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Paul Bedard / US News:
White House Watch: Cheney resignation rumors fly  —  Sparked by today's Washington Post story that suggests Vice President Cheney's office is involved in the Plame-CIA spy link investigation, government officials and advisers passed around rumors that the vice president might step aside …
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TalkLeft:
Let's Make a Deal : The Legalese of PlameGate  —  Reuters is speculating that Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald may be offering putative defendants one last chance to make a deal in the Valerie Plame investigation. … It has to be a tempting offer for several of them.
Discussion: Eschaton
Salon:
The cult that's running the country  —  Joseph Wilson blasts the secretive neoconservative cabal that plunged America into a disastrous war, in this excerpt from his new book.  —  I knew that my credibility would be challenged the moment I publicly stated that President Bush's statement …
NY Daily News:
Cheney may be target of probe  —  WASHINGTON - A special prosecutor's intensifying focus into who outed a CIA spy has raised questions whether Vice President Cheney himself is involved, knowledgeable sources confirmed yesterday.  —  At least one source and one reporter who have testified …
Reuters:
Leak prosecutor to announce decisions in Washington
Discussion: ACSBlog
Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
A New Tidbit on the Plame Affair
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Democrats.com
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Miers Backed Ban on Most Abortions in '89  —  WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers pledged support in 1989 for a constitutional amendment banning abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother, according to material given to the Senate on Tuesday.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Washington Post:
Miers Backed Abortion Ban in 1989  —  Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers agreed in 1989 that she would "actively support" a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban abortion except when necessary to prevent the death of the mother.  —  Miers indicated her support for a …
David Stout / New York Times:
Court Nominee Backed Anti-Abortion Amendment in 1989
Jeff Quinton / Backcountry Conservative:
UPDATED: MORE INFO ON POTENTIAL BALTIMORE TUNNEL THREAT SUSPECTS  —  Updated: Scroll down for the most recent information on the business licensing info for Koko Market in Baltimore and another update on the fact that Egyptian nationals are being questioned.
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Associated Press:
Baltimore Highway Tunnel Closed After Threat
Discussion: TMH's Bacon Bits
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Scores Are Killed by American Airstrikes in Sunni Insurgent Stronghold West of Baghdad  —  RAMADI, Iraq, Oct. 17 - American aircraft launched airstrikes against insurgents in this embattled city on Sunday, killing as many as 70 people, the military said Monday.
Discussion: Rantingprofs
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
Iraqis Say Civilians Killed in U.S. Raids
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
Global Violence Has Decreased, U.N. Says  —  UNITED NATIONS - Armed conflicts have declined by 40 percent since the end of the Cold War primarily because the United Nations was finally able to launch peacekeeping and conflict-prevention operations around the world, according to a new study.
Discussion: GOP Vixen and Secular Blasphemy
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Liberal Moderates  —  Don't be deceived by the polls: The "median voter" is more of a liberal than you may realize.  —  The 2006 elections may be a year away, but already Democrats are working hard not to get cocky.  With Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and the multiple corruption scandals swirling around …
Harriet Ellan Miers / Washington Post:
Miers's Responses to Senate Judiciary Committee Questions  —  UNITED STATES SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY NOMINEE FOR THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GENERAL (PUBLIC)  —  1. Name: Full name (include any former names used).  —  2. Position: State the position for which you have been nominated.
Richard W. Stevenson / New York Times:
In Sign of Conservative Split, a Commentator Is Dismissed  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 - In the latest sign of the deepening split among conservatives over how far to go in challenging President Bush, Bruce Bartlett, a Republican commentator who has been increasingly critical of the White House …
Will / Attytood:
Another case of Miller: The oil-for-food years  —  It's hard to sift through and pull out the most damning detail in the murky floodwaters that were released when the 43rd Street levee finally burst this Sunday.  Is it Judy Miller's claim she doesn't remember who told her about CIA agent …
Gateway Pundit:
Missed Images From Saturday's Historic Vote  —  Look who's picture was on hand at the vote on Saturday!  —  This is one of several pictures at friend, Stefania's Free Thoughts blog from Italy.  This picture from Getty Images didn't make the front pages for some strange reason(?).
Discussion: Say Anything and The Anchoress

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David E. Rosenbaum / New York Times:
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