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New York Times:
Judge Alito's Radical Views — If Judge Samuel Alito Jr.'s confirmation hearings lacked drama, apart from his wife's bizarrely over-covered crying jag, it is because they confirmed the obvious. Judge Alito is exactly the kind of legal thinker President Bush wants on the Supreme Court.
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MSNBC:
Transcript for January 22 — Barack Obama, James Carville, Paul Begala & Mary Matalin — MR. TIM RUSSERT: Our issues this Sunday: This United States senator has just returned from a fact-finding mission to Iraq and the Middle East and has now become the Democrats' point man for lobbying reform.
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Crooks and Liars:
Russert channels Hannity — Why is Russert asking this question to Obama at all? It's clearly an RNC talking point that the Sean Hannity's of the media thrive on to deflect any negative press away from Bush. As Digby notes: … Nope. Why would Russert ask something like that?
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:Russert Watch: Announcing (Sort of) the Carville-Russert XM Sports Show
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
NBC Cancels 'West Wing' After 7 Seasons — The new president on "The West Wing" will be a real short-timer: NBC announced Sunday it was pulling the plug on the Emmy-winning political drama after seven seasons in May. — NBC, struggling to regain its footing after the worst season in its history …
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The Moderate Voice
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
NBC Ending 'West Wing' and 'Will & Grace' — PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 22 - NBC will end two of its most successful series of recent years, "The West Wing" and "Will & Grace," at the conclusion of the current season and will shift the schedules of three other hit shows, "The Apprentice," …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Delicate Dance for Bush in Depicting Spy Program as Asset — WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - With a campaign of high-profile national security events set for the next three days, following Karl Rove's blistering speech to Republicans on Friday, the White House has effectively declared that it views …
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Washington Post:
Attacks Strain Efforts On Terror — Alliance Is Tested By Incidents Along Afghan Frontier — KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 22 — Events along the ever-volatile Afghanistan-Pakistan border this month have exposed deep fault lines in the anti-terrorism alliance among the United States …
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Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
As Profits Soar, Companies Pay U.S. Less for Gas Rights — WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 - At a time when energy prices and industry profits are soaring, the federal government collected little more money last year than it did five years ago from the companies that extracted more than $60 billion …
Michael Valpy / Globe and Mail:
Tories poised for minority, final poll shows — Toronto — As Canada's 39th general election campaign came to a halt Sunday night, final polling numbers gave Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party a firm grip on minority government following Monday's vote.
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Politics Alleged In Voting Cases — Justice Officials Are Accused of Influence — The Justice Department's voting section, a small and usually obscure unit that enforces the Voting Rights Act and other federal election laws, has been thrust into the center of a growing debate …
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The Devil's Excrement:
More Pictures from the march — These are more pictures taken at today's opposition march, the story with two more pictures can be found here. — Alexandra Belandia Ruiz Pineda spoke well for a new generation of leaders, while Pompeyo Marquez was there, still strong at 80 plus.
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Newsweek:
The Trouble With Boys — They're kinetic, maddening and failing at school. Now educators are trying new ways to help them succeed. — Jan. 30, 2006 issue - Spend a few minutes on the phone with Danny Frankhuizen and you come away thinking, "What a nice boy." He's thoughtful, articulate, bright.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select The Most & Least Desired 2008 Republican Nomine (2006 Edition) — Right Wing News emailed more than 230 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to send us a ranked list 1-5 of the candidates that they would most like to take the Republican nomination for President …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
BEYOND INEPTITUDE — The quality of antique media's reporting on "domestic spying" stories is abysmal. There seems to be something about the phrase "domestic spying" that sets reporters aquiver, so that they can neither keep facts straight nor separate their feelings from their reporting.
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Guardian:
Beneath the roof of the world — Ma Jian illuminates the Han Chinese occupation of Tibet in a piercing collection of stories, Stick Out Your Tongue, says Isabel Hilton — Stick Out Your Tongue — In one scene in his travel memoir Red Dust, Ma Jian - who has fled Beijing to escape arrest …
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Christopher Stern / Washington Post:
The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet — Do you prefer to search for information online with Google or Yahoo? What about bargain shopping — do you go to Amazon or eBay? Many of us make these kinds of decisions several times a day, based on who knows what — maybe you don't like bidding …
