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12:20 PM ET, March 31, 2006

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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Questions About Carroll's Captivity
New York Times:
G.O.P. Is Taking Aim at Advocacy Groups  —  WASHINGTON, March 30 — To many Republicans, the liberal activist organization MoveOn.org is a political boogeyman that they hope to chase off with new restrictions on so-called 527 groups.  —  But the pursuit may turn out to be fruitless.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:
FEC Ordered to Rethink '527' Rules
Bob Kemper / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
McKinney faces arrest over security incident  —  WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill police are expected to seek an arrest warrant next week for Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, who was involved in a physical confrontation with a Capitol police officer Wednesday, police and legal authorities said Thursday.
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William Teach / Pirate's Cove:   Cynthia McKinney To Be Arrested?
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Prayer Doesn't Aid Recovery, Study Finds
Discussion: the talking dog
Los Angeles Times:
Calm Is Urged in Iran Debate  —  Mohamed ElBaradei, the U.N. nuclear agency chief, sees no imminent danger from Tehran and asks those discussing the issue to 'lower the pitch.'  —  BERLIN — United Nations atomic energy chief Mohamed ElBaradei urged the international community Thursday …
Discussion: Penraker
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Carne Ross / Washington Post:
Could Sanctions Stop Iran?
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Washington Post:
Levee Repair Costs Triple  —  The Bush administration said yesterday that the cost of rebuilding New Orleans's levees to federal standards has nearly tripled to $10 billion and that there may not be enough money to fully protect the entire region.  —  Donald E. Powell, the administration's …
New York Times:
At Sept. 11 Trial, Tale of Missteps and Management  —  WASHINGTON, March 30 — Three weeks of testimony and dozens of documents released in the sentencing of Zacarias Moussaoui have offered an eerie parallel view of two organizations, Al Qaeda and the Federal Bureau of Investigation …
Discussion: TalkLeft and Prairie Weather
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Jeff A. Taylor / Reason:   How the FBI Let 9/11 Happen  —  Never mind Moussaoui …
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
Whose Backlash?  —  Hundreds of thousands of Mexican citizens, along with Mexican-Americans and Hispanics in general, hit the streets throughout the United States this past week in one of the largest displays of public outrage since the Vietnam-War era.  —  The conventional wisdom …
Toby Helm / Telegraph:
Blair will be gone by Christmas, say friends  —  Your view: is it time for Tony to go?  —  Tony Blair is to announce his resignation by Christmas, members of his inner circle believe.  —  The Prime Minister's closest aides feel that, following a series of damaging rows over education and "sleaze", he will quit within nine months.
Michael Kinsley / Slate:
The Twilight of Objectivity  —  How opinion journalism could change the face of the news.  —  CNN says it is just thrilled by the transformation of Lou Dobbs—formerly a mild-mannered news anchor noted for his palsy-walsy interviews with corporate CEOs—into a raving populist xenophobe.  Ratings are up.
Discussion: and NewsBusters.org
Jeff Harrell / The Shape of Days:
War Kids Relief  —  Jon Powers never meant to become a soldier.  He wanted to be a teacher.  He joined the ROTC not out of an overwhelming sense of patriotism, but because the program paid for college.  He graduated in 2000 with a degree in education, a second lieutenant's bar and a debt to his country.
Yale Daily News:
University must address Hashemi issue head-on  —  Kingman Brewster '41, onetime president of the University, once said of the qualities needed to gain admission, "A demonstrated failure of moral sensitivity or regard for the dignity of others cannot be redeemed by allegations that the young man …
Discussion: The Mahablog and dartblog.com
Jamie Glazov / Front Page Magazine:
Defeating Jihad  —  Frontpage Interview's guest today is Serge Trifkovic, a former BBC commentator and US NEWS and World Report reporter.  His last book was The Sword of the Prophet.  The sequel, Defeating Jihad, will be published by Regina Orthodox Press in April.  Read his commentaries on ChroniclesMagazine.org.
 
 
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Army bans use of privately bought armor
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Everyone's a Victim  —  If boys and girls are oppressed classes, who's left?
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Conservatives Stand Firm on Immigration
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Mass. high court says nonresident gays cannot marry in state
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Pentagon to Test a Huge Conventional Bomb
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