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Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
DeLay Indicted in Campaign Finance Probe  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas grand jury on Wednesday charged Rep. Tom DeLay and two political associates with conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme, forcing the House majority leader to temporarily relinquish his post.
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Washington Post:
Attempt to Pick Successor Is Foiled  —  Blunt Temporarily Takes Reins as Conservatives Reject Dreier  —  As the legal troubles mounted for House Majority Leader Tom DeLay in recent weeks, he and House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert talked repeatedly to craft a detailed strategy for the Republican leadership …
Michelle Malkin:
TOM DELAY INDICTED  —  ***scroll down for updates...statement from Earle's office...press conference details...Dreier recommended as replacement...Smear attack on Dreier...NRCC statement...legal analysis and background on Earle...235pmEDT blogging the Earle press conference...Ileana Ros-Lehtinen …
Media Blog on National Review Online:
DeLay Indictment  —  Personally, I'm not a huge fan of Tom DeLay, for reasons that have entirely to do with the expansion of entitlement spending under his watch (see Bruce Bartlett's excellent piece on NRO today for details).  But having said that, this indictment is totally phony.  Here's why:
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
It's Time For Tom DeLay To Go  —  As most of you undoubtedly already know, Tom DeLay has been indicted on dubious charges by a prosecutor with a history of politically motivated prosecutions.  Even setting aside frivolous prosecutions past, Ronnie Earle, the prosecutor …
John / AMERICAblog:
Hastert to pick Closet-Heterosexual David Dreier as Majority Leader  —  Ok, this is sweet.  The Speaker is reportedly going to pick Congressman David Dreier (R-CA), an avowed, well, an avowed nothing, as the next Majority Leader of the House.  This is pretty historic since Dreier refuses …
Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:
DeLay indicted on conspiracy charges
Mark R. Levin / The Corner on National Review Online:   DELAY'S INDICTMENT
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:   Rep. DeLay Calls Indictment 'Baseless'
Amy Westfeldt / Associated Press:
Museum Dropped From WTC Site for Now  —  NEW YORK — Bowing to pressure from furious Sept. 11 families, Gov. George Pataki on Wednesday removed a proposed freedom center from the space reserved for it near the planned World Trade Center memorial, saying the museum project had aroused "too much opposition, too much controversy."
Discussion: Michelle Malkin and ny1.com
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New York Times:   Museum Dropped From WTC Site for Now
Associated Press:
Pataki Ousts Freedom Center From Ground Zero
Discussion: Slant Point
Bloomberg:   Pataki Says Freedom Center Won't Be at Ground Zero (Update2)
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
They will not build it.  —  So we have bittersweet victory …
Discussion: Mudville Gazette
U.S. Newswire:
Justice Department Releases List of Pardons Granted by President Bush  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 /U.S. Newswire/ — President George W. Bush granted pardons to the following 14 individuals:  — Gene Armand Bridger, Elkhart, Ind.  —  Offense: Conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and mail fraud; 18 U.S.C. 2, 371, and 1341.
Discussion: Wampum, ACSBlog and TalkLeft
Media Matters for America:
Bill Bennett: "[Y]ou could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate would go down"  —  Addressing a caller's suggestion that the "lost revenue from the people who have been aborted in the last 30 years" would be enough to preserve Social Security's solvency …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Turks Challenge Hughes on Iraq  —  Envoy Faces Angry Audience of Women's Rights Activists  —  ISTANBUL, Sept. 28 — A group of Turkish women's rights activists confronted Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes on Wednesday with emotional and heated complaints about the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq …
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and Needlenose
Bloomberg:
Frist Faces Heat as SEC Orders Formal Investigation (Update2)  —  Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist faces a near-term ordeal unwelcome to anyone, particularly an ambitious politician: an official probe into his personal financial dealings by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Newsweek:
The 'Second' Man  —  The slain Abu Azzam may not have been Zarqawi's top deputy after all.  Will his death have any effect on the Iraq insurgency?  —  Sept. 28, 2005 - U.S. intelligence officials and counterterrorism analysts are questioning whether a slain terrorist …
Howard Fineman / MSNBC:
Why can't the Democrats capitalize?  —  With the White House on the ropes after Katrina, Dems waffle and wheeze  —  WASHINGTON - With George W. Bush's presidency mired in the muck of hurricanes and doubts about the war, you'd think Democrats would be bursting with energy, eagerly expecting to regain power.
Joseph L. Galloway / Knight Ridder:
Military higher-ups get to the bottom of abuse scandals  —  WASHINGTON - Well, they finally got to the bottom of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal this week.  An Army court martial convicted Pfc. Lynndie England and sentenced her to three years in prison and a dishonorable discharge …
Discussion: Needlenose

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