office designating April as Confederate History Month contained a major omission.  The failure to include any reference …
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
A Confederacy of Dunces  —  April is the cruelest month.  Or, if you live in Virginia, Confederate History Month.  —  The state is buzzing over Gov. Bob McDonnell's proclamation urging citizens to spend the month recalling Virginia's days as a member of the Confederate States of America.
Discussion: driftglass
Rachel Slajda / TPM LiveWire:
Apologetic McDonnell Adds Slavery Clause To ‘Confederate History Month’ Proclamation
Peter Baker / New York Times:
U.S. and Russia Sign Nuclear Arms Pact  —  PRAGUE — With flourish and fanfare, President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia signed a nuclear arms control treaty on Thursday and opened what they hoped would be a new era in the tumultuous relationship between two former cold war adversaries.
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ABCNEWS:
‘An Important Milestone’: Obama, Medvedev Sign Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty  —  Russia, U.S. Pledge to Reduce Nuclear Arms By 30 Percent  —  With the stroke of two pens, President Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signed a new nuclear disarmament treaty in Prague today …
CNN:
Obama, Medvedev sign START treaty
Discussion: The Politico
Carol E. Lee / The Politico:   Obama, Medvedev sign START treaty
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Palin, Bachmann enthrall Minn. rally  —  Two of the conservative movement's biggest stars, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), lavished praise on each other Wednesday at a boisterous rally held at the Minneapolis Convention Center.
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Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Two Republican stars — Palin and Bachmann — align for first time
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Eyes will be on Palin at Republican conference
Associated Press:
Nearly half of US households escape fed income tax  —  Recession, new tax credits have nearly half of US households paying no federal income tax  —  FILE - In this April 5, 2010 file photo, Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Douglas Shulman gestures while speaking at the National Press Club in Washington.
Bill Pennington / New York Times:
Augusta's Chairman Rebukes Woods  —  AUGUSTA, Ga. — The annual Masters address by the chairman of the Augusta National Golf Club is usually a routine, even humdrum, affair.  The principal topic of conversation is often the speed of the greens, and the closest thing to controversy …
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Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
A Masters win would be too much too soon for Tiger Woods  —  AUGUSTA, GA. If Tiger Woods wins the Masters on Sunday after all the damage he's done to golf, I plan to rob a bank on Monday; maybe then I'll win a Pulitzer Prize.  —  Sin big and win big.  Why don't most of us ever think of that strategy?
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Spitzer's Long Road to Redemption  —  HERE is Eliot Spitzer on MSNBC with the host Ed Schultz, railing against fallen Wall Street titans who regain power ("absolutely insane").  There he is on Fox's “Good Day New York,” taking swipes at Andrew Cuomo ("he has to answer the hard questions") …
Discussion: City Room, TigerHawk and FishBowlDC
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Peter Elkind / Fortune:
What now for Eliot Spitzer?
Discussion: The Fix and The Atlantic Online
Lumi Boldovici / chicagogop.com:
The Female Century vs The Hetaerae Century & The John Edwards “Affair”  —  Now, that the slogan “job creation” is being paraded by the democrats in office as an accomplishment of great significance meant to alleviate the serious economic precarious situation facing the country.
Digby / Hullabaloo:
HCR Redux  —  Michael Hirsh wonders why Obama is not working to get a strong financial reform bill passed before the election.  Evidently, he's left it up to the retiring Chris Dodd to get some old thing passed and then he'll swoop in at the last minute and twist some arms.
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Eamon Javers / The Politico:
Robert Rubin returns
KGO-TV:
Dan Noyes  —  More: Bio, E-mail, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, News Team  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems.  She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat …
Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
China Is Reportedly Set to Revise Currency Policy  —  HONG KONG — The Chinese government is set to announce a revision of its currency policy in the coming days that will allow greater variation in the value of its currency combined with a small but immediate jump in its value against the dollar …
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner
Matt Cover / CNSNews:
Rep. Wasserman Schultz Insists Health Care Law Doesn't Require Individuals to Buy Insurance  —  (CNSNews.com) - Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D.-Fla.) is insisting that the new health care law she voted for last month does not mandate that individuals buy health insurance, despite language in the law that plainly says otherwise.
Devlin Barrett / Associated Press:
AP sources: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi  —  WASHINGTON - The FBI arrested a northern California man Wednesday for allegedly making threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over health care reform, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.
Quinnipiac University:
Republicans Lead In Pennsylvania Senate, Governor Races, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Rendell Approval Up, While Obama Approval Is Down  —  Republican Pat Toomey is back on top 46 - 41 percent over Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania's seesaw U.S. Senate race, while Attorney General Tom Corbett …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Taegan Goddard's …
 
 
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sounds a warning on growing deficit
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HCR: Pelosi tells the simple-minded American people not to worry …
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Hollywood Tries to Block Market for Movie Bets
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U.S. looks to nonnuclear weapons to use as deterrent
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China Offers High-Speed Rail to California
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Airline considers toilet fee
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Internal grumbling over Republican healthcare message intensifies
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