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2:20 AM ET, March 9, 2006

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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
GOP House Panel Votes to Block Ports Deal  —  WASHINGTON - In a congressional election-year repudiation of President Bush, a House panel dominated by Republicans voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to block a Dubai-owned firm from taking control of some U.S port operations.  Democrats clamored for a vote in the Senate, too.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Rebellion in the G.O.P. on Security, a Signature Issue  —  WASHINGTON, March 8 — After more than five years of allowing President Bush relatively free rein to set their course, Republicans in Congress are suddenly, if selectively, in rebellion, a mutiny all the more surprising since …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Defying Bush, House Panel Votes to Block Port Deal  —  WASHINGTON, March 8 — The House Appropriations Committee defied President Bush this evening, voting overwhelmingly to scuttle a deal giving a Dubai company control of some major seaport operations without awaiting the outcome of a 45-day review of potential security risks.
Discussion: Riehl World View and TalkLeft
Fox News:
House Panel Votes to Block Ports Deal
Discussion: GOP Bloggers and Blogs for Bush
Rick Lyman / New York Times:
3 College Students Arrested in Alabama Church Fires  —  Three college students from the prosperous suburbs south of Birmingham, two of them 19 and one 20, were arrested today in the burning of nine Baptist churches in rural Alabama last month that federal officials say was a prank that spun out of control.
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Washington Post:
Bodies of 23 Men Found in Baghdad  —  BAGHDAD, March 8 — The bodies of 23 men who had been strangled or shot were found in two locations in Baghdad Wednesday morning, with 18 discovered aboard an abandoned bus in a predominantly Sunni area of the capital, police and the U.S. military said.
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George W. Bush / White House:
Executive Order: Responsibilities of the Department of Homeland Security with Respect to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to help the Federal Government coordinate …
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Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
Bush Orders DHS to Create Center for Faith-Based Aid  —  President Bush ordered the Department of Homeland Security yesterday to create a center for faith-based and community initiatives within 45 days to eliminate regulatory, contracting and programmatic barriers to providing federal funds …
cqpolitics.com:
TX 22: DeLay More Vulnerable Than Ever Following Primary  —  Tom DeLay and his partisans are hailing his primary victory Tuesday as a landslide and vindication from his constituents that the Texas Republican's legal and ethical problems are behind him.  —  But the primary result …
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Paul Kiel / TPM Muckraker:
Jack Speaks!  —  David Margolick's forthcoming Vanity Fair piece …
Discussion: Blah3.com
Daily Kos:
TX-28: Post mortem  —  The bottom line: we helped a campaign that was the walking dead and gave it new life, pumped in resources, and made it competitive.  We did much to even the playing field even if ultimately we came up tantalizingly short.  —  And yeah, I know "tantalizingly short" …
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CNN:
U.S.: Iran remarks 'provocative'  —  VIENNA, Austria (CNN) — The United States has dismissed Iran's comments that it can inflict "harm and pain" on Washington for its role in pushing for U.N. Security Council action over Tehran's refusal to halt its nuclear program.
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Media Matters for America:
Hardball for the left, softball for the right: Conservatives dominate on Hardball … Since its CNBC debut as Politics with Chris Matthews in 1996*, MSNBC's long-running Hardball with Chris Matthews has consistently attracted criticism from the right wing.  For example, in January 2006 …
Benny Avni / New York Sun:
Jeers and Heckling Greet Annan At Staff Meeting at United Nations  —  UNITED NATIONS - U.N. staffers heckled and booed Secretary-General Annan yesterday in a raucous meeting after he presented a "management reform" plan that includes cutting jobs for New Yorkers employed at Turtle Bay.
Stephen Barr / Washington Post:
Retirement Fund Tapped to Avoid National Debt Limit  —  The Treasury Department has started drawing from the civil service pension fund to avoid hitting the $8.2 trillion national debt limit.  The move to tap the pension fund follows last month's decision to suspend investments in a retirement savings plan held by government employees.
Jacques Billeaud / Associated Press:
Ariz. Governor Orders Troops to Border  —  Gov. Janet Napolitano on Wednesday ordered more National Guardsmen posted at the Mexican border to help stop illegal immigrants and curb related crimes.  —  National Guard troops have worked at the border since 1988, but Napolitano signed …
Discussion: Cold Fury and JunkYardBlog
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Eyeing '08, Sen. McCain courts K St.  —  Good-government advocacy groups working on lobbying reform say their longtime ally Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has played a smaller leadership role on the issue than they had expected.  —  McCain's lower-than-hoped-for profile on the sensitive subject coincides …
 
 
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Brenda Goodman / New York Times:
Defendant Offers Details of Jeep Attack at University
Clinton W. Taylor / Townhall.com:
Giving Yale the finger
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
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