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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
Bush: Arab Co. Port Deal Should Proceed  —  0acbc64803ce@news.ap.org President Bush said Tuesday that the deal allowing an Arab company to take over six major U.S. seaports should go forward and that he would veto any congressional effort to stop it.  —  "After careful review by our government …
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Judd / Think Progress:
BREAKING: Rumsfeld and Pace Not Consulted On Transfer Of Port Operations To UAE  —  In a press briefing today, Secretary Rumsfeld revealed that he was not consulted about the decision to transfer operations of six key U.S. ports to the United Arab Emirates, a country with troubling ties to international terrorism.
Ted Bridis / Associated Press:
Bush Shrugs Off Objections to Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON - Brushing aside objections from Republicans and Democrats alike, President Bush endorsed the takeover of shipping operations at six major U.S. seaports by a state-owned business in the United Arab Emirates.
Will Lester / Associated Press:
Frist to Offer Bill Halting U.S. Port Deal
Discussion: Financial Times and Big Brass Blog
White House:
Roundtable Interview of the President by the Press Pool
Discussion: Mathew Gross
Castro / volpac.org:
Sea Ports Deal Update
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Suitably Flip
New York Times:
Bush Threatens to Veto Any Bill to Stop Port Takeover
Discussion: The Next Hurrah
Djmarch / The Nation:
Corporate Control of Ports Is the Problem — UPDATED
Discussion: Ezra Klein and TAPPED
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bipartisan Opposition Growing Over Arab Company Control Of U.S. Ports
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Stand up for Denmark!  —  Why are we not defending our ally?  —  Put the case that we knew of a highly paranoid religious cult organization with a secretive leader.  Now put the case that this cult, if criticized in the press, would take immediate revenge by kidnapping a child.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
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New York Times:
Embattled President of Harvard to Step Down at End of Semester  —  Lawrence H. Summers, the president of Harvard University, said today that he would step down at the end of the academic year.  —  Dr. Summers will likely take a yearlong sabbatical and then return to Harvard as a distinguished professor …
Discussion: Gawker and Outside The Beltway
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President Lawrence H. Summers / president.harvard.edu:
Letter to the Harvard community  —  Dear Members of the Harvard Community,  —  I have notified the Harvard Corporation that I will resign as President of the University as of June 30, 2006.  Working closely with all parts of the Harvard community, and especially with our remarkable students …
Lois Romano / Washington Post:
Summers Resigns as Harvard President
Discussion: Wonkette
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Liza Porteus / Fox News:
Three Charged in Plan to Attack U.S. Military in Iraq
Discussion: Flopping Aces
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush Blames Cuts at Energy Lab on Mix-Up  —  GOLDEN, Colo. — President Bush, on a three-state trip to promote his energy policy, said Tuesday that a budgeting mix-up was the reason 32 workers at one of the nation's premier renewable energy labs were laid off and then reinstated just before his visit.
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Jonathan D. Glater / New York Times:
To: Professor@University.edu Subject: Why It's All About Me  —  One student skipped class and then sent the professor an e-mail message asking for copies of her teaching notes.  Another did not like her grade, and wrote a petulant message to the professor.  Another explained that she was late …
John O'Neil / New York Times:
Supreme Court Reopens Abortion Issue on Alito's First Day  —  The Supreme Court announced today that it will hear a challenge to a federal law outlawing a late-term abortion procedure, reopening the contentious issue on Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s first day on the bench.
Associated Press:
Bikers roll to military funerals to oppose anti-gay protests  —  FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (AP) — Wearing vests covered in military patches, a band of motorcyclists rolls around the country from one soldier's funeral to another, cheering respectfully to overshadow jeers from church protesters.
Discussion: The Liquid List and Big Brass Blog
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
Is Sean Hannity Addicted to Coulter Crack?  —  Venturing into enemy territory, I was on "Hannity and Colmes" last night, along with Ann Coulter.  We were ostensibly there to discuss the ongoing Muslim cartoon controversy and the media's reaction to the Cheney shooting story.
Discussion: News Hounds and Crooks and Liars
Yahoo! News:
Hate Mail and Death Threats Target Seller of Mohammed Cartoon T-shirts  —  (PRWEB) - (PRWEB) February 21, 2006 — Conservative t-shirt maker MetroSpy set off a firestorm when their newest design depicted a caricature of the prophet Mohammed with a bomb wrapped in his turban.

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