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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority of Americans Favor Alito Nomination  —  Most Expect Nominee Wouldn't Vote to Strike Down Roe v. Wade  —  A majority of Americans favor the confirmation of federal appeals court judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. to the U.S. Supreme Court and an even larger proportion believe Alito would not vote …
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Associated Press:
NOTEBOOK: Alito Is a Springsteen Fan  —  He's a Springsteen fan, history buff and marksman.  He can whip up a salmon pate, but don't ask him to bake a cake.  His marriage proposal began as an offer to take dancing lessons.  —  These insights into Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito came from his wife …
Ken I. Kersch / Opinion Journal:
'Mainstream' Bias  —  What Sam Alito and Louis Brandeis have in common.
Discussion: sisu
Slate:
Your Witness, Senators  —  Expert suggestions on cross-examining Sam Alito.
Discussion: Althouse
Leonard A. Leo / New York Times:   Thirty Questions for Alito: Finality and Fallibility
CBS News:
The Alito Shuffle  —  (CBS) Attorney Andrew Cohen analyzes legal issues …
Liz Austin / Associated Press:
Texas Court Won't Dismiss DeLay Charges  —  AUSTIN, Texas - The state's highest criminal court on Monday denied Rep. Tom DeLay's request that the money laundering charges against him be dismissed or sent back to a lower court for an immediate trial.  —  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied …
Discussion: IntoxiNation-News …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Hastert Moves to Tighten Rules on Lobbyists  —  With Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) formally removed from congressional leadership, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) took the next step yesterday in Republican efforts to distance the party from a growing corruption scandal …
Opinion Journal:
Incumbency Over Ideas  —  The House GOP's real problems.  —  Tom DeLay deserves credit for taking himself out of the House Majority Leader contest this weekend, even if he did wait until other Members began to force his hand.  He has now given his GOP colleagues a chance to reinvigorate their leadership …
Discussion: BizzyBlog.com
Guardian:
US troops seize award-winning Iraqi journalist  —  American troops in Baghdad yesterday blasted their way into the home of an Iraqi journalist working for the Guardian and Channel 4, firing bullets into the bedroom where he was sleeping with his wife and children.
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Juan / Informed Comment:   The Guerrillas who Came in from the Cold
National Review:
One Moment in Time  —  There's an old Chinese theory according to which the best way to understand historical events is not to reconstruct the sequence of "causes" by which the events were "produced," but rather to look at the unique characteristics of the moment in which the events occurred.
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Cheney Briefly Hospitalized Monday Morning  —  Vice President Dick Cheney went to George Washington University Hospital in the middle of night Monday experiencing shortness of breath, which doctors found was unrelated to his recurring heart problems, a White House statement said.
Discussion: The Heretik
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:   Cheney Hospitalized, Then Released
New York Times:
Attack at Heavily Secured Iraqi Ministry Kills at Least 18  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 9 - In the latest in a series of brazen attacks in the heart of Baghdad's heavily fortified government zone, two suicide bombers disguised as high-ranking police officers blew themselves up outside the Interior Ministry today …
Discussion: Needlenose
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Washington Post:
N.Y. Times Editor-Reporter Dies After Attack in NW  —  David E. Rosenbaum, a longtime editor and reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times, died yesterday after being beaten and robbed Friday night near his home in upper Northwest Washington.  —  Rosenbaum, 63 …
tcsdaily.com:
"Real Wage" Slaves?  —  With the economy growing rapidly and the unemployment rate hovering around 5 percent, it's getting harder and harder for critics to find current economic statistics about which they can register concern.  Gone are the days when pundits (or political candidates) …

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