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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Upholds Oregon Suicide Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, with Chief Justice John Roberts dissenting, upheld Oregon's one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law Tuesday, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court bars federal control over assisted suicide
James Vicini / Reuters:
Court rules US govt can't stop Oregon suicide law
Discussion: ACSBlog and Prairie Weather
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Chinese Detainees' Lawyers Will Take Case to High Court
Discussion: TalkLeft and Fantasy Life
New York Times:
Spy Agency Data After Sept. 11 Led F.B.I. to Dead Ends  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - In the anxious months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the National Security Agency began sending a steady stream of telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and names to the F.B.I. in search of terrorists.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Two Groups Planning to Sue Over Federal Eavesdropping  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 - Two leading civil rights groups plan to file lawsuits Tuesday against the Bush administration over its domestic spying program to determine whether the operation was used to monitor 10 defense lawyers, journalists …
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Groups Sue to Stop Domestic Spying Program
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
CBS News:
Alito Nomination Vote Put Off A Week  —  (CBS/AP) The Senate Judiciary Committee was planning to vote Tuesday on whether to confirm Judge Samuel Alito's nomination as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.  —  But late Monday, as had been expected, the voting got postponed.
Discussion: firedoglake and GOP Bloggers
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Bill Sam / Washington Times:
Laura defends the GOP  —  MONROVIA, Liberia — First lady Laura Bush yesterday rejected Democratic claims that Republicans are mired in a "culture of corruption" and said she'd be "glad" to campaign for Republican candidates in the fall.  —  "It isn't true," Mrs. Bush said of the …
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Democrats abort deal on Alito vote  —  Senate Democrats have scrapped a "good-faith" agreement they made two months ago to allow the Judiciary Committee to vote today on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.  —  "This is a new low in our confirmation process," said Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican.
Thomas Ferraro / Reuters:   Democrats force delay on high court nominee vote
CNN:
CNN LARRY KING LIVE  —  Interview With Alberto Gonzales; Interview With James Risen  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  LARRY KING, HOST: Tonight, does the government need permission to spy on Americans it suspects are talking to terrorists?
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
White House Accuses Gore of Hypocrisy  —  The White House accused former Vice President Al Gore of hypocrisy Tuesday for his assertion that President Bush broke the law by eavesdropping on Americans without court approval.  —  "If Al Gore is going to be the voice of the Democrats …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
washingtonpost.com > Live Discussions  —  Howard Kurtz has been The Washington Post's media reporter since 1990.  He is also the host of CNN's "Reliable Sources" and the author of "Media Circus," "Hot Air," "Spin Cycle" and "The Fortune Tellers: Inside Wall Street's Game of Money, Media and Manipulation."
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Jules Crittenden / Boston Herald:
Ted K. to quit club that bans women  —  U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy — who ripped Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito for ties to a group that discriminates against women — says he's going to quit a club notorious for discriminating against women "as fast as I can."
CNN:
Mouthy parrot 'reveals sex secret'  —  LONDON, England — A computer programmer found out his girlfriend was having an affair when his pet parrot kept repeating her lover's name, British media reported Tuesday.  —  The African grey parrot kept squawking "I love you, Gary" as his owner …
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Paul Stokes / Telegraph:
Talking parrot gives away girlfriend's secret lover
Discussion: Samizdata.net and Discourse.net
CNN:
Nagin calls for rebuilding 'chocolate' New Orleans  —  Black majority city 'the way God wants it to be'  —  NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) — Mayor Ray Nagin on Monday called for the rebuilding of a "chocolate New Orleans" that maintains the city's black majority, saying, "You can't have New Orleans no other way."
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Speaker Largely Silent Amid Scandal  —  With his affable demeanor and his open-door policy, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert remains unchallenged in the most powerful post in Congress, even as a growing corruption scandal roils the Republican leadership and more Congress-watchers say the speaker bears …
Media Matters for America:
CNN reportedly hires radio host Glenn Beck … The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on January 17 that CNN Headline News has hired Glenn Beck — a nationally syndicated radio host known for making controversial statements — "for a new prime time program."

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U.S. Wins Support In Iran Dispute
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