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5:50 PM ET, March 30, 2006

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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 …
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.
New York Times:
Freelance Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed
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Natasha / Mental mayhem:
Jill is released!!  —  We have received word that Jill has been released.
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
CNN:   'Wonderful day': Journalist Carroll freed in Iraq
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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Ronald A. Cass / Real Clear Politics:
Stalking Scalia  —  Step aside, Nino.  Expect to hear that phrase repeated often, as liberals increasingly strive to find ways to keep conservative justices - especially this conservative justice - from voting on cases.  —  One of the week's big news stories was the dramatic account …
Discussion: Bench Memos … and Althouse
Murray Waas / news.nationaljournal.com:
Insulating Bush  —  Karl Rove, President Bush's chief political adviser, cautioned other White House aides in the summer of 2003 that Bush's 2004 re-election prospects would be severely damaged if it was publicly disclosed that he had been personally warned that a key rationale for going to war …
Jennifer Radcliffe / Houston Chronicle:
Opinions split over red, white and green  —  Mexican flags divisive topic as principal shows his support for student protests  —  Reagan High School Principal Robert Pambello was ordered to remove a Mexican flag Wednesday morning that he had hoisted below the U.S. and Texas flags …
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John Fonte / Front Page Magazine:
Flag of Their Fathers  —  Relax, don't worry, assimilation is working.
Keith C. Burris / journalinquirer.com:
This is about war and democracy  —  In 1968, there was one overriding issue in America, and that was the war in Vietnam.  America had what was known as "the peace movement."  I am one who was a small part of it - teach-ins, marches, vigils, and politics.  —  Our president lied to us about that war.
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courant.com:
Helen Ubiñas  —  Calm Down, Senator, It's Politics
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Senate GOP Fears Frist's Ambitions Split Party  —  By pushing his way to the front of the volatile debate over immigration, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has reignited complaints that his presidential ambitions conflict with his leadership duties at times and put him at odds with his GOP caucus.
Discussion: Norwegianity and Street Prophets
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Haaretz:
Three Israelis killed in West Bank suicide bombing attack  —  Three Israelis were killed when a Palestinian suicide bomber exploded in a car after nightfall Thursday at the entrance to the West Bank settlement of Kedumim, located west of Nablus.  —  The suicide bomber was also killed in the attack.
house.gov:
Statement of Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney on Capitol Hill Incident  —  (Washington, DC) - To the Members of the Capitol Hill Police:  —  Earlier today I had an unfortunate confrontation with a Capitol Hill Police Officer.  It is traditional protocol that Capitol Hill Police Officers secure 535 Members …
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE VERDICT, TAKE 2  —  Last night John rendered his "Verdict: The New York Times blew the story."  The "story" was the testimony of five federal judges — Magistrate Judge Allan Kornblum and four former FISA court judges — on Senator Specter's proposed reform of the FISA statute.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
What the FISA judges really said  —  By Anonymous Liberal
Ezra Levant / Western Standard:
Western Standard sued for publishing cartoons  —  Earlier this month, the Western Standard was sued in human rights court for publishing the Danish cartoons.  It's been ten years since I've graduated from law school, and I've never seen a more frivolous, vexatious, infantile suit than this.
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 …
AMERICAN DIGEST:
On the Return of History  —  In the darkness with a great bundle of grief the people march.  —  In the night, and overhead a shovel of stars for keeps, the people march:  —  "Where to? what next?"  — Carl Sandburg: The People Yes  —  IN THE DAYS AFTER THE TOWERS FELL …
Eric Wilson / New York Times:
O.K., Knockoffs, This Is War  —  FOR readers of Marie Claire, one of its most popular monthly features is Splurge vs. Steal, a column that shows an expensive runway look next to a knockoff costing a fraction of the price.  But within the fashion trade the magazine column is roundly disliked …
Discussion: Majikthise and Hit and Run
Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Chief of Staff Is Expected to Shake Up 2 Key Teams  —  WASHINGTON, March 29 — Joshua B. Bolten, the incoming White House chief of staff, is expected to press President Bush to assemble new economic and Congressional relations teams and overhaul the management of the West Wing, Republicans close to the White House said Wednesday.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Senate Passes Lobbying Bill  —  Legislation Stresses More Disclosure; Critics Had Sought Tougher Ethics Rules  —  The Senate voted yesterday to require lobbyists to provide far more information about their dealings with lawmakers, responding to the Jack Abramoff political corruption scandal …
David Donnelly / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Google does K Street  —  Google is setting up a political operation in Washington and collecting big-name lobbyists with Republican connections faster than you can search the Web for Jack Abramoff.  —  At first, I thought it was another of those famed Google April Fools' Day jokes, just a week early.
 
 
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