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6:40 AM ET, March 28, 2006

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Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
Bill to Broaden Immigration Law Gains in Senate  —  WASHINGTON, March 27 — With Republicans deeply divided, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted on Monday to legalize the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants and ultimately to grant them citizenship, provided that they hold jobs …
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MSNBC:
Senate panel passes bill allowing guest workers  —  Sweeping immigration legislation faces stiff opposition in the House  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee approved election-year immigration legislation Monday that clears the way for millions of undocumented workers …
NEWS.com.au:
US asked to cede Iraq control  —  By Omar al-Ibadi and Alastair Macdonald in Baghdad  —  IRAQ'S ruling parties have demanded US forces cede control of security as the government investigated a raid on a Shiite mosque complex that ministers said involved "cold blooded" killings by US-led troops.
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Ian / Expose the Left:
Hannity and Levin Duke It Out With Alec Baldwin On Radio, Baldwin Runs Away (AUDIO)  —  Alec Baldwin sat down with WABC's Brian Whitman for what he planned to be a several hour interview.  However, it was cut short when WABC's Sean Hannity and Mark Levin phoned in at around the 25-minute point to talk to Baldwin.
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NewsMax.com:
Alec Baldwin v. Sean Hannity in Radio Donnybrook  —  Hollywood liberal Alec Baldwin stormed out of an in-studio radio interview Sunday night after he was confronted on the phone by radio hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin.  —  Baldwin was 30 minutes into a planned two-hour-plus sitdown …
Associated Press:
Immigration protests continue in California  —  Crowds also gather in Detroit, Washington  —  LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Tens of thousands of students walked out of school in California and other states Monday, waving flags and chanting slogans in a second week of protests against legislation to crack down on illegal immigrants.
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Washington Post:
Immigrants' Voice Reaches the Hill  —  Bill Proposing Crackdown Spurs Grass-Roots Movement  —  LOS ANGELES, March 27 — On Feb. 1, Arturo Hernandez went to his church on the east side of Los Angeles and watched the first PowerPoint presentation of his life.
Discussion: Marc Cooper and Billmon
Steve Clemons / The Washington Note:
Beneath the Surface on Plame Investigation: Rove and Libby in Deadly Dog Fight  —  This just hit the internet at Raw Story, and TWN has confirmed the essential points through a source close to Rove: … Rove giving Patrick Fitzgerald a path into 250 pages of deleted and/or previously …
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Left Coaster
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David Stout / New York Times:
Moussaoui Says He Was Part of Plot to Attack White House  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27 — Zacarias Moussaoui testified in Federal District Court here today that he knew of Al Qaeda's plans to fly jetliners into the World Trade Center and that he was to have piloted an airliner into the White House on Sept. 11, 2001.
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CNN:
Government investigators smuggled radioactive materials into U.S.  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two teams of government investigators using fake documents were able to enter the United States with enough radioactive sources to make two dirty bombs, according to a federal report made available Monday.
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Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Radioactive Matter Gets Into U.S. in Test
Amir Shah / Associated Press:
Christian Convert Released From Prison  —  KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan man who had faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity has been released from prison after the case was dropped, the justice minister said Tuesday.  —  The announcement came after the United Nations …
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Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Convert Case Sparks Surge of Interest in Christianity Among Afghans
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Iraqi Documents Are Put on Web, and Search Is On  —  WASHINGTON, March 27 — American intelligence agencies and presidential commissions long ago concluded that Saddam Hussein had no unconventional weapons and no substantive ties to Al Qaeda before the 2003 invasion.
Discussion: TBogg - " and Barcepundit
Time:
The Republicans Must Get Their Act Together  —  Q & A: Newt Gingrich speaks out on the challenges the GOP faces in retaining control of Congress  —  Is there a potential for the 2006 elections to produce the same kind of upheaval on behalf of Democrats that the 1994 midterms did for Republicans?
Discussion: Riehl World View
Jia-Rui Chong / Los Angeles Times:
Bird Flu Defies Control Efforts  —  The culling of flocks has failed to slow the rapid spread of the virus, due in North America this year.  Vaccination of poultry is under study.  —  The spread of avian influenza to at least 29 new countries in the last seven weeks …
Sebastian Mallaby / Washington Post:
Why U.S. Business Is Winning  —  Newspapers bring us the dark stories about American business.  The Enron trial serves up tales of lies and looting.  The General Motors restructuring dramatizes the death of traditional U.S. manufacturing.  Commentators from left and right agree …
Discussion: Below The Beltway and Norwegianity
 
 
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Stewart Payne / Telegraph:
Schoolgirl drink-driver runs riot in court
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MSNBC:
An immigration brouhaha
Greg Myre / New York Times:
At Crossroads, Israeli Voters Seem to Wait for a Signal
Discussion: Roger L. Simon
Martin Redfern / BBC:
Drilling into a hot volcano
Adam B / Daily Kos:
FEC: The Netroots Win
contactmusic.com:
PENN HAS TORTURE DOLL
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Yale Daily News:
Afghan politician contrasts with student
Discussion: OxBlog and Power Line
John Ydstie / npr.org:
Sen. Burns Scrutinized for Earmark Tied to Abramoff
madison.com:
Moderate Muslims sighted in Madison
Jeffrey Kluger / Time:
Polar Ice Caps Are Melting Faster Than Ever... More And More Land …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
It's All They've Got  —  I had a dustup with John Cole over on his site the other day.