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6:15 PM ET, March 6, 2006

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Associated Press:
South Dakota law bans nearly all abortions  —  Legislation sets up court challenge  —  PIERRE, South Dakota (AP) — Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday banning nearly all abortions in South Dakota, setting up a court fight aimed at challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court upholds "Solomon Amendment"  —  In a sweeping legal victory for the U.S. military, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that Pengtaon recruiters must be assured an equal opportunity with other employers to sign up students at the nation's law schools.
Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Court Upholds Campus Military Recruiting  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that colleges that accept federal money must allow military recruiters on campus, despite university objections to the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays.
wral.com:
Suspect In UNC Hit-And-Run Wanted To 'Spread Will Of Allah'  —  Authorities Release 911 Call Made By Mohammed Taheri-azar  —  HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — A suspect who is accused of hitting students with a sport utility vehicle at the University of North Carolina made his first court appearance Monday.
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Athena / Terrorism Unveiled:
BACKGROUND ON MOHAMMED REZA TAHERI-AZAR  —  I was making the long drive back to my alma mater on Friday when I received a phone call from my significant other telling me that some guy was driving around in "the pit" (the center of campus activity—NOT near any roads/intersections) trying to run over students.
Associated Press:
UNC Grad in Court on Alleged Hit and Run
ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE: Iraq Weapons — Made in Iran?  —  Intelligence Officials Say Weapons Responsible for Increasing U.S. Deaths in Iraq  —  March 6, 2006 — U.S. military and intelligence officials tell ABC News that they have caught shipments of deadly new bombs at the Iran-Iraq border.
Discussion: Confederate Yankee and AMERICAblog
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Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority of Americans Believe Iraq Civil War is Likely  —  Washington Post-ABC News Poll Finds Sharp Decline in Optimism About Iraq War  —  An overwhelming majority of the public believe fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Iraq will lead to civil war and half say the U.S …
Kevin Sites / Reuters:
Peace activist Sheehan arrested in NY protest
Discussion: Gina Cobb
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Zogby:
Bush Job Approval: 38%  —  Zogby America telephone Poll shows slight drop from 40% last month; Congressional Democrats maintain lead over Republican counterparts  —  President Bush's job approval rating dipped slightly to 38% in the latest Zogby America telephone poll, conducted Feb. 27 to March 2 …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Vanessa Blum / Sun-Sentinel:
Miami judge refuses to delay sentencing for lobbyist Abramoff  —  MIAMI — A federal judge on Monday refused to delay sentencing 90 days for disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff despite statements from government lawyers that sending Abramoff to prison could jeopardize his cooperation in ongoing criminal probes.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Teheran park 'cleansed' of traces from nuclear site  —  Iran's Revolutionary Guards have taken the extraordinary step of cutting down thousands of trees in Teheran to prevent United Nations inspectors from finding traces of enriched uranium from a top-secret nuclear plant.
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
Taliban Man at Yale  —  University officials are embarrassed—but not embarrassed enough.  —  Are there no limits to how arrogant and out-of-touch America's Ivy League schools can get?  Last week it emerged that Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi, former deputy foreign secretary of the Taliban …
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Clinton W. Taylor / American Spectator:   Taliboola, Taliboola!  —  Yale vs. Harvard is the oldest …
Alex Wong / Newsweek:
Watchdog: What Ever Happened to the Civil Liberties Board?  —  'Outrageous': Kean has been frustrated by the response to commission recommendations  —  March 13, 2006 issue - For more than a year, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been the most invisible office in the White House.
Discussion: PBD, Wonkette, Attytood, TalkLeft and Daily Kos
Lynn Elber / Associated Press:
Oscars Ratings Drop 10 Percent From 2005  —  ABC is in for a "Crash" landing in the Oscar ratings.  —  The Academy Awards were down 10 percent from last year's ceremony, based on preliminary Nielsen Media Research ratings from the nation's 55 biggest markets.
Mickey Kaus / Slate:
Hollywood's Real Phobia  —  It isn't fear of gays.  —  Always trust content from kf reader "G": … Note to F. Rich and competing Oscar pundits: It's not too late for that America-is-homophobic-after- all column. ...  Update: LAT's Kenneth Turan claims firsties on the Hollywood-is-homophic angle.
Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Bangla Bhai Arrested in Bangladesh  —  Fresh on the heels of the arrest of Abdur Rahman, Bangladesh nabs the other most wanted terrorist in the country  —  Bangladesh has scored the second high profile arrest of an al-Qaeda linked terrorist in less than a week, and essentially captured …
Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Levee Fixes Falling Short, Experts Warn  —  Corps Rejects Claim Of Substandard Soil  —  NEW ORLEANS — The Army Corps of Engineers seems likely to fulfill a promise by President Bush to rebuild New Orleans's toppled flood walls to their original, pre-Katrina height by June 1 …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Looking Back (and Ahead) With Edwards  —  CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — "Sometimes," says John Edwards, "people need a breather."  He is not talking about himself, although surely he needed one after his brief rocket ride through the upper atmosphere of national politics.
New York Times:
Kabuki Congress  —  Imagine being stopped for speeding and having the local legislature raise the limit so you won't have to pay the fine.  It sounds absurd, but it's just what is happening to the 28-year-old law that prohibits the president from spying on Americans without getting a warrant from a judge.
Associated Press:
Bush to Propose Line-Item Veto Legislation  —  Bush to Send Congress Proposal for Line-Item Veto Bill; President Has Not Vetoed Legislation in 5 Years  —  WASHINGTON Mar 6, 2006 (AP)— President Bush plans to send proposed legislation to Congress on Monday that would allow him to control spending …
 
 
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