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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and injured a man during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, his spokeswoman said Sunday.  —  Harry Whittington, 78, was "alert and doing fine" after Cheney sprayed him with shotgun pellets …
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.  —  Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin …
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
More Questions Raised About Delay in Reporting Cheney Misfire  —  NEW YORK The more than 18-hour delay in news emerging that the Vice President of the United States had shot a man, sending him to an intensive care unit with his wounds, grew even more curious late Sunday.
Newsdesk / Chicago Tribune:
Slow (White House) trigger on Cheney  —  How is it that Vice President Cheney can shoot a man, albeit accidentally, on Saturday during a hunting trip and the American public not be informed of it until today?  —  That will likely be the main question asked of the White House …
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Accidentally Shoots a Fellow Hunter  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a prominent Austin lawyer while the two men were on a quail hunting expedition in South Texas on Saturday, firing shotgun pellets at the man while trying to aim for a bird, his spokeswoman confirmed today.
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch  —  WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 — Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a prominent Austin, Tex., lawyer on Saturday while the two men were quail hunting in South Texas, firing a shotgun at the man while trying to aim for a bird, a member of the hunting party said.
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Bob Cesca / The Huffington Post:   EXCLUSIVE: First Photo of Cheney Shooting Victim
Shakespeare's Sister:   Cheney Shooting Kept Quiet for Almost 24 Hours
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Dick Cheney Wings Peasant
Discussion: Associated Press and Decision '08
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Michael Slackman / New York Times:
Beneath the Rage in the Mideast  —  EGYPTIANS were hardly astonished when a ferry packed with more than 1,400 passengers sank in the Red Sea.  Anyone who has struggled to navigate daily life here knows safety standards are virtually nonexistent, and the value of human life is often overlooked …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and ¡No Pasarán!
Brigade de l'Argent des Français:
La BAF crash la manif des Islamistes contre les caricatures
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Newsweek:
Bush's Bad Connection  —  The White House is defiant in defense of warrantless wiretaps.  That stance is beginning to bug Congress.  —  Feb. 20, 2006 issue - The attorney general of the United States was playing rope-a-dope.  Why, the senators wanted to know, did the White House circumvent …
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Larry Johnson / NO QUARTER:
National Security: The Attack on the Constitution
Michelle Malkin:
"RAGHEADS" AND "SAMBOS" AND "GOOKS"  —  There is much buzz this weekend about comments that conservative author/columnist Ann Coulter made at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday, a speech which I missed due to a book signing at the same event.
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
ANN'S SCHTICK  —  Media Matters and other leftwing blogs …
Discussion: The American Mind
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
Gore Laments U.S. 'Abuses' Against Arabs  —  JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed "terrible abuses" against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and TigerHawk

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