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E. R. Shipp / New York Times:
Rosa Parks, 92, Founding Symbol of Civil Rights Movement, Dies  —  Rosa Parks, a black seamstress whose refusal to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, Ala., almost 50 years ago grew into a mythic event that helped touch off the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's …
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Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Civil Rights Icon Dies at Age 92  —  Rosa Parks, the dignified African American seamstress whose refusal to surrender a bus seat to a white man launched the modern civil rights movement and inspired generations of activists, died last night at her home in Detroit, the Wayne County medical examiner's office said.
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Rosa Parks, 1913-2005  —  Call her "the woman who refused to get up," but I'm sure Rosa Parks had no idea what her tired feet and frustrating treatment would lead to on December 1, 1955.  —  What became known as the Civil Rights movement was bound to start sooner or later.
Bree Fowler / Associated Press:
Civil Rights Pioneer Rosa Parks Dies at 92  —  DETROIT - Rosa Parks, whose refusal to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the modern civil rights movement, died Monday evening.  She was 92.  —  Mrs. Parks died at her home during the evening of natural causes, with close friends by her side …
Cassandra Spratling / Detroit Free Press:
Rosa Parks, civil rights heroine, is dead
Discussion: Donkey Stomp and Say Anything
Paul / Wizbang:
REMEMBERING THE ORIGINAL ROSA PARKS
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
What Rice Can't See  —  Like a lot of African Americans …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and THE NEWS BLOG
New York Times:
Cheney Told Aide of C.I.A. Officer, Notes Show  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 — I. Lewis Libby Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, first learned about the C.I.A. officer at the heart of the leak investigation in a conversation with Mr. Cheney weeks before her identity became public in 2003 …
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Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Dick Cheney: Perjury, Bitches, Perjury!
Discussion: NO QUARTER, Blogenlust and The Mahablog
Dan Froomkin / Washington Post:
Rearranging the Chairs  —  White House staffers are a nervous lot these days.
Discussion: firedoglake, Daily Pundit and TalkLeft
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Final Tally Shows Iraqi Voters Approved New Constitution  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Oct. 25 - Iraqi electoral officials announced today that a new constitution had been approved by voters, enshrining a legal foundation for the future governance of the country and paving the way for elections for a full-term government in December.
Discussion: ScrappleFace, BBC, QandO and Althouse
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Associated Press:
Iraq's Constitution is Adopted  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraq's landmark constitutional was adopted by a majority of voters during the country's Oct. 15 referendum, election officials said Tuesday.  —  Results released by the Independent Electoral Commission (search) of Iraq showed that Sunni Arabs …
Agence France Presse:
US death toll in Iraq hits 2,000
Discussion: The Agonist
Associated Press:
Draft Constitution Adopted by Iraqi Voters
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
John Ward Anderson / Washington Post:   Draft Constitution Approved by Iraqi Voters
Rupert Cornwell / Independent:
Galloway lied over Iraqi oil payments, says Congress report  —  George Galloway, the British MP, was last night accused of lying by a US Congressional committee when he testified earlier this year that he had not received any United Nation food-for-oil allocations from the deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
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Times of London:
US Senate 'finds Iraq oil cash in Galloway's wife's bank account'
Discussion: The Belmont Club
Francis Harris / Telegraph:
Galloway's wife 'received £100,000 from Iraqis'
BBC:
Galloway challenges US senators
Discussion: The Daily Ablution
New York Times:
Bush Refuses to Release Nominee's Papers  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 - President Bush refused on Monday to turn over documents requested by Republicans and Democrats related to Harriet E. Miers's work in the White House, setting up a potential confrontation with the Senate Judiciary Committee over her confirmation to the Supreme Court.
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Washington Post:
Presidents Past Inspire Bush's Damage Control  —  Facing a convergence of crises threatening his administration, President Bush and his team are devising plans to salvage the remainder of his presidency by applying the lessons of past two-term chief executives and refocusing attention …
hughhewitt.com:
I just flew in from Italy, and boy is my keyboard tired.  —  This is a long post, because it was composed on the long flight back from Italy where my wife and I spent a week of vacation.  —  Much to my wife's dismay, I have been thinking about (at length) and occasionally writing about …
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Paul Zummo / Confirm Them:
Hugh Hewitt's last stand
Lawrence B. Wilkerson / Los Angeles Times:
The White House cabal  —  IN PRESIDENT BUSH'S first term, some of the most important decisions about U.S. national security — including vital decisions about postwar Iraq — were made by a secretive, little-known cabal.  It was made up of a very small group of people led by Vice President Dick Cheney …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
White House Is Seeking Exception in Detainee Abuse Ban  —  WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 - Stepping up a confrontation with the Senate over the handling of detainees, the White House is insisting that the Central Intelligence Agency be exempted from a proposed ban on abusive treatment of suspected Qaeda militants and other terrorists.
Washington Post:
Husband Is Conspicuous in Leak Case  —  Wilson's Credibility Debated as Charges In Probe Considered  —  To his backers, Joseph C. Wilson IV is a brave whistle-blower wronged by the Bush administration.  To his critics, he is a partisan who spouts unreliable information.
Reuters:
20 fined for using letters W and Q  —  DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) — A Turkish court has fined 20 people for using the letters Q and W on placards at a Kurdish new year celebration, under a law that bans use of characters not in the Turkish alphabet, rights campaigners said.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway

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Ryan Sager / Tech Central Station:
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Jack Kelly / realclearpolitics.com:
Evidence Has Turned Against the Miers Nomination
David Aaronovitch / Times of London:
Dateline Spandau, October 1946.  Herr Hitler climbs into the dock . . .
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
More Questions to Ask Harriet Miers
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