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Beth Duff-Brown / Associated Press:
Conservative Party Wins in Canada Election  —  OTTAWA - Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party won national elections Monday and ended 13 years of Liberal rule, a victory expected to move Canada rightward on social and economic issues and lead to improved ties with the United States.
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Clifford Krauss / New York Times:
Canadian Voters Oust Incumbent for Conservative  —  TORONTO, Jan. 23 - Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party defeated the long entrenched Liberal Party in Canadian elections on Monday.  A Conservative victory is a striking turn in the country's politics and is likely …
cbc.ca:
Harper wins Tory minority government  —  Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will become Canada's next prime minister, as Canadians have elected a Tory minority government and ended a 12-year reign of Liberal rule.  —  Nationwide, the Tories are currently leading or elected in 123 ridings …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Canadian Election Live Blog  —  6:30 - I'm off to a late start, thanks to a last-moment emergency at work.  Now that I'm home, the First Mate has me fixed up with dinner and I'll be eating while blogging.  (Excuse typos for a while, IOW.)  We're still two hours ahead of poll closings in Canada, and I'm a bit behind on my e-mail.
ctv.ca:
Conservatives win minority, Martin stepping down  —  Canadians awarded Conservative Leader Stephen Harper with a minority government Monday, putting an end to more than 12 years of Liberal rule.  —  Polls across the country are closed and all but a handful of seats are left to account for.
cbc.ca:
Martin to quit as Liberal leader
Norma Greenaway / canada.com:
Conservatives return to power
Discussion: Centerfield and Power Line
Doug Struck / Washington Post:   Canadians Move Right, Elect New Leadership
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
White House Got Early Warning on Katrina  —  In the 48 hours before Hurricane Katrina hit, the White House received detailed warnings about the storm's likely impact, including eerily prescient predictions of breached levees, massive flooding, and major losses of life and property, documents show.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
White House Was Told Hurricane Posed Danger  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 - The White House was told in the hours before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans that the city would probably soon be inundated with floodwater, forcing the long-term relocation of hundreds of thousands of people …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:   The Rancher in Chief and a Certain Cowboy Film
CNN:
Poll: Alito should sit on high court  —  Supreme Court nominee expected to win panel support Tuesday  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A majority of Americans said the Senate should confirm federal appellate judge Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, with just 30 percent opposing his confirmation, according to a poll released Monday.
Discussion: Althouse, Daily Kos and RedState
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Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
AMENDING FISA....Here's another point related to General Hayden's admission today that the NSA's domestic spying program isn't some kind of dazzling high tech black op, but merely garden variety wiretapping that was done outside normal FISA channels because NSA couldn't meet the "probable cause" …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Rove's Early Warning  —  Perhaps it's an aspect of compassionate conservatism.  Or maybe it's just a taunt and a dare.  Well in advance of Election Day, Karl Rove, President Bush's top political adviser, has a habit of laying out his party's main themes, talking points and strategies.
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USA Today:
Surveillance program protects country, Bush says  —  MANHATTAN, Kan. — President Bush defended on Monday what he called a "terrorist surveillance program" that targets international communications of suspected al-Qaeda members.  However, the nation's No. 2 intelligence officer acknowledged …
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White House:
President Discusses Global War on Terror at Kansas State University  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thanks for the warm welcome.  Thanks for inviting me here to give the Landon Lecture.  For those students who are here, I want you to know I can remember what it was like to sit through lectures.  (Laughter.)
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Washington Post:
President Bush Speaks at Kansas State University
James Glanz / New York Times:
Iraq Rebuilding Badly Hobbled, U.S. Report Finds  —  The first official history of the $25 billion American reconstruction effort in Iraq depicts a program hobbled from the outset by gross understaffing, a lack of technical expertise, bureaucratic infighting, secrecy and constantly increasing security costs …
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Closed-Door Deal Makes $22 Billion Difference  —  GOP Negotiators Criticized for Change In Measure on HMOs  —  House and Senate GOP negotiators, meeting behind closed doors last month to complete a major budget-cutting bill, agreed on a change to Senate-passed Medicare legislation that would save …
Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Supreme Ethics Problem?  —  What Was Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia Doing on Day of Supreme Court Swearing-In?  —  Jan. 23, 2006 — At the historic swearing-in of John Roberts as the 17th chief justice of the United States last September, every member of the Supreme Court, except Antonin Scalia, was in attendance.
Matt Welch:
Inside the Tent: Exciting news — As of today I am an assistant opinion editor for the Los Angeles Times.  For reals.  —  I'll be helping shape the section; editing and writing both columns and editorials, hopefully bringing some new voices to paper, and cooking up new schemes in the steamrooms under Spring Street.

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BBC:
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Discussion: nycsa.org and joannejacobs.com

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