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10:20 AM ET, March 30, 2006

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Washington Post:
Journalist Jill Carroll Released in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, March 30 — American journalist Jill Carroll, abducted in early January by gunmen in Baghdad, was released to a Sunni Arab political party in the capital Thursday morning after 82 days in captivity.  —  "I was never hurt, ever hit," she told a Washington Post reporter.
Discussion: Danny Carlton and Booman Tribune
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Mariam Fam / Associated Press:
Kidnapped U.S. Reporter Jill Carroll Freed  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - American reporter Jill Carroll was set free Thursday, police said, nearly three months after she was kidnapped in a bloody ambush that killed her translator.  Her editor said she was "fine."  —  Carroll, 28, was handed …
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
American Hostage Jill Carroll Free  —  American journalist Jill Carroll has been freed by her captors.  This post will be updated throughout the day.  —  Jill Carroll had been held hostage for nearly three months by a terrorist organization calling itself 'The Revenge Brigades'.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Delphine Minoui / MSNBC:
American hostage Jill Carroll freed in Iraq  —  'I was treated well,' reporter says of nearly three-month ordeal … ** FILE ** Freelance writer Jill Carroll is shown in this Sept. 5, 2005, file photo provided by the Christian Science Monitor.  An Arab television channel aired …
Discussion: RightWinged.com
CNN:
'Wonderful day': Journalist Carroll freed in Iraq  —  'They never threatened me in any way'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — American hostage Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist released Thursday in Iraq after nearly three months in captivity, said she was "treated very well" while she was held.
New York Times:
Freelance Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed
Discussion: A Blog For All
Kirk Semple / New York Times:   Freelance Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed
BBC:   US journalist released in Iraq
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Senate Approves Lobbying Limits by Wide Margin  —  WASHINGTON, March 29 — The Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the first major restrictions on lobbying in more than a decade, banning lobbyists from giving gifts and meals to lawmakers and tightening rules for pet projects known as earmarks.
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Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Senate Passes Lobbying Bill
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Dafydd / Big Lizards:
Democrats: Real Security Plan part Deux  —  We continue our thoughtful analysis, using our finely developed sense of serious, of the Democrats' trail-blazing PowerPoint show, titled Real Security... which they evidently intend to be the Contrat Avec l'America upon which they will base their entire November campaign.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Power Line
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David Warren / Real Clear Politics:
Staring Down Shariah  —  We are not finished with Abdul Rahman, yet — the Afghan who was being tried on the capital crime of converting to Christianity, until international pressure got him released — for the very reason that the Afghans are not finished with him yet.
Discussion: Dr. Sanity and USS Neverdock
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11alive.com:
McKinney Allegedly Punches Cop  —  According to sources on Capitol Hill, U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) punched a Capitol police officer on Wednesday afternoon after he mistakenly pursued her for failing to pass through a metal detector.  —  Members of Congress are not required to pass through metal detectors.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
G.O.P. Risking Hispanic Votes on Immigration  —  WASHINGTON, March 29 — The battle among Republicans over immigration policy and border security is threatening to undercut a decade-long effort by President Bush and his party to court Hispanic voters, just as both parties are gearing up for the 2006 elections.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and THE NEWS BLOG
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Bridget / GOP Vixen:
'SOUTH PARK' SLAMS GEORGE CLOONEY'S OSCAR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH  —  ... and dug at environmentalists and San Francisco liberals!  In all, a tour de force in "Smug Alert!"  — the second episode of the new season.  —  In the episode, Kyle's dad buys a hybrid car (called a "Pious") …
Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
Borders, Waldenbooks Won't Carry Magazine  —  Borders and Waldenbooks stores will not stock the April-May issue of Free Inquiry magazine because it contains cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that provoked deadly protests among Muslims in several countries.  —  "For us, the safety and security …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
Patriots, Then and Now  —  With nations as with people, love them or lose them.  —  I had a great experience the other night.  I met some of the 114 living recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award.  It was at their annual dinner, held, as it has been the past four years, at the New York Stock Exchange.
Discussion: Democracy Project
Sue Anne Pressley / Washington Post:
When History, Destiny Converged  —  The Assassination Attempt on President Reagan Changed the Future Not Only for Those Involved but for the Rest of the U.S. as Well  —  The shots came from the crowd outside the Washington Hilton that drizzly afternoon — six shots that would show …
Discussion: Below The Beltway and Vodkapundit
Editor and Publisher:
Congressional Candidate Slams Press Coverage of Iraq—With Bogus Photo  —  NEW YORK How far will critics of media coverage of the Iraq war go to prove reporters are wrongly focusing on the negative?  —  One answer came this week, in a shocking if amusing episode featuring one Howard Kaloogian …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Gallup Throws Doubt On Political Polling  —  Editor & Publisher noted yesterday that Gallup reported a shift in party identification in the US; Democrats outpoll Republicans in party identification — by a single point: … However, that's not exactly how Gallup itself headlines its results:
Marie Szaniszlo / Boston Herald:
Photographer: Herald got it right  —  Amid a growing national controversy about the gesture U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made Sunday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the freelance photographer who captured the moment has come forward with the picture.
 
 
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